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LEO Weekly readers put Simply Thai first in the 2024 Readers' Choice Thai category. The St. Matthews room on Wallace Avenue has been working the standards for years, and there is a second location out in Middletown. Curries, noodle plates and a sushi menu share the kitchen. Heat is adjustable, so say what you actually want when you order.

Opened in 2024 by Chef Ann and her husband Chris, and reviewed by LEO Weekly's Robin Garr, who went back for the tom kha, the green curry and the fresh rolls. It sits out on Factory Lane in the East End, in a room that gives away nothing from the road. The heat levels are honest, so order accordingly.

Robin Garr reviewed it for LEO Weekly and led with the boat noodles, a rich beef broth bowl he called spectacular. The Panang curry and the tom yum both landed, and the egg rolls came out shattering crisp. It has been open on Shelbyville Road in Middletown since August 2024. Five heat levels, and most plates sit between ten and twenty dollars.

LEO Weekly readers voted Time 4 Thai into the 2024 Readers' Choice Thai category, placing it second behind Simply Thai. This is the pick of people who eat Thai food in Louisville week to week rather than a critic's discovery, which is its own kind of endorsement. Expect the standard canon, curries and noodles and soups, done consistently.

The third name LEO Weekly readers voted into the 2024 Readers' Choice Thai category, alongside Simply Thai and Time 4 Thai. That reader vote is the case for it here, and it is a real one: the same crowd that eats Thai in this city regularly keeps returning this kitchen to the short list year after year.