Sweet Basil Thai Cuisine

Service and quality was exceptional. Food was great. Environment is fun and inviting. We will be back. Best Thai in Greenville hands down.

Amazing Panang curry — best in town! My wife and I eat here weekly (sometimes more). The veggies are always fresh and the meats they use are top quality.
The atmosphere is great. Lots of traditional Thai woodwork and other décor.
Parking can be iffy, especially on the weekends. So, plan your visit and expect to make a couple laps around the lot beforehand.

Used to order all the time from this place. Placed an order with the same order that I do regularly. Apparently a new person took the order and the owner came out and told me I was in the wrong for the order taken. The owner caused a scene and even made the wait staff start crying. All over an extra order of tofu that wasn’t rung up correctly in their machine. Poor management by this owner. Both myself and other patrons said we would pay for the mistake and the owner still was strong. Won’t be visiting again.

If you are here on Unilocal wondering if you should go to Sweet Basil for Thai food, I will give you the quick answer. Absolutely! My wife and I are big fans of Thai food and we have been to many Thai restaurants in various cities. You will not be disappointed at Sweet Basil.
It is located in a small shopping plaza in Greer, SC. Very innocuous and if you were not looking for this restaurant, you would probably just drive right by and not even know that you passed right by this little gem. Walk inside, and it is a very cozy, darkened atmosphere. Its a little brighter during the day for lunch, and a little darker and more atmosphere at night for dinner. Definitely good for a date or dinner with the spouse. Does not feel cheap or like you’re in a diner. The lunch crowd draws an international crowd from Michelin Tire and from BMW, both not far from here. I love sitting in a restaurant where some are speaking French, some German, and of course English.
The service is excellent. Always. Very attentive staff, but not obtrusive. They have a full bar for lunch and dinner. Spicy Thai food without a nice cold beer? Not for me. I enjoy Brewery 85. A nice dark local beer.
The Thai food is always excellent. A great menu, lots of variety. Be careful when you order your food very spicy. They are not kidding around. My wife is from India and we have very spicy food at home. We have a very high tolerance for seriously spicy food. We order our food «hot». But if you order it «Thai Hot», you better have a cloth to wipe the perspiration off your forehead. I’ve ordered the Thai hot and finished my meal. But it is SERIOUSLY spicy. Anyway, it doesn’t matter if you are ordering the seafood dishes, the vegetarian dishes, noodle dishes… its all very good and a great value for your dollar. Definitely not overpriced.
My only criticism is that they have a few TVs in the dining room that are always showing the same video: a master chef who is carving beautiful creatures and objects out of vegetables with a precision paring knife. Fascinating the first time or two you go. But if you frequent the restaurant, it becomes quite monotonous and almost annoying to keep seeing the same video.
In the end, Sweet Basil is an excellent Thai Restaurant and I am so happy that we have this wonderful international restaurant available to us locally. It is frequently our flavorful «go-​to restaurant» after a long day at work when we don’t feel like cooking. I highly recommend it without reservation. Thank god they don’t deliver or else we’d be ordering from them all the time! Enjoy.

Fantastic staff. Authentic Thai cuisine. Sweet Basil is good for dining in as well as carry out. Love their coconut soup and pad Thai.

I LOVE THAI FOOD! So, for me to say this is my favorite restaurant… of any cuisine… is saying something. The food is always «on Point». Our last trip was for a «date night», so we went all out, ordering 3 courses!
We ordered the Sweet Basil rolls as an appetizer. They were delicious, especially when dipped in the brown dipping sauce. He ordered the Soft Shell Crab, and despite trying to find something else on the menu… I was craving pad Thai. As usual the food was brought to us quickly and hot. You can tell that the kitchen staff, take great pride in what comes out those doors. The food is always very fresh! We decided on the Fried Banana with coconut ice cream. I can only describe this as the best banana split you will ever eat.

I really enjoy Asian food… And Sweet Basil is a good place to have good thai food! The «Thai» spicy is actually super hot; so I would recommend a medium hot if you like spicy. It will already stimulate your papillas!

Great dishes and choices! Always fresh ingredients and good potions. Service is one of the best, always welcoming and attentive.

