Le Thai

Start with the short rib fried rice

Le Thai calls its short rib fried rice one of its most famous dishes: beef pulled from short ribs, stir-fried with egg, garlic, onions and cilantro and the house waterfall sauce. The other plate the restaurant hangs its name on is the 3 Color Curry, red, yellow and green curries blended together with all their vegetables.

A few more from the menu:

• Thai oxtail and meatball noodle soup
• Papaya salad and larb, served with sticky rice or lettuce for wrapping
• Pad Thai, pad see ew and drunken noodles (pad kee mow)
• Tom yum and tom kha soups
• A daily and weekly specials board

The chef

Chef Dan Coughlin’s mother and grandmother were born in Thailand, and he grew up in his mother’s restaurant. The traditional side of the menu comes from their cooking; the fusion dishes are his own. He opened the Fremont Street restaurant on November 1, 2011, at a time when, as he told Travel Nevada, downtown was still fairly bare.

Downtown or west on Charleston

Le Thai Downtown sits on East Fremont, with a patio facing the street, a remodeled dining room in back and a full bar. Reservations are taken through Resy, and the restaurant books buyouts, birthdays and company events through its website.

Le Thai 2 is in Rancho Plaza in the Medical District, a few minutes’ walk from UMC. Coughlin bought his first restaurant space in that plaza in 2006 and came back in 2018 to open a takeout-focused second location. A remodel has since given it a 40-seat dining room and a 14-seat bar, with happy hour Monday through Saturday from 3 to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m.

Downtown hours: Mon–Thu 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Fri 11 a.m.–11 p.m., Sat noon–11 p.m., Sun 4–10 p.m.
Le Thai 2 hours: Mon–Fri 11 a.m.–9 p.m., Sat noon–9 p.m., Sun 4–9 p.m. Both close Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

Visit or contact Le Thai

Le Thai Downtown: 523 Fremont Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101
702-778-0888

Le Thai 2: 2202 W. Charleston Blvd., #5, Las Vegas, NV 89102
702-675-3892

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