Green Basil Restaurant

The food is pretty good, and the prices are great! I got pad se ew, and my husband got the drunken noodles. We got the brussel sprouts for appetizer along with the rangoons. The sprouts were all roasted and delicious. The waitress was handling all the phone calls, take out orders, AND waiting of tables so she was incredibly busy. She kept mentioning to everyone, though anyone with eyes could have seen how busy she was. There was a man there who was cleaning up and apparently directing her who could have helped out a bit more but didn't seem that interested, which seemed like a poor allocation of labor. I thought that he could have helped her more considering the line out the door for take out. It just seemed poorly managed on a Friday night.

We were in the neighborhood and someone asked Do you like Thai? “YES, we do!!! Green Basil is great! The red curry was delicious as was the chicken Basil. We ordered sticky and coconut rice which cost extra, worth every cent! I went with the level 2 for spicy (thinking 1 would be too mild and 3 way too spicy) we’ll, it was VERY SPICY indeed, the waitress warned me. I still enjoyed it very much but will try level 1 next time with my red curry! The super spicy flavor combined with the sweetness of the coconut rice…ooh la la, chef’s kiss! The service was awesome, it’s a family run business and the waitress and host was hustling! No slacking she and her father-in-law kept customers happy. We got there at about 7 and most tables were full about 30 mins in- on a Wednesday! Definitely looking forward to returning especially since I’ve always wanted to try this place every time I drove by.

My fiancé and have sat down for dinner at this place a handful of times, each time our visit is relatively the same. 1 host/waitress/bar tender/cashier/takeout person. Ive talked to our waitress and told her the owner should hire more people so she can have some help. I was told her brother is the owner. She definitely needs some help in there because she cannot handle doing it all.