arani thai restaurant

family favourite. my family stumbled across a rani thai and it's now our new favoruiteplaceto eat. the staff were friendly, food was great and 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 thisplaceone 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 a great evening out.

thisplaceused to be vibrant, always busy and yet they could get your food out reasonably quickly. tonight not so busy, very noisy and we had to chase our meals. four dishes mostly noodle ordered to come out together 35minutes from the first to the last (and had to chase the last). meanwhile watched dishes similar to our head out to four other tables. serving sizes appear to have been significantly reduced and the flavour is less vibrant. very disappointed tonight. probably won’t be back.

their lunch deal is a pretty good bang 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, thisplaceis still good.

i tried thisplaceout yesterday as i recently started working in the geelong cbd. what i was presented with was a flavoursome and fragrant thai green curry and rice at lunch special prices ($10). it was hard to fault, definitely ranked high up my list and very comparable to top thai restaurants in melbourne.

every time i come here the food is always delicious. my favouriteplaceto 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.placegets packed pretty quick. all the food is 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 :)

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 what good thai should taste like- arani captures the flavours & diversity of authentic thai food-hot (temperature)-flavoursome & fresh. can recommend thisplaceto all that like thai food :-)

delicious! a greatplaceto 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 thisplacewe 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; 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 aplacefor a quick biz lunch. glad i found arani - good flavours at reasonable prices, well worth a try

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

sorry, but you insulted my taste buds. thisplaceis dirty and smells worse than the food tastes/looks. my plate was dirty,i don't think they use detergent!!!

the service wasn't bad, but we were one of the 5 people there so...

i am sad to say that i wasted my money. i wouldn't eat here again even if it was for free. the chef should stick to cheese sandwiches, as it is obvious they don't know what they are doing.

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 have great prices for such delicious tasty thai dishes. favouriteplaceto go in geelong hands down!!!

ripped off. we had two tables with about 18 people. everyone paid individually and left at their will. at the end of the night after everyone paid their share, we were told that we were $60 under. i find this very hard to believe as everyone would have paid slightly over rather than under. when i asked what meals were remaining to be paid, the waitress said she only recorded the amounts paid and had not crossed off what they had paid for (even though each person told her what they paid to total the amount they had to pay for).

i think they stuffed up the bill and over charged us. the customer service was slow, they didn't communicate which rice was which, and other people started eating the rice i ordered. i had to ask twice for an ice bucket and theplaceis very small and crowded.

i also don't like the fact that it is dificult to add rice to the small bowl you are served (other thai places have a large plate with plenty of room to add rice to the main meal).

disappointed and will not return to this place.