Il Basilico - Funchal

The restaurant currently operates a special menu and has a former Michelin cook in situ. Some guests seemed to fight with the menu of the poor cook must have sat in the kitchen with his head in the hands as they put out pizza after the pizza! As Italian restaurants go, it was a creative and ambitious menu and all credits to Porto Bay to go with the guest cooking concept. When we had booked, we had not known about the guest chef that we had perhaps enjoyed the best Risotto we had ever had here last March and had arrived without ambition when to repeat this experience! Over the years I have learned that this is usually very difficult to do and so it was here. We ordered the Beetroot Risotto, which was a strikingly presented dish that would have done with a little more taste. We would probably have tried one of the guest cook’s more ‘out there’ creations, but we would have transfixed the previous visit to the mushroom chestnuts Risotto! Good service ambience.

We enjoyed dinner tonight. Service excellent €9 tip. Paolo was very good. Starter of tomato soup mushroom bruschetta followed by Mushroom risotto Carbonara to die. Tiramasu was very good. Do not reason to give you 5/5, the cheese board is that €10 came out without grapes or any kind of Chutney. Some of the cheeses offered were tasteless. I mentioned that to the waiter who confirmed that this was her cheeseboard.

Estávamos aqui para a melhor pizza. Mais uma vez impecável, eu realmente recomendo. Raviolis também são uma boa escolha

Comida deliciosa e serviço extremamente lento. O restaurante é bonito, espaguete à bolonhesa também, mas os garçons e a recepcionista não sabem o que estão fazendo. O lugar é luxuoso e a equipe é simpática, mas confusa. A comida chega extremamente devagar.

Já estivemos lá duas vezes, comemos e bebemos excelentes e fomos tratados de forma muito simpática, atenciosa e informativa. Também um restaurante que iremos novamente. Os preços são justos, a comida é elegante, apetitosa e muito bem passada.