Originally from Napier this place carries the same excellent quality of Thai cuisine across all its stores. My favourite is of course the Naughty Pig in a green curry. This is crispy pork at its finest. I normally get it with coconut rice and a roti, but seriously the food I have tried is fantastic. Fairly priced even for a CBD location!!!
Being Asian, Asian food never fails to amaze me. What a lovely dine out option, and lovely staff working in and out at peak hour during weekends, we got the table easily without prior booking, that was too good, awesome food, still feels the taste and awesome location with good people around! Fantastic friday evening and fantastic Food options. Kuddos Team Thai Chef 🍾
The food here really blew me away. I went in directly for the mains. Started with pad Thai noodles which was chef recommended, Royal panang curry, the spicy beef stir fry & red veggie curry. Rice had to be ordered separate. The noodles were tossed with red curry sauce which added the nice good flavour of its own. The noodles were not flat which was a change because the original pad Thai always has that. We ordered all dishes medium hot which really worked because the flavours jus came out to perfection. The Royal panang curry was rich & creamy that I almost licked it clean. The highlight though was the beef stir fry which is a must if you visit this place. The ambience was great, the service was equally quick. All the servers were really helpful & attentive even though the restaurant was packed. Tip- book before going. Kudos to team Thai chef!
It was so good!!!! The food here is just mouth watering. We will most definitely be back!! This place deserves every 5 star rating possible!
Have been going here for years and my favourite dish in the whole wide world is "Naughty Pig" which is crispy pork. I will be devastated if this ever disappears from the menu. Also, attentive and fast service.
The food was good, I would describe this asour average Thai place. It was packed with a table 14 sat behind us. Staff were attentive and welcoming regardless. We got our food promptly and it was tasty! Downside was that nothing blew my mind.
This place is my favourite thai restaurant in Wellington. I've been here many times and it never disapppoint me. Today I've decided to take my cousin here dinner and I am glad that he really enjoyed his experience there. We ordered a massaman curry and crispy pork spicy girl. Both dishes were very tasty and they are very generous with their meat. Also the restaurant is very reasonable with its food price. This is the first place I recommend when people ask for a good thai restaurant.
Nice meal great chicken fried rice warm and cozy kid friendly and a great atmosphere we went there in the weekend and there were a lot of people there a also vegetarian dishes and also quick friendly service
A great venue for a BYO. The menu is large and there is an extensive choice so will even usually suit picky eaters. The food is consistently good and flavoursome. They also do some dishes really spicy which is great for my spice loving partner. The sexy little duck dish is excellent.
Hi
Thank you for all the lovely reviews we treat this very important as it reflects ourselves.
We are sadly to advise that we will be closed between October 5 to November 20 to undergo a massive Earthquake Strenghtening project. Once it's done our customer can enjoy a safer environment while dinning with us.
At the same time we take this opportunity to update our decorations within th restaurant to give our customers more enjoyment.
Please accept our sincere apologies for this inconvenience and we are looking forward to seeing you again soon.
The management
Thai Chef's restaurant
Enjoyed a colleague's birthday dinner here last week. Very tasty and good service. I've dined at the sister restaurant in Hawkes Bay and was pleased to see the same menu. The ingredients were fresh and dishes prepared slightly differently than other Thai places. Love the sexy little duck. The staff were friendly and the WINE LIST is VERY GOOD for an Asian establishment. Well done! I would definitely recommend this place to friends.
This is one of my regular takeaway spots, with the gluten free options clearly stated on their menu (dine in menu not their takeaway menu). I prefer to takeaway here as they always seem to be crazy busy and also takeaway is quite a bit on the cheaper side! The service isn't perfect but the staff are very friendly and the food is flavoursome.
The menu is a novel but some of my personal favourites are;
green curry – it's creamy and delicious
the cashew nut – packed filled with veges as well loads of crunchy cashew nuts and;
pad ped thai chef – a meal that has a good punch of heat.
I also love that you can choose your meat for each dish, and that most dishes come with a good helping of veges as well!
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The three of us arrived without booking, the restaurant was busy but we were able tone seated straight away!
Staffs are helpful and friendly. Dishes came out quickly and looking great! We ordered the seafood Tom Yum, masaman beef and Tamarin fish. All very yummy!
A Thai restaurant that brings Thai food alive. We had the Penang curry and the naughty pig which was crispy pork stirred fried in a green curry sauce.
