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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Washingtonian. Updated August 2026.
Siam House, Washington, D.C. · Cleveland Park
Washingtonian 2025 readers' #1 Thai. The Cleveland Park kitchen DC readers crowned best in the city.
Baan Siam · Mount Vernon Triangle
Washingtonian 2025 readers' #2 Thai. The Mount Vernon Triangle restaurant serving regional Thai dishes.
Beau Thai Mount Pleasant
Washingtonian 2025 readers' #3 Thai. The Mount Pleasant neighborhood Thai anchor.
Thip Khao Restaurant · Columbia Heights
Chef Seng Luangrath brought Laotian cuisine into the DC spotlight here in 2014, still known for a crispy-rice salad and an umami-bomb beef jerky, with rotating specials like crab-and-scallop noodles. More refined and ingredient-forward than its Virginia siblings, it blends fiery Laotian dishes with familiar Thai staples.
Padaek · Falls Church
A sibling operation to Thip Khao blending well-executed Thai staples with Laotian dishes, a more casual everyday counterpart to its Columbia Heights sister. Good for diners who want the same kitchen's Laotian range from a Virginia address without the more formal setting, at inexpensive prices.