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Sweet Basil
Sweet Basil

Sweet Basil Details

  • Dining Style: Fine Dining
  • Website: http://www.sweetbasil-vail.com
  • Email: info@sweetbasil-vail.com
  • Phone: (970) 476-0125
  • Hours of Operation: Lunch Daily: 11:30am-2:30pm; Dinner Nightly: 5:30pm-10:00pm
  • Payment Options: AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
  • Cuisine: American
  • Executive Chef: Paul Anders
  • Dress Code: Business Casual
  • Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
  • Additional Details: Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Full Bar, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, View, Weekend Brunch, Wine
  • Private Party Facilities: Private parties are accepted in our new private dining room that seats up to 50ppl. Heavy curtains separate the room to main dining room. Windows along the creek add the perfect ambiance for your event.
  • Private Party Contact: Sam Ferraro (970) 476-0125
  • Special Events & Promotions: Private parties are accepted in our new private dining room that seats up to 50ppl. Heavy curtains separate the room to main dining room. Windows along the creek add the perfect ambiance for your event.

Getting there

  • Cross Street: Wall Street
  • Parking: Public Lot
  • Parking Details: Vail Village is a pedestrian village; therefore no parking is available at the restaurant. All parking is in the Vail Village public parking structure and walk approximately 4 minutes to our front door!
A word from Sweet Basil
Voted #1 in Colorado by Zagat Survey, Sweet Basil has been a must for travelers and locals alike since 1977. The cuisine is creative contemporary American utilizing many cultural influences from around the world. Located in the heart of Vail Village, the restaurant blends fine dining with a… captivating "bistro-like" energy.Continued
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  • Diners' Choice WinnerAmerican
  • Diners' Choice WinnerMost Booked
Diner Reviews
  • "we have eaten here every year for a long time. this time was a disappointment. we thought the food lacked its usual flavor. doubt we will return next year. best thing was the steak from the kid's menu."
    Dined on 3/2/2014
  • "Great food! Creative and well executed. Handled kids orders equally expertly which makes all the difference for parental meal enjoyment. One of the best in Vail!"
    Dined on 3/7/2014
  • "We make sure we have lunch here every year and it never disappoints. Let the very knowledgable waiters recommend choices and your meal will be spectacular."
    Dined on 3/7/2014
  • "Very creative and fresh ingredients food. Service was really excellent. Great kids menu. Fully recommended."
    Dined on 3/7/2014
  • "service and food are always excellent, scallops have been good for years (very flavorful) even though prepared many different ways, fish and meat are always good as well all the little goodies on the plate, everyone loves the toffee dessert"
    Dined on 3/5/2014
  • "We have made it a point to dine at Sweet Basil every year when we visit Vail, and have always considered it one of Vail's best, with exceptional and creative food and excellent helpful waitstaff. Not so this time. The food was OK, but certainly not exceptional, and the service ewas friendly but not helpful --- no descriptions of the entrees, etc. Wine steward wanted to take a wine order before we had menus, and we had to ask for them. Perhaps none of this matters, since this restaurant is still one of the busiest in Vail, although seems to cater mostly to the hip local crowd, while also putting up with tourists.! We will take off our list."
    Dined on 3/6/2014
  • "My suggestion is to make reservations at least 6 weeks out, if not more to get a good time. Although, we had 9:15 reservations and showed up early, they seated us in a great table with a view! Excellent place"
    Dined on 3/4/2014
  • "This is one of the finest restaurants I have been to at Vail. The service was great. Not pretentious or stuffy. Really a great place if you can be lucky enough to get a reservation. Book early to get the 6-8 PM slots. Fairly expensive but great cuisine is not cheap. The ingredients were the best. Loved the Ciabatta bread. Had the pork ribeye for myself. Excellent. The scallops were perfectly done. Foie gras was delicious. Highly recommend."
    Dined on 3/4/2014
  • "Sweet Basil always measures up to their reputation. Although expensive, it is always a great dining experience."
    Dined on 3/1/2014
  • "Very busy and loud. Two $50 stakes ordered medium well, got burn crusty outside with a solid bloody body throughtout. I should have taken pictures it was so comically bad!"
