Reviews for Basil Thai Cafe Clintonville in Columbus, OH

This legit might be the worst pad Thai I?ve ever had..and it was $17! When I opened my single carry out box the first thing that... popped into my head was ?this doesn?t look fresh?. It may or may not be, but it did not appear that it was made when I orderedit. It wouldn?t surprise me if they make these portions before hand, box them up, and have them ready for when people order. That?s how it felt, looked, and tasted. When I dumped it out onto a plate, the second half literally kept the form of the box. The noodles were mushy and just a pile of pieces (See photo below) rather than lengths of noodle. Barely any chicken for being?chicken pad Thai? either. Overall, I honestly feel ripped off. (Keeping my fingers crossed I don?t get food poisoning????????). Read more

entire meal feels, tastes and looks like it has been microwaved. mushy Pad Thai noodles, and I know now why the shrimp fried... rice was B1G1: literally only 6 shrunken shrimp in two whole cartons. Read more

Basil Thai Cafe Clintonville is located within Buddha Bowl Cafe Clintonville but that fact will not be obvious to anyone who is... walking past 2973 N. High St. and is looking at the large sign above the front door of Buddha Bowl Cafe Clintonville. It hadrequired a lot of research, including an in-person visit to Buddha Bowl Cafe Clintonville at 2973 N. High St. [during which Ihad asked the woman behind the counter about Basil Thai Cafe Clintonville], before I had been able to learn that well-hiddenfact. I have eaten at several different Basil Thai Cafe restaurants during the past several years; all of them, sadly, haveclosed. The only remaining vestige of Basil Thai Cafe of which I am aware is that Buddha Bowl Cafe Clintonville reportedly sellstheir food but only if you know to ask for it. I remember attempting to visit the "Brewery District" location of Basil ThaiCafe several months ago [since Google Maps had described that location as "open"] but finding an unlocked-and-mostly-emptybuilding with a few construction workers inside. I briefly entered the building, took a photograph of their completely-emptyformer dining room, posted that photograph to Google Maps, and then reported to Google Maps that that location hadclosed. Several months later, while attempting to confirm -- "on-line" -- that the "Upper Arlington" location of Basil ThaiCafe had indeed closed, I just happened to find a website for Basil Thai Cafe Clintonville -- supposedly at 2973 N. High St. butwith a wrong Zip Code -- as a possible remaining location of Basil Thai Cafe. There had been no "Google Maps" photographs ofthat location that would corroborate the notion that there is a Basil Thai Cafe at that that location yet their listed "hours ofoperation" had reportedly been "updated by this business 8 weeks ago" [which had led me to believe that perhaps they are indeedopen]. So I visited 2973 N. High St. yesterday [8-15-2022] not knowing exactly what I would find. If you plan to e Read more

Don?t waste your $$$ Horrible portions - considering they charge you $20 for a pad thai (check the photos to get an idea about... the portions) ! Taste is average, at times as bland as it can get! Very limited ingredients / veggies in the portions as well. Idid a delivery via Uber Eats. Read more

The worst Pad see ew I have ever had in my life. It was burnt, the sauce was thick and disgusting, the beef was burnt and dry. I... had the order delivered and as soon as I opened the bag I could smell the burnt sauce and knew that it was going to be bad. Thenoodles were so dark they almost looked black, when the dish is usually a light to medium brown color because of the brownsauce. I took two bites of it and couldn't eat any more than that before depositing it in the trash. I also ordered potstickers which were again, some of the worst I've ever had. The dough seemed undercooked and the filling was both flavorless andgross at the same time. Those also went into the rubbish bin. The saving grace was the chicken satay which was excellent. Butnot enough to make up for the rest of the food being so horrible. Which is really disappointing because I have been craving Padsee ew for so long. Read more

Called to order from pickup and the lady who answered was very rude about placing an order over the phone. Said i had to do it... online or come in because people order and then never pickup (which makes sense considering the next bit) When the GPS said iarrived, i drove around for several minutes and had to call back to ask where the location is. It operates out of the samestore/kitchen as Buddha Bowl but there is no way to know that unless you specifically call back and ask. The food was bland andover cooked. Honestly frozen rice or noodles would have been better. The sweet and sour sauce with the egg roll was disgusting.Will not be returning. Read more

Ordered delivery. Called and asked a simple question about the order. The woman didn?t answer our question and instead just said... ?we?re cancelling your order.? And hung up. Except that they had already accepted the order and never cancelled. I called backand asked if they were preparing or if they were cancelling it like she had said. She was incredibly rude and repeatedlyinsisted I cancel the order on my end and get a refund from Uber. That is absolutely not how that works and intentionallymisleading me that I would get a refund is basically stealing from me. She finally says ?fine, I?ll just make it.? She thenwaited until the driver had been waiting for the food for nearly ten minutes and then cancelled the order. I?ve ordered frombasil since their short north days and will not be returning after this. Read more

I will first say that the crispy rolls were absolutely fantastic!! That said, My pad Thai was terribly over cooked (both the... noodles and the pork), and my eggrolls were burnt ? literally black on the ends. Read more