Came here for a Friday date night. Beautiful ambience and service was solid. Will also give my kudos to the music— straight bangers on the AUX, really made us fiend for the #clubbing days. Food quality was high too but I could have a better experience in my studio apartment eating Trader Joe’s frozen food (shumai, dumplings, etc), turning down the lights, and finding the nearest “Spotify top 20 club songs” playlist. The “broken chili chicken” is a straight joke— might as well go to KFC and grab a bucket with some BBQ sauce and slice it in five (yes, 5 pieces for $30). Overall? you may ask. And I answer: 5.5/10. DM me for more takes.

The heaters went out mid meal and the igloo started leaking from the rain. But the service and food were exceptional.

Food was excellent but because we were outside due to COVID restrictions, the heaters were not working too well and made the experience a bit uncomfortable. The waiter was super responsive and helpful with my vegan/vegetarian options. The drinks could have been better.

attentive service, great table clearing methods, warm seating arrangements. The outdoor operation looks to be well invested in with warm booths and tables all adequately separated. Menu scans and physical printed menus are available upon seating.

It was my first time there, and it was a wonderful choice to go there.

Food lacked seasoning for the price. Waiter was very nice.

The edamame dumplings were one of the best appetizers I’ve ever had. The patio dining was great, because it incorporated not only heat lamps but heat tubes that shot warmth towards the table. Some day I would love to eat here outside a pandemic, as the interior is breathtaking.

I cannot imagine that there was anything more that could have been done to make a January outdoor dining experience any better. Food was great and we were warm and toasty. Service was friendly, efficient and we felt 100% comfortable with all protocols. Bravo!!

The place is much worse than it was before pandemic- the staff is still friendly but they seated us not at the best table and the food was not good

Birthday celebration lunch

In a time when its difficult to find comfortable (warm) outdoor dining with superior cuisine -- and one that feels Covid safe -- Buddakan delivers.

It was my birthday and we made a 8:15 reservation and New York needs restaurants to close by 10pm due to Covid. We weren’t served till 9pm and wasted 45 mins and once we ordered food it all came at once with as I was eating my last bite of cake the sever pretty much pulled the plate from underneath me when it was just 9:40. I don’t think they should do reservations post 8pm if this is the level of service. Really disappointed to have celebrated my birthday dinner here. Service was slow and inconsiderate. We understand the constraints but it can all be done with a bit of class.

Amazing!!!

Great food. Nice outdoor seating.

Amazing every time we go. Outdoor dining is well organized and takes all precautions. Food and service is outstanding.

It was a very pleasant experience to be dining outside -- Buddakan had made it very comfortable and safe. The food was very good as was the service. I was a bit disappointed with our drinks -- Solstice and Remedy. Overall good experience and will recommend to others.

Just Great! They invested in an outstanding outdoor seating! Very warm tables, top service and the dim sum are just the best!

Outdoor seating is not very well managed. They definitely cannot recreate the ambience that they had indoors but still it was below par with respect to the tables, chairs, and setup. Heating in cold winters is important but they did not seem to do much about it either. This is not how fine dining looks like.

Went for NYE. Had a great time. Wonderful set up. Great music. Great good.

Food was delicious as always. The service was courteous but slow. I expected the waitress to check in more and a manager never came by to see how everything went.

Top notch food and service outdoors and well heated outside seating.

Very good food but not a great service, I will go back when able to eat inside. Our waiter was difficult to find.

The restaurant was beautiful with the setup for COVID. I felt safe to eat outdoors.

Was very impressed with the outdoor seating setup especially the heating aspects and airflow. The tasting menu was great and quality of food is consistent from pre-Covid days (ie delicioso!)

Food and service was amazing. Outdoor dining setup was wonderful and warm!

Ate outside- very warm and cozy!

Unfortunately very disappointing. My wife and I used to frequent the Atlantic City location and have always said they were quite literally the best food experience of our entire lives. Every morsel of every course was out of this world fresh & flavorful unlike anything we’d ever had before. The NYC location does not even come close. Duck was dry and flavorless, and ice cold. Had it sent back and a new one prepared steaming hot, but was still flavorless. There was only mild improvement when dipped in the sauce that was served on the side. My wife got a cocktail with Oolong tea that was way too citrusy (tasted like concentrated lemonade with just a dash of alcohol.) Overall just not what we were expecting based off of what we were used to from Atlantic City. The only bright spots were the vegetable fried rice and my cocktail of gin and lychee. Both were the closest in quality (near exact replicas) of what we used to receive at the Atlantic City location. This NYC location also did have very pleasant wait staff and excellent outdoor seating with open air flow and very nice toasty heaters. But this experience honesty made us so very sad because with the Atlantic City location having permanently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our favorite restaurant is almost officially dead to us. The only hope of it’s resurrection is to visit the Philadelphia location and maybe hope for a better experience there.

Truly amazing service. The whole staff worked so well with each other for the outdoor dining. Well setup and Amazing. It felt exactly like if I was eating indoors still. The waitress especially was great and went above and beyond to give us the same Buddakan experience. One of my favorite restaurant always.

I had to keep running down my waiter and my lobster fried rice was very basic and plain. I make fried rice better at home. The drinks was not special, but the lo mein and dumplings were very good.

I feel it was to cold outside and my food got cold i wasn’t able to enjoy it. The food was pretty good but I’ll give it 3 and a half stars because it was to cold with outdoor seating

Buddakan goes above and beyond to ensure that guests have a great dining experience. With indoor dining being shut down, Buddakan clearly invested a lot of money in the outdoor dining and heated spaces. We ate there on Christmas evening and the temperature was in the high 30’s. We were comfortable sitting outside and all of the food was outstanding. I would recommend the edamame dumplings, the crispy duck, the charred filet of beef, pork belly sandwich and crispy shrimp. Their corking fee is reasonable and the cocktails delicious. Would highly recommend!

The food was nothing to write home about. I would suggest looking at another high end asian establishment.

We had Christmas dinner in one of the outside greenhouses. Even with the heater turned up all the way, we were still cold because the door has to be left open. The food and the service, however, were outstanding as usual.

Service was good, ambience was nice, but the food and drinks were underwhelming.

Even outdoors they manage to create an intimate space, and serve great food with exceptional service.

Amazing food and service. Highly recommend. Best Peking Duck we have eaten since our trip to Hong Kong.

Outside seating, food gets cold and service is slow.

I had my birthday dinner here. We sat outside. Definitely will come back when indoor dining reopens. The food was great and we had a nice time. Our waiter wasn't the best. Short brunette guy I would not recommend. But overall will come back again.

The dim sum tasting menu is incredible! The cauliflower was another favorite.

The food was good, but a little over-priced. There was a lot of confusion between staff members and managers about what could be done with outside dining. One server would tell us one thing, then another would tell us something else, then another would come and reverse that. Our server and bussers were very nice, so it's not their fault.