Cafe Amici — Restaurant in Hamden

When a power outage threatened to ruin our wedding day. Cafe Amici came to the rescue. With a food truck, a generator and a plan - they were ready to cater our wedding within a few hours. The way they worked so closely and quickly with our wedding planner made the transition so easy. They helped recreate some of our wedding menu (cocktail hour bites, sala, pasta) and then opened up the party for wood-fired pizza. I never would have imagined this would be what I served at my beach wedding reception, but it was absolutely perfect! All of my guests raved about the food, and most of them were Italian! The addition of wood-fired pizza actually made the reception flow better as people began to get up out of their seats. As a vegan, they took care of me no problem. Serving my salad with no cheese, making my pasta vegan and making me a special vegan pizza. They even packaged up additional pasta and two personal pizzas for my husband and I that we ate after the reception on our hotel room balcony. It was perfect. The chefs were genuinely nice and attentive to our guests needs. We are so incredibly happy that Cafe Amici was there for our wedding....

from the moment we walked in the door to the very second we left this service was shameful. we stood and waited to be greeted, no one approached...so we walked into the dining area. servers walked by but still no one approached. finally I asked someone if we should just sit down, the girl said "give me a minute" she proceeds to put silverware away. again we awkwardly waited standing in the dining area. we get seated, our server was mediocre and just going through the motions. he could have been better but...whatever. my drink came out and I had a moment where I thought I was being pranked. the cup was half way filled and it was basically wine mixed with club soda?! we got calamari to start and I didn't know how underwhelming and bland calamari could be. we asked for the check...we walked out...again no one even addressed that we left. we went next door to park central and let's just say the experience is night and day. we're spending more at park central..and its worth it!

I don't know how anyone could be satisfied with anything about this place. it is needless to say we will never go back. I couldn't...

I've gotten takeout here before but this time decided to dine in with guests (I live in the neighborhood). Made a reservation by phone, and arrived on time. Upon arrival, we were told to wait until a table opened up...we were thinking maybe a few minutes. Nope. 1/2 hour later, we were finally seated. A table that was empty when we sat down was then seated, and that party's order was taken before ours. They then took our order. When they came out with our drinks, the server spilled a glass of wine on my friend's sweater and pants. Luckily I live down the street and am a similar size so I went home to get her a change of clothes. When we were handed our bill, the server pointed out that they hadn't charged us for the glass of wine she spilled. I should say not! I didn't want my friends to encounter any additional rudeness, but if I had been there alone, I would've asked for a comped meal then and there. It's not about the spill or even about not honoring our reservation in a timely manner, it's about the rudeness and zero effort to make...