Pimarn Thai Restaurant's Rathbone branch serves lunch and dinner in central Whangārei, with both dine-in and takeaway available. It is distinct from the group's Kamo restaurant, giving city-centre diners their own established location and phone line. The menu has the depth expected of a full Thai restaurant, moving through curries, wok dishes, noodles, rice and salads rather than relying on a compact takeaway list. That breadth works particularly well for groups, who can order several cooking styles and share them across the table.
Noodles and rice provide familiar entry points with meaningful variation. Pad Thai combines rice noodles, egg, tamarind, sweet chilli and crushed peanut, while pad see ew takes a darker soy-led direction with broccoli and cauliflower. Fried rice can be seasoned in several ways, and khao soi brings egg noodles together with red curry, turmeric and onion. Soup noodles add yet another texture, allowing diners to choose between stir-fried, curried and broth-based preparations instead of treating every noodle dish as interchangeable.
Vegetarian cooking extends across the main sections. Green and red curries use vegetables and bamboo shoots, while yellow curry adds potato, onion and peanut. Stir-fries combine vegetables and mushrooms with satay sauce, ginger, garlic or black pepper, and meat-free pad Thai and fried rice make it possible to construct a varied plant-led meal. This distribution matters for mixed tables: vegetarian diners can follow the same progression from curry to wok to noodles rather than being confined to one isolated menu category.
Thai salads bring brightness and heat alongside the richer sauces. Larb gai combines minced chicken with toasted rice and herbs, while grilled beef and pork versions place sliced meat into spicy salads. A mixed seafood salad offers a sharper counterpoint to coconut-based curry or fried rice. Pimarn Thai is best approached as a sharing restaurant: one noodle dish, a curry, a vegetable stir-fry and a salad show four distinct sides of the kitchen and make fuller use of the Rathbone branch's broad menu.
Address: 12 Rathbone Street, Whangārei Central, Whangārei 0110, New Zealand
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PimarnThai Restaurant Menu
Takeaway Dinner – Entrees
Takeaway dinner menu.
Satay Gai (3)
Skewers of grilled chicken tenderloin with peanut sauce
Thoong Thong (4)
Golden bags with minced chicken, shrimp, diced carrots and sweet corn
Poh Pia Tod (4)
A Thai vegetarian spring roll
Kanom Pang Na Gai (4)
Minced chicken toast with herbs
Kanom Pang Na Ga Prow (4)
Chicken toast with spicy basil leaves
Gari Puff (4)
A puff pastry with minced chicken, kumara and onion
Peek Gai Tod (3)
Fried chicken wings marinated in Thai sauce
Tod Mon Kow Pod (4)
Deep fried battered sweet corn
Tod Mon Pla (4)
Thai fish cake with herbs and spices
Goong Choop Pang Tod (4)
Prawn tempura Thai style with sweet chilli sauce
Pla Choop Pang Tod (4)
Fish tempura Thai style with sweet chilli sauce
Pla Muk Choop Pang Tod (4)
Squid tempura Thai style with sweet chilli sauce
Geow Tod (4)
Crispy deep fried Thai pork dumpling
Mixed Entrée
Platter of Satay Gai, Thoong Thong, Pho Pia Tod, Kanom Pang Na Gai
Takeaway Dinner – Soups
Tom Yum Goong
Traditional spicy and sour soup with prawns, mushroom, red onion
Tom Yum Gai
Traditional spicy and sour soup with chicken, mushroom, red onion
Tom Kha Goong
Spicy coconut soup with prawns, mushroom, red onion and galangal
Tom Kha Gai
Spicy coconut soup with chicken, mushroom, red onion and galangal
Pla Muk Tom Jued
A clear soup with minced pork, baby squid, black fungus and celery
Gaeng Jued Woon Sen
A clear soup with minced pork,black fungus and noodle jelly
Takeaway Dinner – Stir Fries
Choices of Meat Available: Chicken, Beef or Pork $24.90; Roasted Duck $27.90; Prawns or Seafood $29.90.
