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Basil Court Restaurant
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 11:30 am - 2:30 pm
Mon-Sat 5 pm - 10 pm
Sat 12 pm - 2:30 pm
Sun 4:30 pm - 9 pm
- Attire:
- Casual
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Quiet
- Has TV:
- No
8 reviews for Basil Court Restaurant
8 reviews in English
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Review from Natasha R.
6/28/2011
My boyfriend and I visit Windsor often and our usual haunt is Mandarin House on Ouellette. Yesterday we were there for the Detroit/Windsor fireworks and found Mandarin House had closed early "due to a graduation". So (after checking yelp!) we went next door to Basil Court Thai Restaurant. I'm so glad we decided to try some Thai food over the McDonalds we walked by... Anyway, we were very impressed. When you first get there you see a tiny little hole in the wall, but when you walk down the stairs, there is a whole underground restaurant complete with Thai decor. I found it very pleasant. The waitstaff were all Thai and very friendly.
Now for the food. we ordered the Spring Rolls with chicken and pork. I thought they would be your typical spring roll with veggies and meat, but these had almost a dumplings filling in them. It was only meat, wrapped in spring roll paper and fried. They were small and perfect for an app. My boyfriend ordered a yellow curry with potatoes, carrots and chicken and it came with a big bowl of white rice. He really enjoyed it and I thought the curry was very flavorful. He doesn't like spicy so he got mild, which was just fine. I ordered the Spicy Thai Noodle which comes with both beef and chicken and I ordered mine medium spicy. I was so glad I picked it because it was really hard to decide on which dish I wanted. The noodles were tender and the meat was really thin and perfectly cooked. Not to mention we both got very generous portions and mine had a good amount of meat in it. I hate when I order a dish and I get 3 or 4 little pieces of meat. I took my leftovers home and enjoyed them, reheated, for lunch. Very yummy!! -
Review from Jer B.
Windsor, ON
Updated - 3/13/2012 1 photo
Having had been my favourite restaurant for years and years something has changed around 3-4 months ago. The noodles are really dry.
I don't know if its because they changed noodles or cooks or what but I've been here 4 times over 3 months, every time dry noodles. I'm never going back here. You want a better thai place try Thai Lanxang.1 Previous Review: Show all »
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5/16/2009 First to Review
The #1 thing I miss about Windsor. Basil court was my first Thai dish and living in Vancouver, and… Read more »
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Review from Brian S.
4/10/2011
Basil Court is like no other. When you come here, the front of the restaurant off Ouellette it is what appears to be a small narrow awning, but Basil Court is underneath, a basement of sorts on a lower level. There is the fish tank and decor from the 1970's. No windows and a little dark too; so, you have to wonder what is so great about this place.....and then the food arrives.
The pineapple fish soup is perhaps the best soup I have ever had. Best Pad Thai in Windsor. The coconut chicken soup is out of this world. The other items that come to mind are the Thai spring rolls (best ever again), mango salad, lemongrass soup, yellow shrimp curry, Thai spicy noodle, sweet-and-sour chicken, and lemongrass beef or chicken. Their chef prepares the spring rolls and all spice blends and sauces fresh that day from scratch.
This is my favorite Thai restaurant in the Windsor/Detroit area by far. Amazing food !Listed in: Places in and around Windsor !
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Review from Emily C.
Toronto, ON
8/13/2010
When you move away from Windsor all you can think about when you think about Thai is Basil Court. Ask anyone who's a born and bred Windsorite and whose moved away from the city and they'll tell you: there just ain't nothing like it.
A typical conversation will go like this:
Speaker 1: "I'm hungry."
Speaker 2: "Me too. Let's do Thai!"
Speaker 1: "Mmm. Where should we go?"
Speaker 2: "I don't know" (thinks) "Ugh. I wish there was a Basil Court here!"
Speaker 1: "Ohhh! That Pad Thai!"
Speaker 2: "That tofu!"
Speaker 1: "How it's all spongy but not soggy!"
Speaker 1 & 2: "Mmmmmm"
Normally I don't like Pad Thai. I mean, why settle for Pad Thai when there are so many other delicious options? But Basil Court does it right.
Their curry eggplant is also delicious!
Miss you, Basil Court. -
Review from Resh M.
9/16/2011
The food was always delicious and the staff was extremely friendly. I loved the red curry and fried rice the best! The taste is VERY authentic. Thai iced tea is really good as well. I would loved to visit Windsor again and again just to eat at Basil Court! Major yum factor!! :)
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Review from Ron H.
