De Grand Thai Restaurant And Bar

We’ve been to Thailand many times and love our Thai food. This was by far the best Thai food we have ever experienced! Very reasonable prices, great service and authentic classy Thai ambience. We were in a motel nearby for two nights and went here both nights! BYOW as well. Everything we had was fabulous but the Chicken panang curry especially to die for.

Never been to this restaurant before but was recommended by a friend. It was a public holiday and they opened for us. The service was amazing, the food was absolutely delicious. There was nothing I could fault about this place. The decor was lovely and the restaurant was immaculate. Thank you to the staff that made my birthday special and for decorating my birthday cake so beautifully.

Been here before many times but that was over 7 years ago. Came here for dinner wanting to try their deep fried whole snapper with thai sweet chili sauce which is our favourite Thai dish. We also had the soft shell crab appetiser. The crab was beyond my expectation as most soft shell crab normally is cooked from frozen but they did well to fry it and the sauce was sweet, tangy and really is the perfect start. The main was the fish which was filleted for us and serves on top of the bones. The fish was fried lightly battered and the sauce was the best I have had for this dish. The sauce had little bits of courgette and baby corn which added volume and was very appetizing and flavourful to go with the rice. We also had the banana chocolate spring roll with ice cream for dessert which was lovely as well and was good ending to the meal. Service was quite funny, it was generally good but the wait staff normally don't face the direction of diners so I think not trained very well or at all. They also have almost zero knowledge of their own menu but at least they go around refilling water which was good. Overall, superb meal. One of the best Thai food in Auckland.