Love hot basil every time. Eat in or take out. Consistently delicious. Can't wait to go back next week.

Great authentic Thai food. Service is always spot on. Love the homie atmosphere and separate of bar and cozy dining space. The women who owns and works in back I'd always so kind and everything is made to order. The homemade ice cream is great. Thai ice tea is the best I've had. read more

Went here a week ago and the owner was very friendly and the food we ordered was cooked to perfection

What a great surprise. The food was SO good. Terrific pad thai (not too thick/soupy), the curries are awesome, etc. We were a group of six and every one of us was commenting how good the food was. The ambiance is also really cool, where they converted a house into a really cool space. Service was also kind/attentive/quick. We'll be back...often. read more

The space was cute and food was EXCELLENT. Everything was tasty but the standouts were the spring rolls and the pad thai. Great depth of flavor and good portions. Staff was friendly and we spoke with the owner. She was so warm and welcoming and knows how to cook! Will definitely be a new go to when I visit the area read more

Sweet Basil Thai Restaurant - Thai Near Me - Liberty, New York

Our waiter was friendly but the food wasn't very good. Whenever I visit a new place, I try the nearest Thai restaurant because Thai is my favorite. This was nothing like any Thai I've ever tasted. It was bland and lacked any flavor. Will skip this place next time. read more

Amazing food! amazing service ! Amazing relaxing atmosphere !! Thanks Pat Bennett read more

I'm 55 yrs old. Never made a complaint in my life about any food I've ever eaten out at. Paid my $50 and 5 tip and left. The 3 of us all had chicken fried rice. How can you mess that up ? At best... we all ate 4 or 5 bites. Absolutely disgusting. Most people would not have even paid for that food. We are just not like that. Waiter was oblivious. Clearly none of us ate our food, paid and left. The plate / food, at the very best, was only room temperature. The chicken was gross. Rubbery, like it was from 2 days ago. Or it was not even real chicken. Hard to say. I suspect it was old. In my 55 years of life, this is the worst food I've have ever ever ever eaten in my life. Hands down. Should have known when we walked in on a Saturday night. 5 pm. And it was dead. And no staff we seen were Asian. That's always another "tell". One guy in his 70's was there waiting on his to go order. This is NOT a restaurant. It more like a to go order place with a couple of tables. The good reviews MUST BE FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS. Looks like all of the great reviews were from YEARS AGO. Maybe new cooks or new owner. The bad reviews all tell the truth. It was gross !!! Place looked clean inside. Food was VERY DISGUSTING. No possible way anyone could think that food is good. I've had lots of bad food or mediocre food. I've always eaten it. Even if cold. This food was NOT editable. It was absolutely gross. So sad. When 3 adults all eat 3 or 4 bites.... You know it's gotta be super bad !!! Waited for the wife to drink her Pepsi.... Paid and left. I asked how spicy is the Thai rice. No spice at all he says. What ? This is a Thai restaurant right ? How does it have no spice to it. Thai food is HOT. He brought some "spice" out with the food in a small bowl. My 2 yr old granddaughter could have taken a spoon full of it. He must have brought something else out ??? No way that was spice. Reddish color. But not a drop of "hotness" to it. Zero !!! I was literally shocked at how bad it was. I don't understand how you can mess up chicken fried rice. Then for the 18-20 yr old waiter to be completely oblivious that your 3 customers didn't even eat their food. Helloooooo. I'm glad my two adult daughters were not there. They are both very out spoken. I think 95% of the population would have never paid for that disgusting food. Owner should be ashamed. read more

Absolutely lovely service!! Cozy ambience. Our waitress recommended her favorite skin-less dumplings (triangle-shaped, veggie-stuffed), which was delicious! Egg rolls were good too. I liked that they brought the cider out in a mug so cold the cider started crystallizing. Unfortunately the tofu drunken noodles were not it... very soggy, flavor profile was not quite right. For that reason alone I'm docking the points. I would still come again if I was ever in the area tho! I would just not order that. read more

