Basil Leaf Thai & Sushi Bar — Restaurant in Saint Pete Beach

The food quality is horrible. The manager (Arty) needs to manage his temper before he manages the kitchen's heavy sugar formula & tasteless meat. Every plate we ordered had so much sweetener in it and the chicken had no flavor or taste to it. It really felt like we were at a candy shop eating junk food and not authentic Thai food. All 4 platters we ordered were too sweet we had to ask the server why is this food so sweet - literally said we add alot of sugar. The coconut soup tasted like watered down heavily sweetened soup, The Pad Thai was not authentic and disgustingly sweet. Inagine going to a place to try Thai food and all you taste is overwhelming sweet noodles and cardboard chicken. The server/manager Arty didnt get a tip because he was very rude & disrespectful to customers that were next to us. When we would ask a question about a plate he would look mean and ugly and act like he doesn't want to see us here. We chose not to tip because for 40 minutes our cups we're not filled with water & he just didn't want to serve us or others at the restaurant...Maybe he was going through something I'm not sure but that whole place was off, including the kitchen (with that heavy sugar formula). Manager kicked a couple out of the restaurant before our turn came to pay . He tried to force us to tip then he said don't ever come back here again.. I love asian food, I know asian food and I cook asian food and I promise you that this food is the worst non-asian food you'll try in a long time. You'll...

We were looking for sushi because we were in Florida and figured we'd be able to get some pretty fantastic sushi next to the ocean. We should have ventured a little farther from our hotel as we were somewhat disappointed with our experience at Basil Leaf. It's on the main drag so it's definitely there to attract tourists. When we entered there were only 3-4 other groups in an otherwise empty restaurant. It took abut 5 minutes for an employee to seat us, and the service the whole time we were there was kind of hit and miss even with so few customers.

My husband had a noodle dish (although I can't remember exactly which one) and that was a large portion which he said tasted pretty good. Sadly that was the highlight of the meal. We ordered quite a few sushi rolls and while they were large portions and presented nicely, they were almost all lacking in flavor. Everything tasted pretty much the same which was kind of a disappointment.

Although there was nothing really WRONG with Basil Leaf, we felt that we could have gotten more bang for our buck if we had ventured a bit further away from the tourist district for sushi. Do yourself a favor and do the same if you're in that...

Underwhelming experience to say the least. We went in as a family to dinner to this place while on vacation. Vacationers appear to be the primary customers here hence the importance of this review in my opinion.

Service was next to non-existent, the waitress forgot our drinks, food took about 20-25 minutes to arrive. My water glass had something dark in it so I put it aside. I ordered the Thai staple beef Fried rice 5 star spicy and it came out bland with no flavor and zero spice. My wife’s was the same situation.

We also ordered a volcano roll and it was average at best. Unfortunately service or lack there of extended to other customers around as well. One couple decided not to order the main course because waitress forgot their order.

For the prices charged at this place, it’s not worth your time. There are many better places in St.Pete’s beach to choose from. I think just the feeling that you’re not welcome is enough to avoid this place. Btw music was loud and inappropriate for people wanting to eat their...