Amiccis
I love this restaurant. My partner and I eat here as often as possible. He loves the seafood dishes and I love the salad. Both of us love the calamari. Clearly the first reviewer had an "off" night because this place rocks. Skip the Panne Rotondo -- too fattening -- and go for the excellent antipasto. It's cheap for what you get and delicious. Also, the pastas are pretty good.    [13 May 2004 19:28:56]

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     ­Anonymous   

They don't know their food
I had dinner there this past weekend. The restaurant advertised casual dining. What I got was overpriced chicken marsala a la Amicci's, which meant a slab of (probably defrosted) chicken in a bed of watery sauce and mushroom slices, with linguini and red sauce served in a bowl on the side. I'm not Italian, but I've had chicken marsala a good number of times in a variety of restaurants, and I *know* this dish does not come with red sauce. I did *not* order spaghetti and chicken gravy. When I questioned the waitress, she insisted that that was how the dish was prepared. Funny, the menu description didn't mention marinara sauce. I know the waitress noticed that I had dumped the sauce and was mixing my gravy and red-stained linguini, but she did not offer to rectify the dish. I won't be back    [26 Jan 2003 20:35:11]

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     ­Christine   

Christine Who?
[Editor's Note - This is a message from the Chef]

Amicci's is a great family-owned restaurant in Little Italy. Amicci's uses all fresh ingredients and cooks every dish to order. If Christine knew what she was talking about, she might have given a better review. It just shows that anyone with a computer can write untrue statements about a business that works hard every day and feeds thousands of satisfied customers every week! I suggest when Christine has a problem with the food in any restaurant, that she ask to speak with the owner or manager to notify them of her problems. This scenerio/dining experience is very uncommon and if it were legitimate, it would have been rectified on the spot! It's very easy to sit at a computer and try to destroy a restaurant's reputation anonymously! That doesn't sound very fair to me. Christine, if you have a valid concern, I'd love to hear it in person, not on a computer screen    [18 Jun 2003 21:32:41]

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Recommended Dishes: everything!

     ­Chef Roland Keh/Amicci's   roland at amiccis dot com

I Can't Wait To Get Back!!
I discovered Amicci's one night walking around Little Italy in Baltimore with my family. I'm a huge Aerosmith fan and when I heard the story connecting them to Amicci's I had to try it!! Can I say Heaven!! I grew up on Italian food and it's hard for me to find a restaraunt that actually serves proper Italian food, but Amicci's had it! Every time I'm in town the first place to stop on my list is Amicci's! I could honestly eat there every night for a week and never get bored of their cuisine. It's definatly a hotspot and this Christine lady obviously didn't eat at the same Amicci's as the rest of us    [26 Oct 2004 22:31:34]

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Recommended Dishes: Any of their Gnocchi dishes are fantastic!

     ­Christina (C-Jo)   Johnsonc4 at mail dot montclair dot edu

Amicci chef knows how to cook seafood right
Amicci's is one of my favorite places to eat. I live in the Washington DC area but will drive far to eat at Amicci's. The chef certainly knows how to cook squid and mussels the right way. They are always great when I order them.    [10 Jan 2007 11:27:15]

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Recommended Dishes: fried calamari, mussels

     ­Maria   pbati85 at yahoo dot com

Amicci's was a great disappointment. If you want to pay inflated prices to eat tastless food off of uneven tables with vinyl tableclothes using tin cutlery in a dingy back room, this is the place for you. Maybe our expectations were raised too high by reader reviews. But after our highly unsatisfying experience, I wonder if the "reader" reviews weren't actually submitted by the restaurant. The front room is attractive, but the rest of the dining rooms are dark, unpleasant, and have greasy floors. However, the worst part of the experience was the food. We ordered two appetizers and three pasta entrees (this is not an "Italian" restaurant; the limited menu makes this no more than a pasta joint) and they all tasted the same -- that's to say, they had no taste. The calamari were a congealed mass of tasteless fried dough; the red sauce with which it was served had no bite at all. The mussels were passable but rather small and tough and the garlic broth very thin. Our three pasta dishes -- a red sauce, an alfredo sauce, and a garlic pesto -- truly tasted alike. Everyone in our party reached for the salt shaker after the first bite -- a first for me in any restaurant!

Let's face it, Baltimore's Little Italy is a pale imitation of a real ethic enclave. There's no restaurant there that can rival any authentic Italian restaurant in Washington or New York. Whatever language they speak, the words "al dente" are clearly not understood. If you must eat there, though, pay one or two dollars more per item and eat at Sabatino's -- at least you get a little atmosphere with your overcooked noodles. (12/04/07)    [08 Nov 2007 12:45:25]

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