Widely considered Toronto's best Thai restaurant. The khao soi and pad thai are worth the inevitable lineup.
Pai Northern Thai Kitchen has earned its reputation as Toronto's most beloved Thai restaurant through years of unwavering quality and bold Northern Thai flavors that transport you straight to Chiang Mai. Chef Nuit Regular's khao soi — a rich coconut curry soup with egg noodles, crispy noodle top, and tender chicken — is the dish that launched a thousand lineups down Duncan Street. The pad thai is the gold standard against which all others in the city are measured: perfectly balanced, never too sweet, with a whisper of smoke from the wok. During the World Cup, when downtown Toronto will be buzzing with international fans near BMO Field, Pai is the perfect fuel stop.