This is the sister restaurant to Khao San Road, but I don't think it is nearly as good. The food is decent, and better then average thai in the city, but I have had a few misses too. The seating is very casual, with plastic stools at the tables. I really like the fried rice with an egg on top. However, I ordered it as take out once and it was not good at all. The portion was really small and it was super oily. That being said, we went for Song Kran, which is thai new years and it was suuuuuper fun! They give you water guns to shoot each other and bring out the food in small courses that you eat as you run around. If you get the opportunity I was recommend going for this. You have to buy tickets in advance and they sell out fast. read more

Really nice, lively crowd at Nana - plastic seats, very loud, but enjoyable (to us). The food is definitely not as good as Khao San's. Not much else to say - we had the tom yum soup and wished it had more flavour . The beef noodle soup was very interesting. Pad thai was my favourite. Chicken curry and beef skewers were good. I would not wait in a long line for this food, but I would go again if in the area. Cannot wait for the new Khao San location to open! read more

Had the southern fried chicken laab......the best! Explosion of flavor! I would defiantly suggest this to anyone! read more

Nana - Had to eat all of it to save others from the greatness of it. - Thai Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

i went there last sunday, it was my first time there. their tom yum soup was very delicious and the pad thai was great. it was better than i expected. read more

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Every time I walk by this place, it is always packed full of people, so one Sunday night I decided to try it out. It being late on a Sunday almost all of the appetizers were sold out (even spring rolls and fresh rolls) and a signature cocktail was sold out? I ordered a green curry and Tom yum soup. There was a ton of lemongrass (I think) and it was hard like wood chips, I had to pick though both dishes of what looked like hardened something, I couldn't finish my meal. Only positive I can say was that the server was very nice. read more

Food is tasty. Lunch portions of curry are very small though. It's like a child's portion. I guess they expect you to round it out with soup or appetizers, but then things start to get too expensive for lunch. read more

Was out strolling on Queen ST West last night looking for a bite to eat and we came across Nana. From the street it just looked so appealing , great fun decor and very nice staff. The food was delicious, I had the green curry and my husband the Pad Thai and we finished this off with coconut gelato. A fun friendly place with great home cooked food. We sat at the bar which was fun. Great evening and we plan to go back with friends. read more

I think a great Thai place is hard to find and I was certainly impressed with Nana. They were serving their Khao San Road dinner menu and I ordered the penang beef (my measure of a good Thai place is the excellence of their curries). The penang was not quite as coconutty as other places however it was just as delicious. Good vibe and friendly service. read more

I was looking to try something new, and Nana provided. The food was delicious and both of our plates arrived at the same time. If you're in a group of two you'll have to share a table with another group of two (the place is small, if I had known that before hand I would not have gone). If/when I'm ever in Toronto again I will go back. read more

First time here, big fan of Khao San road. A bit disappointed with the portions of food and drink for the price they were charging. Food wasn't as flavourful. Seating a bit off with plastic chairs. Servers didn't even ask is how the food was. Probably won't come back and go to Pai. Their portions are larger for the same price. read more

One of the better Nandos in the city - chicken was tender, well cooked and well seasoned and the sides were delicious as well. Got take-out and the service was wonderful - attentive and efficient. Will definitely be back. read more

Prices keep on creeping up, the service keeps on creeping down. I also find it rather cold there. Seeing how the door is often dislodged isn't helping in the dead of winter. Also, $1.50 for extra peanuts on the pad Thai? I once found myself coming here 3 times a month, now, I'm down to once. I wonder what a few extra peanuts can do for their sales. read more

