Ban Hua Sai — Restaurant in Seattle

Well this is the best crispy duck ever! I used to live in Bangkok and I'm pretty picky about my Thai food, but this was absolutely stellar quality. It's just so impressive. Really impressive.

My duck was very crispy and was served with plum tamarind sauce. That sauce was really excellent on my side of rice noodles. Meal was very filling, but I could not stop eating. There just was not going to be any leftovers, because every morsel needed to go into my mouth while it was hot and crispy. It was so very good!

The other diner with me got phad Thai and he was very pleased with it. It's a wonderful staple. You know that it's going to be delicious. Owner had warned that the spiciness was southern Thai , where they take their spices seriously. So he got a two star and he felt that it was still a bit on the spicy side for him, but he loved it. It was warm and flavorful.

The waitress / Manager had only seed set to fast. She worked the busy Saturday night all by herself, with a smile.

The music was calm and relaxing and yet a little upbeat. It was just the perfect as the background music, to set a lively yet soft tone for talking. The decor was beautiful. Just so nice. Soft green tones made you feel very relaxed and very natural with a lot of the wood and plant touches.

This is a really good place to go to. I live up by Mount Baker by the Canadian border and so when I come down for Thai food I want to have a really excellent experience and this was it!

Thanks son for recommending this....

Hot take - Thai food in Seattle is generally very mid. This place broke that norm for me. Used to live down in LA and have been looking the past couple years for a good Thai place (specifically that has good noodle dishes). Ban Hua Sai's drunken noodles (pad kee mao) are the best i've had in a long time. The sauce is distributed, the noodles are separated from one another, there is a surprising amount of flavor, AND the vegetables are actually cooked properly (not raw, overcooked, or an after thought)! I love when a place actually takes a very simple dish like drunken noodles and does it well by taking the time to actually care about all the components. Also ordered the Pad Thai which was good (which is great by Seattle standards) - wasn't too sweet, decent amount of sauce, maybe a tad bit too much fish sauce - added some lime at home and that made it really good. Can't wait to come back and try...

Dropped in as my dining companion and I were talking about having Thai food for dinner, and while walking past on an errand we saw they were open - and the cooking aromas smelled delicious. We ordered a Pad Thai and a mixed veggie dish to enjoy family style, which was plenty for two people (one with a small appetite and one with a large one). The food was prompt and delicious! We ordered at 1* heat levels because we are chickens who have been burned in the past, though I admit I was tempted to add some of their housemade hot sauce just to taste it (next time!). Entrées were priced fairly for the portions and the quality. But above all else, our server was prompt, sweet and friendly, and we had a nice conversation about the neighborhood. We will come back to try more things on the menu, and brave our sensitive palates to try...