Reviews Sweet Basilico Cafe

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 gluten free Italian sausage dish. Both were very well flavored! The gluten free pasta was especially well prepared!

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 Mountain National 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 calling around to many restaurants hoping for a last minute chance for a table of 8. When I called Sweet Basilico, I was so thankful for how gracious they were with us in our dire circumstances. They welcomed us, a bigger party, at 8:15pm when they close at 9pm. I cannot tell you how AMAZING our experience was! They made us feel like family from the minute we got there, providing us top notch service, delicious food and drinks, and even went as far as cutting a cake we brought in from another bakery. I was so overwhelmed with how incredible these people were to us in a tough situation. They did not try to rush us out and even joined in on celebration and pictures. On the way out, the owner sent us off with the kindest, most heartwarming well wishes and gift for our wedding. We will forever be patrons of Sweet Basilico and cannot wait to return and eventually bring our future children for years to come. Thank you to these beautiful humans for the most wonderful way to end a chaotic wedding day!

I was skeptical to try this place because of the mixed reviews. I am very picky about food quality. After eating here, I can say I was not disappointed. I will preface this by saying, this restaurant is not a place for high end, luxury dining. This place is more down home, comfort Italian. It’s rich, rustic, and tasty; the atmosphere reflects this. When you are here you kind of feel like you are eating at your grandmas house (in a good way). We ordered garlic bread with a side of sauce, Caesar salad, pizza, and the pesto tortellini. My favorite by far was the pesto tortellini, it was tasty! The pizza was also good, I thought the sauce was good and the crust was nice a crispy. The service was prompt and our server met all of our requests even though they were very busy. I would come back again next time I am in Estes.