TLDR: Delicious food today, Stomach cramps and diarrhea for days after I went here with three of my friends a few days ago and all four of us have the same story to tell. We ordered crab fried rice, orange chicken, chicken salad and pad see ew. All the dishes were perfect in taste! The cucumber water was refreshing! In fact, we were just thinking that we had tasted the best orange chicken of our lives at this place! I was all set to give these guys a 5 star rating (which is rare in my books). But tomorrow spoke of different tales and our bathrooms bore testimony to it. Let's just sum it up and say, it was NOT fun and continues to be NOT fun 4 days later!! So not only would I not recommend it but I would strongly discourage you from trying this place. And, in case you are wondering, the delectable orange chicken is still not worth going through this for you or the other people in your party! read more

they have great service but their food is kinda plain and some of it tasted weird. the grilled salmon was bomb tho. and the employees were super nice and kind. they also played good jazz music and they had a bar. the place was also super cute from the inside even tho the outside looks a little eh. 4/5 would go again just to see the employees read more

Basilic Essentially Thai - pad thai - Thai Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Food is good, reasonable prices, I just wish the place was cleaner. It was sunny and bright when we were there, maybe that made all the dust too visible. read more

I like the food but honestly the service is not great. I got the wrong thing and they threw a fit at me instead of trying to fix it so I ended up paying for the wrong thing AND the one I actually wanted. Like I said it's good so I wanted it but honestly so frustrating to work with. I don't think I'll be ordering here again sadly. read more

I'm traveling from CA, and my friend from FL. We met for dinner at this place, which we found on Yelp and wasn't too far from our hotel. It was a nice walk and easy to find. The inside atmosphere of the restaurant was warm & inviting. Everything looked clean, but one thing i noticed when walking in is that there was no aroma from the food. The placed had other parties there, but i didn't smell anything that makes you say "omg, that smells so good". Welp, that should've been my red flag there, as well the 1 star review that indicates their party got sick after eating here. OMG!!! The food was not good, too sweet and bland flavor, and the dishes (red curry chicken & pad thai w/ veggies) had to be sent back to be adjusted. I ate some, not much, and i found myself in the restroom w/ gas prior to even leaving the restaurant. Then my stomach started bubbling. All bad!!! By the time i made it to my room i had full on diarrhea. I had to go get petpto. My stomach has been hurting throughout the night, which has interrupted my sleep and also caused me to have a headache and feel like i haven't ate in 2 days, given that i pooped my life away last night. The waiter was HOT tho, and he had a really deep & sexy voice. I left him a nice tip just for that, and his service was okay. Welp, that's my review. Take it or leave it. I just wish I'd left it when i read the others. This was NOT good Thai food :( ***S/N: No, I did not eat anywhere else prior to eating at this establishment. As well, I've never heard it takes 6-8hrs. If food is bad, or undercooked or mishandled, your body is not wasting to get that crap out. read more

Basilic Essentially Thai - Thai Near Me - Seattle, Washington

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This place was great. We read the reviews and they weren't wrong. Everything we had was great. The fried garlic chicken wings were excellent, as was the pineapple curry. The service was really excellent, too. Despite only one server, she was attentive and helpful and covered all the tables with ease. If I had one note: their "spicy" ranges from 2 to 5. I like spicy, and even their 2 was "not mild." So round down on your presumed spiciness level! read more

This place came up on our hot & new in the neighborhood. It instantly became on our next "try something new" since we are obsessed with thai food. On Instagram 'find me in seattle' reviews a lot of local places and this place came up. His review made us move this up to immediately let's go try this place. Let me say hands down we were impressed with everything there. The immediate friendly customer service won us over, even if the food wasnt so great. But that wasnt the case either, our food was exactly how we like thai food. We started off with Tom Yum soup, spicy level 3. It was perfectly spiced, it burns but you could still taste all the rich flavors and the spice didnt over power anything. Our main entree was beef Panang curry. Again it was spot on. The curry was well balance and not too creamy with coconut milk, which is what we like as our thai food. On top of it, my husband asked to surprise me with a dessert since we were celebrating our anniversary. The perfect chocolate molten lava cake, with 2 scoops of ice cream, Some raspberry jam I think and blue berries. It was perfect. Like seriously for a neighborhood local spot this just kept hitting every spot. Customer service was spectacular (a younger man with a deeper voice) the staff and crew were beyond comforting and friendly. The food was Amazing. The local dessert was the cherry on top. We will for sure be back. read more

