Reviews of Chokdee. (Restaurant) in Nelson (Nelson).

Chokdee

369 Reviews

221 Comments

Restaurant

Thai restaurant

83 Hardy Street, Port Nelson, Nelson 7010, New Zealand

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Information of Chokdee, Restaurant in Nelson (Nelson)

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This place has good reviews, this means that they treat their customers well and you’ll feel great with their services, recommended 100%!

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Reviews of Chokdee

C.

Lovely meal.. Well cooked with just the right amount of spice for me.. Good price great service. Tonight we had the Duck Roti as a starter, was beautiful, highly recommend you try them. Also prawn and cream cheese dumplings, off the specials menu. Chicken and pineapple as well as cashew stir fry with chicken. All fantastically cooked and beautifully presented.

B.

One of my favorites in Nelson. Ask for the vegan menu and they will bring you a list of the meals they can make vegan. My favorite is the Phad Puck Satay with tofu and veggies the vegan Phad Thai is great too. The employees are very sweet people. I always enjoy my time.

S.

Such incredible vegan options. This is a real gem to have found in Nelson. The vegan tofu Pad See Ew was delicious!

c.

Had delicious vegetarian dish. Very tasty, fresh vege and tofu. Will definitely come again.

Q.

Reasonably authentic Thai food - above average for Thai cuisine in New Zealand. While it might not pack a decent kick at the default setting - it's definitely got some heat in it. Would recommend this if you're in town for some Thai.

R.

We ordered rice noodles with beef and thai fried rice. The rice noodle broth was really good! I enjoyed my meal. I would recommend going during lunch time. They have a lunch special price.

M.

Great service, amazing authentic Thai food, do not fail to order the best Thai fish cakes outside of Bangkok. Loved it so much, we’re going back for breakfast!

J.

Been a few times for nice meals. I've not been to a ton of Thai places so I don't have a lot to compare it to, but I try a different main each time, normally a stir fry or Curry and always find them good. When I go to Chocdee it's normally off the back of a craving for some exciting flavor and a good dose of veggies. Really great price wise for something you can do as going out to a sit down dinner, mains are around $20 for chicken/pork/beef, tofu, and around $25 for prawns. Meals are a good size too. They do b.y.o, I'm not sure of their corkage fee. My two staple go to items are the Thai iced tea - I've never tasted anything like it and it's amazing, and the fresh spring rolls, the best spring rolls I've ever had, they're soft and fresh, with prawns in them and a peanut dipping sauce which is beautiful, so much more flavor than generic deep fried spring rolls. I'll put in pictures of both

N.

Favorite Thai food in Nelson. Used to come here for the lunch specials on my lunch break and now I have to come here at least twice everytime I come back to Nelson. The pad thai is one of the best I've ever had outside of Thailand and my mother is so addicted to their duck noodle soup that she comes once a week for it

M.

Wow, I had the Khao soi and my partner a Red Curry. I had definitely one of the best Thai meals. Khao soi is a special Turmeric curry from North Thailand served with egg noodles in curry. You can choose all kinds of meat or prawns, or vegetarian tofu which I had. The pinot gris, can't remember the brand, is a great wine. Staff is very friendly. Nice, clean restaurant with a play area for children. Only one minor tip for staff, don't take my partner's dishes away while I'm still eating...

T.

Really love this place, the best Thai food I have had in New Zealand so far. If you like food to taste authentically Thai instead of the more western norm of just adding red chilli to dishes this is the right place. Food is so full of flavour even when it's spicy. The only place I've been able to buy Khao Soi outside of the northern Thailand too

R.

The best Thai food ever, it was so tasty and so delicious. A great selection to choose from and the staff were very friendly and helpful. Thank you and every time we visit Nelson we buy out Thai from you.

T.

Had a brilliant meal there with my friends and brother very reasonable prices great atmosphere 👍

J.

Really good food a excellent coustomer service. Highly recommended P12 from the menu.

K.

Best Laab Gai I have tasted. Tom Yum was exceptional as well.

E.

Great Birthday dinner. Staff were great. Food as always delicious.

D.

We went there for lunch had a good range of food available at a good price. Service was quick and efficient the waitress was friendly and helpful and generally made sure we were happy with everything. Which we were it was a most enjoyable time.

J.

