This is an absolute must for any vegan or vegetarian foodies in the area! Thai Basil has such delicious food and great service! My little brother loves the "popcorn chicken" and asks for it whenever I'm in the area! The dim, warm lighting made for a great ambiance for any type of date night. Also shout out to Jerry for being so awesome and friendly! read more

I was really excited about this restaurant since it came highly recommended from a friend, however I was a bit disappointed. The hot basil sauce was too tangy and the flavour lacked depth. The server wasn't as attentive as one would hope. The ambience was a hole-in-the wall vibe. The place has potential & I would go back to give it one more shot since it's one of the only fully vegan/veg Thai places in the area. read more

Thai Basil Restaurant - Hot Basil Sauce with Tofu - Thai Near Me - Piscataway, New Jersey

We're allium free vegetarians and as soon as I saw this place is fully vegetarian AND they offer allium-free options, I was thrilled. Not to mention the fact that it is fully vegan/vegetarian THAI food; I haven't encountered one recently. If you're Jain, check out this place! We were visiting and in the area so made sure to drop by for lunch on a Sunday. In addition to having no onion, no garlic options, they are also knowledgeable about food allergies! Color me impressed! But back to that allium-free thing: there are usually limited options at places that claim they have a menu for those restrictions, but we could have most of the menu here! My youngest is allergic to wheat, eggs, avocado, peanuts (iffy since this is a Thai restaurant), tree nuts, pineapples, and kiwi, but he could have a decent amount of things as well. They also have a gluten-free sauce option so he doesn't have to miss out on flavor! The menu is actually primarily vegan for the most part but you can add egg for an additional $1. It can go either way though. In addition, spice level and items that contain wheat/gluten are indicated on the menu. They have sections for appetizers, soup, curries, noodles, dishes with rice, fried rice, dessert, and drinks. We ended up getting a little bit of everything (all allium free) because we weren't sure what our youngest would like: ROTI - I got this for my eldest, who is picky. But she loves carbs. I knew she'd love peel-apart roti and dip it in the curry... and I was right? She loved it. The curry is super flavorful and the spiciest thing we ordered. This matches with the previous times I've had this dish. TOM KHA - a coconut-based soup that isn't spicy and a nice combination of tangy and savory. This is one of the items that we got in case our youngest liked it. He didn't (very foreign flavors for him), but at least the adults did. FRIED OYSTER MUSHROOMS - oh, my. I would get this every time I go. Absolutely delicious and lightly crisp. Juicy insides, but nowhere was the dish wet. The chili salt for sprinkling/dipping was perfection. Pad Thai (peanuts on the side) - another item we got for our youngest. I'm getting the impression he doesn't like sweet/sour/tangy flavors (or he needs to get acclimated since this is his first exposure to it) because he didn't really like this one either. The adults enjoyed it though! Mango Curry - a fairly mild curry and delicious and came with a small bowl of rice. I'm not sure if they would have provided another bowl of rice because it would have been too small if it were for my husband, who is a bottomless pit for rice (he would have needed 2-3 of those bowls at least). The flavors were there! This was a winner with my youngest, but mostly just the rice and soup. The vegetables weren't cooked well enough for him (he likes them softer). Mild with a nice sweetness from the mango. We ordered quite a bit considering the fact that our kids don't eat that much, so we opted out of dessert, but we did get drinks (oat milk is the vegan milk alternative)! Both kids got orange and apple juice, respectively. The adults got: THAI ICED TEA - I enjoyed mixing the milk together (I chose regular milk) where it had that signature orange color. Tasted perfect as well! Not too much ice so when they did melt, it didn't taste watered down. THAI ICED COFFEE - This was my husband's, who loves coffee. But he likes black coffee. No, They cannot make this not sweet (he asked). I really liked this one too! You can taste the Thai tea and though it is sweet, it's not too sweet. It was the perfect marriage between Thai tea and coffee. Hubby thought it was fine because it was sweet (he prefers black, unsweetened, hot), but he thought it wasn't bad. I'd order this for myself. This place is located in a shopping strip with other eateries and businesses with ample parking. The decor seemed somewhat incomplete but the place was clean. Tables were cleaned promptly and staff were super helpful! It isn't all that brightly lit, but not in a bad way. While there, they had a steady trickle of customers and the same amount of take out/delivery orders. Food was great and reasonably priced. Owner is Buddhist; traditional Buddhist cuisine is allium-free, which explains the extensive options for those who follow that diet. AND both of my kids liked something there. Plus my kid with the multiple food allergies had no issues. Yay! Count us in for future visits! Looking forward to trying more things. read more

