Young Thailand

Craving green curry, I was excited to try this place since it was directly across the street from my office. I’m comparing it to green curry (with vegetables + tofu) that I’ve had from other Thai restaurants nearby.
I was really disappointed. Rice isn’t included with the meal, which is fine, but the ‘add-​on’ brown rice portion is pretty small. The curry sauce wasn’t particularly amazing, and most of the vegetables were lettuce. A little spinach, a couple of pieces of broccoli, one sliced carrot. Meh.
The tofu was… unfortunate. It was pretty mushy.
The meal wasn’t awful, but it just wasn’t great. Perhaps the meat items are better, but when it comes to curry vegetables + tofu, I won’t be coming back unfortunately.

Tasty food and very clean and nice ambience, staff are polite and lovely, I has shrimp spring roll for appetizer and one of the curry stews with peanut, both super tasty, a friend of mine had pad Thai which was fine but I didn’t like the taste of the oil in it. We didn’t have to pay for the parking on Saturday night which was a bonus: D.

Great staff. Could not have been nicer. I am glad I tipped well because after we ate the rain came down hard and we were stuck in the doorway. The waitress came out and offered us umbrellas. That was a great nice gesture.
We also liked the food a lot. My wife gave it a true, rare compliment… She would eat here again. I have had a number of pad thai since living in Thailand, and this was my favorite.

On the front cover of the menu, it has the restaurants name and in quotation marks «First Thai Restaurant in Canada». Sounds like a pretty serious claim. The meal was on!
There was another location in my old neighborhood of Cabbagetown, and I’d heard it wasn’t that good, but I had just had a good day and wanted to celebrate with some Thai food and it was the only one close by, so I thought I’d go check it out for myself.
The place wasn’t too busy, but a large party had just left so I thought that was a good sign. The atmosphere is nice but not stuffy. Tables are comfortable as is the seating and atmosphere.
I ordered #25, the spicy Thai noodle with chicken, and the mushroom veggie spring rolls. The spring rolls arrived first, and were delicious. Tasty, straight from the deep fryer, and a flavorful blend of mushrooms, carrots, cabbage, glass noodles and other vegetables. I’m a carnivore but I like veggie spring rolls more. They were served with sweet chili sauce which was made in house according to the waitress and was better than the store bough sauce which I still think is good. There’s four per order, so that’s a bonus for sharing if you’re in a party of two or more.
The spicy Thai noodle was next and was also pretty good. Nice flavor without being overly sweet, and large amounts of tender chicken with a generous helping of thick rice stick noodles and veggies. The presentation was a bit lacking, it looked like it lacked color which tells me the sauce was very water based. That’s good for not overpowering the senses, but not as good as a good house made sauce or tamarind. The noodles were broken up and the vegetables cut into large chunks, I prefer smaller pieces. Still, a tasty dish.
The service was decent. Server was a little slow on bringing water, but she was polite and brought the food out to the table as soon as it was ready.
Neal total came to approx $ 17, and I tipped $ 4. Overall pretty good, but I wouldn’t go across town to get it.

Reasonably priced for lunch, but expensive for dinner.
Food quality and portions are fairly large. Modifications are no problem here which is great!

This may seem like a strange review but I need to complain about the delivery time. We were told delivery would be an hour, so we ordered because that was the timing we wanted. It arrived in 25 minutes. By the time we were able to eat our food, it was cold and disappointing. I called to discuss it with them and they didn’t seem to care. I would have ordered later if I had know. I’m just annoyed.

Very adequate service. Good simple food. Amazing price. I felt like I was ripping the place off for the price.

Good food. Average price too. The lamb basil and the duck Curry were pretty good as well. However, I have never been to a Thai restaurant where they do not give rice along with the curries. We had to buy extra rice for $ 3 a plate. The rice was just enough for one person so add that to the cost of your plate whatever dish you get. Service was fine. Large seating space. Quick service.

Ordered Royal Pad Thai at extra hot level… No tears, no dizziness, no chemical burns, only a mild sweat. Delicious but lacking the Muay Thai style kick of every other Thai restaurant I’ve been to… which all happen to have been in Texas. (It might be a American-​Canadian regional adjustment.) So, I wonder how hot Thais actually eat their food…

Food here is delicious. Their authentic pad thai is the best I’ve had in the city. Just make sure to eat in or pick-​up because their online delivery service is awful!

this review is ONLY for the one on King street, I have never been to the other location.
the food there has been (for the last 2 yrs) consistently great. I have never been disappointed. My boyfriend and I love the spicy mixed sea food, the soya noodles and pad thai.

Extreme slow service. Small portion. Too much msg. Will not return to the restaurant for sure

I go to Young Thailand at least once a week. My girlfriend thinks their Pad Thai is the best in the city and swears she could eat it every day and never get sick of it.
I tend to mix up what I order and have tried much of the menu, often getting the Pad See Ew or Thai Spicy Noodle, but I’ve never had a bad meal here and service has always been good.
The interior décor is really lacking, and mostly the reason for my 4 star review. I try to mostly go for take-​out, but with friends will often sit in, and the atmosphere is just so lacking that it puts me a bit ill at ease. While service is good, there isn’t much personality behind it (language barrier?) and I feel that might lead to a forgettable experience for some people.
That said, based on past experiences and how close it is to where I live, this is my thai staple in Toronto and I would definitely recommend it to anybody wanting thai takeout.

