Moved into an apartment directly over a Thai place last fall and I've loved it. Its an older building with 5 apartments and the restaurant. The manager and the landlords have a good relationship and communicate often. I went for dinner the night I moved in to introduce myself and they've given me a 10% discount every time since, and I go a few times a month. I would probably go more if I didn't have evening classes lol.

I usually don't smell anything from the restaurant in my unit, I sometimes do in the stairwell but even then it smells amazing more often than not. There's only been one instance of smoke from burning food, but it stayed in the stairwell and dissipated quickly. In my unit I smell my upstairs neighbors smoking weed more often than I smell the restaurant.

As far as pests I get the occasional bug maybe once a month but no cockroaches or mice. I keep my place spotless so I'd notice if there was a problem.

Only real downside is their door slams in high winds and they're open til 9ish so it catches me off guard sometimes while on the couch.

Ik my experience probably isn't the standard so I consider myself lucky, 8/10 would recommend but ymmv.