Review Suwanna Restaurant & Inn - Saint John

🌟It was an amazing experience 🌟 My friend and I got there at 12pm this Monday, while they open at 4pm but we didn’t find out…… The exciting thing is that they still served us! And the food is so delicious! Will definitely visit again!!!

By far my favourite restaurant in Saint John, my go to dish is cashew chicken and a popia (kind of like a spring roll!). I stopped by for lunch this week with my 5 year old daughter and they were so accomodating, they made her a yellow curry, extra mild and made it a little sweeter. She loved it. She is asking to have "suwanna food" for dinner today and its her favourite place to go! She also loves the cabbage and carrot salad, the masaman curry and i absolutely love the sweet and sour chicken. It has a pineapple sauce instead of the typical red sweet and sour sauce, the lightly chicken is battered in a light, very crisp batter that adds the most delicate crunch when you bit into it!

Had dinner there with family and left amazed by the food! I'm not familiar with Tai food and expected not to like it very much. Totally changed my mind after eating there! The food was delicious! Enjoyed everything immensely and hope to be back soon! Atmosphere and service were top quality. Treat yourself to dinner there, you will be happy you did!

Just wrapping up dinner on the patio at Suwanna. Food was flavourful and delicious. Staff and owners were welcoming and caring. Had the pleasure of having Zoé take care of us, absolutely lovely and thoughtful. We were offered freshly washed blankets on what is a somewhat chilly evening, while discussing the first year of ownership with the new patrons. Felt very welcome despite having our 6-month old baby with us, which is not always something restaurant owners and stuff seem to like. They accommodate us with all of our special baby needs! We asked advice on the menu and were explained the whole thing in detail (which made choosing difficult cause everything seemed delicious!). Will definitely come back the next time we pass through St-John - and will call 24 hours in advance to order the mouth-watering slow-cooked duck on the menu!

Not recommended. First take out order under the new ownership - Food sorely underwhelming, didn't match order or website descriptions both on final bill and listed food pricing. Called for simple remedy - was put on two very long holds which in the end did not result in the owner's promise of a refund being honoured. Disturbing conversation devolved to having to record the outrageous and bizarrely toxic exchange with owner who showed a complete lack of integrity. Was a horrible experience in the end- charged $65 - for a pad Thai (no meat/veg), a chicken curry (no veg) and one roll?? The new owners' lack of integrity coupled with the lack of refund that was promised but not followed through on, is the absolute worst restaurant experience we've ever had - beginning with the sorely misleading prices, stock description & photos of meals that didn't match food provided, the numerous hours of time wasted on food order, pick up and phone convo with both owners who couldn't explain why they kept lying when directly contradicting each other. Wife owner claimed no knowledge of their website, the location of it online and then after directed to it by us - claimed the website wasn't theirs and we were mistaken; after putting us on hold for almost a 30 minutes, the owner came back on the line and then counter-claimed they used a company who used internet stock photos and then couldn't account for why pricing for take out differed from restaurant pricing even though it was a direct order not through a subsidiary/ delivery service akin to skip/uber eats... This bizarre experience was trumped only by another long phone hold with husband owner's unapologetic combativeness and complete lack of etiquette! The entire experience stained our family's endeared tradition of date night. A very unfortunate experience of long time patrons being so poorly treated. Suwanna's excellent reputation and standards that it once held, are not synonymous with the current owners.

Disappointed this time. It has been a few years since I've been at the Suwanna Restaurant. I think good Thai Food needs Thai Basil. There was none in the curries. Hopefully if I go back the experience will be better. UPDATE: Went back a year later. Very disappointed in price vs quality. Thai dishes without Thai basil. Prices on average 22$. This is 10$ more than I pay in Ottawa. Have to say, Saint John has other options to consider. The owners are very nice. But that is not enough to go back.

Don't get me wrong, flavour is decent, but everything in this picture was $71 before tip and delivery. Wild.

Suwanna is our favorite, fine dining, restaurant. The food is always prepared perfectly and tastes beyond delicious. We love the staff, they are terrific.