thai chef's restaurant

have eaten thai all around nz and still this place is unbeatable! the food is delicious. the decor is so beautiful and service is very quick and friendly. absolutely love this place

we’re big fans of thai chef’s restaurant in wellington and so were keen to see what its napier counterpart was like. the menu is huge and features colourful descriptions, making it a fun challenge to narrow down the many choices. most dishes can either be made vegetarian or cone with your choice of meat. i ordered yellow pad thai with pork belly slices, a slight variation on a classic. i was presented with a huge plate of delicious food, some of which was packed up to take home and finish later. the roti was the only disappointing part of our meal; the texture resembled cardboard. the service was very good: pleasant and attentive. a lovely byo dinner.

really decent thai food in np 3 out of the 4 dishes we ordered were awesome. definitely coming back for more whenever we're back in town for work!

if you want a thai yellow curry with 2 tiny pieces of potato, no capsicum as said, and swimming in a mountain of cheap watties frozen carrots/corn/peas medley... then this is the place to go!

edited review: recently visited on a wednesday and the experience was far better - the standard was back to what i remembered. upping the review from a 3.5 to 4.5. last visit was on a monday night - maybe a different chef?

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previous review: we have been visiting thai chef on and off for several years. it is still very tasty thai food. but it is not the same quality it used to be, despite the higher price bracket for thai food. the dishes have lost their "edge" over time. for example in the stir fries the vegetables are not so balanced with that fresh crunch vs perfectly cooked. we had a dish with "crispy pork" - but it was not crispy but chewy. maybe it is a different chef on a monday night. will try again. but overall still great flavours. and the restaurant has a nice atmosphere.

food here was really awesome. this is probably the best thai food we had in years. we were here from auckland and will try the auckland branch again.

new to the area and thought i would try this place after reading the reviews. not disappointed at all. service was welcoming and friendly. great portion sizes, thoroughly enjoyed the tropical chicken curry and the spring rolls were a highlight.

tonights dinner restaurant was always going to be up against it after last nights 5 rating meal. we didnt book and they where heavily booked but they cheerfully found a table for us. the service was very good no complaints. we had 2 entrees 3 mains 1 jasmine rice 1 coconut rice 1 glass of wine and 3 soft drinks between the 4 of us for $108 so very reasonable. overall the meal was very good hence the high rating. one of the best thai i have been to.

had a nice and spicy thai dinner with friends. food is quite expensive but it's worth the money. good ambience and good service. the unique names given to the dishes make it tough to identify the dish you are looking for.

i went there with some friends, good service, friendly staff. is a very nice place to eat. they have variety of food. nice clean place. :) :)

great food. seafood volcanoes was a big surprise. duck in love is so tasty that we end up sipping the gravy straight from the bowl. desserts were presented so well. good value for money. thai hosts were very attentive & friendly. i wish i could say the same to local staff who were silent & cold as icy stones.

went with a group of 8 for a booked dinner.  we had attentive and friendly service. everyone enjoyed their meals. i had chicken green curry which i try at every thai place as it is my favourite and was pleased. it was fragrant and hot, just as i expected.  we had no real wait for our meals and had a lovely evening.
definitely returning as are others in the group.  thank you for a great night.

cheap and the service is good.

their laksa and satay chicken's flavour is not as good as their auckland fellow but still tasty for me.

it is the draw back as their laksa is served in small bawl so your chopsticks could easily stir the soup out.

we had a party of 18 adults who dined at thai chef new plymouth last night 30.10.2014. would like to say from start to finish we had exceptional service. the wait staff were onto us very quickly to take our drink and food orders and were professional, friendly and efficient. we were all very impressed as all our meals were received by us within about 10 mins of each other when they started coming. would highly recommend to anyone wanting a true authentic thai dining experience.

this is my first restaurant review.

i went to this restaurant and read all about this chain around nz and how successful it had been. the restaurant looked clean and the menu looked professional.

i sat down and ordered a chicken pad thai and a glass of wine. the food came out without exaggeration within 5 mins, maybe even 4 which made me worry a little considering it was chicken. anyway it tasted good enough but after about my 3rd mouthful i found a whole cooked fly in it.

i haven't come across this before and naturally it made me feel a little ill. i called the waitress over and i have to say she didn't appear all that shocked as she took the dish away. at this stage i had no idea what was going on and whether she was planning on taking the fly out and giving me the dish back so i called her back and said i will go for squid pad thai instead.

i was getting pretty irate by this stage having had no apology or explanation so i informed her that i wouldn't be paying for the main (silly me in hindsight). the waiter after going away and consulting with the manager told me that she would give me the price of the squid for the price of the chicken (which is $3 cheaper and still no apology). i pointed at my computer and told her i would post on the internet. i ate the squid when it came albeit suspicious of what may have happened to it.

i left and didn't get billed for it but i still did not receive an apology as i left for this unacceptable negligence.