“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 TatiVRh

TatiVRh

Points +27

Vegan
10 Jun 2019

Great food and services

Great food- I had the green curry and lovely, very friendly services, always smiling and emitting positive energy! A bit hidden, but very cosy!

Avatar irishkoala

irishkoala

Points +58

Vegan
03 Jun 2019

Fantastic

Crispy chicken with peanut sauce gives me life. Love this little spot. We visit often.

Avatar Reenie123

Reenie123

Points +75

Vegetarian
02 May 2019

Amazing

So much to choose from for vegans. They have a lot of tofu and soya based dishes. They also dont use onion and garlic in cooking.

Pros: Great food

Cons: Only accept cash

Avatar Catasaurus.rex

Catasaurus.rex

Points +15

Vegetarian
24 Apr 2019

Great

I had the chickn satay with a salad. Very filling. The mock meat is very realistic! So cheap too

Avatar AnandaNZ

AnandaNZ

Points +34

Vegetarian
22 Apr 2019

Lovely place for cheap eats

Tasty food, nice and cheap, and great value.

Avatar the_greenest_eyes

the_greenest_eyes

Points +330

Vegan
21 Apr 2019

Decent, but had better food

Food was alright, but pricy. Paid 32,50 NZD for dumplings, stir fry, and rice. Loved the food at Vegan for Longevity & Health way more!

Pros: All vegan

Cons: Expensive

Avatar Vine

Vine

Points +56

Vegan
13 Apr 2019

Good but not great

A little hard to find but they serve some decent food. We were visiting from Australia and needed some vegan food after our flight and long day exploring. We ordered four dishes:

Money bags entree: Peanuts and something else wrapped in a dumpling wrapper then deep fried, served with sweet dipping sauce. Not particularly interesting or tasty, just a crunch with a soft filling. It was too sweet with the dipping sauce and too dry without it.

Sesame pancakes entree: basically a roti. Flaky pastry with a mild sesame flavour. I didn't really enjoy it but my partner loved it.

Noodles with sour and spicy soup: a huge bowl of noodles in a spicy and oily soup. Make sure you are hungry if you order this! Not much vegetables in it but the flavour was decent.

Soy duck with rice and veg: really nice faux duck, very sticky and moist, strong flavour and nice texture.

Overall we left very full and I wasn't disappointed with the food, but I wish we'd ordered more vegetable dishes as I felt quite heavy from all the starch and gluten. Maybe we just ordered the wrong things.

Oh yeah we also got the smoked plum tea... That was disgusting. Must be an acquired taste.

Avatar Djmarsh89

Djmarsh89

Points +238

Vegan
26 Mar 2019

Great place

Cheap Thai place that’s all meat-free but with plenty of fake meat options if that’s your thing. I really enjoyed the mock duck and the spring rolls were good but the dip wasn’t so good and lacked any spice.

Avatar Jake.blatchford

Jake.blatchford

Points +30

Vegan
26 Mar 2019

3rd dinner in a row

Love this place great food and amazing staff, waitress is always welcoming with a smile and fast service. Yet to get a dish I didn’t like :)

Avatar AnthonyBravey

AnthonyBravey

Points +667

Vegan
04 Mar 2019

Best value dinner in Auckland!!

I went here with a friend and we ordered the red bean pancake, 10 piece dumplings, crispy ‘chicken’ & tofu pad Thai. Everything was delicious, good portions, the service was fast and the price was very reasonable. This would be more first choice for a healthier, delicious, affordable mea in the city!

Pros: IT’S ALL VEGAN, Mock Meats, Delicious food!

Avatar tofukiller

tofukiller

Points +80

Vegan
23 Feb 2019

Flavorful

It’s the best feeling to be in an all vegan restaurant. You can choose anything on the menu! We had noodle soup and a stir fried dish. Both are amazing! By the way, nearly every dish contains fake meat - I have no problem with them, just want to add this for those who are not big fan of meat substitutes.

Pros: Yummy affordable Thai food, Good location

Cons: The place could do with some decor improvements

Yummy at Sunflower Thai Vegetarian Restaurant in Auckland

Avatar AlineAnhaia

AlineAnhaia

Points +971

Vegan
17 Feb 2019

Good food

The food was good, not too special.

Avatar JuanRuas

JuanRuas

Points +284

Vegan
17 Feb 2019

Wonderful meal

Must go in Auckland. It wasn't expensive at all and it was rich in flavour

Updated from previous review on 2017-10-10

Pros: Price and flavour

Cons: Downtown

Avatar dirtydine

dirtydine

Points +90

Vegan
30 Jan 2019

Love this place

A go to whenever we come to Auckland

Avatar ianel

ianel

Points +234

Vegan
27 Jan 2019

Delicious and good value

Fully vegan Thai restaurant in the middle of the city. Good value mains, typically around $15, and lots of choice of stir fries, rice, curry, noodles etc.

Avatar issej6

issej6

Points +26

Vegan
22 Jan 2019

Favorite place to eat in Auckland

I love this place so much! I love that I can eat everything on the menu. I took my non-veg dad here and he really enjoyed it too.

