Which is better for pad thai in Melbourne: Jinda Thai Restaurant or DoDee Paidang Swanston?

Q: Which is better for pad thai in Melbourne: Jinda Thai Restaurant or DoDee Paidang Swanston?

Jinda Thai Restaurant ranks higher on BestDish (80 vs 49 points). Pick DoDee Paidang Swanston if it has more Google reviews (3,653 vs 2,344) or its raw Google rating is higher (4.6★ vs 4.4★) or you're closer to CBD.

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Jinda Thai Restaurant vs DoDee Paidang Swanston

the top two for pad thai in Melbourne, compared properly

● Updated September 2026

The verdict: Jinda Thai Restaurant beats DoDee Paidang Swanston for pad thai in Melbourne — it leads our ranking by 31 points (1 community mention · 1× called the best · in 2 youtube reviews). Pick DoDee Paidang Swanston if it has more Google reviews (3,653 vs 2,344) or its raw Google rating is higher (4.6★ vs 4.4★) or you're closer to CBD.

Jinda Thai Restaurant vs DoDee Paidang Swanston — pad thai in Melbourne (September 2026)
	Jinda Thai Restaurant	DoDee Paidang Swanston
BestDish rank	#1 🥇	#2 🥈
BestDish score	80	49
Google rating	4.4★	4.6★
Google reviews	2,344	3,653
Price tier	$$	$$
Suburb	Abbotsford	CBD
Known for	—	—
Community mentions	1	2

Go deeper: Jinda Thai Restaurant dossier · DoDee Paidang Swanston dossier · the full Melbourne pad thai ranking

How we score: Google review strength (rating above a 3.8 baseline weighted by volume), blended with community-consensus mining on high-traffic pages. No pay-to-rank.