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    Busaba Garden

    4.6 (26 reviews)
    Open 10:30 am - 8:30 pm

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    Thai chicken wings and crab rangoon
    Vincent S.

    Food was fresh, but some things were lacking flavor. Beautiful space and good service. Chicken wings bland, but other food okay.

    Phil S.

    09/15/25 - Busaba is a newish Thai restaurant located @ 3246 W Foster. Busaba Garden has been open about 4 months a few doors east of Tre Kroner & Sissy's to the east. I always welcome a new place that I've never been to before. Busaba Garden is cool sleek designed restaurant w/a nice selection of Thai food options. They have lunch specials & an assortment of other options from soups (yummy Tom Kha Kai soup). I ordered the Thai basil garlic chicken which was very good.

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    Grate food. So fresh and delicious. Will be back. We ordered several dishes and they were all delicious.

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    22 days ago

    Outstanding food. My typical dish is Pad Thai, but the Basil Chicken with Garlic Fried Rice was RIDICULOUS!

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    3 months ago

    Ordered the pineapple chicken - item was missing mushrooms and cashews. Also missing was extra sauce for fresh rolls. Would not recommend.

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    10 months ago

    So happy to have delicious Thai food in this area. Almost everything I have had has been delicious but the green curry has been my favorite.

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    10 months ago

    Amazing food, service and atmosphere big portions and affordable prices. Peanut sauce in the garden was divine

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    1 year ago

    Service was great, super friendly staff. Food was really good and the Thai spice level was spot on.

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    11 months ago

    friendly staffwith wonderful food. Great addition to the neighborhood. apperisers and desserts extra good

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    10 months ago

    The Pad Thai is yummy and flavorful, I wouldn't get the papaya salad. It didn't have much flavor. The portion sizes are kind of small.

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    Place had a really friendly atmosphere, great service, and the food was great. I'm glad I was able to go for their opening.

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    Came to Muan Jai Thai for lunch on the weekend and was happy with my visit - the decor is really…read morenice, lots of greenery and plants, st patties themed - overhead lamps add a nice touch and everything is pretty clean, bathrooms included. There are window views from the restaurant, making for good people watching. Mainly metered parking available Medium to large sized place with dedicated sections for thai food (about 8 tables and 2 rows of bar style seats) vs for sushi and ramen but all under the same place/owner, can order from any menu - the decor on that side is super cute, fish cutouts, anime/manga decorated walls, decked out bars Got the scuba diving chicken from the chefs faves and must say it was pretty good - a bit on the greasier side but the aroma of the herbs and the spices from the curry really pull through, chicken is cooked very well, super tender and juicy. I got the "No turning back" spice level and theres a hefty kick - halfway into the dish my mouth def feels it but nothing too extreme (FYI theres a slight mala-like numbingness to it) The traditional papaya salad was crunchy and refreshing, sauce is tangy but not too overwhelming. The peanuts add a nice nutty element to it. There were hardly any dried shrimp, so wouldve like to see a bit more of that. Be sure to give it a good mix as the sauce and topping fall to bottom of the bowl To top it off, the service was great. Albert was really attentive and helpful - would come back if im in the gold coast area again to try the other menu offerings

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    Crab fried rice here is the show! The fried rice had a generous amount of crab. It wasn't the fake…read morecrab either. The rice was perfectly made. Not salty either. I could have ate more of this. Crispy chicken was my other favorite and grilled squid. Yumm! I love how they made the chicken. It did need more veggies though. I was disappointed in the pad thai. You gave me a plate of bean sprouts. We barely got any noodles and 2 pieces of shrimp. Bogus. This dish needed more noodles and shrimp. Papaya salad was okay. Service was quick! Ambiance- casual. I'd come back again but don't be cheap with the pad Thai. Rice noodles aren't expensive bruh.

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