Restaurant Pichai centers its culinary focus on the vibrant and bold traditions of Thai cuisine, prioritizing the integration of intense aromatics and precise heat levels. The kitchen specializes in authentic grill preparations that highlight the natural qualities of fresh seafood and premium fish cuts. Patrons encounter a direct approach to flavor where fermented seasonings and fresh herbs define each prepared dish. This establishment emphasizes a straightforward engagement with regional Thai cooking methods to deliver complex profiles in every bite. The environment remains dedicated to the delivery of these high-impact ingredients through traditional wood-fired grilling techniques. By maintaining strict standards for ingredient sourcing, the menu ensures that the specific textures and pungent profiles essential to this culinary style remain consistently represented in every portion served.
Restaurant Pichai is located at 5985 Rue St-Hubert, Montreal, H2S 2L8. in the neighborhood of Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie. (located inside Plaza Saint-Hubert).
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Restaurant Pichai offers an exceptional and memorable dining experience, characterized by inventive, flavorful, and authentic Thai-inspired cuisine that stands out for its bold, complex, and spicy profiles. Guests frequently praise standout dishes like the raw scallops, grilled pork collar, mushroom salad, and the signature Thai tea tiramisu, noting the high quality and freshness of the ingredients. The atmosphere is vibrant, cozy, and intimate, creating a lively setting perfect for sharing plates with friends. While the popularity of the restaurant necessitates reservations well in advance, many diners appreciate the warm, knowledgeable, and attentive service provided by the staff, who are often highlighted for their ability to guide guests through the curated, rotating menu.
My wife & I were looking for a unique place to have our 45th anniversary dinner & she spotted Pichai when reading through a magazine that listed the 100 best restaurants in Canada. It had an intriguing & tasty-looking menu, wasn't overly far away from our home in southwestern Ontario, & appeared to be one of the few that wouldn't cost us our first-born child just to eat there!
We started off sharing a sup pak vegetable salad from the specials list, featuring broccoli & thinly sliced mushrooms among other things. The combination of textures & flavour were amazing! We've never had anything quite like it.
For mains, we shared two dishes from the regular menu. The first was laab ped, a salad made with ground duck meat & grilled duck hearts. It was served with pieces of cabbage leaves into which you put some of the salad along with some sticky rice, then folded it & ate it. Wow! It was soooo good! Also somewhat spicy, which I liked just fine.
The second was naem moo yang, which featured fermented & grilled slices of pork, roasted peanuts, & lemongrass. This dish also came with pieces of cabbage onto which you could put a chunk of meat & some sticky rice, fold it, & eat it. My wife especially loved this dish, claiming it was one of the best dishes she has ever had. We've eaten in many ethnic restaurants in our lifetime so far, so this is really saying something!
For dessert, we shared a Thai tea tiramisu. A delicious way to end our meal!
Drinks were a mocktail & a glass of wine. Along with a tip, our bill came to just under $150, which we thought was a great price for such a nice dining experience. The restaurant is cozy inside & has a very lively atmosphere! Tables are close together & between the music playing & other voices raised in conversation, it was challenging to talk to each other at times. Not the place for a quiet, intimate dinner! But if you want to try some unique Thai fusion food in a happening place, we would highly recommend this restaurant! Be sure to make a reservation ahead of time. As you can imagine, it's a popular restaurant & is always busy! But so worth the effort!
Good quality food, ingredients, flavour, & friendly staff. I love sitting bar-rail & there are some seats. Patio looked nice too. Sounded like seating was by reservation for the majority of tables, but we had no wait for two, if willing to sit bar-rail. Thai red curry was the best curry I've had in a long time. The pork we tried was also great. Seems like a popular & high food quality venue
Very good food. Like the concept & the service was superb. Prices are very high. The fermented pork belly was very salty.
Grilled shrimp were amazing. The Tiramisu was a layered cake which was amazing but had no connection with a Tiramisu.
Overall a very nice & enjoyable meal.
Truly an amazing dining experience. I haven't had so much flavor in so long. I sat at the bar & the bartender was LOVELY. What he did right was repeat back my order several times as to make sure my order is right. This is a professional move as I had a terrible dining experience at another restaurant previously where the server accused I didn't order one dish & I obviously did.
