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    Amici's Restaurant

    4.0 (187 reviews)
    PriceyItalian
    Closed 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    What's the vibe?
    Classy
    Moderate noise
    Dogs allowed
    Good for groups

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    Aperol spritz
    Goetti F.

    Came here on a weekday to celebrate and enjoyed our experience overall. The bread was hot and crispy on the outside, drinks well made, and food was fresh and delicious. Fried calamari was some of the best we had. The pork chops were good but the potatoes were excessively salted, seemed possibly accidental they were so salty. Everything else, delicious. Had molten lava cake for desert, what a treat! Looking forward to returning in the future. Staff was attentive, it was a quiet night but enjoyed our time. Also, holiday decorations were beautiful!

    Tiffany B.

    My favorite date night spot! This is easily one of my boyfriend's and my go-to places. The food is incredible, and I always order their penne alla vodka with chicken--it never disappoints. Everything is homemade, and the authenticity of their Italian cuisine shines through in every bite!

    Burrata app!
    Stefanie D.

    I've been coming here for years with my family, but it's been awhile- probably 3-4 years. And much of the things I commented on in my previous review have just continued and gotten worse- namely the service. Just as I said before, you somehow have like 3 waiters and yet no waiters at all. When I tried to give the man I thought was our waiter our appetizer order, he cut me off mid sentence to tell me to order with another guy (the owner). He was brusque and rude and made fun of me for not understanding what was happening with the owner. After ordering, we sat and waited for our food for forever. My elderly father who has to take medication repeatedly tried to get someone, anyone's attention and they steadfastly ignored him. When the owner finally dropped our food my dad tried to engage him in conversation about a mutual friend and when I said my dad was this person's brother he cut me off and said that wasn't his brother he knows his brother- to which I replied I know I was attempting to say brother in law (but he rudely cut me off before I could finish the sentence!). I have absolutely no patience for restaurants who act like they are doing you a favor by letting you dine there. The service was just appalling. Add that to the fact the same dishes they've been serving have had a 30% price markup and somehow taste worse- when I visit home I'll be asking my parents to take me elsewhere. Ps I had the special and the white sauce was thin, runny and had almost no flavor. The sole tastes overwhelmingly like lemon and the bolognese was boring and uninspired.

    NY Strip
    Brianna P.

    The service was good, lovely servers, and the food was delicious. The ambiance of the restaurant was romantic and just welcoming overall, I recommend this place for a celebratory dinner, a date night etc; this is definitely a hidden gem in Shelton CT and I will be excited to come back for more!

    Bar area
    Dawn P.

    First time here, came for a holiday get together. The restaurant was beautifully decorated for the holidays. The staff was very attentive and friendly. We had a leisurely dinner and did not feel rushed at all. All of our menu choices were amazing. We had the fettuccine carbonara, penne ala vodka and the special scallop and shrimp ala vodka. I asked for a special dish of rigatoni fra diavolo it was perfect. If you're looking for a more upscale Italian restaurant, then this is the place.

    Eggplant rollatini
    Missy A.

    This restaurant has been on my list for a while and I finally got to go! It is such a beautiful restaurant inside, and out! It is on the fancy side but I'm a firm believer, that you don't need to have a special occasion to experience a great restaurant. My bestie and I came here and we had a great time! We ordered the eggplant rollatini to start off with and wow was it delicious! For the entree I ordered the chicken Scarpellio, which was on the specials menu. It was perfect! Full of so much flavor! The portion size was great too! I had leftovers the next night for dinner. The restaurant itself is very clean. I love the dim lighting and the service was amazing! Great staff, great restaurant! Oh and tasty wine!!

    Chicken sorentino

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    They hit all the marks. Good food, beautiful ambiance and excellent service. Would recommend this restaurant without hesitation

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    RITROVO - Tiramisu & Lemon Drop Martini

    RITROVO

    4.3(32 reviews)
    2.0 mi

    We had an amazing experience at Ritrovo for my daughter's bridal shower. Jaime and staff/waiters…read morewent above and beyond. Food was amazing, wait staff was attentive and friendly and even helped bring all the presents out to the car. The room looked elegant and was set up perfectly for our party size. Everyone raved about the food and service. Jaime was so accommodating and easy going. He makes you feel like family. I highly recommend Ritrovo's for their food or if you are looking to have an event at a restaurant!

