Love this place! I have driven by 100 times and finally stopped! A great decision - super menu and cold beer and great wine selection!

Lunch phad thai, big portion $9...delicious! Excellent service. Quiet and quaint place. Highly recommend. Sushi looked nice too! read more

This restaurant has a beautiful interior and I was so excited to try the sushi here!! It took me a while to decide which roll I wanted because they all sounded sooo good. I'm glad I took the extra time to look at the menu because I ended up finding my new favorite sushi roll the Red Dragon. I'm so sad because I'm from Washington and I have yet to find another roll like this at home that can compare to the Red Dragon roll. read more

Basil Leaf - Sushi Bars Near Me - St. Pete Beach, Florida

Excellent service and just a hop, skip and a jump from our resort! Our two faves at one joint! Thai and Sushi! We LOVED the Tom Kai Gai!!!! Unfortunately the sushi wasn't great and took a while to get to us even thought it was slow. We got the toasted bagel. The salmon was cooked when it should have been raw. Just wasn't amazing. Edible but not great.. Wish we would have stick with Thai food. Maybe we just hit it on a bad night read more

Delicious food, huge portions and great service

Excellent fresh salad and dressing. Amazing veggie pad Thai. The medium spice was more like hotttt and I normally order hot - but very good - just be aware! read more

food was absolutely great, but our server was very rude and insisted we had to tip him when we had a $11 bill, and asked if we have ever gone out to eat before and we said we have and then proceeded to say why didn't you tip me as my friend was pulling out her cash to give him a tip and he said fuck you as she was about to hand it over. read more

My wife and I frequently stop in here for a great lunch or dinner. They have one of the nicest staffs on St. Pete Beach. We always start with the Spicy Tuna salad, incredible!!! And probably on of the best Tuna salads I've had in any Thai restaurant I've dinned in. Large chunks of fresh tuna on a bed of string cut cucumbers topped with seaweed salad, a spicy sauce and crunchy tempura. I opt out of the seaweed, just not my thing. Try throwing in some steamed gyoza, the ponzu dip is great. For Sushi we like the Weezer, Tarantula, Blonde and Volcano... all amazing choices. A random goodie is the Tom Yun Guy soup, a must try in my opinion. read more

Basil Leaf - Weezer and Red Dragon rolls!!! So good - Sushi Bars Near Me - St. Pete Beach, Florida

Every time I'm in town I come here at least once if not twice. Sushi is always delicious fresh and Thai dishes are large satisfying portions authentic tastes. Service can be casual but they respond when you ask for what you need. Also fast enough for lunch breaks. read more

This place is great. Some of the best pad thai I have had in ages - not just in the St. Pete area, but from anywhere in my travels. Reasonably priced, large portions, you will likely have left overs- so don't over order. It is part of the odd sushi/thai combo that I keep seeing more and more of around town. I took advantage and had the seaweed salad, also good. The decor seems to be a bit tiki lounge, but works. The staff were all great. I came back later in the week and ordered more pad thai to go, and again it was excellent. I plan to be back many more times. read more

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Don't bother ordering take out from Basil Leaf if you want your food in less than an hour. Ridiculous and rude!

The most flavorful sushi ever. The eel rolls were well prepared and the spicy tuna rolls were topped with fresh jalapeños. The wasabi did not appear to be a cheap imitation. My son, a traveling diner and foodie, ordered a lemongrass shrimp soup that was sweet, and a coconut milk entree. My husband also ordered a coconut milk tofu entree and jasmine tea. read more

I walked a few minutes from the Trade Winds hotel to this lovely little Thai restaurant and was immediately greeted with not only the flavors of Thailand but also with a young lady's smile and welcome. I looked over the simple menu and quickly saw the variety of both Japanese sushi, Chinese and Thai cuisine choices. I stuck with my Thai favorites and asked the waitress what their chef does the best. She recommended for my appetizer a lovely fresh Thai spring roll which they don't call a spring roll; rather, they call it a rice paper wrap. I opted for the tofu version. It came with peanut sauce which I needed extra. No charge for extra peanut sauce. My main meal I asked which they would do better, Masman Curry or Khol Soi Yellow Curry dish. She immediately said to go with the Khol Soi. I opted for the chicken as my protein. It came in all of its glory. Soft noodles inside a yellow curry soup mixture with crunchy egg noodles on top. I have had this dish many times so I knew you must eat it with the curry broth which is why you get a spoon with the meal. The broth was rich in flavors. I enjoyed my entire meal. read more