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PROs- very good taste , very good pricing CONs- location , no meat restaurant, ambience We went to Rutgers and was looking for a good restaurant and came across this restaurant.. had good google reviews and wanted to try it . Location wise it was ok. Lots of parking outside . Few other shops nearby . Service was good . Just that the whole restaurant was a bit cramped . Not much of space and ambience was average . Good was very good though. It's an only veg restaurant! No chicken , no meat . !! We were 8 and ordered many stuff .. overall quality of the food was good. Thai fried rice , drunken noodle , pad thai ,... etc was very good .. they charge 0.5 cents for hot sauce which was a bit wierd ! Never seen any restaurants charging money for a sauce ... kids liked the food though. Wanted to give 3.5 stars but gave it a 4 ! Good experience overall. read more

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This place is now my Thai place to go. Amazing vegetarian food, and they know the difference between vegan, vegetarian and Jain diets

Our veggie friends discovered this place on Google and were stoked to find a safe restaurant for their dietary needs. I'm not a vegetarian or vegan, but I can get down on some tofu and meat substitutes, so we gave it a try. There are NO MEAT DISHES at this restaurant. It's located in a large strip mall with a dozen or more other businesses. There is plenty of parking. There's not much to the place -- it's pretty open with lots of tables for four. Once we ordered, food came up quickly. A friend got a meat-substitute dish, which was excellent. I believe it was imitating duck. She had the winner of the table. I ordered the Massaman curry based on the description, never having tried it before. I asked for my tofu to be fried. The tofu itself was very flat/soft (not firm at all) and wasn't very fried. The Massaman curry was NOT for me. It's very sour -- I should have Googled the dish before ordering. But read the description of the dish and you may understand why I thought it'd just be a normal curry dish. I only took a couple bites. The server didn't question why I didn't eat my food, which is always a bummer. Everyone else at the table seemed to enjoy their food, though we all agreed they should use a more firm tofu. Service was friendly but very lackadaisical. We waited quite a while to order drinks, then apps and meals, then to get our bill. At the end of our meal, we waited around, staring longingly at the server to notice and give us our bill. He was sitting nearby but playing on his phone and not being attentive to customers. Overall, probably a decent place if you don't eat meat and don't mind squishy tofu, though I'd recommend everyone splurge for the duck substitute meal! read more

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Such a cute, tasty little spot! I went with my friend who is vegan. It was refreshing because she could eat anything and me, the meat eater, felt incredibly comfortable with the menu options. The popcorn "chicken" - oh my goodness - these were sooo tasty! They were so flavorful and crispy!! I also ordered the Pad Kee Mao (drunken noodles) - while they say it was mild, definitely some heat involved. The staff were so kind and attentive. We never felt rushed and they continued to check in with us. I will definitely return!! read more

I come here all the time and I love that everything is vegetarian so the whole menu I don't need to check if there's any meat or chicken. The server was very polite and every dish I purchased from there is always delicious. What I like about this place is that there is a parking lot so no street parking needed. The music playing is always relaxing makes you wanna stay longer. read more

Ignore the naysayers. Ive been going here since 11/2021. So thats about three years now. I wont stop going because of some guy saying they had chicken the previous year. That is BS. They've been vegan/veg for longer than that. And someone complaining about having a bad bobba tea experience and giving a 1 star review. Please, act like a grown up and kindly tell them to make you a new one in person while dining in or from call from home. I am sure they will work with you. Grow up. I've must have ordered from here over fifty times already and you know what? They NEVER got an order wrong. I cant say the same for any other place where I have ordered takeout. With other places there was always something missing or it was not prepared as ordered or given the completely wrong dish. You tell me if they don't pay attention to detail here. So they are all fake accounts with bad intentions, liars or children. read more

