Noi's Thai Kitchen

You'll drive past this unassuming spot on Elland Road a dozen times before realising it's exactly what you've been searching for. The kind of Thai restaurant where the heat levels aren't dumbed down for British palates and the som tam actually has proper bite. Noi runs a tight ship here, turning out dishes that taste like they've been lifted straight from a Bangkok street cart. The menu doesn't mess about with fusion nonsense – just clean, honest Thai flavours executed with the sort of precision that keeps regulars coming back twice a week. Book ahead because word's properly out now, and that 4.9 rating isn't an accident.