Chaiyo Restaurant, Nelson City is a Thai restaurant at 87 Nile St, listed under Bainham in the Tasman district, with a Google rating of 4.2. A menu page is on its website at chaiyo-restaurant-nelson-city.wheree.com.
Thai cooking is about balance: sweet, sour, salty, spicy and fresh herbs in the same dish. A good restaurant makes its curries and sauces with care and uses ingredients such as lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaf, basil and coriander. Curries, noodle dishes and stir-fries are usually served with rice, and ordering a few to share is a good way to try different flavours. Ask how hot a dish is and whether it can be made milder or stronger, and tell the staff about allergies, since peanuts, fish sauce and shellfish are common in Thai kitchens. Regulars check the menu online first and call ahead for a table on busy evenings.
For people in Nelson and the Tasman district, Chaiyo Restaurant on Nile St is a place to sit down to a Thai meal.