Basil Thai

Image via Basil Thai

Basil Thai is a small sheik thai restaurant located in SOMA area. I had never eaten at Basil Thai before but after searching Yelp for an extended period of time I finally stumbled upon this restaurant. Yelp had some pretty good reviews for the place, with most saying that food and service was worth the visit. Now it was mine turn to really see if this was case.

Upon arriving I thought the ambiance of this location appropriate. It was dimly lit with candles on most of the tables. We were immediately greeted by the hostess upon walking in the door. So far the service was stellar. My fianace and I searched around the menu asking our waiter what were the house specialites and what was his favorite dishes. The waiter offered up his choices and we made ours. I cannot recall all that we order but I do know we ordered enough for a table of four to eat. Service throughout our visit was great. The waiter never left a dirty place sitting in front of us and only chimed in when he saw we weren't deep in our own conversation. If you wanted to go for some good thai or an intimate dinner with loved ones this is the place to go.

Here are some of my favorite items on the menu; gai satay(chicken skewers served with peanut sauce), hoi yang(scallop served with spicy sauce), and pad seew(fresh wide rice noodles stir-fried with pork, egg & Chinese broccoli), Thai fried rice. 

gai satay - Image by Nancy

pad seew - Image By Nancy