    Dined on 3/2/2014
  • "My husband and I are in Vail on our honeymoon, and Sweet Basil is always a must-go for us when we visit. We told the restaurant we were here for our honeymoon, and they were exceptional: We were greeted with a glass of champagne, and dessert had Congratulations! written on the plate. I have never had a bad meal at Sweet Basil - the food is consistently amazing. And the wine list is excellent! The sommelier helped us find a bottle that went with my chicken and my husband's buffalo steak perfectly."
    Dined on 3/2/2014
  • "The chef made a wonderful braised goat with goat cheese raviolis. It was a beautiful dish and tasted even better. My dauther's tuna tartare was fabulous."
    Dined on 2/27/2014
  • "We eat here frequently for lunch during the ski season, and we love this restaurant. The food is always wonderful and the service unfailingly good. If you are in the Vail Valley and haven't tried this restaurant, you must!"
    Dined on 2/25/2014
  • "Sweet Basil was recommended to us by friends who had been there with their family. We were told it was one of the premium restaurant in Vail. It did not disappointed. Even though our reservations were for 6pm the place was full and even more so when we left. The service was excellent; people in CO know how to treat customers and the food was delicious. A great place to eat. Do make reservations in advance, ours were made a month in advance and even then we did not really have a big choice of day or time."
    Dined on 2/22/2014
  • "My 4th time and once with a large group. One of my favorite restaurants in the World. Upper end, but not at all pretentious. Go for an exceptional meal and a fine glass of wine. Nice selection of 1/2 bottles. Everything on the menu is wonderful. Save room for the sticky toffee. You will return just for desert. Enjoy."
    Dined on 2/21/2014
  • "The wait staff was fantastic and the food is consistently delicious year and year. The dishes are a nice combination of fine cuisine but not too heavy for a ski vacation!"
    Dined on 2/20/2014
  • "After waiting until after 9pm for a table, we were seated next to 4 over indulged teenagers who were really loud and 'mommy' was walking back and forth from the front of the restaurant trying to manage them bc she obviously did not want to sit with them! I then went to the bar and spoke to the unfriendly bartender who insisted they have no bar menu when I know they do after 25 yrs I don't think he wanted anyone else at his bar and they want to keep the 'unknowing' tourists with the overpriced dinner menu I decided, even though my family was exhausted and 'hangry' that we should not invest $200+ so we left. Since we have access to the best restaurants in the northeast between NY and Boston, I will save my upscale dining experiences for home"
    Dined on 2/18/2014
  • "Great cocktails, delicious food, wonderful service! Charlie was extremely helpful in choosing wines to pair with our courses! I highly recommend Sweet Basil!"
    Dined on 2/20/2014
  • "We sat down and waited 15 mins before we left. No one came to say hello or give us menus. Other tables sat down around us after us and got service right away. We were completely ignored. When we told the hostess what happened on the way out she just said "oh no", asked for our name and went on to help other people in line. We are done with this place as we were treated very disrespectfully. We do not recommend anyone go here. Spend your money at the other restaurants in town who appreciate your patronage."
    Dined on 2/20/2014
  • "Favorite place in Vail We eat there as much as we can"
    Dined on 2/19/2014
  • "One of the best restaurants in Vail. The food is great (duck, scallops, meat, etc. Ceasar salad was great.), the service is great. Bar is always crowded . . . often with diners. It is a popular place."
    Dined on 2/3/2014
  • "This restaurant is a definite must. Unfortunately, they forgot my note that we were celebrating a birthday so no "Happy Birthday" candle. Oops."
    Dined on 2/16/2014
  • "Fabulous Food! Remember to book well ahead of time to get reservations at the desired time - always busy!"
    Dined on 2/9/2014
  • "Sweet Basil is a well known and is always full, reservations are necessary. I actually booked my reservation a month in advance. The wine list is extensive and the food is exceptional. I did feel that the menu was somewhat limited. Our table was treated well by the staff and very curteous. However, the food and beverages are pricey even for Vail. There are a few other restaruants that were actually better in the same range as Sweet Basil. I suggest La Tour (French Cuisine) and Campo Di Fiore (Italian)."
