BASIL & MINT MENU

🍃 Basil & Mint Restaurant & Bar in Kelowna delivers a refined West Coast dining experience with fresh, locally sourced ingredients and artfully crafted cocktails. Located inside Playa Del Sol Resort on Lakeshore Road, just steps from Okanagan Lake, it’s the perfect spot for romantic dinners, special occasions, or a stylish night out. With a menu inspired by seasonal flavors and a wine list featuring Okanagan vintages, Basil & Mint is a must-visit destination for fine dining in Kelowna.

Basil & Mint menu in Kelowna:

🍽️ 3 Course Menu

(Set menu — three courses)

🥗 Starters

• Freshly Created Seasonal Soup

  Chef’s selection made with local and seasonal ingredients.

• Okanagan Poached Pear Salad

  Radicchio, arugula, red onion, toasted walnuts, and white balsamic vinaigrette.

• House-Made Gnocchi

  Tossed in marinara sauce with Grana Padano and fresh basil.

🍝 Entrées

• Truffled Mushroom Risotto

  Creamy risotto with cremini and shiitake mushrooms, truffle oil, arugula, and grated Grana Padano.

• Panko Crusted Steelhead

  Oven-baked and served with lemon-scented basmati rice, finished with basil & mint vinaigrette.

• Roasted Fraser Valley Pork Tenderloin

  Served with organic Okanagan plum demi-glace and horseradish mashed potatoes.

(Seasonal vegetables are served family style. All sauces are house-made with natural ingredients.)

🍰 Desserts

• Classic Italian Tiramisu

  Layers of Kahlua and coffee-soaked lady fingers with mascarpone cream.

• Belgian Dark Chocolate Mousse

  Paired with Callebaut white chocolate sauce and raspberry coulis.

• Vanilla Crème Brûlée

  Silky vanilla custard topped with a thin caramelized sugar crust.

• Apple Spiced Sorbet & Fresh Berries

  A light and refreshing seasonal finish.

🥗 À La Carte Menu

🥬 Starters

• Fresh Seasonal Soup

  Chef’s choice inspired by Okanagan produce.

• Poached Pear Salad

  Radicchio, arugula, red onion, toasted walnuts, and white balsamic vinaigrette.

• Okanagan Valley Beet Salad

  Roasted beets, arugula, crumbled goat cheese, basil & mint vinaigrette.

• Signature Caesar Salad

  Romaine hearts with Fraser Valley smoked bacon, aged parmesan, and anchovy garlic dressing.

  Add grilled chicken or prawns to elevate your salad.

• Fraser Valley Duck Liver Pâté

  With house-made crostini, red onion jam, and cornichons.

• Oven-Baked Escargots

  Sundried tomatoes, garlic, chipotle, parsley butter, with fresh garlic sourdough bread.

• Seared Scallops Wrapped in Prosciutto

  Served with chipotle cream and a touch of lemon.

• Eggplant Napoleon

  Layers of roasted eggplant with Grana Padano and tomato sauce.

• House-Made Gnocchi

  Choice of marinara or brown butter sage with aged parmesan.

• Beef Carpaccio

  Thinly sliced beef with grainy mustard & caper vinaigrette, red onion, arugula, and aged parmesan.

• Truffle French Fries

  Crispy fries with parmesan and roasted garlic aioli.

• House-Made Sourdough Garlic Bread

  Served warm from the oven.

👨‍🍳 Chef’s Creations

• Truffled Mushroom Risotto

  Creamy risotto with mushrooms, truffle oil, arugula, and parmesan.

• Seafood Risotto

  Prawns, scallops, parmesan, white wine, lemon, and leeks.

• Spaghettini & Hand-Made Meatballs

  In a rich marinara with herbs, garlic, and parmesan.

• Spaghettini Puttanesca

  Tomato sauce, olives, capers, garlic, chili flakes, and parmesan.

• Hand-Made Cavatelli Pasta

  Fraser Valley chicken, sage walnut pesto, sundried tomatoes, and cream.

• Atlantic Lobster Ravioli

  Served in a morel mushroom sauce with aged parmesan.

• House-Made Gnocchi Entrée

  With marinara, fresh basil, and parmesan.

  Add chorizo for extra flavour.

