We came here on a weekday around 8pm and it was one of the restaurants still open. We ordered a small Tom yum soup with tofu, a beef green curry, and a chicken pad Thai. The food was tastier than expected and a good price compared to other Thai restaurants nearby. Tom yum soup is slightly more sour than average and a great appetite opener- includes lots of veggies. The green curry was my favorite as the flavor was perfect- spicy, salty, sweet balance, maybe would be even better if it were a bit thicker. The pad Thai was nice and moist, but I prefer if it were a bit less sweet. Portions are a decent size, not too big or small.

Chief special Salmon curry, the curry was delicious but the salmon was little bit dry. Tom yum soup was refreshing and good. The pineapple fried rice was also unique and very tasty! Out door sitting was perfect, dog friendly!

We ordered pad see ew with chicken and vegetarian version with tofu. One mild and one spicy. We also ordered fried chicken from JFC which is made in the same kitchen for next door. All the dishes were outstanding.

Everything was delicious except dessert. The mango with sticky rice was not what I expected. Im use to fresh from the steamer sticky rice and sweet mangoes. I didnt get my dessert craving satisfied from here.

The Tom Yum soup was good but the green curry was really watery. Didn’t care for it at all.Thai iced tea was good.

Solid Thai food and friendly service!

This is my favorite Thai restaurant in Sunnyvale. They have so many various meat, vegetarian and vegan options. The flavor is really authentic. And the service is fantastic - really friendly and helpful staff! Dont forget to treat yourself to a Thai Ice Tea with your meal!

This is my second time ordering takeout from Thai Basil. They were so hospitable to me while I waited, the first time giving me water in the super fancy glasses and the second time giving me a free thai tea while I waited. And the food is incredibly fresh, well worth the wait!

Yummy vegetarian dishes we got! Well definitely come back for more :)

We ordered takeout and were disappointed by the quality. The pad thai noodles were thin like angel hair pasta. All the noodles were congealed and stuck together and the dish was so dry! There were three pieces of tofu and overall it was just a sad experience. I ended up throwing my food away, which Ive never done before. My husband got the curry and it was fine so Im not sure why the pad thai was so bad.

Always great food and friendly owner!My to go place for Thai food in Sunnyvale!!

One of the best Thai places I have been to in South Bay. Staff is very kind and friendly. We tried drunken noodles and yellow curry, both were amazing. This place also has a bar counter, has a very good ambience and outdoor seating as well. If you like Thai food then this is a much visit place.

I have eaten this Thai food place every week for the past two months. The old couple owners are lovely. I love the food here. They have outdoor space for eating even during COVID time. I have eaten many Thai places and this is really awesome. I am obsessed with their green curry pork and their soup is exquisite for an affordable price.

Good food at decent price point. Worth multiple visits to try different items on the menu.

Great quality and tasty food at surprisingly decent prices. The prawn pad Thai was awesome, and so was the courteous service.

Great food. Thai basil rice (Kai kai prow Shrimp) and Green curry pork (Kheaw Wan Pork) were outstanding!!

The food tasted fine. The service was quick and good.

Loved the food. We order tom yum soup, chicken satay and chicken fried rice. All of them were top notch amd quantity wa also good enough for 2. Would suggest reservations as it is a busy place. All in all 5 start

Delicious and inexpensive. Great service!

Shrimp pad thai was excellent! Good value for money.

Very quick service, friendly staff. Pumpkin curry was very tasty and had a lot of pumpkin, which I really enjoyed 🙂🎃

I wouldnt recommend this place right now. There wasnt anything we ordered we liked. Its too bad because the location is great.

Wow was it good. And good service

Great food, friendly service

Awesome tasty food. Friendly people.

Food took really long time to come.The servers also didnt seem polite. I ordered noodle which had chunks of red chilly in it and just impossible to eat.

Really enjoyed the food and decent price

It’s my favorite Thai restaurant in the South Bay.

Nice restaurant. For many dishes they use coconut oil, make sure to ask before you order.

This is in my weekly rotation! Drunken noodles with pork and Thai Iced tea is fabulous! Super friendly and reasonable prices! Highly recommend!

