The Rice Paddy Thai

Unreal food and great service, been back many times! Their Massaman curry is one of the best ones I have ever had! (Try it with the coconut rice).

- Som Tum
- Tom Yum
- Hokkien Pad Satay Noodles

All of them are delicious x
I like this Thai restaurant

Favs: Chicken wings, chili basil fried rice, any of the curries, barramundi with the tamarind sauce. Friendly service too. This is my go-to Thai restaurant in South Yarra

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!

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

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!

Increase almost 50% in last year. Entrees were $7 just 12 months ago, now $9.90. Bit much I believe.

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

Incredible food. A Sunday night special for my partner and I. Could order anything off the menu and be super satisfied. Must visit

Service and staff friendliness is just so refreshing here! Then to top it all off, value for money plus and the quality and speed of the food is just A+. Which in business itself it’s hard to achieve. But no trade offs here. It’s so enjoyable for takeaway and eating in. THANK YOU TO THE STAFF OF THE RICE PADDY!

Absolutely delicious! I didn't want it to end (but I only have one stomach so ran out of room!) A+ highly recommend!

Lovely staff. Clean restaurant. Tasty food.
However, the portion sizes are very small considering the price. We ordered the red curry duck, which cost $20.90; it only had 4 slices of small duck fillet. Maybe they were running low on stock? The coconut rice portion was also very small.

Can't fault this place at all food was fresh and delicious. Staff were friendly and attentive. The chicken roti roll is a must try! Can't wait to go back to this place

Just wanted to mention that this is the best and most consistent Thai takeaway restaurant in South Yarra. 5/5 in the casual dining category.

Just found out that they can’t handle larger groups - we were about 20 people. The waitress took the orders and food was mixed up. More over brought the food that was never ordered (imagine if we ordered pad Thai with chicken and they bring seafood fried rice and forcing us to take it or pay for it). The lady in charge was subtly rude and started to raise her voice / break down for pointing out their mistakes gently (don’t know what pressure she had inside the kitchen and she was mentioning about being under staffed). Made us look very bad and feel guilty for no mistake of ours. End of the day, we had to pay for all the food irrespective of what we ordered and what they delivered. It was unacceptable way of treating your customers by making them feel guilty for your mistakes. How hard is it to list the name of the person and write down what he/she is ordering including the protein they want. Very disorganised and we are shouted at for suggesting to get their act right. Would never visit this place and would not advise you to visit the place if you are a larger group.

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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Friendly staff. Quick service.
Food was good quality and reasonably priced. Appropriate portion size.
Good drink options and the Thai milk tea was nice.
The spicy dishes aren’t spicy though.

Very Good fried rice. Fresh vegetables and meat. The most important thing is it has the breath of wok~

A+

It's real authentic Thai style food. Fresh ingredients, good quality beef. Ala Thai beef salad.
The Sam Rod barramundi is highly recommended.
Banana fritters are perfectly battered. Accompanied by vanilla icecream with beads of taro throughout!

Just like eating on Phi Phi Island as the sun sets before a full moon party!

We may be in lockdown, but we have this slice of Thailand!

Great little Thai. Just wanted a quick Thai fixed and really delivered. Amaxing red prawn curry.loads of prawns and fresh veg. Would definitely recommend