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My wife chose this place for my birthday lunch and boy did we find ourselves a vegan gem hidden in Piscataway! This is a very quaint place that has ample parking. We reached early for lunch time and the restaurant was hardly full. We ordered the Tofu triangles, vegetable satay, vegetable cashew nut, pineapple fried rice and honey banana. The taste was outstanding and the quantity was quite full for three people. The person who attended us took care of the checkout too. We'll return to this place to try out the other items on the menu. read more

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I've lived around the corner from this spot for years and haven't ate here until now. I also didn't realize that you can get everything vegan here! We got dumplings, green curry, pad see yu and fried rice. Everything was delicious and had a good amount of spice. My usual go to is pad Thai so I'll have to try it here next time to see how that compares! read more

Small seating places but food is really good Recommend drunken noodles and red curry . Very nice folks who run the place. read more

The food was awesome. I ordered Tso Tofu Sesame, with brown rice. I was very good. I also ordered Vegan Spring Rolls. It was delicious but very greasy. Lastly, I ordered dessert fried banana, good luck it was very small and greasy. Other than that I will go back again. The service was amazing. Milagros read more

The food was fantastic, as was the service. Even for non-vegans. We will definitely be back. Highly recommend!! My favorite was the Sesame Tofu. I'm sad this place isn't near us in Texas. read more

A solid Thai restaurant in a strip mall. It is vegetarian and I hadn't had vegetarian Thai food previously. Lighting is a bit fun and layout feels quite open. I got a mildly spicy pad Thai with protein patties. The dish was kinda saucy and noodles were a little chewy. Protein patties kinda had the consistency of tempura (not fried) and were pretty good. Good, not great and fairly inexpensive at $15. Got a green tea bag, which was serviceable. Food came out quickly and my server was friendly. read more

Thai Basil Restaurant - Dining room - Thai Near Me - Piscataway, New Jersey

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They used to serve chicken last year what happened? Did they just become vegetarian? At least have vegetarian as an option. I want the chicken back. read more

Doing a Pad See You crawl of Thai restaurants in area. This is restaurant #2 where order same thing. It was ok. My go to order after seeing Hunger movie. Ok value. Fast ordering. Good value. Courteous service. read more

Thai Basil Restaurant - Pad see you - Thai Near Me - Piscataway, New Jersey

This is going to the one that I think I will go often. I never thought it's possible but it's a vegetarian Thai restaurant! The food very tasty and the service is nice. Also they understand Jain food which is very rare! read more

Best vegan Thai I have ever had .. Love their Basil fried rice and country pad thai!! Their dumplings are also lightweight read more

SO upset!! As you can see ive checked in to this restaurant over 10 times, ive eaten here almost 3 times a week for the past 2 months. Today my thai iced bubble tea had AWFUL boba, SO HARD AND CHEWY- never had this problem before. I called the restaurant to let them know, usually they are so nice but they didnt seem to even care they just said thanks for letting us know and hung up.. very weird and they have unfortunately lost a VERY loyal customer :( read more

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Authentic vegetarian/vegan Thai. Try the lad na, you won't regret it. The portions are small, but your taste buds will leave pleased. The papaya salad needed more papaya, there was more ice berg lettuce than papaya, especially for $9. read more

Thai Basil Restaurant - Lad na, papaya salad, Tom yum soup - Thai Near Me - Piscataway, New Jersey

Enormous menu; you can't choose wrong. My faves are the noodles, curries, & salads. Try to save room for dessert!

