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Thai / July 2026

Haad Thai, the Thai room that skips the food court.

There's a Thai restaurant inside Westfield Carindale that looks more like a coastal dining room than a food-court stall. Haad is the Thai word for beach, and the whole room leans into it: rattan lanterns, plants over the dividers, soft textured walls, tucked into the Glasshouse dining precinct just past the food court.

Verified  July 2026 Where  Westfield Carindale Visit  Invited, with @ame.socials Reading  4 min

You walk past the Carindale food court expecting the usual mall Thai, and instead the room opens up: high ceilings, woven pendant lights, plants spilling over the dividers, and staff in shirts that read "where Thai flavour meets coastal soul." It is a proper sit-down room, not a counter with trays.

The plate that does the talking is the whole fried fish, the Pha Rad Prik, a barramundi fried crisp and buried under chilli, garlic and a sweet-and-sour tangle you break into with a spoon. Around it the table ran a seafood Thai paella heavy with prawns and mussels, a proper pad thai, and curries. Order the fish for the table and build out from there.

One thing worth knowing before you go: Haad Thai is on First Table, so you can get 50 percent off the food, but there is only one early slot a day and it books out fast. Gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan options are on the menu, and parking is free inside the centre.

Inside Haad Thai, Westfield Carindale. Watch on Instagram

Haad Thai

Coastal-concept Thai in the Glasshouse dining precinct, not the food court.

● Ground Level, Glasshouse Dining Precinct, Westfield Carindale, Carindale · @haad_thai · Get directions

What to get. The whole fried barramundi (Pha Rad Prik) is the one to build the table around. Add the seafood Thai paella, a pad thai and a curry, and start with the har gao. Gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan options are on the menu.

Going. Open for lunch and dinner. It is listed on First Table for 50 percent off the food at one early slot a day, and it books out fast. Parking is free inside the centre.

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A note on the pick.

We visited Haad Thai as an invited guest of the venue, arranged through @ame.socials. That got us in the door and covered the meal, not the verdict. The room, the fish and the beach idea are our own call.

Everything here was checked against the venue's own pages in July 2026, and opening hours vary across listings, so confirm before you go. The video is our own, filmed on the visit.

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