text: Scottsdale has a ton of fancy restaurants which I do not mind but we were looking for something more local and stumbled upon Basil Garlic Bistro thanks to our handy Yelp app To get to this one year old restaurant we came off E Cactus Rd and we had to drive right into the residential neighborhoods Once we saw the small plaza where Basil Garlic Bistro was located we said to each other that there was no way we would have found this place just by driving by because you just do not drive by the area where Basil Garlic Bistro was locatednnOnto the food it was all amazing The chicken steak deluxe has a wonderful mixture of meat veggies and cheese There was a HUGE chunk of pepperoni in each half of the sandwich and my fiancee commented that this is the amount of pepperoni some places put on an entire pizza My fiancees Vongole pasta with red sauce and clams was one of the better pasta dishes we have ever had anywhere And it was only definitely a great deal because you are at a family owned establishment in a local neighborhood We finished off the meal with homemade tiramisu which was not overly sweet and did not have an overdosing of rum It was decorated with drizzles of chocolate sauce and cocoa powder with bits of whip cream on the sidennI come to Phoenix every so often for work and would definitely count Basil Garlic Bistro as the place I would try to come out to for dinner when my schedule allows me to make the drive out there