Basil Babe

Visited friends in the area and ordered takeout from here as I’ve gotten recommendations from others before. I was also very excited to try the restaurant bc they offer pork belly grapow, which is my favorite Thai dish that’s not sold at most Thai restaurants I’ve been to in MI. First impression, portions are smaller than the other restaurants I go to, so pricing is somewhat higher for the value you’d get. We got: Crab Rangoons - 5/10 nothing special Sweet chili wings - 5/10, small wings, chili sauce tasted generic, nothing crazy Papaya salad - 3/10, no other flavor to the salad besides the garlic. Absent of the balanced sweet, citrusy and savory profile of a traditional Thai style papaya salad. Does come w a small bag of sticky rice, which was nice. Pork belly grapow - 2/10, I had so

Overall experience was pretty positive. The servers were extremely nice and helpful. The Pad Thai was alright, I thought it could have used more flavor. The spice level good, but it was kind of bland. The red curry and pork belly were very good. The pork and basil dumplings had an amazing sauce but I wished the basil taste was a bit stronger.

This is the best Thai food in the state of Michigan!! I cannot say enough good things about this restaurant! They have an excellent vegan and vegetarian selection! The menu consistently changes and is never boring!! The staff is super friendly and willing to accommodate for dietary restrictions and overly picky people like myself!! I LOVE BASIL BABE!!

loved this place! you order and pay before you eat so slightly different then other sit down locations. we got the drunken noodles (can be made vegan), the thai red curry dumplings ( a little too crispy for my liking) and the pandan coconut pudding (personally not a fan but came with 3 little ones). took like 10-15 min for the food to arrive and you can just leave after you eat which is nice! the noodles seemed like rice paper folded up (like stacked in a way)! came out to ~$35 w tip which was pretty reasonabley priced! that was the perfect amount of food for 2 people.

I love this restaurant! The store looks very cute, the atmosphere just says “authentic” and the price is so affordable. Then let’s talk about food, we ordered (1)OG with a fried egg - so delicious and I can have so much rice with it; and how can the fried egg look this cute? (2)Pad Thai with fried pork belly - perfect flavor and excellent crunchy pork belly! (3)Pudding - OMG the pudding is so elegant! I have never had such a wonderful desert in AA! If you are Asian, you’ll understand how valuable this pudding it. It is not that sweet but tastes so good; have never tried anything like this but I think I will come back to this store multiple times just for this pudding! The owner is also so nice.