🥩 Our Specialties

(Choice of roasted potatoes, mashed potatoes, or lemon basmati rice. Seasonal vegetables served family style.)

• Sautéed Mexican Wild-Caught Prawns

  With tequila, lemon, cilantro, chili, and cream over basmati rice.

• Roasted BC Sablefish

  In a shrimp bisque with lemon-scented basmati rice.

• Chicken Parmesan

  Breaded chicken breast with spaghettini, marinara, mozzarella, and parmesan.

• Angus Beef Bavette Steak (9 oz)

  With rosemary Dijon demi-glace.

• Beef Tenderloin (6 oz)

  Served with classic peppercorn sauce.

• Boneless Short Ribs & Onions

  Braised with red wine, rosemary, and demi-glace.

• Braised Lamb Shank

  Slowly cooked with herbs in a red wine demi-glace.

Enhance your entrée with sautéed mushrooms or prawns.

🍕 Wood-Stove Thin Crust Pizza

• The Truffle Mushroom

  Bacon, mushrooms, fontina, and white truffle oil.

• Classic Margherita

  Tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella, garlic, basil, and olive oil.

• Hawaiian Leilani

  Ham, bacon, pineapple, and mozzarella.

• Braised Beef Short Rib

  With mozzarella, mushrooms, pickled onion, and horseradish cream.

• Roasted Vegetable

  With fontina, red onion, basil pesto, arugula, and balsamic.

🍰 Desserts

• Vanilla Crème Brûlée

• Classic Italian Tiramisu

• Limoncello Cheesecake with Raspberry Coulis

• Chocolate Mousse with White Chocolate & Raspberry Coulis

• Apple Spiced Sorbet with Fresh Berries

👧 Children’s Menu

• Chicken Fingers

  With fries or fresh green salad.

• Grilled Cheese Sandwich

  With fries or green salad.

• Spaghettini & Meatballs

  With roasted tomato sauce and asiago cheese.

• Cheese Pizza

  Classic tomato sauce and melted cheese.

🍺 Beers & Cider

🍻 Draft Beer

• Big Bear Lager

• Mt. Begbie Full Send Hazy IPA

• Mt. Begbie Dark Lager

🍾 Bottles & Cans

• Kokanee

• Budweiser / Bud Lite

• Corona

• Stella Artois

• Heineken

• Guinness (440 ml)

• Red Roof Cider

🥤 Non-Alcoholic Beer

• Selection of non-alcoholic brews

🍸 Martinis

• Classic or 007 – timeless gin or vodka martini style

• Ultra Premium – made with Botanist Gin or Wiseacre Vodka

• Espresso Martini – rich and smooth coffee-forward cocktail

• Toasted Almond – creamy, nutty, and sweet

• Raspberry Martini – fruity and refreshing

• Limoncello Martini – citrusy and bright

• Manhattan – whiskey, vermouth, and bitters classic

• Apple Elderflower – crisp and floral twist

🍹 Signature Collection Drinks

🍹 Mocktails

• The Classics – Caesar, Shirley Temple, Roy Rogers, Margarita, Piña Colada

• Sunset Cruiser – pineapple, lime, agave, grenadine, soda

• Jungle Birdie – tropical fruit juices, grenadine, ginger beer, coconut foam

• Paloma de la Paz – pink grapefruit, hibiscus tea, lime, basil syrup, tonic

• Aviator Zero Sour – blackberry mora syrup, lemon, ginger, vegan froth foam

• Espresso Zero-Tini – chocolate espresso mocktail with milk, demerara syrup, and vanilla

• Ciniminie Zero-Tini – cinnamon syrup, basil, mint, demerara syrup, ginger beer

• Basil & Mint Italian Sodas – seasonal flavors with house-made fruit purée, lime, and soda

🍸 Seasonal Cocktails (2 oz)

• The Painkiller Cocktail – Havana Club 7-Year Rum, coconut, cream, pineapple juice (tropical twist on a piña colada)

• Jamaican Me Crazy Rum Punch – Malibu coconut rum, Havana Club 3-Year Rum, pineapple juice, orange juice, topped with overproof rum

• Dark & Stormy – black rum, lime juice, ginger beer

• Basil & Mint Apple Smash – Lot 40 Premium Rye, maple-apple butter, lemon, basil, mint