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We landed here one stormy night based on a recommendation from a friend when we said we wanted thai. This place actually has amazing Japenese food as well as Thai, and I have to admit, i mostly go Japanese here exclusively. The spicy edamame are unbelievable. The miso is solid like a classic should be, and the sushi...wow..the sushi! It's fresh and very well prepared. My very fave roll is the Red Hot Chili Peppers (yes all their rolls have rock and roll names which is very fun!) Speaking of rock and roll, the music here is a vast departure from what one would expect...it's hip and cool and downright street every now and again, which i totally appreciate. It is an unexpected and fresh approach to background music in an establishment like this. The service is good and the prices are great. The sake and hot tea do not disappoint. All in all, a must try if you are in town on vaca or a local kicking around the beach. read more

Basil Leaf - Sushi Bars Near Me - St. Pete Beach, Florida

I ordered Gyoza steamed to start and they were delicious, tender, tasty with a mild yet tasty sauce. I ordered the Sublime roll and had no idea what might arrive at my table. Well, here it is and I can hardly wait to dig in. I am from the west coast so we do sushi a little different out there but this roll is very good. For those like myself that don't like spicy it hits the mark. If you want to be a little more adventurous try another roll. The sauce is good, fresh avocado on top and and just the right bite size to get all the flavors at once. I would definitely come back again and order another roll to try variety. The staff is great, nice ambiance and clean. read more

Basil Leaf - Sushi Bars Near Me - St. Pete Beach, Florida

How sad when a restaurant goes from a 5 to a 1 . We were regulars here, now under new ownership, food was awful, very displeased!!! Was a gem on the beach! Now a dish of red tide! read more

Fried salmon skin is an "add-in" option for all the rolls. HIGHLY SUGGEST THIS! It taste like bacon and is loaded w omegas. So if you're feeling like giving your brain stomach and tongue a treat.. salmon skin - who knew!? Incredible. All food I've had here has been great. Eat here weekly. read more

My all time favorite sushi place on St. Pete Beach. I moved away from the area about 2 years ago, but when I come down to visit this place is a must on my agenda. The volcano and dynamite rolls are my favorite. They have more than sushi. Plenty of other dishes available. Their Thai food is outstanding as well. So fresh. So yummy. If you haven't been, go! read more

My gf and I drove 45 minutes from Venice to have sushi at Basil Leaf. I had eaten here a couple of years ago when it was called Banana Leaf and in another location. I raved about the sushi and so we made a special trip. We ordered the following rolls: Red hot chilli pepper Wallflower MJ Weezer Dancing eel Rainbow All sushi was excellent! Very fresh and well prepared. Well worth the drive. If you are a sushi enthusiast and in the St. Pete area, you owe it to yourself to give this cool little place a try. read more

Not a very friendly place to eat. We arrived at 9:10 pm and they only serve to go orders after 9. It was such a surprise given that they don't accommodate to tourists. We ordered to go and the food was ok, nothing out of the extraordinary, just good curry. read more

At first glance, from the outside the place isn't the fanciest but most Asian restaurants aren't. There isn't that much parking but we took uber to get there so that wasn't a problem. When we walked in we had to wait for the hostess to seat us because she was doing waitressing duties too, which was fine the wait was like a whole 4 mins. There were three servers and hey all seemed to tend on every table as they walked by. We sat at a table next to the sushi bar- so I got to watch them make sushi while we waited, which was entertaining The portions were huge, I was surprised. I wanted to try lots of stuff on the menu but since we are here on vacation I can't take my left overs home so my fiancé and I just ordered two dishes. My fiancé had the garlic sauce stir fry with chicken. It was good, typical Thai stir fry. They served him first because it came out first. I waited about 5 mins before I got my pad sa eew, which was fine. I'm not too set on the table being served all together as long as it is within a reasonable time. My pad sa eww with chicken was great, it had lots of flavor. I should have ordered it spicy but I didn't because I thought my fiancé was going to try some of my dish. His meal was so large that he was trying to finish his dish. I really can't say it was an experience because we were in and out so fast but I would go there again if I were in st Petersburg. I wish they would have had papaya salad though because that was what I was craving. read more

Basil Leaf - Sushi Bars Near Me - St. Pete Beach, Florida

The food was good , the red curry was less sweet and more of a Indian taste. You also get slightly less than other offerings in the area. The Pad Thai was really good! read more