You won’t go wrong here. Service is excellent, as well as the food. I had the Spicy Basil Chicken, and Spring Rolls. They were both great, even the rice was flavorful.
I have been to Thailand a couple of times, this place is just as good.
Great selection of beers, also.

Thank you for sparing me from Thai Hott!
Apps: Spring rolls and chicken satay. Both we good! They came out relatively fast and were hot! Nothing over the top but just good.
Entrée: I ordered the chicken panang curry, hot. Originally I ordered Thai Hot because I was used to my other thai restaurant which it comes out regular hot. THANK HEAVENS I DID NOT! The hot was plenty hot and next time I might even order between medium and hot. The flavor was good! Exactly what I was hoping for. Came out steaming temperature hot and and to let it cool a little before digging in. My fiancé ordered the Chicken Pad Thai mild and that was good. Sweeter than I remember but did not disappoint. Leftovers were excellent!!!

My other go to spot for Thai food in Greenville. The best tom kha gai I have ever had. The chicken satay was excellent. I had the crispy noodles and my gf had the pad thai. Both amazing. And the alcoholic version of the thai iced tea was pretty good. Service was attentive. I need to start coming here more often.

Excellent food I order the Chicken Garden Delight with spicy sauce was great, will recommend to anyone, will be back.

Friendly service. Crazy-​good pad kee mao. When you ask for «Thai hot», you get «Thai Hot»! Full bar. Cozy atmosphere. Love this spot.

The pad thai is delicious! I tried the chicken (hot) and my girlfriend tried the tofu (mild). The heat
is done well — I definitely was feeling the spice towards the end of the meal.
We also tried the steamed dumpling appetizer and it was incredible! I highly recommend it.

The service was excellent with a caring staff. The place itself is small so it can feel a little cramped at peak hours.
The food was fantastic with just the right amount of heat. The Spicy Basil dish with chicken was flavorful and the rice was perfectly cooked.

We had the pad Thai, a Thai tea, pineapple sweet fried rice, and coconut soup. Not necessarily in that order! :) They were all marvelous.
Staff was very friendly. Atmosphere was intimate and comfortable.
We enjoyed watching the fruit-​shaping how-​to videos. They were mesmerizing and interesting.
We will definitely be back. :)

Sweet Basil could very well be one of the best Thai restaurants that I have the opportunity of dining at. The flavours just blow my mind away! Even thinking about it days afterwards my mind can only be drawn to the divergent and complimentary flavours that I experienced here. For me this is what makes an exceptional Thai meal.
My stop in here was for a late lunch. However I decided to order generously so I could try multiple items. For my lunch I had the fresh steamed dumplings, and pad kee mao (drunken noodles) w shrimp. This came with a spring roll and to wash it down was a Thai iced tea. The dumplings were very nice freshly steamed and tasty. They were similar to pork har gao (Chinese dim sum dumplings) however better because they were more tender and tasted fresh. The accompanying spring roll was crispy but had a crazy good filling of glass noodles, carrot, pork and other tasty filling. The pad kee mao was ordered as a medium spice. A wonderful rich but perfectly spiced flavour of Thai soy sauce with fresh basil, peppers, tofu and some crunchy beans. My mind races thinking about this it was vividly flavourful and so crazy delicious. This was a big meal and count that I’ll be back to Lemongrass to sample and enjoy more of their crazy awesome Thai dishes.

A small restaurant tucked away in a strip mall on Pelham Rd., Sweet Basil is anything but small on service and authentic Thai cuisine. With a full menu of delectable offerings, everyone is sure to find a favorite dish for dinner (and the calamari with sweet chili sauce is excellent as an appetizer) The food is fresh and delicious and the service is top notch — several waiters see that your drink stays full.
And you must try the homemade chili sauce with your meal. It has a little heat, but it is divine. You have to ask for the chili tray, then ask which one is homemade.
It was a good experience; we will go again.

Sweet Basil Thai is undoubtedly one of the most authentic Thai restaurants in Greenville.
The Entrees and Appetizers are very well made and are Fabulous!
Good Décor, Seating and Ambience. Service is great.
A must try!

Visited Sweet Basil again two nights ago and can still say that this is a top-​notch Thai experience. The restaurant is small, cozy, clean and well decorated, and the food is authentic. The servings are massive — plan on taking some home for tomorrow’s lunch!
*The Pad See Ew & Green Curry are also fantastic!