• Ogopogo’s Aperol Spritz – Aperol & prosecco served over an apple-anise-cinnamon king cube

• Mint Julep – bourbon or Canadian rye with house mint syrup and crushed ice

• Spiced Pear Basil Gin & Tonic – Ungava Gin, prickly pear syrup, tonic

🍷 White Wines

• Stoneleigh Sauvignon Blanc (NZ)

• Tinhorn Creek Gewurztraminer

• 50th Parallel Riesling

• Fitzpatrick Riesling

• Fitzpatrick Pinot Blanc

• SpearHead Pinot Gris

• Meyer OK Valley Chardonnay

• SpearHead Chardonnay

• Black Hills Chardonnay

• Martin’s Lane Simes Riesling

🌹 Rosé Wines

• Sandhill Rosé

• La Vieux Pin Vaila Rosé

🍾 Champagne

• Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Brut

• Bollinger Spécial Cuvée Brut

• Moët & Chandon Rosé

🥂 Sparkling Wines

• Bottega Prosecco

• Fitzpatrick Crémant

• Louis Bouillot Crémant

• Fitzpatrick Brut

🍷 Red Wines

• Tinhorn Creek Merlot

• Tom Gore Cabernet Sauvignon (Sonoma)

• Moon Curser Syrah

• Meyer Family Pinot Noir

• SpearHead OK Valley Pinot Noir

• Burrowing Owl Merlot

• Burrowing Owl Cabernet Franc

• Le Vieux Pin Syrah Cuvée Violette

• Cedar Creek Pinot Noir (Organic/Vegan)

• Burrowing Owl Athene

• Meyer McLean Creek Road Pinot Noir

• Roche Traditional Pinot Noir

• Osoyoos LaRose ‘Le Grand Vin’

• Black Hills Nota Bene

• Hester Creek Garland

• Martin’s Lane Dehart Pinot Noir

🌍 Worldly Wines

• Daou Cabernet Sauvignon (California)

• Ornellaia Le Volte – Toscana (Italy)

• Clos de los Siete Malbec Blend (Argentina)

• Brunello di Montalcino – Altesino (Italy)

• Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa)

• Rombauer Chardonnay (Napa)

📖 See the current Basil & Mint menu on their website

⭐ Customer Favorite Menu Items

• Okanagan Valley Beet Salad – Roasted beets, arugula, goat cheese, and basil-mint vinaigrette.

• Chicken Supreme with Tarragon Sauce – Tender chicken with a rich, creamy tarragon finish.

• Prawns with Signature Tequila Lime Sauce – Bright, zesty prawns that guests rave about.

• Striploin with Creamy Horseradish Mashed Potato – A hearty entrée with bold flavors.

• Roasted Fraser Valley Pork Tenderloin – Served with plum demi-glace and horseradish mash.

• Classic Italian Tiramisu – Light layers of mascarpone, ladyfingers, and coffee liqueur.

• Pineapple Gin Cocktail – A refreshing house-made specialty drink.

🍽 Dining Experience

• Contemporary West Coast cuisine with a focus on fresh, local ingredients.

• Elegant yet relaxed dining atmosphere, ideal for date nights or celebrations.

• Friendly, attentive staff often remembered by name in guest reviews.

• Popular for three-course dinners, private events, and special occasions.

🅿 Parking & Accessibility

• Underground parking available at Playa Del Sol Resort.

• Additional parking across the street, including the radio station lot after 4:30 PM.

• Street-level entrance on Lakeshore Road for easy access.

📍 Landmarks & Location

• Situated in Playa Del Sol Resort in Kelowna’s Lower Mission.

• Steps from Okanagan Lake, across from The Eldorado and Manteo resorts.

• Within walking distance to the promenade, parks, and other lakefront attractions.

📦 Ordering Options

• Dine-in only with service starting at 5 PM (closed Mondays).

• Reservations recommended, especially on weekends.

• Full bar featuring signature cocktails, local wines, and premium spirits.

💬 Customer Feedback

• Widely praised as one of Kelowna’s top fine dining experiences.

• Reviews highlight “exceptional food,” “beautifully plated dishes,” and “outstanding service.”

• Guests enjoy the balance of upscale dining with a warm, welcoming vibe.

• Cocktails, especially the whiskey smash and pineapple gin, are guest favorites.

This menu was last updated: 5 days ago.