Thai Star Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in North Island

First chance to go out to dinner, just wifey and I, no kids, in 2 years. We'd heard good things about this place, and we love Thai food. It did not disappoint. Quiet Sunday night, so there were only a handful of other guests, and service was awesome, atmosphere was perfect. Our waiter was kind enough to recommend a bottle of wine and balance our level of meal spiciness to our preference. His recommendations were spot on. Thank you. The bill was fair, possibly even a bargain, given how much enjoyment we had. Possibly a biased review here?, given our hiatus from dining out, but we loved it, grateful for a Thai restaurant in Te Puke, and will...

Great flavours but ordering a Seafood and vegetable green curry I asked to swap out the previous sampled gritty mussels for just Prawn and they charged an extra $5 - a bit steep but picked up my delicious treat to find that there was minimal prawns and 2 tiny pieces of broccoli and 1 cauliflower swimming in liquid, was already feeling disgruntled about having ordered the seafood costing more than beef, etc then add another $5 for no gritty mussels and ripped off of veggies, called and spoke to rude person with no response, the idea is we support local businesses but not sure about...

Last time in May it was packed but mid week last night only 1/3 full. Cool wet night but nice and warm inside. Great service from the sole service staff member - quick, efficient and best of all friendly. Lots of classic Thai meals to choose from. We had the mixed entree to start with which was ok. The boss she had sizzling steak as a msim but cooler on the spice front and I had the Thai beef salad. Excellent salad and done as requested - Thai hot. Very tasty and zingy. Polished off with a couple of Asian beers. Will...