Thai Basil Restaurant
Boston, MA 02116-2904
Phone: (617) 578-0089
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- Dartmouth Street
- Hours:
- Mon-Thu 11:30am-3pm, 5pm-10pm, Fri 11:30am-3pm, 5pm-11pm, Sat-Sun 12pm-10pm
Editorial Review for Thai Basil Restaurant – by Citysearch Editors
The Scene
The sleek look (lots of black lacquer, mirrors, a black tile floor, Thai decorative objects kept minimal) suits this middlebrow part of Newbury nicely, though the long, narrow garden-level space tends to get very noisy as soon as one patron raises his voice and everyone else speaks up to be heard. Parties of at least six can reserve the bamboo-mat rooms with classic low tables.
The Food
Noon or evening, start with a heavenly rendition of chicken coconut soup seasoned with galangal, lime juice and hot chilies. This is the best version of this soup we've tried, but the rest of the dishes, while uniformly good and accurately rated for spiciness on a scale of one to three chilies, don't quite match it.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoThere is a minimum $12 order fee should you opt for delivery, and $4 is added on to all delivery orders as well.
User Reviews for Thai Basil Restaurant
09/11/2008 Posted by fa6ami86
the waitresses were VERY RUDE the lady got our order wrong and when we tried to point it out she started screaming at us and said they didn't care if we never showed up again.. HORRIBLE HORRIBLE service.. plus when i tried to explain that its rude to scream and that the no.1 rule of business is customers are always right she said no they're not in this rest. we are! can you imagine? i wouldnt recommend it to anyone.. even the food has become less good than it used to..nothing special at all about this place..horrible expererience.. never again!
Pros: okaaay food
Cons: everything else esp. service
03/26/2008 Posted by ashwariya
Food is good for the price, but the staff needs to be trained to respect the customers. I ordered seafood noodles, and found pieces of beef in it. I do not eat meat, specially beef. I complained about it to three different people and finally they got me a new dish. When I was leaving, the waiter told me " Good bye - Seafood", which I found to be very rude. And it shows that they dont respect other cultures and religions. I will not eat there again.
Pros: Good price for the food and location
Cons: Very ill-mannered staff.
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