This was a lucky find after a suggestion from someone on the towpath. Had a great takeaway coffee yesterday and today I sat outside with a coffee and an egg baguette. The baguette was freshly cooked and still warm and the filling clearly fresh. Absolutely lovely. Staff friendly and pleasant and everywhere was lovely and clean. The food other customers were eating looked lovely as well! Can't wait to go back. If you're on a boat it's no more than a 10 minute walk from the canal. Access is via Bridge 169. Facing the railway bridge and lock 78 go left. In a few hundred yards you'll see the Harvester - keep the Harvester to your left and you'll see a parade of shops - Cafe Amici is on the left at the end of the parade. If you're in a car there is some parking but if there's no spaces turn up the side street. Really nice to find a lovely independent cafe serving great food and coffee at a very reasonable...
Read moreIt was my first time today after the cafe has been taken over and I'm sorry to say it was awful. Before I have never had a bad meal but this time it was terrible. I ordered cheese on toast, it was the driest, hardest, most tasteless cheese on toast I've ever had. My friend had her meal - which looked very bland so I didn't want to complain too much, but I did say, but they ignored that. At the end I said I wasn't prepared to pay for the cheese on toast, so the young man (very rude) said "you've eaten half of it so tough". His attitude was bad. So to me, that's not how to handle it. Anyway AVOID. It's NOTHING like it used to be, I'm pretty sure it...
Read moreAmici have reopened with new owners and a completely new offering. Much as I loved the old cafe, this is an Italian restaurant with proper restaurant quality food served on Friday and Saturday evenings 6-10pm. The food was excellent - we had pizza (crispy base, tasty sauce and toppings) and one of the veal dishes with rosemary potatoes - superbly cooked - a proper taste of Italy. The tiramisu and wine were also excellent. With ZaZa gone from Ricky, it would be fabulous if local people supported this new venture as the food is excellent. We will be back on our next...
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