Was really excited to go here as part of a dinner & a movie date. We showed up 50 minutes before we would have had to leave to make it to our film, right when Nana opened. There were about 3-4 other people in the restaurant. It's a nice place, but I agree, it's a little cramped. Luckily we got one of the pair tables. We are vegan, so thai food is usually a good option, but only one app was even vegetarian. We ordered 2, but oddly the server said it would be large enough to share. It really wasn't. I would have gladly paid for 2 of the oyster mushroom laab. Found it strange because aren't servers meant to upsell? 15 minutes after our app plate was cleared we still waiting on our mains and it was approaching the time where we would have had to leave. I checked with the owner (our server was never to be seen again) and he said it would be on its way. If it hadn't been I would have left. All in all it took us about 45 min to get the mains because the prep work wasn't complete by opening. We had to wolf down our food, not easy with a red curry! Again, because the tables are so smooth and slippery my husband had his plate slip onto the floor and couldn't finish his meal. We missed the first 20 minutes of our film due to the slow service. Couldn't enjoy the food and because we ordered too little we had to go out again afterward. So to recap; slow, cramped, table,s are not ideal for eating food from and so insufficiently filling, you'll need another meal a few hours later! read more

Pad Thai and curries are awesome. Service can be lacking sometimes though, with the occasional long wait, but it's not enough to overshadow the solid food and atmosphere. read more

This has to be one of my worst experience when it comes to Thai food. And trust me, I know Thai food. I lived in Bangkok for a year. We ordered pad see ew, Thai yellow curry fried rice and khao soi with chicken. All lousy! I would not return to this restaurant even they offered to give me a free meal!!! read more

Walked out just as quickly as we walked in. Traveled from Cambridge to specially have dinner here and seeing as we arrived to an empty restaurant It would be ok to sit in the back (as it is our anniversary) but we rudely told we only had the choice between the two worst tables in the house. If we came in at a busy time we would understand but still would never understand how the owner would not want to accommodate the customer. Went down the st and was politely sat in minutes. read more

First off, I would never recommend this place or ever return here again. The décor is horrendous, the seats are so uncomfortable. It was poorly designed from seats, table, and dinnerware/china. I just don't get it. The menu had no descriptions and when asked what certain items were, it seems like it was such a burden for them to tell us. We had ordered the Pad Prik King chicken and Pad See Eww, I've had this at other restaurants so I wasn't being adventurous at all. The Pad Prik King Chicken was good, but the Pad See Eww was uneatable! The manager came up to us and asked how things were, and we mentioned that something was off about this dish. We had mentioned that there was a weird smell and taste to it and to be nice asked if there were any special spices we should know about. The answer was no everything was fine that's how it was suppose to be. We never ate it because it was actually very disgusting. My conclusion is that either the meat was sitting out long, it was old, or just plain spoiled. The taste was this sour metallic, rotten meat kind of taste. And if you have ever cooked a beef before you may know what I'm talking about. My concern is that the staff did not do anything but defend their dish, we clearly could not eat it, it was a FULL dish and it got to the point of us saying OMG can you just smell this or taste it and tell me if that is suppose to be right? And by this time everyone at the table was done their food, it was near the end of the evening, and finally it was sent to the cook. Then nothing...waiting...nothing... after 15 minutes we were like so what's the status? The staff then shrugged and said "Oh everything was fine that's how its suppose to be" I was so frustrated with this level of service. Which was NONE. Then we continued to exchange words, she said she'd ask the manager to come over, WHO never did. One of my pet peeves is paying for rotten food!! I don't know how long that food has been out. Came out too quickly, so you know it wasn't freshly made. Good customer service is to say from the very beginning "oh I'm sorry you are dissatisfied, can we offer something else? or would you like something else?" Or SOMETHING along those lines...just something anything but "no the cook says its suppose to be like that" So at the end of it, ya maybe they have some good dishes. I wouldn't say great dishes compared to other Thai restaurants. Their prices are high. Their service sucks. Their décor is awful. Their food isn't great. Overall review would not come back, BUT everyone should try it for their own experience. PS because of ingesting rotten food it did not sit will with our stomachs. read more

