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How to find good khao soi

Khao soi is northern Thailand's curry noodle soup — rich coconut broth, soft egg noodles, a nest of crispy fried noodles on top — and a Thai restaurant that does it well usually cooks northern food seriously.

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What is khao soi?

Khao soi is a curry noodle soup from northern Thailand, especially Chiang Mai. It has a rich coconut curry broth, soft egg noodles, chicken or beef, and a topping of crispy fried noodles, served with pickled mustard greens, shallots, lime and chilli oil on the side.

What separates a good one from a bad one

Curry paste made in-house — Fragrant with dried chillies, turmeric, ginger and coriander seed.
Two textures of noodle — Soft noodles in the broth and crisp fried ones on top.
Bone-in chicken drumstick — Traditional, and more flavourful than breast meat.
The garnish plate — Pickled mustard greens, shallots, lime and chilli. Essential, not optional.
Other northern dishes on the menu — Khao soi alongside sai oua, nam prik ong or larb means a kitchen cooking Northern Thai.

What to order

Chicken khao soi — With the drumstick.
Beef khao soi — Braised beef.
Sai oua — Northern herb sausage.
Larb — Minced meat salad.
Sticky rice — On the side.

Where to find Khao soi

Khao soi is mostly found at Thai restaurants, so that is where to look. Open listings put 10,664 of them across the US, and these are the cities and campuses with the most.

Cities with the most

New York, NY 337 Los Angeles, CA 210 Portland, OR 176 Seattle, WA 162 San Francisco, CA 154 Chicago, IL 146 Las Vegas, NV 130 San Diego, CA 106

Campuses with the most within a mile

NYU 107 New School University 104 The Graduate Center 86 Baruch 86 FIT 84 Touro University 80

A few to start with

Imm Thai NYC — New York, NY
80 Nassau St, New York
Panadda Thai Cuisine — Los Angeles, CA
637 N Spring St, Los Angeles
Khob Khun Thai Food — Portland, OR
431 SW Harvey Milk St, Portland
Thai 2 Go — Seattle, WA
823 3rd Ave, Seattle
Lers Ros Thai — San Francisco, CA
307 Hayes St, San Francisco
Lime Leaf — Chicago, IL
333 S State St Unit C13, Chicago

Counts are listings in Overture Maps open data (September 2026), counted by the town in each address. Independent places only in the examples above, and they are a starting point rather than a ranking.

How Savor Scout looks for it

The search reads for khao soi, northern Thai and Chiang Mai, which separates Thai restaurants cooking regional dishes from those serving the standard curry-and-pad-Thai menu.

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Each of these opens Savor Scout with the location already set, so you can say what you want and it searches from there. It covers 1,000 US cities in total — these are simply the largest.

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