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Lucky Basil
Lucky Basil
Walk-ins welcome, Tue to SunCall 08 5550 6612Book for 6 or more

Thai street food + bar

Hot woks.Loud tables.Late nights.

Bangkok night-market food from a Chiang Mai chef, cooked hot and fast on James Street, Northbridge.

Book for 6 or moreCall 08 5550 6612
Walk-ins welcome, Tue to SunFri + Sat till 11pm
Flat rice noodles, basil and chilli flying out of a flaming wok under pink and green neon
Walk-ins always welcome

Wok-fried. Charcoal-grilled. Fiercely seasoned. Walk-ins welcome. Book for 6+. Open late Fri + Sat

Pick your night

Five ways to get fed on James Street

Grab a stool at a shared table, bring the whole crew, take it home or settle in at the bar. However you do it, the woks are already roaring.

  1. 01Dine inShared tables, walk-ins welcome. Just turn up hungry.
  2. 02Group bookingsSix or more? Book a table and go big with a banquet menu.
  3. 03TakeawayOrder by phone, pick up from the window.
  4. 04Cocktail barThai-inspired cocktails and cold local beers.
  5. 05FunctionsTake over the back room for up to 40.
Takeaway noodle boxes, curry tubs and chopsticks stacked on a steel counter under pink neon
Takeaway: call it in, grab it from the window

Fire, smoke, chilli

Cooked loud, seasoned hard

This is Bangkok night-market cooking. Big heat from the wok, smoke from the charcoal, and a kitchen that doesn’t do shy.

See the menu
Pork skewers and chicken charring on a charcoal grill with smoke risingCharcoal grill
Off the coalsSkewers and grilled chicken over glowing charcoal, sticky, smoky and made for sharing.
Holy basil stir-fry with chilli and a crispy fried egg on rice, on a steel tableThe wok
Straight from the flameHoly basil, chilli and garlic hit a seriously hot wok. Fried egg on top, no arguments.
Green papaya salad with tomatoes and chillies beside a clay mortar and pestleThe mortar
Pounded to orderPapaya salad smashed with lime, chilli and peanuts. Bright, sour, hot.
Red bird’s eye chillies and holy basil heaped on black enamel under pink and green neon

Who’s cooking

Chiang Mai recipes, Northbridge nights.

A chef from Chiang Mai and her Perth-born partner opened Lucky Basil in 2021 to bring the noise, smoke and flavour of a Bangkok night market to Northbridge.

The woks run hot, the charcoal glows, and everyone eats together at shared tables under the neon.

  • 2021Doors opened
  • Chiang MaiWhere the recipes come from
  • 11pmClosing time Fri + Sat

Groups + functions

Bring the whole crew

Birthdays, work drinks, the big night out. Tables for six or more are bookable with banquet menus, and the back room is yours for up to 40.

  • 6+Book a table, banquet menus available
  • 40Guests in the back room, exclusive use
Plan a group nightFunction enquiry
Hands reaching across a steel table crowded with Thai street food to share
A frothy pink cocktail with a makrut lime leaf and lemongrass, lit by pink and green neon

The bar

Cocktails with a kick, local beers on ice

The bar pours Thai-inspired cocktails and local beers, made to sit next to chilli and charcoal.

Come for a drink before the big night or stay till close. Fridays and Saturdays run till 11pm.

See the bar

Find us

Follow the neon on James Street

Walk in any night we’re open, Tuesday to Sunday. Woks on from 5pm, or from midday Friday to Sunday.

88 James StreetNorthbridge WA 6003
Get directions08 5550 6612

Hours

Walk-ins welcome, Tue to Sun
  • MonClosed
  • Tue to Thu5pm to 10pm
  • Fri + Sat12pm to 11pm
  • Sun12pm to 9pm

Six or more? Send a booking enquiry

  • Walk-insAlways welcome. Grab a spot at a shared table.
  • TakeawayOrder by phone and pick up from the window.