Reviews for Bangkok 54 in Chapel Hill, NC

I live down east, however, whenever Im in the area (usually for the quality medical care), I stay at the [very clean] Holiday... Inn Express on Farrington in Chapel Hill -and I ALWAYS grab a meal (or two) at Bangkok 54. Today it was massaman curry and friedtofu w/chili sauce. And as usual you can count on consistently outstanding flavor. Not over or under spiced, it is fragrant,delicious and comforting? and the fried tofu is a great snack. Highly recommend! Read more

I have been tasting Thai food around US for 10 years and Bangkok 54 defintely is the topest among all of them. The curriest and... tastes are super authentic and you must try it if you are a Thai food lover around the triangle area. Also I posted the mostrecent menu for your references. Read more

Service was incredible and the food was great. The Pad Thai was great the shrimp and chicken were just okay. I would use chicken... breast for the type of chicken meat and cook the shrimp some other way than boiled. Both did not have much flavor. I will goback again soon. Read more

I got the beef massaman curry and the plate was very nice. Nice curry sauce, nice steak, the rice was good, and the soup. All... for the price of 13 with a sweet tea. Nice environment and design. Good service and a good restaurant. Read more

I love spicy food. And when it comes to spicy food, Thai is usually the way to go. Some restaurants (understandably) dial back... the heat quite a bit, even when ordering it very hot. And I get it, they don't want customers to be unhappy. This was my firstvisit here, going for lunch. The staff was very friendly and understanding at our paced out meal (we were meeting with a friendand wanted to catch up). We had their fresh rolls and fried pot stickers, both were excellent. The pot stickers weresurprisingly large, easily two bites each (compared to most other places where they are barely a bite). The fresh rolls werejust as good, the shrimp tasted fresh and the other fillings were crispy-fresh. The peanut sauce that came with them wasexcellent. I had the tom yum soup with shrimp, it was very good. Great balance of flavors. I would love to see that in a biggerportion option (as a meal). I ordered the basil sauce dish with beef, and asked them for level 5 heat (Their hottest). Thewaitress cautioned me that it was very hot, and they recommend only a 3 and will gladly bring out the spice dish if I wanted ithotter. I let her know I grow Carolina Reaper peppers, and I promised not to send it back. She nodded and confirmed myselection. The food came out and it was excellent! Amazing flavors in everyone's dish (no one else tried mine, they aren't intospicy food like I am). The heat in mine was perfect. By the time I finished it all, I had a very light perspiration on the backof my neck and it cleared my sinuses. That's my standard for "hot enough" at a restaurant, and they nailed it. I'll definitelybe going back here again. Read more

The best Thai food that I've had in a long time. Got the chicken pad kee mow spice level 2. A good amount of heat. Wouldn't want... to go any higher than that. Also had Thai iced tea and sticky rice. Both were excellent! Read more

First and foremost, this restaurant can make Thai dishes including curries without fish sauce and oyster sauce so that they're... truly vegetarian. A lot of people are complaining about the high spice levels and these reviews, but I did not find them anydifferent from most other Thai restaurants. The mild was mild and the medium was reasonably medium. That being said, I was not afan of the Thai basil sauce with their Bangkok 54 sauce. For whatever reason, I couldn't really taste the basil component ofit. The crispy tofu was very good and so were the fresh spring rolls. I would say even the green curry that we ordered wasextremely flavorful, though it turned out to be a bit sweet; maybe that was because we asked for it to be mild? So be wary ofit. I would also say that the Thai iced tea was a bit too mild in flavor for my taste. There is a reasonable amount of outdoorseating here and the people that work here are accommodating. Read more

Drunken noodle with chicken. I've had this dish all over the country. Be careful with the heat. I usually go medium but being as... I was out of town I went with a 2 instead of 3. It was hotter than most. Go two less than you normally would. The dish neededmore chicken and vegetables. The price was average. Read more