The food is tasty and fresh. The staff are efficient. The food and beverage was served quickly. I love that you can BYO wine.
Radisha Casseer-Martin
+5
Service was quiet fast and food was delicious too
We dined on a Sunday evening. A warm table by the fire on a cold winter's night. Absolutely delicious food and excellent service. The 5 of us thoroughly enjoyed our time at Mekong Neua tonight. Can't wait to return.
Great ambience/vibe. Not too loud. Nice big menu. Food was very good. One minor let down was that some wait staff didn't seem too well trained (a waiter grabbed my plate before I'd finished eating/another kept interrupting conversation to refill water). Other than that, it's a good lil spot 👌🏽
One of my favourite Thai restaurant in Auckland. I always call to booking for table and order my favourite menu steamed fish before I go to restaurant because they are very busy especially on weekend. So I get my food within 5 minute after arrived to restaurant. Very nice and friendly staff. And you also able to bring your own drink too. Happy yummy ;)
Amazing food, nice atmosphere and great service. I ordered a salmon green curry and was absolutely blown away! Spring rolls were lovely and so were the money bags, definitely will be back!
Been here for lunch today. Absolutely loved the experience. Had Tom Yum Goong (prawn tom yum soup), it was the best Tom yum soup that I had so far. My friend and I shared Red curry with beef and a chicken dish (with oyster sauce). Both had huge amount of meat and the seasoning was perfect. Worth every dollar and highly recommended.
Went here for my Aunty's birthday and it's a nice place for groups. Plenty of dishes to choose from - all great portions for sharing. The staff were efficient and although it took awhile for our food to arrive we were happy with the standard of food.
Nice Thai restaurant. Presentation is great and service was good. Not to big, not to small. Fish dishes were on point 👌 lots of flavours.
Been back a few times.
The food was absolutely delicious. We were a group of 10 and we all ordered different things from the starter and the mains. The satay chicken was very yummy, and they were generous with the satay. We had ordered a duck mango curry, which was definitely the best dish out of everything. The pad Thai was full of flavours and not very dry or oily. We had ordered a beef sizzling plate and the beef was very juicy and delicious. The quantity of the food is sufficient. The food is a bit pricy but worth it. We had no food remaining at all. Will be going back there more often.
Went this evening with friends. Have been there a few times. The food was awesome and in spite of it being busy and a group being pretty boisterous the staff was calm and friendly. To top it all it is a very reasonable place. Highly recommended.
Our table shared 3 appetizers and 3 mains and every dish was well presented and tasted delicious. The service was excellent and we enjoyed the atmosphere. We will definitely be back!
The location's central to Kingsland, I really like the interior design & ambience of the restaurant. . . really sets & continues to keep the mood for a good meal!
Now, the starters... in my opinion, weren't very good. They might objectively be good but they're not to my liking, not for me.
The mains, though... wow. We ordered the Pad Med Ma Moung (Chicken), the Thai Fried Rice (Chicken) and the Red Curry Fried Rice (Beef). They were all absolutely AWESOME! Flavourful, plentiful. . . just full of delight! For a guy who doesn't even like beef, I loved the fried rice! So unexpectedly good, it's the first time I've actually enjoyed Thai food! :)
Definitely my top Thai restaurant! Been here so many times and the quality of the food and service is consistently great. Serving is massive, very tasty food and not so expensive. Would surely recommend!
Pretty good value and atmosphere. We had a lovely duck stirfry, beef stirfry and the tasting platter of appetizers. Everything was fresh and hot. And BYO corkage was cheap. A good cheap eat.
Went here for a girls BYO dinner and it was awesome! Good food and Great service too, there was 16 of us and they accommodated us really well. Great value overall!
Great food, all the mains very really tasty and good portions, bit of lack on flavours on entrees and didn't match the price as per small quantity but great service on friday night. Only hard to find a parking on friday nights but its kingsland what else can u expect.
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We arrived without a booking at 6pm and were seated immediately. The service was great with lots of good advice about the menu. I ordered from the special menu - crispy duck with tamarind sauce and bok choy. My partner ordered the pork belly "Pad Kra Pao Moo Grob". We also ordered 4 barbeque chicken satay sticks as an appetiser.
