The Best Thai Food in Phoenix
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The best Thai food in Phoenix, according to the experts: AAA, Food & Wine, and James Beard Awards have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Lom Wong comes out on top.
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Glai Baan and Thai Recipe Bistro hold the next two places. AZ Central shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with AAA next.
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Rank 1. Lom Wong
Thai
A black bungalow in downtown Phoenix that turns out northern Thai food rooted in Chiang Rai, where the chef grew up cooking alongside her mother and grandmother. The menu is built to share, the flavors run deep, and the cocktails are doing interesting things with fish sauce and fresh coconut cream. Yotaka Martin took the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Southwest in 2025, which in Phoenix is basically a neighborhood fact at this point.
The awards
- AAA AAA: Three Diamonds
- Food & Wine Food & Wine: Yotaka Martin · Best New Chefs
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2025 · Winner · Best Chef: Southwest · Yotaka Martin
- AAA Three Diamonds
- Food & Wine Yotaka Martin · Best New Chefs
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Winner · Best Chef: Southwest · Yotaka Martin
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Rank 2. Glai Baan
Thai
The name means "far from home," which tells you something about what the chef is doing here. This central Phoenix Thai restaurant draws on Bangkok street food and the cooking of the Isan region, with a tight menu of small plates, noodles, and skewers that reads like a personal dispatch rather than a crowd-pleasing survey. The cocktail program is serious enough to make parking on this stretch of Osborn Road feel like a design choice. A James Beard semifinalist, 2024.
The awards
- USA Today USA Today: Restaurants of the Year
- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2023 · Winner · Best World Flavors
- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2023 · Finalist: Mango Sticky Rice · Most Delectable Dessert
- USA Today Restaurants of the Year
- Foodist Awards 2023 · Winner · Best World Flavors
- Foodist Awards 2023 · Finalist: Mango Sticky Rice · Most Delectable Dessert
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The awards
- AZ Central AZ Central: The 100 Best Metro Phoenix Restaurants
- Phoenix Magazine Phoenix Magazine: 2025 · Thai Restaurant · Best of the Valley
- Phoenix Magazine Phoenix Magazine: Khao Soi · Top 100 Dishes of Arizona
- AZ Central The 100 Best Metro Phoenix Restaurants
- Phoenix Magazine 2025 · Thai Restaurant · Best of the Valley
- Phoenix Magazine Khao Soi · Top 100 Dishes of Arizona
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The draw at this Thai bar and mookata spot is the tabletop grill sunk into a pot of bubbling broth, where you cook your own meal at the table. It lives on the patio behind Lom Wong, small and casual, with craft cocktails doing serious work alongside the smoke. The New York Times put it on their Restaurant List, which is a lot of attention for a patio bar where dinner is technically a DIY project.
The awards
- The New York Times The New York Times: 2024 · The Restaurant List
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2024 · Best Cook-It-Yourself Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
- AZ Central AZ Central: Best bars in metro Phoenix
- The New York Times 2024 · The Restaurant List
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Cook-It-Yourself Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
- AZ Central Best bars in metro Phoenix