Amici — Restaurant in Stresa

Ok food, but their price policy is not what you usually expect: side dishes are priced additionally and are pricey. Be warned. Most interestingly, kids spaghetti con ragu were priced as two items: spaghetti per se (12 euro) and ragu (7 euro) ;)

Update: as I could not answer to the owner’s answer, will just update my original review here. Yes, indeed, it was my mistake to misunderstand the bill (it was long list of items). My excuses to the owner. Still, our waiter recommended side dish for ossobucco that was served on top of the risotto and clearly did not require a potatoes as a side dish. The better service would be to not suggest it at all or warn about the risotto.

All said, I also upgrade the review from two...

Worst restaurant during my time in italy.

Regarding the food, both my food and my partners, was far from tasty. You can not charge those prices with that quality. Avoid ossobuco with risotto as well as pasta with shelfish.

They played us a trick with the liquor. After refusing to two diferent waiters for coffe and dessert, later on they came to offer a liquor that they charged (two of them for 10€). I assume they do not always need to be free, but if you insist and ask someone for the liquor let them know in advance they will be charged for it.

Also, I was not expecting the nicest wine from the caraffe, but this one went to a level that was almost non drinkable. Extremly...

We were a bit underwhelmed, to be honest. Should have listened to the reviews.

Lasagne: not the best I've had but also not the worst. Asked for some extra parmesan and got the tiniest bit with a sour face from the waitress.

Ravioli: very average, we got a bottle of olive oil for the ravioli but the waitress took it from us without saying anything and gave it to another table before we even got to use it for ourselves.

Carpaccio: very nice, enjoyable.

Waiting time for a table: about 15 minutes.

Overall: not very worth it. Won't come back. Wouldn't...