I ordered the Cashew Nut chicken which was pretty good, but could have used some more spice and flavor (will try and order hot instead of medium next time). It was a strange time to be visiting the restaurant during COVID restrictions, but they had a decent socially distanced pick up arrangement for take out/deliveries, smooth customer service and a fairly quick turnaround time for the food. Also appreciated the proximity to the International Fountain at Seattle Center, which is a beautiful spot to set up a picnic. I'd go here again! read more

We visited Seattle a few days ago, and a friend recommended Basilic Essentially Thai after their visit to Seattle last summer. It was INCREDIBLE. We walked in right at 11:00 am when they opened (side effects of flying in from the East Coast!), and they took great care of us. The service was top notch, and the food was exquisite. The portions were quite generous, and it made for an unexpectedly budget-friendly lunch. Quick, easy walk from Seattle Center, so make your way up! read more

Fun dining after special event at McCaw Hall. Friendly, personable service from MiMi :) We had pineapple fried rice with curry flavoring and Yakisoba noodles with chicken. I order normally 3-Star, and it was a perfect match: not too spicey but a good kick! Four great draft beers on tap at a reasonable price. read more

Basilic Essentially Thai - Thai Near Me - Seattle, Washington

EDIT: The following is my review of this restaruant. It is not edited in any way. I'm adding this because I think its important to enter every review with open eyes, and report what I experience in my reviews. Indeed, I spent the first four paragraphs PRAISING the place for what I saw. Apparently, this was too much for Thiraphan S, the chef/owner of Basilic. And apparently Thiraphan, is very sensitive about constructive critisism. So much, so in fact. That he altered his comments to me SEVEN TIMES. I never replied to him once. They just kept getting worse. Thirapin admonished me for not knowing that the stupidly obscure small rice portions are due to the desire not to be wasteful. I was also expected to know that Thiriphan spent 15 years working for various chefs all over the world, that he's using his grandmother's recipes, etc. This situation finally downgraded itself to that I am no longer welcome there. This guy is not only incompetent asshole, but a thin-skinned one. DONT EAT HERE. Freshly opened in the two-block swath of asian restaruants on Roy, Basilic Thai occupies the space that was held by Thai Heaven and most recently, Henry's Tiawan Bistro. Already nearby are Bamboo Garden and Pho Viet Anh. And down the street a little further, the regional Thai Champion. I apologize in advance. I have to wax poetic about all of this. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea culpa. Lets begin. A thoughtful and useful tool is the online ordering. What will be a necessity in the future for almost all restaruants, isn't something you usually see already set up for a startup. It shows a little industry moxie. But Basilic has one fatal flaw. It is spitting distance from my very favorite thai spot in the city, and one of the longest running ones. So to my mind, if you're gonna be here, you'd better have your shit together on the plate. Entering Basilic I'm struck by how dark it is in there. The lights are super low, the paint is super dark with darker wood accents. The dining room is open but the tables, especially those next to the windows, have a private appearance to them. If you're insecure about your looks, I've found your Tinder meet up spot. The server that greeted me was super-friendly and welcoming. There is good energy here. Basilic also gets a brownie point for menu creativity. There are some dishes on there that don't fall under what I would call, Americanized Thai Fare, I want to try that rack of lamb curry and thai fish cake. They also place an emphasis on their teas. Another option lacking at other Thai restaruants. Its becoming clear to me that whomever the brains are behind this has done this before. I'm impressed by how veteran Basilic feels even though its only been open a few weeks. But what a bout the food? I ordered the Lemongrass Chicken Wings and, of course, the Panang. in order to try and be fair, I always order the panang from any thai restaruant I try for the first time. Its a simple dish, you can get a taste what they're about and if they're a bunch of spice monkeys in the back, you can catch a break with the coconut milk. I ordered 2 stars on a scale of 0-5, so middle. The wings were well done and crispy, with a nice kind of glaze on the outer skin. However, the wings were not very meaty. The sauce was sweet on sweet, and I tasted absolutely zero lemongrass. Perhaps I'm just spoiled from my last wing experience, but even though they were tasty, I don't think I need to have them again. The panang is thinner than I tend to like it, and darker in color. Interesting heat where most thai food merely slaps you directly in the face, this curry had a slow building burn to it I enjoyed. The flavors are complex, but I would have really liked to taste a more refined version of this curry. The too-few pieces of chicken in it were chewy. The peppers had a nice julienne cut to them, which as a cook I appreciated. But the bloom came off when I went looking for the rice. Most thai places will give you a healthy serving of rice with your meal. Rice is inexpensive, easy to make, and filling. It is not the part of the meal you should ever run out of. My meal, came with a laughably small container of rice that did not come close supporting the ammount of curry. This to me is unacceptable. The poor meat/veg ratio in the curry can be accepted. They're new and can figure that out. This tiny rice thing? Someone made that decision. Not exactly a red flag, but something to keep in the ol grey matter, especially if you like this place and it ever starts to waver... $23 and I was left both disappointed and a little confused. Now, they're new and it is so apparent that everyone there is working really hard and wants the place to do well. So I'm going to give them a second try. But I'm going to give this restaruant a litte more time in the bottle to iron out the wrinkles and correct some mistakes being made before doing so. Especially when I can merely walk one block further east for the best. read more

