“Chat Thai’s food is the real deal. In a city where most diners can recite the standard Thai restaurant menu.Chat Thai has dishes you don’t usually find . . .Chat Thai is an example of Sydney’s growing sophistication when it comes to Thaifood, dishing up authentic, full-throttled flavours. It is part of the city’s second Thai food wave - one that Sydneysiders are ready to lap up. Rating 7/10 |
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| By Scott Bolles; The Sun-Herald |
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| “The food moves from delicious street offerings, such as khanom krok $6 pandan-flavoured dumplings filled with peanuts slow-cooked in palm sugar, or hoi tord $10.90 a superb crisp-fried mussel omelette, and the marvelous Muslim dish, khao mok gai $8.90, poached marinated chicken on rice cooked in the marinade. Sensational. The menu is packed with interest, the service is delightful and we’ll be back for a breakfast.” |
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| Sydney Eats - Cheap Eats |
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| "Daily sweet specials range from glutinous rice-flour dumplings flavored with pandan and stewed in coconut milk to excellent banana fritters and sticky rice with mango." |
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| Best Thai sweets; the (sydney) magazine |
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| "Thai in Style… Chat Thai beats nearly every other Thai restaurant in Sydney hands down in terms of execution and flavour and earns massive big ups for décor.” Rating: 4/6 |
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| Time Out Sydney |
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| "There are several Chat Thai locations around town but the best are in the city. The stall in the Galeries Victoria does a beef dish that's so hot everything that touches your mouth is agony for at least an hour afterwards." |
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| TOP 5 Thai Restaurants, Time Out Sydney |
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“It’s hard not to feel pleased when we realize we’re in central Sydney, within walking distance of some $40 dishes that do little to warm the soul, enjoying a plate of $9.90 five-spiced roast duck . . . With its young and funky crowd, black walls, dark wood and split-level dining, it’s also the best looking.” Rating: 4/5
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| By Sarah Blake; The Sunday Telegraph |
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| “The window theatre is fabulous – young women thread satay skewers, roll pandan- flavoured dumplings and sear prawns on the grill. It’s Thai Town’s most popular address and you may wait for ages unless you book. It’s best to order daily specials and northern Thai-influenced dishes, such as super-spicy som dtum (green papaya salad) and grills with bitter nam jim jeaw (dipping sauce). Don’t miss dessert – it’s a specialty.” |
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| By Simon Thomsen & Joanna Savil; The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide |
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| “Chat Thai is permanently busy with a knot of patrons waiting outside; the buzz starts with window theatre – Thai chefs grilling marinated meats, prawns and squid on little skewers and expert dessert hands flicking flavoured sticky rice dough balls into simmering sweet syrup. With tow dessert menus daily, it’s a Thai sweets heaven: coconut rice cakes; chewy pumpkin and pandan dumplings in coconut milk; sticky rice; and fruity, ice drinks.” |
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| By Joanna Savil; Good Living |
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| There are several Chat Thai locations around town but the best are in the city. The stall in the Galeries Victoria does a beef dish that's so hot everything that touches your mouth is agony for at least an hour afterwards. |
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| Best Thai; Time Out Sydney |
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| Central Sydney's Thai Town is a window into Australia's south-east Asian food culture. There are grocery stores and noodle joints up and down this lemongrass and coconut-scented strip. |
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Joanna Savill
Sydney's top 10 affordable restaurants; guardian.co.uk |
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