Pho Basil

177 Massachusetts Ave, Boston - 02115
288 reviews
Vietnamese Thai
(617) 262-5377

Pad kra Pao is great. Not minced like I remember in Thailand, but still really good.We also tried the Saigon noodle, which is the dish closer in the photo, and I wouldn't recommend it. I don't know if it was tomato or pepper or what that they added, but it has a tomato-like somewhat pasty sauce all over the noodles. The sauce isn't very appetizing. I expected something more like a drunken noodle that might be more oily or a thinner sauce taken up by the noodles.The pad krao Pao made up enough for the other dish that I'm confident it's worth stopping in here for another try.Prices are roughly $10-15 per plate.

Food was amazing!!! Service was fast and friendly. Kae was such a great waiter! Will definitely be back!

They seated us happily even though we came in minutes before the kitchen closed and everything was delicious!

Excellent food and very reasonable prices. Friendly service and the place is super clean. Unfortunately, there’s often a long line (mostly Northeastern and Berkelee students) to get in. I recommend without reservations!

I had high hopes for this place and they were met ! Drunken noodles were just my spice level and very very flavorful. Can’t wait to come back to this restaurant and try other dishes. Nice little place !

Great eatery in Boston!! Affordable and superb, flavorful and plentiful, Fantastic service and attention to detail. One of my very favorites of all time in Beantown!!

We ordered online. Time estimate for delivery was 30 min, actual delivery was 40 min. The soup was delivered with fork to eat. Soup and Eggplant dish tasted mediocre at best.

My go-to restaurant for after drink foodie time. The pho is great, but their fried rice is even better!!! Must have the beef fried rice.

7 of us ate here after some Christmas Pops. The food was outstanding. It was the best Drunken Noodles I've had in memory. Great Pad Thai/Great Pho. The bill for all of us was only $115. The lunch sized dishes are HUGE. The staff is very friendly and constantly checking in on you/filling glasses etc... The restaurant is small and is usually set up for about 20 or so tables for 2. The staff constantly has to rearrange the seating situation and once they fill up there really is no waiting area outside of a small vestibule, so you may have to wait outside when they are busy. But I would wait, because the food was fresh, spicy and a bargain for Boston.

I came here with a couple of close friends for lunch on a Friday. It wasn’t too busy and we got seated relatively quickly. The waiters were helpful while we were ordering, but the pho we ordered took an unusual amount of time to come. After we asked the waiter for an update, it came pretty quickly though. Regardless, the spring rolls and pho was delicious and will definitely come again!