Pad Him Ma Pan
A popular dish, stir-fried with fresh vegetables, sweet chilli paste, cashew nuts, Capsicum and mushroom
Pad Ga Prow
Stir-fried with crushed chilli, onion, basil leaves and capsicum
Pad Cha
Stir-fried with crushed chilli, galangal, onion and green peppercorn, capsicum
Pad Prik Gaeng
Stir-fried with curry paste, capsicum, bamboo shoot and peppercorn
Pad Nam Prik pao
Stir-fried with fresh vegetables, sweet chilli paste and mushroom
Pad Khing
Stir-fried with ginger, black fungus, celery and brown bean sauce
Pad Prik Sod
Stir-fried with onion, capsicum, mushroom, hot fresh chilli
Pad Pug
A mild stir-fried with fresh vegetables, Thai sauce and mushroom
Pad Prew Wahn
Sweet and sour with pineapple, tomato, broccoli, capsicum and mushroom
Pad Pug Satay
Stir-fried with fresh vegetables topped with satay peanut sauce and mushroom
Pad Kratiem Prik Thai
Stir-fried with garlic, pepper, mushroom, cauliflower and onion
Pad Prik Thai Dum
Stir-fried with garlic, black pepper, mushroom, cauliflower and onion
Pad Nam Mon Hoi
Stir-fried and fresh vegetables with oyster sauce and mushroom
Moo Kham Wahn (Pork)
Pork marinated in wine, Thai sauce and herbs, stir-fried and topped with sweet and spicy tamarind sauce and mushroom
Goong Luk Koey (Prawn)
Prawns and hard boiled eggs stir-fried with sweet and spicy tamarind sauce and topped with crispy red shallots
Takeaway Dinner – Curries
Choices of Meat Available: Chicken, Beef or Pork $24.90; Roasted Duck $27.90; Prawns or Seafood $29.90.
Gaeng Phed Ped Yang (Duck)
Roasted duck in red curry with pineapple, peas, capsicum, tomato
Gaeng Keow Wahn
Green curry with bamboo shoots, peas and capsicum
Gaeng Daeng
Red curry with bamboo shoots, peas and capsicum
Gaeng Gari
A mild yellow curry with potato, peanut, onion and spring onion
Gaeng Massaman
A thick massaman curry with potato, onion, peanut and capsicum
Gaeng Panang
Stir-fried sliced meat in a thick panang curry, baby corn, capsicum and crushed peanut
Choo Chee
A thick red curry with green bean, pineapple, capsicum and baby corn
Gaeng Kua
Red curry with pineapple, tomato, peas and capsicum
Gaeng Pah
A clear Thai herbs soup with bamboo shoots, baby corn, green bean, green pepper corn, capsicum and taste by red curry paste
Takeaway Dinner – Noodles & Rice
Choices of Meat Available: Chicken, Beef or Pork $24.90; Roasted Duck $27.90; Prawns or Seafood $29.90.
