Jatujak

One of the worst Thai restaurants I’ve ever been to in Toronto. If you want authentic this is not the place. Very white washed food, more like a shopping mall food court recipe made for non asian eaters. If you just want a bunch of asian ingredients stir fried and served to you, then this is your place. Can’t understand how such a place gets 4 stars. Had the pad thai — was way too sweet, very soggy, and over priced. Fried rice was also very mushy and soggy, but thats how non asian ppl like their rice. Rice was comparable to some uncle bens type of soggy rice. Tom yum soup just tasted like a normal vegetable soup. Thai ice tea for $ 4 was so watered down, just tasted like milk, water and sugar. I will never go here ever again. Feel so ripped off bc the food was so disappointing.

Although, their Kingston establishment is small but the quality and taste of the food is too good to handle. This location also serves Halal. I would rate this place better than Sukho Thai. Jutajak is price effective as well. Their Beef Salad, Spicy Crispy Chicken is simply awesome. The salad is juicy and full of street flavours. If we ignore the ambience of the restaurant, they are one of the best Thai restaurants in Toronto.

We had the Asia Food Fest prefix course. It wasn’t worth it (there was no discount, and no special dishes that aren’t on the regular menu).
The spring rolls are whatever (your average oily take-​out spring rolls), the coconut soup was meh, the green curry was very oily. The pad Thai was good, but a bit over-​seasoned for me, and oilier than most pad Thai I’ve tried.
Then we ordered dessert (not part of the prefix). The mango sticky rice was good, but the sticky rice color balls were bad (and pricey, you could get a whole box for that price).
If you do come here, I’d say the lunch is better value than the Asia food fest menu.

Got food poisoning from here. Used to eat here once a week. Now i am scared to eat take out anywhere. :(

Ordered takeout via Ubereats. Good food. Reasonably priced. We had fresh spring rolls, green curry and mango salad. All were fresh and delicious. I would definitely order from this place again.

My first Thai restaurant and it was amazing, although I still need to venture out for other Thai places but this place was so delicious I don’t want to go anywhere else!
My partner and I tried two different dishes — chicken ghaeng phed and chicken pad Thai. Both were so good!
I only gave it a 4 out of 5 because the restaurant was very small and we chose to dine in on a very cold day — you can feel the cold air from outside.

We found the atmosphere a bit understated but the owner was welcoming and the environment calm and pleasant.
We ordered Thai Curry Puffs and spring rolls for appetizers and found both were excellent. If we hadn’t already ordered entrees, we probably would just have ordered many plates of curry puffs and eaten nothing but them for the rest of the meal. (Kind of like a warm dessert style pastry with a nice little curried vegetable nugget inside.) Definitely try them.
For mains, hubby and friend tried the spicy crispy chicken, which they enjoyed but found extremely spicy despite the «one pepper» rating on the menu. Unless you are a spice fanatic, you might want to order this one mild.
My friend ordered the mango crispy chicken and enjoyed it thoroughly.
But we all agreed that my entrée — pineapple rice with chicken — was the best thai food we could remember eating in long time. The dish was a combination of creamy, spicy and slightly sweet and had tons of cashews in it. Huge portion so all of us were able to have some.
For dessert we tried the tapioca coconut pudding — which was served warm and had pieces of corn and some other vegetable in it — not our favourite part of the meal.
The price was exceptional. $ 90 including tip and drinks for the four of us.

Just a little personal opinion before I go on to my review. I think it’s funny how some people. who are not from Thailand, probably never been to Thailand, challenges the authenticity of Thai food cooked by Thai people. And said people probably forget that a dish may be cooked in so many different ways depending on region and personal preference. End rant.
One consensus about this place I can agree on is that it’s COLD if you go on a chilly day. The place is on the small side, and not properly insulated either. We went on a Sunday during lunch, there was one other family there but other than that not busy at all. It is popular for takeouts as there was a steady influx of people coming in to pick-​up and the phones did not stop ringing. There was only one person tending the front and serving, but she was still able to be efficient and friendly. We ordered from the lunch specials menu with the exception of Tom Yum with shrimp.
Padthai with combo (comes with pop/​tea, mango salad, and spring roll) — decent size, very saucy, my mom and I found that it was rather too sweet. but easily fixed with hot sauce on that occasion. Not the best pad thai but still beats food court Thai.
Red curry chicken — comes with jasmine rice, not my dish but I did have a taste and it was good.
Tom yum was my personal favourite, it has that nice sour/​spicy balance I like. Overall, a solid place in the area if you are craving for Thai. Not the best, but better than most. There are some street parking right in front of the strip.
I would return to try other stuff on the menu.

