Il Basilico - Funchal

Love the place! Gluten free diet wasn’t problem and the food was fantastic. We also loved the waitresses humour and friendliness. I can warmly recommend this place

We have been here before so we were looking forward to a return visit. Would it be as good as before? Unequivocally yes! There is a nice greeting on arrival, the food drink are excellent and it is a nice and airy cool place ot be. When we have been there live music was featured but it was not too intrusive and indeed adds to the atmosphere.

Perfeito! O atendimento foi excelente, o staff muito atencioso, simpático e profissional. O almoço foi divinal. As crianças adoraram e os adultos também. Recomendo...

MARCH 2024 Original Review : OMG, for heaven 's sake, please just go to this exquisitely beautiful and incredibly cozy restaurant, with their divine food, and their absolutely delightful five star service!!! Clearly, one of the top, if not THE top restaurants on Madeira Island... Be very smart and ask for Alexandra The Great and just let this incredibly charming, fun loving and brilliant young Lady order for you...!!! Thank me later, OK!!! Enjoy!!! LEE PS Although I was there last night, I plan to go again tomorrow to try their gourmet pizza s ...!!! MAY 2024 Update : OMG, I made a very difficult decision to stop going to Il Basilico for TWO reasons. ONE, in spite of the seemingly bottomless warm and genuinely welcoming greetings and absolutely amazing services that I always consistently received each and every time I visited there, I actually became embarrassed for being there every other day. I quite honestly wanted to eat 3 meals a day there, each and every day, even though they did not provide breakfast! TWO, after telling my friends and family that I found THE VERY BEST RESTAURANT on Madeira Island, I was consistently told that I hadn 't tried enough of the other restaurants in the area and hadn 't had other offerings!!! Well, after several weeks away ...very sadly!!! from visiting and eating the food from Il Basilico and after trying a significant sampling of other restaurants food in the area, I have come to the conclusion that my friends and family were profoundly wrong and that I have been right all along. To me, Il Basilico is THE VERY BEST RESTAURANT in the area and, not only have I have profoundly missed going there to eat their delightful and wonderfully amazing gourmet food but I also TRULY miss seeing Maria, Alexandra the Great, the very tall manager of the restaurant whose name I cannot remember ...I 've always been terrible with names! and all of the other Il Basilico Team that ALWAYS made me feel very welcomed and at home!!! Anyway, my only brother, Chris, is coming to visit me later this week so rest assured that you can count on us making several visits to Il Basilico because I only want THE very best for my younger brother!!! See you soon... LEE

Rubbish service from staff who treated us like they did not want to be there. Food was ok- definitely nothing special, for most except my mother in law who got soup with a massive lump of cheese in it after being very specific that she is allergic to cheese, Sent back and got a watery thin soup which was disgusting. She would have got a better meal raking through a bin! Final Nail in the coffin is the prices, very expensive when you can get much higher quality food service from any other restaurant within 200 yards.