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    Thai Basil

    3.5 (263 reviews)
    ModerateThai, Sushi Bars
    Closed 11:00 am - 8:30 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Spring Rolls
    Maya C.

    It's been a while since leaving Thai Basil a review. Previously, I would stop here regularly. I enjoyed the ambiance and the food. The service had always been good and it was again on my recent visit. The food also arrives quickly. There is some highlights and a bit of lowlights. The winners here are the crab Rangoon's and the spring rolls. They are both very crispy and the flavor is spot on! They also are generous with the crab filling! Outstanding! The pad Thai for me was just not that good. I have had it before and I liked it. It was too sweet, it had an odd darker color and the chicken was not tender at all. The eggs were also almost nonexistent. The vegetarian stir fry was tasty, but it almost had a gumbo consistency and it didn't not have enough veggies. Things seem to have declined. The decor, once sort of special, looks dated and a bit drab. This experience was just ok. I hope they brighten the place up and improve the food back to their old standards. It's a great location with lots of parking! They just need to share their original passion so it translates to the food and the overall experience!

    Red curry shrimp
    Ed M.

    I was in the area and decided to take a chance on this location. It's not terrible and it's not great. It depends what you like. The crab Rangoon has way too much cream cheese and do you need to be careful eating it as it can get messy due to the excessive cream cheese. The spice level insane! Light spice = medium and medium spice = very hot. I can't imagine how killer it would be to ask for "regular" spice ! The sushi was ok. The setting looks dated. The service is good and fast. I would not be going back.

    Andrea S.

    Spent over $60 for food that wasn't edible. Ordered mild, we like some spice but it was wayyyyyyy too spicy. Pad cashew had 1 small piece of chicken and a bunch of sauce with no bamboo shoots or baby corn. Ordered chicken pad Thai, hardly any chicken. Ordered the peanuts on the side and they didn't provide them. Will never order here again. Tom yum soup was too spicy to eat. Update: took the uneaten food back the next day and spoke with the manager Saj, he said they would remake it for us at that time but we were on our way to a party. He said we could have it remade at a later date. I called tonight to reorder and he would only offer a discount, not a remake. He said he did not write it down and had no record of it. I have a picture of the receipt yet he still would not rectify the order. I am disappointed to say I will no longer patronize this restaurant.

    Pad Thai with Chicken.
    Kev H.

    The food from this place is sooo good. We ordered Pad Thai with Chicken and Pad See Ew with Chicken, and both were extremely flavorful. Prices as of Sept 2022: - Chicken, pork, tofu or veggies: $12.50 - Beef: $13.50 - Shrimp, squid or crabmeat: $14.50 - Scallop: $15.50 - Mixed seafood: $17.95 Their Pad Thai came with thin rice noodles wok-tossed with eggs, green onions, bean sprouts, and topped with crushed peanuts. The color of the noodles was a little paler than what I'm used to, but the flavor turned out to be all there and more. It was savory, slightly tangy and sweet, and it was pretty loaded with chicken thigh meat. And with each dish we got to choose our desired spiciness level, and I asked for "spicy" because I looove real spicy food, no jokes. But man oh man, the "spicy" level at this place was no joke. But it was so good though. The Pad See Ew came with wide rice noodles wok-tossed with eggs and broccoli sweet soy sauce. I asked for "medium spicy" for this one. This dish nailed it in terms of the delicate balance between sweet and savory. I would 100% order this again.

    Thai Basil's shrimp pad thai is so good!!
    Debbie D.

    Fast, hot, delicious, perfection! Consistent and reliably good food! Thai Basil in Livonia is so fast, we order delivery frequently and their food always arrives much sooner than it tells you to expect. And it is always so hot and fresh, perfectly made and delicious. They have the best pad Thai in town! I have an allergy with onions and usually when I ask for no onions they make sure there are no onions, and they'll add something else like sprouts to round out the dish, really thoughtful. Have been ordering for a number of years from them and never ever a bad experience, food quality is really consistent. Oh, and their portion sizes are huge! We usually make at least 3 meals out of one order.

    Basil rice with chicken
    Christina R.

    My dad ate his right away so when he said there was barely any chicken in the rice I thought he was exaggerating. I heated my rice up for breakfast at work and either my dad wasn't exaggerating or the chicken got up and walked out in the middle of the night like a bad one night stand. I usually get spicy Siam crossed the street and they are much better but they were closed Sunday. I paid $4.50 to add chicken as per the menu set up. I feel slighted. I had to dig to find a shaving of chicken in the rice to take a photo.

    1/2 cup soup with lunch.
    Ron T.

