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| - In what used a be a shady corner in the dodgy end of Lawrenceville, now exists a miniature restaurant district, reminiscent of Bryant street in Highland Park. On one side of the street you have Cure (my 2nd favorite restaurant in Pittsburgh) and Allegheny Wine Mixer (a really cool wine bar, one of the only ones in town). Across the street is Pusadee's Garden, a Thai restaurant with a fantastic outdoor patio on the side completely hidden from the street.
The garden is really the restaurant's big draw. There's a small indoor seating area but the majority of the seats are outside. The outside area is split into two halves, with one half having small tables with umbrellas and the other underneath an ivy-covered trellis.
On a recent Saturday evening my wife and I were meeting another couple there for dinner and in typical Pittsburgh fashion, it was pouring down rain. We called the restaurant to make certain our reservation was still OK and they said it was. By an incredible stroke of luck, the sun came out right before we sat down. Unfortunately, that meant that everything was covered with rainwater. It also meant that during our entire dinner rain dripped on us, our food, and our wine.
The menu is standard Thai fare: curries, noodle dishes, and a few "garden specialities." We started off sharing crispy chicken spring rolls with plum sauce, chicken satay with peanut sauce and cucumber relish, and thai fried chicken with a sweet and spicy sriracha sauce. It was all very tasty. For entrees my wife had "street noodle #1", rice noodles with bean sprouts, bok choy, and more thai friend chicken. I had a rice noodle dish with grilled duck breast, vegetables, and a spicy black soy sauce. The duck was well done (not a way I normally like duck, but typical for an Asian restaurant) and the sauce had a nice spicy flavor. Like many Thai restaurants, they ask you for a spice level of 1-10 for your dish. I like spicy food so I opted for a 6 and was glad that I did not venture higher.
Pusadee's Garden is BYOB only and everyone around us had a varity of wines and beers. Corkage was inexpensive, only $1 per glass. Overall cost of dinner was very reasonable and added up to about $40 for 2 people.
Overall, we felt Pusadee's Garden was a good Thai restaurant. The cuisine is standard Thai and honestly no better or worse than any other Thai restaurant that I've been to. There's nothing here that's going to push the envelope of Thai cuisine. The BYOB option is nice and the garden is a very nice place to sit (when it's not raining).
Why only 3-stars? Well, according to Yelp, 3-stars = A-OK which is how I feel about Pusadee's Garden. It's a standard Thai restaurant with a nice outdoor seating area. It's not someplace I would ever specifically seek out, but it's a good option if you're in the mood for Thai and there's nice weather outside.
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