Sweet Basil Thai Restaurant - Dumplings, Egg Rolls - Thai Near Me - Liberty, New York

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I've eaten a lot of Thai over the years in NYC, LA and elsewhere. Hands down this is one of the worst Thai restaurants I've been to period. (I don't like to write bad reviews but shaking my head in amazement at this place.) $45 dollars in total for som tum salad (not really som tum see below), green curry with shrimp and pad prik king with chicken. Portions so small couldn't feed two people. Plus one beer ($5, best thing about this place served with a chilled beer mug). Extra charge on the menu for rice (I still don't know what they charge. it's a secret they don't tell you ahead of time. And they don't give you an itemized receipt.). See my pic of the menu. At bottom hand written it says "For every dish that comes with rice you will be charged." Um, could they just say how much it is maybe? This place is just -- WEIRD!! First, we encountered what seems to be a young (under 18?) kid who dodges any questions about the menu. You have to order at window then sit down and he brings the very small portions to you. Did I mention prices are higher than where I live in Manhattan yet portions are smaller!? We had the Pad Prik King which is supposed to be made with firm, dried green bean but they appeared to be frozen green beans chopped into small pieces and over cooked. Sauce was passable, but watery. We ordered the Som Tom salad. I asked the kid if it had green papaya. He acted like I was from Mars. Yes google it, it's supposed to have green papaya, that's what Som Tom is. But the salad we got had NO GREEN PAPAYA. The dressing seemed right, but without the papaya, it was just a small pile of tomato, cabbage and carrots. Not enough to share between 2 people. Of everything the green curry with shrimp was alright, but tiny. And in both cases the rice was extra. Supposedly due to rice prices going up, they have to charge separately for rice. My husband and I were thinking, how much could it have gone up? 25 cents? I mean they must buy it in bulk right?! BOTTOM LINE. This place is bizarre and overpriced. I hate to say bad things about a place. I wish they would get their act together and treat their patrons with respect. read more

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Food is made to order, dining rooms are cute and trendy. Prices are reasonable and portion size is good. Staff recommends the Thai iced tea, Thai iced coffee, Roselle tea or Thai beer. read more

What a great find! We are from CA and stopped here though it looked like a take- out place, which it also does. There was plenty of seating. Excellent soup, main dishes and coconut ice cream for dessert! The owner does everything herself- while being very attentive to us and the toddlers in our group. (Provided crayons too!) read more

We were passing through Liberty NY on the way to SUNY Binghamton, and stopped here for dinner. A funky little out of the way joint down a side street, the Thai food is the REAL DEAL! Absolutely delicious and genuine. Penang Chicken Curry had real Kaffir Lime leaves and was perfectly cooked and piping hot. The Beef Pad Thai was excellent, as was everything else we had. Downed it all with Chang Thai Beer.....who knew?? If you're local or traveling the NY Quickway Route 17, STOP HERE! read more

Where to begin? The prices shown on the menu are not what they put on your check! The staff, very inattentive, and they WEREN'T BUSY. The table that came in after us had to tell them multiple times they were waiting for service. Oh yeah, they actively allow pets in the restaurant. No, I don't mean a service animal, it was a pet. Most importantly, their food was unlike any Thai food I've ever eaten. Over cooked, under seasoned and not palatable. read more

The food here is good, I genuinely really enjoy coming here for a treat for myself because even though it's a bit on the higher price side, I like it! Today however the amount I was charged was baffling. I got a Thai fried rice, a red curry (both with tofu) and a coffee. Right on the menu it says that both of the dishes are about $11 - so I'm looking to pay around $25 my head with tax and coffee which is fine. I look at my bank statements and it's $35.50? There are signs everywhere that say rice is extra. Okay maybe $2 extra for the rice with the curry that would still be about $27 but where did the extra $8 come from? If they're charging for the rice inside of the fried rice separate I'm very confused because the entire dish is rice so what is the $11 for?? And even if that's the case there's still a missing $6 out of nowhere. So assuming that they charged the rest of the amount for rice alone I'm paying $10 for maybe a cup of cooked rice for one dish and for the second, for rice that's the majority portion of the second meal..? Also the portion of the curry was very small so it doesn't even justify! I wish I had a photo but I'm writing this a few hours later as I've seen the charge come in and I'm really disappointed. It was in one of those silver aluminum 8 inch round take aways and the curry genuinely didn't even hit the 1/3 mark of filling the thing. read more

