Honestly it is a good place and the food is good...it is just very hot for my taste... We got some chicken dish and a curry...it was very hot. The food was good nothing specatcular. I do remember the service was good and they were very courteous! read more

Yelps map got me a bit confused locating this place and was a bit apprehensive entering because of the surrounding businesses (strip mall). The service was definitely not quick to greet you but I eventually got placed in an acceptable table. Looking over the menu I was surprised to see such a selection of dishes for such a small place. Equally surprised to see duck on the menu. From the reviews, I heard it was good but I'll save that for the appropriate time. I wanted thai food. So I ordered the typical Pad Thai considering that's how I really rate a Thai restaurant. I also ordered the Tom Kah Chicken soup (also a deal breaker). The soup came out fresh and piping hot just the way I like. Although they use typical white mushrooms which the the fun out of the soup. But would recommend it. The Pad Thai came out hot as lava and needed it to cool down before trying it again. I utilized this time to tend to the blisters! The Pad Thai was really good though. Not over oiled, huge portion, and everything tasted really fresh. All in all I would recommend this spot if you're looking for a nice quiet place to chill and not be rushed. Service was ok. Atmosphere was your typical Thai joint nothing more nothing less. read more

We ordered Drunken noodles Veg and Fried Rice Chicken. When we went to the restaurant around 6:45PM no one was at the restaurant. The Chef made drunken noodles extra gingery to a point it was un-eatable. The Fried Rice was ok so we just split it. Overall I would never go back to this place. read more

Loved: Food is absolutely amazing, I have never been unsatisfied with anything I have tried here. Liked: Since this is a small restaurant the service is quick and the seating is comfortable and not to crowed. Hated: The friendliness of the staff, they changed management a little over a year ago and ever since I have not been impressed with the waitresses/waiters. read more

Not a bad meal, but plenty of other options. I won't bother to return here. Food is average, I had the chefs special beef-1 of 3 on the spicy scale but had very little flavor, i added the chili sauce condiment. The service is very bad -one waitress for the entire restaurant, she is also the maitre'd. Regardless, there were 3 tables seated, and she emerged from the kitchen once every 20 minutes. Appetizer plates were taken in her schedule, regardless if we were finished or not. Dessert looked promising, but our check was written and left on the table before the entrees were gone. read more

This is for take out. The staff was very courteous, they went over my order on the phone and again when I was in the store. On the phone I ordered something that is no longer on the menu and the girl taking my order asked the chef if he could still make it. The portions were generous. The ingredients were fresh and you can tell the food was made with love. As a bonus they have an entire vegetarian menu. We have the spring rolls and curry puffs, ginger tofu, basil fried rice and pad Thai. Everything was good. Can't wait to try everything else. read more

Their pad Thai drunken noodles and country pad Thai are all very good - that's all I have ordered from there.

It was my first time to thai basil. I am vegetarian and I made sure three times that my food should be all vegetarian. When my vegetarian dumpling came , I again asked the waiter if it's vegetarian and she said yes. I ate first bite and it was meat in it. Waiters need to know what they are serving and should on how to take proper order. How hard it is for them to bring vegetarian food especially if they have 2pages of separate vegetarian menu. Green curry and drunken noodles were good. Not sure if I will go back again. read more

I ordered a dish and asked 3 times that it not be spicy. It was very , very spicy. They quickly remade the dish. They washed off the shrimp and the rest was awful. Sorry guys. read more

Extensive menu, and appreciate the vegan menu. Spring rolls and roti with curry sauce was excellent. Asked for drunken noodles mild, but was still too spicy for me. Thai fried rice was tasty. read more

