Menu for Basho Restaurant & Lounge in St. John's, NL

Great meal that didn't disappoint! The Nobu new style Sashimi was exceptional and worth a try. The goat's cheese cheesecake was... also an unexpected treat if you're looking for something different. Well done! Read more

Started with "Proscuitto and Melon roll with Parmegiano, Balsamico and Basil Infusion". It was very delicious. Small portion as... expected with this price point. High quality and tasty. But when ordering the rack of lamb, it didn't come as described. Themenu said "Panko Crusted Half Rack of Lamb with Aka Miso and Fennel Pancetta Rattatouille with Braised Lamb Shank." There was nopanko on anything and it was basically a lamb shank with a side of pulled lamb & green beans. The beans were cold unfortunately.The pulled lamb was rather bland. Did not appear to even have pancetta meat at all. Keeping a 4-star review in case I'm justuncultured and missing the point of this dish. However, the "Seasonal Nigiri and Sushi roll assortment" was out of this world.It was a beautiful assortment of handmade sushi ????. All was delicious. Included salty soya sauce, strips of ginger, and aspicy wasabi with lots of flavour. Would have liked if cocktails had prices listed on menu. Service was lacking slightly, butthey had a large table simultaneously so I can understand they were busy. Would highly recommend for seafood dishes. Read more

We waited more than an hour for the food to come out and were reassured 30 minutes in that we would be served ?very soon?. This... reassurance came after the table next to us ended up walking out. Would not recommend unless you like sitting in a very dim roomwaiting for an hour. We also spotted a mouse in the dining area. The food was decent for the price and we were given a freedessert to compensate for the wait time. Read more

Basho used to be one of my places in town, and I was so excited to return there after they reopened. Although the sushi was... still delicious, authentic, and just as I remembered, the service really needs work and soured our entire experience. Weoriginally made a reservation for 2, and called a couple days prior to change it to 4. We spoke with a hostess who managed tomake it work - we did not just leave a message and show up assuming it would work out, but had verbal confirmation. When weshowed up, they insisted it was only for 2 people and that we were lying, must have just left a message, and didn?t actuallyspeak with anyone. There were two people out front and both kept making rude remarks to each other about how awful it was for usto just show up. They then figured out that the reservation was changed to 4 people but one of them hadn?t marked itdown. Service was very slow and not very warm or attentive. They didn?t seem to care about us or anyone else there, and ittruly felt like everyone hated their job. The food took forever - at least when it finally came out, our sushi was good butanother friend got a steak and it was subpar. At the end, they made a mistake with the bills (2 for the table) and put the wrongitems on it. That would normally be forgivable if it wasn?t for the fact that the experience was poor from beginning to end. Ican only recommend Basho for its sushi - it?s still delicious and probably the only reason they are still running. Thereservation system needs to be modernized (online booking, multiple phone lines, not using a paper and pen book which is proneto error and issues), the service could be better, and in general they shouldn?t hire anyone who will make rude or snarkyremarks in front of their patrons. Read more

Called basho for a reservation Friday evening and nothing was available. I was offered a call back for a cancellation which I... happily accepted for 3 people. We did get a call for 7 and went. Had several appetizers, all delicious. Our main course wasbeef tenderloin, well done, rare and med rare. Our steaks came and my sister were given wrong steak because the bartender wasproviding server responsibility and could not see what was what in the lightening. The unfortunate part is my sister had nofork to eat her meal until I had mine finished to give her my fork, it was at this time it was realized it was a well done steakinstead of the rare. My other sister who thought she wanted well done found out she loved rare. We did not see our bartenderserver for the entire main meal. Had to leave table and go downstairs to ask for our bill. Also , wine was requested but notdelivered. I just thought, I need to check my bill to see if I was charged for it. Not happy with service and disappointed Icancelled the reservation with magnum and stein to accept basho cancellation. Poor service for $300! Read more