padthai wokbar Bazilika — Restaurant in Budapest

This place gets great reviews on Google and I am not sure why. In my book it is more a 3.6 vs. a 4.6. the positives are that the staff is friendly. Unfortunately it is all down hill from there. The food is way too salty or has too much MSG. The price vs quality is nothing special. Even at 30% less the food would be nothing special. The busier they got the more the staff seemed to disappear. I and several other people tried to order drinks but they only had a single cash register open. This plus the fact that every order is custom and usually entails questions does not make for a fast order process. If I had it to do over I would eat pretty much any other place in the area. This place is just not worth it however you slice it. Also note that it is extremely hot inside and there is limited seating outside. I guess on the positive side since people can't get refills on their drinks they vacate their spots...

We had high hopes for this restaurant but were thoroughly disappointed. We ordered rice with Pad Thai sauce and rice with Burma curry sauce—both were bad, but the Burma curry was completely inedible. We had it replaced with rice in Teriyaki sauce, which was slightly better but still far from good.

The flavors were off, the food lacked authenticity, and the smell was unpleasant. This is definitely not real Thai cuisine. Having eaten at countless Asian restaurants across Europe, including in Berlin, we can confidently say that even the smallest and most budget-friendly spots serve far better food than this place.

On the positive side, the staff were friendly, and the atmosphere was nice. However, that alone isn’t enough to make up for the disappointing food.

FYI- we had high hopes because of the high rating for this place. But can not understand why.

Not...

Food very well seasoned, fresh, crispy vegetables. It was all very tasty. Unfortunately, the service was rude. We sat outside because the restaurant doesn't allow dogs to come in. I understand and respect such rules. However, we asked for water for the dog but it turned out that they do not have bowls ... I can understand that they did not want to give us a bowl in which they serve food, but the restaurant also has take-out dishes and disposable bowls were probably available, but the service was not she wanted to help us. We were in mid-August, when the temperatures...