Cafe Amici - Hamden

Our group of ten had a fantastic experience at this restaurant, relishing every dish that was served by the welcoming staff. It has become our family's favorite Italian restaurant in the area.

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 :

I ordered the escarole and bean soup, which was a bit too salty, and the escarole was tough and needed more cooking. My friend ordered the summer salad, but they initially forgot to add the prosciutto. However, they brought it right away once we pointed it out. Overall, the service was good, and the atmosphere was lovely.

We had a wonderful dinner, and Tyrone was amazing! This was our second visit. Last Friday, my cousin recommended the place, and we were so pleased with the food and service that we told our waiter, Tyrone, we would return this week. I ordered the BLT Chicken both times, along with roasted mozzarella and crispy Brussels sprouts for appetizers. My husband enjoyed the Lynn's Chicken on both visits, and it was absolutely delicious! We also ordered H3 for a taxi, which was fantastic. We will definitely be back!

We had two pasta dishes, Carbonara and a pepperwurstrot sauce. The Carbonara did not resemble any Carbonara I had...not creamy only oily and tasteless. Red sauce was better, but under taste. Probably Carbonara would be sent back except that a friend brought us to his favorite restaurant.