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Tongtara Thai Restaurant

Address 142 Hardy Street, Nelson, New Zealand
Phone +64 3 548 8997
Hours 11:00-21:30
Website www.tongthai.co.nz
Categories Thai Restaurant, Meal Takeaway, Restaurant
Rating 3.9 57 reviews
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Tongtara Thai Restaurant reviews

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Odette
20 September 2023 18:18

Always amazing. Service is second to none and the food is delicious and quick. You have to try the duck curry with lychees, very tasty

Steve
11 September 2023 19:07

Our food was cold and sent it back. Was warmer but still not hot as if freshly cooked.
Our friends go here quite a bit and had the beef salad, whichhe had many times. The beef is usually warm, again as if freshly cooked, but it was cold. The waitress said it could of been standing at the service counter for a while, and did nothing about it. Seems strange as they bring the meals out at different times. Overall, it was ok.

Nicole
09 August 2023 5:57

I ordered online. It was missing my roti and the green curry had nothing in it except tofu. Their response was prompt and apologetic. I would go again but in person!

Chris
26 July 2023 17:44

Pretty spicy. Nice spot. Attentive service. Price is reasonable. Got a windrow seat and waitress took order promptly. Entrée arrived quickly and was tasty and enough to share. I ordered Thai hot and the waitress Das careful to check that I actually meant hot. It was hot and not overpowering. Overall a pet good meal.

Peter
30 June 2023 23:25

Nice food typical Thai. Very friendly, polite service. Good drinks menu. Allow an hour. Good location

user
22 April 2023 2:41

This is not a place for authentic Thai food, it’s more of a Thai fusion restaurant. We ordered the TongTara combination, Tom Yum seafood (it tasted sweet rather than a spicy/sour) and the yum beef salad (which I expected it to be a Thai beef salad with bbq beef on fresh salad or greens, it came out as stir fry beef on salad greens). The service was good.

Amir
08 April 2023 19:59

Gute Vorspeise
Green Curry war perfekt
Pad thai auch sehr lecker
Service sehr gut

Leonie
06 April 2023 18:38

Best Thai food we've had in a long time. The food was fabulous and the service was excellent.

xin
02 March 2023 9:00

I have been in NZ for more than 3 years and been to a lot of cities, this is definitely my favorite Thai restaurant in NZ! The pics of the food online maybe not the fanciest but food is the best! Highly recommended it!

Richard
08 February 2023 9:07

Great food. Well priced.
Service was friendly and at the right pace.
Wine list was not to bad either.

Darryl
03 February 2023 23:07

Got delivered, $30 each.partners chicken salad went straight to the bin.
Looked like a sliced chicken burger patty with 2 tablespoons of salad, and wayyy to spicey! Disappointed.

Nathan
21 January 2023 22:42

Great place and space. Very professional staff kind and attentive. Me personally I don't enjoy sweet savory so the meal it self wasn't my cup of tea BUT would recommend the place regardless. Great portion sizes too and a fair cost. Nice work team

Sophie
29 December 2022 23:37

Quite surprised they don’t make their own spring rolls and instead use frozen ones from the supermarket and then sell them for $10.90. Other meals were okay, however flavourless. Went here after reading good reviews however I don’t think we’ll be back.

Tui
13 October 2022 5:55

Beautiful tasting food, large menu to choose from, short wait time, service is fantastic, friendly. Lovely clean restaurant and great cost.

Jacqueline
17 August 2022 5:53

The order was satay chicken. It was double the price advertised, barely 3/4 full with a token of rice and it was the most disgusting satay I've tasted; with overcooked soggy vegetables. They apparently were going to refund half my money but that never happened. Worst Thai in my life.

Tamara
18 June 2022 10:21

Come from Christchurch lastnight and got a takeaway order $96 in total, worked out to be 2 plates worth, rice was dry all food was lacking flavour of traditional Thai that we are use to having, the worst part was the chicken nibbles that looked and tasted like they had been in a warming drawer for 3 days before being served, the portion to price ratio was pretty bad i mean you wouldn't get anyone through the doors paying nearly $50 a plate for average tasteless food, I also asked for thai hot.and got not hot, they may do a little better for dine as if they served the same quality as the takeaway I got lastnight inside the restaurant they wouldn't be getting paid for it. ‍️the ribs were "ok" but still not something we would be back for.

Michele
18 May 2022 8:49

I had the green curry and was seriously lovely.only negative I have is as it was lunch time menu I would of loved just a little more.it was that nice.

Bronwyn
12 May 2022 21:52

My friend and I ordered the chicken fried rice and fresh vegetable spring rolls. Absolutely amazing and tasty. Would recommend this restaurant to any family or friends. In-house hostess was very attentive and had great customer service

Mike
09 May 2022 13:56

Thaitanium in Frankton use to be my favourite green curry place, I think Tongtara green curry is now my new favourite?

user
01 May 2022 5:53

I ordered Pad Thai with honey pork and when it first arrived the fish sauce smell is very strong and when I started eating it, it does not taste pad thai at all. One of the staff came in to check-in and I told her my concerns and she offered to have the food for takeaway LOLS, I smiled and told her that I can't eat it at all. Now, I have the pad thai in a takeaway box, 2 stars for the wine as this is my fav. I am not coming back and would not recommend this place sorry.

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