Had the Phad Thai for lunch here and it was good value and delicious. Also tried their Mango with sticky rice dessert which was also pretty good. Food came out pretty fast and there was good ambience.

A.

Great food and the lunch menu was a great deal!

A.

Excellent service, and mouth watering food. Huge variety on the menu, I am vegetarian and I had no problems. Nicely spaced tables so you don't feel on top of strangers. Friendly attentive staff and generous portions. 👍👍

O.

Possibly the best Thai food I’ve had in NZ. Staff were very nice, relaxed ambience, clean toilets. We had Thai beef salad, crispy pork penang curry, and spring rolls. All were perfectly seasoned and cooked. Couldn’t help myself saying “so goooood!” out loud many times throughout our meal.

S.

Delicious food, cheap lunch price, clean environment

N.

Perfect if you are early for a park outside when going to the Theatre Royal. Very obliging staff make sure your delicious meal arrives before the show.

W.

Pretty good food. The hot is quite spicy and tasty. Fast service as well

E.

Mild was hot for us, but food was delicious

S.

Great food with a pleasant atmosphere. Ordered both entree and main... too much for me. Nasi goreng with seafood was fabulous main (chilli level=hot; perfect!). Friendly, efficient service.

I.

Amazing food with excellent service, had a waiter called Jedsada who efficiently served me and was well trained. Will be definitely coming back! Chokdee is my new regular, and I recommend it to anyone as this place is Nelson’s gem for Thai food.

M.

Nelson is blessed with several Thai restaurants in close proximity to each other in the CBD. And Chokdee is one of the best. It is popular judging by the busy turnout on a Sunday night. Not surprisingly it's the proper Thai cooking that's been the drawcard with traditional favourites like the green curry (best-seller), etc. topping the charts and tantalising both young and mature alike. Dishes from entrees to stir-fries and curries are richly aromatic and flavourful with kefir leaf, etc. aromas evident. Spiciness is measured on the Thai Richter-scale, so hot does mean Thai-hot and not Kiwi-hot meaning, unless you have an asbestos-tongue stay with mild- or medium-hot. This is a good thing; how often have diners had their meals dumbed-down when a cuisine has had its authenticity compromised for the sake of selling more? Service is courteous and reasonably fast. Chokdee also does a fair bit of takeout business so expect a steady stream of that trade and time your visit before or after peak hours perhaps? They are also open for lunch until 2.30 pm at very competitive prices.

r.

Nice food and nice atmosphere. Service was good

D.

Very delicious Thai Cuisine, highly recommended 👍

M.

Third time and every time had been great! From great Pad Thai to real authentic Tom Yum soup (no paste used here; just real spices!) Children delivers satisfaction when wanting quality Thai food with generous portions at a great price.

T.

Ordered take away. Food was very nicely packaged. Had a good curry and fried rice with prawns. Unfortunately the prawns did not taste much like prawns. Rather had ordered chicken instead. But overall quality was good. Everything was prepared fresh and quick. Got at 5% discount after drawing a coupon in their christmas lottery right at the counter.

A.

Surprisingly great Thai food in little ol' Nelson! 👍 There's a good variety of dishes on the menu, offering both Kiwi and Thai favourites. The dishes are as authentic as you can get with ingredients a long way from home, and for a traveler's palette like mine, absolutely excellent. Nice mix of spicy, fragrant, fresh and pleasing. Could have done with a few more fresh herb flavours that I associate with Thai, but it was the middle of winter when I went! Very highly recommended. Don't mess about - order medium or hot if you can handle it, it's worth it!

Q.

Great meal, fast and good... lots of gluten free options. Delicious!

G.

Very good food, staff was very friendly, portions decent sized. Thom Kar soup was amazing. A note about the two sizes of soup, the small is for one person and the large would be for more. (It was truly fantastic). I would go back and would recommend to others.

J.

Usually dine here before going to the theatre but last weekend the service was 🐌 as the staff were overwhelmed by the number of people who had booked reservations. Our meals all came out at different times, some arriving 5 minutes before we were due to be at the theatre and 3 people received the incorrect meal

j.

The best food I have eaten in 7 days

P.

Good service and the food was very Moreish, one could easily over indulge. Book a table as it is a very popular place.

J.

