Chada Thai Fine Cuisine - Coquitlam

This truly is fine Thai cuisine; gourmet, in fact. Unlike any Thai restaurant we’ve patronized in Greater Vancouver. Unique, delicious dishes and a refined atmosphere without being stuffy. Pricy and small portions, but ever so tasty. When you’re in the mood for sophisticated Thai food and can look past the prices, this is the place to go in Tri-Cities. I’d have given it 5 stars if it weren’t for the steep prices. Very popular place and not very big, so you may want to call ahead.

Chada Thai, not to be confused with Chad Thai in North Burnaby, is located in the Pinetree Village shopping centre in Coquitlam, next door to C-Lovers Fish Chips. The inside of this cozy Thai place is rather dark and shaped like an “L” with the kitchen taking up a big portion of the restaurant.

Great flavour. The pad Thai has large prawns and the staff are nice and friendly. One of my favourite locations for Thai. A bit on the pricier side. Highly recommended for dine in.

Unbelievably great food! But, it comes at a price! We averaged around $20 per person but food here is highly recommended. <br/ A must visit place with good seating arrangement and extra polite staff makes you feel special too<br/

Would you believe the best thai curry in the Lower Mainland is situated in a sketchy shopping plaza near Coquitlam center? Believe it. I was very skeptical of Chada Thai given its fairly high prices (almost $20 for the curries) and blacked out windows preventing you from seeing the depressing view outside. I wasn't blown away by the dining experience with the overly elegant atmosphere for a Thai place and cramped seating, but the curries were at Chada were spectacular. We tried both the green curry with chicken (requested to be 15 out of 12 on their spice scale) and a medium spiced red curry with prawns. While the green curry was disappointingly mild, it was unbelievably good. It was up there with my experiences at Wondee Siam in NY, Bangkok Garden in Toronto and Lotus of Siam in Las Vegas. We also ordered a medium-spiced green curry as takeout for our babysitter but it ended up being very spicy. I suppose my 15 spice level confused the chef. More likely it's the fact the nobody takes me seriously when I boast about my high threshold for spicy food. At Chada, I also recommend the summer rolls pictured below but pretty much everything else on the menu should be skipped, including the pad see ew and pad thai.