I was a little disappointed with the satays. The peanut sauce was superb but the chicken was dry (although deliciously flavoured) and they were extremely tiny. Not worth the $12.50 price tag.
My partner's pork belly was tasty and had a lovely basil flavour. The green beans and capsicum with the pork was a delightful texture. I did feel the basil overpowered the other flavours but it was by no means bland, though my partner said he wished he chose my duck dish instead!
My crispy duck was phenomenal. The duck was perfectly crunchy and paired well with the brocolli and bok choy though I would have preferred more vegetables. The tamarind sauce combined with a smokey flavour just blew my mind. If I was rating the restaurant on this dish alone I would have given the place 5 stars. I did note that the menu said it was mild. I enjoy spiciness and when I ate it I noticed it was quite spicy. I loved it but I imagine if you had someone who can't handle their chilli it might have been an unwelcome surprise. But I don't really understand those people ;)
Altogether with drinks the grand total was $77 which was more than reasonable. I'll be coming back here.
My sister in law brought me here for dinner as it is one of her favourite dining spots. It has now become one of mine and whenever I head into town I will be coming back here. The food is fresh and tasty and the atmosphere is really nice. The staff are really kind too. I really enjoyed the fresh spring rolls, money bags and green curry!
Mekong Neua may not be the best thai food I've had but it certainly isn't the worst. The gaeng massaman was very nice, the beef so tender which is often an issue I have with massamans. They catered very well with our large group although it became a bit squished when more than expected came and they provided a good atmosphere for us to talk. One thing to point out though is that rather than charging per bottle for BYO they charge per glass.
This is my favourite Thai restaurant in Auckland. The food is absolutely delicious and there is a wide variety of noodle, rice, and vegetarian dishes. They are good for both dining in and taking away. I haven't eaten here many times and it has never disappointed.
My favourite Thai place in Auckland. The larb snapper is AMAZING. Have it with some stick white rice and get it hot. It's like you've left Auckland for Laos or Thailand!
Food so good!!! Very filling! Great service! Friendly people! Calming environment! Great for a night out !! Very cute and unique!! Overall great experience!
On a Tuesday we had dinner at Mekong Neua. We had its special entrées: deep-fried squid tube stuffed with prawn & chicken and Thai sausage with minced pork, garlic & ginger. Both were special - not the ordinary fried spring rolls, fish cakes, etc. For mains, we had larb snapper, sizzling scallops, sauteed-fried pork belly, Thai fried rice with veggie & tofu. All mains were good, except pork belly with its skin too tough. We also tried its sticky rice which was not soft enough. Its black sticky rice with banana, coconut milk & Thai custard, to finish off the dinner was fantastic - except again, for the sticky rice! (Food – 4/5; Service – 3/5; Ambience – 3.5/5)
Came here with me friend for a catch up dinner and it was lovely. You can always tell how good a thai restaurant is based on their Pad Thai which is what i ordered (as this was my first time here) and i must say, it was one of the few genuinely delicious pad thai dishes I've ever tasted. Will return to try other dishes!
The best Thai restaurant I have ever been to. We go there at least once a week and love love love the red curry friend rice. The staff are super friendly would totally recommend this restaurant to everyone
Pleasant experience here! The staff were lovely and the food was really nice too! I felt that it was a little too expensive for what i ordered which was basically meat and veg with deliciois sauce! Negative thing for me was that i ordered chicken for my meat but didnt get chicken! I was eating and gossiping so before i noticed i was quarter of the way through so didnt say anything! It didnt ruin it for me as it still tasted nice whatever it was and i still finished it all!
We have been dining @ MN for over 11 years and we still love this little gem. We're more than often there in a group and it's always so tempting just to pop into the bottle shop a few doors down, to grab another bottle of wine as we're having such a good time @ MN.
The Larb Snapper's a must and we always order lots of different dishes so we can share. MN's a beautiful little spot and as far as Thai and Lao restaurants go, this is a definite fave of ours.
Have been here a few times now. Good tasty food. Have never dined in - always take out, but always satisfied with my order. Will be back again.
Been to this place twice. Totally love the ambience. The food is perfectly priced for the decent quantity and location. Would definitely recommend it.
