Thai

• Eating out

Fragrant, soul-warming Thai noodles are hiding down this CBD laneway

Thai boat noodles is the specialty, but there’s a stack of soups, noodles and toppings to choose from.

• Matt Shea

• Exclusive
• Just open

Come for the rice bowls, stay for the pandan Ice Magic at Chat Thai’s new food-court diner

Rice Face is serving some of the best value lunches in the CBD, and owner Palisa Anderson says her chicken rice stands up to the greatest she’s tried in South-East Asia.

• Bianca Hrovat

• Review
• Brunswick East

Roll in to this Thai spot, order this comforting noodle dish, and you’re in for a happy time

Ari.BKK joins Melbourne’s maturing Thai food scene, but its imaginative menu isn’t trying to slot in neatly.

• Dani Valent

• Recommended
• Melbourne

Pick Prik

Thai food hall offering something for everyone.

• Recommended
• Fortitude Valley

So What Stereo

Thai brunch served in what feels like the ultimate retro rumpus room.

• Matt Shea

• Review
• Carnegie

Tyga

Spinning ’70s South-East Asia through a suburban centrifuge.

• Recommended
• St Kilda

Yang Thai

For southern Thai-inspired charcoal chicken.

• Dani Valent

• Good Food Guide

20 of the best BYO restaurants from The Good Food Guide

From an oceanfront two-hatted restaurant, to a no-frills skewer spot, here are 20 places to bring your favourite bottle of wine (plus, updated corkage fees).

• Good Food Guide reviewers

• Review
• Bakery Hill

Mr Jones

Refined room alive with vibrant art and equatorial aromatics.

• Review
• Ferntree Gully

Ranong Town

For chilli-stacked curries and coconut-rich treats.