Basil Restaurant — Restaurant in Medfield

I am a bit mixed on this place and could not believe I have lived in the area and never known about the place or even seen it. This spot is tucked away in downtown Medfield and you would never even know its there since its off the main street, tucked in a neighborhood behind the village shops. First off, this place is set up inside a house which is both good and bad, parking for this place (I would hate to be the neighbors) is tough and if you cant find a spot in the large lot across from the place, you are stuck almost parking on some neighbors lawn or blocking their driveway which we did.

This place is not short on business, Saturday night their was a line out the door and unless you have a reservation, you are not getting into the place. The set up inside is tight, very odd, small booth areas in what looks like it used to be a living room, small tight cramped hostess station, bar in the back you have to seek out since its near kitchen and then an upstairs which has long banquet tables which was again, odd, but it worked.

The menu here is a very large book, loaded with old school Italian dishes and speciality cocktails and an extensive wine list. The staff here is very good, friendly and fast and they keep up with the busy tables. The place is pretty loud inside and since its tight quarters its even louder.

The food in this place is absolutely great, cooked to perfection, very tasty dishes, the veal parm was excellent and so was the calamari and the drinks are good as well. I was shocked, since I have not had anything close to North End Italian in the suburbs at all except maybe Sweet Basil in Needham. This place is great, aside from the odd set up inside and the parking, the prices were what you would expect and the portions are mid to large so you get plenty of food. What a treat and I was happily surprised to find a good restaurant outside Boston proper. Definitely will visit here again and may try take...

I have dined here, at Basil’s, several times over the years but have never felt the need to write a review until now. I usually go with the girls in my neighborhood and after this last experience, we all agreed it would be our last. It’s a very busy old school style restaurant. The bar with some high tops is on one side and the “restaurant” if you will is on the other. It is a very loud place. Our server was excellent and very patient. He gave the 4 of us separate checks and here lies the issues. We all realize the cost of food has gone up but this was ridiculous. I ordered a cheeseburger no lettuce, tomato, onion just plain and no side. I had a Diet Coke. My bill was $23.00. I was shocked. AND it wasn’t the best burger I ever had. They also don’t have pickles. Come on!!!! How can you have burgers without pickles I ask. One of my friends had one of the specials, 2 glasses of wine and her bill was just about $60.00. The bottom line line is the service is better than the food and the 4 of us agreed to remind ourselves the Basil’s is off our list of...

We sat in the bar area with two other couples where the Red Sox game was on the television. The waitress was incredibly rude. She told my 2 year old daughter to be quiet, when a Red Sox game was blaring and my child was laughing and talking. We split the bill with between the three couples and parted ways. Each family experienced stomach issues that evening from the food. When we reviewed our credit card statement at the end of the month, we found that our credit card was charged twice. We spent time speaking with the staff to recitfy the problem. The staff called us to tell us that until the couple that was not charged called and paid the bill, they would not reimburse us. It is unthinkable that this restaurant would have the audacity to charge us and ask us to be their collection agency before they would give us a refund for their mistake. My recommendation is that you not go to this restaurant and not trust the people...