Sweet Basil Thai Cuisine on Broadway / Basil Bar
Portland, OR 97232
Phone: (503) 281-8337
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- Northeast 32nd Avenue
- Hours:
- Restaurant: Mon-Fri 11:30am-2:30pm, Sun-Thu 5:30pm-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 5:30pm-10pm , Bar Thu-Sat 5:30pm-1am
Message from Sweet Basil Thai Cuisine on Broadway / Basil Bar
The elegant side of Thai food
- 8th Anniversary
- All you eat appitizer w order
- Thusday Oct 23rd 5-8pm
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Editorial Review for Sweet Basil Thai Cuisine on Broadway / Basil Bar – by Citysearch Editors
In Short
On weekends, this whimsically cute, pastel-painted Craftsman bursts at the seams with local families and hipsters. Tempting fare includes appetizers like the sweet spring rolls, crisp pot stickers and browned fish cakes with ginger dip. Classic Thai noodle dishes are divine and curries are melt-in-your-mouth smooth. Seafood gets the royal treatment, peppered with exotic spices and cooked to fragrant tenderness. Ice cream comes in toothsome flavors such as mango and Thai iced tea.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoSweet Basil's "mild" and "medium" spice choices are plenty hot for the average palate. "Wild" and "extremely wild" are for masochists.
Save TimeTo improve your chances of nabbing a table pronto, dress warmly and ask to be seated on the pleasant deck in back.
User Reviews for Sweet Basil Thai Cuisine on Broadway / Basil Bar
09/19/2008 Posted by gallo06ss
Ok, so i went at lunch time on a wednesday, and not a lot of people, but food took forever, people where getting their food before we did, and we were there first, so, if you are in a hurry, and only have 1 hour for lunch, dont go there.
Pros: nice patio, great taste.
Cons: slow service
Response from this business
08/22/2008 Posted by LeeAnn08
On Aug 21st, I had the worst dining experience of my life at Sweet Basil. After we were seated we did not see a server again for 20 minutes. Several other parties came in a sat down. I finally asked a server if we could place our order. We watched all the tables around us receive their food. I kindly asked one of the two wait staff if they were short staffed that evening. Her response was, "no, this is typical". When I stated we had been there an hour and had yet to receive our soup she told me "this is not a fast food restaurant". Our soup finally came. We finished and waited another 15 minutes and I once again asked how much longer it would be as we may need to take our food to go at this point, our waiters response was, "yeah, sure" and walked away. We never saw him again. Well after 10 more minutes of waiting for him to come back, we stood up to leave. As we approached the door, the same woman yelled for everyone in the restaurant to hear, "you can't leave you haven't paid for your soup". We had been at the restaurant for 1 1/2 hours with no drinks, one soup, no serving spoon and no spoon to feed the baby after I asked three times! I started to tell her that we haven't had proper service and we could no longer wait for our food or bill. She told me to leave and we were not welcome back in the restaurant. Everyone in the restaurant looked and each table around us knew the lack of service we were all receiving. One gentleman said, "yeah where is the service tonight". I asked to talk with the owner and he refused to come out and talk with me. I run a business in Portland and am hosting a large open house expecting 100 guests in three weeks. I will making sure everyone knows about the lack of service and how my family was treated at Sweet Basil on Broadway. I have told five people today. I wonder if the owner cares.
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