Aw Cmon! The reviews that are impressed must be just off the boat! Watery Curry. Really watery...when I returned it, and i mentioned that curry should be creamy, the front guy said ...are ya ready?..."maybe needs more corn starch"...!!! L.A. quality? NOT! I lived in Santa Monica for 12 years and every time, as a local Surprise resident, I am 'forced' to take a(nother) shot and try the take-out from Buuddah, it is a major disappointment. I have had two or three decent meals out of approx 12 over the past 3 years from them.. They are SO SPOILED to have the monopoly on Asian locations out here.
Their egg roll is a spring roll! nothing to it at all.
If you do get fresh food it is because you got lucky...AND got there early.
I love pork fried rice...and two years ago they had a pretty darn good one...BUT no mas! Soy sauce heavy, no scallion bump, soggy bean sprouts...just no 'pop' or enticing flavor. This is season out here! But they are serving their summer slop nonetheless. And their bland bland, INSTITUTIONALLY bland House Special Chicken.
Man, they make me miss Cali.
Maybe it's because we (wife & I) always order take-out from them?
(maybe it's...personal? I did complain about a dish two years ago...but not nearly as loudly as now)
I give up.
They suck.
And don't even think of trying them out of season.