Amici Italian Restaurant

My niece and I had the most fabulous dinner experience at Amici’s last night. We started with an artichoke appetizer served with crispy Italian bread medallions, it was scrape the plate delicious. Then the salads were served by our amazingly attentive server Joanne (which we found out we both attended the same jr and sr high schools in Miami, a Viking sister!). She was truly awesome without being annoyingly attentive. The salads were ample size and the dressings were deliciously homemade. The main courses (which happened to be early bird specials) came out and the portions were huge. I got the chicken parm and my niece got the eggplant parm. I wish I would have taken a picture, we had to get half of it in to-go boxes. The flavor of our dishes was so delicious and authentic Italian. Let me not forget the bread! My dad owned the largest Italian bakery in FL back in the 50’s and 60’s, (so I know bread) and Amici’s bread is the best Italian bread by far that you will find in St. Augustine. We sat on their pet friendly patio (we had my Pooch with us), and I was able to meet David who is the baker of their wonderful bread. He’s the real deal from the Bronx and knows how to turn out a great loaf of bread. I did take the opportunity to pass along a secret ingredient of my dad’s bread recipe. Both David and Joanne made us feel like we were sitting down at a family meal, it was such a great experience. I’m a New York born girl raised in Miami, and this Sicilian rates Amici’s a 10!

Casual family restaurant serving delicious food with true Italian flavor. Started out with fresh, hot, roasted garlic and warm bread, enjoyed a salad and the Grouper Francese on a bed of angel hair pasta was to die for! We were undecided about what wine we wanted so the waitress brought us a couple samples to try....did I mention we had fabulous, friendly service too!

It was good Italian. We were able to make a reservation for 8 tonight a few hours before arriving to eat. The roasted garlic and oil for the bread is very good. The fried mozzarella was very good. The eggplant Parmesan was in the top of the best I have I say within the top 5. The chicken Cesar was very good and fresh. The tour of Italy was 10 times better than Olive Garden. The homemade Alfredo was good and you can definitely it was homemade. The waitress was nice and friendly but slacked on refills maybe they were short staffed.

We had a wonderful server named Lesley who made our dining experience very enjoyable and the food was just outstanding. Complements to the chef! The hostess was also very friendly. We were told seating would be about 25 minutes, but we only had to wait maybe 10 minutes 👍. The restaurant is very beautiful and the atmosphere is relaxing. Come for the food, though, and you won't be disappointed. Got a pleasant surprise at how good the celery soup was, and I don't even like celery. A bit spicy from the datil pepper, but oh, so good. Everything in the pictures was great and provide an extra meal at home. Highly recommend this place when in the St. Augustine area of Florida.