arani thai restaurant

past and present. hi we have been going to rani"s for the past 5yrs and thoroughly enjoyed the cuisine from the past owners and now we get to enjoy the same quality of food with the new owners. very friendly staff and stillgreatvariety of fresh foods with all the old favourites still available. just lovelygreatconsistency highly recommend..

family favourite. my family stumbled across a rani thai and it's now our new favoruite place to eat. the staff were friendly, food wasgreatand prices reasonable. the food came our quickly and the staff were happy to make changes to the dishes to suit our needs. highly recommended.

easy walking distance from novotel geelong. totally worthwhile food. i have thai food a lot and i would consider this place one of my favourites. i was in company of 3 pre school kids and they lapped up the thai fried rice and pad thai.
it was agreatevening out.

new to geelong and came here for lunch. was amazed by their cheap prices that included curries and rice. ordered a red curry and penang and were pleasantly surprised. they were fast, friendly, and servedgreatfood.

this is my 'go to' thai restaurant. the food is delicious and fresh. the tom yum soup appeals to my indian tastebuds and all the food i've tried there aregreattoo.greatservice,greatambience,greatfood.

we had the deep fried prawns chicken green curry with rice yummm. can't wait to go back and try something elsegreatjob guys. i enjoyed every mouthful. second time there and had phad thai awesome with yellow curry just sensational

delicious! agreatplace to go to eat superb and authentic thai food. the service is nothing special but if you come here for the food, you won't be disappointed. this prices are very reasonable also.

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 wasgreatfood.

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 reallygreatexcuse to head back down that way again soon.

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

love it -greatservice and taste. we went here for dinner last night and the meals were absolutely delicious. very authentic andgreatservice. we ordered take-away from there tonight and they gave us the wrong order. not only did they hand deliver our order to our door but we got to keep the other one. verygreatservice and will be back again. thank you

fantastic cheap food. lunch special bargain generous portions.
dining area could be bigger very sqaushy otherwisegreatfood value 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 fewgreatstir 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 delicious food made 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.

i am seriously thrown back by these last few reviews! i am there at least once a fortnight because of how amazing the food is and the staff! i can't imagine why anyone would have anything bad to say about the restaurant! food is exceptional and waitresses couldn't be nicer and more accommodating! they havegreatprices for such delicious tasty thai dishes. favourite place to go in geelong hands down!!!

i have been to a rani thai a number of times and after reading the last review wanted to leave a couple of comments in response. i understand the restaurant is quite small and if it was a friday and saturday night i notice they do get quite busy. i am surprised they allowed a large booking on a busy night and to split the bill as on the menu it states no splitting bills, but i have found the waitresses quite accommodating if asked kindly. although, i can understand why restaurants don't like to do this because it can be easy to loose track of things like corkage and drinks, and the last to leave is left with the remainder of the bill. the last thing i wanted to comment on was the small bowls. i've had the curries and tom yum in these bowls before and i don't believe you are meant to add rice to these but to add the contents of the bowl to your plate of rice. i'm sorry if i sound one sided but as i mentioned i have been to a rani thai a number of times and everytime i have been more then satisfied. the staff are friendly and helpful, if i needed anything they are very happy to listen and help. the food had been delicious and always fresh and i would recommend them to anyone looking forgreattasting thai to give them a try... a+

food was amazing!greatoffering of vegetarian dishes and also catered well to my needs with food allergys. no nuts or fish in either of my meals.

staff are friendly and very chatty with you.greatatmosphere, small and cosy. brilliant place for a nice winter meal to get out of the cold. wonderfully adordofable also :d
10/10