This is one of our favorite places to eat! I LOVE the tuna and tomato with orzo soup. The gelato is sooo good! And the service is typically really cordial, personable, and professional. My mom LOVES their hot turkey and roast beef open faced platters and the zucchini bread. The food and bread are always fresh and I feel good every time I eat there. Every time we go we say we are going to try different things, but we are so stuck on our orders that we haven't moved much around the menu. The only draw back is that it is a bit expensive. read more

Walking in...I'm blown away by the dessert selection and gelato station. There are so, so many choices. While I didn't opt for a dessert for lunch, I'm truly keeping this place in mind when my sweet tooth is having cravings. For lunch, I had The New Yorker and a side of mac and cheese. Social distancing is enforced in the dining area. The food came out quickly and were satisfying portions. The staff is friendly, and area clean. This is a nice deli for a quick lunch! read more

Basilico - The New Yorker Sandwich. Mac and Cheese Bowl. - Delis Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

This NY deli is the real deal. I've stopped here multiple times on the drive down from Northern VA and every time the quality and taste is amazing. Their menu is large but everything on it is good. Last time I tried the soup and salad combo and this tomato bisque was awesome! read more

Basilico - Delis Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

A nondescript corner shop usually bustling with foot-traffic. The menu is fairly well described including daily specials that allow you to get in and back out without breaking the bank on a nice lunch experience. If you're dining in, you'll more than likely fall prey to the well-displayed dessert counter that many people would happily (if shamelessly) motorboat in public. The scene is great for the talkative crowd who enjoy a lovely bite of Italian inspired food in-between points of conversation. Just remember that if you don't come with some semblance of self-control, you'll quickly run up the tab. read more

Absolutely love this place. Great service and great food!! They have an excellent assortment of pastries and pies also!!

Excellent food, pleasant service and delicious NY style desserts. Cannoli, gelato and cheesecake. Nice portions. They offer a soup and half sandwich special along with a daily specials. read more

The Cowan Blvd Basilico is our go-to spot for a quick delicious bite. Cozy booth or al fresco dining are fab. You only get sick of the cheerful oldies bops after your 20th or 30th visit the menu is reliably good on ALL counts, ranging from paninis to pasta dishes to daily soups to a la carte sides to pizzas to breakfast. And don't forget about the cannoli!! We typically get a Prosecco/beer & enjoy the fontina arugula pizza (no prosciutto for us), eggplant panini which is AMAZING it's like a pesto caprese with eggplant...the soups change daily but shrimp bisque, tomato orzo are faves & a cup is a large serving & comes with yummy bread. Chicken cacciatore is great when I go totally off script. Also their staff is really nice & hard working. Basilico is definitely one of my happy places. Seriously, leave room for dessert! read more

Basilico - "Cup" of shrimp bisque - does that look like a cup to you?? LOVE THIS PLACE!! - Delis Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

I got the potato and potato pizza it was outstanding. Great place for lunch with friends with their large menu.

I bought 5 pastries for 30 dollars and they were old and hard, I haven't been in for 4 months and now I won't be back

Great fresh flavors headed your way!! Ive only been once but i crave it already lol I got a wrap that was a cob salad wrap and omgg it was fantastic... meatballs are incredible and addictive also Good service and staff.. good for a quick bite or a lunch with family feels cozy Like your in your familys home read more

Always amazing food. Servers are friendly and attentive. Desserts are phenomenal!! Their pumpkin cheesecake outdoes cheesecake factory's version. read more

The food was delicious and my son LOVED his pizza. Only reason not 5 stars is they forgot to make my meal.

The ambiance is amazing, it feels so homey and authentic. The food was absolutely delicious i def recommend. i got some gelato and omg it was sooo good. The service was good too the people were super nice. I will definitely be back. read more

Pizza review time, Frankie. Brick oven style awesomeness. Best I've found in this area. Margarita pizza is a slam dunk. I typically eat an entire pizza here. I don't recommend it but you're welcome to try and achieve my level of gastronomic professionalism. Btw, EVERYTHING in this place is awesome. Save room for dessert. read more

I had heard good things about this place, but tend to shy away from italian since I cannot eat gluten. I was very surprised to hear almost anything on their menu could be modified to be made gluten free. I got the pizza. The sauce and the toppings were so good. The gluten free crust wasnt very good and undercooked. There is a $4 upcharge for gf pizza and $2 upcharge for gf sandwich. The staff was friendly and polite and prompt. The desserts looked so delicious and they even had gluten free cake. It was very good. Will definitely be returning. Had to downgrade my original review to because I went back and ordered gluten free pasta no bread. The cashier and my receipt confirmed gluten free no bread. Got it home and behold a big chunk of bread on top! Celiac fail! read more

