suk jai thai restaurant

this would be the cleanest, tidiest thai restaurant i have eaten in.foodis amazing - they have one me over with their curries and my wife is enjoying them also. service is also amazing - would recommend totally. has now become a weekly event for lunch, but have had dinner here as well. lunch for $10.50 - buy a sandwich and a cake and see what that costs you.

hands down best thai in whangarei.
from the kind and friendly staff to the amazingfood- i’ve never had a bad experience and have been going to suk jai thai for years because of this.
the panang suk jai is amazing, the tom yum soup is never enough - we have had almost every item on the menu and haven’t come across anything we wouldn’t order again.

we decided to try this place on our pit stop and were very impressed. the service was very efficient- we were especially content with how promptly thefoodcame out despite the restaurant being completely full. thefoodwas absolutely delicious. keen to stop by again on our way home 😊👌

this is a must visit everytime i visit whangarei - thefoodis always delicious, fresh and top quality!  the service is top notch and this restaurant is one of the best thai restaurants and i have tried many!

greatfoodand friendly staff. great value.

this place is superb in every way. the service is friendly, thefoodis scrumptious and totally reasonably priced. my husband and i just love this restaurant. we go as often as we can for our date night and last went there in may 2014

our first time at suk jai celebrating our wedding anniversary, i was passing and decided to take a menu pamphlet. thefoodlooked great so we decided to make a booking. excellent service and very attentive and so polite,thefoodwas spectacular and full of flavour. this is our fave place, the price offoodisnt expensive at all. we cant wait to share this wonderful dining experience with friends and family very soon. thankyou suk jai thai.

we eat regularly at suk jai. we have visited thailand many times and just love the taste of thai cuisine. whangarei is so lucky to have a restaurant with such high quality thaifoodand excellent service. it is not surprising that they were presented with an award from the prime minister of thailand earlier this year. well done charn and your team. our favourites are; tom yum prawn soup, mussamun beef curry, garlic pepper prawns and vegetables, prawn cakes, oyster sauce beef and vegetables, som tum grilled salmon salad and not forgetting the best chicken satay sticks ever. highly recommend the typhoon cocktail and chang beer this restaurant is a must family even travel from auckland to eat here when they can! suggest you book as this restaurant is often full.

having eaten thaifoodall over the world, i can honestly say that suk jai thai is up there with the best.

as a result of a business trip in whangarei, this thai restaurant was recommended as one of many options for dinner. after checking out the reviews below, and taking each review on its own merit, the 'proof was definately in the pudding' so to speak.

first impressions; the place was almost full. i was lucky to get the last table (this on a wednesday night at 7pm). always a good sign when a restaurant is full of diners.

pricing - about the going rate in comparison to other thai restaurants i've eaten at.

service - friendly, quick. what every diner would like.

quality - absolutely beautiful! i had the mixed entree (money bags, chicken skewer, thai cakes and sorry but can't remember the name of the last one). for my main, i had one of the duck stir fries with rice. devine! and a couple of singha's. total price - $42.50.

quantity - i walked feeling very full, content and very happy.

overall, i would thoroughly recommend this restaurant. well done suk jai thai. keep up the good work and well see you next time i'm in whangarei.

my husband don and i and various groups of friends go to this restaurant often - the staff are very welcoming, thefoodis exquisite and the service the best in whangarei.
the overall experience makes us go back again and again and when we have out of town visitors this is the only place we will go.
in fact going again for lunch tomorrow.
well done to you all at suk jai.
cheers thank you for coming to whangarei.

this is a fantastic restaurant and a wonderful place to socialise with friends and family. i have been dining at this restaurant for sometime now. i was familiar with the previous owners and have gotten to know the new owners. the standard offoodand service at this restaurant is very high. the atmosphere is ideal for luncheons and dinners. i have been going there weekly. i have dinned there with large groups and small groups. the service is always first rate. i have never felt pressured to leave the restaurant and certainly no one has ever handed me, or any of my friends, a bill at the table. this restaurant cannot be faulted. the new staff are intelligent, friendly, courteous, and polite people. the new owners are warm and amiable people. this restaurant continues to offer a fantastic service. thefoodis absolutely delicious. i believe they have the most competitive prices in town. the portions are very generous but most important are very tasty. they use very fresh ingredients and the rice is very high quality. you will not get better value for money in whangarei. i have no hesitation in recommending this restaurant to anyone.

used to be fantastic under the previous owners. now much smaller portions. as in much much smaller portions and they can't wait to clear your plates away and get you out the door after giving you the bill to which they always seem to make 'oh hahahah mistake....oh...sorry...hahaha'. they had only put thefooddown in front of one of us who then got up to use the facilities and the waiter tried to take thefoodaway- it hadn't been touched in 30 seconds so obviously needed to be cleared away..... the money bags are disgusting with the mixed vegetables in them and the sauce used for dipping is like vinegar. what happened to the gorgeous clear plum sauce????? new owners. okay. but lousy service and thefoodis really mediocre. it used to be "our special place" once or sometimes twice a week. not any more. we are taking our $$$$$ back to our favourite thai restaurant. we were asked by the former owners to support the new owners from christchurch. we have tried. sorry, won't be back. and people please do not be so greedy as to have people dining in your waiting area. totally inexcusable. your reputation is taking a hammering because of your greed. small portions. "mistakes' on the bill. stop and think about where you are now. whangarei. small. local and people talk. and recommend or advise great restaurants to others. your restaurant is being noticed for all the wrong reasons.

we went on saturday night, maybe that was the mistake. the place was packed like sardines, we had a 40min wait between starter and main which was made worse by no one offering us another drink in between. that aside, thefoodwas absolutely delicious. my husband had the fish and i had the garlic beef, just wish we had ordered out instead.

after realising our favourite restaurant in christchurch had closed after the feb 22nd earthquake we were gutted, however after organising a trip to tour the amazing northland we were delighted to find out that they had moved to whangarei. we called in for lunch on our way north and found the restaurant we loved in christchurch was even better, a much nicer environment very bright, clean and one day a fantastic outdoor area. we enjoyed the samefoodthat we remember so much we came back for dinner on the way back south. i really hope the locals enjoy it as much as we have over the years!

fantastic thai restaurant right in whangarei. we have eaten at them all - three in whangarei and one in russell and this is the best. the atmosphere is warm and welcoming and the restaurant is spotlessly clean. thefoodis amazing - fresh and hot and the staff faultless. we are regulars there and the staff give us a warm welcome and offer our bottle of wine that we always have upon arrival. they even remember our favourite dishes which is fantastic.
highly recommended for a night out. even when the restaurant is full with large groups as a couple you don't feel out of place. it is worth a visit. you won't be sorry.