When my then boyfriend and I met, his food intake was limited to pizza, spaghetti, meat and potatoes. In an effort to diversify his palate, I asked him if he would be willing to try Thai Food. He said the first and only time he ever tried Thai food was with another guy friend. And the smell of the food reminded him of dog food. What?! Well, needless to say, exposing him to authentic Thai food would become my new mission. Since Thai Basil was the closest Thai place to his house, we decided to try them for the first time together. Eight years later, we are still coming back for more! These are the reasons why we LOVE Thai Basil: 1) Fresh Ingredients: There is nothing pre-made, frozen, or artificial tasting in any of the dishes we have ever tried. The dishes are freshly made to your liking soon after you order it. My fool proof, go to favorite is the Eggplant Basil with Chicken. If you are vegetarian, order it without the chicken. You can tell that the vegetables are fresh, based on the taste and its retained bold colors. The eggplants especially are to die for! Cooked to a perfect texture; the perfect combination of mush & firm. Along with the other ingredients, it's much like a party of flavors and spices in my mouth when I take each savory bite. My now husband's, (then boyfriend), all-time favorite is the Cashew Nut Chicken with pineapple. Our kids love it too, but mild. And of course, you cannot ignore the Thai Iced Tea. It is, for a lack of a better word: PERFECT. Fresh, not from a powder mix. Not too sweet, never watered down, perfectly refreshing and creamy, and always hits the spot. You have to try it. You will LOVE it too! Side Note: I also love all the fried fish dishes. 2) Family Friendly Service: The owners, Sue and her husband, have been such a delight to be around. When she's not busy with customers, she takes the time to say hello and asks about how our friends and family are doing. When we bring them to dine with us, she gets to know them too! Other servers like Frank, is just as approachable and friendly. My husband and I often shoot the breeze with Frank about travel, sports, business, and IT topics. We've been taking our identical twin girls here since they started eating solid food. Their favorite (Thai Sausage Fried Rice.) They love everything we have ever ordered for them, and the wait staff has put up with their sometimes loud temperaments, and ridiculously messy trails of rice all over the floor! 3) Atmosphere: What can I say, the place is so CHILL. No pretension, no upturned noses, most other patrons are just as easy going and are truly there to enjoy good "real" food. The décor is simple, non-distracting, and pleasant. The constant upkeep keeps the place looking fresh, never dingy or dirty. The bathrooms are always clean, and the height of the sink is perfect for toddler hand washing. The music and its volume are always appropriate for dining. The location is perfect too. Many times after a meal, we take a quick swing to Shop Rite next door to get items we ran out of. This is a great place both for a romantic dinner (sit by the front window away from the crowd if need be) or a dinner out with the kids. It does not get any better than that! So there you have it. From courtship, to marriage, to babies, to raising a family, Thai Basil has been an intrinsic part of our weekly dining pleasure. Our twins, now nearing four years old, yell out: "Thai Basil!" when we pass the restaurant while driving around town. We will miss you Thai Basil when we relocate to California. You are one (we have two favorites) of the best Thai restaurants in the state of New Jersey, as far as we are concerned. No one will ever replace your food & love in our belly and in our hearts. read more

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Do not go here. I went here for Valentines Day and ended up with really bad food poisoning. I believe that it was from the salad that came with my pad thai which was mediocre at best. They drowned the dish in sugar. It is 16 hours after I ate and I'm still sick with a fever and classic food poisoning symptoms. :'( read more

This is my go-to restaurant for DUCK! Their duck is to die for! Dancing Duck! Yom Ped! anything duck at this restaurant is superb. Its a little quirky but its harmless and the food is really wonderful. read more

Food is pretty good. Once had an extraordinarily expensive (though quite good) soft-shell crab lunch (check the prices on the specials!)

The food is pretty good, I've always liked the dishes I've tried. Always seems a bit on the empty side, but that's good for me since I get seated immediately. Since it's a BYOB place, it makes for an inexpensive date night or even group dinner. Only slight annoying thing is they tend to rush you with seating, ordering, paying, etc. One downfall for an otherwise great place. I will definitely come back. read more

i am serious about my thai food - i have a cook book to prove it. since i'm still relatively new to the central jersey area, i have been dying to find a really good thai restaurant. a good friend of mine suggested i try this place (she keeps a copy of their menu in her car). so a friend and i went one saturday and had a great time! the restaurant was small and more intimate than what i expected. and, it ways byob - which was cool - i just didn't know before i arrived. the food was amazing - hot & spicy just like i like it! the waitress messed up my order but my friend and i were having such a good time she caught her own mistake before i did! i will certainly dine here again. it's not the best i've ever had but it is much better than what i conjure up at home with my cook book! read more

