reviews

“Cult favourites - Chat Thai. This atmospheric, wood-beamed Thaitown restaurant, is unashamedly authentic… Customers once mostly Thai – range from kids’ ballet class to a couple from the suburbs keen to discover what the fuss is all about!”

Little Asia; the (sydney) magazine

“Chat Thai is like a snapshot from a busy Bangkok restaurant street…The exposed brick-and-glass mezzanine seems upmarket, but it’s actually casual, fun and good value, with rotating street food menus throughout the day and night… It’s sweet news for Thai desert lovers too... for late-night munchies.”

The SMH Good Food Guide

“Central Sydney’s Thaitown is a window into Australia’s south-east Asian food culture. Be lured by Chat Thai’s window show of sizzling satays, grilling prawns or ladies hand-rolling sweet coconut and pandan dumplings. It’s worth joining the inevitable queues for their super-spicy som dtum (green papaya salad), daily northern Thai specials and grills with bitter nam jim jeaw (dipping sauce), as well as the daily desserts.”

#1 Sydney’s Top 10 Affordable Restaurants; Guardian.co.uk

“The around-the-clock queue at this hopping Haymarket haven has much to do with the ever-changing Thai dessert list. As well as sesame-strewn banana fritters, and milky sticky rice, there might also be salty-sweet, just warmed coconut cream with gummy, chewy sago blocks and young coconut slivers; or the strangely sweet-pungent khanom craok – frilly-edged, coconut-pudding griddle cakes.”

10 of the Best Sweet; The SMH Good Food Guide

“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.”

Best Thai Sweets; the (sydney) magazine

“Chat Thai is permanently busy with a knot of patrons waiting outside; the buzz starts with window theatre… With tow dessert menus daily, it’s a Thai sweets heaven…”

Good Living; Sydney Morning Herald

“The service is delightful… the menu is packed with interest… delicious street-food offerings”

#1 Top 5 Late Night Spots ; Sydney Eats with Cheap Eats

“Chat Thai - Cheap eats, great taste”

Cheers Japanese Entertainment Paper

“Sensational. The menu is packed with interest, the service is delightful and we’ll be back for breakfast.”

Sydney Cheap Eats

“Chat Thai’s food is the real deal… it is an example of Sydney’s growing sophistication when it comes to Thai food, dishing up authentic, full-throttled flavours…”

Feast; The Sun-Herald 2009

The SMH Good Food Guide - 10 of the Best Sweets 2011

The SMH Everyday Eats - Winner 3/3 Stars 2011

The (Sydney) Magazine - Best Thai Sweets 2011

The (Sydney) Magazine - Best of Thaitown 2011

Urbanspoon.com - Top 10 Best Restaurants - New South Wales 2011

Urbanspoon.com - Top 5 Best Cheap Eats NSW 2011

Time Out Sydney - Top 5 Thai

Time Out Sydney - Readers Choice Cheap Eats Top 10

Citysearch Eye-Con Awards - Best Service to Make You Smile

Thai National Food Institute - The Pride of Thailand Certificate of Excellence

OzChinese.com - Top 10 Sydney Restaurants - Ranked #1