Busting with flavours it was a party in my mouth. The pork was crispy as read on the menu. The green curry was well balanced and slightly less intense than an ordinary green curry which made the pork shine.
Went with a group of 9 on Friday night. There was a 45 minute wait for mains to come out. Mains do not come with rice or any extras so everything had to be paid for .
5 of us dined, we all went straight for mains. Service was pleasant, although they forgot to take drinks orders and it took ages to get staff attention to make the orders. Food was delicious and servings were a good size for the price, although their medium hot is hotter than we were used to. It was great that the rice came on heated plates, which kept it warm for longer. The only real gripe we had was with the menus and the juvenile, sniggery names of some of the dishes and descriptions "she's a sexy girl" etc. Not to mention offering slippery nipples etc on the drinks list - really not classy, and very tragically 1980s. We were also shocked that a dish is called "Suicide Bomber". Seriously? Will be happy to dine again, but maybe not until the menu grows up.
The food was great, but the service was a bit irregular. It would be nice to be offered a chance to order drinks before ordering food. Two of our six entrees were forgotten and we had to ask for them again. There seemed to be longish delays between ordering and getting food, and also after having our mains cleared, and waiting a while we had to flag down a waiter to ask to see the dessert menu. Every table was full so they were very busy.
Also, the ladies toilet was quite untidy - the replacement paper roll hadn't been loaded into the dispenser, and there were bits of paper and paper towels on the floor.
All of the food was delicious however and the staff were nice.
Very nice food great service although understanding English from some staff would help. But all good. Good value for money and nice ambience
Have been here a few times and really like it! The staff are lovely, always helpful. The food is really good and waiting times are not too bad. Portions are decent and you get your moneys worth. The take out option is handy too :)
Food and service is great, lovely meal and the presentation is neat. My favourite is the basil dish with duck because the duck is smoked. Modern setting yet very traditional as well, would go again and recommended :)
We went to Thai Chef in Wellington for a friends birthday dinner, and everything was amazing.
The staff were so friendly and attentive, and the birthday girl got a free shooter!
The food - oh man, the food. I'm going to have dreams about that green curry, it was flawless. The black pepper beef was also incredible. Just so so good.
Highly recommend, and we'll definitely be back!
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Absolutely loved our experience at Thai Chef! I had "The Cashew Nuts" dish for my main. A beautiful stir-fried Thai dish that had a quite heavenly 'homemade sauce', and loads of seasonal vegetables, tasty onions, and of course cashew nuts. I chose to have tofu with mine, which was of the deep-fried 'puffed' variety. Really delicious.
A definite bonus about this place was the soft accoustics. We could easily hear each other talking. Looking up, it looks like some thought has gone into how to soften the sound in here, as they have thick black cushions laid across trellis, hanging on chains from the ceiling - very clever, I thought!. The rest of the decor is lots of lovely red and gold furnishings, in warm Thai style.
The man who served us was excellent. Interpreting my Mum's request for no onion or garlic as "okay, so nothing from the onion family - no spring onion, etc either". Great communication. Spot on, we were very impressed.
Only room for improvement I can think of, was that on a Sunday evening, the restaurant was very quiet - so there were loads of table options for where we could sit... but our group of 4 was seated right next to the only other couple in the restaurant. I just felt like I was in 'their space' a bit.
My summary for Thai Chef's in Blair St: Great food, great ambience, great staff. I highly recommend this lovely Thai place.
Just awesome, Went with a group of people and every bit of food that came out was delicious, Good service and friendly - I would highly recommend this place.
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First time take away very pleasant staff on entry even remembered to give us a loyalty card! Service was long enough to know your food was fresh but not too long for a take away. Food was amazingly tasty so full of flavour small meals for 2 if sharing one dish but with the amount of starter you can have that's ok. Starter just a wee bit of grease but always the way when put into paper bags for take away tasted great and not greasy on the hands
Main dish was so full of flavour we and hot 1 as recommended and although not hot it did have just enough taste to account for the amount of flavours.
Great will defo be going again and dinning in as inside was warm friendly and inviting
Okay so I've only tried the takeaway from Thai chef on 2 separate occasions. On the first time we've ordered Pad Thai and Thai Fried Rice and both we're tasty and satisfying. On the second it was just as good, except this time the fried rice was a little blander than usual, not seasoned as well. Regardless it should be about time to try this place for dine in and post an update about the experience.
