I am in love with Thai food and have been to several amazing thai resturants in Auckland. I dinned here as I was in thames for my birthday and there wasnt many resturants to choose from. I hate to be so negative but this was horrible in comparison to the proper thai resturants I’ve been to. Our starters were okay, but the mains were far from. I ordered a chicken dish and the meat was extremly dry and tasted boiled. The sauce looked and tasted like it was out of a gravy mix. There was so much meat and hardly any vegetables and it was the same for the other people I was dinning with. Although the service was very good and the prices were resonable, I was very dissapointed.

I’m so consistently impressed with this restaurant that I just had to help put the word out. I’ve lived in Thames for 29 years, and have seen plenty of restaurants come and go in this town due to miss management or a gradual decline in service or food quality. But the Nakongtong has been a pleasant exception. It did close for a few years due to the elderly woman owner moving on (not dying, just selling up), but the new owners brought it back with a vengeance, making it the busiest restaurant in town. They are very friendly and laid back, not to mention hard case. And of course my hat goes off to the chief, the food is always top notch, I’ve never had a meal I wasn’t happy with.
If you ever stop in Thames for a night or two, you need to treat yourself to at least one meal at the Nakontong.

I have been to this restaurant several times, each time with different people.
The food and service has been of excellent quality and is also reasonably priced.
Always a good choice.

We went to this restaurant over the Auckland anniversary weekend.
What joy it is to find such a ‘gem’ in what is a desert for ethnic dining experiences.
The customer service was faultless and the food was excellent!