Wei is a neighbourhood Chinese restaurant on Tinakori Road, serving Thorndon with a menu that works for dining in, collecting a meal or arranging delivery. The selection has the generous breadth of a local all-rounder: familiar combination dishes sit beside regional flavours, dumplings and substantial noodle soups. That flexibility makes it possible to order a compact one-bowl meal or cover a shared table with several contrasting plates. Fresh ingredients are part of the restaurant's stated approach, linking those many sections through a common kitchen rather than a narrow speciality.
Soup offers one of the clearest routes through the menu. Wontons can come in broth or with noodles, while chicken and sweetcorn provides a gentler, familiar bowl. Hot and sour soup introduces more bite, and dumpling soup turns the meal towards filled parcels. Seafood with tofu and beef-brisket noodle soup are fuller choices, giving diners an option that already brings protein, broth and noodles together without needing several side dishes. The variety stretches from light starters to bowls capable of carrying the entire meal.
The wok menu moves across chow mein, fried rice, Singapore rice vermicelli, beef ho fun, nasi goreng and bami goreng. Main dishes then range from lemon chicken and sweet-and-sour pork to gong bao chicken, crispy-skin chicken, ginger-and-scallion beef and slow-cooked beef brisket. Ordering one noodle or rice dish with two mains creates the classic shared-table pattern, while the number of standalone grain dishes also suits solo diners and takeaway orders. Each format provides a different way to navigate the same unusually broad selection.
Seafood adds salt-and-pepper squid and prawns as well as fish cooked with Sichuan flavours, while tofu and vegetable dishes give plant-based diners more than a token side. Mapo tofu, vegetarian rice and noodles, and vegetable-focused satay dishes can form a complete meat-free order. Dumplings, dim sims and steamed pork buns fill the space between snack and meal, with roast-duck rice and combination plates available when choosing from the larger menu feels difficult. Wei's strength is this practical range, extending from a quick dumpling stop to a varied dinner shared across the table.
Address: 318 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington 6011, New Zealand
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