I used to frequent this place. But I only order take out now. The food here is decent but the service ranges from average to poor. The lady at the counter is really mean so I try to stay out of her way :). We usually stick to a script while ordering here. The wife is a fan of their Roti Canai. Entrees are usually Pad Thai, Panang Curry, Red/Green Curry, Fried Rice with Chicken/Tofu - all of which are decent. I like their Thai Ice Tea. If you make any special requests with your order, just make sure they have fulfilled them when you pick your order up. I always request the Pad Thai WITHOUT peanuts, and they always serve it WITH peanuts. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Note that the check includes 18% gratuity. The check is hand-written so its easy to overlook. I haven't seen any signs in the restaurant or a note in their menu mentioning this. I only realized after about 10 visits there! read more

This is the most fresh and tasty Thai food I have EVER had. Quick and great service as well. Definitely a place to go to.

I was craving Thai food and was in the pway area. Normally I go to Four Seasons which is some of the best Thai food I've ever had. However, I decided to try Thai Basil since I was too lazy to go to the ATM for Four Seasons. I ordered the Chicken Pad Thai and Shrimp Thai Basil Fried Rice to go (requested both be extra spicy). The lady at the counter was friendly and provided standard service. My food was ready in about 10-15 min..got home and was ready to eat! Fried rice was okay, buy didn't actually find any basil in my fried rice which was disappointing. The chicken pad Thai was even more disappointing though. This has got to be some of the blandest pad Thai I've ever had and I've had food court pad Thai. Seriously let down Thai Basil. You're not the worst, but you're far from the best. read more

Best Thai food! It's funny to say because of the location, but this is the best Thai food I've had in NJ. The restaurant is quaint and decorated nicely, it's good for a date or group of people. The service is nice and the food is just hands down the best Thai around. Don't let the random town and strip mall location fool you, this is a great place to go!! read more

The short: Good atmosphere for dinner with friends and family., decent prices, great taste. The long: I haven't been here for a year. I've been back a few times recently and it looks as though the place has undergone a change in management. The decor is lighter, which brings a warmer ambiance which I like.. It's less tacky than pinky colour that was here previously. Our waitress was warm and wonderful. The prices are appropriate given we were in NJ and for the portions of food (I am from NYC). The taste was good. Not the strict authentic taste of Bangkok but the flavours of my tom yum shrimp soup and spicy basil chicken was great. I'd definitely recommend coming here. read more

Stopped here for a takeout lunch and was pleasantly surprised at the very nice interior. The pad kee mao was so good! Great portion size for a lunch price as well. I couldn't even finish it (shocking because I'm ravenous during pregnancy) and it was well-seasoned. read more

They have started to stoop even lower, I was there last week on a saturday around 1:00 PM and I could not belive that the whole time for 1.5 hrs there was no other soul who came to eat. They have fired the other waiters and the owner seems to be taking orders. The food was very lack lusture and they could not even get the spice right and flavour is all gone. Sad it was a good place but chef gone, everyhthing gone, now, its a matter of time its going to kick the bucked licking its wounds. read more

I've loved this place since I was a student at Rutgers. Thai food doesn't get better than this. I recommend the Pad Thai, Pad See Ew, and anything with duck or Massaman curry. Don't forget to finish it off with the mango and sticky rice... TO DIE FOR!!! :) read more

Friendly staff, curries are decent, good soups, byob. Food tends to be on the salty side. Vegetarian friendly.

