Mons Ban Sabai - Carindale

My friends and I had a great time at Mons Sabai Thai for our first get-together since restaurants reopened. The service was fantastic. We started with curry puffs and duck spring rolls, both good but the curry puffs were the standout. Our main dishes were the red emperor yellow curry (special) and chicken stir fry, both delicious. The coconut rice complemented the dishes perfectly. The waitress recommended the fish curry, which we loved. The service was attentive but not rushed, and we didn't feel pressured to leave even though we were the last guests. Mons Sabai Thai has consistently excellent food and service, and we will definitely be returning.

Had a great meal here. The spring rolls and roti were super fresh. Massaman curry had lovely flavour and the beef cheeks in it were cooked to perfection. The staff were friendly and helpful. I’ll definitely be back.

Staff where friendly attentive. We had the Bangkok platter for two, yum calamari chicken ginger stir fry food was awesome. I also thought the restaurant decor was nice. We will definitely go back again

Ambience 4.5/5<br/ <br/ Nice atmosphere and very busy on a Friday night. Bamboo backdrop with running water.<br/ <br/ Service 3.5/5<br/ Greeted with “water or sparkling”. However one time was here, deliberately pointed out “no peanuts” and they were placed in our dish requiring antihistamines and dampened an otherwise great night.<br/ <br/ Food 4/5<br/ Quality of Thai food is great. Some of the best in Brisbane. However have to deduct a mark for the peanut issue as above, and also the jasmine rice isn’t cooked well bit soggy and broken.<br/ <br/ Recommended dishes<br/ <br/ Massaman beef cheek curry very tender and flavourful<br/ Pork belly special <br/ Isan Crying Tiger salad <br/ Tom yum soup great depth of flavour

Update July 2018<br/ I am upping my rating to a 4. I went again tonight with friends who loved it and all meals ordered were great. Very happy! We got the duck curry again and it was much better than my last try. The isan crying tiger salad was lovely, as was the wagyu basil stir fry all delicious!! Thank you!!<br/ <br/ *Feb 2018*<br/ I have been to Mons Ban Sabai a couple of times in the past and found it to be generally solid Thai. Today we had dinner a bit later for a Sunday because our family had been to a show. We had an 8pm booking and were advised the kitchen closes at 9pm but I see online that their restaurant remains open until 10pm. Our table ordered separate meals but some of us shared entrees. My partner and I shared a Green Papaya Salad, he got the Pad See Ew and I got the Island Duck Curry. They asked if we would like all the food at the same time and got the feeling this was the preference but we were fine with that anyway. Meals came out very quickly. 4 of the 5 of us had a beer or wine and had barely touched them before food came. The waitress (who was lovely asked 'is that all the food you are waiting for? ' as she was walking off and my partner said no and indicated his father had not received his hokkein noodles. We saw her duck to the kitchen so thought it was coming. Unfortunately, we all finished entrees and mains before she asked how it all was and realised his meal was not coming. He was okay with it in the end but he was hardly going to accept their offer to prepare his meal now that we had all finished. On top of that, it would have been 9pm and they started closing windows and we felt rushed, even though the restaurant was open another hour after the kitchen closed. We had wines to finish but felt quite rushed. Anyway, the food the salad was tasty and always is. Really fresh and zingy with good textures. My curry was quite beautiful, if anything a little sweet for my liking though I am finding lately with local Thai places that sweetness tends to dominate instead of having a balance with sour, salty, spicy flavours. The Pad See Ew was a little underwhelming, a tad bland. It is good Thai but not the best I have had. Mistakes happen so no hard feelings on the missed meal but it is relatively expensive. (Photo attached is not indicative of portion size as we 'd already eaten some!!