Laughing Buddha

Good spot, keep up the good work. Beers, eats, and good people. Grilled peanut butter sandwich.

My favourite restaurant in this city! Love the patio atmosphere, and the menu. The falafel taco salad is amazing! Great place to bring a group of friends post-​work.

Best after hours place to eat in Sudbury! Great selection of beer and the patio makes for a great athmosphere!

The food is fantastic, great atmosphere and the Brie Boom is delicious!

The Good: Excellent selection of beer, one of the best in Sudbury. Unique selection of sandwiches, I recommend the Brie-​LT. The pizza is also decent and includes Gluten-​free and whole-​wheat options. The pub food is also excellent, especially the deep-​fried pickles.
The Bad: The décor is very dated and not appealing to the eye. Also, do not expect a quiet dining experience during peak hours. The beer selection on tap is limited, so be prepared for bottled beer.
The Ugly: The service is generally very poor. Expect awkward and inattentive waiters and long wait times for service and food. If you are adverse to smokers, I would not recommend the enclosed patio. More than once, my dining experience was ruined by heavy cigarette smell and fumes.
Regardless, the Buddha is one of the best pubs/​restaurants in Sudbury and the best place to go for unique food and beer.

Food ³⁄₅: fresh but a lot of bread, portions are small.
Service ⁵⁄₅: helpful, friendly, wifi
Location ⁴⁄₅: Downtown but need to pay for parking.
Price ³⁄₅: $$ not much food for price.
Will NOT come back!

Absolutely my favourite in Sudbury. They offer great food/​drinks and portion is just right! The place is perfect for group of friends.
I’ve been here several times now, and have been very satisfied with the food every single time! My favourite would be the Brie Bomb, broccoli salad, gorgonzola salad and the spicy banana ketchup: P
Will be visiting again when in town!

Nice place to kick back with some friends. Great beer selection for beer geeks. The Buddha pizza was not bad. I would look at this place more for drinking, socializing and maybe nibbling on a few appetizers.
A definite most visit if passing through town.

Favourite non fancy restaurant in Sudbury. I absolutely love their pizzas, sandwiches, appetizers, and beer menu. Their patio in the summer is absolutely gorgeous and a lot of fun Friday and Saturday nights. Only thing I’d change are some of their servers as some of them are very rude and act as if they don’t want to work. As well it’d be nice if there was no smoking on the patio — or a smoking section at least. I recommend Robyn as a server any day. She’s friendly, gorgeous and on the ball!

Ate here 3 times during a long-​weekend. Service is fast and friendly and food is actually pretty tasty with good portions for decent prices. The pizza with the potatoes on it is great, the club sandwich is huge, the homemade falafel is fantastic, as well as the chickpea/​black bean salad! Great selection of beers!
Spacious and nice terrace on the side for hot evenings.

Nice atmosphere, nice menu. Sandwiches are only served until 9 pm and are great. Pizzas are all different and are big enough to split (unless you really, really like eating entire pizzas by yourself, I suppose). Staff are friendly. Good selection of drinks.

The service was slow at the beginning. Didn’t get a menu until I’ve sat for 10 minutes. The pizza was not so great. I had the Leo Luigi. Cheese just melted and needs to be more roasted. Bacon bits tasted unfresh. And the crust wasn’t even crispy. The only good thing about this place is the huge selection of import beers from around the world.

Ok service but great pizza … One of kind salad

Great patio, great beer and great bites! The area is less than stellar but everything else about LB makes it stand out from other places in Sudbury. Make sure to stop here.

