Review Collar And Thai - Tauranga

We had lunch for two today & it was absolutely delicious. We used a Grab One voucher & that was 2x main lunch meals for $20, an awesome deal!! We got the chicken & cashew nut stir fry with chilly & they kindly added ginger to it when we asked for it & we got the satay chicken kebabs meal with rice. They give extra rice at no extra cost. The meals are very tasty & cooked to perfection. The staff are so friendly & the service is excellent. Also the atmosphere is lovely with greenery & gold. We will definately be going back. Normal price without the Grab One vouchers is $14.50 per dish. A5 Satay Gai C1 Pad Med Ma-Muang

Very yummy food. We had stirfry and red curry. Meet was tender and plenty of fresh veggies. Waitress was kinda hurry but friendly enough. For lunch it is very good value for money. For dinner a bit expensive around 29.50 for a meal.

Definitely affordable food here, reasonable portions nice food but have had better

Great food and excellent service. Thai Roti are amazing for the price and green curry easily could feed 2, or 1 hungry person like me :)

Great food. The service was on point. They were short a few staff so the mains took a while to come out. We will definitely be coming back again. I would love to change my rating to 5 stars.

Came in a large group and they accommodated us well - all the meals came out together and looked great. I got the red duck curry and loved it ! So flavoursome and just the right amount of spice. Friendly service, nice atmosphere, I’d come here again :)

Fantastic atmosphere, staff are all friendly and welcoming, plenty of variety on the menu and an extensive range of drinks. The food was amazing, we arrived as a large party and everyone was satisfied. Recommended.

Great ambience and staff. Friendly and accommodating. Food was excellent. Had a wonderful time. Food was so good our 'meat and potato only' guest is converted and will be returning. Highly recommended.

Have eaten in a few times. Lovely staff, quick service, delicious food. Love the Thai decor. Very enjoyable

After a long hiatus we went back to Collar and Thai and it was just as lovely as it was the many times we visited in the past. Starters are all very reasonably priced and delicious, mains and curry's are all full of flavour and both of us could barely finish, very filling. Recommend the tom kha gai, a coconut cream based soup with chicken. Totally delicious!

We saw a movie at Rialto. Then across the foyer enjoyed a lovely thai meal at 2pm.. Good ambience. Good service. Reasonably Priced menu.

First time visit friendly staff food was very nice but the waiting time was very slow for it not being overly busy. But would go again see if things have changed

Fantastic food, the owner had a bit of an issue when we arrived, and the server aas underage, so alcohol took time, but otherwise great, friendly service and really tasty food. Nice atmosphere too!

Me and my husband had been to this restaurant this week<br/>And the food was amazing <br/>We ordered satay chicken curry puffs<br/>Chicken cashew and red thai curry<br/>The flavours were amazing and the service was quick<br/>Lovely ambience and great eat out place<br/>Thank you guys for the amazing and delicious food and your hospitality

Best Thai in Tauranga at the moment. Great service and cozy ambience. Dishes are on the higher end for asian cuisine, however you can always count on this place to cook consistent and fresh dishes with crispy veggies and quality meat.

Firth time I have been here. And I tell you what it was one my best thai food I ever had.<br/>Amazing customer service too.<br/>I order some green curry and it was amazing. <br/>We had some chiken cashew nut taste were amazing and cook perfectly. <br/>I would Defently come back.

Dined here a while back, after enjoying a movie at Rialto. It's a good combo for a night out.<br/>The carrots cut into special design was great. The food was also good.<br/>I like it's placement the most. Let's me avoid the main part of the Strand and still dine classy if I want to.

Tonight our delicious dinner at Collar and Thai was the best dining experience we have had since we have been in New Zealand. The food was amazing, so fresh and beautifully presented. The Service was fantastic and the staff were so friendly which is just as important as great food. We would definitely eat there again and again...

We went on a Sunday evening without being booked, and asked for a table for 5. Three of our party were children. They were well catered for throughout the evening.<br/>The hostess immediately made a table available. She was very approachable and friendly.<br/>The food was very tasty, fresh and attractively presented. The entrees were brought out quickly, followed by the mains at a suitable pace.<br/>The decor is stunning and very reminiscent of a real Thai location.<br/>we would quite happily dine there again.

Great Thai food. Had a lovely waitress. Would definitely return

We took friends from Brisbane for an evening meal and we all very thrilled with the whole experience. Our friends eat Thai regularly and said it was as good as they had ever eaten. The service was top notch and the staff could not do enough for us. The food was delivered at a nice pace and the whole evening was great. When we return to Tauranga next we intend to revisit with our family.<br/>Top spot. Gary

Went to lunch with a group of 12 people, pre-ordered off the menu on their website so meals were all served quickly. Presentation was great and service was friendly and efficient. Everyone loved their meals and we are planning to return again soon.

