Bua Luang
1166 Solano Ave, Albany
(510) 527-8288
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Delicious Khao Soi! Cute restaurant with a very friendly staff team.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Drunken noodles were amazing. Curry chicken was ok. Fried rice was ok. Slightly pricey (almost $3 for a small bowl of white rice). Soup was not very good.
They have a limited and pricey alcohol menu, but the servers know almost nothing about drinks.
If you find the right dish, and aren't looking for drinks, it is an ok place to eat. Servers are friendly.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Pretty good place for Thai food.
Some dishes are way better than others, try the pumpkin curry
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Very good food, feels healthy. But they gave very bad service. Basically they made a mistake with my order and insisted that I pay for both the order they messed up on as well as the correct order. Let me explain.
I got the lunch special and asked for brown rice. They brought my plate with white rice. I immediately went and told them, before touching my plate. The woman I told (the manager) said they would bring out the brown rice for me. I sat back down and was very hungry and ate a bite of the white rice while waiting for the brown to arrive. Later I saw that they charged me for a side of brown rice. I asked my waitress about the charge and she said it is because brown rice costs more than white rice. I said yes it's supposed to be 75 cents substitution fee but you charged me for a whole side of rice. I went to the manager who said that because I touched the white rice, they couldn't take it back to the kitchen and give it to someone else, so i needed to pay for the side. And the waitress started to argue with me and say that I ordered white rice which I would never do.
Eventually she agreed to refund me for the difference. I tried to talk with both of them about what just happened and they flat out ignored me, like literally pretended I wasn't there.
I have never heard of this kind of policy in any restaurant, about taking back food that wasn't touched and giving it to someone else. I would not have touched it if they had told me about it when I first requested the change. I am very disappointed because I enjoy their food.
Because of their poor service, I do not recommend Bua Luang Thai Restaurant.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 1
Our favorite Thai restaurant ever. ? They now served Kao Mun Gai (chicken and rice) Thai style. Tasty and good price. We also had Tamarind Prawn. It’s crispy jumbo prawns topped with tamarind sauce and grilled asparagus. Yummm. Best food, service and vibes. Love this place!!! Recommended!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crabmeat Fried Rice, Fish, Curry Puff , Corn Fritter
Everything was great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ordered the same dish I ordered the last time but the portion was half the size.
Food: 1
Recommended dishes: Yellow Curry
We enjoyed a delicious meal in comfortable surroundings. Pumpkin curry was perfect. It's always a pleasure to find a restaurant where you don't have to raise your voice to be heard by your partner. We'll be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pumpkin Curry
A lovely dining experience, with excellent Thai food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Larb Chicken
The food and service are both very good.
Vegetarian options: Several
Parking: Street parking on Solano Ave
Wheelchair accessibility: The outdoor dining area is not truly accessible. The staff could possibly remove one of the heavy barrels barracading the area so as to makenit accessible from the street.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Meang Kum, Tom Kha
Restaurantji Recommends
Since finding this place almost two years now, I can't imagine eating at any other Thai restaurant, I have NEVER had anything other than great food and great service here! I have lived around the world, and this is one of my favorite places ❤️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It's a " PRIMO " LOCATION !!!I liked their Food as well. Good " Lunch Specials " !!!!I was in there last Sunday just to get some Thai Tea to go, and it seemed ' Deserted ' !!!I know a lot is on " Delivery Apps " these days. However let's try to " Support Our Local Small Businesses " ..... In Sha Allah. They are all 'Struggling to Survive ' post Covid - 19 ......
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great food, some of the options may be a bit pricey but they do not skimp out on portions. I ordered the Kao Soi Gai and it was amazing. Chicken was perfectly cooked and noodles were tasty, not the mention the great curry which was slow cooked to perfection. Everyone else at the table was very happy and we had a good time. We had the sweet sticky rice dessert for dessert and it blew me away. Great place to check out if you don't mind spending 2 or 3 more dollars.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Great food and service. Clean restaurant.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Our food was ready in minutes, nice customer service.
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