Best Thai Food in Scottsdale
Scottsdale, Arizona — updated August 22, 2026
Scottsdale's Thai restaurants are scattered from Old Town to the strip malls off Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard. Here's how the ratings and review counts actually stack up.
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Scottsdale's Thai cooking is mostly a suburban strip-mall affair, spread from Main Street in Old Town north to Northsight Boulevard and east toward Frank Lloyd Wright. That geography matters: the highest-rated kitchens here are rarely the ones with the most foot traffic. We ordered this list by how settled each rating is, weighing the score against how many people have voted on it.
1. La's Thai Cuisine on Northsight
The strongest rating-to-volume combination on this list: 4.6 across 537 reviews, which is enough feedback to call the score reliable rather than promising. It sits in a retail strip at 15050 N Northsight Blvd, in the north Scottsdale office and warehouse belt, so lunch traffic tends to arrive in a compressed block and the dining room can empty out again by early afternoon. More information is at chernthaicafeaz.com. Of the seven kitchens here, this is the one where the numbers give the least reason to hesitate.
2. Khao Thai and Sushi at Scottsdale
The highest rating in Scottsdale Thai at 4.7, held across 303 reviews. That is a smaller sample than La's, so treat the score as well supported rather than settled, but 300-plus is well past the point where a handful of enthusiastic regulars can carry an average. The address is a suite at 10855 N Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd, out toward the eastern edge of the city, and the menu runs Thai and sushi together, which is worth knowing if you are feeding a table that cannot agree.
3. Thai Coconut
A 4.6 across 379 reviews puts Thai Coconut in the same tier as La's on score, with a slightly thinner record behind it. It is tucked into a suite at 7116 E Mercer Ln, north of the Kierland and Scottsdale Quarter shopping corridor but not part of it, which keeps the room quieter than its location suggests. Worth the detour if the Northsight and Frank Lloyd Wright options are inconveniently placed for you; the ratings track closely enough that the deciding factor is likely to be the drive.
4. Soi 4 Bangkok Eatery
Named for a Bangkok side street, and the most centrally located of the north Scottsdale group at 8787 N Scottsdale Rd, near the Lincoln Drive intersection. The 4.4 rating across 342 reviews is solid and reasonably well established, if a step below the three kitchens above it. That address puts it within reach of the resort corridor, so expect a mix of neighborhood regulars and visitors rather than a purely local room.
5. Chada Thai AZ
The southernmost entry here, at 2765 N Scottsdale Rd near the Tempe line, which makes it the practical choice if you are coming from ASU or south Scottsdale rather than driving north. It holds a 4.4 across 248 reviews, the smallest sample on this list, so the score is encouraging but less proven than the numbers above it. Menu and hours are at chadathaiaz.com, worth checking before a trip since this stretch of Scottsdale Road runs quiet in the evenings.
6. Simply Thai Kitchen
A 4.3 across 521 reviews. That is a large, well-tested sample, which means the rating is unlikely to move much in either direction: what you see is what the last several hundred diners found. It sits at 8989 E Via Linda in the McCormick Ranch and Via Linda area, surrounded by residential blocks rather than nightlife, so it functions as a neighborhood dinner spot more than a destination. Reliable rather than remarkable, judged strictly by the numbers.
7. Malee's Thai Bistro
The most reviewed Thai restaurant in Scottsdale by a wide margin, with 1,189 reviews logged, and the only one on this list in the heart of Old Town at 7131 E Main St among the galleries. The 4.2 rating is the lowest here, but it is also the most thoroughly tested figure in the city, drawn from years of tourist and gallery-walk traffic. Go for the location and the walkability rather than because the scores point you there. Main Street gets busy on gallery nights, so an early table is the safer plan.