Thai Basil - Richmond Hill

The Veg options are marked clearly in the menu and they are plentiful. When I went with my friend (purchased this almost a year ago) who is also vegan, we were overwhelmed by choices (as my vegan friends know, most carnistic places we are lucky to get a single option).

I haven’t been able to visit this restaurant for many years but I managed to stop by for dinner recently. The food was fantastic while the service definitely needed improvement. EDIT: After management reached out explaining that they were short staffed that evening and that there were many new hires that day, I would like to give them some slack in regards to the poor service we received that evening. Hope to visit again in a few weeks.

The service is quick and very friendly. I love the way they decorated and even the cutlery is chosen very tastefully. The reason I give this place only 3 stars is the food doesn't really suit my tastes for Thai food. The pad thai was very underseasoned. There are chili flakes and fish sauce at the table which allows me to season it to taste, but I really had to use a lot. The noodles were cooked to perfection and the ingredients were quality and prepped very skillfully though. The pad see ew noodles fell apart a bit more easily than expected, but other than that, it was satisfactory. I always get Thai milk tea whenever I visit a new place. It did not strongly taste of tea and was a bit watery.

Awesome food for a great price during lunch special. The Tom Yum soup was actually authentic, with the perfect blend of spiciness and sourness, the noodles weren’t too limp or hard and was the perfect amount of tenderness, and the green curry was spicy with the right amount of sweetness. Would definitely come again!

Had a great dinner here. Their service was really good all the servers were kind. Our favourite dishes were the panang curry and the shrimp cakes. The Bangkok style pad thai was on the sweet side.