“Steak” and veggies at Sunflower Thai Vegetarian Restaurant in Auckland
“Chicken” with peanut sauce and salad. at Sunflower Thai Vegetarian Restaurant in Auckland
Curry puffs & dipping sauce at Sunflower Thai Vegetarian Restaurant in Auckland
Vegan
Thai
Take-out
Asian

Casual restaurant offering vegan menu of Thai and Asian style dishes using vegetables, a variety of mock meats, no garlic or onion. Sample items include salt n' pepper fried tofu, fried rice with vege ham, vegan chickn burger, green curry, noodle soup with tofu & veggies, and savory sesame pancakes. Accepts cash and NZ Eftpos. Open Mon-Fri 12:00pm-3:00pm, 5:00pm-9:00pm, Sat 11:00am-9:00pm. Closed Sun.

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174 Reviews

First Review by studioahimsa

Avatar manini

manini

Points +24

Vegan
29 Dec 2020

Terrible food and expensive.

Ordered the mapo tofu and massaman curry. The tofu dish came out swimming in a brown watery sauce that tasted like the frozen vegetables (peas, carrot, corn) that it had just been cooked in. Yuck. Massaman curry was ok, pretty expensive for the amount of food we got.
Would give 1 star review but happy cow doesn’t allow it.

Pros: Vegan restaurant

Cons: Expensive , Poor taste

Avatar KatieThomass

KatieThomass

Points +167

Vegan
17 Dec 2020

Delishious

So many options and all vegan! Resonably priced, friendly staff, tasty food. Definitely will be back :)

Pros: Many options, Good price, Tasty & filling

Pad thai w peanuts at Sunflower Thai Vegetarian Restaurant in Auckland

Avatar Cnstnza

Cnstnza

Points +36

Vegan
30 May 2020

my favorite 💞

I love this place! very delicious food and good attention ✨

Avatar CarlyHitchcock

CarlyHitchcock

Points +256

Vegan
29 May 2020

Fav cheap vegan spot!

Sunflower really delivers. It’s not fancy but you get exactly what you want every time! Love their portion sizes, flavours and meals

Pros: All vegan, No onion/garlic which is good for low fodmap diet, Big portions. Good prices!

Cons: GF meals could be marked

Avatar JirehMay

JirehMay

Points +22

Vegan
27 May 2020

Always great

Nice people and clema

Pros: All vegan , Cheap

Cons: Not GF

Avatar animal2415

animal2415

Points +40

Vegan
19 May 2020

Yummy

Fast delicious food and great prices

Avatar koneko

koneko

Points +1778

Vegan
02 Apr 2020

Mmmmm Thai food~

First time having Thai food, so good that we've gone back here several times. The pan fried dumplings are amazing, the texture and the flavour tastes like something I've been missing out since becoming vegan, so I really appreciate this.
Their red and green curries are yummy, although could be spicier.
Stir fried noodles with vegetables, pad Thai and "chicken" and "pork" with rice were all amazing.
The samosas were okay but I've had better ones.
Finally caved in to the "money bags", sadly they weren't that good but they look cute.

I'd say, you can't go wrong with their dumplings, rice dishes (so good), noodles.....ok, just try everything, it's great!

Pros: Vegan and delicious!

Cons: Could be a lot more spicier!

Money bags at Sunflower Thai Vegetarian Restaurant in Auckland

Samosas at Sunflower Thai Vegetarian Restaurant in Auckland

Massaman curry at Sunflower Thai Vegetarian Restaurant in Auckland

Pan fried dumplings at Sunflower Thai Vegetarian Restaurant in Auckland

"pork" with rice at Sunflower Thai Vegetarian Restaurant in Auckland +1

Avatar ChinaDamocoYu

ChinaDamocoYu

Points +36

Vegan
21 Mar 2020

Heaps of choices

Average price range. Serves good food. Will definitely eat here again when I go to Auckland.

Pros: Heaps of Options

Soy Duck with veggies, Chicken in peanut sauce, Spring Rolls, Sunflower Soup at Sunflower Thai Vegetarian Restaurant in Auckland

Avatar NeleW

NeleW

Points +32

Vegan
19 Mar 2020

Best Vegan Thai Food

The Pad Thai was amazing!

Avatar larahart

larahart

Points +228

Vegan
03 Mar 2020

Inexpensive & Tasty in Central Auckland

Big menu with no animal ingredients. Mainly mock meats & tofu dishes (we had a vegan meal without eating a vegetable!) Try the pancake starters, very flakey & crispy. Its more like an asia cafe than restaurant, prices are affordable so often full of student.

Pros: Lots of choice , Cheap , Open later at night

Cons: The pink bathroon needs a revamp

Avatar @ndy

@ndy

Points +1276

Vegan
29 Feb 2020

Cheap & cheerful meal on the go....

We ate here because it was a close walk from our hotel & the menu was totally plant based. Over 70 items to choose from. It was busy & the service was friendly and fast.

The food was fine...not great and probably a little basic but the portions were good and it hit the spot. The Pad Thai fried noodles with peanut had good flavours but the Rice with Vege & Tofu was just too bland. The curry puffs & money bags were both fine.

Basic decor but clean and tidy enough.

Pros: Cheap, friendly, plenty of options.