Really love this place. Friendly staff, delicious food and they don't mind you splitting the bill. Plenty of vegetarian options! Have been a few times and the are consistently amazing. Recommend!
We came here last night with a group of 10. Although we were late the staff were accommodating and super lovely. I ordered the Tom Kha soup which could have been a little spicier but it was flavoursome and fresh. The restaurant had a great ambience to it for groups and a great alternative to the usually packed Canton Cafe next door. Definitely returning!
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Came here with a $50 voucher and 3 others and found it was a pleasant experience. The menu has plenty of choice without being too overwhelming. I liked that they make it easy for you to customise your main with whatever meat/vege you wanted and had the specific price listed out for clear, fast ordering.
The decor and lighting makes you feel warm and comfortable and the service was polite and attentive. Out water was topped up at just the right times.
We ordered the tofu starters with satay sauce, red curry friend rice, pad Thai and panang curry and spicy tofu salad. All were vegetarian. Overall I felt that the quality of the meals were good - the garnishes, ingredients and presentation, but thought that a few lacked that 'wow' factor.
Highlight of the meals would probably be the tofu salad as it was deliciously spicy, sour and sweet (essence of Thai cuisine!) and was fresh and just yummy :)
As I live in the North Shore I probably wouldn't drive all the way to Kingsland to dine here but it's certainly worth a visit for the great atmosphere and solid food.
Seriously delicious and fresh food - rice paper rolls with the special dipping sauce are to die for!! My partner and I are so glad we found this little gem.
Eat here!! :D Deliciousness!! :) :) Left here pleased as punch as for the first time ever in NZ tasted real genuine authentic asian food! Saves me the airfare and with more pleasant surroundings! Try it out! ! :)
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This is a lovely place for Thai food. I think it's really good for dates because of the relatively quiet ambiance, lovely decor and super attentive service. They casually strolled up to offer more rice just as my boyfriend finished his rice with lots of curry to spare. I was pretty much incredulous at how good their timing was each time, including with allowing us time to chat for a bit before offering the dessert menus.
There's a lot of spicy options for just the right amount of kick, but also lovely dishes for non-spice-loving friends. I really liked the mild Thai fried rice. It was a surprisingly huge plate for way under $20, and the dish was beautiful. With an assortment of veges such as onion, beans, capsicum, tomato and spring onion, it's really good for you too whilst being affordable. I had the vegetables and tofu version. The tofu I wasn't as delighted with, but I can imagine the fried rice being really good with the meat options. I expected fresh soft tofu I guess, but this was more the fried fish tofu stuff, and it was really tough and coarse and chewy without any of the smooth taste of fresh tofu. There also wasn't a lot of it either, just a few morsels, so I did take the rating down a notch for that. Otherwise, it was delicious, and went really well with the provided lemon. I particularly like their presentation, especially with the interestingly cut vegetables.
Overall, good Thai food in a quiet beautiful environment. Perfect for a dinner out.
Yuuuuuuum! Have been here 4 times now since discovering it through the Entertainment Book. LOVE the pad see ew dish and their entrees are Awesome! Once they even put together a special entree at the cost of the normal one that was half meatballs and half moneybags because they're my favourites so that was cool. Having BYO is great too. Totally recommend. So yummy! And plenty of food.
I have been here lots of times, most recently with a voucher. They were still super friendly and efficient with their service, noticing when we were cold and offering to close windows etc. The food is always delicious. I can't get enough of the fresh spring rolls and curry puffs. The last time I went I had a green curry which was really good. I like how it is byo too.
Very yummy food, however left hungry as they weren't as forth coming with the rice as other thai restaurants have been.
Lovely atmosphere though.
Really tasty, interesting food. A little bit different from your average Thai food - with the addition of some more exciting dishes. A recommendation from me.
Mekong Neia has an amazing selection of dishes and I love that you can customize just about any dish to have either meat, seafood, or tofu and vegetables. I'm vegetarian, but my family are all meat eaters so it's a great place to go that satisfies all of our preferences.
The staff are also really lovely as is the restaurant itself. It is also one of the few Thai places I have been to which charges you only once for rice, rather than charge per each serving.
