Filing well-known blah spot Thai Tom under the clickbait headline construction “…spots you’re sleeping on” is absurd. So is including it on this list. There’s a reason none of my Thai grad student friends bothered with Thai Tom.
Since this article includes a restaurant south of Seattle, here’s the Asian restaurant The Stranger is actually sleeping on: Theary’s Cambodian, in Federal Way. Oh my god. Get the stuffed chicken wings. And everything else.

CheBogz - take out is fast and (relatively) inexpensive. Have found that 1 take out dinner feeds two.

I've never understood why some places serve pad thai with rice. Do people really find it appealing to mix the two? Hold the rice and just give me more noodles, please.

Silver Tray Thai in Wallingford (on Meridian and 45th) is great. $13 for lunch combos. 4.7 Stars on Google, wonderful people, and "Excellent" rating for King County Food Safety

Eat & Go Thai Street Food (on Aurora and 126th) is also very good. $13 lunch combos. Free tee. Wide variety of dishes. 4.7 Stars on Google.