Osteria Basilico

This is a great neighbourhood restaurant. It’s a lively atmosphere with dining across 2 floors. It can be quite noisy especially downstairs. Service is friendly and efficient and the food is very good. This evening I enjoyed some crispy squid with chilli dip, parmigiana and chargrilled sea bass fillet with steamed spinach which was really delicious. Very good recommendation.

Great atmosphere, staff is trying to be helpful. We had a reservation for a dinner and what a surprise, they did not properly record it, so we were waiting for 30 min to have a table at an area we wanted upstairs. Meat was lovely however overdone for medium rare. But overall this place still deserves a five star review. Keep the good work and hope you can make sure next time reservations are 100% taken care of.

The Tortelloni is amazing...Went back for a second time in the same week for it. Great atmosphere on the outside tables but in the same time, the guy that is always taking the outside tables orders is a bit rude. I thought he was just having a hard day on the first time I went but I think he is just like that, with everyone. So, if you very smooth about it and doesn't care at all, go for it. Good food good wine.

This is our favourite Italian within the area, we’ve never had a bad meal or experience here. Any Italian restaurant that we go to is always compared to here and we haven’t quite found one that matches it in England. Food is authentic and service is great. Everything is great but in particular I’d recommend the Linguine allo Scoglio and the truffle pasta with rosemary on the specials menu. The truffle pasta is soo good we’ve often ordered two portions unashamedly despite their good portions… ! Downstairs has more of a quiet vibe, upstairs is a lot more of a neighbourhood feel. Upstairs gets booked up fast though but sitting downstairs isn’t a reason to not go, you have to try this place.

This is the favourite of a dear friend. I had the veal escalope which was phenomenal. This place has great atmosphere and wonderful staff. Highly recommended. P.S. I think i will be forever known in this restaurant as the tourist who asked for Oat milk in his coffee…this was a substance I was newly introduced to and thought it was a good idea…in reality it made people laugh almost as much as ordering cappuccino at a time of day which is not breakfast…:)

The food was great, wine the waitress recommended was gorgeous but the waitress who served us that day was spectacular. She was an angel. (no other words to describe her) It is shame that I can’t remember her name, but she was the only female who worked there on that day. She kept smiling us, explained the food well(it was all written non-English) and did her best to make our days. I still remember her smile and my kids talk about her. Thank you! I will see you again. I bought the tickets to London for next year!

A friend and I had a pleasant time at the restaurant last night. We chose seats outside because of the warm weather. The street is not a busy street at all with only occasional passing of a vehicle. The staff was attentive and friendly without being intrusive. It became very busy with people queueing outside. Quick service, large portions, well prepared and presented food. Prices come with the location, so no issues there. Music was nice, though a little too loud for comfortable conversations. It's certainly a place worth visiting.