First time visitor last night: I had the Sexy Little Duck and she had the Cashew Nuts with with mixed seafood, both from the Golden Wok menu. Both dishes were delicious! Staff were friendly and attentive. We'll be back.
Went here the other nite only because monsoon poon had a 40minute wait. This place was surprisingly pleasant the food was fab and the pricing was very reasonable. The Royale omlette delicious perfect combination of tastes. A must for a cheap quality eat will be telling everyone to dine here.
went back for a lunch meal and it was lovely so fresh and flavoursome. I had the royale omlette which is divine with the coconut noodles - I highly recommend this to anyone wanting some fresh and different.
Went there a couple of times for dining, and had also made a takeaway. Love the service and food here, amazing! The waitress is friendly and attentive. However, newbies might take some time to decipher the menu for all the food have fancy names. I would definitely comes back here again!
Good job, they have nice food and good service
The food was good, the sauce were excellent. I had the Duck in Love curry, it was very tasty indeed. My friends had the Satay Duck and it was also very nice. With only two course and we were very very full at the end.
Nice location, good staff. Overall would definitely come back to try the other options.
The only missing star is for the weird taste cocktails.
Nice meals, and service was very good I would go back again. I ate there in December.
Good vegetarian selection. Authentic tasting. My favorite Thai restaurant in Wellington. However, if you want a quiet romantic dinner conversation, the place is very noisy.
I rate this restaurant the best in Wellington, yes, you pay what you get but in fact only 2-3 dollars more than other Thai restaurant. I fortunate enough to bump into the restaurant when they were having Royal function for Asian Ambassadors.
Superb meals which we cannot fault anything. Surely we recommend it.
went there on Saturday night - the food was just amazing. We like authentic thai food, we had the number two banquet - lovely and spicy.
We received separate entrees and shared four delicious mains and had a desert called the hairy banana - which was again delicious, battered bananan with maple syrup over it with chocolate sauce and vanilla icecream. Favourite main - the Naughty Pig!
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We tried Thai Chef's for the first time on a Friday night and were impressed from start to finish. The mixed appetiser is an excellent way to sample several different flavours. Our mains (beef red penang curry and chicken with cashew nuts) were absolutely flavoursome and beautifully presented. Our service was very efficient - just the right amount of time to order and very little wait between courses. We will definitely be back.
Have been here twice and enjoyed it. Have taken kids as well and they also enjoyed. Staff were very friendly and in general the meals are of a very good standard. I do agree with some other reviews that the heat has been westernised, and sadly they have some 'kiwi' versions on the menu which were disappointing, essentially meat and vege with gravy - that was the only serious letdowns - but knowing that I would happily return and order different foods.
had a wide choice menu available. waitress was friendly, checking after the meal had arrived to see if it was satisfactory. would definitely be going back to dine.
great food, I have been to Thailand many times and I rekon they trump most of the resturaunts over there. i reckon the guy who gave the bad review probably got bad service cause the staff must tier of people like him and probably switched off half way through 'the speach' and who can blame them. I too love hot HOT food and after asking for this I got some of the hottest food i have ever had, similar to Thailand
Love, love, love this place. great consistent food. Have been to their Napier restaurant as well and food great there with the same menu.
Heaps of choice - best menu of any Thai restaurant by far. We go Sunday and Monday nights in Wellington as it's their BYO nights.
Try Naughty Pig! Also is an add-on to the 2008 entertainment card - they will accept!
The food here is so good! So much choice, everything is super tasty.. a few favs.. Tom Yum soup, Mr Bean in BKK and Spicy Girl. They are all really yum, and the staff is very friendly.
staff were extremely friendly and cleaned up spilled water off the floor cheerfully . The menu was the most extensive I have seen at a tail restaurant
intend going back often
I came here for my birthday dinner and had an amazing experience. The food tasted exquisite and of quality (I had the Red Curry, hot on the spice scale w/rice - just delicious). It is slightly pricy for students, like myself, but the service and quality of the meals were worth it. Only complaint is that my reservation of 23 was three chairs short at our table, although two people could not come anyway and we were able to pull another chair up. Overall this is definitely a spot Thai cuisine lovers must check out, and I am looking forward to eating here again in the future!