Mark Pupo , in the Toronto Life issue of April 2015, recommends 20 Toronto restaurants that he will " visit again and again ". I follow Toronto Life recommendations selectively if not blindly. Mark's number one recommendation Buca of Yorkville was a disaster and my review appeared in Yelp almost a year ago before April 2015. Number 9 on the recommended list is Nana. Mark has classified it as " Street Style Thai Worth Waiting For " I would not go to the length of calling Nana's menu as street food of Thailand as I have been there a couple of times. How could it be without skewered meats and veggies? Nana's menu is limited which is good news and I will rate the dishes 7 on a scale of 10. The 4 chilli jars that arrive at the table gladdened my heart. I would have liked to spend more money at the restaurant but the 18" stool height and the narrow base made it difficult to enjoy the food in comfort. It is a place where you eat and get out. Extremely uncomfortable to sit on a stool. Nana should initiate cost/ value analysis of introducing comfortable chairs and incremental revenue per table versus the stool format and the loss of revenue due to discomfort of stools. No matter what, a restaurant is obligated to provide comfortable ambience to its customers and more importantly Toronto Life should highlight the criteria on the opening page as to how the restaurants were selected to attain the top 20 listing. For my guests who traveled 20 miles to visit the much touted Nana by Toronto Life was a disaster. By the way ignore the comment by Mark Pupo in his review that Monte Wan, the owner " meets you at the door and becomes friends with everyone in the room " No such luck for us. If Monte Wan was there to meet us at the door I would not have missed the opportunity to relay my views of the restaurant. Would I go to Nana again? Never. I will consider a take out or Delivery service from Nana. Lesson learnt, don't get carried away by reviews when the criteria of selection is vague. That is why I pay attention to Zagat reviews. Pity, to the best of my knowledge Zagat does not review Toronto restaurants. Cheers Suresh Chawla Toronto. read more

I asked for spicy panang curry but received a sweet curry. Complained about the sweetness of the curry and was given chilli flakes! Ordered the nasty and bland spring roll with pork and crab. Waste of your hard-earned dollars! read more

Been eating Thai food in GTA for years. Decided to try it out despite the amount of negative reviews. I was very disappointed with service and food quality. Was hoping it would be similar to Khao San Road but was no where close. I will never return to this establishment. Bad food, bad service and way over priced for the quality. Even complained about the food and the server didn't care to hear our feedback. Maybe if they actually listened to some of the feedback they could improve. Save your money and avoid this establishment. read more

Food and price is great! We had a wide variety of items. The papaya salad was great and I had the khao soi with chicken. The service was good, only complaint is the seats are too uncomfortable!! read more

Came here with high expectations because of our great experiences at Khao San Road. Sadly, we were very disappointed. Our night started out with being crammed into very very tight uncomfortable seats at a shared table. There were 2 open tables at the back which we were told we weren't allowed to sit at - there was a person who looked like the manager or owner just hanging out on their laptop there...but there were about 8 open seats! Menus were old and crumply with food stains. Next our server forgot to bring our beer. Food was ok - for an appetizer we ordered the chicken laad which although was on the very salty side, ended up being the best part of our meal. We originally tried ordering spring rolls and fresh rolls which were both sold out. For our meals, I ordered the tofu pad gra prao and my boyfriend ordered the fried rice pad gra prao - both were so so, oily, relatively tasty, but nothing special - average at best. Also all the dishes were served on plastic plates, which I thought was a bit tacky. Our bill was about $55, which was a lot in our opinions for so so food, plastic plates, and poor service. All in all, not a great experience and won't be back. Save your $ and head to Khao San Road instead. read more

Ordered takeout from here 3 times. The first two times the food was pretty decent - not like Khao San Road, but decent. The last time the food (same order) was fairly inedible. We picked at it a bit, but ultimately we gave up on it and found food elsewhere (which made it a waste of money). read more

Nana was a pleasant surprise. It was quite different than the run of the mill thai restaurants in town. The dishes were presented well and we're different in flavor. The fried chicken starter was lovely. Very tangy and spicy. The yellow curry fried rice was nice and so was the red curry. The satay was also good. The place is a bit of a tight fit. I guess space is a premium on Queen west...it's a solid choice. Go for it. ... read more

Should have read the reviews before we decided to eat here. Completely over priced for the amount of food. The food is decent but it was portioned for a child. It also took a long time for our food to come so don't come starving because you will probably pass out before you get your food. So now we are heading to banhmi boys to actually get full. read more

Do you want to sit on tiny, red, plastic chairs that a five year old would balk at around a tiny table where another couple of strangers are forced to join you to eat tiny portions of mediocre Thai food? read more

ok food. terrible service. menu is small, 1 vegetarian option, no flexibility. i was with a date, we walked in around 6pm (early for downtown Toronto), the place is about 1/3 full. he seats us at a 4-seater with another couple. i ask for our own table, and he says that they want to make room for others. there are no others! read more

