I went to Sweet Basil 🥬on Moody street in Waltham📍 with my parents this week.

This italian spot has some eclectic vibes with flowerful🌸 trees🌳 and vibrant paintings🖼️ on the wall.

To start this dinner, every table gets fresh bread🍞 and homemade pesto! This is simply amazing in my eyes. Who doesn’t love pesto? The pesto is made without nuts too which is perfect for all those who may have a nut allergy.

For cocktails 🍹we got the “Let’s be Clear” which was a sweeter tasting drink that had watermelon🍉 mezcal and tomato vermouth. We also got the handsome devil😈 drink which had bourbon and st germain. The perfect option for bourbon lovers! Finally, they were experimenting new cocktails and we tried their version of a mushroom🍄 negroni which was very interesting. Basically a negroni with an earthier after taste! Check out their cocktail list next time you go and see what they have in store.

Now for the entrees. We tried their handmade four cheese🧀 ravioli which was simply delicious 9/10. You can really tell they handmade the ravioli and tomato basil sauce🍅 as it was made very fresh.

The arugula and burrata salad 🥗was the perfect combination. This salad had toasted nuts, jicama slaw and a peach vinaigrette. You just cant go wrong with burrata it works with everything. (Warning⚠️ to the wise to be careful with the exploding burrata though lol!) I thought this was also a great shareable plate for the table 8/10.

I’m obsessed with the rosemary chicken with pancetta, tomatoes and asparagus over rigatoni pasta🍝 This was so filling even after two bites. But honestly you need to save room for this dish it is so good and a must get 9/10.

We also got their version of chicken🐔 parmesan. This came with mozzarella in a basil marinara sauce. I wish there was more sauce on this dish and maybe the chicken wasn’t as juicy or tender as I would have liked 6/10.

The eggplant involtini was incredible and I’m not even a big eggplant person. This came with pesto ricotta, basil marinara sauce, and riccia pasta (I think thats my new favorite pasta shape!). If you are a cheese and eggplant lover you got to get this dish 9/10 (at least get it for the crazy cheese pull).

Last but not least, my personal favorite⭐ dish of the evening was of course their squash gnocchi. The squash gnocchi came with pickled onions, apples and a brandy cream sauce. I will be dreaming about this dish all fall season long 10/10.

You have to check out this spot if you are in Waltham (or in Needham as they have another location there!) And if you aren’t local you can get a food delivery. On their grubhub delivery page you can buy a full pint of their pesto!

Food: 9/10 Ambiance: 8/10 Affordability: 7/10