Amici Trattoria, Wine Bar & Market — Restaurant in Mobile

I was super hopeful trying this restaurant for the first time. The person I was going with had been before and was happy with their experience. The lady who seated me was friendly but seemed a little frazzled. There were only 2 other tables at the time and some folks at the bar. Our server was friendly but also seemed a little scattered. So I am not sure if there was something going on in the back or not. We ordered the arancini and it was fine… the sauce that accompanied was really good and had a kick. Then we split the wedge salad and it was like a wet mess. The lettuce was super wet and then covered in a dressing with absolutely no flavor. How can you screw up a wedge salad? I ordered the lasagna and was thrown off by how much grease it had at the bottom of the bowl. It looked really good and rich but had very little flavor. I requested a side of the sauce I mentioned earlier and that helped some. The highlights were the olive bread and the sauce served with the arancini. The lows were, the rest of the food and how slow the service was. The restaurant did get busier and the staff seemed overwhelmed. Having been a server and a manager at a restaurant, I hope the staff gets some more training or hire more servers. If this place is promoting fine dining then the hostess should be a little more put together…not wearing tennis shoes and jeans. I will say the prices were reasonable for mediocre food. I hope they tweak what they have started and really try to step it up. I would love to see...

I hate to leave a bad review but my experience at amici was far below what I would expect from any Italian restaurant, I will say the bread is good but that’s about it, the arancini were flavorless and the “carbonara” was disgusting to be frank. The sauce was just straight up egg yolk, it’s supposed to be a thick silky sauce made by combing Parmesan and egg yolks and lightly cooked by the hot pasta but what was served was pasta with egg yolks on it sprinkled with Parmesan cheese, there was no cheese in the actual sauce, literally just runny uncooked egg yolks, it was gross. I’m also 99% sure they used barilla pasta. Barilla pasta is fine but for an Italian restaurant to be serving that is insane to me, you don’t have to make fresh pasta, although that would be nice, but at least use a higher quality brand. So expensive for the portions especially when you take into account they’re using a cheap bottom of the barrel pasta brand and not even making the dishes correctly. My boyfriend got the gnocchi and the meat sauce was flavorless and again, low quality store bought gnocchi, tough, not soft and pillowy like it should be. I guess they can get away with this bc there’s no good Italian places down here and people don’t know what they’re missing but I was incredibly disappointed. Also, the restaurant as a whole had a very stiff uncomfortable vibe, our server was sweet but everyone else we dealt with were high strung and it felt overbearing and stressful. I certainly won’t...

The restaurant is very nice. From the hostess to our server, we experienced a friendly, engaging staff!

We had the caprese appetizer that included mozzarella, tomatoes and basil — all extremely fresh!

I had the fish, which was cod that included blistered tomatoes, Kalamata olives, fresh lemon and capers. Wonderful combination but honestly lacked seasoning. Conversely, my husband had the lamb chops and he was wildly impressed.

For the sides we shared the roasted vegetables, we also both agreed were excellent. However, we also agreed the polenta was terribly bland.

They serve bread with olive oil and a balsamic reduction, for dipping. The bread was fresh but I do wish they had provided cracked black pepper for the olive oil.

The other thing noticeably missing was salt and pepper on the table that honestly I’ve never added to a restaurant meal but would have tonight.

For dessert we had tiramisu, and both enjoyed that.

I had an espresso martini, which was perfect and also had espresso following dinner—also very good.

Before gratuity, we spent $75 per person — with gratuity, we landed at $185.

Overall, it was good but honestly, I wouldn’t return. It was simply inconsistent and not authentic Italian — when you’re Italian,...