All foods are vegan and vegetarian friendly!! This has easily become my favorite Thai restaurant in the area. Their most popular apps are the spring rolls and curry pastries. For the entree, my friends and I shared pad Thai, drunken noodles and the massamman curry. All tasted so good! read more

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We absolutely love the food here!!! We have been coming here for years since we have family living in that area - it's even better since they've gone all veg. I get cravings for their food all the time. read more

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Love it. I love this place and it is so convenient for me. The people there are so nice and attentive. This restaurant is very underrated because yeah they might've gone through a new owner kind of recently BUT they do welcome food critics. Like my noodles were dry one time, the next time I told them & my noodle orders were perfect every single time after that. This is my to go spot for Thai food! Great decor on the inside too. read more

Thai Basil Restaurant - chicken wing app - Thai Near Me - Piscataway, New Jersey

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Came in last night with my vegan friend to try out their vegan menu. Ordered the vegetarian dumplings, curry puff, pad thai, chicken coconut soup, tamarind tilapia fish, and vegan kung pao chicken. When my friend ordered her food, the waitress made this statement "too much food," which I found to be kinda rude. The food was mediocre to my tastebuds and compared to my previous experiences of eating at many thai restaurants in NJ. I liked that they have vegan options, but for me the flavor was lacking in all the food items. The best thing we had was the mango sticky rice and I felt like the portion was pretty tiny. The entree portion of the fish was quite large, at least 3 tilapia pieces and fried well. The fish and the tamarind sauce was delectable. The staff was friendly and attentative. It seems to be a family owned business. Business was also good the day we came, friday night. At least 8 filled tables. Every table had flowers and the restuarant had many plants (jade, ficus tree, orchids) decorating its theme. Noted that this restaurant is owned and ruined by chinese influence, not authentic thai. I was able to understand their mother tongue and new they weren't thai. Which kinda disappointed me. read more

Thai Basil Restaurant - Tamarind tilapia - Thai Near Me - Piscataway, New Jersey

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Yellow curry beef . I shared this with another person but i was disappointed bec it was full of sauce and only a few pieces of meat. The salad with peanut dressing was not fresh. It was wilted and the dressing was stale. The curry came with a small bowl of rice , equals to about 1/4 cup cooked rice. So we ordered another bowl of rice , this time , it was a larger bowl ( about 1 cup cooked rice ) . They charged $2 for that bowl of rice. They also ask if we wanted tea. Asian restaurants always give tea for free , we said yes. It was bad generic tea and they charged us $3. So beware! read more

Thai Basil Restaurant - Thai Near Me - Piscataway, New Jersey

Loved the tofu drunken noodles. It's also really awesome to see a restaurant be totally dedicated to vegetarian/vegan food. There were so many options and meat substitutes for a lot of well known Thai dishes. I got the spiciest version of the drunken noodles and it was great, had lots of flavor through the heat. I would love to come try more dishes again! read more

The food is extremely flavorful and delicious. I have never had food from all vegetarian Thai restaurant so this is a very pleasant surprise. The price is great abd takeout is easy read more

Thai Basil Restaurant - Pineapple fried rice , Thai Basil Fried Rice and roti curry - Thai Near Me - Piscataway, New Jersey

Been going here for 10+ years. Never dissatisfied food always fresh and hot. Wait staff cheerful and ready to explain the dish. Supported them thru Covid and had the same great service thru takeout same food quality read more

i've tried a lot of thai places and decided to give this one a try for the first time!! i would say this place is pretty average. i got the drunken noodles and my friend got pad thai. i didn't rly like the chicken in the drunken noodles it was really bland. but the noodles and vegetables were okay. for some reason i felt super full afterward even though i didn't even finish the whole meal. did they put too much MSG? LOL. i was bloated for a whole day after? i even took some probiotics which didn't help. but yea they have super big portions so you're definitely getting your money's worth! my favorite part was probably the curry puffs though!!! i think they were delicious and were a nice side dish to my noodles. probably will order from here again if i'm craving thai again but i'm gonna try other thai places first! read more

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We get takeout here once a week and it is consistently excellent. Hot, fresh, cooked to order. Other family members are vegan and the restaurant has a large selection of vegan appetizers and entrees to choose from. I usually get the Lo Mein (vegetarian) with egg; the veggies are always plentiful and crisp-fresh. And the pricing is very reasonable for the portions. The staff is friendly. The parking lot can get full as it's located in a busy shopping center area, so I just plan to park a little farther and get my steps in. read more

