Best Thai in Queens
The ten best Thai restaurants in Queens for 2026, Elmhurst's Little Thailand strip, Jackson Heights, and the Woodside original that started it all, ranked by current editorial consensus, not nostalgia.
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- 1Elmhurst · $$ · 76-04 Woodside Ave, Elmhurst, NY 11373
The Isan specialist that turned a strip of Woodside Avenue most New Yorkers had never heard of into a citywide dining destination.
It picked up three stars from Pete Wells and a Michelin Bib Gourmand, but the real tell is that longtime Elmhurst regulars still line up for a table alongside everyone who read about it.
Order Larb ped, the duck salad with crispy skin and toasted rice powder
Go on a weeknight, weekend waits can run past 45 minutes even now that the group has expanded to three locations across Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan.
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