Thai Sweet Basil - Tampa

Best Thai around!!! Lunch special is amazing. Service is incredible! Everything is great :

We hadn't seen our dear friends for a long while. We had so much to catch up on. They took us to their favorite neighborhood Thai restaurant and we enjoyed the lunch menu and they even prepared a eggplant peanut dish for my friend, and he gave me a bite. So delicious! I had chicken pad Thai and jasmine hot tea. We all enjoyed our egg rolls with egg drop soup and the Thai Iced Tea is a must have !! My husband had a spicy noodle dish that paired beautifully with his Thai iced tea and my other friend had a coconut dish with rice. The booths are cozy and private enough for 4 dear friends to reconnect once again over heavenly food It's a gem.

Downhill. This place has gone straight downhill since my last review over 5 years ago. The chicken in the chicken Panang was so rubbery that I had to spit some pieces out. I also ordered the crispy spring rolls, and while I was pleased to see how many were in the box, most of them were not completely fried. I stomached two and tossed the rest. The entire flavor of the dish was a little underwhelming and for the first time in years, I didn't finish my Thai food. Despite the fair price point of $21ish for both entree and appetizer to go, I will continue returning to the Cafe Modern Thai. The quality of food has to match my palate to continuously earn my business.

I tried this place tonight for the first time and it's amazing. The yellow curry is delicious!

On or about 2/1/24, i ordered two meals at Thai Sweet Basil (heraeafter TSB) and when I went to pick up the order I presented two gift certificates that i had bought from the business on one of their promotions. They rejected the gift certificates, saying NEW OWNERS, these were sold to you by the old owners. I said, this is still the same named business...you take the good and the bad, but they refused to honor the gift certs. I told the sixty year old looking manager, then I 'm not coming back over here, ever, and he said he didn 't care. Watch out! I hope you are better treated if you go there. Carlos