Do Dee Paidang

4.5 Stars
The food here is excellent and tastes authentic to me. The pandan juice was light and sweet, faintly green and had the familiar pandan taste.
The tom yum noodle soup with fish balls (and without spiciness) was really good. I liked having a choice of noodles and the soup base was delicious.
The soft boiled rice with pork also had a good tasting liquid and the rice was soft and plump from soaking.
The som tum Thai with pickled crab had a very strong flavor. There were alot of peanuts, some cherry tomatoes, a few green beans and thin shreds of green papaya. I didn’t like this dish as much as the other dishes.
The mango sticky rice was sweet and tasty, the rice chewy. The mixed jelly with coconut was sweet and enjoyable too, though the coconut milk turned pink from food coloring after awhile.
The Thai ice milky cordial reminded me of strong strawberry milk and it was bright bubblegum pink. I would skip this drink.
Overall, great place. I would come back for their noodle soups (which is what they’re known for.)

BEST MEAL I HAD IN AUSTRALIA! Some local friends brought us here a few weeks ago when we were visiting, and I am still dreaming about this food! I was in Thailand a few months ago, and I’d say the food here is even better (also because I can actually taste it without the spice burning my mouth off).
We ordered a couple things — a massaman curry, a seafood tom yum, a beef jerky, a green mango salad, and a fresh coconut. We inhaled everything. The massaman curry had beef that was so tender it fell apart. The seafood tom yum was spicy but so delicious, we couldn’t stop drinking it. The beef jerky looked like little pieces of Medusa’s hair and was intimidating at first, but of course we loved that too. More crispy than chewy, and perfectly spiced. The mango salad and coconut juice were great to have with the spicy and salty counterparts.
The food here was so authentic and not overly sweet like many other Thai places. I can’t wait to come back!!!

One of my favourite Thai restaurants so far. This one is more authentic than Home Thai. There are a lot of local Thai food.
I always have crispy pork with prik khing sauce. Very tasty and yummy. Tum Lard salad is a huge salad portion with fried fishcake, prawn, fish, chicken, pork skin and extra veggie. I was quite overwhelmed when the dish arrive because I didn’t know where to start. Som Tum Thai is a great choice for this dish. After all, it’s a good one.
Will come back for more.
The only cons are service and small space.

I am a spicy food lover, but this one was over the top, and I ordered it medium spicy. Waiter did not warn me about that… Grilled squid was excellent but the green papaya salad was way too spicy! So be careful how you order it. When they say spicy they mean SPICY. If it were not for that, I would give it 4 stars, just because service was not all that great.

Hands down the best Thai street noodle joint in CBD. But be warned because when they say it’s spicy, it IS SPICY! The spiciness scale is not an aussie-​fied version but the real deal. I can’t feel my tongue after trying the level two (there are five levels all together) noodle. They also have Thai sized portions here so make sure you order the jumbo size (don’t worry you’ll have no trouble finishing it!!). The recommended dish is noodle #10 — noodles with mixed meatballs meat chunks steak sausages etc.
Another must try dish is the sausage like meatball rows which are to be eaten with rice paper wraps. Absolutely delicious and make sure you order additional noodles to soak in the yummy sauce!
It’s also BYO so you can bring some singha beer to serve with your food too.

Absolutely delicious Thai food! I would totally recommend the fried school prawns as an entrée. Tried the Do Dee Monster. It was soooo spicy despite it being only level 1 but it was absolutely delicious. If you’re not that great with spice, go for a level 0. I thought I was pretty good with spice but Doo Dee Paidang proved me otherwise.

Fairly authentic Thai food in the heart of Chinatown. The service is pleasant and attentive. One of the few places in Australia that brings water without you having to request it. The spice is kicked up a notch from other US places however. Their mild, level 1, is a little hotter than a medium in US. Flavors are nice, ingredients are fairly fresh too.