Buddha's Ritual - Scottsdale

Celebrate a birthday. 15 minutes before they even passed to give us a glass of water and recognized our gifts. A reservation arrived on time. Had to ask for our food after we ordered it and didn't get it for an hour. No explanation or excuses from the waitress. They weren't even super busy, but they might have been short. But I don't know that because the waitress didn't let us know.

Food took quite a while to be served. The doors were open, so there were quite a few flys buzzing around and into our food. I would merge the different menus (Brunch vs Main menu) so that you have more choices. I did not care for some of the spices/seasonings used, but thats just me I have a bland pallet. Our waiter was prompt and attentive. I like the eclectic mix of asian, thai and mexican items.

First time to Buddha 's Ritual. Went for Fathers Day brunch. BR was highly recommended by a friend. It did not go well. I will assume they just had a bad day: 1. We were seated and after 20 minutes we had still not seen our wait person. I had to hail a waiter. 2. They sent a young man from behind the bar. He could not answer basic questions about items on the brunch menu. When he started stumbling and clearly guessing, I asked if he was new. He said he works at another one of their restaurants and was new to BR. I asked if he could please get someone to answer our basic questions. He did. 3. Food was not impressive. Marginal at best. We ordered the Croffles. Our friend who recommended BR raved about this item. to die for . Well, not what we were served. When I think of waffle, I think soft and fluffy. When I think Croissant, I think soft and fluffy. So I would think a hybrid of the two would be soft and fluffy. What we got was chewy, rubbery and saturated in a red syrupy sauce. Not good. We did not finish. My wife had the OG Breakfast. The bacon was quite good, the rest was a non descript mish mash of eggs and potatoes. Not memorable. I had the Kimchi Mac Cheese. The wait person said that they were known for this dish. Well, it was average at best. It was a big serving but it was very thick and gooey, not think a creamy. Just average. I am going to guess that our food may have sat in the kitchen for a long time after being prepared. We asked for the Croffle to come out first as a starter. All the food came out together. It took about 30 minutes from the time we ordered to the time the food arrived. Not normal. By the way, the restaurant was not real busy. Several open tables and no one outside. Sorry for the marginal review, but this is what we experienced. Probably will not go back. If we do, it might be for the standard menu, not the brunch.

This is our second time there and Cody our server was excellent and took very good car of us. He offered great recommendations and we really enjoy the selection of food.

I had an amazing Birthday celebration there and would highly recommend to others!