Bangkok Garden Restaurant

Good ambiance
BUT
— unhappy waiters
— way over-​priced
But if you fancy this, it’s still good food.

I have come here for both lunch buffet and dinner. There was a wide selection for lunch buffet, including FRESH FRUITS! (Which is hard to find in Toronto buffets but much more standard in other countries). I thought $ 20 (incl. tax) for their lunch buffet is pretty good value. Dinner menu was even more diverse.
The décor is absolutely beautiful! 2 stories with fountain and ponds. Atmosphere is ideal for different occasions — dates, business meetings, family gatherings, etc.
*Note: My taste palate is Western, I am not native Thai. I saw some other reviews saying the food is not authentic Thai, so I can’t really comment on that. Nonetheless, I thought the food was tasty and flavourful — perhaps a «Westernized» version of Thai food.

Love love love the food here! Buffet is great, lots of choice and $ 15.95. Dinner is amazing too! Grilled beef is my fav!

This is such an awesome spot for Thai food. Eat in, pick up or delivery, food is always superb. Highly suggest the mango salad and tamarind beef stew. Prices are fair and the service here is pretty good.

My boss took me out for lunch at one of her favourite Thai restaurants for my last day of work! We both love Thai food, and since it was a bit of a special occasion, we decided to do the buffet style lunch. I was surprised to see some of the negative reviews for this place, because I absolutely LOVED it!
The service and atmosphere was great. Bangkok Garden definitely works for all sorts of events — casual meals, fancy meals, or business formal meals. I think it gives off many different vibes that could work for any occasion. I did however see A LOT of people in suits so I’d assume they cater more towards the business people in the area.
As for the food, I really liked how there were so many different options to choose from. I tried the soup, the appetizers (spring rolls, mango salad, regular salad, fried vegetables, etc.), and of course all of the noodles and curries. I thought everything tasted excellent and was full of flavour, but my specific favourites were the pad thai and the yellow curry. Yum!
Needless to say, I’d visit again. I personally prefer restaurants like Pai or Khao San Road in Toronto for a more authentic taste of Thai food, but I would still recommend coming to Bangkok Garden for the buffet lunch to try all of the different dishes.

This is a place where we keep coming back for Thai food. Their Pad Thai has got to be the best I tried in Toronto — and they make it with Tamarind sauce instead of ketchup, as many places do.
The best deal is to visit this place during lunch time. It’s inexpensive, and the food selection is great. However, we’ve been there several times for dinner and were never disappointed. Both the food and the service are usually very good. The prices are a bit more expensive than other places (not by much though, main courses are around $ 16 – 21), but the food is consistently delicious and they could make it any way you want (add/​remove ingredients, add/​reduce spice, etc.)
If you love Thai food, try this restaurant out.

Takes WAY too long for any service. 20 minutes for a drink and over 45 minutes for a simple order. Also overpriced for the amount and quality of the food.

Overall the experience is okay.
Came here as part of a Elmwood Spa package. The food is good (better then average, not great). Initial service was slow and the prices are high; $ 110 for a four course dinner for two (sans wine).
My advice, if your here for the spa, sure this is a easy addition; but you can do better. I also found the décor while nice, lacked intimacy. I don’t imagine I will come back.

As far as Thai food in Totonyo hoes, there are plenty of newer options that offer much better, and much more authentic Thai meals. My most recent visit was disappointing. The green curry and the starter lemongrass soup that I ordered were essentially the same dish. Had I known that, I would have gotten something else for one of my courses. My waiter could have spoken up. The buffet looked ok but I was having a lunch meeting so we opted to go with the menu, which may have been the wrong choice. I won’t be rushing back here any time soon.

Their Bangkok rolls are probably the best I’ve ever had. Very fresh, flavorful with varied textures. These contain chicken; I’m usually more fond of vegetable rolls. But these were amazing. My entrée — chicken with cashew nuts was flavorful and spicy. I would order that again. But the rolls were stellar. I only wish that I lived in Toronto.

Buffet lunch for $ 20 may sound good, but with the quality of food, I’d say it’s not. The only thing I really loved was the fish curry and rice. The beef noodles actually felt a little off. The desserts were not that impressive either; the best would be the fried banana.

