Cucina Basilico

We've been going to this restaurant with our family and friends for years. The owners are super friendly. The food is so delicious with fresh pasta made daily and real authentic recipes. Our favorite Italian
May 1st, 2024

The service was good in the start but then the food came and my father's dish was very dry. Practically almost no sauce. My gnocchi wasn't excellent but was OK. We eat a lot of Italian food often and my father also makes pasta from scratch. We came here because they make their pasta. Upon requesting our waiter for more sauce he denied with and excuse I couldn't understand and that's where the experience for is turned south. He had an Italian accent and is from Argentina. Attentive in general but not customer service oriented. The place is small and could be a little gem with a unique ambiance and decoration. Looking at other dishes around the room I noticed that the amount of sauce served was inconsistent with some having a minimum amount to others being completely dry. The bruschetta was very far from authentic or traditional, served on a flour 1/4 triangle looking pita like bread with something that kind of resembled a tomato but looked like a pepper with a weird color. Wasn't good at all I must say that one entirely missed the mark. If you know what a buschetta is, then you know this one is not at all what you would expect. We're always visiting new Italian places and this one will not be on our repeat list. If we had gotten more sauce to the dry dish could have made the experience better and maybe leave a 4 star review. But the experience of being denied sauce to a dry served dish, coupled with the terrible buschetta definitely calls for a 2 star max. Prices in general are very accessible but for the $9 buschetta that was 4 small pieces of 1/4 pita like bread with a flimsy long weird looking tomato. The desserts were definitely a high point. The cannoli was not overly sweet with the crust tasting very authentic but tasted a bit old. Probably imported and kept frozen for a long time. Still it was definitely better than 90% of other restaurants in terms of authentic taste. I forget what was the name of the other dessert we got, and that was was excellent.
May 1st, 2024

Apr 27th, 2024

Small but yet lovely atmosphere, delicious and authentic Italian food, I highly recommend this hidden gem. We will be back.
Apr 14th, 2024

What an unassuming yet fabulous Italian restaurant discovery. We're visiting from Portland, OR and stumbled upon the incredible reviews for Cucina Basilico and decided to try it. What a great find! The pasta is fresh and perfectly prepared along with the incredibly well done sauces. My lasagna was absolutely delicious. The service was exceptional (cheers for Nicki!) and the atmosphere was intimate and warm, a welcome surprise after finding this gem of a place in a typical strip mall. We visit San Diego annually and will most certainly return each visit.
Apr 11th, 2024