On a major road outside, DC, pleasant people and quick service, next to a thai grocery store, proud of a Bobby Flay Throw Down, Pad Thai is their speciality but large menu, varied customers, local Thais and others like us

Tucked away and not visible from the road the restaurant is hard to find but well worth it. The restaurant had Pad Thai Throwdown with Bobby Flay and won. Can tell you the food was delicious. Pad Thai was amazing.

The Sashimi was good, but not as fresh as I could have hoped for. The chicken rice was not that great and they gave me too much rice and 1 pack of soy sauce. The spicy tuna was runied by the crunchy flakes they put on top.

After sampling various Thai restaurants in the Chantilly area, I quickly zeroed in on Thai Basil. Even during the lunch rush, the service is fast, the wait staff is friendly, and the owner--Nongkran Daks--regularly visits each table. I usually get the Khanom Jeeb (steamed dumplings filled with lean ground chicken, shrimp and water chestnuts. served with soy-ginger dip) as an appetizer and Pad Wun Sen (cellophane noodles stir-fried with egg and mixed vegetables) with shrimp as the main course. I even took the cooking class so I could make my own steamed dumplings!