Basilico Ristorante & Bar - Gießen in Gießen

Love their schnitzel, simply a 12/10!!🫶🏼🫶🏼

Today we had breakfast there. Breakfast buffet leaves nothing to be desired. Sausages and cheeses, fruit, scrambled eggs, boiled eggs, fresh rolls, small meatballs, cakes. Buffet price including coffee, tea, orange juice. Price-performance ratio is great. Service staff very friendly. Reservations are advisable on weekends.

Compared to non-salads, the salads are on the small side, especially for the price point. I had a Salat Gießen, which is a regular green salad with steak bits. The steak bits were tough and well well done. The salad had way too much dressing. Acoustics are kinda bad inside.

Perfect overall package. Everything was right, taste, ambience, portions, service… everything was great!

Very tasty and price performance ratio is right. Staff friendly and nice.

Nice restaurant, very tasty food. Unfortunately, the service staff were not 100% focused during our visit and seemed to be overloaded. We were met, our reservation checked and taken to the square. Unfortunately for the wrong one. Then our reservation was looked for again by the second service person, only to find out after looking for the name that we were sitting in the wrong seat. This was quickly clarified and we were able to order. Unfortunately, when we brought the cutlery we were only given one instead of two and the service didn't notice this. Not even when we got our food. We only got this when we asked. The food was delicious and the homemade iced tea is recommended.

The best pizza I've eaten in a long time, nice service, I can only recommend it.

Edit: Unfortunately there is only breakfast as a buffet. Of course the price is cheap, but the selection and quality were also better. Refilling the coffee also takes a bit of time....all in all it's lessened. I liked the previous breakfast options better...but there are also worse options for breakfast. No longer unbeatable at breakfast...in terms of price and quality...conditional recommendation.

Been there for the first time and definitely not the last time. Pizza and casserole were very plentiful and tasty 😋

I enjoy eating here. The food usually tastes very good. The selection of vegan dishes is large. You should reserve in advance as it is often full.

We used to enjoy going to the Basilico often. The prices have now become quite high, although the quality has not changed. My “macaroni” was penne pasta (and this was the second time). Because the room is quite small and it was quite full, it was very loud. The service was very inattentive and we had to keep drawing attention to ourselves.

Good evening, So far my experiences with eating on site have been very positive. Today I ordered food to pick up for the first time. And I have to say that I was extremely disappointed and dissatisfied. Starting with the noodles, which were carelessly prepared and lacked any taste. We continue with the falafel burger, which I received was soggy and extremely unappetizing. The box was full of condensation and fat, which is why the side dish was unfortunately not edible. So unfortunately I have to say that picking up food is not recommended - especially not for €40. Kind regards

But hello, you can say that. We found the restaurant by chance and already quite full, but we were assigned a nice seat and the food was only the finest. Then bus again next year when we are back in Giessen.

The food is okay - the menu isn't too bloated and there are daily specials (Monday = pizza day etc.). You can sit inside or outside and the service is great! The drinks menu is also varied, including homemade lemonades. We were missing pepper and salt at the table but that wasn't a problem.

Shortly decided to go have breakfast. Simply great and great price for €9.90 breakfast buffet with everything you want. Simply great and highly recommended 😁

Food tastes good, the young gentleman with a tattoo and an earring was very friendly!

Delicious food, plenty of it at a good price. Only recommended.

The staff is very nice The price-performance ratio is great. The food tastes very good. I can only recommend the classic tarte flambée Really very tasty

We have been there several times now and will come again. It simply tastes incredibly delicious. The food is extremely well seasoned...kudos to the kitchen. ***** Service is super friendly and the atmosphere is just great and you feel comfortable. Here you get great food for your money.

I ate like a wrestler here. Pasta is American size. Recommended for hungry people🫃

Sorry, but the food isn't worth more than one point. Rarely have we eaten such a bad meal, literally everything about the meal was bad and of the cheapest quality.

Unfortunately the staff speaks very poor German. This makes communication on the phone difficult.

We got a table without a reservation. The staff is very attentive and friendly. The food is insane.

Had breakfast today, can only recommend it, great selection, everything super fresh, coffee, tea or juice included for 9.90 euros, just perfect, big praise for the dishes too

Modern facilities, relaxed atmosphere. Food tasted good. 😋

Delicious breakfast buffet with plenty of choice of rolls, sausage, cakes, juice, coffee, tea, vegetables, fruit... there was something for everyone.