Service was impeccable, the kind where it's not too much but just right, a delicate dance. I really appreciated one server bringing me the food & asked if I wanted to hear French or English I thought that was really thoughtful & not assuming even though many English speaking people dine there.
On to the food- the scallops are just divine, so many explosions of flavor. The fermented pork belly also so delicious. Smashed cucumbers were just perfect. I would perhaps skip out on the tapioca balls as they seemed a bit lost especially if you're going to order something that has rice or sticky rice, it'll be too much carbs & make you full. As a solo diner it was great to have the option of having half portions. The amount suggested by my server was just right, allowing me to take home leftover curry for dinner the next day. (The curry is always a good choice to take home for the next day!) A special place not to be missed!
Great service, & above average food. The pork belly was a little salty but the rice & cabbage offset it. However the rice does get dry & hard very quick.
The dumplings were amazing & is a must order. Of course the Thai tiramisu is also worthy of a try.
One the best restaurants & hospitality experiences I've had this decade.
Did the chef's tasting menu. Utterly stunning meal, from pacing to techs to total satisfaction. Having lived in Hang Dong, CM, this grabbed the soul with gusto.
BIG shoutout to the homie Frank for the care & curation of our experience from start to finish, sparing no time or energy tending to our every remark & question. You're a gem, guy.
The dishes were loaded with playful spicy & subtle flavours & textures, light & fresh but also satisfying like comfort food. I was so full & happy after the corn salad & eggplant salad (which came with a nice portion of sticky rice to soak up the sauce) off the temporary specials menu. I'll be back to try more dishes soon :)
2026: I came back & had the special Galam Plee Pad Gapi (cabbage with oyster mushrooms) & a half portion of the pork collar which comes with sticky rice. Both were very good. The pork is salty but in a good way when you mix it with the rice & & eat the leaf in between bites. Also, maybe I'm just socially compatible with the staff but I think they give the best service in Montreal, maybe a tie or step up from mikado. They make you feel at home !
I came back a week later to have the Tom Som Pla soup (rockfish from Gaspesie, pineapple, tamarind). It was really wholesome but the red chilies are super spicy & they don't serve it with rice so this one I'd recommend ordering a rice to go with it. I think they should just include one tbh but I was lucky enough to be sitting next to someone who let me have some of her's ;)
A few weeks later I returned & treated myself to a mushroom night : 1/2 portion of Hed Nem Tok (grilled Montreal mushroom salad) that came with sticky rice, khanom jeeb tod (fried dumplings with stuffed pork, shrimp, Woodear mushrooms, Jimmy nardello sriracha), & 1/2 portion of the gaeng panang jaay (red curry, maitake mushrooms, celeriac, seasonal greens) that came with jasmine rice. Everything was exquisite & the service amazing as usual 🫠
Came back & had the nam Tok gai tod (lemongrass herb fried chicken that comes with dill & coriander & sticky rice). It was nice. There's a strong spicy salty kick. Similar flavour profile as their other dishes but not one of my favorites honestly. I sat on the terrace for a moment in the sun & it was chill.
Returned to have the pad normai farang & asked to get more of the rest instead of egg. The asparagus was sooo high quality & perfectly cooked. Nice fermented bean & garlic chive flavours
Always a pleasure talking to the staff, especially the manager Paras. She's such a sweetie!!! 🥺
Overall a fantastic dining experience. I highly recommend the mushroom salad & the raw scallops & pork belly were good as well. What really stood out in our experience was not specifically the service of our waitress but of the support staff. The bussers, the pass, & even hosts were all very kind & I think speaks highly about what kind of operation they are running at Pichai. I can't wait to come back to try more things.
The grilled pork collar was overwhelmingly salty & spicy. I let the server know & asked if the dish could be adjusted to make it less salty & less spicy. She simply said,'Unfortunately, no,' & walked away.
Overall, every dish we had was too salty & heavily over-seasoned. The spices completely overpowered the main ingredients, so it was hard to taste the actual flavor of the food.
Very disappointing experience, especially given the reputation & price point.
