Top 10 best Brisbane Thai restaurants revealed

Want to know where to find Brisbane’s best Thai? We asked our readers and you gave us the city’s top 10 restaurants for massaman curry, spring rolls and pad thai. SEE THE FULL LIST.

Whether it’s a mouth-watering pad thai or a delicious green curry, our readers left us in no doubt that Brisbane does great Thai food.

After discovering the city’s top bakeries, eggs benedicts and parmigianas, we put the call out for readers to nominate and vote for their favourite Thai eateries.

Today, The Courier-Mail and U on Sunday reveal the top 10 Thai restaurants across Brisbane, as voted by you.

10. Lanna Thai Restaurant

1/521 Beams Rd, Carseldine

Based on Brisbane’s northside, this casual location has a huge variety of stir fry dishes. There’s also an impressive list of spicy green, red and yellow chicken curries and the perennial favourite: massaman curry.

3263 8868

The popular beef massaman curry might've helped Lanna Thai crack into the top 10. Picture: Lanna Thai.

9. Weladee Thai

5/381 Mains Rd, Wellington Point

With all curry pastes made from fresh ingredients, Weladee (meaning “good time” in Thai) promises a “contemporary Thai experience”. All of the Thai staple dishes are here, including pad thai, a number of wok stir frys and green, red and yellow curries, plus for dessert there’s black sticky rice.

@weladeethairestaurant, 3822 9199

Coconut prawns from Weladee at Wellington Point.

8. Banana Leaf

4/121 Wellington Rd, East Brisbane and 4/27 Samuel St, Camp Hill

With two locations in Brisbane’s inner east, there’s an impressive amount of vegetarian and gluten free options on this menu. The mildly spicy cashew nut stir fry is Banana Leaf’s most popular wok dish, according to their menu. Customers have free reign to choose vegetarian or a choice of chicken, beef, pork, prawns, calamari, duck or scallops to feature in their wok or curry creations.

@bananaleafthai, 3392 1006, 3398 4945

Yellow Shirt Prawns Curry at Banana Leaf, located in Camp Hill and East Brisbane. Picture: Banana Leaf.

7. My Thai Restaurant

113 Haig Rd, Auchenflower

Established in 1993, this establishment has accrued an impressive selection of seafood dishes, including fish curries, steamed barramundi, and tiger prawns with sweet and sour sauce. On top of that, there’s a wide variety of entree dishes, quintessential curries and vegetarian options.

3217 7277

6. West End Coffee House

80 Vulture St, West End

Open for breakfast and lunch, West End Coffee House is one of the trendiest places for Thai in Brisbane. A crowd favourite is its stir fried rice noodle either vegetarian or with your choice of meat. The place also serves fantastic Campos coffee.

0478891364

Guo Tiew Moo Nam Tok, which is a spicy noodle soup with braised pork and pork meatballs at West End Coffee House.

5. Thai Orchid

3374 Pacific Hwy, Springwood

You can either mix and match from the menu, or opt for the Thai Orchid or Royal Thai Orchid banquets. The royal comes in at $39 per person and gives you three entrees and four mains to share. There are also a number of ‘street food’ dishes served only for lunch including pad krapow (minced chicken with basil and fried egg).

3808 2853

4. LONGTIME

610 Ann St, Fortitude Valley

The cheeky blurb on this restaurant’s website purports to have taken classic southeast Asian cuisine and “ignited it in an alleyway in Fortitude Valley”. Their yoghurt and tamarind mousse with lychee cloud is certainly a very Thai dessert. For those without the hunger for a fully fledged feast, there are a number of bar snacks, including a soft shell crab bao for $6 each. NOTE: Longtime has shut its doors and reopened as Same Same at a new location at 46 James St, Fortitude Valley.

@longtimerestaurant, 3160 3123

Barbecue penang half chicken served with cucumber nahm pla at LONgTIME. Picture: Facebook

3. Gala Thai

2/235 Boundary St, West End

Located on one of West End’s busiest thoroughfares, Gala Thai is loved by readers for its delicious Thai salads which make the most of Asian greens, tofu and chicken. There are also curries on the menu for those wanting a more significant morsel.

@galathaiwestend, 3255 0118

Gala Thai’s Som Tum salad with sticky rice and crispy pork. Picture: supplied.

2. Thai Tamarind

2/30 Bunker Rd, Victoria Point

Readers voted this restaurant in at second, and a quick glimpse at their mouth-watering dishes explains why. Open for lunch and dinner, Thai Tamarind offers six meal packages feeding 2 to 6 people a variety of entrees, curries and stir frys.

3207 0719

Slow cooked beef mussaman curry (left) and crispy roast duck (right) at Thai Tamarind.

1. Mons Ban Sabai

Just one look at their Instagram and you’ll know why Mons Ban Sabai came in first. Located within the Martha St precinct of Camp Hill, manager Nut Siri said their delicious massaman beef curry had become their most popular dish.

Mons Ban Sabai Thai’s massaman curry in the foreground, which manager Nut Siri said was their most popular dish. Picture: AAP Image/Richard Gosling

Mr Siri also recommended their wok pad prik khing with crispy soft shell crab. Groups of four or more can try the full Phuket banquet experience for $45 per person, giving them both dishes plus a green chicken curry, three entrees, steamed rice and dessert.

12 Martha St, Camp Hill

@monsthaibrisbane, 3843 5366

Mons Ban Sabai manager Nut Siri, holding two of the dishes which have propelled the Camp Hill restaurant into the top spot, according to our readers. Picture: AAP Image/Richard Gosling