I can only warmly recommend the Basilico kebab shop! The kebabs are simply fantastic – fresh, tasty and perfectly seasoned. You can tell that the work here is done with a lot of love and passion. A very special highlight is the waitress Lily! Not only is she incredibly friendly and attentive, but she also makes you feel at home straight away. Her recommendations are always gold, and she has a great sense of what guests need. If you're looking for great food and great service, be sure to stop by Basilico! Many thanks to the entire team and especially to Lily for the wonderful experience!

Samil best Abi best managing director

Yes very !!! Friendly and attentive staff. Food very good and plentiful. We will be happy to come back.

Have ordered food. Waited almost 2 hours. Food was cold and the wrong thing was delivered. I called and complained. The waitress just said yes, that's wrong, we just have a lot of orders.

Delicious food, great service, delicious drinks and a nice ambience ❤️ Here’s to many more wonderful years!

Supernette Bedienung, sehr aufmerksam, hervorragendes Essen, tolle Atmosphäre in sehr schönem Aussenbereich! Top!

Need to update my rating from 4 stars to 1 star. The food is tasty, portions are large. One of the better, more modern restaurants in Giessen. However, my complaint was not addressed at all because my pizza was really inedible. I was just told that other guests hadn't complained. What kind of argument is this???

Finally the breakfast buffet is delicious again, as always

The food has always been very tasty and there is a new offering every day. Only the service could be better. Most of the time you have to wait a long time before you are even served.

Very nice staff! Our meals were delicious! Thanks

Breakfast for 9.90 is ok, including cafe and juice. Quality, oh well. But also ok for the price.

Enjoyed breakfast in the sun. Nice beer garden.

Nice atmosphere outside and inside, very friendly service and the food was really tasty (chicken slices). When I'm back in Giessen I'll go to the Basilico again!!!

Great foot with a satisfactory portions. Atmosphere is cool but a little crowded. Unfortunately there is no park place, which makes things very hard if you want to come by car.

Truly the most delicious spaetzle pan with chicken I've ever had! Service and ambience good :)

Habe essen nach Hause bestellt, Pizza war verbrannt und nicht durch zugleich. Ebenso war sie im ganzen Karton verteilt. Habe mehrmals versucht jemanden zu erreichen, dauerhaft besetzt.

Basilico Ristorante & Bar in Gießen offers an exceptional dining experience with its warm atmosphere, attentive service, and delicious Italian cuisine. The dishes are expertly prepared with quality ingredients, and the cozy ambiance makes it perfect for any occasion. If you're in Gießen, this is a must-visit spot for great food and service.

Very good breakfast. Everything fresh and delicious.

Food is fine, large portions, tastes and tastes the same every time you visit. Large selection and price is okay. Unfortunately, service is a matter of luck. Sometimes it's really good and sometimes you wait an unusually long time for everything or are ignored. Whether service is good or bad depends on how busy the store is.

Best pizzeria in Giessen. Top delivery service and delicious pizza! 🍕

Super nice staff, but a bit hectic. The food has always been very tasty! And the selection is huge. There is a different offer every day of the week and the price is right!

That food tasted good. The prices are ok for today. Service was friendly. The toilet is not ideal for people with walking difficulties.

It's always a pleasure to eat at Basilico. The food is excellent and was prepared quickly. The service staff was very friendly and it is a very nice restaurant!

The two of us went to the Basilico today. Our service was super nice and accommodating, so 5/5 stars. As a starter we had bruschetta with Parma ham and Parmesan, the bread could have been a little more toasted and the garlic could have been stronger. However, that is complaining at a high level and the starter was very tasty. The side salads were delicious, very sweet, but still harmonious. Mine had a bit too much salad dressing in the bowl. My friend ate the Schnitzel Ecem with sweet potato fries. The sourcream was delicious, nice and sour and well balanced with herbs, just as it should be. The schnitzel itself was also delicious, but unfortunately because it is relatively "packed" with the shrimp, the fried egg and the tomato-garlic sauce, the schnitzel itself has little or no taste of its own and is drowned out. I had the schnitzel broccoli with hollandaise sauce and cheese. Very tasty, lots of cheese on the schnitzel (but that's ok, I like that). The sauce tasted homemade and the broccoli still had some bite. So I really liked it. The portions were super big, so I couldn't finish everything and in retrospect we would have preferred to leave out the starter. Another bonus is that our food was cheaper on Tuesdays thanks to the schnitzel promotion. All in all, we will come again to gain more experience.

