Summer Buffalo (Melrose) — Restaurant in Los Angeles

Beef curry was really delicious, thought the service was quite good and they had an interesting menu. Clean bathroom and restaurant. Wish they had more seating options but overall was super happy with the food and service. I didn’t think the curry was as “sweet” as some reviewers mentioned and thought the food was high quality, and a good price for the generous portion. Loved the bok choy garnish and the brown rice was beautiful.

Update: We were coming here at least once a month, including for an anniversary, but the last time we were here the service was terrible. We understand that they are short staffed but we have never had an issue before. Also, the dish we had an issue with (just your typical old Pad Thai) was basically almost hard sugar coated noodles with no "char" on them and were basically inedible. The waitress never checked on us during the meal. The waitress then tried to argue when I told her that the dish wasn't good that she'd only give a partial refund and then told me after I pointed out that the noodles were just moved around and barely eaten that I should have told her it wasn't good before. She never came to the table once while we were eating so I guess one of us was supposed to track her down and do her job for her. Could have done without the weird attitude or the bad food. A shame because we have recommended this restaurant to other people and enjoyed going there. An off night is one thing but at least be apologetic when customers are unsatisfied. Also, the bathrooms are no longer clean.

Update: They have improved since this review and it looks like the restaurant is maybe less short staffed and doing better. Food and service are back to normal and so are...

This is a nice, small, quaint place with great service and delicious food. It's a smaller, more intimate type of restaurant that serves Thai food. I was with my daughter and we both had the Thai Tea which was very good. We ordered egg rolls for an appetizer, then she had the Snow Crab Meat Fried Rice and I had the Garlic Chicken Noodle. We both were full after eating just half of our meals so we were able to bring the other half home. The female server was really pleasant and helpful (didn't catch her name) but she saw my daughter looked cold as we came in from a day event and my daughter had on a short sleeve shirt but we were seated at a table by the door and there was a cool draft coming in. So the server turned on the heat in the restaurant just for my daughter. And she was sure to check on us throughout eating our meal to make sure we were good. I'd definitely return. My daughter had been here before but it had been a long time and she wasn't sure if it was still there or where it had moved to, when we stumbled upon it.

There is 2 hour street parking nearby and a few metered spots, but must be careful as there's also permit parking too. But the 2 hr parking is available in the permit parking area but can't park there between 8pm and 8am. There's also a paid parking lot behind the restaurant that I saw cost $12 (we parked on the street during the 2...

Stumbled upon Summer Buffalo for dinner and had a mixed experience. They were severely understaffed and we didn't mind waiting or the hectic service. Unfortunately, however, we ordered their beyond meat pad see ew and specifically asked for it to be vegan (no egg). Didn't realize when it arrived that it had egg in it and my partner, who is a vegan of 4 years, was eating the egg, which really made her feel off. The kitchen made us another one but unfortunately the staff weren't very apologetic nor did they offer any kind of compensation. It concerns me for people who might have allergies. At the end, our bill had vegan (no egg) written on it, so it's worrying that the kitchen aren't reading the orders properly. No fault from the front of house staff who were doing their best with little help. Food was tasty but the evening was spoilt by the mistake. When a restaurant advertises that they are vegan friendly (and states this specifically on their vegan friendly menu), it's disappointing when egg or meat products are given...