The Friendly Thai

Delicious every single time! Best coconut rice in the city!

We have been here before and the food has been good. Lately the service has slipped quite a bit. A couple of times there was no server, or the server was late for her shift, and the owner or cook (?) helped out. On Dec 18 we came here to have lunch. The restaurant was open. There was nobody in the restaurant, nobody in the kitchen. We called and looked downstairs. We waited for about 5 minutes, nobody showed up, just another potential customer. Nobody on the premises at 2pm on a Friday. It was strange and creepy. After this, we will not be back.
Then we had lunch at the Schnitzel Place next door, and it was great! :-)

So far, I have to say I am quite surprised that some of the best Thai food I’ve tried is in Toronto, specifically here in The Friendly Thai. I’ve tried Thai dishes in Bangkok and Singapore, and the food here is comparable to 5-​star hotel quality in that part of the world. No kid. The only thing is that the portions were a little smaller than I expected. Keep up the excellent work.

Love this place I go all the time everything is yummy the portions are good Service is great
, value for money it’s one of the best places around highly recommended

I ADORE this restaurant. My boyfriend and I come here every week because the servers are attentive, friendly and prompt, the restaurant is uncrowded, the food arrives quickly, and above all, it is so delicious! I will start by saying that I don’t know how «authentic» it is and I have never been to Thailand, but in my experience it’s the best Thai food I’ve ever had.
We have had the pad thai, curry pad thai, curry fried rice, green curry chicken and beef, spring rolls, and chicken curry soup. Absolutely everything was great — flavourful, creamy, tons of peanuts on the pad thai, and my curry pad thai was absolutely piled with shrimp — at least 10 shrimp on the plate!
Final word: can’t comment on authenticity, but ¹⁰⁄₁₀ for deliciousness. I’m dreaming about my pad thai leftovers now… ;)

i ordered the spicy noodles with beef, wasn’t spicy and was tasteless the beef was extremely dry and chewy, the spring rolls were good but the main was awful.

I really like this place. The food is pretty good though I always order the same
thing (chicken fried rice and cashew nut chicken). The delivery time can be long but I guess
that depends on what time of day you are calling. Anyways, overall good food.

Everything we ordered was subpar. The fresh veggie rolls consisted of 90% lettuce. Our chicken wings were overcooked and black. The lemon chicken soup had two small pieces of chicken and three large pieces of ginger. Pad Thai was okay.

It was a quiet snowy Saturday. Just me for a bit then a couple came in. Nice server who was pleasant but not overly chatty.
Food was great! Coconut chicken soup, coconut rice and green curry chicken.
It’s a clean a spacious location. Wheelchair accessible right to the bathroom. If I’m in the Junction again I would most definitely return.

First time at a Friendly Thai. Four of us went there because the Junction restaurant (Italian) we were heading for had a 20 minute wait. We were really pleasantly surprised. Spotless environment, friendly service and delicious food — in ample quantities (everyone agreed). Frankly by far the best chain Thai restaurant we have experienced. Will definitely go back.

Worst experience ever! I can’t believe that after getting the order wrong, the new employee (Maria) was trying to tell me (a vegan and vegetarian person) that I placed the order wrong. The manager should teach their employees that customer service is #1. When I finally arrived there to get my refund, Maria kept on arguing with me claiming that WE had incorrectly placed the order instead of attempting to make amends in an effort to keep me as a customer. This place will be closed within a short time especially with employees like Maria.

Great value at lunch time. Servers are cool as well. Cheaper than fast food chains and way healthier. Park for free on High Park Blvd.

