Basilic Vietnamese Grill Fort Lauderdale — Restaurant in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea

Usually the food is okay, but the service is always inconsistent. But last night was a comedy of errors on the part of this restaurant. Disinterested and down right rude servers and I doubt I'll go back. At 7:13pm I called in with a simple order of beef Pho. I was told 10-15 minutes and I showed up on time. I told the young lady behind the bar my name and that I was there to pick up an order. She said she'd check and disappeared into the kitchen. I sat down at the bar next to another single woman, apparently also waiting for her to-go order. A man walked in and asked for his to-go order. He was offered a drink, served a beer, paid and he sat down at the bar. I noticed to-go bags near the servers area at the bar. The man received his order and left. The woman next to me got frustrated and left. The first young lady came behind the bar to get wine and I asked her to check on my order, please. She said she would, and disappeared into the kitchen. Another server came behind the bar and I asked for a glass of water as I was waiting on a to-go order. He just looked at me as if I were speaking a foreign language and disappeared into the kitchen. No water and no offer of a drink. I would have left if I wasn't so hungry. I saw the bag still sitting near the servers area. I walked over and asked if it was mine. It was. More than thirty minutes have now gone by. I asked the server to make me a fresh order, because now the Pho was certainly cold. He told me that they don't heat to-go orders. WTH? The 1st young lady came over to ring someone else up and I told her that my order had been sitting there for half an hour. She never came back to me either time that I had asked her to check on my food. I remarked calmly to the staff that their service was very poor and unprofessional. I only live 7 minutes away. Yes, the Pho was ice cold, the noodles were a congealed mess and there was only meat and onions. No vegetables or lime. I give up. There's no way that this establishment will succeed if they continue to alienate the locals. And servers, hint,...

This is a pretty good Vietnamese spot. The appetizers that I got was literally the first one on the menu, spring chicken imperial roll. I believe and it did not disappoint. They served it with a sweet sauce on the side that sorta taste like duck sauce. They only come with three rolls but its totally worth it as it’s packed with flavor. My girl was basic and got the chicken wings and I’m so glad that she did because they were amazing. Eight wings, naked and fried hard served with a sweet dipping sauce on the side. Served piping hot so you’ll have to wait a minute. I did enjoy the Combination Pho for sure, the broth was really good. I didn’t have to add too much hoisin sauce to it. I’m not a fan of meatballs in the Pho but it’s tasty. The meatballs tasted like sausages. And I loved the fresh herbs along the side that come with the Pho. Very traditional, with the lime, sprouts, jalapeño, and mint. I’ll definitely come back to explore the menu because they have plenty of options to choose from. My girl was adventurous and tried the Curry Noodle Soup with Chicken and she didn’t like it. The only thing that she liked about it was the sweet potato within the soup. I tried it and I also agree. The curry flavor had an overwhelming coconut taste and the chicken was too tough. In addition, the noodles in the soup were still stuck together, cooked but stuck. I’ll take her back to try another item. I also got a Mango Bubble Tea. They make there’s into a smoothie with little tapioca boba at the bottom. Very filling food for sure. Definitely try this spot and take a nice walk down the beach since it’s just off...

5/20/24- Wow went for the Pho. But started w/ the London broil beef spring rolls. Nice The Pho is a Large bowl of Grilled chicken, noodles, green onions, On side bean sprouts , Asian basil. Plus 2 slices of jalapeño peppers. On table they have 4 different types of sauces. One guest had same Pho , one had the curry which came with/ a bowl of white rice. The other a vegan had the fried tofu salad . That bowl was big too. Oh they put a basket of shrimp toasts on table

6/25/2020-

Got here as the doors opened . I was the only one here . Except Jennifer the server. What a nice person, all smiles, refills. I had the chicken pho. It has lots of noodles and slices of chicken thin slices of onion. On the side you get bean sprouts usually basil , but today I got cilantro. Jennifer even brought out some mint . Also the two types of sauces One I believe it is Sriracha and the other one is an Asian barbecue sauce hoisin. Thank you Jennifer for making my lunch .

8/10/19- Love the free shrimp toast for table . G had the grilled chicken sandwich. Nice bread . I had the chicken Pho comes with bean sprouts, basil sliced jalapeño peppers plus pieces of line was such a big bowl is delicious

10/2/18- great big bowl of soup, plus those shrimp toast they give you

6/15/18- had to go again.the soup is just so yummers. Again I had the roast chicken w/all the sides being sprouts basil leaves cilantro leaves limes and two sauce one is barbecue and the hot stuff. So good .

I like it what not to like a big bowl of noodle , green onion . Scallions Plus on side bean spouts basil cilantro all yummy plus they give you these...