Overview: average prices, good taste, good service We made a reservation for a large group (11 people) on Friday and we were seated upon arrival. Half of our group decided to eat family style while the other half ate individually, so either is fine here. I ordered for myself and got the angus beef rib. It comes with a bowl of rice and is served with your choice of curry. I decided to get the panang. The spice level here is quite low in my opinion. They range from 0-5, and while I ordered a 3, I'd classify it as a 1 or 2. The beef rib was extremely tender and can be pulled apart with just the fork. It was really tasty. On the other hand, the panang curry was quite watery, though the flavor was quite full and rich. In general, I'd come again but it doesn't rank in my top thai restaurants in Seattle. read more

Basilic Essentially Thai - Angus Beef Rib w/ Panang Curry - Thai Near Me - Seattle, Washington

This place was meh. Iit was close to Seattle center parking garage. The soup had a nice presentation but was hard to scoop. The three star was no star. The dishes tasted fine but nothing that cried out for me to come back. The crispy garlic chicken, a sure staple, was also just meh. A lille bland although cooked well. Everything was cooked well but not popping in flavor. Staff was attentive and service was efficient. The mango with white rice dessert was good. read more

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Basilic is a fun and delicious Thai experience that's definitely worth a visit if you're in the area. I came in for lunch on a Sunday mid-day. There were plenty of tables available, though it did get a little more crowded as we got into the early afternoon. Service was fast, friendly, and professional, and the server had lots of good recommendations. We tried a pumpkin curry, which is apparently one of the more popular items on the menu, and the pad kapow krob with chicken, which is like regular pad kapow (meat over rice with a spicy garlic basil sauce) except the meat is breaded and fried instead of sauteed. Both items were delicious, though the pad kapow was a little overcooked and probably could have used more of that delicious sauce. Overall though, no major complaints. Look forward to returning to Basilic again soon! read more

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Visiting Seattle - this perfectly decent Thai place next to our hotel - good solid standard food and nice service

Best Eggplant Basil I've ever had. Wow! The service was great. The menu has good variety and excellent pricing. I'm in Seattle for work, but I might just eat here a couple of times. read more

Basilic Essentially Thai - Thai Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Excellent. Tom kha soup was amazing! All fresh and tasty food with good service. Went twice during my visit. Once for in house dining and once for take away. Very carefully packed for takeaway which was much appreciated. read more

We ordered the food for delivery. Had high hope, and the restaurant was a few blocks from our hotel. Food were still hot when we got it, but taste wise, what we got was more like Chinese food than they are Thai food, and the sauces were just super salty on thick breaded chicken and beef. I got the popular basil chicken and hubby got beef and broccoli. Definitely won't be back. read more

Best eggplant dish we've had in the states, and the Pad Thai doesn't hold back on flavor.

Food first time was delicious, second time ok only. Service looks like it will be a fail (one rushed all purpose server each time), but they did pull it off, and didn't disappoint. Ambiance - there are nicer spaces to be in. A little drafty, ambience not notable. It's well rated, but I didn't really see why. read more

I stayed at Staypineapple - The Maxwell Hotel next door so the location was perfect when I was starving upon arrival. Their infamous crispy garlic chicken came loaded with crispy basil & was so generously portioned along with some classic pad Thai. It appears this establishment was converted from a house, which explains the made-with-love feeling we received even when we came back the next day for their Pad See Ow. Quick & easy to pick up and enjoy in our comfortable hotel, though I'm sure eating there with the Space Needle View would be ideal as well. read more

This place is the best! I put in the notes that it was my girlfriend's birthday and look what they delivered. A beautiful birthday surprise! So sweet! The food is absolutely delicious! They're the best! read more

Basilic Essentially Thai - Order of takeout - Thai Near Me - Seattle, Washington

The food is really good. We ordered pineapple fried rice, beef pad thai, chicken pad thai, pork larb, squid and another noodle plate that I forgot the name but it had seafood with bean clear noodles. The thai tea is a little bit sweet but overall we love all of the food. They tasted fresh. I highly recommended this place if you want to try thai food. read more

Basilic Essentially Thai - Squid with home special sauce - Thai Near Me - Seattle, Washington

I tried the chicken satay and pad thai. The food was really fresh and tasty. The staff is also very sweet. Cute Thai hole in the wall place.