Ordered Massaman curry to go. A few issues here: 1. There were no peanuts!!! This is the #1 reason I ordered this curry. 2. The potatoes, carrots and onions were SO UNDERCOOKED. Like seriously, terrible, basically raw. 3. The beef! Eww! it tasted like they threw in roast beef sandwich meat in here. Not angus beef like they said, not good! 4. The rice was basically a dry brick. Pretty bad/Not impressed. Is this because I ordered at 5pm and they weren't ready for dinner service? I spent $14 on some of the worst thai curry I've experienced. read more

I made a reservation for 8 pm, Sunday for 5 of us, after seeing PNB Nutcracker. When we arrived, the hostess told us that they cannot have guests since the cook hurt her back. She was standing in a corner of the restaurant. The Open sign was still up, and there was another party behind us hoping to get a table. Looked like they were only doing carryout, no guests at tables. We should have been contacted earlier. Will never go back. Very poor customer service. read more

Hidden Gem with Great Food...off the beaten path but very nice place to have dinner! Recommend this place! At first I rated it as 4 stars but just edited it to 5 stars because my wife has not stopped talking about how much she enjoyed! read more

There is a handful of Thai restaurants within two blocks of this place. We walked up and it was basically empty. I was reluctant to open the door, but decided to go in. Glad we did. Service was good and quick. The food was fantastic. Sweet and sour chicken with spicy sauce, Best I've ever had. Orange chicken was great. Very authentic. This is a must try Thai. read more

On Wednesday August 3rd I ordered 2 orders of Pad See Ew with tofu. I am vegetarian. I ordered 2 because I had just got off work and I have a young baby so I was going to take the 2nd one for lunch to work the next day. I pick up my order and go home and begin to eat. Very shortly after I began I found a piece of chicken in my food. I haven't eaten meat in over 20 years. I call and say hey there's meat in my food I can't eat this. They say ok they'll make two more for me. No problem so far. When I show up with my baby to pick up the new order without meat they just stand there and say where's the food? Where's the food? It's at my house. They say they can't give me my new order until I bring the food back... ok I say. This is very weird, but I go back to my house grab the food and come back. All with my baby. I come back and say here you go. They start to open the food and say where's the meat? I don't see any meat. They won't give me my new order. Basically calling me a liar. I'm very upset by this point and say give it to me. I pulled out a bit piece or chicken and said there's more smaller pieces in there. I can't eat this. Then the lady says you already ate from this. I can't give you new order (This is where I realize the reason they wanted the food back. I believe they were going to resell it to someone else. Super unsanitary and having worked in restaurants in the past you cannot do this). By this point I'm very frustrated and ask for a refund. I don't want to do this anymore, they hadn't even starting my new order yet. They say no. They refuse to give me a refund. My baby is crying in her car seat by this point and I'm furious. They made me dig out a piece of meat out of their food and I haven't touched meat in over 20 years and now they're saying they won't remake my food or give me a refund. The final straw was when the woman came out from the kitchen holding a 5$ bill and giving me a look like here, this is all you get. Obviously I don't take the 5$ and leave. We live super close to this place and have gone all the time. The food is good. It's not great, but it's convenient. Now I will never go back there again. And if you're vegetarian I highly recommend you find somewhere else to eat that actually cares about your lifestyle. And I am still worried this place is taking back old food and reselling it. One of the worst restaurant experiences I've ever had. Would not recommend to anyone. read more

I had the massamun curry with braised beef and brown rice. The sauce was delicious, but the beef had some gristle and was a bit tough. Hey serve cucumber lemon water which is refreshing and delicious. Service is friendly. read more

