Toronto · Cuisine
Thai
Northern Thai and Royal Thai rooms from Nuit Regular, plus Isaan Der’s northeastern Thai kitchen on Spadina.
Toronto’s Thai dining scene stretches from strip-mall classics to chef-driven rooms. Nuit and Jeff Regular’s Pai made northern Thai dishes like khao soi everyday downtown language; Kiin pushes a more delicate Royal Thai-inspired format nearby. Isaan Der, from Chatsuda “Ko” Drouin, fills the northeastern Isaan gap with laab, fermented funk, and sticky-rice plates after relocating its Riverside flagship to Spadina Chinatown in early 2026. Pick region and format first, then open a page.
Focus areas: Entertainment District, Chinatown Spadina
Restaurants
Pai Northern Thai Kitchen
$$Entertainment District
Perpetually busy northern Thai kitchen by Nuit Regular on Duncan Street; Michelin Guide recommended for khao soi, curries, and shareable street-food plates.
Kiin
$$$Entertainment District
Intimate Royal Thai-inspired dining from Nuit Regular on Adelaide; Michelin Guide recommended, more polished than Pai’s market energy.
Isaan Der
$$Chinatown Spadina
Chatsuda “Ko” Drouin’s northeastern Thai kitchen on Spadina: laab, fermented funk, sticky rice, and a bigger Chinatown room after five years in Riverside.