Basil Thai Kitchen — Restaurant in Hoover

By far my favorite place to eat in the Riverchase Galleria, and I've happily been a loyal patron for the past few months. Being especially fond of ethnic foods, I've tried every other asian-styled restaurant in the Café and no others compare, at least in terms of taste and food quality. They give very generous portions for relatively cheap, their food is ALWAYS fresh, and their service is exceptionally friendly. While I've tried most every dish they offer (and have always finished satisfied) I find the Orange and Pineapple Chicken to be my favorites. Being a small business with a small staff, this is an incredibly impressive restaurant. P.s. I will say, for the few times their food has turned out less than perfect, they have consistently made it better than...

UPDATE: Since first writing this, it appears they have upped their noodle game. Don't get me wrong - it's mall ramen, but it's way better than expected mall ramen, and the floury doughy noodles are gone.

When they first opened up, several months ago, would've given them 4, maybe 5 stars as a mall ramen joint. It seems now, though as unfortunately many restaurants do after a strong start, they've started to cut corners - for the moment it's with the ramen noodles. They've recently switched to a cheaper, more doughy noodle and it is just like chewing a ball of flour as it accumulated in your mouth. Not good. I feel like if you have to cut costs on anything when it comes to ramen, the worst idea is to start with the cheapest and most important ingredient -...

They like to scream free sample free sample when you are trying to get your change and they charge you extra without even trying to hand you your receipt hoping that all the people around you will make you walk off this place is a scam stealing money and mean while the low quality of the food is causing many of the people to eat it to have stomach problems immediately the next day # robbing you of your nutrients real deal foreign scam artists work here and they have help watch yourself...