Pros: full vegan menu, delicious food

'chicken' in peanut sauce at Sunflower Thai Vegetarian Restaurant in Auckland

spring rolls and massaman curry at Sunflower Thai Vegetarian Restaurant in Auckland

Avatar hammerpaul68

hammerpaul68

Points +26

Vegan
04 Dec 2018

Tasty Food, Service Meh

We came here on the basis of various reviews on HappyCow. Wasn't immediately obvious where it was located when we got to the address, as it's located in a kinda mini-mall with other outlets. When we found it, it looked pretty basic, but clean. The sign out front said they were 100% vegan, then it mentioned they were vegetarian - quite confusing.

When we looked at the menu, there were lots of mentions of all kinds of meat, without any "quotes" around the words to indicate it wasn't really meat. All the usuals, plus things like mutton, steak etc. But on the front of the menu it said there was no meat, but we asked anyway. Apparently all the places where it says meat, they have replaced with tofu. As far as I'm aware, they don't use any other kind of protein.

Now to the good stuff. We ordered spring rolls & Pad Thai to share. The spring rolls came out in a few minutes, were piping hot and tasted great, not greasy at all. Tick.
About 5 minutes after the Pad Thai arrived, which was delicious. If I had to pick holes, the noodles were so long that it was really hard to pickup without splashing sauce on the table. But that's really nitpicking, because I would order that again in a heartbeat.

So would I go back again? Probably yes, but maybe takeaway instead?

Pros: Excellent food, Good value

Cons: Service only Ok, Ambience meh

Avatar Ming08

Ming08

Points +16

Vegan
28 Nov 2018

Amazing!

Great little restaurant. Fast service and food was delicious!

Pros: Vegan Duck!!, Vegan duck!!, Vegan Duck!!!!

Avatar MyaScanlan

MyaScanlan

Points +24

Vegan
24 Nov 2018

Delicious!

The food was just SO TASTY. We ordered the steamed dumplings, “chicken” in peanut sauce and stirfried egg plant in special sauce. The presentation is lovely and the food is cooked to a very high quality

Eggplant with special sauce. at Sunflower Thai Vegetarian Restaurant in Auckland

“Chicken” with peanut sauce and salad. at Sunflower Thai Vegetarian Restaurant in Auckland

Steamed vege dumplings. at Sunflower Thai Vegetarian Restaurant in Auckland

Avatar julia.maria

julia.maria

Points +118

Vegan
21 Nov 2018

Amazing 💕

Great vegan restaurant

Pros: Wide range of delicious options, all vegan , Central location, Good value

Cons: Plastic bags used for takeaway - wasteful - why??

Avatar garethdavies514

garethdavies514

Points +202

Vegan
05 Nov 2018

One of my favourite restaurants in Auckland

Amazing mock meat Thai dishes. Not much more to say. So many options!

Pros: Mock meat Thai food, loads of options

Avatar Maakun

Maakun

Points +1120

Vegan
17 Oct 2018

Nice!

The place is a little hard to find at first, as it's behind some dumpling place.

Lots of options, certainly not just typical Thai classis, but loads of Chinese style stuff too.

It's a little hard to choose, also because some dishes cost way more than others and it's not always clear why (larger portions?). Service is very friendly though they don't all speak English super well.

Went here twice and enjoyed it quite a lot, though it's not the best looking place, not the cheapest or best. But it has a bit of everything and it's well worth visiting imho.

Avatar MichelleYap

MichelleYap

Points +15

Vegetarian
05 Sep 2018

no animals, no eggs, no onions, no garlic 👍

Good thai veg food

Pros: tasty food, good location

Cons: expensive but its in nz..so can understand

Avatar The Veggie Cook

The Veggie Cook

Points +1201

Vegetarian
03 Sep 2018

Tasty

Saw this on happycow and added it to our to-eat list. I had the fried rice and it was good. Also had a fried roll. The place is very simple with no frills.

Avatar MadelineJ

MadelineJ

Points +32

Vegan
21 Aug 2018

Terrible

Both our dishes tasted awful. Was like eating sugar covered noodles. Pad Thai peanuts were blended to sand like texture, dry, bland and weird taste. Plates chipped, dirty walls and toilet. Only excuses when we gave them feedback.

Avatar livielikesthis

livielikesthis

Points +106

Vegan
21 Jul 2018

Absolutely scrumptious!

After wanting to visit for ages my partner and I finally went to Sunflower Thai last night and it did not disappoint. We had the panfried dumplings to start, they were beautifully fresh and the dough was perfect. My partner has a tofu noodle dish which looked great and tasted even better and I had the soy chicken in peanut sauce, which was lovely but very rich and filling, it was served with a big slice of lettuce and some salad, and wrapping a bundle in lettuce to eat it was really tasty. All in all, I can't wait to go back!

Pros: lovely food

Cons: a little tucked away, can be hard to spot

Avatar CousinsSquad

CousinsSquad

Points +38

Vegan
15 Jul 2018

We ate here 3 times 4 days

Every meal was delicious, it was our favourite place in Auckland........especially the Massaman curry was my favourite

Pros: Whole menu is vegan, Staff were very friendly, Reasonably priced

Cons: Don’t take non New Zealand credit cards

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