This review is based on a few times that I’ve been to Young Thailand for lunch pickup.
I have to say I love the Crispy Cashew Chicken. Has a great mix of crunch and savory. Very flavorful indeed but the reason I’m only giving 3 stars is because the portion sizes are very inconsistent. I’ve had the dish 3 or 4 times now and each time either it was almost all chicken with no vegetables, or mostly vegetables and a few pieces of chicken. The dinner portion is reasonably priced, about $ 13 including tax (rice not included).
The gilled red snapper is also very good, a bit pricier but that’s to be expected. Naturally takes a bit longer to prepare but it’s fresh, not greasy and comes with some tasty veg.

We take-​out Young Thailand (King Location) at least once a week. It’s our go-​to take-​out restaurant for fast, tasty, well-​priced Thai food.
Typically we order the Royal Pad Thai — don’t bother with the regular. If you’re going to spend $ 10 on pad thai, you might as well spring the extra $ 2 for the royal version which is worlds better. The cold rolls are a great appetizer. If you like duck, try the Curry Duck dish with rice (mmmm, drooling just thinking of it).
Lastly, Young Thai is really good with regulating the heat of their dishes. I love Thai, but hate spicy food… so they do a great job when I request extra mild dishes.

I decided to check this place out as I just moved into the neighbourhood and they boast about being the first Thai restaurant in Toronto.
The décor was nice and clean, however it feels a bit stuck in the 80’s.
I was surprised that there was only one other table that was occupied and two people ordering take out there when I was there — this was 7:30 on a Saturday night. To be fair it was a Canada Day long weekend, but it just felt really odd and I was expecting just a few more people there.
The service was excellent. The waitor was friendly and very courteous and our water glasses were constantly filled throughout our meal.
The wait for our food was rather slow considering we were the only ones in the restaurant (the other table was finishing their meals when we arrived).
The food was a major let down, which is maybe why the restaurant was empty.
We had the Basil Duck which was drowning in a very salty sauce and the duck meat was rubbery and a bit over cooked. This was probably because the duck has been twice cooked (roasted and then stir fried).
The Mixed Seafood Green Curry came in a nicely flavoured sauce, however it could use more heat and it was very watery. The two pieces of mussels were cooked from frozen not fresh and I was horrified to see two sticks of imitation crab which fell apart in the bottom of the bowl as it was overcooked to death. Why would anyone put imitation crab in curry? That was something I would cook for myself when I was in university! There was no baby eggplant that was promised in the menu, which I was very disappointed as I love eggplant especially with curry.
The Grilled Whole Thai Snapper was the worst dish of the night. According to the menu it was supposed to be deboned and grilled with banana leaves which sounded really good, as I like the traditional fried whole snapper and thought that having it grilled it would be a nice alternative. What came was a snapper that was full of bones, big and small, but what was worse was the snapper was not properly scaled and cleaned which makes for eating the fish rather difficult and ungraceful having to pull out bones and the many scales out of your mouth and on to the plate. I didn’t see any banana leaf, but instead was a few large leaves of lettuce. The sauce was bit unusual tasting, as I think the lime leaves and lemongrass was a little overused.
All three dishes had the overuse of red and green peppers as the veggie ingredients, which was really disappointing and lacking in effort. I would like to see more substantial veggies used.
The total tab for dinner was reasonable, however I think for the same price I could have a much better Thai meal at Coco Rice just down the street.

This review is based on the take out service as I have yet to sit down and eat in.
Firstly they have a lunch special combo which myself and colleagues at work regularly take advantage of. We keep a print out and all but one of the items is less than $ 10 and for that you get a good portion of the main dish plus a spring roll, salad and the soup of the day.
I usually always have either the mango chicken or the spicy lime lamb and they are always delicious.
The fewer times I have been in the evenings I have come across the same level of satisfaction in their food although it costs more and I do not get the extra sides but sometimes I do wish the staff can be more observant of customers walking in and not seem like they are in rush to take your order and get you out. This happens even when it is not busy inside.
Will go again this week to try their peanut curry chicken as it just caught my eye while writing this review.

Over the years I’ve ordered take-​out from Young Thailand many a time, and never really been disappointed. The food is flavourful and seems fresh. I’ve tried Cashew Chicken, Curry Chicken, Curried Beef, and other menu items — always with vegetable spring rolls — and have enjoyed all.
The reason for the 3 stars, is that I have also eaten in a few times, but have almost always been the only people in the restaurant. I can tell they do a booming take-​out/​delivery business. While dining in, I see the brown take-​out bags going out non-​stop. But I can’t help but wonder, what does everyone else know that I don’t know, about why not to eat in? Are they surviving on take-​out business because those diners haven’t discovered some awful secret?
I’ll keep eating it until I find out, because I do really like it!

Husband and I were walking along King West looking for a place to grab a bite to eat and we happened upon this place.
The décor is very cute, and the server was very attentive. My husband drinks alot of water with a meal, and his water glass was never empty :)
Seeing as we were there for a quick lunch, we both ordered lunch specials. The Pad Thai with chicken was reasonably priced and the portion size was good. It was quite flavourful.
Lunch is served with a small starter plate that includes a salad (crisp and tasty), a spring roll (excellent — my favourite part of the meal), and a bit of hot and sour soup (neither of us cared for the soup, the smell alone was really a turn off, not sure why).
We would stop off for lunch again if in the neighbourhood, but wouldn’t go out of our way to come here.

I went here for dinner — server was attentive, portions were a good size, nice décor and washrooms were clean. You could take someone here for a date.
I had the curry pad thai with beef and my friend had pad thai with mix seafood. The dishes had just the right amount of beef and seafood (shrimps, squids, clams, scallops).