Long Tail Thai combines a Dallington dining room with takeaway and delivery from the same Gloucester Street kitchen. Tables can be reserved for dinner, while pickup and online delivery make the menu easy to use at home. Diners can share curries, noodles and starters at the table or build an order to carry away, giving the neighbourhood restaurant several practical ways to serve the same broad Thai menu.
Curries cover several of the styles people often look for in a Thai meal. Green and red curries bring coconut milk, chilli and vegetables into different aromatic bases, while massaman offers a deeper, gentler profile. Panang is thicker and more concentrated, coating thinly sliced meat rather than behaving like a soup. Served with rice, those choices make a useful comparison for a group that wants both mellow and more assertive flavours.
Noodles, rice and stir-fries take the menu in another direction. Pad Thai provides the sweet, sour and nutty classic, and fried rice can be kept simple or ordered with pineapple. Cashew-nut and peanut sauces sit beside sweet-and-sour cooking, ginger, chilli paste and curry-paste stir-fries. Crispy pork belly adds a richer option, while the range of vegetables and protein choices lets diners adjust many dishes to suit the table rather than everyone ordering the same combination.
Starters and soups are well suited to rounding out a shared order. Spring rolls, chicken satay and curry puffs offer familiar finger food, while tom yum brings a sharp, spicy broth and tom kha softens that profile with coconut milk. Thai salads and seafood add lighter and fresher notes alongside the curries and stir-fries. With reservations, table service and separate pickup and delivery routes, Long Tail Thai can cover an unplanned local dinner as comfortably as a meal organised in advance.
Address: 695A Gloucester Street, Dallington, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand
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Long Tail Thai Menu
Entree
Tofu
Deep fried with fresh salad and special sauce
Chicken Satay
Skewered grilled chicken with peanut sauce – 4 Pieces
Spring Rolls
Deep fried vegetarian roll served with sweet chilli sauce – 4 Pieces
Chicken Wings
with fresh salad and special sauce 5 pieces
Chicken Nibbles
Baked with dark soy sauce
Money Bags
Wrapped minced chicken and vegetables served with sweet chilli sauce – 6 Pieces
Pork Ribs
with special sauce with salad
Fish Cake
Fish patties with Thai herbs served with sweet chilli sauce – 6 Pieces
Curry Puffs
Mixed potato, onion and pumpkin in puff pastry with sweet plum sauce – 6 Pieces
Mixed Entrée
2 chicken satay sticks, 2 curry puffs, 2 fish cakes, 2 spring rolls
Soups
Tom Yum Chicken
Traditional hot and sour soup with chicken lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, lemon juice and fresh coriander
Tom Yum Prawn or Seafood
Traditional hot and sour soup with prawn or seafood, lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, lemon juice and fresh coriander
Tom Kha Chicken
A rich aromatic coconut milk soup with chicken, kaffir lime, lemongrass and galangal
Tom Kha Prawn or Seafood
A rich aromatic coconut milk soup with prawn or seafood, kaffir lime, lemongrass and galangal
Thai Salad
Yum
Tender thinly sliced chicken, pork or beef mixed with thai herbs and lemon juice
Larb
Minced chicken, pork or beef cooked with chilli powder, ground roasted rice, lemon juice, onion, galangal and coriander
Nam Tok
Tender sliced chicken, pork or beef marinated in fish sauce with lemon juice, mint and ground roasted rice
Seafood
Choo-Chee Pla Thod Krob
Deep fried fish with red curry sauce. Whole fish or fillet
Pla Rad Prik Sam Rot
Deep fried fish with sweet chili sauce. Whole fish or fillet
Pla Thod Kra Tiam
Deep fried fish with garlic and pepper sauce Whole fish or fillet
Red Curry Prawn or Seafood
Red curry with vegetables and topped with kaffir lime leaves
Garlic & Pepper Prawn or Seafood
Stir fried crispy prawn or seafood with mushroom, garlic and pepper sauce
Cashew Nuts Prawn or Seafood
Stir fried crispy prawn or seafood with onion, pineapple and cashew nuts on top
Pad Prik Pao Prawn or Seafood
Stir fried crispy prawn or seafood with chilli past
Sweet & Sour Prawn or Seafood
Stir fried crispy prawn or seafood with tomato, pineapple, cucumber and sweet and sour sauce
Pad Prik Gaeng Prawn or Seafood
Stir fried prawn or seafood with red curry sauce paste, green bean, kaffir lime leaves and sweet basil
Peanut Sauce Prawn or Seafood
Stir fried prawn or seafood with vegetables and peanut sauce
Ginger Prawn or Seafood
Stir fried prawn or seafood with mushroom, onion, fresh ginger and seasonal vegetables
Rice & Noodles
Pad Thai (Chicken)
Stir fried noodle with vegetables served with bean sprouts and crushed peanuts
Pad See-Eiw
Stir fried flat noodle with dark soy sauce and seasonal vegetables
Pad Khee Mao
Spicy noodles stir fried in chicken, pork or beef in the chef’s secret recipe
Fried Egg Noodle
Stir fried egg noodle with seasonal vegetables
Fried Rice
Fried rice with vegetables and eggs
Curries
Green Curry
Green curry with bamboo shoots and capsicum
Red Curry
Red curry with vegetables and topped with kaffir lime leaves
Panang Curry
Our most popular curry. Thinly sliced chicken, pork or beef in a thick panang curry sauce
Massaman Curry
Brown curry with potato and onion
Roast Duck Curry
Roasted duck in a traditional red curry with pineapple and tomato
Pineapple Curry
Thinly sliced chicken, pork or beef with pineapple create the delicate sweet flavours of this curry
Lamb Shank Curried
Curried lamb shank in a traditional massaman curry with potato, carrots ,onion
Jungle Curry
Red Curry with bamboo shoots and seasonal vegetables without coconut cream
Yellow Curry
The mildest of yellow curry capisicum, carrot,potato & onion
Stir Fried
Ginger
Stir fried chicken, pork or beef with mushroom, onion, fresh ginger and seasonal vegetables
Oyster Sauce
Stir fried chicken, pork or beef with mixed vegetables and oyster sauce
Sweet & Sour
Stir fried crispy chicken, pork or beef with tomato, pineapple, cucumber and sweet and sour sauce
Peanut Sauce
Stir fried chicken, pork or beef with vegetables and peanut sauce
Chilli & Basil
Stir fried chicken, pork or beef with fresh chilli, garlic, bamboo shoots, onion, green beans and basil
Pineapple Fried Rice
stir fried chicken, pork, beef with vegetables and cashew nuts
Garlic & Pepper
Stir fried crispy chicken, pork or beef with mushroom, garlic and pepper sauce
Pad Prik Gaeng
Stir fried chicken, pork or beef with red curry paste, green beans, kaffir lime leaves and sweet basil
Cashew Nuts
Stir fried chicken, pork or beef with onion, pineapple and cashew nuts on top
Pad Prik Pao
Stir fried crispy chicken, pork or beef with chilli paste
Crispy Pork Belly
With stir fried vegetables
Extras
Roti Bread
Per piece
Rice
Drinks – Non-Alcoholic
Coke
Coke Zero
Fanta
Sprite
Ginger Beer
Lemon, Lime & Bitters
Deep Spring Orange & Mango
Deep Spring Lemon Lime & Orange
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- Fried rice Typical in Christchurch: $19.00 $28.50
- Pad thai Typical in Christchurch: $20.25 $28.50
- Green curry Typical in Christchurch: $22.00 $29.50
- Massaman curry Typical in Christchurch: $22.00 $29.50
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