Basilico Italian Cafe

306 E Commercial St, Springfield
(417) 818-4541

Recent Reviews

Elizabeth Fienhold

Great little Italian place nestled on Cstreet. Food is amazing and the staff are the best people.I highly suggest the pasta primavera or anything with their red sauce!Free bread and butter with the service, who doesn't love free bread and butter.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Katie Bebout

I am baffled by the google ratings for this restaurant. We had a large party of women meet here for dinner. I had the ravioli rosa. It was 6 cheese raviolis in a rose sauce that tasted like basic canned tomato soup. $17 for 6 raviolis in tomato soup. Quite a few got the carbonara tortellini. Flavor wise it was better, but definitely not worth $16 for the portion size. Everyone added a house salad to their meal. Again, $5 for less than a cup of lettuce and a tomato slice.You had to pay for bread service with the oil, garlic, and parm. $9 for that for every 2 people. Again, should just be included. They also wouldn’t refill bread baskets. 2 small bread baskets for a dozen women again was not enough.Overall super small portions. We had 12 women and no one had leftovers. Everyone ate literally every crumb of their less than mediocre meal. $15-20 for a plate of pasta with no main protein should be double the size. When I say everyone was not full, I mean it. We also ordered 4 desserts to split. The cakes were all ok and a bit dry. The tiramisu wasn’t edible. It tasted sour like it had gone bad.No need to go back. If you want a chill atmosphere Italian spot, stick to Bambino’s. It’s 100x better.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Timothy Norat

The food tasted classy. It was delicious. The atmosphere was pleasant. It is a small restaurant with only one waitress. The service was excellent and responsive even though she was servicing about 50 people's orders.It wasn't exactly cheap, but it also wasn't outrageous either. This was my second time going here and they seem to have improved since the first time I went a few years ago. It wasn't bad, but I wouldn't have given it five stars back then. I give it 4.5 ⭐stars to allow some room for improvement. I believe this restaurant will improve/grow as more people learn of it.Vegetarian options: While cheese and butter were used quite generously in the dishes several of the dishes were meatless. So much so that my GF ordered meatballs just to get some meat. It's a good vegetarian spot overall, but probably not strictly vegan.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Troy's Framing

Small portions, most couples were finished with the bowl of pasta in minutes. Pasta was good not great. Not worth 5 stars for

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Lori Morgan

Food was amazing and service wonderful. Highly recommend this quaint place on historic Commercial Street.

Michael Stegehuis

Love this place will definitely be back. The food is excellent.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mark Davis

Great food, great selection,great atmosphere, and competitive prices . A must visit for authentic Italian cuisine.Vegetarian options: Their house marinara is vegetarian and delicious ?Dietary restrictions: Best and biggest gluten free menu anywhere

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Broccoli Chicken Alfredo, Fettuccine Alfredo with Chicken and Broccoli, Tortellini Carbonara, Antipasto, Bread Service, Spumoni Ice Cream, Fried Beef Ravioli, Penne Pasta Alfredo with Chicken, Baked Mostaccioli, Chocolate Cake, House Salad, Rolled Spinach Lasagna, Italian Cream Cake, Goat Cheese Plate, Ravioli Rosa

Traveling Triceratop

First time trying this place and we really liked the atmosphere and menu options that they have. They have a variety of options to choose from.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 3

Craig Biernbaum

Excellent food, excellent service!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

JulieAnna Rohde

The gluten free bread board was a treat. Having so many gf options was also fantastic!Dietary restrictions: They have a large number of gluten free options.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

B Walker

The best Italian in Springfield. The staff is amazing and the atmosphere is so nice. Great place for a quiet dinner. Love the Christmas decor. Just perfect!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fettuccine Alfredo with Chicken and Broccoli, House Salad

Amanda H

The food was delicious, and the service was pretty great. The restaurant was clean and tastefully decorated for Christmas. I would have enjoyed my meal better with a glass of wine, but the wine prices were more than I was willing to pay (>$10 a glass for a red), otherwise I would have given 5 stars.Dietary restrictions: A gluten-free menu was available.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Tortellini Carbonara, Penne Pasta Alfredo with Chicken

Tyler Thompson

OMG YALL THIS FOOD WAS EVERYTHING!!!!! it was so calm and quiet and everyone was so nice and the food was absolutely AMAZING!! you just absolutely have to try it if u want some good Italian food ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Carl Mahana

Surprisingly good. The bread service is great. And it was genuinely the first time I have enjoyed a plate of spaghetti and meatballs in a restaurant.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Tortellini Carbonara, Bread Service, Spaghetti with Meat Sauce

Jennifer Salgado

The food was so great. Service was fantastic. We will definitely be back again!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Baked Mostaccioli

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