Went with a group of 6 mates. In total we ordered 6 meals 2 extra meals to share in the middle as well as 4 starters. The meals were all served within 10 minutes hot and delicious. We ate at lunch from their $12 menu and they were filling well worth $12 - highly recommend this venue for value and taste

D.

Excellent meals, great service and very well priced. Will certainly keep on going back.

L.

Nice food, decent sized portions and good service. We had the red curry chicken & the Thai beef salad. Thai beef salad was our favorite!

M.

Very tasti meal and nicely served. Very nice friendly staff lots of seating spaced out well, would return again if we go back to Nelson Thanks to Chokdee!

D.

My wife and get a take away meal at Chokdee on average once or twice a month usually a main and two entrees and can never fault the quality or service however recently the last few times the portion size of the main meal has been steadily shrinking and the prices have increased . I don’t mind paying a fair price for a good meal but I am finding it harder to justify the treat of getting really good thai as a takeout treat.

B.

Very nice Thai food. Had pleasant service and my meal was ready promptly. They didn't go shy on the chilli which I liked, and the staff added to the experience by wearing traditional Thai clothing.

S.

Hands down the best Thai food we've had in a long time. My husband had chicken satay skewers and the beef musaman curry - he reckoned it was bloody awesome. I had fresh vege spring rolls and a vegan stir fry - epic!! They were really accommodating for me and went out of their way to make me a meal that I could enjoy. Medium was the perfect spicy - hot too!

T.

I had lunch and diner there with my friends: beef noodle, pad thai, green curry. They'll all nice, just a bit salty compare to Vietnamese taste. Worth trying!!!

J.

Food is always good here and at their sister restaurant in Motueka. They also have loyalty cards! If you want Thai food at reasonable prices in the top of the South Chockdee is the place.

L.

Was thoroughly satisfied with what I ordered. I just kept eating and eating until I nearly exploded. The satay chicken and noodles, the ginger beef, the spring rolls and kebabs were amazing, but damn the chicken wings were incredible. If I won the lottery I would probably hire a butler to follow me around serving those things for the rest of my life. I should mention the restaurant wasn't exactly luxury, and for some reason they had the air conditioning set to about Neptune but the spices in the dishes certainly warmed me up I guess. 4/5 amazing eats, but just above average premises.

P.

Great authentic Thai cuisine.

A.

Food was delicious. Staff were very helpful especially in terms of dietary requirements. We had a very nice experience. Highly recommend.

A.

Great delicious food. Favourite for when we want take out. Reasonably priced and decent size serving. Favourites are phad puck satay and chicken yellow curry.

L.

If you want a tasty dish that brings you to Thailand that's the right spot. I've been in Phuket and Bangkok and this is the closest you can get as flavours. Prices are average. Recommended

D.

Delicious meal, very well priced and excellent service. Highly recommended. The Gaeng curry (with pineapple) is the best curry I've ever had.

f.

Great meal,good atmosphere! One thing that could be improved would be that the meals should come out at the same time. But overall lovely experience and will be back ❤️

M.

Great meals. Very consistent in the quality, size, taste etc. I go here just for the Duck roti. So good. Standard prices really. Possibly on the pricey side. Friendly staff.

A.

I ordered a single Vegetarian Pad Tai. While the dish was well cooked it had limited vege and was grossly overpriced. $20 for mainly noodles, tofu and limited vege. To compare last night for under $30 we got Indian- two different mains and rice, two large samosa, two sauces and a narn bread- hugely different value for money. Fed two of us and there was heaps. Won’t be back to Chokdee when there is way better value in town

M.

Very good staff and delicious food. Relaxed atmosphere. Made me very happy being there

D.

Good service and great meal

R.

1 was impressed with meal..1 was ok with meal..2 very disappointed..had Thai Beef Salad.. advertised as fillet steak..definately wasnt fillet..and very salty..really disappointed

P.

Great food!! Nice staff.just need to up the drink service apart from that.very good.

P.

I love Chok Dee. The food is always excellent & the people are very sincere and friendly. Whether it's eat-in or takeaway we always fin d their meals are superb. I don't usually write reviews but had to when I saw Chok Dee was rated so lowly - they are awesome.

K.

Meals were delicious. Entree was Duck Roti which was tender and sweet, balanced well with the fresh salad. Main was Creamy Curry pork belly, which was very rich. Dessert was my fav which was mango sticky rice....sooo good! And free wifi

B.

