arani thai restaurant

every time i come here thefoodis always delicious. my favourite place to go for thai in geelong. unfortunately the last couple of times i've been here the service has dropped slightly and there have been extremely long waits to get meals after ordering. still highly recommend arani for an authentic thai experience!

yumm! love their food. make sure you book a table before you dine in. place gets packed pretty quick. all thefoodis authentic thai. using fresh ingredients. i was impressed! their pad thai noodles is a must, the barramundi fish and their red curry.. would recommend anyone :)

this is the first time i have rated a restaurant/eatery this low. thefoodwas tasty, until i saw something a little unhygienic that occurred in the kitchen, then that put me right off. lets just say, i don't particularly like eating some random person's saliva. so, never have we returned again and never will. ashame because thefoodwe had was actually nice.

love the food! but getting sick and tired of not being open at 11 on a saturday when clearly stated. fyi: we generally arrive at 11:50-12pm. please lift your game. but seriously bestfoodever!


-----06 mar, 2012-----

amazing food!! lovely staff. you know a restaurant is good when the style offoodattracts that particular culture of people! epic meals!!! adore!

love thatfood!. my wife & i recently tried arani & enjoyed thefoodso much that we decided to take our friends there. we regularly dine at different geelong restaurants & rate them on quality, price & service. arani provides excellent qualityfoodat a very reasonable price. having visited thailand in the past we know what good thai should taste like- arani captures the flavours & diversity of authentic thai food-hot (temperature)-flavoursome & fresh. can recommend this place to all that like thaifood:-)

food great, service questionable. unfortunately on the night attended there was a large table of people near us, which meant noise levels were excessive of the duration. however we didn't let this detract from the quality offood- as good as you could expect from a thai restaurant and would recommend. service levels were poor with the drink order being mixed up, side plates not provided for entrees and no follow-up provided for sweets or coffee. left the restaurant a bit deflated even thoughfoodwas great.

what a fantastic dinner. the staff are lovely, friendly and helpful and thefoodis exceptional.
job well done. thank you

a small treasure. my wife and i had a day out in geelong the other week and after an underwhelming coffee on the sea front, went in search of somewhere to eat.

having walked past this place we returned and were glad we did.

this was a wednesday lunch time and when we left there wasn't a spare table, which should tell you something.

to start with we had curry puffs which had the lightest flakiest pastry which married delightfully with the rich pungent satay dip. for mains we indulged in a noodle dish and a hot massaman curry. my wife was effusive about the light fresh fragrant flavours washing through her mouth whilst my curry was spiced perfectly so that my lips felt the heat but no more. this wasn't good food, this was great food.

it gets better though; thefoodwas quickly out and the service impeccable and with a smile. thisfoodwould have been a bargain at $20 a dish, so to pay a mere $10 for each main was outstanding.

one small negative. it's in geelong and not ballarat, and oh how i wish it were in ballarat. still, it gives us a really great excuse to head back down that way again soon.

best thai ever. found this place by mistake and boy what a find! thefoodis beautiful attractive to look at and great prices! can honestly say thefoodis the best thai ever! you need to book though as it is a popular place.

exceptional customer service, fresh and appetizingfoodat cheap prices....the best in geelong! don't look anywhere else if you want to experience the best thai in geelong!

fantastic cheap food. lunch special bargain generous portions.
dining area could be bigger very sqaushy otherwise greatfoodvalue for money

i visit a rani at last once a month since i moved to the geelong area. i found it by accident and did not think it looked that impressive from the outside. i bought a lunch the first few times i went 10 dollars from a set lunch menu, brilliant value. i love the gang massaman curry. but they also do a few great stir fry dishes pad med ma muang is fantastic. everything is cook fresh. it can be quite busy at times and sometimes there is a bit of a wait but i think its worth the wait to get good quality deliciousfoodmade to order. i have been since the renovations which are not quite finished yet but is going to look so good when its all done. these guys are great, service has always been good.
if you want to try them have the lunch for 10 dollars. in the evening they have a more extensive menu but serve much bigger portions. i usually have to ask for a container to take some home. lunch for the next day sorted.

fantastic experience, from the minute we walked in we felt welcomed. fresh, fast food. we will definitely be back! young guy having a crack, well done!


-----22 apr, 2013-----

fantastic experience, from the minute we walked in thefoodwe felt welcomed. fresh, fast food. we will definitely be back!

nice and fresh thai food!! .... nice and fresh thai food!!
we've been here many times and it's been one of our favourite dining spot in geelong. thefoodis always fresh and tasty. the staff were very polite, friendly and attentive. throughly recommend and will return soon.

i've eaten at a lot of different thai restaurants in geelong and in melbourne, this one seems to have much better quality ingredients, really nice variety of flavours. probably the best thaifoodin geelong. well worth a visit, highly recommended.