Basilico - Delis Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

Excellent pizza and salad. New favorite place . Great service and menu. New things to try next time

Just ate here today from out of town & WOW I absolutely loved it! Friendly staff & amazing food for a great price! Got the Cobb Salad & a pizza, which was absolutely cooked to perfection! They also have military discount here for 10% off which was an added bonus to the overall experience here. Definitely recommend giving it a try to anyone near or far! read more

Basilico - Cobb Salad - Delis Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

Great food, service is pretty fast, desserts are excellent. It's a fun place to eat and visit with friends. A nice lunchtime atmosphere but we've also tried it for dinner and were pleased. read more

Food was very good, clean pleasant staff. Wish I had room for dessert they looked really good

This place has a wonderful, old-style bakery and I ordered 6 different desserts and they all were delicious! I had the napoleon, which is a family favorite of mine, and the chocolate mousse cake and the black forest cake. Everything was delicious and moist and creamy and wonderful. I enjoyed the experience so much, the service was prompt, friendly and attentive. It is a fast casual atmosphere but it is clean and well-maintained. 10/10 would recommend for dessert!!! read more

Great food and dessert! My favorites are the Dijon chicken sandwich and the mac and cheese! Also the oreo cake! Yum

Yummy stuff here. The tiramisu is almost addictive. The soups are hearty and delicious. Don't leave without dessert.

Very friendly staff, kind of a confusing ordering setup. Lots of menu options! You order food from one counter and pay, then order dessert from another counter and pay. Overall the "process" of getting your food seemed like so much work lol The food was decent and dessert was delish. I will definitely try one of their hot dinners next time instead of a sandwich. Family friendly and clean. Seemed like a place that would be featured on DDD. They only lost one star because my toddlers food came out about 5 minutes after our food and the chicken tenders were so over cooked and hard he couldn't even bite into them. Run and get a chocolate eclair! So so good. read more

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Basilico is a must if you are looking for a great sandwich with an even better dessert. I typically got a panini. All that I have tried were excellent. The sides including mac-n-cheese is great as well. Where it really excels is the dessert counter. You just can't go wrong. From cakes and tarts to gelato and a bunch of other items, you'll be wowed by the selection and the flavor. I absolutely love the place. We even had them do our wedding cake and cupcakes. read more

We came in on a Saturday evening famished and really excited to try their calzones, which looks amazing in photos. When we came in, we get some cocky employee taking our order who seemed annoyed because we took 60 seconds to glance over the menu, since we had no one behind us. We decided that in addition to the Panzaralti calzone, which we definitely knew we wanted to order, we wanted to order the caprese salad too. Right after my husband paid, I saw a pasta salad in the glass that looked really good, so I asked that she ring me up for 8oz of pasta salad too, but in a 'to go' container. We didn't get a receipt for either transaction, which normally we would make a fuss over because that's bad business...you don't know if you have been overcharged, and then there is no proof if a problem should arise. We ran into the latter. We go to our table with our table number they assigned us and took a seat anticipating that delicious calzone that we had waited all day for. Some time passes and our waitress brings out our caprese salad. It looked appealing and was very good. So far so good. Some more time passes and she brings out a calzone on one plate and a corned beef platter with cabbage on another. We did not order corned beef with cabbage. After going back and forth for awhile, I told her that we would show her a receipt, but that we didn't get one. Furthermore, I was supposed to get an 8oz container of pasta salad, which they did not bring out. She asks if she can take the calzone back, because she thinks she has the wrong table. I said, "I hope that we weren't charged for a corned beef platter". She states that she doesn't think that we were, but only that she had the wrong table. Since we had no receipt, we could only hope that is the case. She then takes my calzone out from in front of me, and the corned beef platter, and serves it to another table. The irony of this is, it really was MY calzone, which I will get to in a moment. Two minutes pass, and out comes our waitress with a male, who I can only assume is the manager. He apologizes and states that our waitress is "very, very new". We had ordered a calzone fried, and the other table ordered a calzone baked. She brought the fried calzone out with the corned beef platter, and ultimately served it to the other table, who evidently hadn't noticed and ate our fried calzone. The manager in turn asked if we would be okay taking the baked. We said, "No, we would like what we ordered". I mean, I wasn't trying to be petty, but please just fry us up a calzone like we ordered and paid for. While he was there, I also asked about my pasta salad, now a second time. He said that they would bring it out. Ten minutes or so pass, and here comes our calzone...a little lighter than I'm accustomed to, but looks great! They also bring my "pasta salad". I have this in quotes because they brought me a pasta salad of some sort, but not the one I ordered. My husband insists that I send it back or say something, but after the calzone fiasco, I say it's fine and I will just suck it up. I hate being the person who complains at a restaurant, even when it isn't my fault that my order is wrong. We cut open the calzone. There is no stretchy cheese; no warmth. I bite into it and the pepperoni is practically frozen!! I can't make this up! I am thinking, 'you have got to be kidding me'. We had been waiting so long at this point. So I call the waitress back over. I'm repeatedly begging her to touch the inside of the calzone, because it's visibly cold and uncooked inside. She doesn't touch it, but does grab it and take it back. The entire time I am being so nice, because I understand that things happen, but at this point, I am ready to just get up and walk out. The guy comes back over, throws his hands down on the table and says, "What is it you want? You want me to reheat it? You want me to make something else, you want a refund...?" I look at my husband who is equally frustrated and just shaking his head. I really want to get a refund and leave, but we'd been there for so long now, I say, "Can you just make us a pizza?" Ten or so more minutes pass and out comes the pizza, which was mediocre at best. All the toppings were thrown in the center of the pizza instead of evenly distributed, but whatever...we are hungry and tired and just want to eat a slice or two and go home. We grab our leftover pizza and my substitute pasta salad, that wasn't what I ordered and we left. By rights, we should have gotten a meal comped to us for all the confusion and wrongdoings right from the start. But nothing was done. So we got a pizza for about the same price that we paid for our calzone, which was what we should have gotten in the beginning...the one that I can only assume was fully cooked, hot inside and delicious, since the guy eating my calzone never complained. Bad employees, poor management and disappointing food has left us feeling turned off from ever returning. read more