Great authentic tasting Thai food. Lunch menu is really good value

M.

Absolutely delicious and the staff were excellent had a wonderful evening.

S.

I may have a new favourite restaurant. Thank you chokdee just lovely.

K.

Wow! Amazing food and service. A little pricey but great for a treat

A.

Had a rice noodle lunch special dish. Taste more like Chinese than Thai. Service is good.

S.

Very good service. Good food and big portions. Caters to dietary needs. Various vegan and gluten-free options

R.

Absolutely brilliant. Well priced lunch menu. Order came in less than 3-5 mins. Good portion sizing and delicious.

R.

Nicest Thai food we have ever had in Christchurch

H.

Shrimp toast phad Thai and tom kar soup are my favorites here always yum but a tad pricey for the take away menu

S.

Ordered over the phone as I knew there is always about a 15minute wait which isnt bad for the amazing food they provide, when I arrived to pick up they were unsure where my order was and eventually noticed it was right infront of them. Just a hiccup definitely going back🤤

V.

Authentic & delicious food. Duck curry and prawn salad was amazing! Quick and friendly service. Highly recommended

M.

Great value for your money. The food was delicious and the staff very friendly. Just the atmosphere is not really authentic.

M.

Really nice food, good for a night out with friends and family or if you just need to fill up with tasty Thai cuisine.

b.

Tasty pad thai. Fast service. Language was a barrier when we tried to order a hot drink from one of the wait staff.

N.

Best Thai in Nelson. Great food. Very friendly staff. The waitress who served me seems like the manager, great service.

N.

Food are delicious and staff are helpful and friendly. It's our go to for Thai food fix 😋. Real Thai food

B.

Very enjoyable evening and the food was delicious with lovely staff.

B.

Literally always amazing. Without fail. And they remember your name and give the best service. Chicken noodle soup 😋

S.

Delicious food, friendly staff, quick service, generous portions for the price, something for everyone's dietary needs

J.

True authentic Thai food. Went there with aThai friend and we both agree. Food was amazing.

S.

I love coming here! Fast, yummy and friendly! Great light and great for groups or solo.

N.

Fast, fresh and very generous sizes. Where I learnt to love authentic Thai food.

K.

So.... full.... and completely satisfied. We both loved our meals, thank you so much. If I lived in Nelson I'd be back again tomorrow!

R.

Recommendable Thai restaurant

T.

Best Pad Thai in town (I have it with tofu)

M.

Amazing food. Staff could be friendlier but they're fine and the food is just yummo!

j.

Nice place. Staffs are friendly and accommodating. Their food is superb.

V.

Had a great evening with friends, we were the last to leave! Really friendly sevice and great three course meal.

R.

Yummy tasty food !

V.

Great place to have an authentic Thai food in Nelson. If you love Thai food then must visit here.

T.

Top quality Thai Restaurant. The Mango and sticky rice pudding was soooo good.

D.

Best Thai restaurant in Nelson, has been consistently good for years. Keep up the great work!

s.

Beautiful lunch with my daughter, great service and super quick to get the food out, will definitely be going back

T.

Nice restaurant, we had lunch there. They just need to learn how to make good coffee.

D.

Just had a takeaway meal, omg so good, definitely recommend. This restaurant.

S.

Fantastic food, We get a takeaway from here on a regular basis and its always good.

R.

We came here and were very impressed. Some of New Zealand's best Thai food for sure.

A.

Beautiful food & lovely service, will hopefully be back before I return to the UK

K.

Excellent Thai food - as good as we ever found on several holidays in that country.

C.

Very tasty. Loved the thai fish cakes

H.

Waiting for a table took too long . Food was really nice. Plenty of choices

J.

Fantastic food. Great service

D.

Great variety of dishes and service was fast.

J.

Just had a very nice crispy pork dish, great service also.

J.

Customer service was great and the food delicious.

R.

Great Thai food,enjoyed the duck rotisserie for entree.

D.

Always good food from Chokdee, with friendly and efficient staff. Recommended.

J.

Loved it awesome presentation and tasty

G.

Great location. Wonderful choice of food. Excellent service.

S.

Love this restaurant, the service there is great 😋 food is top notch 👌

Y.

The only Thai that does crispy pork in Nelson and they do it extremely well

i.

