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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Madison Magazine. Updated August 2026.
Lao Laan Xang Restaurant · Willy Street
Wisconsin's first Lao restaurant, women owned, serving papaya salad, larb, and pumpkin curry.
Sala Thai · Madison
Authentic enough to forget you're in Madison, with pad thai, fried rice, and squash curry.
Rising Sons (State Street) · Downtown
Thai and Laotian cooking, including drunken noodles and papaya salad with sticky rice and fried chicken.
Sa-Bai Thong Thai Cuisine · Near West
A Madison Thai institution of more than twenty five years, with a second room on Odana Road in addition to its original Near West location. It took silver in the 2025 readers' poll for Southeast Asian food under a misspelled version of its name. Both locations keep current hours and welcome walk ins.