Thai Basil Restaurant

Average food presented well. We had the Tom Yum soup, large sized (my husband and I shared it), with shrimp only (it includes chicken on the menu), in a shrimp broth (supposedly) with thin noodles, etc. Described as "hot and sour". Their ratings for spicy: no star, very mild. 1 star a little spicy. 2 stars spicier, 3 stars getting hot, etc. The soup was rated 2 stars and should have had a some heat and that wonderful Thai, complex, sour flavor, but it tasted very bland. No taste of shrimp or the sea in the broth. Very large and plentiful shrimp, but again, bland.
I ordered the "Signature Fresh Basil Rolls" (appetizer) and they were what I think of as summer rolls, with soft, rice paper wrappers, basil, carrot, cucumber, rice noodles and shrimp). Served with a very tasty spicy hoisin sauce on the side. I couldn't taste the shrimp OR the basil, which was odd since they are billed as "Signature Fresh BASIL Rolls". Quite bland and would have had no taste but for the hoisin sauce.
I had the Mango Curry with Red Snapper (the other protein choices were salmon or shrimp, and since the soup and rolls had shrimp I was shrimped out). The Red Snapper was in bite sized pieces and had the skin on, which I personally don't like. I spent 5 minutes peeling the skin off and putting it on a plate for my husband, who thinks the skin is the best part. I'd asked the waitress if the snapper was de-boned and she said yes. I think the menu or the waitress should have mentioned the snapper was served with skin on. The curry, also rated 2 stars, was too spicy for me. It and the soup had completely different levels of heat. The curry sauce, aside from being too hot, had no complexity of flavor. It was listed as having "naturally sweet coconut milk", red curry with mango chunks, red bell pepper, basil leaves and baby carrots and was served with white rice. I never tasted any mango, coconut milk or basil flavors. There was one red pepper strip and I DID see and taste the baby carrots. Missing from this dish (again) was the complexity of sweet/sour, and clean, light flavors that are so indicative of Thai cuisine. Bland and too "hot" at the same time.
My husband had the Nam Tok salad with 6 oz. Angus beef top sirloin, which he ordered medium rare. When the salad came the strips of beef were on top and it was apparent they were well done. It had red onion (too much, my husband took a lot of it out), chili (he didn't taste any heat), scallions, cilantro, lemongrass, mint (didn't detect the mint), roasted rice powder (no roasted taste at all) and lemon juice stop mixed greens. He said the salad was "average".
I had the Thai iced coffee. It was watery and lacked that deep, strong coffee flavor with sweetness on top. Again, bland.
The service is o.k. Not great, meaning not particularly efficient, but the servers themselves are pleasant. My husband and I were here from NJ, right across from NYC, and he is SE Asian. We BOTH know excellent Thai food and the tastes these dishes should have had. The prices are high (resort prices) and neither of us would eat there again. We'll gladly go back to NJ to our favorite Thai restaurant, which has complex, tasty food at a much better price point.

Very nice restaurant.. have vegetarian options.. foods was tasty

Delicious! I had the pad thai which was very good. The steamed dumplings were excellent. Lots of gluten free options. Lovely patio seating.

Very good Thai food. Cordial staff. Reasonable prices I think, waiting for my check.

This is a very cute place. It’s uniquely decorated.

I found the menu very ample with so many choices and the food was very savory. I found it to be in the pricey side comparing this cuisine to other restaurant in Boston, MA. We were not happy with the water. It had an odd flavor, it heavy like a cream water. The service was very nice by giving was suggestions on what to lunch.

I loved that I went off season and it was crowded. There’s parking on the street very easy to find if you go on off season.