Busaba Eathai

A modern Thai eatery that offers diners a stylish and unique eating experience.

8 / 10
541
ratings
  • Phone

    +44 20 7729 0808

  • Website

    busaba.com

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  • Type

    Thai Restaurant

Address

319 Old St (at Charlotte Rd) London Greater London EC1V 9LE United Kingdom

Reservations Yes
Credit Cards Yes (incl. American Express & MasterCard)
Wi-Fi Yes
Outdoor Seating No
Menus Lunch, Dinner
Drinks Beer, Cocktails

Comments / 129


Keywords:

lively good for groups healthy food casual curry trendy Tom Yum soup great value Southern food spacious comfortable tea guava juice juice chicken beef chili biscuits coconut cookies
Dan Gerson

Ok great. Hands down best Thai on the planet. Traveling to London to eat Thai will be expensive , but worth it. Seriously, everything is so good. Calamari , amazing. Shrimp rice , boom. I'm ruined.

Mélanie Hubert

Get the char-grilled duck with crab&egg rice , calamari as a starter: it's absolutely awesome! And they have plenty of delicious healthy juices and virgin cocktails .

Massimo Marra

Food is great and tasty.. The managers are fantastic!! I just met Ahmet the General manager, Maria and Francesco the other two managers, they are so friendly and welcoming.. I'll come back ????

Chris J

£15.45 for Mussaman duck curry & sticky rice takeaway !? Got about 1/2 a breast in brown gravy and the sticky rice is just a solid lump of jasmine rice with no vegetables , save 2 potato wedges . Avoid!!

Johan Basberg

Damn I love the fried chicken they serve, not spicy but with a wonderfully zesty sauce ; add brown rice for a perfectly tasty meal.

Emily-jane

Quick service , great for midweek dinner or a quick bite with friends, really tasty Thai food that never disappoints.

Gary Simmons

Really impressed, some chains are worth visiting! Have the Pandan Chicken and the Calamari . Read our full review on Scoff London: http://scofflondon.com/restaurants/busaba-eathai-review-ec1/

Jana Sooz

Delicious! The smoked mushroom with butternut was perfect, and the coconut carrot juice is a must have. Pure bliss.

Evening Standard

There are seven branches of Busaba now, all serving honest Thai food - try the tom yam talay, prawn , squid and baby clam with vermicelli noodle in spicy sour soup (£6.70). Read more

Cheen The Curious

Tomyam goong (£7.60 for small bowl). Skip the one here. It was neither sour nor spicy , despite adding more cut chilli & lime juice ; more like a tomato soup

Maxim Kazantsev

Great thai food , exceptional service and very reasonable prices

Alison Roche

Great place for a quick and cheap bite to eat in old street! Calamari and crab pad Thai ftw!

Eleonora Tommasi

Very good and not too expensive . Try the green curry and the Pat Thai very similar to the original one!

Kirby Marie

Everything is super tasty, fresh ingredients and well executed dishes. Super lovely staff too.

Paul Van Geyt

Excellent Thai food choices, loved the Thai calamari , lively place , friendly service

Mario Goncalves

Tried it last night for the first time and loved it. Great food, unexpected good and quick service for a fair price . Highly recommend it

Sultan Al-Malki

Nice food and atmosphere! The Pad Thai and Green curry fried rice are always good there!

Leslie Yang

Don't let them upsell you! Our server asked us if we wanted shrimp chips in the same way an American server would ask if we want complimentary bread . She did this again and we fell for it. Not cool.

John Malcovich

The lamb curry is great also The pad thai menu is very flavourful, very good ingredients—all with comfortable interiors and also design heads may notice Norths touch on the place

Luca Abelardo

You do have to try Chicken Satay here, probably the best in London!

sailorblur

The goong tohd prawns with lime and chilli sauce are delicious if you're in for a side with a bite. Staff is friendly but slow, so be ready to wait.

Piyaporn Ounpradit

Authentic and real thai.green curry really good.

Cheen The Curious

Pad thai (£15). Decently prepared here

Jasmine Salem

Home style Thai food at reasonable prices. Excellent pad Thai and spicy Tofu starter.

Jules Wong

Crabmeat fried rice and tamarind duck was delicious washed down with the guava juice drink :-))

Nayan Tolia

Pad thai jay was delicious enough to justify the hour long wait . I'll be back, at a quieter time of day

Alvin Richards

Calamari off the charts. Beef Red curry , flavors and spice great, needed a few more hours braising.

Bart S

Pandan Chicken is absolutely fantastic as a side! Delicious chicken wrapped in bamboo leafs (dont eat the leafs though!)

Amy Robinson

Whatever your choice of main, always accompany it with the Thai Calamari . It's really good.

Voda C

Not too busy on Wednesday evening, vegetable noodles and starters are ????????

Nicolagypsicola

Good thai, a bit noisy place, but indeed good food quality

Julian Sims

Great food, especially the jungle curry , but using the app to pay is really handy

Korhan Eser

Ask about the spice ratio. If they tell that your choice very spicy , they really mean it.

Joao Pedro Nunes Almeida

Amazing food in a cosy environment! Definitely worth it a try

MC Casal

You seat with strangers at big tables, but the fusion food is excellent.

Caroline Goouch

This is a great place to eat. A bit dark. But great food. Calamari rocks

David F

Use their smartphone app to order and pay and you get some nice little freebies!

Tommy Palmer

The food is great. Specifically the Pad Thai , Calamari and Steak . Service is a bit rubbish however.

Stefania Mani

Amazing Thai calamari ! Noodles are great, do recommend.

Lucie Marceaux

Fabulous noodles , good service , good atmosphere. Shoreditch Thai Not to be missed.

Dave Fitch

Awesome food - beef rib was fantastic.

Liana Lindenberg

Peppercorn calamari is THE plate here. Lovely food, overall.

Little Scrapes

One of the few data deserts in Hoxton - join the intermittent free wifi to check in

Maximiliano Cunha

Cool restaurant ! Really spicy curry !

Ana Grigorovici

Southern fish curry . No doubt the best thing on the menu. add some crab meat fried rice . DO IT!

Giacomo Mason

Nice laid back thai. Prices have been increasing, so it's not really cheap anymore!

Vidhya Gholkar

Nice calamari , spring rolls and duck . Get in early to avoid the queue.

kelz

Love the cashew nut cookies you get with your tea

Arnau Bronsoms

Chain restaurants are chain restaurants but here you will eat properly! Nice one

Fry

4 years ago you could get food for £7 here... Now it's almost the double

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