From Jitlada's fiery Southern Thai in Los Feliz to Night + Market's cocktail-forward plates in Silver Lake, LA's Thai scene runs deeper than it gets credit for. These are the standouts.
Silver Lake · 3322 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026
There’s an astonishing amount of bangers of the menu - fried snacks, spicy larbs, curries with roti, wok dishes and more. We love the crispy fried rice, the pork toro (grilled fatty pork jowl) and the gai tod naeng noi …
Sherman Oaks · 14704 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403, USA
Tables disappear weeks ahead here, which tells you everything about the wok-fired dishes, Thai fried chicken, and seasonal seafood coming out of the kitchen. The wine list goes unusually deep—Mosel, Champagne, Burgundy—…
Los Feliz · 5233 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027
With fiery Southern Thai dishes and a Michelin Bib Gourmand under its belt, Jitlada remains an absolute LA essential. Come ready for spice levels that will test even the boldest eaters.
East Hollywood · 5257 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
The papaya salad with raw crab is the tell—the order that separates regulars from tourists. Funky, fiery, and deeply fermented, it feels worlds away from standard takeout Thai. The kitchen runs late into the night, pull…
East Hollywood · 5183 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
The jade noodles — green strands piled with BBQ pork, roast duck, and crab — are what everyone orders first, but the boat noodle soup earns the repeat visits: small bowls of dark, blood-thickened broth layered with spic…
East Hollywood · 5273 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
Right in the heart of Thai Town, where the standard for Thai food is unforgivingly high. Giant shrimp dishes are the move—chu chee, garlic, tom yum—served with the kind of confidence that comes from being surrounded by …
Silver Lake · 2835 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026, USA
Dim-lit Thai in a Sunset strip mall that keeps Silver Lake regulars coming back for a bowl of khao soi and a glass of natural wine — in that exact combination — more often than anyone admits. No reservations, dinner onl…
Venice · 2533 Lincoln Blvd, Venice, CA 90291, USA
Night Market's Venice outpost earns its own hour-plus weekend waits: the Pastrami Pad Kee Mao — spicy drunken noodles with Langer's pastrami — is the kind of dish that makes you wonder why you don't keep this place a se…
Santa Monica · 2104 Main St, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Cobi’s is Santa Monica’s spicy wake-up call—colorful, soulful, endlessly sharable, and worth braving the buzz for. Soul and reggae bump across two patios and a flower-draped dining room, and the menu pops: from crunchy …