Came here again with my girlfriend to try their normal menu. Oh my. I think I’m in love (sorry babe). She opted for the tilapia (part of their special Coconut menu), while I ordered the grilled Cornish hen and lemongrass. They’re not kidding when they say the Cornish hen is grilled to perfection. It was succulent and perfectly seasoned, and the spicy orange dipping sauce it came with complemented the dish very well. The tilapia was amazing too; I don’t know what they put in the sauce, but it was addictive.
We ended off our night with dessert: the Panko fried banana with coconut ice cream for her (again, off the special Coconut menu) and the mango panna cotta for me. I’m not really a fan of deep fried banana, but I quite enjoyed my choice. Though it can be a little too sweet for those who don’t have a sweet tooth like me.
Overall, I was thoroughly pleased with the experience. The food can be pretty expensive (I paid $ 60 for this meal), so I definitely wouldn’t be coming here regularly, but if you’re cognizant of the prices beforehand, you’ll have a good time.

I came here for Summerlicious dinner and I really enjoyed the experience. For my main course, I had the veggie Pad Thai glass noodles with green curry. I was skeptical of the glass noodles, but I was pleasantly surprised. The dish was quite flavourful and the portions were huge. Great value, lovely ambiance, and friendly service overall.

I went here for the summerlicious dinner for $ 25 with some friends. The restaurant especially dining area looked nice from a distance. The space looked bigger with mirror finish on the walls. You can see lower and upper level seating as well as the stair case and birdcage motif. There is a lot of monotonous dark wood finishes though and not so pleasant looking dark green granite tables. The lighting wasn’t very good either, especially at our table. Hard direct incandescent light made the food not so appetizing for the camera.
I ordered:
Grilled Vegetable Salad
Warrior beef Curry
Banana Fritter with ice cream
The salad was disappointing for me. The taste is typical thai flavour of sweet sour salty fish sauce dressing with some spice. I should have known better but this taste was not what I was expecting. There was grilled vegetables but it didn’t seemed grilled that much. More like marinated in sauce. I noticed there was a big juicy lemon slice and it kind of made the salad more sour… Not necessarily better. I felt the chicken wings looked a lot more worth it than this.
The curry more than made up for the lackluster salad. It looked very plain especially compared to the duck dish but the taste was heaven! The coconut creaminess with soft thin beef slices accented by fried shallot oil was so satisfying. I thought there might have been too much sauce until I eventually put the all my rice in the curry. by the time I finished it, there was nothing left. compared to the other dishes available, this one is definitely recommended.
For dessert, I ordered banana fritter with vanilla ice cream. By this time i was already stuffed from the main course but I had room for this as the proportion was modest: A simple small piece of deep fried banana and a small scoop of ice cream presented very nicely. Very much like comfort food as expected. I was satisfied. Compared to the mango sherbet served with tart fruit, I’m glad I got this.
The service could have been better. Being in a group of five, each serving came relatively the same time although particularly one dish always came a few minutes after everyone else’s. Knives didn’t come with the cutlery which was a concern because the duck dish was especially tough. The waiter checked up on us once although other than that, he was hard to find. Our cups of water were never refilled. When it came to the bill, the waiter did not ask us how we would like to pay for the bill. He just gave us a combined bill. Even after requesting for separate billing, he would assert that it would be fine like this (he did not confirm it was not possible to do this). When picking up the payment he was also not ready for any credit card payments either.
Overall, I don’t think the Summerlicious promotion was worth it but I definitely would get that delicious curry.

I was here for their summerlicious dinner menu which was priced at 25 $. The restaurant is very beautiful inside, not at all what I had expected when I was at the front door.
This is what I had for the summerlicious dinner:
Appetizer: Grilled Shrimp on Sugar Cane
Entrée: Pan Seared Duck
Dessert: Mango Sorbet
I was not a fan of the grilled shrimp on sugar cane. I had previously seen a picture of what this looked like and imagined the texture to resemble shrimp when cooked. It was mushy. It was actually a shrimp mixture, but not just the herbs added, it felt like there was some cheating involved, like flour or batter was used. To me, it was not a good mix as it made the final product mushy upon biting.
Pan seared duck was also disappointing. At first sight the plate looked like it was going to be the best dinner entrée from their summerlicious menu (based on the volume of meat given on the plate). Upon eating the duck however, I retracted my opinion, as I had a terrible time trying to chew through the hard/​tough pieces of meat. This is duck done wrong! In addition, they don’t have any knives for guests to use… so I had to grind through a whole tough slice in my mouth. The tamarind sauce was good though.
And finally mango sorbet. It was pretty good. It was really just sliced fruits and a scoop of mango sorbet. Tasted sweet and tangy. It was good.
In my opinion the summerlicious menu did not seem very thai… maybe fusion. Overall though the portions are quite good. I left very full. I did not appreciate, however, that our server came with one bill, and refused to give us separate bills when requested.