Thai Basil Restaurant - Lo mein (vegetarian) with egg and vegetables at Thai Basil, Piscataway NJ - Thai Near Me - Piscataway, New Jersey

I was in the shopping mall where Thai Basil Restaurant is. I decided to grab a menu and place an order from my car. Right now Thai Basil has takeout only. You can call in on your phone, or place it in person at the door and then come back and pickup your order at the front door. You can also use one of the delivery services online. There is no outdoor seating. I ordered their Chicken Pad Thai. It was a nice portion and the flavors were really authentic. The chicken was tender and the vegetables were perfectly cooked which gave it a nice balance. I also ordered their General Tso Chicken. It came with a good amount of chicken pieces coated in sauce with a side of steamed broccoli and jasmine rice. The chicken was moist and tender. Again, a nice portion. The General Tso's Chicken has good flavor. FYI- Since this is a Thai restaurant, make sure you tell them the heat level that you like. I chose medium, which was perfect for me. I like my food more on the spicy side. If you don't like heat, order mild. Their hot is pretty hot compared to other restaurants. The staff was very friendly, and my order was ready as promised within 10 minutes. Thai Basil offers a good selection of Vegetarian dishes. I will definitely be returning. read more

The best a Thai food!!! Pineapple fried rice with veggie patty is to die for!! The service is great and the decorations and ambiance is just wonderful!! read more

Vegetarian Thai restaurant in Piscataway. But I've definitely had better Thai food. The food was pretty bland - very limited salt and sugar, and the server was least interested in her job. The drunken noodles, red curry and pad Thai, all very pretty average. read more

First post here it goes. I loved everything about this resturant. Its byob which is great. My wife and i ordered pad thai which was well seasoned and lots of flavor. We also ordered lots of various thai/chinese dishes that were also so delicious. Highly recommend! read more

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My vegan friend heard good things about this place, so we went. it was a bit late for lunch, but the place was empty. We had vegan thai spring rolls, she ordered vegan pad thai and I have vegan fried rice with a chicken-substitute. We then split a vegan creme brulee. The spring rolls were very good. My fried rice was also good, and the chicken was undoubtably the -best- meat--substitute I've ever had. HOWEVER, the pad thai was -terribly- greasy, and practically inedible. The creme brulee was not a bad taste, but the coconut milk used was quite overpowering, so it didn't taste like creme brulee. The cost was very expensive for the size of the portions. As this was a bit of a drive for us, I'm not sure we will be back. read more

This is one of my favorite thai places to go around the area! The shop is found in the same plaza as Shoprite and Applebees, on the leftside near GNC. It is usually pretty quiet even during busy hours, and the waitresses are quick to serve you. It is a very family-owned style restaurant, and I overhear the waitresses and owners talking in Chinese. Their yellow curry is always my go-to, which consists of a variety of vegetables uncluding bamboo, zucchini, green beans and you can choose your choice of protein as well as spicy level. My friend ordered the pad thai and thought it also tasted pretty good. You must always also order their thai tea, which I think is brewed the best out of all the places I have been to. There is a strong tea flavor and a sweetness to balance it out. I love swirling it together until it forms a warm orange color. The price is a bit higher than some other places, but I think it is really worth it because they give you a lot of curry and toppings in it. Just wish they would give some more rice, but knowing how to portion it is perfectly fine! read more

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Great tasting pad Thai, the drunken noodle is solid and unique compared to other Thai places and the Shanghai noodles are so delicious and stands out from typical noodle dishes. Food comes out quick and everyone there is always really nice. The art and different things on the wall is super detailed and culturally vibrant. This place is a classic for people who live around here read more

Possibly the best halal (vegan) Thai food I've ever had outside of Thailand. I had the yellow curry and the stir fry and pad Thai. Our family of 4 finished it. Like it was all gone. That never happens with take out at our house; there's always leftovers. Highly recommend this place! read more