Favorites Thai

Two Michelin Bib Gourmands and a 4.5-star Google rating: Favorites Thai earns its place on Ossington

Favorites Thai has held a Michelin Bib Gourmand in both 2024 and 2025 — Michelin's designation for restaurants delivering above-average food quality at a moderate price. At a $$ price point on Ossington Avenue, that back-to-back recognition is the single most useful piece of information before you book: this is the kind of Thai restaurant that justifies a specific trip, not just a neighbourhood convenience stop.

For a special occasion dinner where you want to spend thoughtfully rather than extravagantly, Favorites Thai sits in a category of its own in Toronto's Thai dining scene. It is not trying to compete with the $$$$ tasting-menu rooms like Alo or Sushi Masaki Saito. What it offers is something harder to find: food that Michelin inspectors considered worth singling out, in a room on one of Toronto's most active dining streets, at a price that does not require justification the next morning.

What kind of restaurant is this, and who should book it

Favorites Thai is a Thai restaurant on Ossington Avenue in Toronto's west end — a stretch that runs dense with independent restaurants and bars, making it a practical anchor for a full evening out. The $$ pricing means two people can eat well without managing a bill that crowds out other decisions about where to go before or after.

The Bib Gourmand designation, now in its second consecutive year, signals something specific: Michelin's inspectors are not awarding this on novelty or atmosphere alone. The standard requires consistent cooking quality at a price point accessible to most diners. For a celebration dinner, a date, or a work meal where you want to impress without the formality of a tasting-menu room, Favorites Thai delivers the credential without the overhead.

If you are comparing this to other Thai options in Toronto, Kiin is the obvious peer , it is one of the city's other well-regarded Thai restaurants and sits in a higher price bracket with a more formal dining room. Koh Lipe Thai Kitchen and Som Tum Jinda round out the Toronto Thai scene at a more casual register. Favorites Thai occupies the middle ground: less formal than Kiin, more recognised than most casual Thai spots in the city.

For reference points outside Toronto, the Bib Gourmand places Favorites Thai in a comparable tier to awarded casual restaurants across Canada , a step below the destination dining of Tanière³ in Quebec City or AnnaLena in Vancouver, but operating with the same underlying standard of intention. And for readers interested in Thai cooking at its most serious, the Bangkok benchmark is set by places like Nahm and Samrub Samrub Thai , context worth having when assessing what the Bib Gourmand means for a Thai restaurant specifically.

Ossington after dinner: the late-night case for booking here

One of the practical strengths of Favorites Thai's Ossington location is what happens around it. Ossington Avenue is one of the few streets in Toronto where dinner and a late-night continuation in the same area is genuinely easy , bars, wine spots, and other venues are within walking distance. Booking Favorites Thai as your dinner anchor for an evening that runs later is a reasonable strategy, and the $$ price point means you are not arriving at the next stop already over-budget.

This matters for special occasions specifically. If you are planning a birthday dinner, an anniversary, or a date where the intention is to make a night of it rather than just a meal, Ossington's density of options gives Favorites Thai a structural advantage over restaurants in less walkable or more mono-purpose dining corridors. You can eat well here and move the evening forward without a taxi.

Booking difficulty and timing

Booking at Favorites Thai is rated Easy. That is relatively unusual for a two-time Michelin Bib Gourmand recipient in a city like Toronto, where Bib-level recognition at comparable venues often translates into multi-week waits. The practical implication: you do not need to plan weeks out, but it is still worth booking ahead rather than walking in and hoping, particularly on weekends when Ossington runs busy. Given the recognition and the 521 Google reviews averaging 4.5 stars, demand is steady , book a few days in advance for weekends and you should be fine.

For anyone planning a special occasion, the easy booking window is actually a meaningful differentiator. You are not competing with a reservation system that requires gaming three weeks out. Compare that to the difficulty of securing a table at Alo or similar $$$$ venues, and the accessibility here is part of the value proposition.

How It Compares

FAQs

• Can Favorites Thai accommodate groups? Group bookings should be possible given the easy booking difficulty and moderate price point, but specific capacity and group policy data is not available. Contact the restaurant directly at the Ossington address to confirm. For large groups at $$ Thai restaurants in Toronto, it is worth asking about pre-set menus or shared-dish formats.
• Is Favorites Thai good for solo dining? Yes. A $$ Thai restaurant on Ossington with easy booking and a 4.5-star Google rating is a practical solo dining choice in Toronto , you are not committing to a lengthy tasting menu or a minimum spend. The neighbourhood also makes it easy to extend the evening independently.
• Does Favorites Thai handle dietary restrictions? Specific dietary accommodation policies are not listed in available data. For dietary requirements, contact the restaurant directly before booking. Thai cuisine typically includes dishes adaptable for vegetarian and vegan diners, but fish sauce and shellfish-based pastes are common in the cuisine, so confirming specifics in advance is advisable.
• Is the tasting menu worth it at Favorites Thai? No tasting menu is confirmed in available data for Favorites Thai. Given the $$ price range and Bib Gourmand positioning, the format is more likely à la carte or a streamlined menu. The Bib Gourmand standard signals value-for-quality rather than a multi-course format , if a long tasting menu is your priority, Alo or Sushi Masaki Saito are the Toronto options for that format.
• Is Favorites Thai worth the price? At $$, back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition makes this one of the stronger value cases in Toronto dining. You are getting food quality that Michelin inspectors considered award-worthy at a price point that is accessible , that combination is not common. For Thai food specifically in Toronto, it is the most credentialled option at this price tier.
• What should a first-timer know about Favorites Thai? Book ahead for weekends even though availability is generally easy. The Ossington location means you are on a lively street with good before-and-after options. Two Michelin Bib Gourmands means consistency is part of the identity here , this is not a one-season discovery. Explore our full Toronto restaurants guide for broader context on where this fits in the city's dining scene.
• How far ahead should I book Favorites Thai? A few days in advance is typically sufficient given the easy booking difficulty rating. Weekend evenings may require more lead time given the Bib Gourmand recognition and the active Ossington corridor. Unlike Kiin or the city's harder-to-book $$$$ venues, you are unlikely to need three-week planning here , but do not leave it to the same evening.

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