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The Friendly Thai
Category: Restaurants Thai Thai [Edit]
1218 Queen St EToronto, ON M4M 1L7
Neighbourhood: Leslieville
(416) 461-8424
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Alcohol:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Quiet
- Has TV:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
7 reviews for The Friendly Thai
7 reviews in English
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Review from Faye C.
11/12/2011
We had take out here today, and it was really good. We've been looking for a good thai place in the neighbourhood...
We ordered Chicken with Peanut Sauce - (yum, not overly saucy), the portion size was good, and had some decent amount of vegetables. We also had the Thai Avocado Chicken - super yummy, I've never seen this on a menu before, so we had to have it.
The thai veggie spring rolls were great too. We also had one order of steamed rice.
It was a good amount of food - more than enough for 2 people - 3 people and this amount of food would have been perfect. Maybe next time!
Definitely a must try - PS. I normally order green or golden curry, and after reading these reviews, I'm glad I didn't. The 2 dishes we ordered were great, we'll be back! -
Review from Lora K.
Toronto, ON
9/10/2011
The food here is pretty good and consistent, but on the pricey side. I usually get green curry seafood at every place I go, so that's my benchmark. I have certainly had better green curry. This was adequate, not overly spicy, but not terribly flavourful either.
I've only done pick up, but when I did go in to pick up, the place itself seemed fairly nice, but very small. Seating for maybe 20 people.
I do find them to be on the more expensive side of take-away Thai. For the price I would hope for better quality... But they're super close to home, so they'll probably continue to be our don't-feel-like-cooking solution. -
Review from Mimi C.
Toronto, ON
1/12/2012
This is more of a local restaurant, there's not a lot around here. The restaurant is relatively small and fits only a small quantity of people. The food isn't that good. I love Thai food and I've been here a few times and I was disappointed with my food each time. But the staff is friendly.
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Review from Stephanie M.
East York, ON
5/20/2011
A friend introduced me to this location almost a year ago. I have been to other Friendly Thai locations but this one is the best!!!
I mainly get the Coconut Chicken Soup, Coconut rice, and the Spring rolls. The food is always fresh, piping hot and tasty. I like to put some of my Coconut rice into the soup. I have also had their Pad Thai with chicken there which is really yummy.
The one thing that I find really interesting about this location is the their Coconut Chicken soup is the best out of the 3 locations I have been to. I have asked the other locations and this location and they say they should all be making it the same way. I find it's not too spicy, I like the mushrooms they use and the chicken is not rubbery from being boiled too long.
I was there around lunch time so it was a bit busier but I found the service to be prompt as usual. The servers are always polite and chatty if there is the opportunity to chat. The restaurant is trendy with its clean lines in design. As well it is hygienically clean both in the restaurant and downstairs in the bathroom. -
Review from Kat F.
8/4/2009 1 photo
I'm personally shocked that I had to add this Leslieville listing AND that I'm getting an FTR for it, because at 6pm the place was bustling with activity and every table was taken!
There was the young couple to the right who were pounding back a bottle of Veuve Clicquot and arguing about control issues (not eavesdropping wasn't an option - my guess is they were talking about either a mother-in-law or a bridezilla), the group of tourists to the left who promptly ordered Pad Thai and barely lifted their snouts from their plates, and an assortment of other characters in the tiny restaurant.
Service was very friendly and welcoming and our waitress was prompt with water refills and our food order. She clearly took a workshop in Hostessing 101 because she was there to refill our water when we needed it, had multiple suggestions for our orders yet was never pushy, knew the menu inside and out and offered to wrap up our food without being prompted.
I wanted red veg curry but when I asked for something spicier I was offered the Malaysian curry (which I didn't even see on the menu....oooh, special) with salad and rice. It was a huge portion and I was barely able to put a dent in it. There were all sorts of goodies marinating in the spicy sauce - bok choy, broccoli, tofu, red peppers, and yes, even the dreaded baby corn. AND YET I LIKED IT. Could this be the dawning of a corn conversion?
They also offer local delivery and 10% off for pickup orders.Listed in: The Best Places To Eat, Shop &…
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Review from Melisa K.
East York, ON
1/16/2011
My friend and I chose this place after a long day of work. I also had been wanting to try it. When we entered the server/host said to sit anywhere. We took the seats closest to the window. After being in the restaurant for 10 mins, I had overheard a mixup in one order and a complaint about incosistancy in the quality of food.
I order veg spring rolls, hot and sour soup(veg) and oodles of noodles(veg).
my friend ordered avocado spring rolls, seafood curry and Malay bread.
the spring rolls were good. The soup was nice and spicy. But the curry apparently was bland and they users frozen mussels(sacrificing quality for cost). The best was when the Malay bread came. My friend had just been to Malaysia and is herself Malay, and the bread we got was store variety over toasted pita bread quartered. Ha. Our server came over and we informed her that it was not right. On top of it all the oodles of noodles were greasey and tastless and looked as though peices of the wok were mix in as well. Two bites in and I gave up. It was by far the grossest thing i ever had.
Once again our server came to make sure everything was okay. I let her know that my noodles were not good an she said she would talk to the manager.
The whole time we had been there a weasley looking man sat in the corner and I felt a little uncomfortable at times cause I would notice that he was looking our way. Since we were the only eat in guests there. He was in fact the manager. When he was informed, he dissapeared in to the kitchen several times and then came towards our table. He addressed my friend first, when corrected he informed me that they added a tiny bit of oil and that it was neccesary. Okay fine, but it was inedible. After having a small awkward aguement that made my friend and our server alittle uncomfortable we paid our bill and left. Needless to say I will not be going there again.
(we were not charged, but the arguement was not needed) -
Review from Sarah O.
Toronto, ON
1/6/2010
I went here for take out last night and there were a few indicators that the meal would be substandard.
1.well, he did admit that it was his first day, he kept messing up at the cash register and they seemed unorganized.
2. i heard the other staff member on the phone with a customer saying "the driver left already" and assured the customer the food would be there soon (nb/don't order delivery if you want your food right away)
3.the waitress asked this couple how their food was and they both said it was a bit too salty. the waitress seemed very accommodating and said she'd let the cooks know.
4. i saw this one young guy pick up a giant piece of bok choy. i don't think he knew how to eat it and let's face it, bok choy isn't easy to chew apart.
my green vegetable curry was pretty bland. i had expected it to be salty but it was quite the opposite. one piece of cauliflower, lots of broccoli stems (i've heard they're the most nutritious part of broccoli but i would've preferred more of the top parts), baby carrots (like the kind you eat with hummus) and very few pieces of tofu.
maybe everyone was having a bad day but i think i'll have to keep up the search for a new favourite thai place in the leslieville hood!