Pleasantly surprised. Came here not so long ago for the Winterlicious prix fixe dinner menu. I had the curry Pad Thai for the main. Yum.
The décor/​atmosphere was acceptable, but nothing to rave about. We sat up front to the right of the hostess’ area. A few people kept passing back and forth through the neighbouring entrance as we ate.
However, the food was tasty and the service was prompt and attentive. No complaints here.
Would definitely recommend this place, and will probably stop in again when I’m in the area again.

I love this place.
The first time my fiancé took me here I was skeptical. It’s in the downtown core in a mess of giant buildings. The entrance is nondescript. It just felt like it was going to be «meh.» Then they brought us to the back room where it feels like you’re entering a mini, magical Thailand.
From there, I was blown away by the friendly service and excellent food. We have been back several times and loved every dish. I would highly recommend the red curry. On our most recent visit last night we had the Two Friends (beef and chicken) and I loved that as well.
This is a bit more traditional of a restaurant than Khao San Road, which also might turn some people off. But does every restaurant have to require a long wait and make you feel like you’re not cool enough to be there? What’s wrong with feeling comfortable and cozy, and as if the staff really want you to be there?

I have eaten at Bangkok Garden at their lunch buffet and it was good, with a lot of diverse items to choose from such as spring rolls, green and red curries, basil chicken, rice, noodles, and more. I came here for dinner and my experience was just satisfactory.
The friendly hostess greeted me and I was seated quickly. I had the Thai spicy curry (gang pa) with chicken and requested red chilies, as I like my food spicy. While the dish was flavourful, it was lacking spice and it did not come with red chilies, as I had requested. I had also requested traditional Thai prik nam pla sauce, and was told they did not have it. I’m surprised that Bangkok Garden, which bills itself as an authentic Thai restaurant, would not have such a sauce. I also had the frozen blended passionfruit and mango drink, which was essentially dessert in glass and very refreshing.
Service could have been friendlier. The ambiance is elegant and sophisticated, but that alone would not warrant a visit from me in the near future.

Tried the full summerlicious menu with family. The food was pretty standard Thai food you’d expect from any Thai restaurant. The mango salad app was tarty and very fresh, and probably my favorite dish. The mains were all mild-​med spiciness level to suit most tastes. Average food, but decent portions and excellent service! The atmosphere is really pleasant and very clean establishment. Great for groups or intimate dining !

Came here on a frigid winter day with a large group of over 20 ppl for a birthday lunch celebration. We arrived for our reservation just before noon and occupied three large tables. For round 1, I had the mango salad (tasty!), crispy spring roll (average), fried chicken wings (good), fresh spring roll (average), pineapple tofu stir fry (average), pad Thai (under average!), spicy beef (tasty), chicken curry (tasty), and beef curry (tasty).
Second round I had a bowl of noodles made to order– you could pick your meat (cooked shredded chicken pieces, beef balls, fish balls, fish cake, and shrimp balls. You could get your soup flavoured with scallions, picked vegetables, red birds eye chilli in vinegar, dried chillies flakes, fish sauce, sugar, crushed peanuts, cilantro… I asked for beef balls, fish cake and requested she make it ‘extra spicy’ and it was! A pretty good bowl of soup to warm me up.
For dessert, there were banana fritters and yam fries with honey, fruit (pineapple, cantaloupe, grapes, watermelon), double layered coconut jello, green jello with coconut flakes and peeled rambutan stuffed with pineapple. Dessert was a nice ending to the meal.
For $ 16, it was just ok. For that price, I would rather have a really good bowl of curry with authentic Thai flavour rather than this watered down (westernized) Thai food. Even so, this place seemed popular. You could see the restaurant filling up and thankfully the food got refreshed quite promptly. Not recommended for anyone with peanut allergies though since peanuts are everyone!
The thing that put a significant damper on the whole outing was the process of paying the bill. The waiter that we were working with was clearly not very happy about accommodating a large group and limited our entire group to 3 credit card payments.
More than 3 people did not have cash and he was visibly exasperated and not very service oriented. When the first few ppl tried to pay with credit, the machine stopped working and he had to take out the old school credit card imprinting machine. Such a hassle and not fun overall. Sad how one person ruined our celebration.
I seriously don’t understand how a business can allow for this kind of poor service when we are clearly bringing significant revenue through their doors. Will not be returning if I can help it!