This place is one of the best Thai places in the country, and we've been to many! Goy the Chef owner is a sweetheart and she makes the best Chicken Satay, Massaman Curry, Drunken Noodles , Pai Thai we love those so much we order them time after time. The restaurant is a bit quirky, which makes it all the better! Check it out! read more

My family and I have been ordering from here for quite some time. We always loved the food and service, we still do enjoy the food but today we ordered two pad Thais and order of spring rolls. To my surprise we were charged 35 bucks for 3 spring rolls and 2 small servings of the pad Thais. I mean I get places are struggling and you need to find ways to make up the losses but the two main reasons we always came here was 1- prices were always fair and 2- you always got plenty for what you paid for. And to top it we were charged 5 extra dollars for us to pick it up and was even asked to tip on top of it all. I don't know what made them change but they lost a loyal customer today! read more

Sweet Basil Thai Restaurant - the receipt - Thai Near Me - Liberty, New York

A fresh new taste that is filling, made fresh with each order. May take a little longer to get your food but well worth it.

If you want authentic Thai food this place isn't it. This place cater towards yuppies. I'm so annoyed. read more

Sweet Basil Thai Restaurant - Their plate - Thai Near Me - Liberty, New York

I've been 3 times, ordered Pad Thai twice and each time it was made differently. Different noodles and totally different taste. I feel like this place plays on this small town's ignorance on Thai food. The service was mediocre. The best part was the mango sticky rice. read more

A gem in the middle of nowhere. The good news is that everything here is great; the bad news is that many of the dishes are very similar. We had a group of eight and asked the server to order for us. We had: Pad see ew Pad Thai Thai fried rice Pad woosen glass noodles All good but similar. I would order a more varied set of selections next time. And by the way, "pad" means stir fry. We started with spring roll, one fresh, one Thai spring roll. Very fresh and flavorful. Not greasy. Leave room for the housemade desserts which were both amazing. We have the mango sticky rice -- a must-have, in my opinion -- and the homemade coconut ice cream, The service was gracious and pretty fast (though we were the only people there in the middle of the afternoon and there was just one person running the place, so our experience may not be representative). Nice big place, attractive and clean, with a pleasant decor. read more

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A yr later another road trip made sure to detour for dinner. area is lucky to have great food prepared/served by lovely couple. Plenty gluten free choices. Owner cooks w/ little veggie oil, could be why I ate lots not feeling uncomfortable. She roasts chili pepper. Had delicious pumpkin dessert w/coconut ice cream..YUM! We are coming back will gladly drive 3 hrs! read more

This was my first time back at Sweet Basil since they first opened years ago and it did not disappoint! To start my meal, I had an order of spring rolls; for my main, Massaman Curry; for dessert, coconut ice cream. Everything was fresh and delicious, especially the homemade ice cream. The owner/chef was very sweet and informative about the food and made our experience more pleasant. Highly recommended, will be back! read more

Sweet Basil Thai Restaurant - Massaman Curry - Thai Near Me - Liberty, New York

OMG! Total joy! Yummy quaint fabulous service and great food. A total gem.

From someone who loves Thai food, Sweet Basil by far the best I have ever had in my life, no joke. And they're in Liberty??? Soooo random, and not expected, but nevertheless, remarkable. After our meal, I took time to speak to the sweet little woman who cooks all of the food. She is authentically from Thailand! She makes all dishes and sauces from scratch. Just a simple dish like the Pad Thai is so so delicious. Worth every single penny if you ask me, even if these other reviewers say the positions are small. I think they're more than fair! Common, Liberty, get a grip! We're lucky to have this place! Hard working small business owners like them need your support. If you're on the fence, GO! It's incredible! read more

Omg you guys!!! GREAT THAI FOOD!!! Really nice service, totally COVID safe! We got take out, everything is really good!