    A bit disappointing to get this Cup of soup with lunch! 2 nd time receiving 1/2 cup of soup! Just say'n

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    We love the pad Thai and spring rolls ! Weekly carry out also great soups! Very friendly service .

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    I love Thai basil omg. The pad Thai, pad curry, curry fried rice...it's all they always get the spice just right.

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    Really really delicious Thai food if you ever want to get some Thai food around the Livonia region!

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    7 years ago

    I love Thai Basil, best restaurant in Livonia, staff was super nice and the boy servers were so welcoming and helpful, great staff!!

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    Delicious food (I love the shrimp rolls) and great service. Their lunch menu prices are really reasonable.

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    Alcohol menu is given to every table for dinner without asking for it. I'm guessing the bar area is closed in afternoon and you will have to specifically ask for it during lunch.

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    So Moon Bowl and Sushi - Just cabbage inside the spring roll.

    So Moon Bowl and Sushi

    4.6(143 reviews)
    3.4 mi
    $$

    I've been here just about every day of 2026 getting the exact same thing the exact same way and…read moreI've never been disappointed. Fire Cracker roll with extra crab salad and no wasabi. The staff treats me like apart of the family.. Mr. Ahn and family and team are very welcoming and friendly. This is "Earl" if you guys are reading this! Thanks so much for your service and delicious food!

    I was really excited to try this place for the first time, but unfortunately I left feeling…read moreincredibly unwelcome and disappointed. I was trying to look through the menu and had questions because I had never been here before, but I felt extremely rushed while ordering and the menu was taken from my hand before I really had the opportunity to ask about anything. I had actually planned to order a drink and stay awhile before class, but I felt so uncomfortable that I just wanted to pay and leave. I can absolutely take responsibility if I misunderstood the description of the roll I ordered, but that's also why being able to ask questions would've made such a difference. What I received was not at all what I expected, and I probably would have chosen something completely different had I felt like I had the opportunity to ask what was actually inside the rolls. I normally LOVE small, locally owned restaurants and was genuinely hoping this would become somewhere I'd come back to. Unfortunately, for a first-time customer, the experience made me feel like they couldn't wait for me to leave. I still left a $10 tip on a $21 bill, but I left hungry, disappointed, and honestly really upset by the entire experience.

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    Sushi and Rolls Japanese Restaurant

    Sushi and Rolls Japanese Restaurant

    4.0(178 reviews)
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    I have seen other Yelp reviews on this place and all were good so I have been wanting to try it…read more While on the outside it looks just like all the other store front sushi places with some booths and tables along with the open sushi kitchen, the food and service is what makes it well above average. I ordered shrimp lovers sushi and it was some of the best I have ever had. Tightly rolled so you could be using chopsticks and still eat each piece in 2 bites. I told half home and it was just the same the next day. You can taste the quality ingredients. They have fountain Coke products which was worth that extra star to take it to 5 stars. The service was friendly and quick. Since my way home from work takes me near 3 evenings a week, I will be back. I took a menu to keep in my car. Just north of 6 Mile on the right side of Haggerty with good parking.

    I really wanted to make this one of my go to sushi spots but unfortunately I don't think I will…read more The daily specials are a nice touch and a great deal, but the sushi itself just is very mediocre. I got the firecracker (pretty good), red wing (not bad but kind of...missing something?), the shrimp tempura (can't really go wrong, pretty basic but I wish I knew there were only 5 pieces instead of 8) and the salmon on the beach (good but somehow not every piece tasted the same.) I don't think I'll be back, but the server was very nice and food was ready relatively quickly. I just think this isn't the place for me.

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    Izakaya Sanpei

    Izakaya Sanpei

    4.2(307 reviews)
    5.1 mi
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    An old standby. The menu has tried and true Japanese food and favorites…read more Donburi Curry is incredible! I moved away from Metro Detroit for over 15 years and when I returned, this was the first place I went. Many of the staff are still there!!!