Food is usually very good. I always stopped by regularly and always left happy. Otherwise we always sat further “back” in the restaurant, further away from the counter. But today we sat further up front. There wasn't much going on. I noticed several times how the "head waiter" complained loudly about the customers and cursed about the addition of a portion of fries to the order and made fun of the guests with other waiters... Only in Italian. In this case, thank God I don't look like an Italian... but I am one. People also complained about my order (which wasn't strange in any way). I'll refrain from quoting the exact words... As I was clearing away the “head waiter” smiled in my face and asked if it was tasty. I can't understand how often this happens, but I know the employees from my previous regular visits to the restaurant. Food is great. But that was our last time.

Nice service, super delicious food :-) The kebab and the bowl were extremely tasty and the portions were large

Delicious, super large pizzas. Other dishes are also deliciously prepared. Service very nice and accommodating. We'll also come for brunch sometime.

Once upon a time there was a cozy atmosphere and a great breakfast buffet. Not anymore. Breakfast buffet was replaced by a selection of 'breakfast plates' to order from. Oppressive atmosphere, unfriendly and arrogant staff. The two of us came at 11 and got a ticket. And waited. 15 minutes later a group came to the next table and also received the card. We were not spoken to by the waiter and continued to wait. After another 10 minutes we had enough and went into the tower. THIS is really recommended. So anyone who likes to be an ignored supplicant as a guest will definitely feel at home in the Basilico. If you like hospitality and want to be treated courteously... well... you should go somewhere else.

The food was very tasty and the service was great. Booking tables in advance is an advantage because there is always a lot going on.

Super tasty dishes. Salmon pizza and various salads. The small drawback was the table reservation - you should think again...

Not a gourmet restaurant but good value for money

The food was very tasty, but the prices were very high and were raised quite a bit. Maybe we can do something to accommodate customers again

Extensive breakfast buffet including coffee/tea/juice, at a reasonable price. Staff was friendly and attentive.

A very cozy nice place to have a cup of coffee, matcha, tea … A place with delicious various food options. The staff is super nice and the interior decor is very elegant. The overall restaurant is very presentable

A really great restaurant with a beer garden!! Good selection and nice staff!

You can have a very good breakfast here!

Beautiful welcome, very fast service, very good food

Despite the holiday, we immediately got a table outside. The waiter came to our table quickly and took the order. After we ordered, it only took about 20 minutes and we had these very filling meals (we took the leftovers with us) at the table. Very tasty and we were very surprised at the quality. Plates are preheated and it is noted that the pan is very hot. Summary: 1a

Great, nice service. Food came quickly and tasted delicious.

Ich war heute zum Frühstücken hier. Ein super Preis Leistung Verhältnis. Das reichhaltigen Buffet lässt eigentlich keine Wünsche offen. Alles ist frisch und lecker. Die gemütliche Atmosphäre rundet alles ab.

The pizzas are really to die for. The staff very nice. At the end we felt a bit forgotten. We will come back just to see the pizza 😍 The toilets are also a bit old and the ladies' tap wasn't really easy to use.

You sit comfortably, rolls, coffee and orange juice are all inclusive. Breakfast plate rich and beautifully designed. Here the eye eats too. Service very nice.

We have been eating here again and again for about a year. That speaks for itself. Very friendly and fast service, the food came very quickly and was very tasty. Even at 5.30pm in good weather. Even outside.

Waitresses were very unfriendly, seemed very annoyed and couldn't even look at you - coordination within the team was also poor (food was brought to the wrong tables; they didn't ask you to enjoy your meal and didn't ask if it was tasty)

Great shop, nice staff, delicious food but too expensive.

We have already had some lovely evenings in the great restaurant with friendly service. Recommended!

I would have preferred to give 0 stars. We ordered over 2 hours ago via Lieferando. It said we would arrive every minute. That took an hour. No one answered the phone to ask where the food was. The line was busy all the time. After a long wait, the delivery person came and apologized, not to mention a suggestion to give a discount, the food was taken away again, no words for it!

Really good wraps and very nice service staff 😊

It was good and I would go there again. But the prices are not right, the prices are a little higher

Super friendly staff, beautiful, huge beer garden and delicious food/pizza. Was the goal of our bike tour from Wetzlar to Gießen. We will definitely come back.

