PAD THAI Restaurant @ELLUK — Restaurant in Efate

With fond memories of a fabulous meal at Le Jardin des Saveurs in this monochrome space, we approached Umaiya with a sense of optimism. This new restaurant offers three disparate cuisines—Japanese, Chinese and Thai—from the hands of a Thai chef. The mishmash menu originated from the family’s personal dining preferences. The airy, elevated plantation house interior is pretty much the same as I remembered, just personalised with colourful red lanterns and wall-hangings. Dancing red fish, rising suns, erupting volcanoes and waves in the style of Hokusai compete with the fifty shades of green you can see though the wide open windows. It’s a pleasant place to enjoy a meal.

We opted for sashimi set B (2600VT) purported to contain tuna, salmon and mahi mahi, though the latter has been switched out for raw scallops. The cutting is thick, not what it should be, but the fishes are fresh and the phoenix-like carrot garnish makes it a pretty 12-piece plate. The wasabi however is ballistic, handle with care.

Sadly the sashimi arrived with our hot mains: spicy pork (1900VT) and egg fried rice (800VT). This is perhaps a consequence of the restaurant juggling three different cuisines. Despite our enthusiastic “we love chilli”, the pork dish was rather bland but saved by nicely handled local vegetables: carrots, sweet onions and beans. The house sake is drinkable and affordable if you fancy a tipple with your...

Was really looking forward to trying the food here for a while as I love the range of menu. However, it was disappointing when the takeaway was not as ordered. I have ordered ebi udon noodles and when it arrived to me (I was ill so a friend has brought it over) it was just noodles with no ebi. Also ordered tempura prawns and what arrived was mixed tempura and the most disappointing part was there was no sauce- I generally order tempura just for the Tentsuyu which is the special tempura sauce- my friend went back and was given mayonnaise! Mayonnaise is unacceptable for my Japanese tempura experience. The salmon teriyaki don was also not as pictured on the menu- I thought I was getting salmon portion but ended up with salmon slices that isn’t cooked and just had teriyaki sauce added on it. I could have made better at home. Ultimately it was okay, I understand that perhaps the staff may still need time to figure out how to cook the dishes? But for my first experience unfortunately orders were wrong and for the price you pay it was disappointing. Specially for takeaways. If you have to go back and forth because orders are wrong it is such an inconvenience. I hope I had a better experience. I hope this can...

I saw this restaurant while hit a bus to my accommodation and think will try one day.

Finally, end up with dinner here 3 days in a row!

Thai food here is very authentic and like I have Thai food in Thailand!

I personally like Kao Soi Kai here, the taste like what I had in Chiangmai.

Other Thai food is good as well, sometimes I get bored of Italian food and want something spicy and make me energized, Thai food always help 😊

Japanese food here is good I like Umaiya rolls and the sashimi here is very fresh and slice in a nice size. I’m very appreciate.

Cocktail here have few for choose but it’s so refresh!

I strongly recommend this restaurant you will never disappointed if you are a fan...