Avoid at all costs… Huge waste of money… Terrible food

My friend and I decided to try the two top Thai places in the junction (Baan Thai, a few weeks ago) and the Friendly Thai the other day.
The Friendly Thai appears much more modern than Baan Thai and has very Canadian décor. The menu offers a variety of both meat and vegetarian options all at varying degrees of spice (well marked on the menu by the appropriate number of jalapenos beside each dish). Any carb such as rice or noodles is ordered separate and is about $ 2/​person.
The dishes are a fairly large size and are ideal for sharing. However, they do not have the same opportunities to try 4 or 5 dishes for one price as is available down the street. Which was something my friend and I really enjoyed last time. On this occasion, we ordered are separate entrees and because she ordered extra spicy and a prefer no spice, not a lot of sharing took place.
I had the Thai avocado chicken and loved the variety of fresh vegetables included in the mix. The smoothness of the avocado complemented the other stir-​fried vegetables and meat. I ended up finishing the entire plate but in the future it’s probably big enough to get two meals out of it.
Price point is average, servers are attentive, and they appear to have a steady stream of customers coming/​going. However, I would have liked if they had combos so that customers weren’t tied down to one entrée.
All-​in-​all, this place is a-​OK but definitely not the best i’ve had.

Place has gone way downhill in the past 6 months. My favorite dishes I no longer order, as they are greasy and bland where they were once fresh and bursting with flavor. Still have a couple things I like, spicy chicken fried rice and thai hot & sour soup are still good but I think it’s time to finally look for a new thai place to get delivery from.

I attended this restaurant last night with my fiancé, two boys and a couple of friends. We had high expectations as we all like Thai food. Our orders were not delivered together, at least one person at our table received an order long after the rest of us started eating, people who were seated after us received service before we did, the staff were not courteous, and I am paying right now for what I ate last night. I would not recommend this restaurant.

The Friendly Thai is a good spot for Thai. I enjoyed the pad Thai and vegetable spring rolls I had. The pad Thai had a slight sweetness, along with an appropriate (but not tear-​making) level of heat. It was all served hot.
The service here is good, and the restaurant is clean. Take out service is available, and there is a 10% discount for take out orders of 15 $ or more.
Most menu items fall between 8 – 12 $ before tax.
This is a solid place to enjoy a good meal. It is not usually crowded, so you can probably walk in without a reservation.

Food: 3
Service: 4
Ambiance: 4
Overall: 3.5
I really wanted to like this place, I did. I’m not sure what other people’s experience of «Thai» food is according to other reviews but this is not authentic Thai food. This is as authentic Thai as much as imitation crab is authentic crab. The food, while not horrible, is lacking so much of what makes Thai food what it is. The sign of a good Thai place is how well they do their Pad Thai (well at least for me it is). As another reviewer mentioned, their pad thai is a clump of noodles with all the wrong flavours. Sadly enough, this is the kind of Pad Thai most people are used to. Seriously though, just watch a few youtube videos of Pad Thai being made in the streets of Thailand and tell me that you still think that orange/​neon/​glow-​in-​the-​dark Pad Thai that is served here in Toronto is legit.
Well enough ranting from me. My friends love this place and so do many others. These are the same friends who love Manchu-​Wok when they crave Chinese food. Chacun à son goût! :)

Pros — reasonable prices, prompt delivery, friendly service.
Cons — bland, greasy, sugary.

Whaaa happened, Friendly Thai?
I know they were closed for a bit for renovations (installed a few new booths where the bar was before) so not sure if it changed ownership or management.
This Friendly Thai WAS one of my favourites in the Junction ‘hood. We went in on a Wednesday night around 8pm. The restaurant was pretty empty. I ordered the glass noodles ($ 10.99) while others ordered the pad thai ($ 9.99), curry pad thai ($ 10.99) and crispy beef ($ 10.99).
They use to have a special for $ 10 draft pitchers of Amsterdam but that was no longer available. In fact, beer had disappeared off the drink menu all together.
When my glass noodles arrived, I was less than impressed. It looked like a mound of clumpy noodles, all stuck together in a gross massive heap. The noodles tasted a bit burnt and they were super spicy. I don’t remember seeing any indication of spice on the menu. Not appetizing at all.
The whole time I was staring at my dish, this is all I could think of: