The Lucky Thai Restaurant offers a flexible Hornby dining option from its Main South Road premises, serving selected lunches as well as dinner through the week. Guests can reserve a table for a relaxed family meal or special occasion, while pickup and delivery extend the kitchen beyond the dining room. That combination makes the restaurant equally practical for an unhurried evening out and a Thai meal ordered for home.

The starter list moves between familiar Thai flavours and easy dishes for sharing. Turmeric-marinated chicken satay arrives with peanut sauce, while kumara curry puffs bring a distinctly local ingredient into a crisp parcel. Thai fish cakes, chicken wings, pork ribs, crumbed prawns and vegetarian wontons add further variety. For a warming first course, tom yum pairs its hot-and-sour broth, mushrooms and herbs with either prawns or chicken.

Curries form one of the menu's central choices, with green and red versions joined by the gentler depth of massaman. Diners can also take the stir-fry route, choosing flavour profiles built around peanut sauce, garlic and pepper, sweet-and-sour sauce, oyster sauce, ginger or basil. The range lets a table mix fragrant sauces and textures rather than committing everyone to a single style of main dish.

Noodles and rice give the meal several satisfying anchors. Pad Thai and pad see ew cover two contrasting noodle preparations, while fried rice is suited to sharing or eating as a complete dish. Separate seafood and vegetarian sections make it easier to build a varied order, and the chef-special category offers another route for diners who want to look beyond the standard curry and stir-fry combinations.

Address: 299A Main South Road, Hornby, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand

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The Lucky Thai Menu Menu updated on 18 Sep 2026

Entrees

1. Spring Roll

$12

8 pieces deep fried vegetarian roll with sweet chilli sauce

2. Curry Puff

$12

4 pieces deep fried kumara with onion in puff pastry

3. Fish Cake

$13

4 pieces deep fried fish patties with Thai herbs, and sweet chilli sauce

4. Gai Satay

$12

4 pieces chicken marinated in tumeric and peanut sauce

Pork Spare Ribs

$13

5 pieces marinated pork rib in brown gravy

Chicken Wings

$13

5 pieces deep fired chicken wings

Vegetarian Wontons

$12

4 pieces vegetarian wontons filled with mixed veges

Crumbed Prawns

$12

Butterflied prawn cutlets coated in a light golden coconut breadcrumbs

Soup

5. Tom Kha Gai

$14

Lemon flavoured coconut milk soup with chicken

6. Tom Yum Gai

$14

Hot and sour soup with chicken, mushrooms and Thai herbs .

7. Tom yum Goong

$14

Hot and sour soup with prawns, mushrooms and Thai herbs

Salads

8. Yum (Thai salad)

$22

Thai hot and sour with fresh Thai herbs

9. Larb

$22

Minced herbs sour salad with roasted ground rice

Mains

10. Gaeng Keow Wharn (Green Curry)

$22

Green curry paste with coconut milk and vegetables

11. Gaeng Dang (Red Curry)

$22

Red curry paste with coconut milk and vegetables

12. Mussaman (Brown Curry)

$22

Brown curry paste with coconut milk, potato and peanuts, topped with fried shallots

13. Phanang (Thick Curry)

$22

Phanang curry paste with coconut milk, crushed peanuts, vegetables

14. Pad Nummun Hoy (Oyster Sauce)

$22

Stir fried vegetables, oyster sauce in Thai style

15. Pad Med Mamuang (Cashew Nuts)

$22

Stir fried in Thai sauce with vegetables and cashew nuts

16. Pad Khing (Ginger)

$22

Stir fried with fresh ginger, vegetables and onions in bean sauce

17. Pad Bai KraProw (Basil)

$22

Stir fried with fresh chilli, basil leaves ,garlic and capsicum

18. Pad Peanut Sauce

$22

Stir fried with vegetables and peanut sauce

19. Pad Kratiem Prik Thai (Garlic)

$22

Stir fried with special garlic sauce with pepper and mushrooms

20. Pad Priew Wharn (Sweet and Sour)

$22

Stir fried with sweet and sour sauce Thai style, pineapple and tomato

Noodles / Rice

26. Pad Thai

$22

Stir fried rice noodles with egg, peanut and mixed vegetables in tamarind juice

27. Pad See Eiw

$22

Stir fried rice noodles with egg and vegetables in sweet soy sauce

28. Khao Pad

$22

Fried rice with egg and mixed vegetables

Chaiyaphum Noodles

$22

Seafood

21. Seafood Yellow Curry

$26

Concentrated yellow curry powder stir fried with onions and eggs.

22. Prawn Green Curry

$26

Prawns in green curry paste, coconut milk and vegetables

23. Prawn Red Curry

$26

Prawns in red curry paste, coconut milk and vegetables.

24. Seafood Garlic

$26

Prawns or calamari in special garlic sauce with pepper and mushroom

25. Prawns Ginger

$26

Prawns with ginger, onions and mushroom.

Specials

Duck Curry

$25

Jungle Curry

$24

Crispy Pork

$24

Crispy Chicken

$24

Fish Dish

$26

Vegetarian

29. Tom Yum

$14

Hot and sour soup, mixed vegetables and Thai herbs

30. Tom Kha

$14

Lemon flavoured coconut milk soup with mixed vegetables and Thai herbs

31. Green Curry

$19

Mixed vegetables in green curry paste with coconut milk

32. Red Curry

$19

Mixed vegetables in red chilli paste with coconut milk

33. Garlic Sauce

$19

Stir fried mixed vegetables in garlic sauce

34. Peanut Sauce

$19

Stir fried mixed vegetables in peanut sauce

35. Oyster Sauce

$19

Stir fried mixed vegetables and oyster sauce in Thai style

36. Pad Thai

$19

Stir fried rice noodles with eggs and vegetables in tamarind sauce

37. Pad See Eiw

$19

Stir fried rice noodles, eggs and vegetables in sweet soy sauce

38. Fried Rice

$19

Fried rice with mixed vegetables and eggs

Drinks

Soft Drinks

Juices

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Fried rice Typical in Christchurch: $19.00 $19.00
Pad thai Typical in Christchurch: $20.25 $19.00
Green curry Typical in Christchurch: $22.00 $19.00

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The Lucky Thai Restaurant Menu

The Lucky Thai Menu Menu updated on 18 Sep 2026

Entrees

Soup

Salads

Mains

Noodles / Rice

Seafood

Specials

Vegetarian

Drinks

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