Pad Thai
A Thai style, stir-fried rice noodle with bean sprout, red onion, egg, sweet chilli paste, tamarind sauce and crushed peanut
Pad See Ew
Stir-fried rice noodle with dark soy sauce, egg, broccoli, carrot and cauliflower
Khao Pad
Stir-fried rice with egg, diced carrot, peas, sweet corn, tomato and onion
Khao Pad Gra Prow
Stir-fried rice with crushed chilli and basil leaves
Khao Pad Gaeng Keow Wahn
Stir-fried rice with green curry, bamboo shoots, capsicum and peas
Khao Pad Pong Gari
Stir-fried rice with yellow curry powder, onion and spring onion
Khao Pad Num Prik Pao
Stir-fried rice with sweet chilli paste and vegetables
Guay Tiew Tom Yum
Rice noodle in spicy and sour soup with onions and mushrooms
Guay Tiew Nam
Rice noodle soup with your choice of meat, bean sprout, fish balls, pork balls or prawns
Khao Tom
A mild rice soup with your choice of meat or prawns
Khao Soy
Traditional Thai style egg noodles with red curry sauce, curry powder, turmeric powder and red onion
Takeaway Dinner – Vegetarian
$24.90
Gaeng Keow Wahn
Fresh vegetables and bamboo shoots in green curry and peas
Gaeng Daeng
Fresh vegetables and bamboo shoots in red curry and peas
Gaeng Gari
Potato, onion, peanut and spring onion in mild yellow curry
Pad Pug Satay
Stir-fried fresh vegetables and mushroom with Thai sauce and satay peanut sauce on top
Pad Pug Nam Mon Hoi
Stir-fried fresh vegetables and mushroom with oyster sauce
Pad Khing
Stir-fried vegetables, ginger, black fungus, celery and mushroom with brown bean sauce
Pad Thai
Stir-fried rice noodle with egg, bean sprout, red onion, sweet and spicy tamarind sauce and crushed peanut
Pad See Ew
Stir-fried rice noodle with dark soy sauce, egg, broccoli and cauliflower
Khao Pad Pug
Stir-fried rice with egg, diced carrot, baby corn, onion, pea and tomato
Pad Kratiem Prik Thai
Stir-fried with garlic, pepper, mushroom, cauliflower and onion
Pad Prik Thai Dum
Stir-fried with garlic, black pepper, mushroom, cauliflower and onion
Takeaway Dinner – Thai Salads
Larb Gai
A spicy minced chicken salad with dried rice and Thai herbs
Yum Neau Yang
Sliced grilled beef with spicy salad
Yum Moo Yang
Sliced grilled pork with spicy salad
Yum Talay
A rich mixed seafood with hot and spicy salad
Takeaway Dinner – Rice
Steamed Jasmine Rice
Coconut Rice
Takeaway Lunch – Entrees
Takeaway lunch menu.
Satay Gai (3)
Skewers of grilled chicken tenderloin with peanut sauce
Thoong Thong (4)
Golden bags with minced chicken, shrimp, diced carrots and sweet corn
Poh Pia Tod (4)
A Thai vegetarian spring roll
Kanom Pang Na Gai (4)
Minced chicken toast with herbs
Kanom Pang Na Ga Prow (4)
Chicken toast with spicy basil leaves
Gari Puff (4)
A puff pastry with minced chicken, kumara and onion
Peek Gai Tod (3)
Fried chicken wings marinated in Thai sauce
Tod Mon Kow Pod (4)
Deep fried battered sweet corn
Tod Mon Pla (4)
Thai fish cake with herbs and spices
Goong Choop Pang Tod (4)
Prawn tempura Thai style with sweet chilli sauce
Pla Choop Pang Tod (4)
Fish tempura Thai style with sweet chilli sauce
Pla Muk Choop Pang Tod (4)
Squid tempura Thai style with sweet chilli sauce
Geow Tod (4)
Crispy deep fried Thai pork dumpling
Mixed Entrée
Platter of Satay Gai, Thoong Thong, Pho Pia Tod, Kanom Pang Na Gai
Takeaway Lunch – Soups
Tom Yum Goong
Traditional spicy and sour soup with prawns, mushroom, red onion
Tom Yum Gai
Traditional spicy and sour soup with chicken, mushroom, red onion
Tom Kha Goong
Spicy coconut soup with prawns, mushroom, red onion and galangal
Tom Kha Gai
Spicy coconut soup with chicken, mushroom, red onion and galangal
Pla Muk Tom Jued
A clear soup with minced pork, baby squid, black fungus and celery
Gaeng Jued Woon Sen
A clear soup with minced pork, black fungus and noodle jelly
Takeaway Lunch – Stir Fries
Choices of Meat Available: Chicken, Beef or Pork $19.90; Roasted Duck, Prawns or Seafood $23.90.
