I’ll be blunt. Other than the novelty of eating your meal while simultaneously stretching your hip flexors on floor cushions, I can’t think of much else to commend about Patee Thai. The restaurant was decked out in every Thai cliché I could think of (lots of temple references) and the food was bland, anglo-fied Thai food. Our curries looked and tasted like they’d been assembled using the following instructions: beef red curry = beef + ladle of sauce from red vat, chicken green curry = chicken + ladle of sauce from green vat. It was telling that not a single patron was Thai.
My advice? If you want good cheap Thai food, head to Thaila Thai or Mamanee Thai.
- Patee Thai, 371-373 Brunswick St, Fitzroy +61 3 9419 6618
Mammanee on Smith St, Collingwood is almost as good as Thaila Thai
Hi Hookturns, thanks for the tip, I’ll definitely give it a go as it’s in my hood. Any suggestions on what to order from Mammanee? While I enjoyed Thaila Thai, I want to avoid eating anything similar to the fried air dish I had there