The Best Thai Food in Australia
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The best Thai food in Australia, according to the experts: the Australian Good Food Guide, Eater, and The New York Times have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Restaurant Moon comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Sydney and Brisbane.
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The Tamarind Restaurant and 3 Sisters Eatery hold the next two places. The Australian Good Food Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Eater next.
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The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 14/20 · Two Chef Hats
- Australian Good Food Guide 14/20 · Two Chef Hats
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #1. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #1 Restaurant Moon (this place) 80.920
- #1 The Tamarind Restaurant 80.920
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Rank 1. The Tamarind Restaurant
Contemporary Thai
An open timber pavilion set in the rainforest above Maleny, with the kitchen running Thai-rooted contemporary Asian cuisine and a degustation menu for anyone who wants the full tour. The food trades in the kind of sweet, sour, and spicy balancing act that looks simple and isn't. Two Chef Hats from the Australian Good Food Guide. The retreat around it is lovely, but the restaurant is the reason to book.
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 14/20 · Two Chef Hats
- Australian Good Food Guide 14/20 · Two Chef Hats
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #1. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #1 Restaurant Moon 80.920
- #1 The Tamarind Restaurant (this place) 80.920
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The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 12/20 · One Chef Hat
- Australian Good Food Guide 12/20 · One Chef Hat
A Tie
There are 10 places with the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 3 Sisters Eatery (this place) 79.968
- #3 Eddy + Wolff 79.968
- #3 Golden Boy 79.968
- #3 Longrain 79.968
- #3 Melrose Restaurant and Rooftop Bar 79.968
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Rank 3. Eddy + Wolff
Thai
An entirely gluten-free Southeast Asian restaurant with 24 seats and an open kitchen, tucked into a Commerce Drive address that sounds more like a courier depot than a dinner destination. The room is small enough that you notice the kitchen's rhythm, and the menu leans into bold, herb-forward flavours without much apology. The Australian Good Food Guide awarded it a Chef Hat.
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 12/20 · One Chef Hat
- Australian Good Food Guide 12/20 · One Chef Hat
A Tie
There are 10 places with the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 3 Sisters Eatery 79.968
- #3 Eddy + Wolff (this place) 79.968
- #3 Golden Boy 79.968
- #3 Longrain 79.968
- #3 Melrose Restaurant and Rooftop Bar 79.968
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Rank 3. Golden Boy
Thai
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 12/20 · One Chef Hat
- Australian Good Food Guide 12/20 · One Chef Hat
A Tie
There are 10 places with the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 3 Sisters Eatery 79.968
- #3 Eddy + Wolff 79.968
- #3 Golden Boy (this place) 79.968
- #3 Longrain 79.968
- #3 Melrose Restaurant and Rooftop Bar 79.968
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Rank 3. Longrain
Thai
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 12/20 · One Chef Hat
- Australian Good Food Guide 12/20 · One Chef Hat
A Tie
There are 10 places with the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Eddy + Wolff 79.968
- #3 Golden Boy 79.968
- #3 Longrain (this place) 79.968
- #3 Melrose Restaurant and Rooftop Bar 79.968
- #3 Mr Jones 79.968
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Rank 3. Melrose Restaurant and Rooftop Bar
Pan-Asian Thai
A rooftop bar and Pan-Asian restaurant at the quiet river end of Oxford Street, Melrose is the kind of place where the open sky does half the work. The menu runs through Southeast Asian technique with locally sourced produce, built for sharing, and the cocktail list is matched to the food rather than bolted on as an afterthought. It holds an Australian Good Food Guide Chef Hat.
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 12/20 · One Chef Hat
- Australian Good Food Guide 12/20 · One Chef Hat
A Tie
There are 10 places with the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Golden Boy 79.968
- #3 Longrain 79.968
- #3 Melrose Restaurant and Rooftop Bar (this place) 79.968
- #3 Mr Jones 79.968
- #3 Paste Australia 79.968
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Rank 3. Mr Jones
Thai
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 12/20 · One Chef Hat
- Australian Good Food Guide 12/20 · One Chef Hat
A Tie
There are 10 places with the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Longrain 79.968
- #3 Melrose Restaurant and Rooftop Bar 79.968
- #3 Mr Jones (this place) 79.968
- #3 Paste Australia 79.968
- #3 Porkfat Restaurant Sydney 79.968
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The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 13/20 · One Chef Hat
- Australian Good Food Guide 13/20 · One Chef Hat
A Tie
There are 10 places with the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Melrose Restaurant and Rooftop Bar 79.968
- #3 Mr Jones 79.968
- #3 Paste Australia (this place) 79.968
- #3 Porkfat Restaurant Sydney 79.968
- #3 sAme sAme 79.968
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The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 12/20 · One Chef Hat
- Australian Good Food Guide 12/20 · One Chef Hat
A Tie
There are 10 places with the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Mr Jones 79.968
- #3 Paste Australia 79.968
- #3 Porkfat Restaurant Sydney (this place) 79.968
- #3 sAme sAme 79.968
- #3 Viand 79.968
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Rank 3. sAme sAme
Thai
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 13/20 · One Chef Hat
- Australian Good Food Guide 13/20 · One Chef Hat
A Tie
There are 10 places with the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Mr Jones 79.968
- #3 Paste Australia 79.968
- #3 Porkfat Restaurant Sydney 79.968
- #3 sAme sAme (this place) 79.968
- #3 Viand 79.968
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Rank 3. Viand
Thai
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 13/20 · One Chef Hat
- Australian Good Food Guide 13/20 · One Chef Hat
A Tie
There are 10 places with the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Mr Jones 79.968
- #3 Paste Australia 79.968
- #3 Porkfat Restaurant Sydney 79.968
- #3 sAme sAme 79.968
- #3 Viand (this place) 79.968
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Rank 13. Chat Thai
Thai
Six types of papaya salad is already an argument, and Chat Thai's menu runs to around 200 dishes from there. This long-running Thai restaurant near Circular Quay sources holy basil and garlic from the family farm, which shows up in the larb, the curries, and the stir-fries in ways that supermarket herbs simply don't. The location draws Opera House crowds and ferry commuters alike, but the kitchen isn't coasting on the view.
The awards
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Sydney, Australia
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The awards
- The New York Times The New York Times: 2019 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- The New York Times 2019 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review