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Ruby Thai

3.3 (23 reviews)
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Chris C.

Ruby Thai appeared to be one of the most popular places in this 2nd floor food court at First Canadian Place. With a made to order Fresh Cooking Bar, it's no wonder why they had one of the longest lines. The process is simple. Grab one of their order forms, check off your desired base (rice or a choice of noodles), choose your protein (chicken, beef, BBQ pork, shrimps, or veggies), and your level of spice. Hand in your order to the cashier, pay, and wait a few minutes for your dish to be cooked. Although these dishes are made to order, it's cooked very quickly in front of you by expert chefs. The waiting time is very short. I ordered the Pad Thai noodles with Chicken and Spicy sauce. It was a little bit oversauced but tasted good, with the right amount of heat. It was obvious that they have regular repeat customers. A couple of them didn't even have to fill in the form. The staff knew exactly what they wanted. They also have a hot table with premade foods and different choices. It's easy to see why this place is so popular.

Jennifer K.

Ruby Thai is the busiest food joint in First Canadian Place during lunch rush for a good reason. Fresh made to order stir fried and soup noodle is a winner! At a reasonable price, you can get something right from the wok pipping hot, so hot and fresh! The option might be confusing for some but just get one of the order form and checked off what you want. This will make the flow and wait smoother and faster. Chicken Pad Thai ($9.38) was A OK. It was hot and spicy. A little heavy on the sauce but as food court food, it exceeded my expectation! BTW, there are 3 lines: one for soup, one for stir fried and one for hot table. Think what you feel like eating before lining up!

pad thai
Crystal L.

This place is super busy at lunch, as with any place downtown. The price and portions are the only good things really. I got a pad thai and it was too soggy and the flavour was a bit off. I like thai express much better but this isn't terrible for food court food. I probably won't be back since there are so many other options in the plaza and area.

Soup with rice noodles, beef, Malaysian laksa base - delicious and only $8.23!
Angie L.

First visit and was thoroughly impressed. I ordered the noodle soup where you can customize your meat/protein, you noodle type, and your soup base. My choice was beef, with rice noodles, and Malaysian laksa soup and it was delicious! The beef was tender and flavourful and the soup was aromatic had great depth of flavours. The dish is nicely garnished with bean sprouts, bok choy and tofu. Will definitely return to get my Asian curry soup flavour fix! Highly recommended for $8.23 (tax included)!

Beef brisket with Shanghai noodles w/ boiled egg in a spicy broth
Cisi Z.

Welcome to Ruby Thai. There are three lines that move concurrently. The left is for made-to-order noodle soup, middle is for prepared Chinese food, and I will figure out the right one in due time. I had the Beef Brisket with Shanghai noodles, soy sauce marinated boiled egg and the spicy beef broth. Very aromatic! The beef brisket was tenderly chewy and the broth wasn't overly-salty - did not have to drink copious of water post-meal. Nothing special about the Shanghai noodles, doe. Good amount of toppings (veggies + meat). Pretty good for $7.90. For reference, the nutritional information can be found here: http://irg168.com/rubythai.html

Spicy soup with duck and Guilin noodles
Susie C.

One of the busiest places in FCP food court. The lines may have insanely long, but they go by pretty quickly (the noodles line up). For around $8-$9, you can get a custom bowl of hearty noodle soup, whether you want tom yum, Laksa or spicy. You also get a choice of different types of noodles.

Why are there French fries in my noodle soup?!!!

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Nice pad siew! Best pad siew in Toronto which tastes so good and similar to the one I used to have back in my hometown Malaysia!!!

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