The Thai coffee was amazing and of coarse the Post Card Inn is across the street and that beautiful beach so this is a great spot to hit up for lunch or dinner. I had some udon with tempura and it hit the spot. The menu is pretty extensive and there is quite a bit to choose from The reason for the three stars is that there was a huge TV behind my wife, in front of me and it was freaking out the whole time we were there. Blinking cow in a snowstorm, it made me crazy. Just shut it off. And the need to update the decor. Besides that. Good spot for some lunchtime munchies. read more

Basil Leaf - YAKI SOBA! - Sushi Bars Near Me - St. Pete Beach, Florida

The new owner has done wonders to this place. The food is absolutely amazing! We had an assortment of fresh sushi, fresh snapper cooked several different ways. I would recommend Basil Leaf to anybody and everyone that I know. If you have never been you don't know what you are missing! We will definitely be regulars! read more

So so so good!!!! I HIGHLY recommend the spicy tuna salad! Everything was fresh and great portion size. Will definitily come back!

I came here because a buddy of mine recommended it. Well, their service was good but the food was disappointing. I had the sushi sampler and my girlfriend had chicken fried rice. The sushi was what you would expect from an all you can eat restaurant and not very good quality and the same goes with the rolls. The chicken fried rice was possibly the worst we have ever had. Won't be back. read more

Basil Leaf has new owners, no frozen fish here all fresh. Amazing so good, it's a must when in the area.. read more

Basil Leaf - Sushi Bars Near Me - St. Pete Beach, Florida

ur food is gross, rice has no flavor, asked for seasoning got super hot spicy gross red spicy! it was gross, called them aholes, don't recommend! makes me sick, makes my stomach hurt. servers do nothing, only water. im still sick from bland rice, white people must be in your kitchen, if zero was an option id give it. u disgust me ur food disgust me gross! read more

Called in a carryout order. Was told it would be ready in 25 minutes. I arrived on time, but was told it would be a few more minutes. 20 minutes later I was told that they were just finishing packaging my order, but 5 minutes later my food was still not ready. Asked for a refund and left. On review of the receipt they refunded the food cost to my credit card but not the tip. Very disappointing. I suspect they failed to even enter my carryout order and were trying to cover up their mistake. But if they could fill the order in 25 minutes when I ordered it at 6:13 pm, why couldn't they fill the order by 7 pm when I got disgusted and left? read more

Brought my daughter here for her birthday while on vacation. Very generous portions. Server was great. The food was okay not impressive. $100 plus bill for 7. With only 6 plates ordered. Not sure if I'd come back. read more

Great food. Ordered takeout, the food portions were pretty big. The order was ready on time, and everything was decently priced. Highly recommend! read more

OMG what a gem. They have some of the tastiest thai.. The pad thai with shrimp is my favorite. I try to go when I am craving good thai it's worth the drive to St Pete Beach. read more

Wow this is unfortunate. It's always been hit or miss but when I call to let them know that my Togo or is not satisfactory and all they say is sorry? You have lost another customer. What I got was not "Thai food" this was bland Slimy American Chinese food at best. read more

A wonderful Thai/Japanese style restaurant in St. Pete Beach with a huge menu of options, all of it fresh and appetizing. Some of the best Thai food I have tasted up and down the East Coast, and the portions are huge. You will be taking food home for the next day (or later on that night, it's that good). read more

Great food, large selection, great service and nice atmosphere. We had peanut chicken amd it was well flavored

This place has amazing service, staff, prices, and food!!!! Joy is an absolute GEM!!!! read more

Basil Leaf - The Coconut Noodle Soup is to DIE for!!!!!! - Sushi Bars Near Me - St. Pete Beach, Florida

I love the service here!!! The most amazing place ever!!! They make you feel at home here! Joy is the best !!! Everyone come to basil leaf and make sure you see joy!!!! One of the best they have !!! read more

Basil Leaf - Sushi Bars Near Me - St. Pete Beach, Florida

Along with others, I'd like to comment on the service. I called in an order and picked it up. About 15 minutes later (a couple minutes from home) they called an said they forgot to put something in the bag. So, I headed back. The hostess was sitting at a back table eating, so I had to wait for her to come up. She handed my 2nd bag to me as she laughed. No "sorry", just laughing. I was disappointed a 2nd time when I got home with cold food because of their error. read more

Worst Pad Thai I've ever gotten. Overcooked noodles, burnt, shrimp overcooked and fishy. Not sure if there are nee owners or what, but not as good as it used to be. read more

Great service, great sushi, the place could use an update, but will definitely be going back.