Basil & Wick's

This restaurant was highly recommended by John at the ski barn (awesome person, awesome place!). We were pleasantly surprised by the menu, just expecting bar food, but saw a full menu with many enticing options. Ordered the crab cake (smothered in sauce but tasty), seafood stuffed portobello, and scallops Rockefeller. Portobello dish was palatable, mainly due to the lemon, garlic, and butter flavors. The oysters Rockefeller was presented as a mushroom, spinach, balsamic honey slop over rice. After two bites (one for each of us) we flagged out waiter, and sent it back. Amy, the manager, never approached our table after sending back the meal. Instead she continues to sit at the bar, with other members of staff, and charge us 90% of the meal. When I asked for the meal back to take home, since I was paying for it, I was told it was no longer available. Clayton our server was sweet and accommodating, we tipped him well over 20%. If you visit this establishment stick to the bar food. I was raised that if its on the menu a restaurant should stand by their recipes, but I guess a restaurant advertising that they're For Sale should've been a huge indicator to have extremely low expectations. You've been warned.

I had high expectations, and they were certainly met! I had the Showcase Burger, which was delicious. The food came out super fast, and the servers and staff were super kind. The atmosphere is great too, with some cool decor. My compliments go to the chef. Thanks for a great meal!

Fantastic experience! We drove 45 minutes from our vacation stay just to try this place out. I ordered the salmon which was cooked to perfection. My wife got the pastrami sandwich. We also tried their corn gnocchi soup, bruschetta, and both house made desserts. All were absolutely delicious!

After a long damp hike in the area, I stumbled upon this wonderful restaurant. Inside there was a fire going, and I had a superb dish of pork tenderloin with spinach and potatoes; it was a more generous helping than the photo shows. A hot cup of tea perked me up, and then I finished with a delightful bread pudding dessert with a wondrous array of little sweet, salty and other toppings and two sauces drizzled on…truly to die for. The bartender and the host were welcoming, fun, and attentive; it had a very nice homey and local vibe. I left satisfied and happy, a good ending note to a very good weeklong trip!

Under new ownership since we were last here, Chef Billy has really made this place phenomenal. The service was super fast, the food came out steaming and delicious, and Chef Billy came out to personally check how we were doing and asked us about our visit to the area. The appetizer (poutine) and entree (hangar steak) were excellent, but really, the dessert was one of the best things I've eaten. The s'mores lava cake is indescribable. Make the stop on your way through, and save room for dessert.

Right off the bat I’m giving a 5 Star review instead of giving a lower rating. When there is an issue I want to address it without being some kind of pretentious food critic. I went to this location on April 8th which was the day of the solar eclipse. It was a mad house and any person would understand the service wasn’t going to be the greatest because of how busy the restaurant was. My issue is how they handle a problem. We ordered our meals and a French onion soup to start out with, which we got relatively fast. Not receiving our meals for a long time after, which because of how busy it was wasn’t this issue. 2 tables that came in after us, received their main courses. When the waitress came over to our table she seemed alittle stunned. Which I believe when she put in the order for the soup, she forgot to go back and place our meals in. After she left we received our order about 5-10 minutes after that. The meals itself was pretty good. As you can see from the pictures they were tasty. My wife only ate about 3/4th of her burger. so we took the rest of hers, my daughters French fries, and 2 chicken wings that were left onto one plate. We asked for them to wrap it up by another woman who wasn’t our waitress. The waitress came back with the bill and we payed for it. I asked for our left overs and she said they threw them out. Waiting for so long we just wanted to go, but she insisted that the burger would be very quick to make a new one. So after waiting we got it back but it was only the burger. No fries or chicken wings. My issue all together is “hopefully” the manager knew we had several complaints and didn’t come out or offer anything for the inconvenience. Not that I’m expecting something for free, but to acknowledge the problem would of been enough. I always go to gore mountain for skiing and always eat at the restaurant in the lodge after a long day. I would like to come here instead because of the atmosphere. I just hope next time it’s a little better.

Casual dressed customers can enjoy fine dining among the north creek rolling mountains. We sat during an early evening dining period (around 5pm on a sunday) where the music was softly playing in the background but the warm laughter of the patrons and staff invited conversations and a good time. There's no gimmick, just good food to speak for itself. For apps: The special clam stew which was lighter than expected but warmed our belly's for the entree. I shared the bowl with one other person. Entree: (the boyfriend but he let me try) the featured black forest chicken. The crusted chicken didn't feel heavily fried or thickly breaded. It paired nicely with the mushroom risotto which was firm and perfectly cooked. I don't care much for overly soft or sticky risotto. This could have easily been a heavy dish but it was rather delightful instead. I had the diver scallops which were... OMG! I let out a happy dance upon first mouth full. The scallops were light and buttery. Perfectly pan seared, your fork will do the job with no need of a knife, as it should be. I've been dying for scallops and most miss the mark (not horrible, but not what I needed) but this finally cured my craving! I'm a sucker for gnocchi so this dish is a no brainer for me and I would recommend it time and time again. Staff: Everyone was friendly. Samantha was our server and answered any questions we had. Their friendliness was genuine and service was quick. Even Chef Billy himself came to check in on us which never happens in most places. We didn't sit outside, or by the pub, but those options were there if that's what you wanted. They offered drinks but we didn't have any during this visit. Dessert was also offered and it looked amazing, I just wish I had the room in my belly. I don't normally eat dessert so I didn't save room but I surely was tempted. I'm not even a winter/cold weather person and already considered to come back during that time literally inspired by this dining experience, and the people we met in town. To sum it all up: Real genuine place, real genuine people, real genuine food. I highly recommend!

After a long day of white water rafting ( HIGHLY RECOMMEND BEAVER BROOK OUTFITTERS) , we wanted to have drinks and hearty delicious food… what a fantastic place for just that!! Our sever Dagan ( I’m sure that I just butchered his name.. sorry for that ) was AWESOME!! He was attentive, “Johnny on the spot” with keeping up with our drinks, he had a great personality and he had great recommendations. The food was DELICIOUS! I had the double stack jack.. I’ve never finished a burger out.. I housed this one! It was perfectly cooked and had the best homemade chips to side it with some pretty delicious pickles too! My daughter had the beef and Brie…holy moly, that was also delicious! My bf had the double barrel… I didn’t taste it, but he LOVED it! My daughter also had the blueberry white chocolate cheesecake.. YUMMO!!!! My mom had the wings with their house hot sauce, also a winner!! Peanut butter pie and the espresso martini were enjoyed for dessert… all EXCEPTIONAL!! The band came in and rocked the place Finger diddlers ( I think) GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY OUR 7ppl party!