Curry puffs & dipping sauce at Sunflower Thai Vegetarian Restaurant in Auckland

Avatar IsaacTull

IsaacTull

Points +63

Vegan
19 Feb 2020

70 Vegan Options!

This place is great, so much choice. Ignore the decor the food is incredible! I had the crispy chicken and rice 😋

Pros: Heeeaaaps of Options, Tatse amazing, Affordable

Cons: Decor is dated

Avatar kcitu

kcitu

Points +119

Vegan
19 Feb 2020

Great spot

So glad we chose this excellent 100% vegan place tucked away in a sweet little mall. The menu was large and after looking at what our fellow diners were having everything seemed a good choice. I recommend the dumplings which were fresh, hot and delicious. It was frequented by locals which is always a good sign.
The portions were amble sized and very filling.
So sad we not staying longer in Auckland for a return visit!

Pros: Tasty, Good portions , Fair price

Cons: None

Avatar travellust

travellust

Points +67

Mostly Veg
06 Feb 2020

Disappointing

I love Thai food, but this was not as tasty or well-prepared as I was hoping for. The soup (I think it was the tofu and vegetables soup) was very bland and tasteless. It seemed to just be plain water with some unseasoned vegetables and tofu in it. The waitress explained that the lack of taste was because we asked that they not add sugar and to use just a little bit of salt. I was expecting it to be spiced in a way that did not need sugar to make it taste good. The curry dish was ok, but not great. I was glad they had multi-grained rice instead of just white rice. Maybe some of the other, more pricy dishes are better, but I would not recommend eating here.

Avatar VinT

VinT

Points +55

Vegetarian
29 Jan 2020

Convenient

Convenient location in the Auckland city.

Avatar lmbbb

lmbbb

Points +60

Vegan
20 Jan 2020

All vegan restaurant in the city!

As others have said, amazing affordable & all vegan options right in the middle of the CBD. Explored the city for the day & we were happy to find a reasonably priced vegan option. Their menu is huge, service was quick & our food was delicious. We shared the sesame pancakes & fried noodles with “chicken.” Absolutely no complaints! Although it would be difficult to find without proper directions, as it’s tucked away off of the street

Pros: All vegan!, Centrally locates, Affordable

Cons: Kind of hard to find

Avatar LizManning

LizManning

Points +30

Vegan
16 Jan 2020

100% vegan Thai restaurant in the CBD

One of my favourite meals in Auckland! The menu is huge and totally vegan. They also don't cook with onion or garlic, which is great for those with food intolerances. I believe they also mentioned GF options too. The peanut chicken with rice was lovely and so was the pad Thai. Great service and not too expensive either!

Pros: Lots of options, 100% vegan, Delicious food

Avatar svlomax

svlomax

Points +320

Vegan
13 Jan 2020

Best Vegan Meat Ever!

This is a nice relaxed Thai cafe, which if you didn’t look for, you’d probably walk past without noticing, but they serve the best vegan meat I have ever tasted! The menu describes everything at chicken, beef etc. but they’re all vegan substitutes. Great selection available and incredibly cheap for Auckland. I would recommend the spicy crispy chicken and crispy soya duck.

Pros: All vegan

Avatar Luciemh21

Luciemh21

Points +63

Vegan
09 Jan 2020

Incredible vegan Thai cuisine

Such a diverse selection on their menu ranging from traditional to more comforting meals, lots of mock meats which are interesting to give a go! I tried vegan duck here for the first time and was certainly not disappointed!

Avatar RDH

RDH

Points +16

Vegan
08 Jan 2020

Amazing

Great food and well priced, will definitely be going back.

Avatar muddles

muddles

Points +297

Mostly Veg
02 Dec 2019

Good tasting but nothing exceptional

This place offers a lot of fake meat options for Thai and Chinese style dishes. The crispy chicken option seems to somewhat resemble the texture but a lot of their other dishes are just various different tofu options which do not try to imitate the texture. This is not necessarily a bad thing, just know what you're getting. The food tastes good but I would say it's nothing exceptional. Service is good.

Pros: Good service, Decent food

Avatar oliviaanna

oliviaanna

Points +350

Vegan
03 Nov 2019

Love it!

One of my favorite places to eat in the city, so delicious and cheap. The staff are really friendly and they have a huge menu.

Pros: Everything is vegan

Avatar bowladdict

bowladdict

Points +409

Vegan
12 Oct 2019

Great to support local vegan places

Lots of options. Flavours are clean and the soups come hot which is fantastic. Ordered the noodle soup and fried rice and both were really good. It’s a simple Asian restaurant. Nothing out of the ordinary but still really good.

Avatar PenetanaKelvin

PenetanaKelvin

Points +18

Vegan
16 Aug 2019

Fresh vegan Thai food.

Really fresh vegan food.
Some deep fried magic but not sickly like some fried food can get.
Nice service and comfortable surroundings.
Food came out quickly.
Very highly recommended.
Thanks heaps

Pros: All vegan! Yay!, Fresh salad with most mains. , Central location

Avatar ChelseaMcM

ChelseaMcM

Points +16

Vegan
27 Jul 2019

One of my favourites

Great place to go when you’re looking for something delicious but not too flash and reasonably priced. The peanut chicken is incredible.

Pros: 100% vegan

Avatar JasmineEmma

JasmineEmma

Points +895

Vegan
16 Jul 2019

Tasty, all vegan, nice staff

Good selection of vegan options for a decent price. Took a while for our food to come but when it did it was hot and tasted nice. Staff are very friendly and let us nip out to an ATM when our card wouldn’t work with their machine

Avatar KimB.Amati

KimB.Amati

Points +42

Vegan
01 Jul 2019

The best vegan chicken

Cozy restaurant, definetey worth visiting. The crispy chicken was to die for. Great job guys!

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