Disclaimer: This review is only for the Traditional Pad Thai and I've only done take out. I'm a simpleton and like to get one dish at Thai restaurants, pad thai. Except I'm a little particular about the flavor of pad thai. Most pad thai at other Thai restaurants are very orange in color, very saucy, and too sweet and tangy for my taste. (If I wanted something that sweet I would just eat ice cream). There used to be a Thai place in Fremont that had my favorite kind of pad thai. It was a little drier, more brown in color, a little more homey and felt like comfort food. Unfortunately that restaurant closed and I had not been able to find anything to replace my go to pad thai until now. This pad thai is like an in between my favorite pad thai and other pad thai from other restaurants. It's still a little tangy/sweet, but not too much and not too saucy. Getting 3/5 stars in terms of spiciness is exactly what I imagine, it's not too spicy or not spicy enough. TL;DR - A way better version of the orange sauce pad thai at most other Seattle Thai restaurants in the area that actually cook/make it with the appropriate amount of spice you specify. read more

Current favorite Thai. Love the fried rice. Love the panang curry. Always arrives early and hot.

My second day in a row of having lunch at this place , so far the food taste awesome i had the crying tiger and the steak was very good and the padthai and the salad that came with the lunch meal was awesome , tried the ground meat with basil too and im impressed .... the prices are normal for a queen anne restaurant. Dont come here if your on a diet cause definitely youll ruin that.. Highly recommend read more

This was one of the worst meals I've had in a long time. First of all, we were a party of nine and the meals did not come out anywhere near each other in time. Mine came out 45 minutes after the first person got her meal. Some were nearly done with their meals when I received mine. After all the meals were served, eventually, the server did not check back to ask if everything was ok. Totally ignored us until it was time for the bill. I ordered the Combo plate with papaya salad, Thai BBQ chicken and rice. The rice was served in plastic wrap and looked/tasted like it had come out of the freezer and into the microwave. It was so gummy that it was inedible. The chicken did not have any bbq flavoring and in fact, had almost no flavor of any kind. It was sitting on some iceberg lettuce leaves. The papaya salad also did not taste authentic. I left hungry and could not wait to get home to get something to eat. Since my meal took so long to arrive, I'm wondering if the chef just didn't know how to prepare this dish and just 'winged it'. Others in the party seemed relatively satisfied with their meals although one person said their soup was too spicy after she specifically ordered 'not spicy'. read more

Basilic Essentially Thai - Gummy inedible rice wrapped in plastic wrap, flavorless chicken, and so-so papaya salad. - Thai Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Come visit this place! The food is delicious. We happen to drive by and popped in during their soft opening. The two ladies working were so friendly and attentive. The service was quick! Two thumbs up on all three dishes. We'd order this all again: Tom Ka soup with chicken, larb gai and the beef salad. Ask for extra spice on the side. Their heat is mild. We'll be back! read more

My son and his girlfriend picked this place from Yelp. The ambiance: For some reason I expected this place to be fancier based on the photos submitted by other Yelpers. It was still pretty neat, and I had a cool view of the Space Needle. The food: Every thing we had was lovely. We were there during happy hour, so I ordered a few small plates to share. I had the fried tofu ($4), which was deliciously crispy and served with a side of plum sauce that was to die for. Even my tofu hating son had a second bite. Next we had the vegetarian spring rolls($4). This was a plate of three fried spring rolls, and they were delectable. They were also served with the plum sauce. I also ordered the tofu and portabella mushroom satay ($6). This came with two skewers that alternated between fried tofu and portabella mushroom chunks. It was topped with a delicious peanut sauce. The kids ordered mains. My boy had a yellow chicken curry with 3 star spice. He says it was amazing. I tried the sauce and it was richer and slightly thicker than at my usual spot, and it was lovely. He's lucky I don't eat chicken, because he wouldn't have gotten any. His shawty ordered some kind of cornish game hen. It was plated beautifully, but she didn't like it. It was served with steamed vegetables and sticky rice. She said the sauce had little white bits that were gritty and had the same consistency as egg shells. Without the sauce the food was bland. She didn't tell us until afterwards, so we didn't know or we would have asked for a different sauce. She had a Thai tea which was good, and my son had a home made ginger beer. He enjoyed it, but I was expecting it to be fizzier. The service was great. The price: The main menu price was on par with most Thai places. The happy hour small plates were unbelievably affordable.I got my money's worth. The menu: The menu was divided into vegetarian, seafood, ect. It was really easy to navigate! read more

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Favorite Thai spot for a quick bite! My regular order includes the crab rangoon (so crispy), chicken satay, and the pad kee mao.