If someone says they want thai, I always say, "let's go to Basilic"! Food here is amazing. Their Thai food seems to be an elevated version of Thai food. Extra flavor, extra savory, and with the option of large prawns or lobster. Their pineapple fried rice is one of the highlights and must tries. Service: the only reason why Basilic has 4 stars is their service could use a little work. We've been here many times, and sometimes you have great service and sometimes you're forgotten for quite some time. Atmosphere: nice, spacious, and casual. I love the casual setting and the relatively affordable prices. Parking: Is difficult. You need to find street parking, and it's not the easiest to do. But it's worth finding for the homey meal! Bathroom: Clean meaning the kitchen must be clean too! read more

Not to be dramatic but this was the best lunch I've had in months if not years. I had tom yum with noodles- the broth was flavorful and spicy and delicious! The tofu was fresh! And so much of it with mushrooms and yummy onions just absolute perfection! Perfect for a cold day like today. I also had pad thai and it was flavorful, fresh and tasty. Highly recommend both dishes. To drink I had TWO limeades they make it fresh and it's so darn good along with the lunch. Will be my new regular spot of delicious thai! read more

Basilic Essentially Thai - Tom Yum with noodles absolutely delicious - Thai Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Food was great but they were playing country music the entire time I was eating and the room was quite stuffy. Weird. Probably won't come back as the atmosphere was sorely lacking read more

Another new Thai restaurant in the lower Queen Anne area and this one would be two thumbs up... but I cant put my thumbs up because I don't want to stop eating! I know what you're thinking, oh not another Thai place opened up... but I want you to know I really was impressed by the food. Having lived in Thailand and also having friends who are part Thai at lunch today, we all agreed that we really were impressed with the food. I just need to bring my mother-in-law who was born in Thailand for her stamp of approval. We ordered our food to go and the person on the phone was very polite and friendly. They asked us the spice levels for each dish as well as what type of meat we wanted. All of the utensils were in there as well as enough napkins. For an appetizer we ordered the Tod Mun Pla which is the Thai Fish Cakes. They are made from a purée of fish, red curry paste, kaffir lime leaves, green beans, egg and served with a sweet chili dipping sauce. The fish cakes were cooked nicely and the color was a light golden brown. There is a tendency for some restaurants to use "old oil" when frying these, but the oil used here was fresh and the cakes were not too oily. I liked that there was an abundance of kaffir lime leaves in them, enough so that you could see some on the outside of the cakes! There were also plenty of tiny pieces of green beans in it, making sure you got a bit of green bean in more bites. Smart idea! I would definitely order these again. For entrees we tried the Guay Tiew Nam Sai, Tom Yum Spicy Soup, Pad Kee Mao and the Pra Ram Noodle. I got to taste all of them so I will write a bit on each. The Guay Tiew Nam Sai is a soup that comes with either Rice or Egg Noodles. There were a healthy amount of bean sprouts, cilantro, scallions, celery and some fried garlic. We ordered it with the Angus beef. The soup was very flavorful and you could taste what I believe was star anise which was subtle but just enough to make a big difference with the flavour. The one draw back I thought was it was a tiny bit too salty for my taste, but it was still delicious. Any time we see Guay Tiew on a menu we always like to try it. Dry or as soup. One of my favourite foods from my time in Thailand. We also ordered the Tom Yum Spicy Soup and decided to get ramen noodles with it. It comes with mushrooms, lemongrass, galangal, cilantro and scallions. We also chose the pork tenderloin with this. This was good and spicy. It was an interesting and delicious combo that I wasn't sure that Tum Yum and ramen would go together but they complimented one another nicely. One of my go to dishes at any this restaurant is the Pad Kee Mao. This is one of my menu items I use to measure the noodle dishes at a Thai restaurant. It comes with wide rice noodles which are my favourite rice noodles. They use organic rice noodle dough and you can taste and feel the difference when you eat it. It comes with chili oil, basil, red and green bell peppers, bamboo shoots, tomatoes and broccoli. The one thing that would have made this better would have been using more than just three tiny pieces of broccoli. Oh so close to perfection! We got it with the angus beef and the meat was not rough at all. Our final dish was the Pra Ram Noodle. It comes with wide rice noodles like the Pad Kee Mao along with baby spinach and a peanut sauce. It was good but it was my least favorite out of the four dishes. The spinach was cooked perfectly and the peanut sauce was tasty! I definitely am going to be coming back here again soon! I really liked the food a lot and think it's going to be my new go-to Thai place in Lower Queen Anne. Everyone of us agreed we want to try it again next week! Thank you for an excellent meal! read more

