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Little Bangkok
- Hours:
Mon-Thu 11:30 am - 9 pm
Fri 11:30 am - 10 pm
Sat 12:30 pm - 10 pm
Sun 12:30 pm - 9 pm
- Attire:
- Casual
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Price Range:
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$$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Quiet
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
16 reviews for Little Bangkok
16 reviews in English
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Review from Leah P.
Markham, ON
1/16/2012 2 Check-ins Here
Admittedly, my only experience with Thai food is from a few take-out places, but this is easily one of my favourite restaurants in Markham.
My usual is the Thai-style spicy chicken or beef/fish curries with jasmine rice and mixed veg, but of the dishes I've tried all have been cooked perfectly, are nicely presented and the curries are full of all the necessary flavours. Consistency is key and that's what you'll find on repeat visits. It's more popular as a take-out restaurant I'd say, although Fridays and Saturdays can be busy. Service is friendly and non-intrusive, and the ambiance is very relaxed (cue the hammered dulcimer); decor-wise there are some cool carved wooden panels, a couple nice triptychs and other stuff to tie it together. The one downside is that it's a bit pricier than the norm, but it's well worth it. YUM.
Try: Pad Thai, Thai-style Spicy Chicken, Spicy Coconut Soup, Garlic Shrimp, any curry
Avoid: Grilled Chicken - comes out a bit dry and tasteless -
Review from Billy K.
Markham, ON
3/18/2012
I really like this place - my goto Makham spot for Thai food. Love the Basil chicken. Tried most dishes on the menu and most are good. Dishes marked as spicy don't seam that spicy to me. Friendly staff. Never ate in the restaurant (always do take out) so can't speak to the quality of service.
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Review from Janice M.
10/12/2011
OH-MY-GOD
The worst Thai food I have had in long long time and I thought Arizona's Thai food was bad. If you want Thai food, Little Bangkok is not the place to go. However, Thai students from University of Toronto has recommended Thai Noodle [http://www.yelp.com/bi... but I didn't get a chance to try.
1-star: not at all authentic, surprisingly pricey, and the food was straight out not edible. -
Review from Kathy H.
Mississauga, ON
9/13/2011
omg the quietest restaurant in the whole wide world. Of my two visits, me and company have been their only customer.
I have always had Pad Thai at fast food Thai restaurants, soooo this one I ate here was REALLY good. Not spicy!
I also had Siamese Beef and Grilled Chicken, both were yummy too, and ordinary. I remember having shrimps here, but I forgot which dish... that was pretty okay, also ordinary.
I like the Thai iced tea, it was goood :)
The place was decorated so adorably, with long white table clothes and a candle/flower centre piece. So romantic, awwww. Service was great! Because it was so quiet, they only did an occasional check up (which I'm so tremendously glad). They didn't stand behind the counter and stared at us, yay yay yay yay. Both lunch went well. -
Review from jil s.
North York, ON
7/30/2011 6 photos
Little Bangkok Thai Cuisine is a so-so or average restaurant.
The good news is that the people who work in the restaurant are from Thailand
The bad news is that just because people are from the same country as the food of the restaurant, it does NOT mean that they are good cooks!
The prices for some dishes are high.
Is it worth paying $ 16.99 for
Mango Fish Delight - Pla-Ma-Muong
(Crispy fried fillet fish served with mango salad)?
No- I don't think that it's worth paying $16.99
I tried a few dishes and the best food item that stood out for me was the deep fried taro fries. Taro is sort of like a big brown/white potato which turns purple when cooked. I would go back to the restaurant just for this.
The appetizer platter ($ 12.99) is not a bad deal.
Chicken satays, spring rolls, shrimp rolls, fresh spring rolls, mango salad plus deep fried taro fries.
Lemon Prawn Soup (Tom-Yum-Goong) was alright / okay.
Don't order the golden baskets.
It is not worth the price. Tiny crispy baskets filled with meat.and vegetable.
Nothing special.
The pad thai, mee grob and red curry beef were ordinary.
The Thai Ice Tea was weak and needed more TEA.
The taste was mainly milk, ice and a little bit of tea..
Go to Mai Thai at Yonge / Eglinton and try their mee grob and Thai Ice Tea.
or
http://www.yelp.ca/biz... -
Review from Stephen W.
Markham, ON
12/20/2010 1 Check-in Here
Wow, I was reading other yelp reviews and thought this place would be decent. I was surprised to say that this place was not to my taste.
We ordered the following:
Tom Yum Goon soup - very salty and bland
Coconut Chicken soup - chicken was tasteless and the soup base was too sweet
Chicken skewers - tasted fake
Pad Thai noodles - very saucy and tasteless
Lemon salmon - sour sour sour
Probably won't recommend this place to my friends.
The highlight of the meal was probably the Singha Beer (Thai)
Service was friendly (that's where the 1 star came from) -
Review from Rudy W.
