arani thai restaurant

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 friedriceand pad thai.
it was a great evening out.

amazing fresh thai food. they have a large amount of vegan and vegetarian options. i had the green curry with jasminericeand was blown away by the quality. so fresh, fragrant and the perfect amount of spice. definitely a must if you're looking for delicious fresh curry in geelong.

yum love this place. had really good green curry and the best coconutricei’ve ever had. good food and service and i will return next time i’m in geelong.

ordered my curry mild (jungle curry) and stressed that we couldn’t take spicy food and waitress reassured us that all curry dishes are prepared as mild unless extra spicy is requested. however i could hardly taste anything due to the extreme amount of chili, very disappointing this curry, didn't enjoy it at all and ended up having to throw most of it out. and we were offered with plainricewhich we thought was complimentary but were charged for $3. other than that, other dishes were delicious especially golden triangles.

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

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

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 addriceto 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 for great tasting thai to give them a try... a+

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 whichricewas which, and other people started eating thericei ordered. i had to ask twice for an ice bucket and the place is very small and crowded.

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

disappointed and will not return to this place.

average food, rude staff. we went in for a table of 4 at about 8.30pm, the first waitress was nice and politely told us the other table was for 11 people so if we order after them the food might take a while... so we looked at the menu and another lady (seemed like she might be the manager?) quickly came and asked if we could start ordering? we told her we need a few more minutes to decide so we started with the drink orders.
on the drinks menu there were 'thai ice tea' and 'thai ice coffee' so i asked if it's made from some special 'thai tea' (like vietnamese coffee, malaysian 'white coffee' etc) she said 'i don't know, it's just a tea, could be 'american iced tea!!'. what an answer!
we then decided to order a salad, a couple of dishes, pad thai and a some coconutriceto share. she suggested that thericemay not be enough but when we asked how muchriceshould we order for 2 people then, she said 'i don't know, depending on how muchriceyou eat.' i was shocked.. she was rude and not helpful! maybe she was stressing out with that 11-people-table but she was just terrible.
the food was just ok. kanitar thai on malop street served pretty good thai food if not better (esp pad thai) and the staff there are always friendly! we won't be back!