Amari Restaurant — Restaurant in Great Britain

I used to come to this location regularly when the restaurant was called Semolina. It’s a small restaurant sits 20. It has been renovated lovely & has a really nice atmosphere. If I’m honest being in the Michelin guide I was expecting more from the food. The bread was delicious but felt more French. The beet salad was my favourite, delicious so much so that I ate it before I thought to take a photo ;) The mushroom croquettes were delicious in taste but the texture wasn’t quite right, a bit wet. For tapas we like to order a few things and then see how full we are then order more. We had ordered patatas bravas at the same time as above but they never materialised, we could see the service was taking a wee bit longer (and the server had mentioned that things such as the cauliflower took 30-40 mins) so we also ordered the tiny squid whilst waiting for the potatoes. Still nothing materialised, when we mention the patatas bravas we were told they were going to serve them with the squid... fine. Then 5 mins later they came, so I feel they were just forgotten about. The table next to us had sent their potatoes back because they were cold, and half of ours were hot and the rest barely warm. They were very tasty, but more like roast potatoes. The squid wasn't actually very nice, it was too salty & I like salt. It came with squid ink which is salty and was a puddle, rather than a dressing. It was also sever with samphire which is also salty but it was the squid coating itself that was extremely salty. I like salt so I ate it, but my husband couldn't. It wasn't a balanced dish. This apparently wasn't the only dish that was salty as the couple on the other side of us sent back their buttered greens because they were too salty. I don't eat meat but what I saw come out did look delicious. It was a lovely evening and the service is very personable but the food delivery is quite slow, I understand that the kitchen is small and so things would take longer but I've been in many a tiny tapas restaurant and not waited as long, especially for things such as bravas. The chef is obviously cooking to order, so well done for that, but 40 mins for some parts of the menu feels bit excessive. It is very reasonably priced, and the wine was nice, but we'd finished the bottle before the food had all arrived, which for me never happens, but we were drinking whilst waiting for each dish to arrive (nothing came together). I don't want this to sound too negative, we did enjoy it, but just expected a bit more being in...

This place doesn't feel like Brighton. I'm not usually someone for flamboyant Michelin restaurants but this place was great. I found the service to be a bit over the top but everything else was amazing. The atmosphere is great, with really good decor and music choice. The food was easily the best part though, although quite expensive the dishes are worth it with the highlights being patatas bravas, the cod special, prawns and especially their croquettas. The chefs were also very personal, informing us on our food and asking how everything was - definitely someone who loves their work. 9.9/10 experience, phenomenal...

Cute, wholesome little venue. Beautiful simplistic decor without being pretentious. Menu is plentiful of choice. Service was superb, we managed to squeeze in on the day.

Tina, Agatha, Ian, Em, Nazul set a wonderful atmosphere and experience - Welcoming through and through. The head chef joined us for a chat at the end of service.

Cocktails were perfectly balanced, we had the Mezcalitas, which did not disappoint as fans of Halisco.

Don't think, go - Fantastic service, beautiful fresh and light food, wonderfully seasoned with perfect texture.

Half of the pictures were taken after we dug in - It was too...