    Dined on 2/7/2014
  • "Every time we come here, the food and service is GREAT! Attention to detail in every aspect of the evening, from a full water glass to the food presentation. Love it!"
    Dined on 2/10/2014
  • "Service was excellent and food was delicious. We always visit when we are in the area."
    Dined on 2/4/2014
  • "We spent the week in Beaver Creek, and ended up dining at Sweet Basil after getting stuck in Vail when the roads were closed due to weather and we couldn’t make our flight. What a great experience! The food was incredible and the service was top notch. Our server knew everything about the menu and gave perfect recommendations. We would definitely return if we went to Vail again!"
    Dined on 2/9/2014
  • "We arrived at the place about 15 min earlier to the reserved time and the bar tender noticed that we were waiting and offered us a drink, which was nice of him. My wife and I were very pleased with the service as everyone was extremely polite and we were seated and served on time in spite the restaurant was very busy. The food was exceptional!"
    Dined on 2/8/2014
  • "We had a fabulous evening. Service was great. So were food and wine. We sat at Window table overlooking the outdoor plaza. Wonderful evening!"
    Dined on 2/7/2014
  • "Arrived at 5:05pm for our 5:30pm reservation, the young lady told us they were not ready and to come back, not even a suggestion to seat @ the bar...not to mention it was 10 degrees and snowing. Menu are gourmet dishes which were good if like that type of food. Prices were reasonable, service ( waiter) was professional and knowledgeable. Toward the end of dinner, we thought lets try dessert. Most desserts had alcohol which I do not like and the carrot cake was good but nothing that I could rave about."
    Dined on 2/5/2014
  • "Just ridiculous. Don't eat anywhere else in Vail! Just kidding, this is one of the best restaurants in the world hands down!"
    Dined on 2/4/2014
  • "You have a very nice quality and great dishes, I believe you need more variety for the entrees"
    Dined on 2/1/2014
  • "It was snowing like crazy when we were there making it difficult to see the river. I'm sure that it would be a great outdoor dining experience in good weather. Food was good but nothing spectacular. We will go again when in Vail."
    Dined on 1/30/2014
  • "A "Must". Over the course of 4 evenings in Vail, we went to great restaurants. Sweet Basil was the best overall. We had a table by the window to Gore Creek - very romantic. Great cocktails to start with. Very attentive service (true, we started early). Inventive food - taste combinations that were quite unique. Only downside was that two of our dishes used a bit too much salt."
    Dined on 1/30/2014
  • "One of our favorites in Vail! Always consistent food , service and great vibe!"
    Dined on 1/31/2014
  • "I have been going to Sweet Basil on my annual trip to Vail for many years. Dinner this week was fantastic. Attentive service. Delicious and artisticly presented food. Lovely setting. Highly recommended"
    Dined on 1/30/2014
  • "This restaurant is always my go to in Vail for lunch. It has a great menu that changes enough to make dining interesting. I have taken guests from all over the world here and never been disappointed. Their truffle fries are amazing! This time I had the ciopinno which was full of fresh shellfish and tasty broth. My guest had the steak on a bed of farro which she loved. The staff is always attentive and well versed on the wine list. I have been going to this restaurant since it opened in 1976 and look forward to many more great dining experiences in the future."
    Dined on 1/29/2014
  • "We have 6 in our party celebrating an B-day. Great atmosphere and we had a nice table. Food was great and we tried various dishes but the pork dish was outstanding. The sommelier was a little stuffy and they tried to sell me wine not on the wine list at a inflated price. Other than that this is a great place."
    Dined on 1/21/2014
  • "Sweet Basil has been on the top of my list of spots to recommend newcomers and tourists consistently over my 7 years living in town. The food and service is always consistently good to outstanding, and I can comfortably send someone here knowing they will have a good experience. Our Monday lunch here did not disappoint."
    Dined on 1/6/2014
  • "Always same nice food, ambiance and service! One of the bests for us at Vail!"
    Dined on 1/22/2014
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