Basils Greek Dining

Horrible service and awful food culminated to one of the worst dining experience I have ever had.

My wife, daughter and I all went to this place, in part because we love Greek food and also based on the rating this establishment received.  The initial wait was not too bad (20 minutes), which gave my wife some time to order a chocolate martini.  That would be the highlight of the night unfortunately.  

Once seated we were left without any utensils (something that isn't necessarily bad) it took 15 minutes to remedy this, after our appetizers had arrived.  This was the first hint to the quality of service we would get.  We ordered the calamari, which were not too bad, if you didn't dip them in the ketchup-like sauce that accompanied it.  

During this time we noticed that other tables around us were given a basket of bread with their meal, something that never graced our table.  For the dinner, my wife ordered the pastichio and I the roasted lamb.  My wife took one bite and lost her appetite, I decided to have one as well.  I can best describe it as tasting like lukewarm Chef Boyardee after sitting out for a couple days.  My wife asked me if that is what it supposed to taste like.  I replied, "I hope not."  My lamb was a bit overcooked and was quite dry.  We luckily ordered a appetizer plate for my daughter (Gyros) so my wife shared that with her and I drudged through the rest of my meal.  I was given one refill on my iced tea, but no one came around to fill up our waters.  

When asked if we wanted to take my wife's meal home, we replied with a resounding, "No."  

We skipped dessert and took care of the bill.  (Smallest tip I had given in years of 10%)  My family will not be returning to this place.  I hope others have a better experience than ours, but I can honestly say this was by far the worst place I have ate at in a long time.

I've been here twice recently, both times were equally good. We had a <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurant.com&s=c5fe485af4df376130bee54f875814d79c4d7913e1258123b1206d2bdbf4873b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://restaurant.com</a> coupon, but it is still a good price without the coupon.  The service was great both times (one time was a Saturday the other was a Wednesday).  We were having trouble picking a bottle of wine and our server was very accommodating by explaining the wines and allowing us to sample them.  
The food is very good, even the bread with the garlic butter is great! We got the saganaki both times. The second time we had this it was better because it was more crispy.  The first time we got skordalia (not the beet one, the regular potato and garlic puree). The garlic in this was killer! It was served with pita and little chip/crackers, it was very good.  Both times we shared the gyro platter with extra pita.  This is excellent and has us coming back every time! It is more than enough for two! It is not greasy which is a plus.
Very good place, will be coming back!

We went to the restaurant just because i purchased <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurant.com&s=c5fe485af4df376130bee54f875814d79c4d7913e1258123b1206d2bdbf4873b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://restaurant.com</a> certificate.

The Ambiance and Service are good. We ordered Chicken Flat Bread. They took time to serve but that was delicious. Then we ordered Main Course. Chicken Pagitima (Kind of Pasta) and Seafood  (Prawn) course. Both are not good. The price is too high for that taste. We used the certificate and end up paying more than the food deserve.