Bangkok House — Restaurant in Napier

We took the kids there on a Monday evening. The restaurant had 4 items on the kids menu: chicken and chips, fish and chips, chicken fried rice, or chicken noodles. My kids had chicken and chips and the chicken noodles. The chicken and food are the same as you'd get anywhere else which, of course, is a good thing. We have a finicky eater who wouldn't have it any other way. And, the chicken noodles was perfect for the other kid who is a little more adventurous but not so much that I'm buying him a $20 meal. The chicken noodles were perfect. He got to try some Thai food that was mild enough for him to enjoy it.

I was a little disappointed that my pineapple fried rice wasn't served in a pineapple. It tastes better in the pineapple, but it...

Extremely disappointed. We had Bangkok Chicken and Crispy Pork with Broccoli. Person who served us was friendly and highly recommended the Bangkok Chicken. The chicken is battered and tasted like it has been deep fried in a fish and chip dryer, very strong taste fish (and not the fish sauce taste). One mouthful, out to the dog The crispy pork and broccoli was dreadful. The pork was dry and it was obvious the broccoli was not fresh as it had that odour and color of broccoli when it's not at its best. Yet again, tried and awful, lucky dog. Wish we got McDs...

Dined last night for two and was not busy so our orders were reasonably quick and service good. However, my main dish of battered sweet n sour pork was very disappointing. The batter was terribly soggy as if the plate had been microwaved after the battered pork pieces were added. Not one piece of battered pork was crispy and the food was extremely hot on top. The dish tasted nice once it cooled down but when i took the batter away off the pork pieces I found fatty parts, no meat, all thru the meal. Simply yuk....