Busaba

http://www.busaba.com/ To the disappointment of my husband, I class this as one of my all time favourite restaurants. However, I understand his disappointment. I'm not going to feed you with all the lovelies and niceties when I know that Busaba has it's nits. It's a either you absolutely love it or just like it restaurant, and strangely girls seem to be more fond of this restaurant than the guys. Busaba - The Chain Busaba is a Thai restaurant with three central london branches - Wardour Street in SoHo, Bird Street near Selfridges and Store Street near Tottenham Court Road. I have been to the Store Street and Wardour Street branch but ...  Read the complete review

For most people being invited out for dinner is a real pleasure but for me being invited out for food is a bit of a nightmare. Don't get me wrong it's not the going with friends that causes me the problem - that is very much the best bit for me. But the food and where we eat is the nightmare. You see ever since I was told by a lovely doctor that I had to go on a fat free diet (which has now been scaled up to fat restricted - woohoo!) it is often difficult to find a restaurant that caters for such a diet. So when I go out I usually end up having salad without dressing or fillet steak, chicken or white fish/tuna/prawns, dry vegetables (no oil or butter) and pudding is ...  Read the complete review

I work in Soho and am pretty spoiled for choice when it comes to eating out - there are so many restaurants to choose from. But one that always has a queue outside it is Busaba Eathai on Wardour Street, right in the heart of Soho. Busaba Eathai was launched Alan Yau, who also owned Wagamama and Hakkasan and is now one of my new favourite places to eat. Busaba is located on Wardour St, a 5 minute walk from Oxford Circus or Tottenham Court Road and ideally located for a pre-theatre meal. It serves up delicious Thai food in a communal dining setting similar to Wagamamas - tables seat about 8 so not a place for a romantic date. I've not found this to be a problem ...  Read the complete review

Despite the relation between tastefulness and price of the food is reasonable, the costumer service is dreadful. Some of the waiters in Busaba 22, Store Street are arrogant and particularly the manager, A. W. is rude and disrespectful and has not idea in how to run a business with elegance. They don't know neither good manners nor good education. A disgrace for the restaurant industry. I don't have any reason to come back. My recommendation to everybody is: avoid it. ...  Read the complete review

Orginally we wanted to go to the "Mandarin" restaurant in Chinatown. On our way my wife bought some special drinks (don't know the name) which she knows from Taiwan. We hadn't finished drinking when we arrived at the "Mandarin". Thinking they would tell us if this would present a problem we sat down and were finally ready to order. Apparently they did see the drinks and then asked us out, cause we should "drink it where we bought it". Ahh..very friendly, especially when the restaurant was almost empty. This tops almost Wong Kei.. Anyway, we ventured further to "Busaba Eathai". I passed by this Thai restaurants a ...  Read the complete review