Reviews for Sweet Basilico Cafe in Estes Park, CO
My family and I took a day trip to Estes park, which we often do. We decided to try Sweet Basilico. Upon entering it took... forever to get a table even though they were not packed. There was hardly anyone in the restaurant. Once we were seated I wasinformed that they do not have any high chairs or slings for toddlers or infant car seats. They had me put my infants car seaton a chair at the end of the table. It took over 20 minutes before the server came to the table. She brought glasses of waterand walked away. No child’s cup was provided for my toddler. She returned about 30 minutes later to take our food order. Wethen waited 45 minutes for our food. The food was not what I was expecting. The fettuccine Alfredo had no flavor and was cold.The chicken parmesan was some bow tie noodles, frozen chicken patties with horrible tomato sauce on top. The gluten freenoodles were decent but the pesto was disgusting and a total disappointment. We hardly ate our food and she offered to bring usboxes. It took her about 20 minutes to bring them and another 30 minutes to bring the check to the table. This restaurant isover priced and the service and quality of food is not worth the money. Read more
Food was decent! But for the amount you got was not worth the price. Dinner prices for a lunch size “if even that” Dinner... rolls would be better if served with butter melted on top, dinner rolls served were hard. Server was amazing tho Read more
I mean…it was…okay…I guess? Loaded garlic bread amounts to 4 total pieces of small bread, one pepperoni, one piece... Canadian bacon and a SMALL sprinkle of store bought shredded cheese. Definitely economy portion. Seafood Alfredo was LOADED withAlfredo sauce. Not a good thing. I ate about half my meal. It was A LOT of Alfredo. I guess it was filling but not satisfyingat all. I got a side Caesar salad and $4…it was a small salad with store bought Caesar dressing squirted on top. Not evenmixed together. Then, they threw 4 whole, decent sized cherry tomatoes on top. Meh ????. The rolls that came with the meal werehard on the bottom. They looked store bought as well, then reheated. Not tasty. The food was very hot, so there’s that. Not awide ranging drink/wine menu. Few wines of every variety but we passed. No value for your money. At all. The floors, ????????.You can see where the floor is heavily trafficked and where it’s never walked. It was gross. The floor LOOKED sticky with 10years of grit and grime. Floors ugh, were hard to look at. We’re local to Estes but we wont be back. Read more
This small town Italian restaurant doesn't look like much on the outside, and the impression doesn't overly improve when you go... inside. While clean it's very unassuming. Unassuming, that is, until you try the food! We had a chicken pasta dish and a glutenfree Italian sausage dish. Both were very well flavored! The gluten free pasta was especially well prepared! Read more
Loved this restaurant! The food was excellent and we were so happy we ended up choosing it for dinner. Kids even finished their... food, which never happens. Every single employee we came across was beyond kind and helpful, from the host to the servers andthe owner. They were all working so well together and even though the place was packed with people constantly coming in, theemployees were so calm and accommodating. I think having a reservation is probably better but we only had to wait 15 mins for atable. The food came pretty quickly and each dish was delicious! Lots of options and you can build your own plate and chooseyour own pasta and sauces. Perfect place for a family. My child built her own plate with bow tie pasta and basil pesto saucethat had mushrooms and artichoke hearts. My son had the shrimp diavolo. We also ordered the Fettuccini Alberto but with Angelhair pasta and the Ravioli mushroom marsala (SO GOOD), you can also ask for spicy which I recommend. We actually went fordessert and had the spumoni cheesecake and canoli. They also serve Dazbog coffee. Highly recommend the restaurant, my 9 yr oldkept saying thank you to us for going there ?????? Read more
I cannot express how fantastic of an experience we had with the people at Sweet Basilico. They SAVED our wedding day!!... Everything and anything that could have gone wrong that day did. We were supposed to get married at Bear Lake in Rocky MountainNational Park, but due to weather, the park was closed. Our wedding was moved at the last second to 2.5 hours away from there.Because of all the timing issues, our initial reservations for after the wedding were canceled. We were frantically callingaround to many restaurants hoping for a last minute chance for a table of 8. When I called Sweet Basilico, I was so thankful forhow gracious they were with us in our dire circumstances. They welcomed us, a bigger party, at 8:15pm when they close at 9pm. Icannot tell you how AMAZING our experience was! They made us feel like family from the minute we got there, providing us topnotch service, delicious food and drinks, and even went as far as cutting a cake we brought in from another bakery. I was sooverwhelmed with how incredible these people were to us in a tough situation. They did not try to rush us out and even joined inon celebration and pictures. On the way out, the owner sent us off with the kindest, most heartwarming well wishes and gift forour wedding. We will forever be patrons of Sweet Basilico and cannot wait to return and eventually bring our future childrenfor years to come. Thank you to these beautiful humans for the most wonderful way to end a chaotic wedding day! Read more
We visited Sweet Basilico on the Friday before our wedding this last weekend! This place was amazing! We had the best food and... service. Our server handled our party of 14 without fault. Our food and drinks came out quickly and she was so friendly. Myhusband had the chance to talk to the manager/owner and he was so sweet to gift us a wine glass to remember our night here. Wewill definitely be back!! Read more
Amazing, highly recommended this place! Referred here by the locals in town! Good whole some Italian food, by the local chef and... owner himself! This place was packed, but so worth it if you can get in! Everything on the menu is delicious! Photos- chickenparm & chicken Alfredo Read more