Juts as good as the original in Seaforth. Fresh, full flavour delicious dishes. Friendly staff.read more

Right in the Wharf- perfect walking distance from work. have lunch specials with a pad thai at…read more$9.20. I have but one licking love - Tum yum with huge prawns floating in this sweet, salty and sour soup. A little side of rice=heaven especially on this rainy Sunday day. Staff though, do they go out of their way to be unfriendly??? Like literally scowling at me

What a crowd.. Came…read morehere around 4pm and having seen the reviews to the branch in Haymarket, I decided to pop by and try it out. But managed to get the side seat quickly. Decided to try out their thai milk tea and pad thai. The milk tea had quite a lot of condensed milk in it and less ice which made it thick and over sweet. Maybe the different type of condense milk has also an impact towards the beverage. Would prefer less condensed milk. For chicken pad thai, I asked the server to not include the dried shrimps. Order came around 10 minutes later. The taste is great and the noodles are cooked in perfection. Some of the chicken was still cold.. The price for Pad Thai was great :) I noticed quite a few table ordered the coconut ice cream for desserts and crushed ice flavored drinks to accompany their meals. Looked like they enjoyed what they have ordered. Besides that, to accommodate to new customers, the servers cleaned the tables quickly so that a new customer can use upon walking in. Located at the ferry terminal is definitely a bonus for this store.

I came here with my cousins as a last hurrah on a Monday night. $20 for all you can eat Thai, and…read moreof course, we ordered a feast to get our money's worth. FOOD: 3/5 All of the dishes were hot, fresh, and consistent. Nothing was "out of this world," but everything satiated my appetite. AMBIANCE: 3/5 Dim lighting, which was kind of romantic LOL. Nothing too special though. SERVICE: 4.5/5 The owner of the restaurant was working and decided to pay for our drinks just because he was feeling generous. The waitresses weren't too pleasant, but the owner's bright mood made up for it. PRICE: 3/5 Standard for sit-down Thai restaurants. OVERALL: 3.5/5 Wouldn't come out of my way to eat here, but it was fun to try!

Worst Thai Beef Salad Ever Very disappointed with meal…read moredelivered tonight. I ordered the Thai Beef Salad and it was just some slices of beef and mixed ready made (Woolworths) green salad. Minimal dressing. Absolutely no flavour and no sign of fresh herbs or chilli.

Mortar and Pestle is this cute little Thai restaurant in Manly. In the summer at least, it is open…read moreair. We walked in on a Monday evening around seven for dinner. I would give it between a 3 and a 4. The menu is huge and has a lot of interesting items. They range from the easily recognizable (Pad Thai) to some really different dishes, although they're all distinctly Thai in nature. I ordered the Peking duck stir fry which was served with shallots and bok choy over noodles. We also got an order of yellow curry with chicken and vegetables and an order of vegetable pad Thai. The food came out extremely fast, which was born awesome and slightly disturbing. The portions were large. I really enjoyed the duck. It was very flavorful and multi dimensional; the bok choy was crunchy and added to the dish. The yellow curry was spot on, and the pad Thai was pretty standard. While nothing really blew me away, the food was good in general. Everything was solid, and everything that came out of the kitchen smelled delicious. Perfect for a fast, hearty dinner.

After a long walk/trek from Spite, we were searching for a place to eat in Manly. Back to back days…read morein Manly and we still had the same problem of finding a reasonably priced restaurant to eat at. We settled on Mortar & Pestle, which pans themselves as traditional Thai food, after walking around the area. It was busy on a Friday evening (around 7:30pm) but we were able to get a table inside without waiting. Service was brutal even though they are well staffed. We had troubles with ordering, getting wrong dishes, etc. We weren't impressed. The dinner menu is massive with appetizers, soup, salad, grill, noodle/fried rice, from the wok, curry, whole fish, seafood, vegetable and desserts. The lunch menu was much more succulent with only two pages of options. - 2x jasmine rice ($3.00 AUD) - you're going to want to get at least two bowls to sop all your curry sauce up. - Gang ga ree gai ($16.90 AUD) - beef, sweet potato, pumpkin and onion in a mild yellow coconut curry sauce. This yellow curry was really well executed. So much better than the curry I had at another Thai place in Manly the day before. - Roasted duck fried rice ($17.90 AUD) - curry & turmeric powder, grilled pineapple, onion, garlic, shallot, egg and Chinese broccoli. Another well executed dish. Everyone loved this one. Generous portion of roasted duck and good wok hei on the rice. Only complaint is that there was barely any pineapple and I thought it was a tad heavy on the salt. - Hokkien noodle ($15.90 AUD) - stir fried egg Hokkien noodles with chicken, vegetables and oyster sauce. Good variety of vegetables but the sauce was a bit too sweet. Pretty average. - Soft shell crab with yellow curry ($20.90 AUD) - came with egg, celery and red chili peppers. This came out late as they messed up our original order. Luckily, the crab was delicious; lightly breaded and deep fried. The sauce had a good kick to it. Wasn't a fan of the celery as the only vegetable accompaniment. If you can get past the terrible service, the food is tasty and reasonably priced for the area.

Amazing food. I love the freshness and flavours, salads are brilliant. Always very friendly and…read morewelcoming. Great place to go with kids for a quick/relaxed meal

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The best restaurant in Manly. Highly recommended. Very nice spacious and clean restaurant.read more

This was yummy! The vegetables were SO FRESH! Slightly off the beaten path- but worth the few…read moreextra steps. The lunch specials were a great price and the lady who seated us and waited on our table was kind.

I think they closed Down but they had such amazing food. I loved the pad Thai tofu! Generous…read moreservings at great prices! Was a 10/10 place! Would've recommended it to anyone!!!

Totally agree, it's as good as any thing in the city with the exception of Spice I am in Wentworth…read moreStreet (just down from Oxford Str) who do the best crispy prok belly with basil this side of Bangkok (but it's super hot). Just booked Balance for tonight after eating there last weekend.

This place is head and shoulders above other Thai places in the area. Every dish we have ever tried…read morehas been fresh, packed with flavour and totally delicious. They do great versions of the traditional Thai dishes but also plenty of options with a modern twist. Love the crispy pork belly, tamarind prawns and BBQ beef cooked to perfection. Warning - dishes are very generous! But they happily give you a doggie bag. Also, it is always packed so best to book. Overall, can't say a bad word about it. Oh, and don't be confused by the roti, order it. It's yummy.