Thai Basil - Cornwall location

Went to Kitsilano beach for the day with family, kids had a nice two hour session in the pool. At about 1pm decided to get some lunch and visited Thai Basil. Was very nice, kids both ordered the yellow curry we ordered the pad Thai. Cooked fresh and tasty. Was $39 for the four of us.

Very good food! I typically get the tofu cashew nuts and I have never been disappointed. Really good food at decent prices. I recommend this place.

Came for lunch with my family. Ordered pad thai with salad, red curry with pumpkin, beef noodle soup, and chicken pineapple fried rice. All delicious, inexpensive, and friendly service! We liked it so much, we came back after swimming at the Kits pool to order takeout for dinner.

We were fraying at the edges by supper time last Thursday and wanted some place not too loud and reasonably priced before going on to our second night at the Bard on the Beach. We'd walked up Yew Street as far as First Avenue and hadn't seen anything appealing in the several noisy places on offer. I had noticed the open front of Thai Basil and its peaceful tiny interior as we'd walked across the road from Kits Beach and so we returned to it. I didn't realize until I came to write this review that it's one of three Thai Basil restaurants in the Lower Mainland. It had the friendly, helpful staff and rich, flavourful curries that I usually associate with an owner run place. It also had nice touches like several jugs of cold tap water and cups so you could serve yourself. And the prices are great. The entree special for $9.95 is your choice of curry, a decent helping of rice and a small, mouth cooling serving of iceberg lettuce salad with a sweet dressing. I very much enjoyed the rich red Penang curry with ground peanuts, lime leaves and sweet, cooling lychee nuts. My dining companion had a slightly spicier full flavoured green curry with eggplant chunks and basil. Missing my vegetables, I ordered a green papaya and carrot Som Tum salad to share for $6.95 but found it too spicy for my somewhat delicate stomach. I wasn't a big fan of the hard rubber texture of the dried shrimp in that dish either. They didn't seem to add much to the flavour. I noticed that this place is a favourite with families and other locals who came in or picked up take out. While Cornwall Street during rush hour isn't the quietest place to be, the Thai Basil exudes it's own sense of Zen and is a very pleasant way to eat good food nearly on the beach.

I lived in Thailand for a yearI had to eat Thai food for sometimes three meals a day.