Outstanding, unfussy Thai cooking at prices that feel like a mistake in your favor
Must-try: Cinnamon chicken curry, Roti bread, Papaya salad
📍 4384 Lankershim Blvd, Universal City, CA 91602
The best Thai restaurants in North Hollywood, Los Angeles — 3 ranked picks with ratings and must-try dishes.
3 picksNorth Hollywood has 3 Thai restaurants we would send anyone to, ranked here by rating and review depth. The Rustic Spoon sits at the top with 4.4 stars. If you only order one thing, make it the cinnamon chicken curry at The Rustic Spoon. Most of this list stays under $40 a head. None of these take online reservations — they are walk-in or phone-only, so go early.
North Hollywood is a Thai-leaning pocket of Los Angeles where the 3 restaurants we track average 4.2 stars.
Outstanding, unfussy Thai cooking at prices that feel like a mistake in your favor
Must-try: Cinnamon chicken curry, Roti bread, Papaya salad
📍 4384 Lankershim Blvd, Universal City, CA 91602
Thai in North Hollywood — 4.3 across 771 diner reviews
Must-try: Papaya salad, Crispy rice salad, Panang curry
📍 12843 Vanowen St, North Hollywood, CA 91605
A neon-lit stall inside a swap meet mixing Thai and Laotian cooking, cash only
Must-try: Duck larb, Kaeng lao, Mok pa
📍 12727 Sherman Way, Los Angeles, CA 91605
The Rustic Spoon — 4.4 stars across 202 reviews, the highest on this list. Outstanding, unfussy Thai cooking at prices that feel like a mistake in your favor.
None of the 3 on this page take online bookings — they are walk-in or phone-only. Going early, or on a weeknight, is the reliable move.
The cinnamon chicken curry at The Rustic Spoon, the papaya salad at Sri Siam Cafe and the duck larb at Kim Thai Food. Those are the dishes regulars point to first.
Ratings and review volume decide the order, but the list itself is drawn from restaurants people actually post about — 1 of the 3 here have a TikTok attached to their card. Every entry is checked as open before it ships.