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Thai Chef's Restaurant

110 Taradale Road | Onekawa, Napier, New Zealand
06 843 4595
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Ranked #17 of 87 restaurants in Napier
4.0 of 5 stars 13 Reviews
Price range: INR780 - INR1,115
Cuisines: Thai
Dining options: Reservations, Delivery
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Napier, New Zealand
Senior Contributor
35 reviews 35 reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 May 2012

Great selection, plenty of seating so you can usually get a booking at shortish notice. lovely food, very good service either dine in or take out More

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NattachaiChang, Owner at Thai Chef's Restaurant, responded to this review
16 May 2012

Hi thank you for your lovely review we will make sure to keep our standard as high as possible. Have a nice day More

NZ
Top Contributor
110 reviews 110 reviews
Reviews in 33 cities Reviews in 33 cities
38 helpful votes 38 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 April 2012

not bad as such, but 'dumbed down' flavours for western palates didn't impress. can do better at other thai restaurants for more value as well More

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NattachaiChang, Owner at Thai Chef's Restaurant, responded to this review
10 May 2012

Hi, I don't think your review is genuine anyway what you said would be judged by the busyness and our popularity of our restaurant. All best described as the most busiest Thai restaurant in Hawkes Bay and the only one which accredited by the Royal Thai Government. Our latest Award is "Thai Select Premium" , this would not be normal... More

Napier, New Zealand
2 reviews
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 April 2012

Went with a large group of friends, was great meal at a decent price but were waiting an hour and a half to receive food. We were a large group so it is understandable that is took a while but was frustrating to see tables around us being served who had arrived much later than us. It would have been... More

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Napier, New Zealand
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11 reviews 11 reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 March 2012

The menu leads you to high expectations - although the food is rather bland and ordinary. Highly rate there baileys pudding now that was just pure heaven and beautifully presented. BYO is a bonus More

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NattachaiChang, Owner at Thai Chef's Restaurant, responded to this review
30 March 2012

Thank you for your review. The flavour of the food very much depend on what you order, some dishes are full of flavour, some are spicy and some are bland these are to cater for all different people. Anyway thank for your custom and hope to see you back again. Cheers, More

Napier, New Zealand
Senior Contributor
22 reviews 22 reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
10 helpful votes 10 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 February 2012

8 of us went to this place last night for dinner, From start to finish the whole experience was top notch,From the beautiful Thai Decor,to the staff, to the wonderful food, It was was all really good, we had a variety of dishes for the table rather than individual meals so we could all have a bit of everything, dishes... More

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NattachaiChang, Owner at Thai Chef's Restaurant, responded to this review
17 February 2012

Thank you very much for your positive review. We will be making sure to keep our standard high for our customers. More

Napier, New Zealand
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3 reviews 3 reviews
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 February 2012

Reliable good food, good generous servings and service. Been here many times. Had the Banquet for 5 people this time and we all really enjoyed it. More

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New Zealand
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6 reviews 6 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 February 2012

If you like Thai Food, then you would be a fool to not go and eat there, just supberb, presented deliously. More

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NattachaiChang, Owner at Thai Chef's Restaurant, responded to this review
13 February 2012

Hi Thank you for your generous comments, we have to make sure that we keep our standard this high all the time... Very good to hear that you had a good time here. Very much appreciated. Chang More

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Senior Contributor
41 reviews 41 reviews
Reviews in 15 cities Reviews in 15 cities
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 January 2012

The Thai Chef provided a pick up and deliver home service on request. This made the evening perfect as we were is a strange city. The hospitality and service was impeccable, the food irreproachable. More

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NattachaiChang, Owner at Thai Chef's Restaurant, responded to this review
29 January 2012

Dear Joan A Thank you so much for your nice review.... this is something really special for us therefore we must keep our standard up high. I would like to 'Thank You' on behalf of our team, for sure everyone here will be so proud of. Chang Managing Director Group of Thai Chef's restaurants More

Wellington, New Zealand
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5 reviews 5 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 December 2011

We went to the restaurant intending to dine in, but we dscovered that the take away prices were MUCH lower than dining in. So we bought take away and took the food back to our motel to eat. Our meals were excellent - very fresh ingredients prepared in an authentic Thai style. Very tasty and satisfying. (We took our food... More

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Auckland, New Zealand
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12 reviews 12 reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 November 2011

Everytime I go home, Friday night Thai is a staple. Service is always great, and the food never disappoints. The chicken and cashew nights has an awesome garlic and chilli kick. love it! More

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