Pretty terrible green curry. It felt like they made it from some spice packet and didnt bother to mix it and all the residue was left and made the soup spicier than it needed to be. It looked very grainy. It was way way too salty.I got brown rice and it was overcooked and not chewy.My water also had lemon seeds and I thought it was dirty until I asked the waiter if it was lemon water. Not attentive waiter (took forever to get us water) even though there were so little people in the large restaurant.

Best Thai food in town

Great food. Im a regular here. Nice owner too

Ample space to accommodate social distancing! We love the pad Thai there!

I really like their food. I always get fantastic service here. The place is well kept and the staff members are always kind. Will come back again.

Nice place for Thai food.

Amazing food and amazing service.

Its a decent Thai restaurant. They have a special vegetarian (like legit vegetarian, and not eggetarian) menu. Thai Iced Tea is really good here, compared to many other places. Adding one star extra to support their effort in maintaining a separate special vegetarian menu (thanks for doing that).

The coconut milk soup tasted yummy though the chicken pieces in it were hard. The cashew chicken I had was a bit hard too. Tender meat is something I missed here. Also the fish cakes were hard and didnt taste fresh.

AMAZING thai curry, best that Ive had. I order from here multiple times a week and never get sick of it. I could probably eat it every day.

The place has relatively good Thai food in Sunnyvale downtown. Great for a quick lunch in the downtown. Their noodles are quite good with less oil. Did not like the mango tofu so much, but their red curry tofu is quite good.

I love this place. The food is great and has the nicest staff! My fave in all of Sunnyvale

The Pad Thai here is my favorite! The location and environment is fantastic! I will come again having Pad Thai after shopping!

This place is worth trying. They serve big portions for reasonable rates. Consistently clean and with good atmosphere. Will visit here again.

This place has really gone downhill. I have been coming here for years and always thought the food was of good quality. But today was a bad experience. The papaya salad ingredients were not fresh and I couldn’t finish after 2 bites. Then the pumpkin in the pumpkin curry was also bad (old). I wasted $30 and didn’t even get to eat dinner!

Love the food and service is great. Nice outdoor seating arrangement.

Not-so-great food and almost random service of the dishes. Tiny portions. Will never go again

The service is not too snappy, but it is full at lunch time. The food comes quickly and my Yellow Curry chicken was a B+/A-. I have very high standards, so that is a good grade.

Nice outdoor seating with quick and friendly service. The food was fresh and tasty with the right level of spicyness.

Its a good place for lunch. Taste is nice. Have approximately 15 minutes waittime for food. And its a crowded place for lunch. You should have reservation if you are going with a group.

The pad Thai my friend ordered looked really good my my pad see ew totally sucked. No egg added like its supposed to in the authentic way. So the whole plate contained pale beef, pale noodles and some broccoli. Didnt take any picture but you can imagine how sorry it looked. Portion was small.

Would certainly recommend trying this place. Fantastic atmosphere, fresh food, good customer service. 5 stars.

Thai Basil has amazing thai food. Ive been eating here for years, and I love the pad thai and tom kha. Its now my go-to place for take-out.

The food is delicious and very flavorful! The menu is extensive and has a mix of more common Thai dishes and some that I havent seen in other Thai restaurants. The staff are very nice and attentive too!

Its a good place to have Thai food. Lunch specials are mostly under $10 which is a disappearing price point in the Bay Area (2018)...Basil Chicken is the benchmark I use and they passed. Lunch portions are small, which is good for me, but others with normal appetites may find themselves looking for more. If you are on Murphy and want Thai - this is as good a place as any.

Awesome staff and good service. Always aim to please and the food is even better!

Definitely not the standard Thai place. I am not going there anymore. The prices are low, so is the quality and quantity. The green curry had a lot unwanted texture. I could only taste heat and no other flavors. I would suggest that owner and chef go out and eat at other Thai places to compare and bring up their standards. The have edge of being the only Thai restaurant in Sunnyvale downtown.

Always excellent food and good service! Ask if youd like the spice level toned down.