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Great fresh food! Generous portions and great prices. Save room for dessert!! We got the cannolis but there are so many amazing desserts. read more

We will be returning. In fact, my wife wants to move next door. I guess we'll see what the dog groomery has to say about that. I got the hot roast pork on focaccia and it was wonderful. It's not porchetta nor do they claim it's porchetta, but it's probably the best approximation of porchetta in a 60-mile radius. She got chicken salad on whole wheat. She says it's the best chicken salad she ever had, and that is high praise, because the chicken salad she makes herself is spectacular. Basilico is on our short list of places to go when in Fredericksburg. As I said, we'll be back. read more

Wow! This place is way better than I could've even imagined! I will definitely be coming back! The staff is super friendly the food is on point and The overall space is very welcoming and spacious! Also, the prices are pretty fair as well. I highly recommend if you're in the area to stop by! The food came out very quickly, everything tasted freshly made. read more

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OMGosh the meatball subs ate the best! I ordered the Mac and cheese and got the Mediterranean pasta salad instead. My new favorite! Everything is delicious and the staff is so nice. read more

Basilico - Delis Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

Outstanding food! Everything I've tried here is wonderful! Their gelato is AMAZING as well!

We were on a girls day out and decided to try Basilico! (We looked up on Yelp) When we walked in the door, the smell was Amazing, then we saw All of the Desserts! No plans of even eating dessert until we walked in! Our food was delicious, even the salad! We each decided on a different dessert to try and were very happy with our choices! read more

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I tried to suprise my boyfriend this past weekend by finding an italian bakery close to home that had his cannolis so we could stop driving to this mom and pop bakery in lorton all the time lol. Initially you walk itln and it is a very clean place and even 30 mins before closing was still busy. We made our way to the dessert side that had the huge displays of pastries on one side and ice cream on the other while we drooled and waited our turn to make our selections. I got major bonus points from my boyfriend since he was also craving cheesecake. The young lady behind the counter offered no smile and had nothing but attitude while taking our order which i can only asdume was a teenager ready to be off from work. However her male coworker jumped in to assist her and we got a cannoli and strawberry cheesecake for him and i got a srawberry shortcake and another cream filled pastry. We decided to save the ice cream for next time. We paid and left and couldnt wait to get home to eat our pastries as we watches a movie. We both ate our cream filled pastries first. The cannoli was burned on the bottom and the cream feeling was not authentic tasting at all. The one i had tasted ok but could put cut with a fork i had to pick up the whole slice and bite it which i though was a little out the ordinary but tasted ok. Now the cheecake and shortcake were absolutely delicious. Light and fluffy and melted in your mouth. I wantee to love this place so bad not just for the dessert but to also try the food but it leaves me wondering about their customer service and cooking if they are serving burnt items. I may give tjem another try but we will just have to see. read more

Basilico - Cannoli and strawberry cheesecake. - Delis Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