Pad Him Ma Pan
A popular dish, stir-fried with fresh vegetables, sweet chilli paste, cashew nuts, Capsicum and mushroom
Pad Ga Prow
Stir-fried with crushed chilli, onion, basil leaves and capsicum
Pad Cha
Stir-fried with crushed chilli, galangal, onion and green peppercorn, capsicum
Pad Prik Gaeng
Stir-fried with curry paste, capsicum, bamboo shoot and peppercorn
Pad Nam Prik pao
Stir-fried with fresh vegetables, sweet chilli paste and mushroom
Pad Khing
Stir-fried with ginger, black fungus, celery and brown bean sauce
Pad Prik Sod
Stir-fried with onion, capsicum, mushroom, hot fresh chilli
Pad Pug
A mild stir-fried with fresh vegetables, Thai sauce and mushroom
Pad Prew Wahn
Sweet and sour with pineapple, tomato, broccoli, capsicum and mushroom
Pad Pug Satay
Stir-fried with fresh vegetables topped with satay peanut sauce and mushroom
Pad Kratiem Prik Thai
Stir-fried with garlic, pepper, mushroom cauliflower and onion
Pad Prik Thai Dum
Stir-fried with garlic, black pepper, mushroom, cauliflower and onion
Pad Nam Mon Hoi
Stir-fried and fresh vegetables with oyster sauce and mushroom
Moo Kham Wahn (Pork)
Pork marinated in wine, Thai sauce and herbs, stir-fried and topped with sweet and spicy tamarind sauce and mushroom
Goong Luk Koey (Prawn)
Prawns and hard boiled eggs stir-fried with sweet and spicy tamarind sauce and topped with crispy red shallots
Takeaway Lunch – Curries
Choices of Meat Available: Chicken, Beef or Pork $19.90; Roasted Duck, Prawns or Seafood $23.90.
Gaeng Phed Ped Yang (Duck)
Roasted duck in red curry with pineapple, peas, capsicum, tomato
Gaeng Keow Wahn
Green curry with bamboo shoots, peas and capsicum
Gaeng Daeng
Red curry with bamboo shoots, peas and capsicum
Gaeng Gari
A mild yellow curry with potato, peanut, onion and spring onion
Gaeng Massaman
A thick massaman curry with potato, onion, peanut and capsicum
Gaeng Panang
Stir-fried sliced meat in a thick panang curry, baby corn, capsicum and crushed peanut
Choo Chee
A thick red curry with green bean, pineapple, capsicum and baby corn
Gaeng Kua
Red curry with pineapple, tomato, peas and capsicum
Takeaway Lunch – Noodles & Rice
Choices of Meat Available: Chicken, Beef or Pork $20.90; Roasted Duck, Prawns or Seafood $23.90. All Main Dishes Served with Rice.
Pad Thai
A Thai style, stir-fried rice noodle with bean sprout, red onion, egg, sweet chilli paste, tamarind sauce and crushed peanut
Pad See Ew
Stir-fried rice noodle with dark soy sauce, egg, broccoli, carrot and cauliflower
Khao Pad
Stir-fried rice with egg, diced carrot, peas, sweet corn, tomato and onion
Khao Pad Gra Prow
Stir-fried rice with crushed chilli and basil leaves
Khao Pad Gaeng Keow Wahn
Stir-fried rice with green curry, bamboo shoots, capsicum and peas
Khao Pad Pong Gari
Stir-fried rice with yellow curry powder, onion and spring onion
Khao Pad Num Prik Pao
Stir-fried rice with sweet chilli paste and vegetables
Guay Tiew Tom Yum
Rice noodle in spicy and sour soup with onions and mushrooms
Guay Tiew Nam
Rice noodle soup with your choice of meat, bean sprout, fish balls or prawns
Khao Tom
A mild rice soup with your choice of meat or prawns
Khao Soy
Traditional Thai style egg noodles with red curry sauce, curry powder, turmeric powder and red onion
Takeaway Lunch – Thai Salads
Larb Gai
A spicy minced chicken salad with dried rice and Thai herbs
Yum Neau Yang
Sliced grilled beef with spicy salad
Yum Moo Yang
Sliced grilled pork with spicy salad
Yum Talay
A rich mixed seafood with hot and spicy salad
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