They coined this Thai street style food and while I cannot validate that claim I CAN validate that they make great Thai food! Having worked for about half a dozen years in a Thai restaurant during my high school/​college days I can confidently say that I am quite adept in Thai food. While there has been a huge surge of Thai restaurants in this city, there are very few impressive ones in this crowded space. This stuff is so popular you can find almost dozens of variations of Pad Thai in food courts, Chinese restaurants, bars, modern fusion places and of course fine Thai establishments. However, I can say with confidence that very few do it right.
Jatujak gets it right. The Pad Thai is quite a simple dish to put together but very difficult to master. It’s a dish about striking the right balance of texture, aroma and taste. It’s about being able to decipher each individual component through one of the former traits; like layers of flavours. The noodles have to be soft, delicate yet still have texture. You need that umami from the fish sauce rounded out by the sweetness from the palm sugar. Then a little kick from the bird’s eye chilis and last but not least a little bit of tartness from the tamarind and a squeeze of lime for acidity. Jatujak probably does one of the best (and perhaps truest) renditions of the dish I’ve had in this city so far. Even more impressive was the Tom Yum soup. Sweet, salty, tart and aromatic with crisp vegetables and tender meats/​shrimp. Again, extremely balanced. As well the stir fry’s like basil chicken is nicely flavoured. Fresh, crisp and oh so savory.
Other than this being a little on the expensive side and perhaps lackluster in terms of service (yes, this is located in the coveted Beaches area so one would expect more attentive service) I would peg this as one of my favourite Thai restaurants in the city.

This place is amazing. Everything we ordered was soo delicious. Red panang curry beef, green curry chicken, pad thai, mango chicken and beef salad.
This is the second thai restaurant that i love and i’ve been to a few. The place is small and because there’s no second door we walked in to a cold room. But as soon as we ate the wonderful spicy food, we warmed up.
I will come back again. It’s a gem.

Food was excellent, but service was hit or miss. One of the servers, was really nice and friendly, while the other one was rude, impatient and impersonal.
No matter how great the food or one server is, it’s hard to get the sour taste of crappy service of your mouth.
At first I wasn’t going to recommend this restaurant, but after talking to the owner, I’ve changed my opinion.
He explained that the one server is still learning and still has a ways to go. He was a very nice guy and understood my concerns, and appreciated my comments. He agreed that Toronto has many great food establishments, and customer service goes a long way.
I will definitely have to go back here another day and see how the service is next time. Hopefully the learning curve will be over by then and I can give them 5 stars.

Fantastic Thai food at a great price. This is by far my favourite Thai place in Toronto. So much that I drive all the way to Scarborough to get take out here instead of places closer to our house (granted it’s only a 15 minute drive).
Everything I’ve had here is amazing. It all tastes authentic and is some of the best Thai food I’ve had outside of Thailand. The portions are large and it’s all made with quality ingredients.
The place itself is rather small but there is a sufficient amount of tables for eat in or you can take out and eat at home. If you are ordering take out give an extra couple of minutes on busy nights as they get pretty busy with take out orders.

What a pleasant little surprise this was.
I had the Pad Kee Mao which had a lovely basil/​lime flavour, but I was my girlfriends dish that was to die for. She had the Gaeng Panang with a super rich and creamy coconut curry sauce. She was embarrassed by me busting out my iPhone to take pictures of food in public so wasn’t able to photo her dish. Once we were seated, I fired up Unilocal and checked in here to be greeted with a digital Unilocal coupon on my iPhone for a free Thai iced tea which sort of reminded me of orange creamsicle.
Super friendly staff and a quaint atmosphere.
This place will definitely be one of my new favourites.