Worst experience!!! Today I visited and after ordering the spice level, I suggested was not taken care. After that I wanted to take the left over curry home, but without asking they garbage it. Seriously it was one full serving for red curry!!! I would never go their again. read more

I went here for lunch and the food was OK. I got the pad thai with chicken and my friend got the mango curry. The pad thai had nice flavor, but a little too sweet. It tastes like pad thai (fish sauce, peanuts, etc) but it didn't have that extra flavor that took it to the next level. The chicken was a little over-cooked, but I liked the little char it had on it. I wish it came with bean sprouts, or some cilantro to add some brightness to it. Overall, it was a good pad thai, but not great. The mango curry came with a good amount of shrimp. The mango part of it didn't really add much to the curry. It wasn't a greasy curry, which was good. Overall, a good place to satisfy a thai-food craving with great cheap prices. Will try it again for it's other dishes. read more

There were 3 of us who came to Thai Basil for lunch. It took a while for someone to take our order and we were not very confident they properly understood what we wanted. For instance, I ordered a Thai Iced Coffee but did not receive it until about 15 minutes later when I asked about it. In a quick review of the food we tried, we were not overall impressed: - Golden Wing: Probably some of the worst I have ever tried. It was just chicken which reminded me of Sizzler Buffets but much worse quality. No sure sure these were marinated as the menu description says... instead maybe just emptied out of the package. The sweet chili sauce was OK but it was served on the side. Would have been best to combine both I think. - Thai Dumpling: Supposed to have been stuffed with shrimp and crabmeat. Instead it looked as it were stuffed with all chicken. These were also quite small and dense. Unimpressed. - Massaman Curry (w/ Beef): Probably the best item we had for lunch. It has the right amount of spice flavour and was tasty. - Squid in Love: Decent flavour, but really poor on the seafood quality. Shrimp was more like medium or large, definitely not jumbo as the menu describes. Also, there was barely any squid in the dish. - Pad Thai (w/ Chicken): This was an OK dish. We didnt finish it and had it packed up. There was definitely more food left over than the small 1/2 pint container it was packed into. Ugh, one of the reasons why I like to pack my own food my own way. - Dessert: We tried 2 different desserts which are not on the take out menu. Hence I am unable to recall which exactly they were. One of them was a chocolate cake. We were not impressed with these. In summary, there are much better places nearby to eat lunch (like the vegetarian Indian buffet), however, we wanted something spicy and non-Indian Asian. Unfortunately, we were disappointed with the quality of the food. For the most part, it was also quite bland given our request for spicy (I had to keep dumping the Thai chili powder/flakes onto my jasmine rice to give me my heat kick.) read more

My favorite Thai place for both takeout and eat in. The people that work there are so sweet and accommodating!!!!

Great food. Very flavorful. I typically order the Thai Basil Fried Rice. The staff is friendly and I had a great experience. I will be returning read more

When in the mood for Thai for lunch at the office, this place is a convenient, though not necessary THE place to go for Thai. Their delivery is inconsistent, as is the size of their dishes. More often than not, they tend to have large dishes and there's no way anyone can finish the meal without getting stuffed to the brim. When eating in, the wait staff does tend to rush you to order when it's busy (almost to the point of being rude), and the kitchen appears to feel the pressure as well. We've had some undercooked dishes when it's been super busy, so I highly recommend going when volume is low. I usually get the Pad Kee Mao or the Pad Thai. The Pad Kee Mao can be very spicy--but I love spicy, so it's all good for me. The amount of vegetables or meat that is in the dish, however, is hit or miss. Sometimes it's just a few pieces, others it's loaded with meat/veggies The Pad Thai can also sometimes be very dry and flavorless, but on a good day, it can be very, very good. All in all, if you're craving Thai, it's OK. The prices are decent, but it's always a risk to see if it's one of their good days or one of their bad days. read more

Grossly overpriced, noodles are drenched with grease and oil. . I asked for rice noodles on their order L17 - Pad Kee Mao... they did not fulfill that request. . . gave me thai noodles..6$ for thai spring rolls the size of quarters...Save your $$$, go elsewhere. . read more

