Mengrai Gourmet Thai Restaurant says...
To experience Thai food is to truly experience the essence of each dish - the freshest herbs, the special spices and the inspiration behind each creation.
Known to Toronto and International gourmands alike for the perfect gourmet Thai dining experience, the restaurant is distinguished by avant garde Thai chef Sasi's refined Thai cuisine. Chef Sasi embodies everything positive of the Thai culture, her warmth and charm emanate from within. Sasi's cuisine is "haute" which combines healthy cooking techniques with ingenuous... More food artistry and; manifests her bold interpretation of traditional Thai cooking to create rich complex flavors with layered textures and exotic contrasts.
The atmosphere at Mengrai Gourmet Thai is warm and elegant with touches of traditional Thailand. The exposed brick is a great backdrop to the polished elegance of the Thai culture.
Meter and Green P Parking is available on Richmond St. E.
Please call for reservations to ensure seating.
Mengrai Gourmet Thai “Where You Become Royalty”
To experience Thai food is to truly experience the essence of each dish - the freshest herbs, the special spices and the inspiration behind each creation.
ACCOLADES
Fodors.com "The Best Thai food outside of Chiangmai"
The Globe & Mail 2008 top 10 restaurants!
2008's best eats JOANNE KATES
Authentic Thai, local ingredients command respect. This is authentic northern Thai cooking, using impeccable ingredients with great respect.
Best of Toronto 2008 – Thai Restaurant
Most Thai restaurants round these parts have a deservedly poor reputation, more bad Thai than pad Thai. But Mengrai’s romantic boîte in a converted warehouse raises the bar with a luxe lineup.
TORONTO LIFE MAGAZINE 3 STAR *** rating (Excellent)
“Mengrai Thai sets a new Thai standard”
A renovation has capitalized on the historic bones of a former brewery—hardwood floors, exposed brick, cozy crannies—to furnish a casually elegant setting for haute Thai that sets a new Toronto standard, courtesy of chef Sasi
JACOB RICHLER July 18 2008
Chef Sasi - `CANADA`S MOST FAMOUS THAI CHEF`
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Toronto Sun review Jan 25 2009 by Anna Males
Mengrai "first class ticket to Thailand"
Toronto Food Critic and TV Personality
MARTY GATLIN
Toronto’s THAI SENSATION.
Word has spread, and people are saying it's the best they have ever tasted.
Dine Magazine & Toronto Sun
SARA WAXMAN
Sasi is the best Thai chef in Toronto - Toronto Sun
"In my experience, master chef Sasi prepares the most elegant, subtly spiced Thai dishes outside of Bangkok"
Ming Pao Chinese Daily
ANGEL HUI
"Sasi prepares food that are as exquisite as Hermes and Louis Vuitton"
Birmingham Mail U.K.
ADAM SMITH
Whether it be a restaurant in the must see CN Tower, which has the world’s highest wine cellar,
or the perfect Mengrai Gourmet Thai Restaurant which is run by celebrity TV chef Sasi.
Chicago Free Press April 23, 2008 By Gary Barlow
Toronto’s international flair is on full display at Mengrai Thai. Critics rave about this place, with some declaring it to be the best Thai restaurant outside Thailand.
Jamaica Observer by Roland Henry. Sunday, August 10, 2008
'Sasi' with lots of Thai appeal
Mengrai will leave even the gourmand with the most discerning palate completely satisfied.
Washington Metroweekly by Troy Petenbrink
Mengrai Thai delivers on its name. It is consistently named among the city's top restaurants and often cited as having some of the best Thai outside of Thailand.