Basi Restaurant

What is Basi Restaurant? Situated along Bathurst Street just south of Wilson Avenue in North York’s Little Manila corridor, Basi Restaurant brings a polished, contemporary sensibility to traditional Filipino dining. The dining room balances warm ambient lighting, clean woodwork, and comfortable booth and table seating tailored for both intimate dinners and lively family feasts. Stepping away from bare-bones cafeteria counters, this neighbourhood dining room elevates classic home-style cooking with thoughtful plating and attentive hospitality.

Basi Restaurant Menu & What to Order The kitchen leans into regional Ilocano staples and deeply comforting classics, starting with crisp, golden-orange Ilocos empanadas stuffed with garlicky longganisa and egg. Main dishes deliver an uncompromising balance of richness and crunch: the kare-kare bagnet pairs shatteringly crisp pork belly with a thick, peanut-rich gravy, while the sizzling pork sisig arrives table-side with sharp calamansi and chili heat. Seafood seekers can share the lobster fried rice or sizzling bangus, saving room for sweet carioka sticky rice skewers and chilled buko pandan for dessert.

Know Before You Go Table reservations are encouraged for prime weekend dinner slots directly through their website or by phone, though daytime silog breakfast and lunch crowds will find walk-in tables relatively easy to secure. Parking along the Bathurst strip can get tight during peak hours, but the restaurant is easily accessible via the 7 Bathurst bus from Wilson Station. The kitchen serves continuously seven days a week from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. for dine-in and takeout.