I order a lot of Thai food for delivery (probably ordered from around 30-40 restaurants by now) and this is definitely on the top of my list of places to order from! For some reason, I feel like it's so hard to get decent tasting pad see ew around this area, but Basilic's tastes great! The noodles I got today were perfectly cooked and the sauce wasn't too sweet. The sauce also had a great consistency (I hate when the sauce is dry or too saucy). I also got the Tom Kha which isn't too sweet either. I feel like it's easy for Thai restaurants to over do it with the sugar, fish sauce, and salt, but these dishes did not seem to overdue it in comparison to other places! Nothing is worse than eating Thai food with so much salt that I end up in a salt food coma and pass out for the night. This place never makes me feel that way. One negative today though was I noticed my Tom Kha soup didn't have any mushrooms. I'm not sure if it was a mistake, but if they are making their soup now without mushrooms, that'd be very disappointing. The menu does say it should have mushrooms so I'm hoping it was just a mistake. Overall, I'd definitely recommend this place! The fact that their food is consistently delicious and not overly seasoned makes me keep returning here! read more

We ordered delivery off of DoorDash and got the pad kee mao, Basilic fried rice, and mango sticky rice. First and foremost, the portion sizes are HUGE. I split my fried rice into two meals but could have even made it three meals if I wanted to. Both the fried rice and the pad kee mao were flavorful and definitely hit our craving for some good Thai food, but the star of the show was certainly the mango sticky rice. The mango was deliciously sweet, and the sticky rice was cooked to the perfect texture; definitely would order this again in the future and hoping to try the pad see ew as well!! read more

The food was great as was the service. The setting is relaxed. Would definitely eat there again.

So we started off with the Tom Ka Soup spiced to level 3 and added with pork for the meat. Also had the fried calamari for the appetizer. The soup was perfectly spiced and had a nice balance of coconut flavor hearty texture that came from the generous portion of diced mushrooms and pork slices. The calamari was a bit over-fried so it came out dark and very crunchy to the bite, however, once you dipped those little suckers in the spicy mayo sauce, it equalized.... not complaining for being a $5 happy hour item. The real treat came when the entrees arrived. The signature Basilic Fried Rice (which lives up to its name with 3 types of basil) and the Summer Salmon. Food orgasm.... pure unadulterated culinary Thai ecstasy. The layered flavors of basil come alive when they enter your mouth. The slight crunch of the red and green peppers tantalize with delight. Fresh and yummy and for $12 (again, for the pork.... always start with pork), it's a real bargain! My partner had the summer salmon, for which I had my share of "small bites". The salmon was cooked thoroughly, retained its moisture, and braised on top without at all being greasy. Topped with fresh seasoned mango spears over a bed of spring mix lettuce, the salmon dish was a true gem, perfect for Seattle warmer summer days. The atmosphere is charming and the location is ideal if you want to take a leisurely stroll over to the space needle (which is exactly what we're going to do). I recommend to come when there's not a lot of traffic because parking is a bit of a challenge in this area. There is no crosswalk immediately in front of the restaurant so be ready to play a live game of Frogger if you're game. But I'm telling you, when you get here, IT'S TOTALLY WORTH IT!!! Happy eating :-). read more