One of the most disappointing Thai restaurants Ive been to. The only thing that goes for this place is the location and ambiance.The menu lacks variety, the food lacks taste and the very ingredients that go into making it (as stated in the menu), and the portions are lesser than appetizers. If you would like to visit Sunnyvale Downtown, and also just want to eat mediocre Thai food whilst being there, then this is the place.

Ordered the vegetarian Pad Thai and Green Curry. Both were excellent. Afterwords we couldnt resist the Thai desserts of fried banana with ice cream and the mango sticky rice. Both were good but liked the fried banana the best because the mango wasnt fully ripe.

Not friendly at all, Tiny portions and there are no free refills of Soda...

Our go-to spot for Thai food. Weve never had a bad meal here and its super affordable. Really like the coconut soup.

This spot never fails to impress. They have great food for affordable prices, there is no waiting time even when the spot is loaded.

The menu is not as broad as youd expect in a typical Thai restaurant but the food is good. I had lunch and the sevice was good, the food came out promptly and everything was as ordered.

Im visiting from out of state and an so glad I tried Thai Basil first. The mango curry and coconut soup were amazing.

Not bad for a Thai restaurant. I went on a Saturday night, and there was no wait. The dining room was quiet enough to have a conversation. The portion sizes were a little bit lacking, but the food was pretty good. The restaurant is located on Murphy street, so you will probably not be able to park close by.

Weekend staff is super friendly, unfortunately weekday cashier lady is totally different. Recommend to visit weekend or evening for the friendly staff & service.

Still good after 30 years of being here. Staff was great!

Bland, volume heavy and inauthentic “Thai” restaurants in the Bay Area are aplenty but Thai Basil is not one of them. You will find real Thai flavors and atomisphere here! The service is always friendly and dining here is a true pleasure. The green curry is excellent - not too thick. A great Sunnyvale institution with a legacy to boot.

I love authentic Thai food. Ive tried the best nation wide. This is by far the best Thai food Ive ever had. Yes some dishes are no better than other places, but overall this is the best. TOM Kai Kee coconut soup is outstanding and nowhere will you find a better yellow curry. Friendly staff, and family owned and operated. I eat here several times a week and having read the reviews I can say to the negative comments... ignore them. Everybody has good and bad days but after hundreds of meals I have never had a single bad experience.

Terrible service. Ordered 4 dishes, they served 2 and never bring the other 2. No one came by to check. When we were going to ask where is our food, we got the check. Asked them to remove the charges for 2 that we never got. Not much of an apology either. Never go there again.

Very average food. The papaya salad tasted awful! I did not like it. The shrimp seafood came in small portion and cost $15. No wonder it was empty during lunch hour. What wants to pay for expensive lunch for mediocre food and non existent service?

Good selection of items. Great service. Food is too oily, but doesnt taste too bad.

Great location downtown Sunnyvale! This restaurant is close to nearby shopping, bars, and local businesses, with an old-world thai charm thats great for lunch or a weekend dinner. Weeknights are slow, makes for quick to go orders. Check out the Cashew Chicken and the Drunk Noodle, both were solid & tasty.

Came here on a business lunch, portion is avg, wish it could be more, food was tasty.

The worse Thai Food restaurant that I ever been to in my life .....The food is over price and the amount of food is little. They charge lots of money for customers by serving little amount of food to pay the rent of the restaurant. I been there last Tuesday June 4 of 2019, I ordered Brown curry chicken with brown rice and the taste was extreme horrible not the It used had before, I wasnt even Full....They used to serve good amount of food on 2016 but now its getting worse that I thought. Above all that they dont even provide any images of the food on their menus so the customers know what to order..I tried to communicate with the restaurant owner but no good results......I told them is this is the way you treats your customers, they said with (horrible English Accent) that their rent is expensive and they are force to serve little amount of food with higher Prices......I rather go to a regular Italian Food or Chinese that they servetheir customers with good enough amount of food with affordable Prices....This place is Rip Off.....