    The sushi was exceptionally good! The service was exceptionally, bizarrely bad. I think it might be…read morea language barrier/cultural difference? I came on my own, ordered $25 worth of sushi, and was reading a book. When I came in they were not crowded and there were plenty of open tables (early dinner time), but by the time I left it picked up. I ordered a single piece of uni appetizer, which was $10, and figured it would be a really high quality large piece. I was pretty disappointed at 3 small uni pieces laid across rice. I was hoping for one huge piece of uni for that price. But, the quality was very good! I also had a salmon and avocado roll and spicy tuna, and both of those were very good. The standout was the spicy tuna, made with chili oil I'm sure. Spicy but not unbearable spicy. I think they had real wasabi and actually my favorite thing I ate today was their pickled ginger! The ginger pieces are crisp with a fresh crunch that I haven't gotten from typical, limp sushi ginger. I asked for low sodium soy sauce when my sushi came out and waited at least 5 minutes before giving up and using the regular soy sauce... A couple minutes later the waitress finally brought the low sodium version, said nothing about it being lost or any other possible explanation for taking so long, said something like "Oh" when she saw I had used the regular one already. But, I also think she didn't speak English. When I was more than halfway done eating but obviously still eating, she brought over the bill. As I was still eating, she came by, picked it up, and opened it to check if my card was in it, I kid you not, 3 separate times, over the course of maybe 10 minutes. I had to ask for more water when it was already empty. One time she got more water, the other time she literally walked away as I was talking to her...but again, I don't think she was purposely ignoring me as much as she seemed afraid of me? She probably thought I was laughing at her but really I just laugh awkwardly as a defense mechanism in awkward situations...oh well! Would I recommend this place for the delicious food? Sure! Would I go out of my way to come here again after whatever that service experience was? Personally, no, because I didn't feel like anyone was even trying to provide good service. If my waitress was confused I wish she would have sent someone else over to translate or for help. But maybe it's better if you speak Japanese/ignore any awkward service faux pas...the fact that it was full of Japanese people speaking Japanese is a great sign!

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    Izakaya Sanpei - Front left to right 2 Eel rolls, spicy Tuna, spicy Salmon, creamy California, Philadelphia roll

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    Sharaku - #29. Crab Salad

    Sharaku

    4.3(208 reviews)
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    Sharaku is easily one of my favorite Japanese restaurants in Michigan, and after multiple visits,…read moreit continues to impress me. Having spent time exploring Japan and eating plenty of sushi there, this is probably the closest I've come in Michigan to recreating that experience. The focus is on traditional and straightforward: quality fish, careful preparation, and letting the ingredients speak for themselves rather than covering everything in sauces and toppings. The sushi and sashimi have been consistently excellent across my visits, and I especially appreciate that the menu goes well beyond the typical American sushi restaurant. There are plenty of traditional Japanese dishes and chef's-choice options, so it's a place where I'm always tempted to try something different. The atmosphere adds to the experience too. It has this intimate, neighborhood Japanese restaurant vibe that reminds me so much of stumbling upon a sushi spot in Kyoto. If you love traditional Japanese food and care more about quality and authenticity than elaborate specialty rolls, Sharaku is absolutely worth the trip. One of the best Japanese dining experiences I've found in Michigan, and a place I'll continue coming back to.

    I'd probably go lower, if not for the friendly service. came here with my friend for his bday…read moredinner. Not sure how he became aware of this place, but here we were. AMBIANCE - the place seemed very cozy, with booths, a handful of tables and seating at the sushi bar. This place was JUMPING on a Tuesday. I'm actually glad I made reservations. Bunch of old Asian dudes working behind the sushi counter - place seemed legit. SERVICE - our server was very attentive and was helpful with recommendations. He was very patient as we had MANY questions about the menu, and what we should be getting. MENU - this place had a pretty extensive menu. The first page of the menu had their daily specials which seemed to be a pretty deep selection by itself. They had many of your standard Japanese fare, though their appetizer list seemed to be deeper than most. They also had a fair number of sushi combos, however, according to our server, those are all chef's choice, and said they tended to be more basic type rolls/fish. One thing that was unfortunate was that the sushi rolls did not have a description of what was included in them, so we had to get clarification on a few of the rolls we were interested in. FOOD - we decided to get a smattering of items. we started with the deep fried oysters, chicken karage, and some along with some fried scallops they had on special. The oysters were good, while the karage and scallops were just "ok." Good, but nothing to write home about. We also ordered a couple of rolls - we did the spider rolls (soft shell crab), a tempura shrimp roll, dragon roll, and two eel nigiri. The eel nigiri were excellent. The rolls while good.... left me wanting a bit. From the other reviews that I read, this place is good on quality, and less on the quality, and this was on full display with the rolls. Besides the nigiri, the rolls seemed light, especially our spider roll which was only 4 pieces (I dont think I've ever seen that before). Even the dragon roll seemed small. We probably could have just gotten more nigiri in lieu of dragon roll. OVERALL - while the food was good, for the price you pay, it does not seem worth it. Maybe if we had gotten more nigiri or chirashi, we could have appreciated it more, but this place was too far and too expensive for what it was. Maybe the lunch specials make it worth coming here, but this would not be anywhere on my list of places to go for sushi in the metro Detroit area. Celebrity Rating - Salt Bae

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    Chef's selection. Perfectly made and great quality choice of seafood.

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