arani thai restaurant

best thai in geelong. easily the best thai food i have had outside thailand.goodprice andgoodservice.

yum love this place. had reallygoodgreen curry and the best coconut rice i’ve ever had.goodfood and service and i will return next time i’m in geelong.

their lunch deal is a prettygoodbang for your bucks. the taste is okay~ish but the portion is pretty good, for their pad thai at least. their pad thai is a just on the border of being too sweet for my taste but i still like it. the thai fish cake taste .. a bit unusual, a bit bland and more chewy than usual. the roti is pretty good, but the peanut sauce is again unusual, taste like peanut butter instead of actual peanut. well as long as they keep the lunch deal on, this place is still good.

tasty, friendly and fast service. we are regulars here for a reason! best thai in geelong without a doubt!!!! and the deliver 👌🏼 the banquet is always agoodidea!

when first arriving i pulled out my chair to find a wad of dirty wet brown tissues on my chair. really put me off the food and ruined my experience. the food was all quitegoodbut we ended up waiting nearly an hour to get our main meals which was a bit disappointing. won’t be returning anytime soon.

often dine here for a quick lunch, service is sometimesgoodbut sometimes not so great. food is yummy but flavours can be inconsistent depending on which chef is in on the day, but overallgoodexperience and been here a few years now 👍

geelong has it's fair share of thai restaurants so you have plenty of choice. for consistentlygoodthai this is the place.  curries are good....they usually are at most thai restaurants. the pad thai is brilliant and i order it every time i visit.

after searching around geelong for a quick lunch, i was extremely happy we settled on eating here. the restaurant is quite small and during our visit it was quite busy which was agoodindicator of a decent restaurant. the food is fantastic andgoodvalue for money. service was great, i don't often eat thai so it took a quite a while to decide on what to order. i wasn't disappointed and if i'm back in geelong again i wouldn't hesitate to visit again or recommend to friends and family!

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 best food ever!


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

amazing food!! lovely staff. you know a restaurant isgoodwhen the style of food attracts that particular culture of people! epic meals!!! adore!

love that food !. my wife & i recently tried arani & enjoyed the food so 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 quality food at a very reasonable price. having visited thailand in the past we know whatgoodthai should taste like- arani captures the flavours & diversity of authentic thai food-hot (temperature)-flavoursome & fresh. can recommend this place to all that like thai food :-)

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 of food - asgoodas 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 though food was great.

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'tgoodfood, this was great food.

it gets better though; the food was quickly out and the service impeccable and with a smile. this food would 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.

good find. in geelong and needed a place for a quick biz lunch. glad i found arani -goodflavours at reasonable prices, well worth a try

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 getgoodquality delicious food made to order. i have been since the renovations which are not quite finished yet but is going to look sogoodwhen 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.

fabulous food, fresh and tasty. really generous sized meals. the service was very friendly and attentive(even though they were very busy) i heard manygoodcomment coming from other diners. will be back for sure!