I have been here a few times. I am not a huge fan, however it is trendy.
What sets this restaurant apart from the rest is the beer menu. For a hick town like Sudbury, to have 40+ types of beer in a menu is quite the feat. The beer garden (seaonal?) is also a definite plus. To sit outside and soak up the sun is a welcome bonus.
Inside, the place is a bit run down. I am not convinced this isn’t on purpose. This formally was the soup kitchen, and I have always found the smell of B.O. to have been infused in the walls of the place and has never left.
As for the food, it really isn’t anything special. «The Elvis», A commercial loaf of bagged bread with peanut butter and bananas for $ 7 or $ 8 bucks isn’t thrilling cuisine nouveau. My wife seems to like the pizza named «Gunga Galunga» however again, this is not inspiring but the name is certainly catchy.
Finally, the location is dodgy. Yes Elgin Street is a lot better than it was years ago, however it is still pretty seedy. This restaurant is frequented by the Emo/​Goth wanna be crowd and if you are not part of that crowd or the 21^st century hippy posse you may be out of your element here.

I have to give this place 5 stars because if there was only one place I was allowed to eat at in Sudbury, this would be the place.
It is the atmosphere and the attitude of the people that go here that make this place so great. It attracts all kinds. The business folk, the potheads, the eclectic and the sophisticated alike all feel welcomed at the Buddha. While I love this place, a lot of locals have never heard of it. I find it hard to believe because it is down the street from where they would watch a local hockey game but it is true. Somehow this place is not short on customers but nonetheless with every chance I get, I like to introduce the locals here.
If it is your first time here things you should know:
1) there is a patio… just walk towards the back and you’ll see the door to the patio on your way.
2) there is more seating… you just have to walk to the very back and follow the hallway. It will open up to a much larger room. This took me a while to figure out, but it is much more roomy back there.
3) The washrooms in the first room are a bit nicer than the ones in the larger room.
4) Parking can be an issue for a lot of locals. There is meter parking along the streets, but after 6 pm you can park for free. One thing to note is that if you are going for dinner and you got there before 6pm but are planning on leaving after 6pm. then you can park in the YMCA lot across the street. The arm will be raised when you are done dinner and it won’t cost you a penny!
The food is good and simple. There are appetizers, salads, pizzas and sandwiches.
The good things:
1) There is a patio. This isn’t that common in Sudbury and is a nice luxury.
2) They have an eclectic variety of beer. organic, local etc.
3) The pizza can be gluten-​free crust! My friend is a celiac, so this option makes going out to eat simple.
4) There are tons of vegetarian options! Being a vegetarian myself, this is generally a good thing.
Recommendations — not in any particular order:
1) feta hummus
2) broccoldorf salad
3) falafel — I loved the pickled turnip that comes with it.
Hope you like this place as much as I do!

This is my favourite place to go to for a beer, tasty treat to go with it. Probably the best patio in Sudbury and it is open 7 days a week.

This is one of my favourite places to visit in Sudbury, I love going here for the newage feel and the great food.
Laughing Buddha has one of the most vegetarian, vegan and gluten free friendly menu’s in town.
The have a large selection of beers for you to choose from and are open pretty late.
Seating is limited and you might want to go here early to ensure that you get a seat, I don’t think that they take reservations, but you can always try by calling.
They display and sell local artwork on their walls, and they have a great outdoor patio for you to enjoy that cold drink on a warm sunny day. For the colder days they have propane heaters outside, so that you can still sit outside without freezing.

By far my favourite bar in Sudbury. The atmosphere is quaint and friendly. Great beer on tap and bottle and tasty treats to accompany the beer all the way until closing… Really what more could you ask for?
After living in Montréal and Toronto, I always feel a little awkward about going out in Sudbury after becoming a bit of a beer snob. Normally I get to choose between Labatt and Molson and if I’m real lucky, there might be some Ricards on tap… This place has a beer menu that any artisanal beer in Canada would be proud of and more than that, a very well versed staff and excellent menu explaining everything… In addition to that, the beer here is dirt cheap for anyone use to big city prices. In Toronto, if I order a trappist beer I expect to pay up to $ 12, at Laughing Buddha it cost me half of that!
Sudbury people, please support the one truly great beer bar. Visitors, stop by and be prepared to be blown away by choice and value!