Sitting in the storefront of the now departed "Hanna's", Sweet Basil Express has cleaned up the act of this typically funky corner of the University of Oregon food options. Now a weekly favorite of mine, their food is fresh and fast (if you time your meal right), with relatively friendly service. The word Express suggests fast food, but the quality and presentation suggests a sit down restaurant. It is true that you need to avoid the rush by getting their early, or eating a little later, because the peak rush means your meal will be anything but fast. Counter order, food brought to your table. read more

Whenever I hear "express" in a restaurant's name, my instincts tell me to avoid. However this is one place I'd be glad to revisit. It's certainly not the best Thai I've ever tasted, but the portions are hearty and served up quickly and the prices are very reasonable. It was pretty busy when I visited, but despite the small space there were a couple of open tables, and we got through the line pretty quickly. The atmosphere is pretty cozy, but the music is awful. Consider ordering to-go. read more

Located at 1219 Alder St, Eugene, OR 97401 (on campus). First of all, Eugene offers many great Thai cuisine for such a small college town. Sweet Basil - Thai Restaurant is just happens to be the favorite. Whether it is the 'hole in the wall' effect, the steamy pore poppin' thai chillies, curry aroma, or Khun John manipulating the wok, Sweet Basil - Thai Restaurant is always a great option. Other than the one on campus, try the one downtown; Sweet Basil: The Elegance of Thai Cuisine. Same Sweet Basil, just a slightly different motif. Enjoy the most authentic Thai cuisine around! My favorite: Pad Kee Mao. Fresh wide rice noodles stir-fried with egg, green onions, bell peppers, fresh chili paste, and basil leaves with a side of bean sprouts. read more

I just moved to Eugene and I've been in the search for the perfect pad thai (to me ofc). There are a lot of great thai places but my perfect pad thai is more on the saucy side. And I get that here. ANother plus is the portion size. I'm taking off a star because I miss the crunch factor of bean sprouts (there were maybe at most two pieces of it) and the typical garnish of red cabbage/carrots that you would find else where. read more

Used to love this place, but today is the second time they over cooked my pad see ew, meh:(

The food here really is excellent. I wanted a bunch of yummy Pad Thai, they gave it to me. The serving size I have notice is more generous when you order in-person instead of from Grub Hub. Their peanut sauce isn't peanut-y enough, and I have to order an extra one if I get rolls or wraps of any kind. I ordered my dish 'hot' and they gave it to me totally plain. I do think they assume I don't know how hot it really is. So make sure you emphasize the spice level you want and that yes you REALLY do want it that spicy. read more

The food wasn't good, the service wasn't that great either. You'd be better off going to tasty thai; even while staffed by stereotypical college students, the food tastes much better, plus they don't charge a buck for cheap @$$ Lipton tea. I had the pad thai, and it was not at all satisfying - at most it was meh. Pad thai should be a dish that's easy to prepare well. Me and my boyfriend were sorely disappointed in this place. EDIT: it's actually not that bad. My bad read more

Very good food. This is my first time having pad Thai. I didn't know how spicy it usually is so i ordered it mild. Next time I will order it a bit more spicy. Thank you for the delicious food Thailand. read more

The restaurant was dirty, and despite it being slow (I was the only one in there), the owner was just on her laptop and failed to acknowledge me. I ordered the chicken pad Thai to go and the portion was a bit on the small side, which irritated me since I was there a couple minutes after the lunch prices was over. If I was there 3 minutes earlier and I woulda paid $2 less. The pad thai was pretty good, yet was reminiscent of some boxed pad Thai I got at Safeway. I try to eat only natural and organic foods, but I was really craving Thai and it gave me a massive headache, which means it was probably loaded with MSG. If they tidy up the place and remove the MSG, I'll be back. For now, I'll stick to Ta Ra Rin despite the distance from campus. I had yet to discover Tasty Thai when I visited this place! read more

Sweet Basil Express - Chicken Pad Thai. Good, but gave me a headache (msg). - Thai Near Me - Eugene, Oregon

I ordered Tom Yum soup and it is okay. I expected it to be in the sour side, and it is a little bit too sweet for my taste. I also ordered their fried wonton--the sauce is great! The price and selection are ok for a place close to campus. read more

Ordered the Yellow curry and it came nothing as described, it was more of a stir fry with no curry. The fish sauce over powers whatever dish this was supposed to be... pretty disappointed I've been recommended to try this place many times. read more

