Amici Di Kogarah

3.5 Below Average

Food  1      Ambience  6      Service  5      Value  2     

Never again! Came for a work function. They stuffed up our drink order. My young daughter wanted garlic bread. They only had herb pizza - which was dry (at least drizzle olive oil over it!)

I ordered pizza that had chili (I love chili) there was no chili - the base was soggy. When eating pizza you dont want it to be overloaded but you dont want a famine either! one olive, one slice of capsicum and a touch of meat. All I could taste was the cheap tomato paste. Others around me complained as well. A caesar salad turned up that no one ordered.

2 rissotos that was a cross between boiled rice and soup! another lifeless prawn pizza. I tasted a prawn pasta which seemed good. A pity about everything else. I can't believe there are good reviews about this place. Maybe peoples expectations are lower. I'll tell you there are far better places out there than this!

Apr 02, 2012 

5 Average

Food  4      Ambience  7      Service  5      Value  4     

We arrived at one with the waiter all too eager to take our orders and show us the specials. After a few drinks, we started to wonder where the food was (one hour after ordering). What turned up was the Ravioli - recommended to us and also on the specials board. It was awful. Cold, undercooked, flavourless cardboard. I'm still wondering why they think it is special. I'm looking at these thinking that they must be written by family and friends. I wish I had an experience like them. Needless to say, I won't be going back.

Oct 16, 2011 

8 Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  7      Service  8      Value  8     

Great pizzas. A little on the pricey side, but worth it. Not loaded with ingredients, the pizzas are simple with a fantastically light pizza base. To be honest, I have never had pasta, even though they look great too, I find the pizzas too difficult to overlook. Consider the calzone as well, and don't forget to take a look at the specials.

Aug 21, 2011 

8.8 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  8      Service  9      Value  9     

Back last Thursday night for a birthday. The heaters work fine. Food and service, spot on. Took the cheaper option for a party of 11 (2 kids) of Pizza and salads. $153.00 all up. And they served our cake as well. Good food, served quickly with a smile. I like it!

Tuesday 7.00 pm and we find the restaurant wrapped in a black see-through veil to keep off the sun. We are welcomed with our BYO, seated and orders taken with a smile. 10 minutes later our meals arrive. A chicken and prawn and a pasta dish. Chicken cooked to perfection, sauce tasty and the sauce and veggies are just right. No entree, no dessert, so we sat for 15 minutes, finished our wine, paid the $2.50 p/p corkage and left happy. It's a do again.

Jun 14, 2011 

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  8      Service  10      Value  7     

First time visiting, and quite impressed overall. Service was excellent. Very courteous staff, always with thank you's at the end of a sentence and happy to help. Only slip up was that they didn't give us a menu after sitting down so we had to ask for one.

Ambience was fairly good for its location. Combine this with the price though, and I found the value of the food to be mediocre. But food itself tastes quite well, and perhaps the combination of the quality of food with the level of ambience and service provided makes the value proposition somewhat better.

Perhaps out of a daily canteen price range (for me, anyway), at $20pp (mains only, no salad, drinks or dessert) but a nice place to go to once in a while!

Jun 13, 2011 

7 Recommended

Food  7      Ambience  7      Value  7     

Always a visitor to Amici's whether it be Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner. Always on the 8ball with service and the value for money speaks for itself.

May 07, 2011 

8.5 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  8      Service  9      Value  8     

Best local pizza place ever, you have to try the nutella pizza for dessert, it rocks! I have my favourite waiter there also, I must say, he is the most friendliest and most accommodating bloke I've met and always has time for anyone, safe place with lots of room for the kiddies to run around too.

Oct 22, 2010 

9.5 Highly Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  10      Service  10      Value  10     

We visited this restaurant to celebrate my 11 year-old son's Confirmation evening, with a party of 12. Although it was a slightly damp winter evening we were still able to sit outside on the elevated veranda with heaters above. We found the service and food to be very good although a few things should be noted. Some other families who were also Confirmation parties also had their own tables booked. Their tables were set with white table cloths, wine glasses etc. Our table was bare apart from knives and forks and serviettes.

When we ran out of the Sauvignon Blanc that we had brought ourselves, we asked the waiter if we could orders some Sauvignon Blanc. He brought Moscato which I had to point out was very different from Sav Blanc so he didn't have much of an idea about wines. Luckily he hadn't opened it.

Although the restaurant have the "real thing" when it comes to the wood-fired oven, our pizzas came out a little underdone, they could have had another few minutes to be perfect. The restaurant wasn't so busy that they had to rush it through.

Saying all this though I know what to expect when we return, and we definitely will return. On a good note, we brought our own celebration cake which the restaurant owner did not mind, and they were kind enough to give us plates, forks and serviettes.

Aug 21, 2010 

7.8 Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  7      Service  7      Value  8     

I love the pizza. I came all the way from my place just to enjoy the tiramisu. It's always good to book before, especially on the weekend. Almost all the dishes that I've ever tried were never even once disappointing. The service was ok.

May 20, 2010 

10 Highly Recommended

Food  10      Ambience  10      Service  10      Value  10     

This is by far one of my favourite Italian wood fired pizza restaurant. The best pizza in the area, I have been coming here since they opened and have brought friends from all over Sydney who have come back as well, and we all love the food and the friendly service. You can't go past the desserts too. I love the Calzone Dolce! Yum, As well as the tiramisu. Always a difficult choice.

Apr 29, 2010