The Rice Paddy Thai

Rice Paddy offers incredible Thai food that stands out for its unwavering commitment to using the freshest ingredients. Each dish is a burst of flavour and authenticity, taking you on a delightful adventure to the heart of Thailand.

Don't miss out on trying their Pad Kee Mao, just a word of caution, once you do, you'll be hooked just like me.

Love this place, super friendly service and authentic Thai food at a very reasonable price for the quality, get the feeling this is family operated. Everything we had was excellent, would recommend the drunken noodle and massaman curry as standouts here. Beers also cheap at $6.

Best authentic Thai food in the town, with great service , reasonable pricing . Definitely will come back 👌👌👌👌🙏🙏

The food and service were great. Milly was just lovely and helpful as she chose and recommended the best dishes. Thanks milly again all the best

Lemongrass chilli prawns - best I've ever tasted. Sweet, silky, golden crunch.

Gado-gado - good, not great, BUT the honourable mention goes to the techniques - egg was perfect, not rubbery, it was fresh. Beans & Broccoli, crisp, blanched perfectly. Satay - flavourful. The cons - too much lettuce and not enough sauce (bearing in mind I at all this myself?

Battered Barramundi with ginger sauce. Here's the big ticks.
Barra - no hint of "dirt" that usually comes from imported frozen Barra or Cone bay/Humptydoo farmed (pending on the waters etc)
The kitchen knows how to handle a good product, the fish was perfect, flaked without falling apart, cooked evenly.
The sauce (#techniqueboom ) - carrots, onion and celery (standard "Asian restaurant" inclusions) handled with skill. No burnt oil smell, nobody in the kitchen tried to claim insurance and burn the place down. The veg was sauteed, crisp and full of flavour and it completely made the dish.

Great food deserves being talked up and about. This place deserves being talked up and then some!
The owner and service is amazing. The place feels like you could settle in for hours and just eat, drink and appreciate life for what it's meant to be, for hours.

Excellent food, very nice staff and atmosphere.. Highly recommend family restaurant . Will visit soon.

- Som Tum
- Tom Yum
- Hokkien Pad Satay Noodles 👍

All of them are delicious x
I like this Thai restaurant

LOVED my meal here. From the moment I walked in this place is great - beautiful smiley welcome from the young lady, relaxing music, quick service and the stir fry and roti was awesome. Nothing to fault

It was my first time trying Thai food. I loved it. Very tasty.

This place is an amazing place to visit, won't regret it. We visit every week and if you want the best dish go for Pad Kee Maw...thank me later 😄

Date of visit - 04FEB2022

Good vibes!

Nice open restaurant with a good atmosphere! Friendly and attentive staff with table service.

Good quality and yummy food with plenty of options to choose from, you can't go wrong with Thai!

Fairly priced menu for the area.

I will let the photos do the rest of the talking.

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Amazing fresh food. Love they use plenty of vegetables and the sauces aren’t overly rich. Bonus is it’s such good value for money! Will 100% be back

What a lovely find! Highly recommend! Lovely staff who were very helpful with ordering and catering to dietary needs. Menu has a lot of choice and most can be made vegan (which was very helpful when dining here). Excellent food, amazing service and great value!

One of my top picks in Melbourne, and on top of the list for Thai food. Every dish I’ve tried is delicious, staff is friendly and ambience is good. I recommend the Thai lemon tea, veg fried rice, prawn drunken noodles and roasted pork stir fry. Food was so delicious we didn’t even remember to take photos. Coming back soon!

YUM!!!

I love this place for dine-in and take-away.

Their Green Curry is one of the best in town and love the tofu + vege + cashew stir-fry. The curries in general are really very good, flavoursome and satisfying.

The service is great. The girls are so sweet and cute and very helpful. We even had a great conversation with one staff member about growing up in Thailand and the contents of her school lunchbox, which sounded delicious.

Highly recommended !

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The staff were so attentive and friendly and the food was so delicious! Absolutely obsessed with their sauces. The portion sizes were great and everything was brought out quickly. The pricing was very reasonable also. We left very happy and I'd highly recommend this place to anyone who loves good Thai food 😊

Literally love this place - the food here is amazing and great value - it’s my go to takeaway as it’s always so fresh and yum. LOVE getting takeaway pad Thai - but always bring family and friends here to dine in too. Friendly staff who know me by name (because of how often I’m there…), and great ambiance. HIGHLY recommend!

Service was good and attentive. Food was very delicious, served quick and beautifully presented. Definitely will come back to try other dishes!

Very delicious food and very good services. I highly recommend this restaurant.

First time here… blown away. We will be back! Thanks Jino and the team for amazing service.