Windsor, ON
7/7/2010
My favourite Restaurant in Windsor. Food is always delicious, portions are large and the price can't be beat.
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Review from JellyBelly N.
Windsor, ON
5/14/2010 1 Check-in Here
This is one of my favourite lunch spot - service is quick and the food is tasty! My all time favourite is the Vermicelli Lemongrass Chicken Salad. This noodle dish is loaded with vegetables and the chicken is well marinated. Give it a try!
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Review from L M.
6/12/2011
DH and I headed to Windsor yesterday in hopes of finding some over-the-top Thai food. Can't say it was over-the-top good at Basil Court, but there were definite positives, with a few negatives thrown in for Midwest flavor. Okay, sorry to start with a negative, but that was the first thing that hit me when we walked in--hit me like a big odor-hammer. The smell of mothballs. Eeeww. The next few things were positive though: Pleasant environment with soft background music playing. The waitress was prompt to seat us. She was friendly without being intrusive. And the paper placemats did not have the Chinese zodiac on them! Things were looking up and I also noticed that the mothball odor had seemed to dissipate. The waitress took our drink order (two beers, nothing special), along with our order for one appetizer to share, the chicken wings. The place was starting to fill up and I noticed that the group of young people at the next table were Asian, and we all know that is a good sign in an Asian restaurant, right? Our order of wings arrived and they looked and smelled yummy. And they were. The wings had been simply dropped into the deep-fryer and then served with a side of sweet-hot sauce. There was a hint of fish sauce in the sweet-hot sauce, so things were still looking up. Next, we ordered our entrees. The dining room was getting full but our waitress never missed a beat even though she was flying solo. I ordered the broccoli shrimp and DH ordered the basil chicken. We did not have to wait very long for our plates to arrive and when I asked for chopsticks the waitress promptly brought us each a set of real chopsticks, not the cheap-o wooden kind. The next positive: The rice was real Jasmine rice. Yes! I don't even eat much rice but you had better not try to pass plain rice off on me at a Thai restaurant (see my review of Bangkok 96 in Dearborn). DH was the clear winner on the main dish orders, though. And I had opted not to order the basil chicken or shrimp because they are both served with eggplant and zucchini and, due to my recent bad experiences in Detroit-area Asian restaurants, I was worried that the kitchen at Basil Court would kill the veggies, so broccoli sounded like a better choice, luck-wise. Wrong. DH's basil chicken was perfect, although not super flavorful. The chicken was in juicy chunks as was the eggplant and zucchini. On the lack of flavor, my guess is that the cook must keep things a bit bland in order to please the locals. Next time I will ask the chef to work with me because I could tell that the talent was there, just not the "pop" that I expect in good Thai food. My broccoli shrimp was kind of a sad affair. I had ordered medium spice, but it tasted, heat-wise, just the same as DH's order of basil chicken even though he had ordered his mild. And there was just broccoli and shrimp in a heavy sauce that totally lacked flavor. Where is the fish sauce, garlic, some hint of herbs, at least? I was hungry, though, so I ate it all and was not unhappy with it, just not happy. Okay, now for another bummer. I headed to the restroom after I finished and did not realize in the dark-ish restroom that there was no toilet paper in the giant, industrial-sized paper holder until it was TOO LATE. Luckily for me, DH and I have lived a lot in Latin America and so I am programmed to carry my own supplies in my handbag. It came in super-handy, but I had to be peeved that a restaurant would have empty toilet paper rolls at their opening hour. Did that mean that no one had even been in to clean since the day before? Yikes. The waitress brought our check right after we asked for it and it was $26 Canadian for two beers, an appetizer, and two entrees. We would definitely go back if we can stand the surly immigration officers at the crossing. What gives with these guys?? They are much worse than airport immigration in all of the many airport entrances we have made over the years. Like WAY worse. Why do I need to tell you exactly where I had lunch, TWICE? Trying to trip me up? Maybe the second time I might slip and say that we dined at ARBY'S?? Then could you detain me for lying about lunch?? And just-so-you-know, Immigration Guy, the Thai place in Livonia is NOT a better choice. But thanks for the "Welcome back" at the end of your monologue. I always love that part. And hey, Manny Moroun, you got my $8, now go fix that craaaazy, messed-up entrance screw-up puzzle are-we-in-line-for-gas-or-is-this-the-bridge? disaster you created.