We checked in. And a party of 5. The decorations at the place is nice looks like a nice family restaurant. Comfortable and cozy. It is however not recommended for large parties as their are not a lot of larger tables. Now onto the food. The the pad thai chicken was good. It had a different flavour then most thai restaurant. But it worked.
The curry was solid. Exactly what you expect. It may not wow you completely. However it will provide what you expect to find in an average to slightly above average thai restaurant. Given ive been to thailand to try authentic dishes and i think was not bad. Now the lemongrass chicken wings the flavour was good. However the chicken were very overcooked and very dry inside. Also the crispy mango chicken had the same problem. The chicken was overcooked and dry on the inside. So meat was rough.
About the food overall i find it was a decent restaurant that provided thai food as a decent level.
Service wise however, Two problems i had was the way they charged. On the final bill without heads up they would charge +1 or +2 dollars for whatever meat was with pad thai or curry separate. I find that dissengenious as by doing that they tried to make their menu seem cheaper then it is. And also they mandatory charged 15% tips on a party of 5. Which is not typical for any restaurant. Its not about percentage but moreso on how they approached it. Overall i find they need to be more upfront and clear about their charging policies to customers in order to not leave a bad taste of them adding a lot of extra cost without informing them. And also they need to work on their other appetizer dish as well and mango chicken. I would go back under certain circumstances.

Got the yellow curry with beef and it was delicious and full of flavour. It tasted similar to butter chicken, but also different in a better way. It was also a bit more spicy than I was comfortable with, but they left a jug of water at my table to wash it down. I liked how the menu was small so that you couldn’t go wrong with any of the dishes you pick.
Would definitely recommend if you’re in the Scarborough area.

It’s a really nice place. Small, warm, welcoming. I ordered the Gaeng Masaman (beef) and it was exceptional. The staff is very accompdating.
Also, if you check in with Unilocal,you get a free iced tea.
Highly, highly recommend this place. Definitely will go again.

We were in the area in the afternoon and decided to stop by here for lunch for their lunch special. I had the basil chicken and my friend had the pad kee mao (spicy noodle).
Although both the dishes were supposed to be spicy, it wasn’t really. At least not for me. Not a problem! The food was hot, fresh, and delicious! That’s more important.
When you check in here, you get a free iced tea with your meal, which was pretty awesome. My experience with Asian restaurants is that they are often not too fond of giving out free stuff. The lovely young lady in the front was very nice about it and that was a plus.
It was my first time here and probably won’t be the last. Though, I wish the portions were larger. I left the place not completely satisfied, and that doesn’t give me the best of moods. I was petrified at the amount of goodness on my plate.
All in all. A nice little hidden gem tucked away on Kingston Rd. Small place with limited seating and street parking. Take-​out may be the best option, especially during busy hours.

I really like Thai food and in Scarborough it is never easy to find a good place with an authentic taste. So when I found this place it really made my day.
I did not eat in the restaurant as I got take out but man was it good! It was my first time here so I got pad Thai, green curry, peanut chicken, and beef basil Thai. All the selections were very good! The food was already made when I arrived so it was a quick pick up. I added some desserts when I arrived and they were made super fast, the young girl at the front even gave me some hot tea while I waited. I thought it was a very sweet gesture.
I will definitely be coming back for another binge day, as the food is fresh and all the legumes make it healthy. Plus you cannot beat the service.

This is my favorite spot for Thai food in Toronto, beating out both Pai and Khao San Road.
The location could be tricky to get to if you don’t live close or in the immediate area and don’t have a car; the restaurant is not really ideal for dine-​in as there are only a few tables. I suggest getting take out (pick up) or delivery and enjoying this mouthwatering authentic Thai cuisine from the comfort of your own home. Perfect for those Netflix marathons.
My all-​time favorites:
Vegetable spring rolls: free with a $ 30+ order; excellent
Jatujak pad Thai: always a winner
Red curry: excellent balance of flavors and spices
Green curry with beef: the more spicier of the curries
Masaman curry: my pick of the three curries due to the peanut sauce
Mango salad: classic
Awesome Thai iced tea (redeemable for free by checking in!)

Very nice and authentic Thai food. Servers are friendly and the food comes pretty quickly. You can get a glass of REALLY NICE Thai iced tea if you check in on Unilocal :)
We ordered Mango salad, Pad Thai, Yellow fish curry and Coconut tapioca pudding; The Mango salad is really appetizing as it is sorta sweet & sour, the Pad Thai is really nicely cooked as it is not too sweet. If you’re not too hungry, both the main dishes could be shared by two people, especially the curry (tho you might want to order another bowl of rice) I would have ordered a second bowl of rice to go with the curry if I had the stomach. Unlike some restaurants who only give a few pieces of meat in the main dish for $ 10, they serve the curry with lots of gravy and pieces of fish, the seasoning of the curry is just right and the Coconut tapioca pudding is pretty unique in a good way… Their food is just simply awesome.
This place serves GOOD food with REASONABLE price, I’ll definitely visit the place again soon as there are many more food that caught my eyes.