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2 thai places in Los Angeles we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Los Angeles | Thai across every city.

Los Angeles holds the country's most important Thai community, and Thai Town in East Hollywood is its heart. Jitlada in East Hollywood has been the city's southern Thai room since the 1980s, with Jazz Singsanong running the dining room, while Justin Pichetrungsi's Anajak Thai in Sherman Oaks turned his family's 1981 strip-mall room into a James Beard Best Chef West winner. The two show the range from old-guard regional cooking to modern reinvention.

Jitlada ★ 4.4

$$Southern ThaiThai Town

Jitlada in East Hollywood, Los Angeles has been LA's southern Thai room since the 1980s. Owner Jazz Singsanong runs the dining room front of house.

OrderCrispy morning glory salad and the kua kling fried curry, ordered Thai-hot.

TipAsk for the green Southern Thai menu, not the laminated one.

Anajak Thai ★ 4.5

$$$Modern ThaiSan Fernando Valley

Justin Pichetrungsi's Anajak Thai in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, runs his family's 1981 strip-mall Thai room as a James Beard 2023 Best Chef West winner.

OrderOn Tuesday, the Thai-taco menu. On other nights, the kao soi.

TipJustin Pichetrungsi's Thai Taco Tuesday menu sells out by 19:00; arrive at 17:00 sharp to get on the list.

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