Best Italian Restaurants in Hopkinton

We had a booth which was lovely for our book club discussion. Our server was excellent and we each had the grain salads, which were excellent! We had a lovely evening!

It has been over 2 decades since I last ate here! Ownership has changed and the menu probably has as well. What you would expect of an Italian restaurant in terms of food and quality of seafood was good. Mussels appetizer had 2 of 30 (or so) that didn't open. Branzino was a good size and cooked well. Service was perhaps a bit overly attentive at the beginning as if they were in a rush for us to order by asking us every couple of minutes if we were ready, but once we did, never felt rushed to leave the table the rest of the night.

Per usual we had a wonderful meal last night and introduced Basil to the couple we dined with and they agreed! Our server was great and brought our drinks over so quickly followed by an appetizer of chilli glazed calamari which was so good. Two of us ordered duck, mine with the twice stuffed potato, another got the swordfish special which presented with such a thick piece of fish which my friend loved and devoured! Another got salmon and was very pleased. We all shared slices of key lime pie and the special pecan pie aka mode both of which were yummy! The only criticism I would make is the bread served was cold and a bit on the dry side. Perhaps a more interesting and warm bread would be nice. Make sure to have reservations as this place is jumping on weekends with long walk in wait times. Basil has become our favourite go to in the area!

OpenTable thinks we didn’t show up. But, Anika took great care of us. And she earned a generous tip for her hard work and positive attitude. I’d go back again, but not if OpenTable again sends me a disgusting e-mail that accuses us of being a no-show.

Food wasn’t as good as I remembered. The fettuccine Alfredo had little taste. The pizza lacked sauce. Their brownie dessert was hard as a rock (in spite of us asking if it was warm or freshly baked). The mini dessert menu did not match the main menu and the photos of dessert didn’t match the description so it was visually confusing. The chicken piccata and Stromboli was good.