Best Thai in Brooklyn?
Now, as most local Thai food lovers know, you’ve got to trek over to Sripraphai in Queens if you want the real deal. We haven’t had found any restaurants in Brooklyn that compare, though we do like Em Thai at 278 Smith Street — where they serve a few dishes that venture beyond the basics….
Now, as most local Thai food lovers know, you’ve got to trek over to Sripraphai in Queens if you want the real deal. We haven’t had found any restaurants in Brooklyn that compare, though we do like Em Thai at 278 Smith Street — where they serve a few dishes that venture beyond the basics. Their crispy and spicy Duck Basil is always a winner; another house specialty involves panang curry is poured over grilled shrimp and buttery avocado slices; and the Pad Kee Mao (super spicy noodles) never disappoints. The delivery is almost instantaneous — we once received a meal in seven minutes flat (no joke) — but the restaurant’s mod decor and friendly servers make it worth stopping in now and then. Of course, that’s just one neighborhood spot. The photo above was shot at Nana (155 5th Avenue in Park Slope), which we’ve also heard good things about. Any other recommendations for neighborhood Thai joints? Or perhaps somebody can point out a few dishes at local spots that will help us Sripraphai fans stave off another journey to Queens?
Photo by Brooklyn Hilary
Cheer’s Thai on Metropolitan in Will’burg is probably quite simply in fact some of perhaps the tastiest and most sought after thai foods around.
watana rocks. best thai in the slope for sure. haven’t had their pad thai, but the ribs appetizer is sublime, and they make tofu and seitan sizzlingly appetizing. and great prices and quick delivery.
Joya is the best by far.
If Em is the best Thai in the nabe, then I might just have to cry. Happened to order some Friday night, reminded by your post that I never order from there, and couldn’t find the menu (later I realized that I’d thrown it out after a previous bad experience). We ended up ordering the pad thai and a massaman curry with tofu. The massaman curry came with three teeny tiny pieces of tofu and a few sad vegetables floating in a vaguely spicy broth. Pad thai was flavorless. 9D all the way! Joya is good every day but Monday, but only if you go early or get delivery (which they don’t do on weekends).
I like the relatively new Watana the best, which is on 7th ave between 14th and 15th in south slope.
Rice Thai Kitchen (on 7th ave) is pretty good, but I think watana might be a bit better. (plus the ambience is great.)
NOTHING in nyc is as good as Tommy Tang’s on melrose in LA. I miss that place.
KENSINGTON:
am-Thai (____ Basil on the green awning) at McDonald Ave and Abermarle is aces.
My husband and I love LIly Thai in B’burg,
They have some very tasty duck dishes which we get a lot.
em thai also. We discovered it for ourselves, which is nice .. rather than being told to go there .. and now other people appear to agree which must mean that most thai places suck if its so easy for average people to tell the difference.
Not a match for that queens place maybe but that is academic unless you find yourself over there one evening.
Thai Sesame is horrid! I’ve been twice, and both times, all our dishes were bland and the texture of meats/tofu was rubbery.
Em is totally the way to go!!!
Everything they make is delicious, the service is great, and the delivery is superhuman. On top of it all, they’re BYOB. Well, they were last time I ate there, which was over the summer (I had to move to another state in September for grad school 🙁 )