Now I'm not a big Thai food fan but my boyfriend is! This was our first time trying it and he loved it!! I had the Pad See Ew with beef and it was pretty yummy. The beef was delicious with the sweet soy sauce. I think I would have preferred it with rice, so next time I'll get a side of rice! But my boyfriend got the I Love Veggies dish with extra chicken and subbed brown rice. He was skeptical at first look but once he took a bite, he was sold. Now Thai food and Sweet Basil Express is all he talks about. He loves the flavor and how fresh it all is. We also tried the potstickers and they were fantastic. He's had this place like 3 times now in the past 2 weeks. Safe to say, definitely give it a try! Also, super friendly employees. P.S. if you go on their website you can submit your order and pay online and by the time you get there your order is all ready and packaged to go. Makes picking up dinner so much faster. Love this feature!! read more

Sweet Basil Express - I Love Veggies with extra chicken and sub brown rice. It looks bland, but it's packed with flavor & sauce sinks to the bottom! - Thai Near Me - Eugene, Oregon

Really good Thai food and priced at where Thai good should be priced at. Had a few different dishes that had a ton of flavor.

Moved back to Oregon and was excited to get one of my favorite Thai places, but now having driven to Eugene TWICE to try to get this place we have found it to be closed both times. What's super awesome is their phone lines are still on, and they're terrible about answering normally, so it seems like they're open, and you can even place an online order that goes through successfully... when they're closed! Now have tried for both dinner and lunch, they change their hours and days they're open seemingly every other week. It just sucks on top of a crappy attitude towards customers that I remember from my times going last year. Turn off your phone line or put an automated message on it with your hours and days open, a piece of paper on your window is terrible. read more

My friend got serious food poisoning after eating squid, octopus pan fried noodles at Sweet Basil. Owner tried to push the responsibility to the supplier, well- it's the restaurant's job to make sure whatever you serve your customers is clean and will not poison us! So disappointed at this place! Will not come back! read more

My husband and I have had the food here (Togo) about 4 times and have loved it every time! He gets the cashew Gai and I get a different kind of curry each time. Great prices, and great food. The only thing holding us back from coming here more often is the location (in busy Eugene, no place to park read more

Sweet Basil Express - This is the house curry - Thai Near Me - Eugene, Oregon

In Eugene for business and actually came across Sweet Basil Express here on yelp. I'm a big fan of thai food and it sounded great according to the reviews, but.... I was not impressed. The lady took my order and it was quickly ready. I had ordered the chicken pad thai to go. By the time I got back to my hotel room with my food (5 minutes) and took it out of the bag, the to-go box was falling apart. The pad thai was heavy and was seeping through the box. The pad thai was alright, good flavor and there was a lot of chicken. I liked how they did not mix all the bean sprouts into the noodle but instead just put them on the side. The noodles were a little too hard for me and that pretty much ruined it. I've definitely had better pad thai in my home sweet home city of L.A. read more

I've definitely had some four-star level experiences at Sweet Basil Express, but both the food and the service are really inconsistent. Pros: the food is typically better than any other "Asian cuisine" in the campus area, the portions are generous, the prices are decent, and there's this one guy who works the cash register and sometimes, inexplicably, gives me free soda. Cons: the service is sometimes infuriatingly slow for an "express" kind of restaurant, the food isn't always as good as it should be, and somehow the place manages to reach like 100 degrees inside if it happens to be more than 60 degrees outside. read more

Eh not great. I could see how this would appealing as a 22 year old college student hammered at 2 am. For the 32 year old here on business not the best dinner choice. read more

I've been to this place a couple of times and I always order the Tom Kha Gai and oh my god rolls, this time I ordered it Tom Kha during lunch, which states in their menu that it's $4, he charged me $4.75.. I didn't want to argue because it's $.75 cents but it happened quite often. They never tell you what they're charging, you'll have to ask or be surprised when you sign the receipt. This place is a quick and go kind of place. But the quality is not really there. I have attached a picture of my soup. There is about 3 slices of mushroom (which equals to one full mushroom) 2-3 pieces of chicken, a slice of tomato and the broth doesn't taste quite there. I'm really disappointed because the past few times I ordered (during dinner) it has been good, and there were actual ingredients. With this being said, I don't think I'll go here any more. The service is selective as well. read more

Sweet Basil Express - Thai Near Me - Eugene, Oregon

Have dined here every time I come to Eugene and my experience has been hit or miss. When they are good, they hit the bulls-eye. When they are bad, they are way off base. Will give them another chance and another chance because when they are good, they do hit a bulls eye. read more

Oh man. Was recommended this spot from a very nice dude at the U-Haul upon arriving into town, and boy he didn't disappoint on this one. The food was excellent and the price was unbeatable for the amount of food that is on your plate! The Oh My God was also a super way to kick off a meal. Left full and satisfied but not heavy and overloaded. Great little spot for a hot, reasonably priced and delicious meal. read more

The food quality is great, just like the downtown location. Service however, is sllloooww! If you are working at the U of O, or Hospital, it's nice to patronize a local place in the neighborhood. But, when it takes almost your whole lunch hour to get a soup to go, you cross them off the list. If you are in the area, I would suggest calling in an order to pick up. read more

Ordered off of grubhub, cold, bland, not spicy as I'd ordered. Sauce was sickeningly sweet, did i mention it was bland? Soup was ok.

