Sawasdee Thai Étterem

It is not that it was bad at all. It was good decent Thai Food for the money we paid and it wasn’t expensive. I love Thai food, so of course one of our meals in Budapest had to be Thai, now that it was located less than 50 meters from our apartment. Unless your standard is “Blue Elephant” this experience was worse the money we paid for our meal.

Carsten K

Lunch at a Thai place and the food was great. Atmospher was lacking and so was the service but the food was one point.

ingrid9597

There are only a few tables, and the environment is not all that inviting, but the service is polite and fast. We had the Tom Yum with shrimps which was good but a little bit bland for my taste. The duck tempura was excellent. They have a good selection of beers including Singha and some IPA’s. Prices are reasonable.

Robicsek

Lets face it: this is a chinese restaurant serving thai food. There is no thai atmosphere whatsoever. Many foods are sold out. What they still have on menu is very delicious, but not thai spicy. Big portions. Fairly priced. Good free wifi. If you want better thai experience in Budapest, go to Bangkok Thai Etterem near Fovam ter.

TommyL1979

Amazing food! We turned up on Valentines Day and they had a couple of tables. We waited a while for our food as they seemed understaffed, however it was worth the wait. Delicious food, the best Thai I’ve ever had!! Spring rolls, tempura chicken, chicken Panang... all incredible. We also had five drinks between the two of us. The bill was under £25. Unbelievable.

950nics

They may need to review there cooking system as currently they do it table by table so if a table of 9 is before you expect a wait even if you only want spring rolls and a beer. The food when it did arrive, I thought was good. Freshly cooked and washed down with a Singapore beer. It was obvious the owner was under pressure by irate diners waiting over an hour for service. I would go again but would check how full they are before entering.

grimj03

Quiet little restaurant, not the best Thai food I’ve ever had but still pretty good and very reasonably priced. Service is also quick and attentive

chlosreviews

It’s nicely decorated, the service very friendly and attentive, the food very good, the price acceptable. We enjoyed our stay very much.

Christa M

Although my direct experience of the Far East (including Thailand) is not recent, I do have considerable experience of restaurants offering the region's food in numerous countries around the world. Even allowing for the inevitable westernisation of many dishes, one gains a a pretty good idea of what is authentic/original and not. This restaurant has 'original Thai cuisine' over the door. It is not. There is nothing actually wrong with the slightly bland offerings but there appears to be nothing that is not closely related to the Chinese equivalents. Service was a little distant and, until near the end of our meal at about 9pm, we were the only occupants of the large restaurant. If you want genuinely Thai fare, I am sure you could do much better elsewhere.

John_Oram_Eats

I absolutely LOVE this restaurant! My friend and I met there for dinner. We shared an order of spring rolls that was fabulous! They were tasty, fresh, hot, and not greasy. I had a mango lemonade. It was a little more expensive than I would normally have wanted to pay, but it was a very large drink and the best lemonade I have ever had. For the main course I had #29. I don’t remember the name but it was stir fry vegetables, ear mushrooms, and choice of meat. I had it with beef and it came with jasmine rice. The vegetables were cooked to perfection, with just the right amount of crispness to them. The menu is full of delicious looking choices with great pictures, and most the dishes have an option of vegetarian, seafood, beef, chicken, or pork. The staff spoke English and Hungarian and were very patient, allowing us all the time we needed but were right there to take our order when we were ready.

TanyaP346

My friend and I had had a difficult evening finding our hotel and having great trouble with the public transport! It was late but the friendly staff here were really kind and accommodating. The food we chose was standard Thai fare but excellently cooked and very appetising. The attitude of the staff soon took away our frustrations of the day and we left happy, relaxed ... and full!

Geoff R

We needed a quick lunch while walking around Budapest today and stumbled upon this pretty good Thai restaurant. We checked TripAdvisor, saw mixed reviews and decided to eat here anyway. The good: the restaurant is large, airy and super clean. Staff are friendly and the menu is in both Hungarian and English. We opted for the two course lunch special which was very affordable. My spring rolls and stir fried noodles with chicken were both excellent - substantial servings and very tasty without being too spicy. The average: my partner's Tom Yum soup was a little bland for his liking but he said it was reasonable. I tried his stir fried beef with rice and was not a big fan - this dish was quite bland, not awful, just a little flavourless. We both agreed that my dishes were the pick of the bunch. I can't give the restaurant 5 stars but I do think it is authentically Thai and nothing was inedible, indeed, my meal was really good. I would probably return if I was in Budapest again but I would avoid the plain stir-fries.

AussieTravellers264

Good food quality and value. Only problem was although advertised they did not have pear juice and also coffee machine was broken when I visited.

Brian C

Clean, delicious, priced well. We ordered the shrimp, in a nice coconut curry sauce and had 2 different types of fried rice. We enjoyed it so much we went twice in 4 days!

MEL R