Tamarind Tree Thai - Carindale

This is the best Thai food I have ever had! The service is friendly and the prices are amazing. I absolutely love everything about this place, whether dining in or taking away. The quality of the food is awesome - everything I try becomes my new favorite.

Tamarind Tree Thai offers a delicious takeout menu. We were impressed with all of our dishes. The chicken curry with pumpkin was especially tasty, and the oyster beef was also delicious. I can't wait to order from Tamarind Tree Thai again soon. Yum!

We ate here for the first time tonight and really enjoyed our meal. Entrees were spring rolls and fish cakes. There was nothing creative about them. They were standard fare. The fish cakes were a little rubbery but had a good flavour and were quite spicy. The mains arrived almost as soon as the entree plates were removed. The barramundi basil was delicious with a subtle but lingering chilli heat. The pad siew was delicious and had lovely wide noodles and a sweet tamarind flavour. The broccoli was cooked perfectly. <br/ <br/ Service was prompt and friendly. The restaurant is small and only seats 12 inside. Most of their business is take-away. We were the only ones eating inside but the kitchen was going constantly. They are certainly popular with the locals.

I was previously not a big fan of Thai food, but Mrs Kan Do certainly is; and she and the now closed Thai Blue Elephant have turned me somewhat.  Since its closure we've been scrambling to find a replacement. There is a paucity of really good Thai restaurants in Brisbane. We went to Tamarind Tree Thai Restaurant (nothing like an alliterative name to suck me in) for dinner. Mrs Kan Do was immediately attracted to this small, quaint little converted takeaway shop with its cute decor. We ordered a tom yum goong (prawns in tom yum soup), a prawn pad thai, the soft shell crab with black pepper and two small servings of coconut rice. When the food was served I tucked in, impressed at the heat level,  (we had ordered medium heat) especially with the extra chopped chilli which I had asked for. I was just about to remark how pleased I was with the heat of the food when I looked up and saw Mrs Kan Do was a little less than pleased that the food was a bit too spicy for her. Thankfully, that meant that I got the lion's share of the food, a point not lost on Mrs Kan Do whom I had to adequately compensate with enough prawns to ensure that I did not lose my head this evening. So a note to the wary  medium heat here really means medium heat, now back to the dishes. Despite being a little thick in consistency, the tom yum goong was an excellent dish and rates a 4.  It was spicy, fresh tasting and had plenty of flavour. The soft shell crabs were also flavourful, but a little too salty to eat on their own so rated a 3.5. The sweet and slightly wet coconut rice compensated for the saltiness of the crabs and balanced things out. The pad thai was the least impressive of the dishes. It was a bit too sweet a common failing that I have found at many Thai restaurants in Brisbane although this one wasn't too bad in that regard. Some egg would have helped the dish along too. The pad thai rated a 3, which is slightly generous, but reflective of the fact that this is a restaurant where the effort to produce good food is obvious. Freshly cooked and using flavourful ingredients, and offering large portions for reasonable prices, this is not a bad choice at all, and stands up to the competition in Brisbane (which is not much so far I'm afraid). Overall, the rating of 3.5 is perhaps a little harsh, but it's not quite a 4.

I don't usually eat Thai, but we tried this place before going into the movies as it was the least busy place. And I was so suprised, It was amazing! If this is what every Thai tasted like, I would eat it regularly. We ordered the cashew stirfry, ginger grilled fish, stirfry veggies with peanut sauce and a coconut rice. The food had alot of flavour and tasted so fresh and clean. The food came out quick and the service was lovely, with a laid back environment. Would highly recommened this lil place of a gem.