Great atmosphere and service. Bartender is awesome, we loved the drinks. Food was just OK compared to Khao San Road. I would go back to try the rest of the menue. read more

Stopped in for a quick bite after a hospital visit and ordered the Bangkok pad Thai and Kung paid chicken. Food came quickly and was very tasty. Ambience is lively and pleasant - music and decor inviting. The place was full for the Saturday lunch crowd. I'd rate the food perhaps 3.5 but the service was well worth the gamble and we'd stop in again. read more

Celiacs, beware!!! Although the menu indicates GF for gluten-free options, not all of these options are TRULY gluten-free. Despite checking in advance with my server, JUST before my food came out, I was informed that the GF meal I had ordered was NOT safe for someone with celiac, prompting an order change for a dish I did not enjoy. Apparently they consider the GF options "gluten friendly" - but that's not what the menu says. read more

We went to this restaurant with a group of friends tonight, thinking it would be a good meal. We've all been to the sister restaurant, Kao San Road, and thought Nana would be just as good. We ordered the curry, pad Thai, boat noodles and khao soi. We were all disappointed. Service was mediocre. If you're looking for a good Thai meal, don't go to Nana. read more

While walking around Queen street with some friends we stopped into Nana. The restaurant is set up well with a window that opens onto the street which I love. We started with pork screwers which were really nice. Then my favourite the fried chicken with an amazing spice blend and green onions. I highly recommend this dish!! Then we finished up the meal with the pad thai. A very high quality pad thai I might add it was very nice. The staff were very friendly and helpful. I would encourage anyone who is around the neighbourhood to try out this gem! read more

Food is tasty, well-portioned, very authentic.The pretension it is served with seemed unnecessary. Two of us arrived to an empty restaurant, and the waitress refused to sit us in the table we preferred (away from the draft coming from the main door). Then, I requested to have my dish medium, not super-hot. The waitress lectured me on how that was attempting against the integrity of the recipe and "at Nana we don't substitute or change anything". I can understand not making considerable changes to the recipe, but toning back the amount of chilies thrown in doesn't seem like a disrespect tot he authenticity of the dish. Just my thought. read more

The food at Nana is great, but when ordering take-away it's almost always not warm enough to the point of being cool. Microwaving it makes it soggy and unappetizing. Very disappointing. read more

Incredible every time! The food speaks for itself and the service is always so welcoming! It's our go-to for Thai in the city!

We were 6 adults and a baby and the staff were amazing at accommodating our party and making sure that we were comfortable. Loved the ambiance, and the food was very, very good. The green curry is the best I have had outside of Thailand, and boat noodle soup was absolutely delish, complex and well balanced flavours. Not my favourite khao soi in the city, but reminiscent of the khao soi in local markets of Chiangmai. Dishes were a little small for the prices, but quality ingredients and cooking! read more

I heard the hype about this place and was expecting good things about it! Loved the atmosphere of the place and how everything fits. Customer service was not too bad, until we received our food. We ordered the south fried chicken salad and some chicken meal with peanuts. The south fried chicken was WAY TOO SALTY and sour, and so we told the waitress about this. She responded with a confused look in her face and said, 'you're the first customer to say this' and just stood there. Anyways, she took it to the back and tried it with her manager, came back with our original plate and told us, 'this is how it's suppose to taste, we tried it out'. I asked her if I can get something else and she told me that she'll waive the fried chicken off the receipt. Summary: I wouldn't go back to this place and poor customer service. If you do come, I would not recommend getting the southern fried chicken. Not sure if anything else is good. read more

Expensive for what it is. For a restaurant going for a street food vibe, meals averaging to $20 after tax and tips is definitely not street food prices. Also a 18% tip was already added to the bill. read more

a must go. sensational food!! the tables are shared and the experience is great. don't miss it. read more

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First time here, great Thai food! I wish the mango salad was a bit spicier, but overall still very good. Pretty much every meal is $15-$16. Food is worth it, but would be nice to have more variety in terms of price read more