Fresh Basil’s Trattoria
“Delicious food; good portions; fast delivery, and reasonable prices for midtown E. Four stars!”
“We use seamless web and I don't foot the bill so I should preface this review with that fact.”
“The garlic knots were awesome, and the tiramisu was one of the best I've ever had.”
Fresh Basil’s Trattoria
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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Meh. I'm disappointed.
I heard great things about Fresh Basil's so was excited to order some take out. Sadly, they were not up to my expecations.
First, the delivery experience. They brought the food orders in a broken box. How can I carry a broken box up the elevator and back to my office? I cannot. Worst part was the delivery man asked if I had anyone to help me, so I called down a colleague, and he just left me with the mess of food falling out of the box everywhere. Terrible service.
I ordered the minestrone, which was good, but lacked the pasta I tend to look for in the soup. The real fail was the 18 ingredient salad. There were certainly not 18 ingredients, and the chicken was dry without flavor. On top of it, the dressing was just plain goopy and gross.
Sorry, but not going to do it again. The only thing that was good was the Perrier.
This is another place we get a lot at the office for lunch. We always get the penne with vodka sauce which is pretty addictive and I have to give a shout out to the chicken parm, though a tad on the salty side, it's pretty darn good! Shrimp scampi is very tasty as well as the sauteed veggies. The mini cannoli's are something I look forward to. One itty bitty mini cannoli can't hurt right? Overall this place is pretty good and I look forward to it being on the lunch menu.
I ordered for delivery on a work night with some of my coworkers. Delivery was really fast! We ordered the calamari and shrimp cocktail for appetizers – not disappointing. Those two dishes were not enough – I ordered the Linguine Al Fruitti Di Mare – more seafood on linguine! It was flavorful and perfectly cooked. It was also a huge portion, I was full after halfway. I didn't like the bread/garlic bread that we order though – too hard to even take a bite. Everything else was great though – I would definitely order again!
If you need to order Italian food and these guys deliver to you, then look no further! This is honestly some of the best Italian takeout I've had in the city.
Their signature pastas are delicious, try the gnocchi or the tortellini Emiliano. Both are creamy and well cooked. I also tried their sausage red sauce and arrabiata, which were solid. They give a complimentary garlic knot with each entree which in itself is buttery rich and full of flavor.
Make sure to save room for dessert! The tiramisu is hands down one of the best I've ever eaten anywhere.
The delivery has always been on time and they have always got the order right. Definitely my goto place for Italian food takeout.
Just like the other yelpers, I ordered for lunch. I haven't been to the location and I only ordered once, but my experience was so flawless that I feel confident giving a 5 star review.
I ordered through seamless and it arrived within 20mins tops. The delivery guy was friendly on the phone and in person. I'm used to delivery guys calling and saying "food downstairs" like some sort of illiterate caveman, but this guy used full sentences and actually said goodbye before hanging up. (These are big factors, people.)
I got my food and I was immediately impressed with how nicely packaged it was. My plate was on a sturdy cardboard tray and had the utensils, free freshly baked roll and a little cup of Parmesan cheese nicely packed within.
I ordered the baked cheese tortellini with bolognese sauce. I take my first bite of this magnificent deliciousness and I moaned with such joy that my coworkers got a little creeped out. It was fresh and flavorful and definitely left me stuffed with only half. I saved the other half for the next day. Can't beat a two-fer deal!
Definitely became a new lunch spot.
If you tell your customer that you can deliver a catering order by 12:15pm when the order was placed at 11:24am same day, KEEP YOUR WORD!!!!!!!
Do NOT get on the phone accusing said customer of fabricating the time the person you hired taking the order said could be done NOR that the order "is going out" when it's not even ready to NOR that you have other orders too. Seriously?!?!?!
My company placed large orders from this place on a constant basis, NEVER AGAIN!!!
We used to order from here all time (at work) and it everything used to taste really good and fresh BUUUUTTTTTT just had the chicken parmigiana dinner plate with fusilli arrabiatta aaaaaaand I can't even finish eating because it's so salty!! Everything seems fresh and pretty good quality but the sauces are just too salty, even the garlic knot tastes saltier than usual. Different chef/cook?? What's going on fresh basil?
Ginormous portion sizes! I placed a dinner order and here's what I thought:
Pasta bolognese – Pretty good, but not the most amazing pasta I've ever had. While I did enjoy the fresh mozzarella cheese on top, I couldn't find the meat in the meat sauce.
Delivery – Pretty quick. Took about thirty minutes from the time I placed my order.
It's a little on the heavy side, so if I were to try it again, it'd be for lunch.