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I hate to give this place a 4 star rating because the food and service is excellent as a customer. I also Dash and they are so rude and horrible to me as a Dasher. I treat them with respect but they act like I am a pest they don't want around. To me that is sad because I am just an extension of the customer that is ordering the food. As a customer I would say the food is wonderful. Especially the pasta dishes. I recommend the chicken piccata. I have tried the sandwiches a couple time and the always seem dry and lack luster. That is the only complaint I have about the food. The soups are amazing and the desserts are beautiful! Always great to check out the desserts. If I had to pick one I would say the Crème Brûlée is the best but most everything I have tried has been sinful. That being said great place to grab a bite even if it's just for dessert! read more

I had eggplant and roasted tomato panini, yum it is! We also had pizza and pasta which are rich in flavor

Quick, easy, convenient meal that tastes fresh and amazing. Don't forget the desert isle. Oh the trouble we could make there. Sit at the round table in front of the fire place. It feels homey there. read more

Basilico - Menus Special - Delis Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

I cannot believe after all of the times I have come to this little piece of heaven, that I have not left a review? This is my favorite italian spot in the area! I absolutely love their sandwiches, pizza, pasta dishes, and the pastries... This restaurant is very casual and laid back. You walk in and order at the counter. If you are dining in, they give you a table number and you pick a spot to sit for your meal. They have a communal water with lemon you can serve yourself from if you do not wish to get yourself a beverage. There are booths, tables and outside tables as well. A lot of the people who work there, or at least who I have encountered there, are Italian, or have some kind of similar beautiful accent. I enjoy the lobster bisque, though I will say there is not nearly enough lobster in it for me! It is served with a soft herbed bread, that soaks up the soup so dang well! My go-to order is the Fontina Apple Panini. It is sliced Granny Smith apples, fontina, clover honey, arugula on a croissant that gets pressed in a panini. SOOOO good! The last couple of times I got it, it was not the best, I will say. I think there was too much honey put on it, which saturated the sandwich far too much. When it is made correctly, it is phenomenal. Now. The show stopper. The mac and cheese side dish. Whos grandma is in the back baking this mac all day?? They use cavatappi noodles, which always make me feel fancy, for some reason. The dish is soo creamy and cheesy, and then topped with a think layer of sharp cheddar. It is so good! You had to get it, and I'm not kidding. The pizzas are great! THey are small, so you could order one for yourself if you're hungry. I could probably eat 3/4 of it in a sitting if I was hungry. The potato pizza was amazing. I didn't think I would want potatoes on my pizza, because that's carb on carb on carbs, but it works! The margherita is delicious as well. Id say it's authentic tasting, but I have never been to Italy, so that would be a lie. The Chicken or Shrimp Alfredo pasta is fantastic! The alfredo sauce is so creamy and delicious. I'm literally salivating over here just thinking about it! Mmmmm... Now on to desserts! Their gelato is some of the best around. The desserts are so good they have an entirely different counter to order from with dozens of options to choose from. There are cheesecakes, whole or just slices. Tiramisu, almond creme cake, which is similar to tiramisu, but without the chocolate and espresso. It's a little sweeter, seeing as the espresso and cocoa powder tone down the sweetness in tiramisu. There are neopolitans, turnovers, cream puffs, pretty much anything you can think of. Everything there is so good, and fresh! I have been coming here for over ten years. It's amazing and I will never stop coming. Ever. read more

Good food as always and done in a timely manner. I ordered takeout. We now live out of town and was happy to grab some Italian from these guys while passing through. read more

They have the best pasta dishes around. You can customize the toppings. My daughter always has the fettuccine Alfredo with shrimp, peas and mushrooms. The stromboli is good. Yummy Mac and cheese that you can add meat or veggies to. They also have a nice variety of cakes and pastries and gelato. read more

I like the convenience and the food. They have a good selection and everything I have eaten there has tasted great. Highly recommend if don't want a traditional sit down meal with waiters and waitresses. A great place to.just grab some good Italian food sit down and eat without being bothered by staff asking if you want anything else. read more

I have been living in Fredericksburg for 3 years and tonight was my first time here. Let me tell you! This place is awesome ! I don't know why It took me so long !!!. Homemade pizzas!! Homemade Gelatos!! Homemade pastries! ! My little niece ate spaghetti with meatballs and she was super happy! She ate the whole plate! We tried the Gelatos ! Very difficult choice! Because they all look soooo tasty ! We ate coconut and chocolate Gelato, extremely good ! Definitely I will go again !!! Without any doubt !! read more

Basilico - Spaghetti with meatballs! - Delis Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

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