It was a hot day in July (2019), and you are sweating and very, very hungry. Just then, your eyes strike the perfect place: Thai Basil. Your full attention goes to that amazing and delicious restaurant. You start walking over there. The look of the Thai food in the front is making your mouth drool, and its the perfect place for a stop-over! I think that Thai Basil is a perfect place to eat because it has all kinds of Thai food from spring roles to curries to dessert. In my opinion, it is a good and suggestable restaurant for those willing to try new food. Thai Basil is near ShopRite, and the building looks very clean and is neat. When we enter there is a statue in it and it is a woman with a bowl with some toothpicks. As you enter, the restaurant is lit up with beautiful lights, giving it a feeling like you are at home. Also, the sofas are very comfortable. I suggest spring rolls for appetizers because they are filled with nutrients and are very delicious. For a yummy entry, you should definitely try out the yellow curry. It has a yummy gravy, with tofu, vegetables and more! You can also get noodles at Thai Basil, which have vegetables also and tastes amazing! So that's the perfect thing for you to eat at Thai Basil. The service in Thai Basil is very good. The staff are nice to us, and the food came to us in a short amount of time. Also, the tables are well set up and they are not at all dirty. And the staff also greet you, giving us a reason to eat here. In conclusion, I think that eating at Thai Basil is a very good idea. It is a productive use of your time, it has healthy but delicious food, the staff is kind, the place is very clean and neat, and the building is a very cozy and comfortable place to be. So, if you want to try something that tastes good, then be sure to head over to your nearest Thai Basil! read more

Food is excellent, staff pretty friendly, sometimes a bit rough when very busy. I have ordered many of the vegantarian dishes and lunch items, all well cooked, although not a big fan of the way my tofu came out in stir frys (that might just be me) read more

Our favorite Thai in the area, good for eat in or take out. Very friendly owner and delicious food. Our favorites include the curry puff appetizer, Pad Thai (of course), and Thai Basil fried rice though I've never ordered anything and been disappointed and since we've been going for years, we have tried quite a bit. Thai Basil hosted our wedding rehearsal dinner a few years back & they did a splendid job with catering as well. Go out and support this local gem please! read more

This is probably one of the best Thai food restaurant in town. Their food is on point and the service was prompt and friendly. I had the fried catfish, mixed vegetables, and pad kee mow. All of the food was flavorful and the portion size was huge! I would definitely recommend my friends to come here! read more

Staff was wonderful. We had our grandfathers 91st birthday dinner here, and he loved the Shrimp and Lobster Sauce. They probably have the best restaurant birthday song ever! And the icecream with a candle they bring out and light was the best. Thank you Thai Basil for making it a memorable night :) read more

Just had a Sunday lunch with family. All of foods were so salty and not delicious. Pad thai and general tso chicken were so bad. Please save your money and time. Not recommend... read more

3.75 stars Very impressed with this place on all fronts. The room is tastefully decorated, with tradtional wall hangings and it's has a muted red-brown color scheme. The tables are nicely spaced although they are close enough that you get some conversation leakeage. The menu is not that adventourus, and contains most of the usual suspects. Everything we tried was prepared expertly and spicy dishes were just that, not watered down versions for Suburban American palates. We opened with two standards; chicken satay and roti. The chicken was on a skewer but it was cut into pieces that were more or less bitesized and not on monolithic piece of meat. The chicken was marinated, but no overly so. The satay sauce tasted fresh and creamy. The roti came out pipping hot with a generous portion of curried chicken, there was so much chicken it was almost an entree. As this was lunch we opted for two noodle dishes, the pad thai and pad kee mao (drunken noodle). The latter were better and had enough heat-goodness to raise persperation on the upper lip. If it isn't spicy, what's the point of eating Thai!? The staff we quite attentive, never an epmty water glass. They checked on us frequently wihtout being intrusive. * Awesome suburban Thai that is not too Americanized. YASMG! * Really fresh ingedients, no veggie was overused. * Prices were not bad and although we did not eat off the lunch menu it seemed to be bargain priced. * Very firendly and professional staff. read more

The atmosphere and everything is really nice and the service was great. I felt they were overpriced for what we ordered. I can't complain about the quality of the food but there are better deals. If you're looking for a nice thai dinner though, this is definitely the place. read more