Peppers By Amedeo's Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in Upper Merion Township

I dined here today with my family. We were a party of 5 and from beginning to end we had a wonderful experience.

It actually started with me calling to make the initial reservation. The young lady I spoke with, I believe her name was Katie, was very pleasant to speak to on the phone and very accommodating. When I called back a couple of days later, to request a date change for our reservation, Katie took the time to see what could be worked out seating wise and was able to make it happen for us, which I really appreciated.

Upon arriving at the restaurant (we had a 5 PM reservation on a Saturday), I found the parking to be plentiful. I like the setup/layout of the restaurant with the different rooms. Regarding our food, it was delicious, and our server, Nick, was quite a pleasure to deal with. He made sure our every need was met.

Around the table, we had scampi, chicken piccata, and chicken sorrento, just to name a few, as well as a couple of appetizers and several cocktails, and everything was on point. The portion sizes were plentiful, the food was hot, and the taste was perfect, and we did not have to wait long for our order!

To top the outing off, we had several of the desserts, including the affagato, the salted caramel brownie, the cannoli, and the mini donuts with Nutella (there had to be 15-20 mini donuts in the order)! Again, everything was simply perfection.

I will definitely be returning to this hidden gem. They say you only have one chance to make a first impression, and I really was impressed. I haven't had this good of an experience in a dining establishment in a long time, so this experience was a welcome one and I will definitely patronize this business again in the future.

Kudos to the staff, from those answering the phone, to the servers, to the chefs/bartenders, and everyone in between!

Thanks for providing me and my family with a great...

It’s way better than I expected. We’ve lived in the area for three years and this is our first time visiting Peppers, why? Because I was deterred by the lackluster reviews here on Yelp. Finally, tonight I let my hubby to choose and we came for dinner.

Although the outside looks plain, the inside turns out way nicer—it’s nicely decorated; although you can tell everything was probably done years ago, they managed to keep it clean, which gives the place some charming classic vibe.

The food both look and taste better than the photos posted by others. Portions are decent too. I had one of the weekend specials: BBQ Salmon with Crab Risotto—the BBQ sauce is a bit heavy but the risotto is perfectly cooked and seasoned with decent amount of crab meat.

Our server Ashley (middle-aged lady with curly pony tail) is very friendly. Her upbeat mannerism is really refreshing. Nowadays you don’t always encounter servers who know how to do their job.

The only reason for four stars instead of five is the dinner bread: It came in a basket wrapped in the napkin and looked great, but the bread is actually cold as if they just took it out from the fridge. I’m not sure this is a mistake or it’s supposed to be cold.

Overall, we are quite satisfied with tonight’s dinner experience and do plan to come back soon. I think Peppers is a good alternative...

This is for a takeout order so middle ratings for service and atmosphere. The food however is a different story. Just moved and was told to come here… Couldn’t eat in so what’s easy? Hmmm… Stromboli.

What did I get? Not a stromboli that’s for sure. (Hint: they’re rolled). Instead I got a calzone. (And not even a proper one with ricotta either.) An oily top coated, very sloppy, soggy bottomed one. Did you put an entire peck of peppers on it guys? Hint#2: calzones need to be vented but it’s not like that would’ve helped dry up this flood zone…

In fact it was so wet it dripped out of the box and all over the seat on the way home. Grrrrr. Didn’t know that fun fact until walking in carrying it when I felt something dripping on my hand that had the car keys. Hopefully my fob that got soaked still works. And my stained car seat cleans up too.

For a supposed Italian-ish restaurant how do you NOT know what a stromboli is? This is Italian cooking 101 and your cooks obviously flunked it.

Bottom line? Total disaster. Fire the cook too. Not that management will ever see this review let alone respond. Don’t think the care.

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