sri thai & vietnam restaurant

had a really great meal here. it was very busy so the service was a little slow, but they made up for this with their fantastic quality food. i ordered the yellow curry with tofu, great portion size and decent amount of spice. also ordered tom yum soup - amazing flavour and a very large portion. definitely got our money's worth at thisrestaurantand will be returning next time i am in napier.

nicely presentedrestauranton entrance. 
we ordered a selection of entrees which were ok, but not great. tom yum soup which was not spicy enough for us. 
pad thai - thai style,  which turned out to be extra hot, but not enough tamarind  sauce, no peanuts or lemon. too chilli hot to eat and not sour enough.
red duck curry which was good. 
seafood curry which was also good
the service was really bad, we were served the dishes with no utensils to eat with, we requested them and they came after a delayed wait, then we asked for serviettes, which never came until we requested them a second time. 
food ok, service 0 
you had to lasso the waitresses to get them to take any notice of you.

sri thai is without a doubt the best thairestaurantin new zealand. flavours are incredible. staff are friendly and the overall experience is amazing. i highly recommend their house curry.

so it started off really nicely lmao. the waitress  got our order and went away lmao. we were satisfied when we received our appetizers and happily ate it lmao. but after about 1 hour and 24 minutes and 39 seconds, we realized that our order still didn't arrive lmao. then the waitress came up to us and had the nerve to ask "are you almost finished?" with only our appetizers on the table lmao. then of course we said that we were still waiting for our mains lmao. and with a surprised look on her face she had the guts to say "oh what? you need to finish the appetizers and tell us to start your mains" (something along those lines) lmao. and us being normal people we thought that they started cooking the food after they got the order. but no their process is stupid that we had to tell them beforehand that we wanted the food to come in a bunch lmao. and whats worse is that she didn't tell us that we had an option to get our food separately or together lmao. how are we supposed to know that when every otherrestaurantactually cooks food for us instead of going through this unnecessary process? lmao. also the waitress told us to "wait about 25 minutes because there are 5 groups before your order" lmao. which is ridiculous because we came before all of them lmao. what makes them a higher priority than us lmao? the waitress also charged us for the appetizers trying to force us to eat it lmao. and to top it all off (even though it's bad enough) the waitress had a very "b****y" attitude and didn't even apologize for not informing us about that stupid process that *note* no one else uses. we were very pissed off and decided to go to mcdonald's (bestrestaurantever 10/10 ign) which was far better than this because they actually serve us food uno (good game). overall we are very displeased with this experience and will never dine here ever again.

we love thisrestaurant- they use the freshest of ingredients and i can honestly say that i have never had a bad meal there. the staff are always friendly and lien, the owner, is lovely and has the most amazing memory for her clients.

i've been to thisrestaurantthree times now. the smell of the food wafting across the street has always attracted me. i’m a big fan of vietnamese food but the menu here is pretty much thai. having said that the quality of the food is very good. i have enjoyed all my meals here.

on the downside the pricing is on the expensive side. i have also found that the service can be lapsed especially when busy. however my friend who is a big fan of this place always comes here because of the attentive staff, who are on the whole friendly. the ambiance can get a bit rowdy- small place that’s popular with locals and work party’s. i would recommend going on a quieter week night or the afternoon, if you prefer a quieter meal.