Every neighbourhood needs a friendly local Thai joint. Port Melbourne has more than their fair…read moreshare (with about 3-4 on Bay St alone) but this is my pick of the bunch. The restaurant is a quaint, affordable, no frills, family affair. Don't be surprised if your takeaway order is handed to you by an 8 year old helping out Mum and Dad! Everything we've had here has been tasty. Perhaps lacking in spicy kick, but the flavours make up for it. Their stir fry dishes always have perfectly crunchy vegies and the curries and noodle dishes are great comfort food. It's been a go-to take away joint of mine for years now, but also not bad for a casual eat in if you're after a no-fuss dining experience.

Love this place. What seals the deal for me is that they deliver! If you live in the Port…read moreMelbourne, South Bank. Albert Park, Docklands or South Melbourne area, you are in luck Emerald Thai will deliver straight to your door. Satay Chicken and Thom Yum soup is great! The family run business offer traditional Thai food reasonably el cheapo and made with love. Most of the times its the owner and family man who will deliver your order with his daughter. Sometimes they'll even throw in a bag of prawn crackers if your lucky. There is also the dine in option, which is very casual and usually full of locals. Always fine to stroll in off the street and the service is very quick.

Great Thai food in a small but very friendly atmosphere. My favourite local Thai food restaurant…read morewith added benefit of being located in Croydon.

I stopped in for take away for my first experience at this restaurant and was extremely impressed…read morewith the service! Was even offered a glass of water while I waited for my order. I had a Thai Beef Salad and it was incredible! Surprisingly spicy, but best in the area by a mile. Will definitely return!

My third time at Thai Saffron was definitely the charm. I hadn't been in almost 10 years, and I'm…read moresorry I didn't come back sooner. The food was beautiful and everything overall was good. If you're getting a starter, beware that their portions are far smaller than any other Thai restaurant I've been to. The Chicken Curry Puffs only come in twos, where everywhere else comes in fours, but I guess you can then still fit in your main meal. I must say, I couldn't taste the chicken in the puffs, but either way, the flavour was lovely. The fried rice was beautiful, fresh, moist (sorry, I can't think of another adjective to say "not dry") and tasty. Onion lovers will rejoice with the massive chunks found in the dish, but I could have done with a bit more refined chopping (for my taste). Overall, Thai Saffron is a great local gem if you want a nice casual meal out. You can hear yourselves even over other tables, and the service and food were great. Parking CAN be challenging at times, but I wouldn't let that deter you from giving this a go. It's definitely well worth it!

Went with my family for dinner. Staff very friendly and provided a great service. We had pad…read morethai, seafood stir fry dish and the special beef massaman curry. The food was a bit cold, but that's not the reason for the 3 star rating, the food was way too sweet, these dishes are normally a bit sweet, but they were sickly sweet!! The starter satay chicken and veggie spring rolls were nice. Kids liked them!

Zab produces awesome Thai food that's authentic and high quality…read more Operating near Wattle Park, it has a small dining area with a casual atmosphere. The service is friendly and fast. Try the signature crispy pork with kailan and fried egg. It's not on the menu, so you'll need to ask and then wait for the spicy, salty flavours to throw a party for your taste buds. This is one Thai restaurant where you can't go wrong.

Zab Thai is a simple and small Thai restaurants but pretty well known to Indonesian students in…read moreMelbourne for more than 8 years. They often travelled from the city just to get their specialities. Spicy Crispy Pork with Kailan. love it

Always looking for "new" places to try, I found this little gem yesterday, and tried it for dinner…read moretonight. It's in a good location with plenty of street parking and while there's not a lot of curb appeal, it sounded good, so thought we'd give it a go. The interior is a little odd; quite a mish mosh of decor. But it smelled good inside, so we were eager to see what the food was like. They took our order promptly, and were accommodating with requests. The food came out in good time, which was more impressive since they were doing a few take out orders. The entrees were nice. Generic chicken spring rolls and chicken curry puffs. They were really nice and would probably order again. For my main, I had the chicken fried rice and though it was really nothing to look at (presentation left much to be desired) the food was very good. The kitchen honoured our requests for changes to the dishes, and the mains also came out in reasonable timing. From a pricing point of view, I think it was very reasonable. Mains were in the mid teens, and on a par with other small Thai restaurants. Overall ... would I come back again? If I was in the area, I'd definitely come back again. There wasn't anything really bad about it here at all. Considering it's almost a 30 minute drive from home to it, I'd be more inclined to try elsewhere first. But if you find yourself in Sandringham and want a good Thai meal, give this a try for sure.