Ordered the Mussaman Curry and asked for Hot, but it was pretty mild. It was really good though, with big pieces of meat. Heaps of flavour and super tasty. Prices are also pretty reasonable. The service was really friendly, though English was fairly limited. The restaurant was clean and tidy and nice decorations. A little dusty though.
Great time with a large group.
There were a lot of us (double digits) but the space didn't seem too over crowded.
The food did come out quite far apart from first served to last, some of the latter wondering if their order had been completely forgotten as everyone had mostly finished before theirs came out.
But it was all well enjoyed, and good proportions.
We didnt feel rushed to leave and were left to enjoy the food and friends.
Some of the dishes being the shape of your main was a cute choice too.
We went here to celebrate my cousins birthday in a groups of 11. Went back here after being away for 3 years and food still taste the same, delicious and cooked well! Raw chilly on the side added the extra zing I was after as me and my wife eat a lot spicer then our family.
Just be aware that chilly on the side is extra $$ and same goes for take away containers. I think this might be the same almost everywhere though.
This is a solid dining experience. I've been a couple times for BYO and the place is rowdy and the food is good. It does feel cramped during the rush. Recently went for lunch and it was a lot quiter. They have lunch deals but exclude a few dishes from this.
Kalin Soden (Kalin Potato)
+5
Very nice overall. Good staff, food and atmosphere. Not my normal place to eat because it's a bit pricey for me, but I think most dining experiences on this level will be within this kind of price range. Plus I was out with friends so it was a good time overall!
Great Thai restaurant, good for take aways, or dine in, delivery easy came to pick up several times while we were there too. Attentive staff, the spicy grade on the menu is not accurate according to the waiting staff, but they'll explain to you anyways just ask away. We had prawn cakes, tiger prawn tomyum as entree and herbal crispy whole fish with homemade sauce, thai chef fried rice as main. Prawn cakes were incredible and out of our expectation, the whole fish was great just as expected. A bit shame, tiger prawn was over cooked in the tomyum soup and fried rice was not dried enough, otherwise would have been 5 stars. Medium to high price, huge portion. High chair available and staff super friendly with kids is definitely a plus, inside the restaurant was slightly warm in hot summer nights.
Been coming here many times. Great atmosphere friendly staff and foods are amazing. Highly recommend this restaurant.
My trip to Wellington had me thinking I would not find a good meal in the city. In desperation we tried this restaurant. At last a great meal, friendly staff. Ahhhh thank goodness.
Very nice foos, a bit on the expensive side but with very generous portions. The Sleepy Pig entree and Sweet Piglet are amazing, as well as the mussamun curry 👌 Service was polite and very nice; they forgot one of our starters but git it sorted very fast. I would recommend it !!
Excellent service! We got a voucher for this. When we got into the restaurant, there was a sudden power cut. Dishes were limited, we only relied on tea light candles. We decided to go to another restaurant instead. Booked this place for another day (this time our voucher expired) they still honoured our voucher due to the power cut cancellation. Staff are very efficient and easy to talk to, food serving is huge and tasty. Will definitely come back
This is my #1 go to Deliver Easy choice. I have had many of the meals and often order for friends who are staying wiht me. We have never had a bad experience. Thai Chefs food is delicious and the portions are quite good so I often eat half and keep half for the next day. I like spice and tend to choose medium because the flavours are superb and I don't want to mask them.
Great place to have your function! Took my 15 of my work mates here and we all had a blast, the food is delicious and the staff were friendly. The manager is pretty grumpy but his staff made up for it.
Best Thai restaurant in town.
Lots of very yummy options.
Staff is lovely. Recently we celebrated a birthday dinner there and the staff went out of their way to accommodate us.
Excellent food,great atmosphere, fast service couldn't fault the placec
Very tasty and decently priced, came on a super busy day but we had ordered ahead of time so only had to wait 5-10 minutes for our takeaway order, great experience and friendly staff.
Had a lunch last weekend. It was so delicious and staff were so friendly
Yuummmm. Super fresh. Massuman curry is drool worthy. Meals always arrive quickly. If you love Thai you'll love this place!
Absolutely loved! Reasonable price for what you receive which is pure deliciousness! There are a LOT of choices in Wellington for Asian style food but this is simply a 'won't disappoint' destination!
Kids enjoyed also!
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