Cafe Amici

Cafe Amici is everything I expect from an Italian restaurant. The staff is very friendly and professional. Inside and outside are kept clean. Atmosphere is very family friendly. To put a cherry in top, the food is phenomenal. I will definitely be returning for another meal sometime in the future. Located on Whitney Ave across the street from Wells Fargo or Walgreens. There is no direct highway to get there. If you're on Rt15 take exit 61. If you're on I91 take exit 5, or exit 10>40 connector>exit 1. Do yourself a favor and make the drive. It's well worth it.

Great family style Italian restaurant. Ordered the specialty chicken risotto & the veil saltimbocca. Both delicious. The attire was relaxed and the place was busy on a Sunday night. Service was friendly. Food was delicious. Value was fair. I felt like 4 stars feels right, as it's not a destination restaurant. But it is a fantastic local Cafe.

I'll preface this by saying I've been many times and enjoyed it. I called in a small take-out order (1 appetizer, 1 salad), they said 25 min. 45 min later, I wondered if they'd forgotten about me - there wasn't a good place to wait and no one said anything to me - so I flagged someone down to ask about my order, at which point the bag was produced (making me wonder if it'd just been sitting on a shelf somewhere). Although it took 55 min rather than 25, I figure hey, it's Friday night, they're busy...whatever. However, my $15 appetizer consisted of four cold, soggy shrimp on 2 extremely soggy, extremely salty pieces of toast. $32 and nearly an hour yielded a tiny, nearly inedible appetizer and a beet salad...needless to say, I'm kind of disappointed :/

New location, new review! Friends and I went to the new place last night and we are all still talking about what a great experience it was. The food was (as always) great, top notch service, and a wonderfully chill atmosphere. 100% passes the vibe check, what a perfect place to go to unwind and have a bite with good company. Also, get the baked Alaska. You won’t be sad.

I dined in on Friday night, when it rained earlier than the forecast called for, so reservations for the patio had to be moved inside. The restaurant was packed and I was initially apprehensive about whether service would be able to handle the extra volume indoors. We ended up being seated promptly and there were no issues w/ service or delays from the kitchen. Even though they were extra busy, all staff who we had contact with were friendly and helpful. The fish and chicken dishes were prepared well, served hot, and the portions were generous. Pricing is reasonable for the quality and amount of food you get. We'll be back.

I really wanted to like this place. It’s close, and my wife loves Italian food. Gentleman that seated us was pleasant and accommodating. With all that being said…. Whoever is the cook has a heavy hand with the salt!!! One dish that’s too salty, I could deal with/overlook, but the whole meal? We ordered Calamari ( creative sauce, too salty), Mac and Cheese( too salty), the surf and turf( shrimp was too salty, HOW!!??). The last straw was the Margherita pizza we ordered for my son: too SALTY. He could not eat it. You know it’s a problem when a 6 year old won’t eat the pizza( the most basic food item). Drinks were good though. I’m hoping this is a glitch in the matrix. I don’t want to have to travel to Cheshire or Downtown New Haven for decent Italian. I know, I know 1st world problems.

I'm am sad to report that I will not be back. I gave it two tries. The first time we ordered three pizzas. They were so salty that I'm convinced the cook must have mixed up the sugar and salt when making the pizza sauce. We had to throw them out. No one, even a salt lover like myself, could eat them. Then last night we decided to give it another try. Ordered the eggplant stack which was good but the eggplant was cold and gummy. My pear salad was good. The cod special was so salty. I don't know what is going on with the salt issues. Very rarely do I ever say something is too salty but sadly it was. Sad to say that this cute neighborhood restaurant is not for me.