Name: Chao Thai
Address: 85-03 Whitney Ave, Elmhurst, NY 11373, United States, Elmhurst
Telephone: +17184244999

Diners can turn up or dial down the spice on the authentic Thai eats at this no-frills restaurant.

At a glance

#2 of 3 Thai restaurants in Elmhurst

LocalGuideWorld score: 4.21

0.7 km from the center of Elmhurst

Rating breakdown

5 ★56%
4 ★24%
3 ★11%
2 ★3%
1 ★7%

85-03 Whitney Ave, Elmhurst, NY 11373, United States

+1 718-424-4999

Quick facts

What is the rating of Chao Thai?: Chao Thai is rated 4.2 out of 5 based on 382 reviews.
How does Chao Thai rank in Elmhurst?: Chao Thai is #2 of 3 Thai restaurants in Elmhurst by LocalGuideWorld score (rating weighted by number of reviews).
Where is Chao Thai located?: 85-03 Whitney Ave, Elmhurst, NY 11373, United States — 0.7 km from the center of Elmhurst.
How can I contact Chao Thai?: Phone: +1 718-424-4999

Reviews (8)

wen wen 2024 Feb 17

Very friendly Thai restaurant. Home style food and tasty. I highly recommend.

Cristian Angkasa 2024 Feb 16

Authentic Thai Foods, tasty and good portion 😃👍👍👍

Tenzin Y. 2024 Jan 28

The best Thai restaurant in queens or maybe even NYC! It is a cozy little restaurant with delicious food. The servers are extremely kind and treat you like family. After years of always passing by I decided to try it for the first time and I am so glad I did. I love their drunken noodles and basil fried rice.

Andrew Crossan 2024 Jan 16

One of the best and most authentic Thai restaurants in New York City. A true hole in the wall, unassuming and simple restaurant with incredibly delicious authentic Thai food

We had 5 dishes among 4 of us and then ordered another dish. Crispy duck bathed in Penang curry sauce as our “dessert” and it turned out to be our very favorite.

We also loved the Mango salad with crispy soft shell crab. So well balanced with pristine. Soft shell crab.

My least favorite was the pork satay but the others liked it.

We loved the stewed pork leg in tamarind sauce
And the knam khao Tod - a board special of crispy rice salad with Thai sauce. Honestly although delicious, the khao Tod from lotus of Siam in Las Vegas remains the benchmark favorite of crispy rice salads. Still it’s a dish that is often hard to find and we enjoyed every bite of the 6 dishes we inhaled

AungZinHien Myint 2024 Jan 02

Its “ Jungle Curry” is the best and most authentic in Town. Love it. Try crispy duck salad. You won’t regret it. Most satays are too sweet for me.

Junni with Double-N 2022 Dec 21

The reason can’t move out from Queens was all the Asian goodies food..
Chao Thai is one of authentic Thai restaurants..
their tonzap is my goto soup.. you can’t get the taste in any other place. The Tomzap super.

Gerardo Aponte 2022 Jan 25

I have seen this restaurant a lot of times while walking into the train station.

So, I decided to give it a shoot and have dinner here with a friend.

I share a few appetizers with my friend.

Num Tok Beef a salad that has grilled beef with onion, chili, lime juice and roasted rice with a touch of medium spiciest, be careful they don't play around went they talked about spicy food, although my palate could handle the degree of spices, it was spicier than I was expected, the beef was very juicy the lime gives it a great taste I recommend getting this to share because the portion is just perfect to share.

Grilled Pork another great appetizer to share with a party which is served with tamarind sauce, pork was cooked perfectly the sauce was a great way to dip the pork to give that extra taste.

For my main disk, I had the Drunken Noodles chicken I notice there was not a lot of protein on my plate, but the noddle was not bad but like the salad was spicier than I was expected. But overall was not bad.

The place is pretty small so is kind of difficult to get a table.

Another bad thing about the restaurant is that is only cash so no debit or credit card accepted.

D I 2019 Jun 19

Here's the deal, I ate here the first week they opened, some ten years ago, and it was the best Thai food in the area for a couple of years. After a very long break I returned with a few friends, and the same can no longer be said: the food is okay, but not as good, and the prices have doubled. Still, we did enjoy our Tuesday afternoon lunch well enough and service was fine.