Hot Basil Thai Cuisine - Overland Park, Kansas

P Herr

Went with a large group of 8 people. Service was great, no complaints there. Basic menu like all other Thai places I've eaten at, which I figured. Presentation was good.
Red Curry - My favorite kind of curry and what I usually order at every Thai restaurant I go to. I was disappointed. The curry was too liquidy and a little bit on the sweeter side.
Panang Curry - Too thick and way too peanut-ty. I couldn't even enjoy it.
Pad see ew - Lacked flavor, a lot of it. It's like they rushed it. You can tell by the lack of color of the noodles.
Beef Mint Salad - No complaints. I enjoyed it.
Tom Yum Soup - No complaints. Flavor was there.

Overall, this was my first time here. May give it another try in the future, but unfortunately, would not recommend.

Surana L.

As a Thai-American, Hot Basil Thai has been one of my absolutely favorite and authentic Thai restaurants in KC. Food is always delicious and authentic. Service is also always amazing and accommodating. My folks and I have eaten here several times over the years. Highly recommend!!

Michael Jay

The Veggie Panang Curry was delicious, definitely one of my favorite dishes for a reason.

The Tofu Phad Thai without fish sauce and without egg was also very good.

The atmosphere is reasonably nice, located in a strip mall so the views aren't anything spectacular, but a pleasant place to visit with a group of friends or family.

The staff was friendly and helpful. We were having a leisurely dinner visiting with friends, but food came out in fairly quick succession.

Definitely worth checking out if you are nearby.

Mrs Foley

I used to work at Oliver’s Salon nearly 10 years ago and loved visiting almost daily. Then I moved back home to Wichita,KS. I recently drove up and made sure to fix my craving with 2 orders of Pad Thai. It was better than back then. I will be visiting more often. Thank you guys!

Zemin Hu (old skool boy)

The place was clean, the service was courteous. I usually go with Pad Thai when it comes with Thai restaurant, because it's so common. This time I decided to try Panang beef curry with medium spicy level, which claimed to be most popular curry, my son ordered Gapow. I think my choice was correct, the curry was creamy with delicious coconut milk and peanut panang sauce, it's perfect companion for the rice. Gapow had nice flavor of basil, but I like Panang curry better.

There are plenty of parking spaces nearby.

Bradie McGuire

This was my first time trying Hot Basil Thai Cuisine, I ordered around 8:30 (close is 9), and was still able to place a to-go order. My favorite Thai dish is Tom Yum soup with shrimp, and I was pleasantly surprised I did not have to pay extra for any protein except the "seafood" option.

Once I got to the restaurant and entered the front door I noticed the layout was mindful of dine-in guests AND takeout guests, the main dining room is in an adjacent room. The front desk area is straight across from the front door, but far enough back that it could accommodate multiple people waiting. The staff greeted me and I was given the soup I had ordered.

After I got back to my car I could tell the container was not filled all the way, which concerned me as I had paid about $12 for to-go soup. Upon opening my to-go bag I found that I was right, it was not filled all the way, and the color seemed off for "Thai hot", so I became concerned it would not be spicy. It did not have the classic red peppers saturating the soup.

I was wrong! I don't know how they are able to achieve such great heat with almost no red peppers in the broth. It was a wonderful building heat that burns hotter over time, perfect.
There were plenty of shrimp about 7-8, they were cleaned, deveined, and perfectly cooked. The soup had a beautiful balance of ingredients and flavor. It did not have mushrooms in it, and that did not bother me, and I hardly noticed.

I highly recommend Hot Basil Thai Cuisine, and I will be a returning customer. They are open later than my normal place and the food is less expensive, and if consistent they could easily become my go-to!

Lisa Amakye-Ansah

Highly recommend. Our first time here and we tried the Pad Thai with pork, chicken satay and basil wings with Thai iced coffee and Thai tea. We are addicted! The food is amazing. I love how you can choose the amount of spicy you want. We will be coming back again.

Ana Chavarria

Very good and authentic thai food. They have a variety of drink options, I had the famous Thai Iced tea. It didn't disappoint. For appetizer we had fried calamari and asked to switch the siracha salsa for sweet chili salsa. Very good. For main, I had the traditional pad Thai, and I asked to put bean sprouts. Husband had the Gapow. It was delicious. For dessert we had the mango sticky rice, it was the perfect close for a good dinner experience. The service is ok but a little rushed. But I will definitely come back bc of the flavor and execution of the dishes.