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This place is awesome! I have not found many restaurants in Seattle where I felt 100% content with the food and service, but this Thai restaurant is now added to that list. I thought the restaurant itself was really cute decor-wise. I loved the dark blue walls and the big windows. The service was prompt and friendly. We ordered the tempura portobello mushrooms, which were delicious. I then had the yellow curry with tofu and jasmine rice. The curry was absolutely delicious, creamy, and perfectly spicy. My fiance had the cashew chicken, which I did not try, but it looked good. We also both ordered loose leaf teas, which were good. Overall, I enjoyed my experience at this restaurant and would gladly eat there again. read more

I like that they're able to make vegan options, I just hope they make sure to use clean kitchen ware when cooking plantbased food. I could've sworn I found meat on my vegan order. I saw it, felt the texture, removed it and was too grossed out to really inspect it so I moved on. Overall the food is good and the prices are reasonable. For this reason I give it four stars read more

Just had this tonight - Aside from the packing of the sticky rice and Mango everything was very good. I prefer a thicker massaman curry, and i wish they had made everything slightly spicier (didn't have any way to specify spice on Uber Eats), but overall it was very good. I will be ordering again! read more

A friend and I came here for a late-ish lunch on a Saturday afternoon around 2 PM. The place was reasonably busy at the time, but we were able to be seated immediately. The restaurant had a nice, casual atmosphere. Upon checking in on Yelp, I got a voucher for a free glass of wine, although we didn't use this during our lunch. We ordered a chicken garb lai salad as a starter, which was served with some large lettuce leaves. This was a pretty sizeable appetizer for 2 people. My friend recommended it and it was tasty, but I think in the future I'd prefer to get a chicken satay or some spring rolls, just based on personal preference. For mains, I ordered the massamun curry with beef brisket and my friend ordered the phad woonsen talay because he likes seafood. Both were served with a bowl of complimentary rice. For the curry, I was able to pick the level of spiciness on a scale up to 5; I'm pretty sure I picked the lowest level because I don't have a great tolerance for spicy food. The massamum curry was really delicious; my friend, who had never had it before and tasted a bit of mine, loved it too. I think he wished he'd gotten that instead of the phad woonsen talay, although that dish looked pretty good too and had a generous portion of seafood and veggies. The curry sauce went great with the rice, and was served with a lot of meat; I couldn't finish it and my friend had to help me out in the end. The food was really good; I'd definitely get the massamum curry again! The only downside of our visit was the service; I think there was only 1 waitress at the time, so there was quite a long wait between when she seated us and when she came back around to take our orders. However, after we ordered, the food didn't take too long to be brought out, which was nice. There is free street parking nearby. read more

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I really try not to give out too many 5-star review, but this place is INSANELY amazing. I have been here twice, and tried a handful of different things, and everything is stellar. Very well seasoned, expertly prepared, very high quality ingredients. I am ABSOLUTELY a regular and you should be too. If you don't live in the area, this place is worth seeking out for some of the best Thai food in the area. read more

Had the tom yum soup, salad spring rolls and panang curry which were all delicious. Price was very reasonable and portions were large. Convenient location nearby Seattle Center. Quite spacious inside. read more

I almost gave up on Thai food in Seattle based on skyrocketing prices, small portions and overall mediocre food. Then I ordered from Basilic Essentially Thai and my faith has been restored. Every. Single. Dish. I ordered had amazing flavor, the perfect amount of spice and huge portions! Coupled with fair pricing I'm never ordering anywhere else again. Even gave me the little happy food dance while I was chowing down! read more

Nice they were able to swap out broccoli with green beans even with online ordering. I just hate broccoli but like garlic chicken. It was a nice option during lockdown for something we never make at home. Seems like good quality ingredients and had good flavor. read more