Overall, really pleasant atmosphere with nice food.
Love this place.
The menu is really impressive with standard favorites and different dishes to try.
We where a large group 10+ and there was no problem with delays.
I love how they do BYO and it's nice and warm inside with heather is every room. (spicy curry- just want you need on a cold auckland night)
I've been here a few times with friends and have always enjoyed the meal. The staff are friendly and the food is really tasty!
I love how they do BYO and it's nice and warm inside.
I'm a girl and whenever I order a curry to be 'hot' most asian restaurants make it quite mild (Maybe they think I can't handle it haha) so I was very impressed when I said for my curry to be hot they actually made it hot!
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Following my feedback of a previous experience at this restaurant, I need to update my post.
The owner of Mekong Neua made contact with me regarding the somewhat negative comments and made a significant effort to understand what went wrong.
I was impressed with his passion and desire to improve his restaurant and decided I would try the restaurant again at some stage in the future. I did so for dinner on Sunday and left absolutely impressed. The service was faultless with every staff member attentive, courteous and very welcoming. The meals were timely and delicious. Furthermore, when I arrived home with a "Doggy Bag", there was a note inside with a courteous advice on re-heating the food to ensure quality and safety.
It is a pleasure to update my rating. I am a local resident and if this great service and food continues, I will be back regularly.
Congratulations to Mekong Neua staff and Management.
Feedback in August:
I'm a local resident and a vegetarian so Thai caters well to my culinary wants. The food tends to be okay so I have ordered takeaway meals from here for an easy dinner on several occasions. I have also dined in a few times. The food has ranged from disappointing to great. The service however has been consistently disappointing. The waiting staff are rude and arrogantly couldn't care even when you point out their behavior is unacceptable. I have decided, there are far too many great Thai options in Auckland to have to suffer through this one. I'd say that I have made my last visit.
My wife and I went to the Kingsland restaurant on a deal voucher on Sunday night and the food and service was excellent - especially the whole fried fish and also the chicken satay and pad Thai was some of the best we've had from anywhere! The staff were also very welcoming and friendly and the restaurant was very busy, we will go back for sure!
We bought a deal voucher, rung Kingsland Monday lunch time and they allowed us to make a reservation that same night. Service was good. My soup special didn't look that great but it was yummy & spicy. My partner and I ordered the same main which was stir fried whole prawns for me and scallops for him with vegies, garlic sauce and i added cashews. We both got a lot of seafood and it was very tasty. Only disappointment was that the veggies were were pretty much a plate full of green beans!!
Best SE ASIA restaurant in New zealand that i have been to. Have been here 5-6 times and find the service here to be lovely. The have Beer Lao which is always good in one way or another.
The menu is good and included LARB which can be serviced with snapper . The Lao sausage dish is also good! Also the Papaya salad is nice.
For Desert the Mango rice is amazing. YUM!
Be sure to book as they do get busy ass!
This place is GREAT! food is amazing and service is good!
I really enjoyed my time here, and will def be coming back! (:
We have been to Mekong Neua heaps of times over the past three years. In our view it is the best Thai in Auckland - and definitely the best Lao food we have had outside of Laos.
The service is warm, and they treat all customers like regulars. The staff really are superb.
We would recommend to anyone!
My first time there with friends and it was an awesome experience! Service was 100% and the food was absolutely wonderful. Generous servings and the rice just kept coming. One thing though, the flies hanging around our table were annoying!! Other than that, very good!!
I love this place. Great food and waiters that will flirt with anything that moves. It can get a bit noisy when it's full.
We are now regulars at Mekong Neua, and very much enjoy the food and atmosphere.
Service there is unobtrusive, and there is always a friendly face at the desk asking how we enjoyed our meals.
Our favourites are the Red Duck Curry and the Vegetable Sam Ros. We tried the Thai Fried Rice for the first time last weekend too, yum!
Whenever we have been seated somewhere we aren't happy with, it has never been a problem for us to move to another available table of our choice.
Excellent food that comes in generous portions.
Great atmosphere, with overtly camp waiters that add to the authentic Thai/Lao experience.
Definitely recommended for a good night... if you're after a quiet meal for two, stay at home...