    I had high hopes for this place, especially given all the great reviews, but sadly, we were very…read moredisappointed. Let's start with the positive... The place itself is beautiful, cozy, inviting, and really nicely laid out. Tables seem to be a little on top of one another, but they're nice size tables. Started the night off with a tiramisu martini, it was excellent... Great way of marrying decade and tiramisu dessert with an alcoholic twist of martini. Also split the zucchini blossom with my husband. This was decadent, honestly a great balance between taste, the crispy fried texture, and the ever so smooth tomato sauce that came with it. It wasn't just a sauce, it was a brilliant combination of texture, taste, and color... The taste buds were very excited and couldn't wait for what was to come. At this point, we were really excited, oh, I forgot to mention, the homemade bread, with hints of rosemary... You have my heart once you bring me, rosemary! It was excellent, nice, soft and chewy, yet crispy on the outside and the whipped goat cheese, like butter with an excellent accompaniment to the bread. At this point, the cadence was at a great pace. Andres came shortly after. My husband ordered the pork chop, and I ordered the chili and Seabass special which came with mussels and a tomato sauce with basil on top of the corn risotto. The pork chop did look appealing, but whatever strange reason, the pork chop with sliced into half inch pieces which immediately raised a red flag for both my husband and me. My husband is very particular in ordering his pork medium well too well done, as he does not like seeing any pink in his pork whatsoever given a harrowing experience from years ago. having said that, I don't know if it was their intention to slice the pork to ensure it was cooked to the correct wellness, but in doing so, it dried up the pork completely and made this dish absolutely an edible for my husband. To boot, the pork really had no flavor, but it looked beautiful, even a mist being sliced in little pieces. I tried it, and I too, felt the taste to be very flat. The vegetables that came with it were very good, nicely, roasted, and perfectly done, but the meal is not about the vegetables. It's about the pork chop, let's be serious, especially at $47.95! My Seabass was also very flat, it tasted more like poached fish than it did like a seared fish. Really did not have much flavor in terms of spices, the muscles are good, and the risotto was very good, but that fish itself lacked any luster whatsoever again, at the price tag of $47.95. The waiter came and asked us how our meals were and my husband explained to him his disappointment with his dish saying how dried out it was, and the waiter waiters response was I'm sorry, I'll give you a dessert on the house... Really? An eight dollar dessert equates to a $48 meal and that should satisfy my husband. About 3/4 of the pork chop was not consumed and nothing else was done. He asked me how I felt about my fish and I told him it was flat and really didn't have much flavor. He looked at me and said ok and walked away. The owner who had given us such a nice greeting when we walked in, recognized my husband, and when he came by during our meal, never once did he ask us how we were. Honestly, a real disappointment, we started off so nice and strong with this place, and the biggest showcase was such a letdown and the way it was handled was even more disappointing. It was our first time and our last time here.

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    RITROVO - Well stocked bar area

    Well stocked bar area

    RITROVO - Tomahawk special with lobster mashed potatoes and spinach

    Tomahawk special with lobster mashed potatoes and spinach

    RITROVO - Tiramisu Espresso Martini!

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    Il Palio Ristorante

    Il Palio Ristorante

    4.2(255 reviews)
    3.3 mi
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    Came here for an anniversary - what a great pick! The place…read moreis stunning inside and out. When we arrived, we checked in our coats and we were seated to a couple of champagne glasses. The array of dishes was a bit overwhelming. I definitely encourage viewing photos of the food prior to ordering, it helped so much. We started with garlic bread and fried calamari. For the main course, I went with the Lasagna made with ground beef and veal. It was absolutely delicious (I even took some home!) My husband went for the fillet mignon and he said the meat was cooked perfectly. The food was 5 stars! Things to note - It was a bit hard to have a conversation because it was loud. Also, we did have a hard time finding the restaurant since it's in a plaza with other businesses. We had to call the restaurant to get accurate directions. I loved the romance this place has. Beautiful beautiful.

    Second time coming here. Writing this review a bit late as we were here back in October. First…read moretime I was here was a very unfortunate time for our family as it was my Aunt's Celebration of Life Lunch after her funeral back in 2017. My uncle rented out the entire private event space. I remember the venue being absolutely stunning. Large glass windows and the bar was gorgeous. I didn't realize this was only the private event section of the restaurant. Fast forward to our visit back in October 2025, when we arrived and wanted to sit at this gorgeous bar that I had remembered, it turns out that area is for private events only. There was actually a wedding going on. So, we sat at the main bar and had a drink which is upstairs. Downstairs is where the private events are. Although the main bar was nice, I just had in my head the gorgeous modern vibe of the event space. The main bar is more old school Italian, warm colors whereas downstairs is more bright and modern. Moving on to the food, we split the Giulio Cesare (Ceasar salad). It was fine. Nothing special. Lots of cheese on top. For entrees, I had the Ippoglosso alla Boscaiola con Pure di Patate e Asparagi (Halibut). It was incredible. No complaints. Boyfriend had the Salmone alla Senape e Dragoncello con Spinaci e Pomodorini (Salmon). He enjoyed his dish as well. What I did not love was the dessert. I don't even remember what it was, but it should have been thawed out a bit. It was rock hard when it got to our table. Some sort of a pistachio dessert. I feel like it may have been a torte. We did not enjoy it. I think it was a special they had. Would highly recommend the event space here (beautiful ambiance), however I don't remember much about the food at the event. The building itself is quite impressive as you walk up to it. Nice grounds.

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    Il Palio Ristorante - Inside

    Inside

    Il Palio Ristorante - Dinner filet

    Dinner filet

    Il Palio Ristorante - Outside

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