Good food and prices. So-so on the service. On a hot day, the ambient temperature inside can get hot. Went for my sons birthday dinner and they forgot his order all-together. Food on the whole is pretty good.

Nice place and seems to be family run. Dont look for lots of pleasantries. Get in, get out, and have an alright meal. I keep going for the Thai Basil and Pad Thai Chicken.

Spring rolls were manageable to eat but I wouldnt eat more than half of one. Tom Kha soup was really good; tasted exactly how its supposed to (Id order it again if I had the craving and was nearby). Pad Thai is served with really thin noodles which was fine; the problem was that it was really dry -which were not used to. Chefs seafood special was over salted and the rice that came with it was very dry. Service was very slow and inattentive.

It got off to a good start with Thai Basil... We are NYC transplants, so we do love our Thai food, and we decided to try Thai Basil. The Pad See Hew was decent, but then we bit into our chick satay and it was completely raw, like blood red raw. Its been 12 hours and we havent gotten sick yet, but heres to hoping we are in the clear for the next few days! So in summary, the food is decent... if they cook it.

Good food. Reasonably priced. Friendly. I remember when it was a tiny cramped placed. Its good to see the owners succeed

Met some friends here for dinner and we were happy with the restaurant. Great place to chat and relax. The only complaint would be that while we asked for all the food to come together, they still brought my wifes soup and salad before any of us had our food and she waited 10 min for us to get our food before starting and by that time it was cold.

Good Food overtake all the other things, and I was there for a good Thai food and now its going to be a place where I will be going again. Good soup, Pineapple rice, spicy Noodles and finally end with Fried banana. Service is below average for a downtown resistant and so is the seating packed back to back tables and all is OK for tasty food .

Food was good. People nice and friendly would absolutely go again

Very tasty Thai food and beverages.The management is customer-friendly.Ingredients are fresh and flavorful.

Not crowded. Good food. Vegan and vegetarian options including pad thai (ask for no egg). Tom Kha soup is really spicy. Very affordable (entree ~$10).

The pork basil dish was really tasty. I highly recommend it. The beef satay skewers were ok. The fried spring rolls were ok, too. Service was fine.

Tasty food, 1 dish took alot longer to come out than others

We had really good experience dinning there, everything we try is so good, mushroom mousse with crispy rice is fantastic, pretty hot wings are wonderful!! Definitely recommend it

Great food. Made Thai hot. Youll get the adrenaline rush, but your mouth will hate you.

Great Thai food for less money. We ordered four different dishes and all of them were awesome and we only ended up paying 12$ each. Id definitely recommend it.

Four words for you: try. the. green. curry. You will not be disappointed! Great atmosphere, friendly staff. We really enjoy going here.

Disgusting thai food ever ate. Fried rice and pad thai. They both are very basic for thai food.

Hey just really disappointed with everything about my experience here! Absolutely not worth the trouble or money! The attitude of the employees is terrible and when I asked for a manager I got the worst attitude and I was being polite, I really was not expecting this level of unprofessional behavior! Absolutely avoid this place, people have more power than ever before to expose bad places like this for what they are! and I hope I can help alot of couples and families avoid getting sick and wasting money! Its the next day and I had a really bad stomach after eating here! I should really contact health and safety and go in with a law suit!

The food was delicious Beautiful experience Highly recommended Thank you 😊❤thai basil

Good food. Not too expensive.

Very yummy food and nice people~

Good service, good shrimp, hardest beef satay ever....

This restaurant was one of my favorite until recent experience. Even though the portions are not big enough, the food is delicious. However I was very disappointed with their discriminatory customer service! Since I like the food there so much, I was with a party of 10 and recommended this place to my friends (all white Americans). We came in for dinner at 5pm on saturday and there was only 1 table of two occupied in the whole restaurant. Shortly after us, 2 other Asian families in groups of 6 or so came in. My whole table was waiting to get glasses with water for 40 min while other tables were getting served!! And the owner didnt even take our order until after the other two Asian families that came AFTER us were already served food. My friend took the bill and left no additional tips that day. Will never recommend this place again.

Decent place.. once in a while this place should be good to visit..