45th Vegetarian Thai: What’s Vegetarian Editorial Review

45th Vegetarian Thai on North 45th Street in Wallingford serves a meat-free Thai menu, and most of it is vegan. The menu tags each dish as vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, or all three, so you can read it like a map. A few dishes use egg or cream cheese, which is why this profile lists the restaurant as vegetarian instead of vegan.

Start with the appetizers. The Vegetarian Spring Rolls cost $10.95, and the Fresh Rolls with homemade peanut and hoisin sauce cost $12.95. Golden Tofu and Tofu Satay each come out near $13 to $14. Brussels sprouts, deep fried, cost $12.95, and the Hed Kem Thong Tod fries enoki mushrooms with sweet chili sauce. The Hawaiian Cream Cheese rolls, filled with pineapple, cream cheese, and tofu, are the one starter that clearly isn’t vegan.

Soups and salads are the strong middle of the menu. Tom Yum and Tom Kha both cost $16.95 and carry fresh and fried tofu with mushrooms. You pick your spice level. Som Tum, the green papaya salad, costs $13.95, and Larb Tao Hoo swaps ground tofu and konjac in for the usual minced meat, with roasted rice powder and mint for $14.95. The Yum Neua salad uses veggie meat in place of beef.

Entrees come with rice, and brown rice adds a dollar. Pad Pak, Pad King, Pad Ma-Khuea, and Pad Med Ma-Muang all run $16.95 and lean on fried tofu with vegetables. The Spicy Crispy Tofu and Tofu Orange cost $18.95. Pad Kaprao arrives with a fried egg on top, so ask for it without if you want it vegan. The fried rice section follows the same pattern: Thai Fried Rice and Hawaiian Fried Rice both include egg, and you can add veggie meat for $5.

The special dishes list adds Kao Soi noodles, Thai-style suki-yaki, a Gang Ped curry, and a Ka Prao with vegetable meat. The site doesn’t print descriptions for those, so ask your server for the ingredients.

The kitchen is meat-free, so you won’t share a grill with animal protein. Egg and cream cheese do appear, and the restaurant says the cooks will modify any dish on request. If you need a fully vegan meal, order from the items tagged vegan and tell your server.

Practical notes: Prices put most entrees at $15.95 to $18.95, which is $$. The restaurant is open daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and closes for an hour from 3 to 4 p.m. The online ordering page lists a different, shorter window, so call (206) 258-4923 if you’re arriving near either end of the day. You can order pickup online, and delivery says coming soon on the ordering page.

Mixed vegetarian and vegan groups, and anyone who wants Thai food without negotiating around fish sauce. Because the kitchen serves no meat, you can skip the usual hunt for a vegetarian entree on a Thai menu.

The Wallingford address and the phone number come from the restaurant’s own site and ordering page, and the ordering page carries a 2026 copyright. If you’re in the neighborhood, order the Tom Kha, the Larb Tao Hoo, and a Pad King, and share the plates.