Food was very good and beautiful presentation. We tried the 3 course dinner, which was great value including soup or salad, choice of main, and dessert.. Patio was very cute to sit on. Service was so/so. The entrance is a bit difficult to see but found it!
Très bon service, excellent menu
First they have a ton of vegetarian options and spirit free cocktails which were sooo tasty!! We had the soup of the day and we were so happy with it! It was delicious! Then we had the gnocchi with tomato sauce and it was soooo pillowy soft we couldn’t stop eating it! Then we had the arugula beet salad that’s just drool worthy!! Our server Cormick ( not sure of the spelling) was amazing and very informative, awesome personality to boot! And topped it all off with vanilla crème brûlée. We will be back numerous times before we leave!
We are vegetarian and our three selections were amazing, full of flavour, fresh ingredients and super tasty. One our new favourites.
Good food !! Great staff and very accommodating!! 4 out of 5 for sure !!
Erika, our server, made our dining experience very memorable. Our pork tenderloin and risotto were both delicious, but what we will remember are our conversations with Erika. She has the professional skill of making her guests feel welcome and important. She was efficient and always checked back with us in a timely manner, no matter how busy the dining room became. Thank you, Erika, and Basil and Mint, for a wonderful dining experience!
I am giving them a 1/5 as the service was horrible. We went to basil and mint for a late dinner. The host seated us with water and menus and we waited. The staff then ignored us - even though we were quite talkative and there is no way they didn’t notice us. We all tried to catch the eyes of the servers with no success. There weren’t busy at all - only about 5 other tables. We also witnessed a staff member wandering around drinking from a metal milkshake cup. We got up and walked out and they didn’t even ask why we were leaving. I guess they didn’t want our money.
Loved the escargot!I had to say special thanks to the chef for the escargot. Loved every single one of them.The ambience is quite intimate. The servers know what is on the menu.We took $40 3 course meal, and loved the soup, entree as well.Definitely recommend.
We recently went for the first time and enjoyed it. We can recommend the beet salad and peppercorn New York steak. The escargot was good, but not great (though the accompanying bread was excellent). The wine list is quite decent, though I would like to see a greater wine-by-the-glass selection. We brought a special bottle from home and paid the $25 corkage.The service and ambience were good, though the signage up from the underground parking could be improved.
We were looking for a decent restaurant for dinner that was reasonably priced. We looked at reviews online for Basil & Mint and checked the menu. They had a good variety of items on the menu and the reviews for the most part were positive so we decided to try it. We put ourselves on a waitlist for 6:30 but the restaurant called and asked if we could make it for dinner at 6:15. It is hard to see their sign from Lakeshore Rd. and we had to call the restaurant to ask where they were. We ended up paying for street parking not realizing that they had parking available underground as well as across the street. The room is lovely. It is comfortable yet cozy and intimate with subdued lighting. Soft music was also playing. It is great for a nice relaxing intimate dinner. Our server Scott was also working the bar. He took such good care of us during the evening and has a true feel for good customer service. The wine prices are reasonable and we ordered a bottle of Road 13 Honest John’s merlot. They have a lovely 3 course menu option for $40.00 that is very good value. My husband decided to have the 3 course dinner. We shared an order of escargot with sundried tomatoes, chipotle and garlic. It was delicious and the garlic bread it was served with was without a doubt one of the best garlic breads that I’ve had. On the 3 course menu, my husband had a lovely curried cauliflower soup. Scott gave us 2 spoons so that we could share. It was a lovely soup with just enough heat and spice to make it interesting but not over powering. For entrees my husband had a roast pork tenderloin with an apple cider sauce and I had the special – lamb shank in a red wine sauce. We asked to substitute French fries (they were wonderfully cooked – nice and crispy). Both of our entrees were delicious. I hardly needed a knife to cut my lamb shank and it was so moist and flavourful. Because he forgot to mention that we wanted to substitute fries for the mashed potatoes (an oversight that was quickly fixed) Scott said that he would comp dessert for me so that we could both have a dessert that we wanted. My husband had apple cinnamon sorbet with berries and I had crème brulee. Both desserts were wonderful. The sorbet was one of the nicest sorbets that we’ve tried. We were told that the chef is also the owner of the restaurant. The food is truly exceptional. Basil and Mint far exceeded our expectations for the evening. We had an exceptional meal in a restaurant with great ambiance, wonderful food and server who is very focused to good customer service and the prices are reasonable. This could become a regular stop on future trips to Kelowna