Hidden away in Sydney’s Thai Town across from the Capital Theatre is the small yet extremely popular Chat Thai, when you need to queue in line for up to 45 minutes to get a table it must be really popular. Regulars to Chat Thai tell me this is the norm and not the exception, a wait of up to 45 minutes for a table, and the thing is they don’t mind.
Entering Chat Thai you are presented with a small but stylish restaurant, while waiting you see the staff at the dessert counter preparing the yummiest of deserts, I still haven’t worked out if this is a good or bad thing, as my tummy rumbles while waiting for while waiting for a table.
So why do patrons accept a 45 minute wait for a table, simply because the food is very original and great quality, take for instance the Thai Green Curry, most restaurants use green beans instead of the authentic small egg plant. Going to chat Thai It’s not just the mains which excel, the quality and the way they cook their jasmine rice is tops.
Eats Asia Report card for Chat Thai:
| Price |
7/10 |
| Taste: |
9/10 |
| Atmosphere: |
7/10 |
| Service: |
6/10 |
| Total: |
7.25/10 |
What Dishes does Eats Asia recommend at Chat Thai?
- Pad Thai the best I have tasted in Australia
- Green Thai CurryPad Grapao Gai - (Fish Paste dumplings stir fried with ginger basil, egg plant, chilli, egg plants and fresh green pepper corns)
Desserts
- Bua Loy Kai Warn – My favourite Thai Dessert Silky little dumplings of Taro, Japanese Pumpkin and Pandan jus, in sweet warm coconut broth with egg
- Sticky Rice with Durian
For this review we visited their Haymarket Restaurant at 20 Campbell St Haymarket NSW Phone: +61 2 9211 1808
Chat Thai have three other restaurants:
Chat Thai City Shop 5 Food Ave 500 George St Telephone +61 2 9264 7109
Chat Thai ManlyShop 10 Manly Wharf, East Esplanade Manly Phone: +61 2 9211 1808
Chat Thai Randwick 222A Carrington Rd, Randwick Phone: +61 2 9399 5610
Chat Thai is a highly recommended Thai Restaurant, but a warning don’t venture if you want to eat straight away, but if you want to sample possibly the best Thai food in Australia Chat Thai the place for you.
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