Bang Bar Thai Restaurant & Lounge, Seattle, Washington Restaurant Details

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Consistently cheerful, friendly and knowledgable staff. Atmosphere is attractive and not overly noisy. I always enjoy the food and find it easy to fall back on Bang Bar as something reliably good.

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Looooove this place. The food is so good. Not my all time favorite but up there for sure!

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Loved the Guay Tiew Lord and Massamun curry!

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I have been living in W Seattle for about two years....

I have been eating Thai food for years... I love their food. It is really the best Thai I have had... I do like Thai Ginger and Siam, but feel BangBar is better.

I always get great service. The restaurant is somewhat small; but they have a good bar and I feel they have a great dining room atmosphere....

I sometimes order delivery; and they are always quick....

I love that I have a great Thai restaurant close to where I live....

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Mediocre, Pricey, Small Portions and Rude Service

A good rule of thumb: beware the "fusion" joints as well as the "& Lounge" restaurants, as they don't produce quality authentic dishes.

Bang Bar isn't the worst restaurant in the area, but I wouldn't recommend it over taking a trip to a better restaurant (Thai Tom or Thaiku). I definitely wouldn't waste money on the Satay, which was bland and cold.

Speaking of cold: It seemed as if we were an inconvenience to our server, who was a bit rude and too busy flirting with the bartender and texting to ever refill our waters. I give service workers a lot of slack (because I've done they for a living and I understand how annoying customers can be), but I can't forgive a server who's so in their own world that their patrons don't have water.

The basic Thai dishes didn't match the flavors of what you'd find in the ID or near UW and the portions were overpriced and small. The Phat si-io was too oily and underseasoned and the Cashew Chicken was light on both cashews and chicken.

Perhaps it was an off night? Who knows. But first impressions are everything in food service and I wasn't impressed.

Maybe it's okay at lunch special prices for most people, but I found the music to be obnoxious and the food to be far too costly and lacking in depth for happy hour portions being served late at night.