A great friendly Thai restaurant with excellent service and delicious food. All the Thai classic…read moredishes and very attentive staff.

This little local gem is fast becoming a favourite of mine. It's quaint inside, very spacious with…read morenice decor and the food is really good. They have quite a varied menu with a lot of options for vegans as well. Everything we had was delicious and it all came out in reasonable time and pretty much altogether which is something I really like and appreciate. I think the pricing is very reasonable and I look forward to returning again. Their Chicken Fried Rice is heavenly and they're really accommodating when making any kind of alteration to the dish. I highly recommend it here.

Great menu, love the lychees in the red curry. The best Thai food in the area. The noodles are…read moregreat too

This local favourite is always consistent and remains popular after years of service. The…read morerestaurant floor may be tiny and but the attentive and genuine service makes up for the lack of space. The Thai green curry is fragrant and deliciously authentic and this (my favourite dish) mirrors the quality of the the other dishes on the menu. The takeaway counter at the back of the restaurant does a roaring trade and the revolving door of customers collecting their order provides cool relief! Tarin is only open for dinner (from 6pm) but book ahead as groups of local families, couples and coworkers know this place well! Park across the road at Warringal Shopping Centre and collect a bottle of wine from the Sir Henry Barkly Bottle-O to enjoy with your meal. Although don't be concerned if you forget, Tarin is licensed as well as BYO.

It had been a while since we were last at Tarin Thai and the service was as good as it has been…read moresince I first went there 20years ago. We ordered a prawn and a curry puff starters. The prawns were superb, the curry puffs needed the oil to have been a little hotter when they were deep fried, still tasty, just a little less puffy than I would have wanted. For the main course we had a green chicken curry and battered fried prawns with a tamarind based sauce, both we fine authentic fresh meals that had that Thai zing. Once again, tho, the prawns could have been done in hotter oil as they fell just a fraction short of being perfectly crispy. The wine list is small and modest but well priced, we had a Victorian Sauvignon Blanc for a quarter of the price we paid for similar quality local wine late last year.

I've been coming to Rama Thai for years. It's a favourite for me as far as the food is concerned,…read morebut as far as the service goes, well that's another story. The restaurant isn't huge, and when really busy, it can seem cramped. But they've "modernised" it a little and it's a nice atmosphere. Parking is usually good, as it's on a stretch of Bourke Road where there's only a few other restaurants, and one of them isn't even open at night, so parking has never been an issue. I'd normally order Chicken Curry Puffs, but they only have vegetable ones. So I ordered the Golden Canape, which is deep fried marinated chicken on bread (toast) with a chilli sauce. Let me tell you; these are HEAVENLY. They are SO good. I haven't seen these on any other Thai restaurant menus (and I go to Thai places a lot). They're delicious and I could almost eat them as main meal too, lol. For my main, I ordered the Chicken Fried Rice (of course). This was delicious too and made according to my modification requests. I did find it bad that the waitress didn't know answers to questions about the food on the specials board. That's something staff should be trained in. And the food came out quicker last night than other times, because they weren't quite so busy. But the food is delicious and really tasty and if you don't mind slow service at times, this is a restaurant I highly recommend.

I have been Thailand a lot in the past and my findings on Rama Thai is: The most authentic Thai…read morerestaurant in Melbourne amongst which I have tried more than a dozen. I'd highly recommend it if you love Thai food and craving for it since Rama Thai preserved the authenticity of Thai cuisine by not localising too much. For the entree, I'd recommend Chicken Satay, Co-co prawns or just Rama Entree combo for 6 pcs. Soup: Must get a Tom Yum soup (the original one should be spicy, but you need to order it as spicy if you want it, otherwise they serve non-spicy version by default.) Salad: Calamari Salad and Softshelf crab salad are our favourites, we haven't tried all of them. Thai curry: Rama Thai's curries are the best, any one of them are good depending on your preference. Grill: Rama grill combo is the best if you want varieties of meat grilled. Highly recommend Talay Thai which is a stir-fried seafood combination with vegies but a bit spicy. All dishes need to accompany with some coconut rice! Dessert: Coconut sticky rice ice cream is the best!