I can only recommend this restaurant, the food tastes very good. Unfortunately the lamb casserole is no longer available.

Food is okay for the price, but nothing special. Sometimes the orders come after 30 minutes, sometimes after more than two hours. Otherwise, it's a shame that the prices for the breakfast buffet have almost doubled in such a short time (from €6 to €10). In addition, the maps on the homepage and on Lieferando should be aligned, as on the website e.g. B. the Pizza Parma costs €8.90 instead of €11.50 at Lieferando.

Portions were very large, especially the pizza, but you have to be a cheese lover, it was overloaded with cheese, and the wrap, which felt like it was filled with paprika sauce, was gratinated with cheese. If you can tolerate it and like it: ok. I had stomach cramps day and night (despite sorting the cheese). It's a shame, otherwise everything seemed very tasty.

A nice pub to relax with delicious food

Without a reservation we were lucky to get a table. The service is friendly. The menu offers a wide selection and the food is good.

Were there with 3 people. Food was good, service too. Unfortunately no alcohol was served and I assume the license was not renewed or renewed

We enjoy coming here and recommend it again and again. The service is great, the ambience is absolutely beautiful, the portions are huge and the food is so good. So far there hasn't been a dish that we didn't like. In the evening you should definitely reserve a table.

The Basilico is a recommended restaurant in Giessen. My favorite are the pizzas. These are a nice size, not too expensive and very tasty. The baked potatoes are also good and plentiful. The food is served in record time. Can have advantages and disadvantages. The drinks menu is very, very large and there are many offers. In summer there is also an outdoor area, which is very nice. Basically it is a solid restaurant that makes an effort and also has great food. We will use it more often and enjoy it.

Very tasty food, everything was of good quality. Always my pleasure !!!

Great food and friendly service. It's very comfortable to sit in and it's in the middle of the city.

Point 1 you can't drink alcohol here despite it being on the menu and point 2 I said 3 times that I didn't want any champions on my pizza and there were still some on it and point 3 what were other guests served first even though we were already 15 Waited minutes for condition. Simply outrageous last time I was here 😤

Good for a chain, and also fulfills special requests such as a put-together appetizer platter. Price/performance fits.

Very tasty food with good service. The food came very quickly after ordering, despite the restaurant being full. Very large portions, real XL pizza. Gladly again.

Very cozy restaurant with excellent food and very friendly staff. Food portions are above average. Price / offer: Very good. Lunch with a large selection including a drink and dessert for €14.90.

Incredibly disappointed! Ordered food online and didn't know anything like that from Basilco. Food was absolutely NOT possible! Salad way too full of onions, fries never eaten so badly and schnitzel rubbery and not at all tasty.

Food = was okay. It tasted like leftovers or garbage. Staff =Super friendly Location = rustic with a terrace outside, very pleasant in summer Toilet =okay Handicapped accessible = unfortunately no because Basilio can be reached via stairs Parking spaces = available but few, otherwise park on the side of the street in the city

No alcohol being served at the moment🙅

First of all: the food is very tasty, especially the pizzas are great! That's why two stars, because my complaint is exclusively aimed at the (telephone) service. The restaurant may often be fully booked, but on the phone you will simply be cut off with “no, we don't have anything left”, no comment as to whether you can wait or whether you should make a reservation early enough. Super rude and unprofessional. Also when I was in the restaurant with two other people, an employee said that they were fully booked and he was sorry. The table that was reserved said 6 p.m. and it was 4:55 p.m. we definitely would have managed to eat. It wasn't packed either, there were reserved signs on the tables. It's a shame that customers are just fobbed off like that.

Super Service! Great team, even special requests are fulfilled without any major hassle. Very tasty food, lunch menu with great price-performance ratio. Always happy to go there.

Price/performance is clear, large portions, quality is okay. Fast service.

Had a burger that was insane, the service was very nice and funny, great to spend an evening with friends.

The restaurant was only half full and two tables were reserved, but when we asked for a table for two people we were met with an unfriendly "We're full." answered. We liked going to a different restaurant.

Simply delicious, good portions

The pizzeria is welcoming, we didn't book but they let us sit anyway. The service was quite fast. Courteous staff. The pizza was good, well cooked and very light. The excellent price. We will definitely be back.