Budsi’s Authentic Thai

Overall, Budsi Thai was excellent. We had a wait a few minutes in line to order (you pay up front then sit down), and the food came extremely quick ~ 10 minutes tops. Beef stir fry with egg was by far my favorite dish, super rich and creamy. Recommend getting it if you’re torn between dishes to choose from. Servers were very accommodating and friendly too!

My friend and I walked to this restaurant. The neighborhood is not amazing, in my opinion. But wow, the food is excellent. You go to the counter and order and they bring your food very quickly. We had steamed pork buns, Budsi’s noodles with shrimp and a cucumber salad. The buns were delicious…. Think we inhaled them. The noodles were spicy but mildly, and superb. The cucumber salad was so spicy and sweet and delicious! We didn’t finish it… I’m pretty sure we were flaming inside. We did uber back to our hotel.

We stopped here for dinner during our visit to New Orleans! I think it may be some of the best Thai food I’ve ever had. The restaurant itself is decently sized with a good amount of seating. It is "self serve" - in the sense that you go up and order and seat yourself. The staff were very friendly and attentive. For food, we got the papaya salad, which is delicious and SPICY! (honestly all of the food was spicy! in the best way). We got the fried rice, which was delicious… smoky and perfect amount of shrimp. The budsi’s noodles were also great - the side sauce that it came with was a good pairing. The waterfall pork was delicious! Tangy and spicy, I don’t like anything I’ve ever had of it Thai restaurant. Would definitely come back here again!

Benjamin, the bartender is the best. He's very menu knowledgeable and will steer you in the right direction as per your taste. First, the happy hour margaritas $5.00 is top notch...2-6pm every day!!! The food is fantastic!

Ate there twice. The mushroom Larb, pad thai and fried bok choy were all excellent (5 stars). The second time we got fried rice and pad see ew to go, and those were a solid 3. Not sure whether there was a different cook at lunch or they don’t bother about the to go orders but it was quite disappointing. It also struck me that you line up at the counter to order and yet the tip presets start at 18%. Maybe it’s the times we live in but I did literally just do half the server’s job so I don’t really get how this makes sense.

The cashier recommended the Khao Soi soup and it was DELICIOUS. I got it with beef and it was a little under $20 with tax and tip. You order at the counter and then sit. I sat near the kitchen and they refilled my water despite having a water station in the corner. Great service overall.

Decent food. Liked what we have but would preffered more geneous papaya salad serving. Duck Curry wasn't too good as it is just boiled duck, not crispy duck. Pad See Ew with crispy Pork Belly is super good