TravelSpeedX: Basil

Basil is one of the new restaurants at Mall of Asia's North Wing. There was a long wait for guests during our visit because it was a weekend. Still, we easily scored a table because there were only 2 of us. I noticed, though, that they gave priority to large groups. Staff would take time preparing and cleaning the long tables, attending to a large group of waiting guests and taking their orders, somehow forgetting some of us already seated. Nobody gave us a menu nor took our orders until I went to the counter and talked to the staff.

We reckon it was probably because there were limited staff, or they haven't been trained properly yet.

Overall, servers just won't mind you if you don't demand it. Or unless there's 12 of you at the table, then you get their attention for sure. Good thing their dishes made up for all the shortcomings. All our orders were bursting with rich flavours, capturing bold Asian tastes in each plate.