Good vegetarian menu which is great! great atmosphere. i loved sitting by the window enjoying a meal and people watching!
Good, sturdy Thai cuisine in a pleasant atmosphere. Two of our group of four were vegetarian and found out the hard way that the Combo Platter is all meat, but the menu has an adequate vegetarian section so the mistake was entirely their fault. The service was also good, and the overall price was reasonable, no doubt partly because it's a BYO restaurant.
I've been here a few times and it's always been great food and great service. I reckon the best time to would be late in the week perhaps on a Thursday night, when it's busy but not crazy busy. Saturday's would have to be the busiest time so reservations are necessary if you want a table. The food here is delicious! Generous portions! Great Prices!
Always a fantastic restaurant and BYO. Try the fresh spring rolls from the specials board, always a hit!
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Mekong Neua has been around a while and the cozy atmosphere still remains. The decor sings of South East Asian charm and the fireplace radiates with welcome warmth on a cold evening.
I dined with a party of 7 from work and we were all impressed with the impeccably dressed table. Our group was sat by the fireplace which was a bonus too!
I had the moneybags as a starter and truly enjoyed the textures, ranging from the crunch of the shell to the softness of the filling. I've had moneybags at other eateries and they tend to be over fried and too hard on the outside. In the words of Goldilocks this was 'just right!'
The options were plentiful but I settled for the classic chicken green curry for my main. The sauce was tasty with a delicate blend of lemon grass and coconut flavours. The meat was tender and had enough heat to clear up the passageways. Washed down with a Chang beer, this dining experience made me forget about the dismal weather outside.
Thankfully the food and service at Mekong Neua is still as strong as ever and I will certainly come back. Even the over-the-top orchestral music made me smile - life and dining out should always be this fun.
Really good food but a bit more expensive than the competition. Try the whisky duck
Such a yummily tasty local Thai. Loved the Pad Thai, green Curry and sizzling beef. Super quiet night to dine in. Encouraging more in. Remember it being a super busy place in the day. Still here and still delicious. Come eat.
Really nice Thai food, reasonably priced and if you dine in it’s BYO wine and corkage only $2.50. We ordered 3 main wok dishes with steamed rice, all generous portions and delicious. Lovely owners too. Highly recommend A+
Food was superb. All dishes were delicious. Two of us had a fish curry - the dish was very generous with fish and very tasty. Friendly, efficient service. Highly recommended.
Food was good
Pity they didn't give us a drinks menu.
Really good value for money
Some foods were not on the menu that night such as duck and roti.
Had big family dinner! The food was lovely! Pineapple fried rice was very different compared to other restaurant fried rice. Very interesting taste. Fried snapper garlic pepper was thumbs up. Other dishes were nice as well. Kids loved the roti bread and chicken satay.
Thumbs up!
Great location and awesome for a dining experience with a bit of privacy coupled with amazing food!
Fantastic food, flavours are perfectly balanced, portions are generous and service is great. Wine list is slim, but grab a bottle from the liquor store a few doors up and this place is a perfect night out!
Amazing food and really friendly staff. There’s something delicious no matter that diet you have. The chicken pad Thai and red curry fried rice are certainly my recommendations. Their mocktails are good too but quite expensive.
Enjoyed a relaxing meal here. We arrived near closing but they offered to squeeze us in. The crispy duck special and pad Thai were both delicious. Service was a bit sporadic but we appreciated them taking us as it was late. Will definately return.
Wow! A-mazing 👏 loved the service, atmosphere and the food was Fantastic! Highly recommend 👌
Carpark on a busy night in Kingsland is impossible, so get there early.
Our table of 7, a majority ordered from the Signature Dishes list and 1 ordered From the Wok list, we all loved our meals.
Thank you again Mekong Neua for my 1st time GREAT experience eating Thai 🥰
Loved it, well decorated and plenty of tables and byo so that's always a plus
My grandad loves this place. He since has gone to jail for level 3 tax evasion. However he remembers you all fondly
Best Pad-thai I have ever eaten
This food was fantastic. Not all was available on the menue, but that didn't matter. In its day used to be packed, a sign of the times, nothing else. Get here, well priced and well prepared by a chef who obviously takes pride in their offerings.
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