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Basil – Short North

Thai Cuisine and Nonalcoholic Drinks for Dinner on Monday–Thursday or Friday–Sunday or for Lunch (Up to 53% Off)

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Value
$15
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In a Nutshell

Traditional thai salads, noodle dishes, entrees, and soups entice palates in sleek, industrial setting with low lighting and exposed pipes

The Fine Print

  • Expires Mar 22, 2013
  • Limit 1 per person, may buy 2 additional as gifts. Limit 1 per table, 2 per table of 8 or more. Reservations required for Friday-Sunday dinner; recommended for weekday dinner. Dine-in only. Not valid for the purchase of alcohol. Not valid for sale items, happy hour, lunch or daily specials.
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The ability to differentiate between red and green curry is the mark of a good Thai chef and a common tell among children faking colorblindness to skip school. Test your rods and cones with this Groupon.

Choose from Three Options

  • $10 for $20 worth of Thai cuisine and nonalcoholic drinks for dinner Monday–Thursday
  • $10 for $20 worth of Thai cuisine and nonalcoholic drinks for dinner Friday–Sunday
  • $7 for $15 worth of Thai cuisine and nonalcoholic drinks for lunch

On Basil’s vibrant Thai menu, a whole deep-fried tilapia wears sweet 'n' sour garlic sauce in the pla radprick entree ($18), thin rice noodles intertwine with egg and crushed peanuts in the classic pad thai ($11), and tom ka drowns hunger pangs in a rich broth of coconut milk and galangal with a choice of vegetables or chicken ($6 for a cup; $8 for a bowl).

Basil

As Basil’s doors flung open in 2009, the Columbus Dispatch reported on the owner's inspiration: his mother Judy Ruanphae’s string of successful Thai restaurants—beginning with Thai Village in Chicago’s Wicker Park—that she ran with her husband while her son Rhome was growing up. Rhome borrowed his mother’s culinary mastery for Basil, which teleports taste buds to the jungles of Thailand with a menu of authentic southeast-Asian cuisine. Chefs gather rice or egg noodles to lay the foundation for many entrees, such as specialty kee mow, a soft or crispy maelstrom of rice noodles with thai basil, tomatoes, and bell peppers. The pla radprick invites forks to spear a whole fried tilapia adorned with sweet-and-sour garlic sauce and cilantro. The menu also features a rainbow of curry dishes, soups, done-up salads, and appetizers to keep ravenous diners from eating their napkins. The seasoned confines of a former antique shop welcome diners to Basil, decked out with bare brick and a retro advertisement for ice painted on the back wall. As a glittering chandelier casts light on colorful curries, wine-dark panels of varnished wood gaze at diners from the wall, and exposed lengths of ductwork add a neoindustrial aesthetic without the overkill of steam-powered dessert trays or austere Orwellian maitre d's.

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Basil

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    1124 North High Street
    Columbus, Ohio 43201
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