2/9/2011 1 Check-in Here
Good service for a small restaurant, tuck in a small complex.
for starter, I was leery going in, because there were no one inside. but why not, give it a try.
Som Tum (papaya salad) not bad. it need more vinegar & splash of fish sauce + dry shrimp and then make it spicy. its not bad, but need more spice.
then I order the Panang Nuer (Beef Curry), I asked them to make it spicy, but apparently that failed. the curry was nice, but I like it spicy.
almost as good as you can get for the panang nuer.
my friend ordered Tom Yum (skip it, don't look like tom yum to me) I don't know how it taste but don't look like one.
then he ordered green curry and Vegetarian fried rice (that the first mistake, vegy for thai.. )
I tried the curry, hm.. you can skip that too. and I didn't try the fried rice.
so, why I'm giving 4 stars, because the food I ordered hit the spot, they are not bad. but the problem is, if you go there, just have the two items that I had, then you should be good. -
Review from Lynda W.
Toronto, ON
9/21/2008
These days with all the fusion cooking out there, it's hard to find good quality authentic international cuisine, and thai food is one of hardest in Toronto.
Little Bangkok is a little gem in the heart of downtown Markham. It's quite small and hidden, blink and you may drive pass it. Upon entering the restaurant, you feel like you're in some fancy restaurant. Nicely lined tables, cloth napkins and wine glasses as water cups, it's beautifully decorated on the inside.
I have come here for both lunch and dinner, though I've always ordered on the dinner menu (the food is to good to get half the portions). Standard fare: Pad thai, amazing. Not too dry, but not too saucy, it's perfectly cooked and with the right amount of flavour.
The pineapple fried rice is also something to be admired. Fresh chunks of pineapple with cashews in a rice blend.. mmmmmmm.. They have many different types of curry, and to be honest, I don't really know the difference. I think the color indicates level of spiciness, but I could be wrong. If you're going to order the curry, you must get the coconut rice! By far the best coconut rice I have ever tasted! I could eat the rice plain on its own if I wanted!
The Tom Yum soup is also a must order, the sweet and sour combination is delightful. If you are interested in trying real authentic thai food, go to Little Bangkok, you won't be disappointed! -
Review from Tanya N.
5/29/2011 4 photos
*3.5 stars*
I never noticed this place before since it's tucked away in a plaza on Markham Main Street. Thanks to Yelp, I found it when I was craving Thai and didn't want to go far from my home.
My friend and I started off with the shrimp chips that came with peanut dipping sauce. When it arrived it was a mix of Chinese shrimp chips that I'm familiar with and another type that I can only assume are "Thai" shrimp chips (since I've only had these types of chips at Khao San Road). The Chinese shrimp chips are more airy than the Thai ones and didn't taste too fresh. Overall it was okay but wouldn't order this again.
My friend chose the squid salad. It was a mound of squid salad on a few leaves of lettuce - so yes, it was pretty much all squid. The steamed squid was very tender and not at all chewy while the fish sauce based dressing was just spicy enough to give a good kick. It was good but for me it's a dish to share because whole plate of squid is a bit too much for me.
I had the roasted duck red curry that came with pineapples, grapes (yes, grapes!), cherry tomatoes, basil and sweet peppers. I had my reservations about the dish because I've never had grapes in a curry before but I love duck and thought I'd give it a try. The grapes were peeled and added a very slight sweetness to it. The duck was good though tasted and looked like the Chinese roasted duck you see hanging in the window at Chinese restaurants. The curry wasn't' overly sweet despite the pineapple & grapes. Everything worked - the curry was delicious.
Rice needs to be ordered separately, which I find odd since curry and rice go together.
We also had the Thai iced tea that was refreshing.
This is a good place to go to get a Thai food fix.Listed in: My .5 Reviews, I do love Thai food!
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Review from Elvin W.
Markham, ON
1/9/2010 2 photos
Arriving at the small parking lot and seeing the tiny store, we were reluctant to believe there was such a great Thai place here.
We went in to the simple restaurant and noticed the several cultural art pieces on the wall and soft Thai music playing.
We ordered the appetizer assortment, pineapple chicken curry, steamed brown rice and pad Thai.
The appetizer assortment included a sweet and fragrant mango salad that had a bit too much dressing, the chicken skewers were moist and mild, the shrimp rolls were crispy with a nice hint of pepper, the fried taro was breaded very nicely, fresh spring rolls were very savory especially when paired with the tangy sauce, the Thai spring rolls were fresh and tangy.
Overall, the appetizer assortment is a good sampler of some great dishes with nice mixture of different flavors and textures.
The pad thai sauce was a bit too thick, but the noodles were springy and the shrimp was very fresh and overall the pad Thai was very good, altho next time we will try the pad kee mow.
The pineapple chicken curry was very aromatic. The curry was a bit strong for my wife, but paired with the rice it was perfect for me. Spicy with a nice hint of mint and pineapple sweetness. The low point was the semi-stringy chicken. With the curry in my mouth, I accidentally breathed in through my mouth and the lovely sweet aroma filled my sinuses and airways. Surely an unorthodox way of appreciating food, but very pugent and filling.
