Basil Rice
479 Harvard St, Brookline
(617) 608-3563
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got one of the curry rices and yum!! so homey and lovely and the service was great!! the lunch special includes two crab rangoons which was actually the bestttttt so great :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Food is not bad, the sauce is good, but the spicy basil rice is really spicy and in an unnatural way. The crispy pork is unseasoned and not what you'd expect in an authentic thai restaurant. Many reviews complain about the service but I see no problem there. The seats are somehow crowded, and I don't know why there's no AC in Boston's 95°F day - I hope it's just temporarily broken.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 4
yesterday i was excited to try basil rice, but did not have the best experience. i was greeted by an outwardly melancholy counter worker who was very inattentive. i ordered chicken teriyaki and was given a dish with no chicken. when i told them there was no chicken, they stated “oh you wanted chicken? i thought you wanted the veggie” i said no sorry, they replied “it’s okay!” which made me think they were fixing the problem. i sat and waited for about 20 minutes while the counter working sat at the front doing nothing. there was no language barrier and the worker was not busy. i was the only other person in the entire restaurant. it became apparent that my food was not being fixed. i walked over and asked if chicken was going to be brought out for my dish, to which the worker said “oh you wanted chicken?” ………....….… they then disappeared to the back, returned, walked by me, and sat down off to the side without providing any confirmation that my order was being fixed this time. the correct food was eventually brought out in a to go bag. won’t return while the service is still lackluster, which is a bummer
Service: 1
Average Thai food. We got vegan pad Thai, basil rice with tofu. The server was a bit rude and seemed like in a hurry to leave so that was weird. They do vegan dishes on request
Food was pretty good we got the pad thai and drunken noodle lunch special/combos. Lunch special is pretty worth it you can get a large thai tea. However, service wasn’t great. The waiter wasn’t that friendly and had trouble with the prices. We got charged an extra $3 on the chicken drunken noodle and instead of getting 1 crab rangoon and 1 veggie roll we got only crab rangoons. Atmosphere is okay, not much seating though.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
I had ordered Korean Bibimbap Rice, Drunken noodles and Crab Rangoon. It was good, I liked the portion size and taste. Drunken noodles were lil sticky but overall loved it. I’m posting review because I saw a lot of negative reviews which I don’t think is true. You should definitely try once! :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
they charge you $4 extra dollars for FRIED basil rice. isn't it supposed to be fried already??
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
diarrhea.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
The food is bad. We ordered spicy noodles soup and beef curry. The noodles literally taste like instant noodles, and you can make it yourself at home if you buy the right ingredients at any random supermarket. You know the food will not be good when it says it has chinese, japanese, thai and viet in one. There’s a lot of many good Thai and Viet restaurants in the area, go to Pho Viet, Laughing Monk but do not come to this one!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 4
The pork dumplings are trash, but the chicken satay bowl was okay.
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Food was gross. I ordered a chicken pad Thai, the noodles were soggy, I couldn't even eat it. Also ordered the BBq chicken wings, they had a weird taste like they were going bad, they were to salty too. Just gross.
Food: 1
Basil rice is awesome
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Rangoon, Pad Thai, Chicken Pad Thai
Spicy basil chicken is
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great place for lunch..Good food friendly staff ?
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
chewed on a bandaid
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