khao pla

recently visited khao pla a week ago after a two year hiatus and my wife and i were hoping that it would bring good nostalgia from our past visits but sadly was a disappointing experience. they were relatively quite for a lunch period (sadly common across the restaurant industry due to covid19). but despite being quite, they've managed to mixed up our order with the adjacent table's (whom arrived well after us) thus jumping the queue ahead of our order! i've raised this with the staff and the explanation was that either the wait staff or the kitchen staff had mistakenly swapped the ticket and had cooked the order for the table adjacent to ours first causing long delay before ours hit the table. overall flavour was well below past experience with the green curry dish containing a rather dense oil consistency through the dish which we've never seen before. the crying tiger beef was a bit on the chewy side. rest assured we won't be coming back any time soon.

i had the pad see eiw. it was ok. definitely not the current 4.5 stars though. just standard/average

the beef masaman only had 1 potato and 2 pieces of beef. the pad siew was dry and tasteless. the tom yum made you peel your own prawn and the taste was bland.

we love the red curry, chicken skewers and the mango sticky rice dessert they used to have. however, on our last visit over a month ago, the waitress was extremely rude. she kept mentioning the prices to everything and how the rice was going to cost an additional 3$ as if to say we couldn't afford it. we have just not returned even though we love the food.

i had really high hopes for khao pla seeing as it’s rated as 4.5,so i was slightly disappointed when it didn’t meet my expectations:( the spicy pork dumplings were amazing, but the thai fried rice and pad see ew were a bit simple for my liking. the service was quick and i was surprised at how cheap the food was :)

massaman beef was quite good. service was great as well.
although thai sticky rice tasted like it was cooked yesterday, cold and not sticky at all.

great food and great service. didn't habe to wait too long for the food. will be back.

average thai food. pork ribs underwhelming and expensive for what it is. waitress rude and impatient

my favourite thai restaurant in chatswood!
service is quite good, and the food is just 👌
it’s also well priced, not particularly cheap but still good for what you get.
although when they warn you a dish is chilli, it is really frickin chilli! couldn’t finish more than 1/4 of my noodles before i had an intense stomach ache and my mouth could no longer feel anything 🤣
also, don’t take away, for some reason it becomes terrible. the noodles become intensely sweet and they all clump together.

this is the second time i have come. the place is always so busy and that is understandable as the food is amazing. love their moo ping - pork skewers and their pad see eiw and their kana moo krob was very tasty.

moo ping: pork skewer ($3.50), muek yang: baby octopus skewer ($3.50), kana moo krob: chinese brocolli and pork belly ($17) and thai-style biryani: fragrant rice, chilli dip, beef cheeks ($16.50). all the dishes were well-executed. i especially liked the rice dish with its use of herbs, tumeric and spice making it fragrant and the braised beef, melt in your mouth. my boyfriend enjoyed the skewers but i don’t think they were necessary. there was heaps of leftovers after our meal too as the portion sizes are so generous.

this place is definitely one of my favorite thai restaurants in sydney. if you love authentic flavor of thai food, you are sure to get it at khao pla. the taste is similar from thai food that i had in thailand, maybe not as spicy but still very flavorful. my favorite dishes here are tom yum goong and seafood fried rice. the pad see yiew is a bit too oily but i guess that is how it should be. staff are nice and they would inform you if the food you ordered is spicy or not. overall it's worth the money.

nice friendly busy restaurant.
nice wine list great foods.
salt and pepper calamari was so beautiful!
only steak tartare was not excellent

best fried rice in sydney. best place for thai cuisine. visit there once a week.

khao pla chatswood, serious contender for best thai food in town.. it’s on top my go to thai restaurant. come a bit early for dinner as they are usually crowded. for me, they have the best green curry and grilled beef tongue. banana blossom also my other favourite.. i have been here 4-5 times (also in macquarie centre) and will keep coming back.. they are so good