Buddha Raksa Thai - Burwood

We were having a group dinner one day and a friend chose a restaurant closest to his place. It was a Thai restaurant called Buddha Raksa Thai. You can see from the menu that they are not your typical cheap and cheerful Thai (the Zomato menu listing needs to be updated). Most of the dishes are above $20.

It presents itself to be more focused on experience as people are seated in a specific seating plan with serviettes and an organised table service with digital technology ordering machine. Though throughout the night, I often found myself looking around to get a waiter's attention. It was actually becoming really frustrating as when I stood up, they kind of freaked out and asked me to be seated and they'll serve you straight away or fetch me the chilli or the spare bowl. Was an odd experience in terms of service.<br/ <br/ The food on the other hand was delicious. You could really taste the difference in the quality of ingredients this restaurant would use in their cooking compared to the corner Thai food takeaway drenched in cheap oil and cups of sugar.<br/ Portion sizes were immediately noticeably smaller but I think it suited where the focus was merely on the ambience and your company.<br/ <br/ It didn't take too long for food to arrive at the table. The fried ice cream was enjoyable though certainly not rhw best I've had. The outer shell lacked the deep fried texture but rather a soft batter.<br/ <br/ Interesting experience.

The best Red Duck Curry I have ever eaten. The chef, working here for over 20 years cooks with the heart. You can taste the passion and love in every dish. A must visit for anyone looking for Thai food in Sydney. Hospitality is amazing, family business from the ground up.

Went here for the first time last night. The staff were so welcoming and had big smiles on their faces. The wooden chairs and the decor were very inviting. Food came out in a timely matter. The wait staff had bright shirts one and there was a positive vibe in the restaurant. I enjoyed by meal and the portions were great. I was able to take the leftover food away to bring to work he next day. Overall great experience and I would definately come again and would recommend is restaurant to friends and family. I went on a week day which was good. I'm not sure if there would be plenty of parking on the weekends. This wouldn't deter me away though.

Every once in a while, my old workmates and I will catch up and share old memories. This time, we had dinner at 'the best Thai restaurant in Sydney ' according to the workmate who suggested it. It wasn 't quite the best, but it was pretty decent.<br/ <br/ I was third to arrive and sat next to W so we shared a couple of dishes. He wasn 't feeling very hungry so I ate most of it. For some reason, I was feeling quite hungry and gobbled it up. Both dishes were quite typical Thai dishes, particularly the stir-fried noodles. I do love me some greasy stir-fried Thai noodles so I quite enjoyed it but I especially liked the duck salad. Maybe it was the roast duck or the cashew nuts (everything tastes better topped with nuts) or maybe it was the generous fish sauce but it was very tasty.<br/ <br/ Although the duck salad might not be a regular feature on Thai menus, the noodles definitely are, so it was quite a pricey dish for what it was. I think I have gotten used to paying $7 for Thai lunches, maybe $10 at most depending where I am so paying $20 for such a dish (albeit with a dinner surcharge) feels a bit like a rip-off. It has to be pretty amazing Thai for me to be able to justify it to be able to call it the best in Sydney. It certainly isn 't the worst or bad at all, but I would probably recommend just sticking to your cheap local Thai joint unless you are throwing a get-together with a big party as we were.