I am highly recommending this place for both great service and great food :) The coffee was also very very good :)

M.

Good food, good service! Aroy dee mahk!

h.

Delicious food and friendly staffs as well as warm restaurant

F.

Good but the fish was precooked and dry more sauce would be good

S.

Incredible food, lots of variety and really great service!!

P.

Great food, nice staff and atmosphere here

P.

Great food friendly easygoing staff. Good prices

L.

Lovely meal. Good service. Lovely staff.

R.

Nice and clean, food delicious, friendly staff, good prices.

M.

Always a nice place to get lunch or dinner

J.

I love Chokdee I go there abit cos I cant get enough of it n now they usually know what me n my chokdee mate wants lol

D.

Had a lovely meal and staff were lovely as well. Loved it.

I.

yum loved my vegie meal, really was vegan!

P.

Great lunch. Prompt service. Reasonably priced

P.

Yummy food ,good service, and well prices good.

T.

Crispy pork was amazingly yummy.

J.

Huge menu choice, food is always great and its affordable

B.

Loved it <3

h.

Email order.Then pick up and have in front of the fire.So good on these cold dark nights.

L.

Very good service ..tasty meal.. would try again

S.

Good place to go for an affordable lunch. Child friendly.

K.

Thai is always good from here. Lovely friendly service.

J.

best chicken green curry, friendly staff.

J.

Nice restaurant, best thai food in town.

K.

Food is always good. Always look forward to going there.

S.

Food quality is excellent. Staff professional

L.

Excellent nomnoms. Nice staff. Lovely aircon on a hot day

M.

Prompt service, pleasant staff. Food was okay.

A.

Love the food, staff are Lovely, great place

S.

Really good food and a nice setting.

J.

Service and food absolutely wonderful.

M.

Always exceptional food and service :)

K.

Best duck noodles soup ever .. in Nelson

M.

Heaps on menu to pick from

M.

Great food good prices.

H.

Best Thai food I've eaten

s.

I loved the food it was delicious thank you

W.

Food was nice back again one day

V.

Good selection of food for very good prices

J.

Been delicious for 10+ years now.

R.

Lovely atmosphere and great food

G.

Woderful as usual. Great service great food

J.

Nice restaurant

T.

Great Thai food

H.

Great pricing and food was delicious

J.

Great food and friendly service.

G.

Wonderful meals for a reasonable price

P.

Very tasty

B.

Good menu . Prompt service . Nice people

N.

Yummy Thai food. Friendly staff

P.

Lovely food. Lovely service

A.

Mmm love chokdee!!! So delicious.

k.

Fast service so tasty.

F.

Inexpensive dinning good staff

h.

Great Thai food

h.

Great Food, great restaurant.

A.

Ok don't expect much for $ 11 for lunch

P.

Great food good service

I.

Great tasting food

M.

Best Thai food in town

M.

Very lovely drinks and food

D.

Taste good, not to expensive

L.

Great food and atmosphere

J.

Gone more expensive

K.

Great food & service.

Ж.

Mmmm......tender beef soup. Especially after a big night

c.

Delicious food

G.

Great food once again

L.

Top notch authentic thai

R.

Excellent Thai food

R.

Very relaxing great food

G.

Good food

D.

Nice food and nice staff

C.

Favorite Thai in Tasman

s.

Great inexpensive food

d.

Happy medium med/hot

C.

Fantastic service and food

B.

Friendly staff :)

A.

Awesome service good always good

K.

Fab food!

R.

Good thai food

J.

Great food

A.

Great meal

L.

Always top notch.

F.

Chokdee is always great

C.

Yum

A.

Brilliant as always

C.

Recommend

C.

Delicious

J.

OK

C.

Great food

F.

Excellent

T.

Amazing as always

J.

Beautiful food

D.

Yum

D.

Love this place.....

t.

YUMMY!!!!!!! nothing more to say!!!

С.

(Translated) The sharpness needs to be taken on the size less. The portions are normal large, but nothing extra ordinary. (Original) Остроту нужно брать на размер меньше. Порции нормальные крупные, но ничего сверх ординарного.

P.

(Translated) Good food and drinks served fast (Original) Gutes Essen und Getränke schnell serviert.😋

S.

(Translated) Yummmmm! (Original) Yummmmm!

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