I was not a big fan of the brown rice though I was able to appreciate the nicely blended flavors. As a pairing with the curry, the flavors seem to clash slightly.
We ordered a jasmine rice, the plainess going much better with the strong curry.
The service was quick and attentive, dilligently refilling our water, with the required checking to ensure everything was to our liking.
We ordered a lot of food, so the bill was large but very reasonable. We ended up packing up quite a bit of the food.
We left very full, and very satisfied and pleased that there was such a gem hidden on main street Markham. -
Review from Natasha E.
Markham, ON
5/13/2010
Been here twice, but both times the restaurant was dead empty. This made be a little nervous, but thankfully it seemed like they were doing okay in the delivery department.
To make the empty atmosphere worse, the decor tries too hard for the class of restaurant that it is, but in a horrible 80's style. They definitely need a huge makeover.
Food wise, the flavours are very strong. I love and crave spicy food, but this was really killing it. They use ginger in a very liberal way, and overpowers everything. It is actually burn-your-mouth hot, followed by stinging sensation in your nose after you chewed about 3 strips of barely cooked ginger.
As for the curries, they were pretty good but I have had much better at places downtown. I think I will save this place for only times when I don't feel like driving. -
Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
I have to take it back!! Some of the items on the menu of Little Bangkok are Thai Spicy without special request!!
And if you like Thai spicy like me.. you have to order Dry Beef Curry - Panang-Nuer. OMG!! It is so hot and spicy! One taste my dinner mate could not even handle that! I was in heaven though.. I ate the whole order with my rice all by myself!! :) The curry has so much taste, so much flavour! The beef is nice and tender... hmmmmm
BTW, I requested fresh chilli for my Papaya salad on the side and my request was fullfilled with nice fresh chopped chilli plus hot sauce. The salad tasted so good.. but the portion is really small... I wish for More More More!
The other dish I ordered is Basil Spicy Seafood Noodle - Pad-Kee-Mao-Talay. Still too spicy for my dinner mate! I told the waiter about that and he even want to take that dish back and replace it! That's not really the kitchen's fault as the dish suppose to be spicy?? I order another pad thai and everything is A ok again!Listed in: Lunch Specials in Markham!, Sharing is NOT an Option!, Sap Kuck Kuck Thai Food in…, What to do when you in…
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Review from sis p.
Richmond Hill, ON
11/19/2011
Love their Bangkok Chicken with rice, the dipping sauce is spectacular. Sushi was mediocre, too much rice not enough content - just a passing grade. Being Thai myself, they are the only place that I know of where you can order coconut noodle soup and authentic papaya salad (som tum). I will try these items next time next time.
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Review from Lisa H.
Stouffville, ON
10/6/2008
Little Bangkok was referred to me by a friend, and I drove by it many times but decided to take my girlfriends there for dinner.
I had seen it before when it was packed and was glad to see that when we arrived we could be seated right away. It is a fairly small restaurant and the atmosphere is nice.
The service is really good, we had two servers coming by to ask us there was anything that we wanted and through our dinner checked in on us.
The food is absolutely delicious, we had a mango salad, cashew chicken, a red curry, pad thai and the coconut rice, it came out steaming hot and the flavours were just right. The menu had quite a nice selection of different dishes so we had a hard time coming down to the choices we made. There were a few dishes that we did not get that we swear we'll order the next time we go back.
The prices are very reasonable and they also do take-out (which I will do one day) as well as can cater. This is a great restaurant in Markham that you shouldn't miss! -
Review from Kartik K.
Toronto, ON
8/4/2009
I ended up at Little Bangkok based on review posted here and the need to find a Thai place that could satisfy a group of 8, without being too expensive.
Upon entering the decor at the restaurant was inviting, with art and vintage photos from Thailand.
Friendly, not rushed and consistently good service was a prelude to the real reason everyone should go here: delicious and non pretentious Thai food.
Our group had : satay chicken, mango salad, spring rolls for starters.
Pad Thai, sticky rice, mixed vegetables, garlic shrimp, tamarind chicken and yellow curry for mains.
All the dishes were delicious and tasted just right, not too spicy or sweet. I specially want to mention the mixed vegetables, as i usually end up not touching the vegetables in most thai places, but the dish was cleaned out at our table almost immediately.
I will definitely be going back here. -
Review from Bonnie W.
Markham, ON
6/7/2009
I was searching for something different to go to in Markham with my husband and I'm so glad that I found the positive reviews from Lynda & Lisa on Yelp!
I highly recommend this place - LOVED their appetizer assortment (with chicken satay, shrimp rolls, spring rolls, mango salad & fried taros). We even ordered an additional chicken satay because we enjoyed it so much.
The environment was casual and the server was polite.
We'll definitely be back again!