OVERALL for me this was a joke, service was extremely poor - staff were school kids who had little to no knowledge of hospitality, the menu and how to wait tables. We ended up walking out without even getting our mains after waiting 2 hours. With the prices charged, you expect more. See below for the full story!<br/>After hearing some amazing reviews and seeing them myself online, i thought it would be a great idea to take my partner to Collar &amp; Thai for Valentines.. we are big fans of Thai food so we were looking forward to this!<br/>Had the table booked for 7pm, and we arrived a few minutes after. We were seated at a table that had no glassware, plates or cutlery and given menus..<br/>25 minutes later, the waiter comes and asks if we are ready to order. Yes we reply, and can we have some water? We place our order which includes a couple of glasses of wine.<br/>15 minutes later, our water turns up.<br/>A further 10 minutes after this, our wines turn up.<br/>Around 25 minutes after that our entree's turn up. We have been here for well over an hour now. They are OK, nothing to rave about though, i had Satay Gai, and my parter had Vegetarian Spring Rolls. We also ask for a couple more drinks as the wines are long gone. These turn up 15minutes later, and are wrong. So they are sent off to be remade. <br/>Entrees are done, and now we await mains. <br/>The wait continues.. then... our entrees turn up again, 40minutes after we received the last! They are sent back, but at this stage we have now been sitting down for 2 hours. No one came and asked if we wanted more drinks and we were simply ignored. Tables around us were complaining of wrong meals, long waits and poor service aswell which quickly painted a clear picture for us.. the Kitchen and wait staff had no idea what they were doing. <br/>As new customers, we will be sure not to return.

Service counts for alot! even though the food wasnt out of this world. it was the service that sold me over. I have to say that I am not a big Thai fan so I wont bla on about the food. It tastes like Thai always tastes to me, alot of veggies in sauce. i had the duck veggie salad dish, and it was ok. would I go again? yes, def. would I recommend it to the world, if you are a big Thai fan, you be the verdict. (its not cheap!)

Actually disappointing. I've had far better Chinese take away's... $10 Pak n Save wines are on the menu for $35 - $45 and no BYO so you are stuck between a rock and a hard place. Food was 'lank' - not crisp, fresh and zingy like good Thai. Service was OK but restaurant was relatively quiet.

Very bland food at a very high price, won't go again or recommend to anyone who enjoys authentic Thai cuisine.

Group of 12 went for dinner last night and after reading the recent reviews i was a little sceptical. We had a wonderful evening although the restaurant was not very busy we had great service and the food was superb, fresh and generous servings. A few of us ordered prawn dishes and they were beautifully cooked and of the highest quality. Well done. I will definitely be back.

I have been here many times before, and never really left feeling like it was amazing. But this week i went with 5 other people to a fairly empty resturant and was very dissapointed. I will never go back to the collar and Thai as there is so much better Thai food for less money and better service in this area. There was 1 lady running the entire floor, seating, drinks, orders, bringing the meals out (which were starting to get that thick layer on the top from sitting too long) and doing the register. She was stomping around obviously frazzled. We had to 'wave' her down everytime we needed something. We requested some corriander for our meals and when we waved her down for the 2nd time she told me that they only had a very small amount left, i found it terrible for a thai resturant to be running out of ingrediants early into the evening. All in all, was just a very bad, awkard dining experience.

Top dinner food, and very good lunch time specials. Very good in all aspects.

March 2016<br/>Lunch - Set menu option for $16.50 is great. Couple of mini spring rolls, your choice of three different (most popular) dishes for main and then a 'sweet' for desert - usually a fresh fruit.<br/><br/>Great location and view.<br/>Used to be one of the best places for lunches around the $10 - 15 mark in Tauranga CBD but competative markets now have this place as average bang for buck.<br/><br/>Lunch combo deal is worth while.<br/><br/>Still a wonderful atmosphere to have a catch up without the hussel & bussel.

Very overpriced, yellow curry was requested with extra hotness - if that was the case the normal must be bland bland bland. $7 a glass for what tasted like cask wine. $80 for two mains, 1 entree, rice and one glass of wine - too much for average food. There are probably better and cheaper options.

not sure if this restaurant has changed hands but it is kiwi thai at its best from the name to the food. it is over priced, lacks any authenticity and flavour. none of the tart tamarind or zing of lime or freshness of lemongrass. average meal

In our opinion this is the best thai restaurant in Tauranga. <br/><br/>Have nearly sampled the entire menu and all the dishes have amazing flavour and some secret chef ingredient that you just cant replicate at home.<br/><br/>Friendly staff.<br/><br/>Never disappoints.