Ed and his wife treat us every good. The food was amazing with great service. I would definitely recommend this place to anyone who like great Thai food. We from NYC and been to many Thai restaurants in the city but Sweet Basil is very tasty. read more

Sweet Basil Thai Restaurant - Great place to eat. Ed and his wife treat us very good. The food was every tasty. It felt like home cooking. - Thai Near Me - Liberty, New York

Soups are delicious with lots of authenticflavors. The The Pad Thai and fish dishes were also very fresh, tasty and mild.

Food is delicious! Thai chicken fried rice is BURSTING with flavor! Staff are very nice and welcome you with a warm smile! Definitely recommend. read more

Incredible food, large dishes and so so delicious! We ordered the Pad thai and panang curry and it was so delicious. I highly recommend for any who love thai food read more

Best Thai food ever! Everything on the menu is delicious! Highly recommend this restaurant.

We tried them Saturday night. The stir fry with noodles was so good! We also had chicken satay and shrimp dumplings to start. What a wonderful restaurant tucked away in Liberty. We did take out...maybe we will dine in next time! read more

Better Thai than I've been able to find in Montclair/NYC. Great service, amazingly flavored food in good portions. A lot of Thai places seem to add heat and call it flavor. They did a great job here where every bite of every dish was delightfully flavorful. And the coconut ice cream was insanely good. Will definitely try to be back when in the area. Oh and our waitress was sweet enough to actually run out to us down the street when they accidentally charged us for our complementary birthday treat! read more

Delicious food and extra nice owners! Shrimp blankets are out of this world! Tom kha soup is wonderful. Thai spring rolls delectable. All the food I've eaten is just great. Go there!! Now!!! You won't regret it. read more

Great restaurant! Awesome service. Try the chicken Satay. I have had satay in many restaurants before but their Satay is very different. Great flavor. read more

Just had a fantastic dinner at Sweet Basil. The absolute best Pad Thai and curry. Finished with delicious homemade super premium coconut ice cream. Only 4 minutes off of Rt 17 exit 100A. Don't be put off by the "remote" side street location this place is worth repeat visits, the Liebert and Roscoe diners may not be seeing us for a while. read more

Good food, enjoyed the art on the walls. Had a cozy, hole in the wall kind of vibe and people were nice. The pad thai wasn't packed with flavor but I enjoyed it. Appreciated the tofu and veg options for vegetarian/vegan options! read more

So happy we found this gem. Definitely hidden from the main road in Liberty. Fresh ingredients, real home Thai food. We had Tom Kha soup, green curry chicken, drunken noodles, and mango sticky rice with coconut ice cream to share... soo good We will be back Atmosphere can use some updating but otherwise perfecto. read more

Well, I returned to Sweet Basil. After all, it is the only Thai Restaurant in the area. The owner and chef really is sweet. The food was ok. Again, however, I take issue with the service and filling my order. I was on a short lunch break, so I called ahead to have the food ready to eat in the restaurant when I arrived. I asked for Chicken Pad See Ew and wanted it without broccoli and with bell peppers and bamboo shoots instead. I often get this dish exactly like this in many Thai Restaurants. Well, the dish arrived without the bell peppers or bamboo shoots. I also had a hard time finding any chicken in the dish. If you go to Soy in Monticello, you get amazing dishes with tons of succulent chicken (at a better price). Since I was on a short lunch break, I didn't say anything as I did not have time to wait on a new dish. I really don't feel that this is too much to ask. Please get the order correct and actually include some chicken in the dish. This should not be hard especially since the rent in Liberty has to be considerably less than a place like Monticello as the Town of Liberty is mostly a barren wasteland. The other issue I have with the restaurant is they always seem to be closing for long stretches of time - like a few weeks at a time. So, make sure the restaurant is not closed before you make the trip. read more

I really enjoy their chicken pad thai and their thai spring rolls. They are so very yummy and I can't wait to go back!