Wild Rice Thai Rotorua Restaurant in Rotorua

Name: Wild Rice Thai Rotorua
Address: 1114 Tutanekai St, Rotorua, New Zealand
Telephone: 6473496482
Rating: 4.0

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Wild Rice Thai Rotorua

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#182 From 285 in Rotorua

8.0

331 Review

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8.0/10

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8.0/10

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8.0/10

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8.0/10

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$$ Thai

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Restaurant

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+6473496482

1114 Tutanekai St, Rotorua, New Zealand

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A local attraction - Eat Street, that is situated beside this bar, is a part of the unique culture of the city. If you're a Thai cuisine lover, come here. At this place visitors can delve deep into delicious meals, and try nicely cooked green curry, rack of lamb and prawns. A selection of delicious wine is offered to guests. Great thai iced tea, ice tea or coffee will make your meal better and you'll certainly come back. Wild Rice Thai Cuisine offers food delivery for the convenience of its customers. If you look through the guests' reviews, the staff is competent at this place. Prompt service is something clients appreciate here. Prices at this spot are worth attention since they're adequate. The fine decor and calm atmosphere let guests feel relaxed here. Google users are quite generous with this bar: it was granted 4.1 stars.

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8 months ago

We asked the waiter if the chefs were Thai. He assured us they were. The food however didn't taste authentic. Looked more like a Chinese copy of Thai food. Red curry didn't look, nor taste like red curry. The pad Thai didn't have much flavour. Service Dine in Meal type Dinner Price per person $90–100 Food: 2 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 4

Vikash Prasad

2 years ago

Had a great experience here. The restaurant is very clean and has comfy table and chairs. Hats off to the attended who made us welcome and looked after us so well all through. Food came much earlier than expected as the restaurant was buzzing. Delicious food at a fair price. The lady owner was nice, kids were given a free bottle of drink. Highly recommended, A++

Arvin Raj

A month ago

I have been to this place before but the quality and service has nose dived for the worse. What Thai restaurant does not have tofu? We ordered medium hot so that our 2 y.o can enjoy the food too, but the food was unbearably spicy even for us. We even saw another table of patrons asking for a glass of milk for their kid. Portion sizes are tiny. You get 20% rice, 10% actual dish and 70% random shredded cabbage and a fancy looking sliced carrot - all that costs $24. Yeah, nah, you won't see me again. Service Dine in Meal type Dinner Price per person $40–50 Food: 1 Service: 2 Atmosphere: 1

Zhe Xu

2 months ago

When you come and visit them please check their chef cooking time. We came in ask them for a table around 8:15 which is not the the most busy time, waitress welcome us to sit down then we start to go through the menu, about 5-10 mins they came to us again said they won’t be able to serve food as they have a busy table at the moment, waiting time will be 40 -45 mins. Very disappointed about this I thought they should tell us in the beginning. Don’t think anyone can wait for this long especially when you have families and kids. I gave them 2 stars because their renovation looks not bad :) unfortunately we don’t even for a chance to try their food. Service Dine in Meal type Dinner Price per person $40–50 Food: 1 Service: 1 Atmosphere: 1

Paras Shah

If you are prepared to wait for over an hour for any sign of food on your table, then go ahead and dine here, and the food is average, lacking authentic flavour! We knew they were busy, and were told half an hour wait time, which we agreed to. Others who had come after us, get served, and have left and we asked the wait person and was told to wait, it's busy! Table next to us ordered, after over an hour wait, got up and left... We saw at least 5 - 6 tables get up and leave...kitchen and waitstaff not coordinated. Our food arrived after 75mins and the food was average! When we went to pay the bill, the 'manager' who walked in casually when there was chaos with the orders had no apology, just said, I need to check security cameras instead of accepting the fact that their service has let many patrons down! Get your act together... if you can't manage a crowd, limit the number of tables you serve! Feel bad for the waitstaff who got hurled abuse by so many people... when the fault lied with the management!! Meal type Dinner Price per person $30–40 Food: 1 Service: 1 Atmosphere: 1

chris burt

I really don't like to put up a bad review but our experience was very disappointing to say the least. This place feels tired, run down and worn out. The food is not even close to authentic Thai. The flavours are dull and the presentation is boring on cheap white plates. Freezer to fryer entrees and thick saucy Chinese style mains. The wait staff look stressed and like they don't want to be there, and really who could blame them. I would be embarrassed serving what was put infront of us. Eat street hast plenty of places doing a great job. Wild rice... You gotta lift your game. Food: 1 Service: 2 Atmosphere: 1

Darnell Blackman

Really average overall. Ordered the mixed plate entree and was overcooked and tasteless.We had no forks with main, only spoons. Asked for forks and they never came. Had our drinks order taken when we got there, they never came either. Had to ask for them also. When they were served, we had pretty much finished.And it wasn't busy either. Young Thai girl was our server for food. We thanked her twice and she never smiled or looked at us once. Wouldn't go back. Food: 2 Service: 1 Atmosphere: 2

Michelle Bennett

We have eaten at this Restuarant for 15 years and never been disappointed until 28th December 2023, Tiny portions tasteless food, very average service from disinterested wait staff. we know the food and service well in this place and cannot believe how bad it has become, it was an absolute waste of money. I have since discovered that there are new owners , I would suggest you hire some of the old staff back kitchen and front of house . Service Dine in Meal type Lunch Price per person $100+ Food: 1 Service: 1 Atmosphere: 1

Betty P

3 months ago

Group of 5 on a Friday night - we got the red duck curry, pad Thai, Tom yum soup and the lamb curry. All dishes were fantastic, authentic and full of flavour! Highly recommend this Thai food. Lovely server as well Service Dine in Meal type Dinner Price per person $100+ Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes Pad Thai Chicken

Katya A

6 months ago

Good place, staff were accommodating and very friendly. A bit loud inside tho. Service Dine in Price per person $20–30 Food: 4 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 4