WEAK SAUCE! First of all, there was an added gratuity to our two take out dishes with no prior mention of it. I thought tips were for service provided, not for cooking the damn food. Speaking of the food, meh... not what I would call authentic, seeing how the rolls were made with tortillas! Parting words: Pass on Sweet Basil Express read more

I used to love, love this place. Unfortunately I've had too many meals with chicken not fully cooked and/or raw. I just tried them again yesterday & all 3 of my items are just terrible. The pot stickers are burnt, the yellow curry is missing the curry, potatoes are partially uncooked, Tom Yum noodle soup, the chicken is half raw. Just gross. read more

Not the greatest thai food on the planet, but it's quick and cheap. I got the yellow curry with tofu which was quite tasty, although mostly spicy and less flavorful. Got quite a few hard/uncooked pieces of rice as I ate, but the potatoes and carrots generally made up for it. read more

Sweet Basil Express - Yellow curry with tofu - Thai Near Me - Eugene, Oregon

My husband and I got delivery from SBE through deliverydish.com. The food was good as always. I had the yellow curry without onions or bell peppers spiced mildly with seafood. The calamari was tough, but there were tons of scallops and a good amount of shrimp. It was a little spicy for mild, so if you are sensitive you might want to ask them for extra mild. My husband had the I Love Veggies dish with tofu. He originally wanted the cashew gai, but apparently that dish cannot be made vegan. All in all a good dinner. Oh, and I love that they use recyclable containers for their to go orders. read more

Not a bad place to satisfy your Thai craving, even if dishes are primarily hit-or-miss. They simply offer Thai fair that isn't too adventurous among a setting with a warm color palette and Buddha heads on the walls. The eggrolls, potstickers, and 'oh my god' rolls are good bits of fried satisfaction, but the entrees can leave you wanting more in terms of flavor. Some items, like the Pad Thai or spicy fried rice, are just fine, but others like the Pad Kee Mao just don't taste right, and have even turned out overdone. The is plenty of space in the U-shaped building, but it can get packed with people standing for orders to-go. Not a bad place overall, but not the best either. read more

It was gross. I ordered pad Thai and the rice noodles were so overcooked and mushy and clumped.

Food taste not that bad. But watch out for the hidden charges. They always charged me extra $2, sometimes they said for the tips, or boxes. Is it Tips based on your service? So, add extra charge is considered as good service? read more

Best Pad Thai on campus! And I love that we can now get Thai Tea without ice, it's an extra 25 cents but worth it. Would definitely recommend. The flies when dining in are a downside though, especially on the warmer days. read more

I called, talked about placing an order, then they told me to come in and order in person. I said I would be ten minutes until I arrived. Their hours say 9pm. I arrived at 8:20 and they were closed. People from inside the window waved they were closed after talking to me on the phone 10 minutes prior. If you're looking to go somewhere don't come here, chances are they will waste your time and not even serve you. Would recommend going to sy'a pizza or the sandwich league nextdoor. read more

This is the best fast thai food in Eugene! Their dishes are very flavorful and authentic. The only downfall is the service is subpar.

Best thai food in town...i had the spicy fried rice and can t get it in a better place good flavor and good service . Ill be coming back

I've eaten here numerous times, far too many to count, tonight, I was taking a friend here. After bragging to them how amazing it was, we left disappointed and hungry, as the three things we ordered, they did not have. Makes me wonder how fresh their food truly is. Like- if you ran out, is it prefab? Never again. read more

My food wasn't even properly cooked. I high key should've walked into the kitchen and cooked it my damn self . I've never wrote a review before but that was the foulest food I've ever had. They wouldn't even get a star from me but you have to at least put one. read more

It does the trick when you need that good good pad Thai. The Tom kha is good too. Some of the stir fry dishes and curries miss the mark, though. Small place. They can get packed. Look forward to the occasional fire explosion from the side kitchen. read more

I've eaten at Sweet Basil Express numerous times, but the last two times they sent me with the wrong order. I ordered Pad Thai but received Pad See Ew. Their service is not great and they do not accommodate substitutions well. read more

I haven't been here in awhile, so was pleasantly surprised to see a few new items on the menu. While my standard go to item (pad-tai), I decided to try the Thai ravioli, along with the Thai iced tea and to top it all off, Oh My God! What a treat. The flavors blended together perfectly. I recommend this to everyone! Totally awesome. read more