Sorry, with Bahn Thai and Pung kang in the hood, this place didn't live up the reviews. We ordered: 1) chicken panang: good, but not great. But of the 3 dishes we ordered, this was the best one. 2) sesame honey beef: just ok. Slight step up from Panda Express 3) Red Snapper: No Way!! Not fresh, tasted like frozen fish sticks. Very disappointing and the most expensive of the 3 ($19) Maybe we didn't order the right things? Our waitress wasn't helpful with suggesting must-haves or signature dishes. On the upside, Decor is nice and place is clean. read more

Super solid Thai food. Had the Pad See Ew and yellow chicken curry chicken. The yellow curry is a tad spicy which some restaurants do and some don't. Good portion sizes, fast service and just super tasty. read more

Went here on a weekday, this is such a sweet spot. The food is great and service was really good. Tried thai tea, a tad bit sweet but they said it would be, and orange chicken was good. Tried orange chicken and Spice level 3 had a kick to it. Coworker tried the beef dish and it was quite good. read more

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My family loves Thai food, and we seek out a Thai restaurants whenever we travel. I am so very sad that Basilic Essentially Thai is not located closer to home, because it's the best Thai food we've had! Each dish was so flavorful and fresh. We really enjoyed the Yellow Curry, Pad See Lew and Pad Thai. The picky, younger diners on our group enjoyed the Orange Chicken. Service is pleasant and prompt, the ambiance is nice and relaxing. Highly recommend! read more

Food was good but there was spice and ordering on Yelp didn't ask me for star ratings for the spice. Portions were a good size. The mini eggs rolls were pretty amazing. read more

This is our new favorite Thai spot in Queen Anne! The crispy garlic chicken is everything!!! You won't regret ordering it! The pad Thai is also delicious! read more

My new favorite Thai place in Queen Anne! The restaurant is in a cute little house. I ordered the Tom Kha soup which was absolutely delicious. The Basil Lemonade is a must have if you're looking for something cool and refreshing! Will definitely go back here! read more

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Usually good, but sometimes they really scam you. One time I got just a scraping of burnt rice barely covering the bottom of the container. Another time the curry was almost all sauce. I'm not sure I'll order again because it's so disappointing they let this happen at all. read more

Cute restaurant in an old 2 story farm house! The food was great starting with the happy hour wine and beer and then the appetizers of spring rolls and pork pot salad stickers! The orange chicken and beef brown rice are out standing definitely lives up to the reviews and 4 star rating on yelp! read more

Basilic Essentially Thai - Thai Near Me - Seattle, Washington

We ordered Crab cakes, Tom Yum Soup with ramen and Pad Kee Mao with tofu. Dull ambiance. Shitty food and grossly expensive. Wouldn't come back here again. read more

Basilic Essentially Thai - Pad Kee Mao with fried tofu - Thai Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Ordered the honey sesame angus beef dish from Caviar. The flavor was exactly as I was expecting, sweet and salty with a little bit of spice, it was good, but what I was not expecting was the fact that the beef was so heavily breaded to the point it tasted like I was chewing slightly beef flavored mush. I think coating the beef is a good idea but serving fried and flavored flour isn't ideal. The veggies and rice were cooked well, the portion was fair, and the flavors were nice so I am not sure if I will return. I am sure they have great dishes, I would just recommend not getting the one I had. read more

We ordered online and had it delivered via grub hub. All told it took us over three hours to finally get our food which was extremely salty, meat over cooked, cold, and one dish was missing everything but the meat! If you're so busy you can't push out meals in a timely manner than don't take online orders and give an erroneous timeframe for said orders. With so many options in the city, take a hard pass on this one. read more

Took a sudden turn into Basilic on our way to an old time fav and we were SOOOOO IMPRESSED!!! Hands down this was the BEST green curry ever! We asked what curries are most common to add avocado too..... and they told us ' Green Curry' and we said 'give it to me'! We will make it a point to come back!! We had the salad rolls with tofu and the Green Curry with avocado. DO ITTTTTT!! read more

Excellent, Superb & Attentive Service! The food offerings are fresh and flavorful. Ive had the Basilic Thai Fried Rice with Seafood and it was AMAZING. The Pas See Lew with chicken was finger licking delicious. The HH Menu is great, I ordered from this the chicken sate and is was yummy. A must visit restaurant nested in the middle of Uptown Seattle. Will be back for sure! read more

Basilic Essentially Thai - Thai Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Totally worthy of the high ratings. High quality ingredients. Very friendly service. Delicious! read more

Basilic Essentially Thai - Thai Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Best thai food I have ever tasted... the restaurant is very clean and well decorated. I would highly recommend this place. read more

Basilic Essentially Thai - Thai Near Me - Seattle, Washington