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Basilic Restaurant Restaurant Review

217 Marine Ave. (Park Ave.) Send to Phone
Newport BeachCA 92662
949-673-0570 | Menu
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Tiny Balboa Island restaurant offers an intimate dining environment to enjoy French-Swiss classics and nightly seasonal specials. Basilic Restaurant is one of our 2012 | Top 10 Orange County (CA) French Restaurants |

Cuisine

Open

Dinner Tues.-Sat.

Features

  • Reservations suggested
  • Casual dressy

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French-Swiss bistro Basilic is a tiny space (only 24 seats) on Balboa Island's charming Marine Avenue. While the menu features impressive French (steak au poivre, coq au vin, bouillabaisse) and Swiss classics (raclette, emincé de veau Zurichois), chef and proprietor Bernard Althaus also creates sensuous seasonally inspired dishes each night. For a gourmand experience, opt for the five-course prix-fixe menu, which must be ordered for the entire table. In winter only, chef Althaus hosts monthly all-you-can-eat raclette nights. The wine list features well-picked bottles mostly from California's Napa Valley, France and Switzerland.

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