I was crying out of hunger when I came in to dine. The waitress suggested us a bread which was just divine. Though the meal was nice but the portion was just too less for the price I was paying…. may be I was just expecting more. The ambiance was relatively ok as compared to other thai restaurants I’ve been.

Nice place in Parnel though a very crampy space for dining. Food was average as I have experienced better at other Thai restaurants in Auckland. The waitress we had was really unfriendly and seemed somewhat impatient with us. What’s worse, she was nice and welcoming to other tables but decided to put up this horrible attitude against us, which totally ruined our evening. When mentioned this to the other waiter, who was nice and apologized to us (not his fault!!), the waitress was beside him and uttered something stroppy in Thai. That’s it for us, we won’t be going back to this unwelcoming and average restaurant, and we won’t ever recommend this to our family and friends either! This is not how you do hospitality here in NZ!!!

my partner and i love this restaurant. however, just recently we went there again. the meal wasn’t that nice compare with before. I think they have change a chef. i wasn’t really happy for the dining

I have to say that I’ve never had to write a review such as this, however in this case my dining experience is one that I wish to share.

My husband and I have dined at Thai Friends on separate occasions as a couple and with friends, we have always thought that travelling 20 minutes to get here was certainly worth the trip.

We arrived at 7pm and our orders were taken promptly, starters and main course; we both looked forward to enjoying our meals as we have done so in the past. The starters arrived not long after our orders were placed……unfortunately after seeing two other couples receive their entrées and main meals while we were still waiting for our main meals, we thought it was way over the top to have waited until 8.35pm before asking the waiting staff how much longer would ours be? The restaurant was not busy on the evening we decided to dine here (Tuesday) so we were expecting our meals to be served within a relatively short period of time.

Unfortunately the waiting staff did not inform us how much longer we would have to wait; so you can imagine what I was thinking when they delivered the main course meals to the table next to us!!!!! By the time our steamed rice arrived, we were told that our mains were not far from coming, I questioned why our meals were slow to come especially when we had arrived way before the two other couples had had their entrees and main meals. His reply was that ‘it happens all the time, the chef doesn’t care, you go and you tell him’…our meals then came out….nice one.. so with that my reply was, ‘this is what we are going to do, you can send all this food back to the kitchen, what we will do is settle the bill for the food which we have eaten and leave’.

Great customer service ……………… NOT !!!!!! Never to return.
Toasted hot cross buns and a hot cup of tea at home never tasted so good!!!

Mediocre take-out. Poor value for money. The quality of food has unfortunately gone down hill – used to be fairly good. We will be eating at the Thai round the corner in future.

nice entree – i had the money bags. Main was a little too hot for me even after requesting very mild. Still, good food.

Best Thai in Auckland. So good and love the staff they are all very friendly. My partner and i are always greeted with a warm smile.

The best pad thai!!
My flatmate and I go at least a couple times a week, would go more often except for the one downside being the price, around $15 a dish, but definitely worth it!
The staff are polite and there is quick service for takeaway.

I agree the food is good BUT watch your bill!!

Our bill arrived. They overcharged us heaps – and when I mentioned it, he blamed us for his (manager’s) mistake. Then he told us that he didn’t care if we told others – or if we ever came back. So here it is everyone – these guys rip you off and then treat you like muck. And, not surprisingly we are not going back! He so knew that he’d tried to pull a fast one on us. Bad Bad form.

I don’t care how good the food is, there is no excuse for rudeness or trying to con customers. We were a very mild mannered adult family group; ideal customers I would have thought. There are hundreds of great Thai restaurants out there – I advise to avoid this one if you can.

great resturant, everyone raves about this place and I agree the food and service is top notch.

I dined here with a large group of friends (about 20 of us), so we had the $30 a head banquet meal.
Really great.
My favourite dish was the snapper – which came as the entire fish, presented on a platter to share between four. The whole fish from head to tail was lightly deep-fried in a thin and very crispy thai batter. Crunchy and delicious and full of thai flavours.
They also do beautiful silken tofu dishes for those of you who like the stuff!