Have been here many times and maybe this was an off night, but my experience was meh.
Came here with a group of people for work dinner, as I had good memories of the food and ambiance. The setting is nice, special shout out to the plush chair seat that felt like sitting on cloud. The food left much to be desired.
I ordered shrimp and barrundi - and my shrimp was undercooked, and obviously undercooked just from the coloring of the shrimp. The other entrees we got: duck, fish, seafood stew were okay.
The desserts were disappointing to say the least. First of all they said the mango sticky rice was out of season. Seriously? I was just at Harris Teeter and there were mangos on sale. I don't think Basil Thai is a fancy place that calls only for specific mangoes imported from Thailand! I've had Bahn Thai mango sticky rice a month ago, and they didn't have any trouble making it "off season".
The fried ice cream was also disappointing. The dough was lukewarm; it tasted as if the balls were deep fried earlier and put in a fridge somewhere. We came here excited for the desserts and needless to say left quite disappointed.