We are staying at the Four Points Sheraton for a week and trying out all the restaurants near by. As usual, I checked Yelp and saw 4* reviews and decided to try it today. Host asked us to take any seats, as the place is not busy. We ordered Pineapple Fried Rice and Basilic Chili and Basil with shredded Pork as main dishes and Veggie and Shrimp Tempura as appetizer. Both the main dishes were really good and generous portion to fill Both of us. I will come here again. read more

4 duck curry: the curry is really delicious, spicy but flavorful. And the duck meat is really tender. I can still feel the specialty of duck even with the strong curry! 2 red snapper: looks pretty good but actually really salty... also the fried cloth of fish is little bit hard and the inner fish is kind of blend and dry. Only salty. The green beans are also salty and not soft enough to have flavors :(. 5 service: our server, a tall lady, is very nice and welcoming, providing us great service and talk. Really enjoy the time there! read more

Basilic Essentially Thai - Duck curry - Thai Near Me - Seattle, Washington

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Tasty food and good service. The yellow curry got a strong flavor of peanut with a hint of coconut milk. The veggies inside the curry still kept some textures. The steak inside the curry was not very dry. However the quality of the rice was bad. read more

Basilic Essentially Thai - Thai Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Excellent, yummy food! This is a lovely quiet spot just a short walk away from the Seattle Center. I'm so glad we found this gem! After a long day of sightseeing it was so relaxing to enjoy a tasty Pad Thai and a cold glass of Thai iced tea. The staff is so friendly too! Highly recommend. read more

Hey you guys. Why is the crispy garlic chicken here so salty? I was coming here like twice a week but that garlic chicken is like kidney shutdown territory. I mean it's gone from delicious to un edible. Everybody thinks so. The rest of the menu is wonderful however I can't order anything if your crispy garlic chicken is too painful to eat. So I've moved down the street. To the other Thai restaurant. Not that one, the other one. Not that one either. Same street but like the third one down the street. Other direction. Those that way don't have crispy garlic chicken. read more

Ordered delivery from Grubhub because there was a discount for your first order from here. No chopsticks or napkins in the bag. Crab rangoons were light and crispy, but the ratio of filling to wonton seemed pretty off (huge wonton, tiny filling). I'd requested the pad Thai spicy, but it was barely medium. No lime wedge. Food was ok otherwise, but I probably wouldn't order from here again because there are way better options in the area. It was worth a try, though. Portions were good and delivery was quick. read more

Late night 10 minutes to closing. Called in for a pick up of Pad See Ew. They made it. I was sooo hungry and it was on-point. They were friendly and accommodating. Would go back. read more

Had an amazing lunch here today - highly recommend. Service was very friendly, food was served perfectly hot and fresh. I had the pad prik king with soft tofu and medium spice. The green beans were perfectly cooked and the seasoning was spot on. read more

Basilic Essentially Thai - Pad prik king with soft tofu, medium spice - Thai Near Me - Seattle, Washington

This meal was more expensive than most and mini, almost comical, servings of rice (see photo with plastic spoon for scale). They're skimping on a product that is such a low cost as it is, it doesn't make sense. I was hopeful as I live around the corner, but I'll be taking advantage of the other Thai restaurants in the area. I'd gladly pay for full size rice had the complimentary tiny rice size been disclosed. The inconvenient part of it is when you order for delivery, you assume you'll get everything you need for your meal. This was not the case. read more

Basilic Essentially Thai - Thai Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Had tried a few other Thai places in the area and so far this is my favorite. Got the Pad See Ew with fried tofu and it was delicious. Good amount of broccoli and it was very fresh. The sauce was delicious will definitely be back. read more

Any other day, I would rate this place an average rating. But then something happened. I asked the waitress for a 10 star spicy dish... AND IT WAS! For those of you that love the experience of sheer orifice pain, this is the place! I really hope this place thrives for the next 100 years. I miss the old Thai Heaven but this place pulls no punches for spicy aficionados. For the faint of heart, you will still find the dishes tasty and the ambiance relaxing. read more