Dava Thai - Mornington — Restaurant in Melbourne

Considering we live near by we thought we would give this place a shot instead of the normal place we goto, glad we did.

The meal was very flavoursome and fresh. Portion sizes were large. We found the meat was cut way too big though, they were definitely not bite size prices or prices that would even fit in your mouth at all. Not much difference between the large and small rice. Next time we will just order a small rice instead.

I had the massaman beef curry (hot) was excellent other than the previously mentioned meat size. The missus had the satay chicken, she also liked it, was very rich but nice. We also ordered a small special rice (dava rice) and a large plain rice, all up was about 56 dollars, quite expensive considering other options.

Take away took about 25 mins and was in a great paper carry bag.

Overall a little more expensive than we would normally pay, was good quality but then the other take away place we go to like Indian are equal quality but...

This was previously the only Thai restaurant we said we would order from.. then the last 2 times we ordered the meals have been over an hour late. This time it was over 2! I'm not sure if management have changed but it used to be soooo delicious and fresh and now it is consistently average. Take away is soggy and a container mainly consisting of sauce for dishes. Sadly we rarely get takeaway and have this as a treat, the stress of having to call and text to check status has meant we unfortunately will not be returning customers. My child also went to bed before we actually got the food as it was at their closing time. So disappointing from our ex-favourite restaurant. And also we paid a lot for the...

There has been a sharp increase in the quality of food here. I wrote this place off about 2 years ago but there is clearly a new chef because the food has improved drastically. I’ve been through Thailand (and research where we eat in advance) and this easily matches the best I found.

Many reviews complain about price. If you want lots of green beans, canned bamboo and other cheap fillers, don’t shop here. But if you seek actual quality Thai food, you really can’t do better. There are so many cashews in the Chicken & Cashew Nut that I wonder how they...