Amici’s Restaurante

Unilocal, this place has closed, shut down, move out, not here any more, store is vacant, not here any longer. I wondered how long they would last. The first review I did the owner wrote me and complained about my review and wanted me to return so he could fix my complaint on the spot. But the next time I came in the waitress was sitting with me in my booth and when I told her I had a problem with the meal and was going to give the owner/​chef and opportunity to make it right the waitress said don’t bother as he can’t do anything about it. So I never returned. Today I was driving through the shopping center trying to find the cupcake shop and noticed that the place was gone and the space was up for rent and had no moved signs so I assume it is just plain GONE!!!

Bad. Bad. Bad.
The food was just awful. My pasta was swimming in a half cup of water… somebody get the cook a strainer!
The soup tasted like they had taken old meat sauce and watered it down and called it soup.
The prices were high for what it was. Charging premium prices at a dive restaurant is inexcusable.
There are lots of restaurants in this complex, I suggest going to IHOP instead.

The food is overpriced for the quality.

My wife and I have been to this restaurant on a few occassions. Unlike some of the others, we have found this to be a nice little restaurant with very nice waitresses. (Valerie has been our personal favorite so far). We have only ordered Pizza and a few differrent sandwiches so far, but have not had any complaints as to the taste nor the service. In fact, I would actually have to say the waitresses here are worth a return trip alone compared to most of the places in the area. No, its not a «Carrabas». But realistically, if you are walking into any area strip mall expecting it to be of the Carabbas calibre, then you are setting your expectations a little too high for woodbridge anyway! As for this place, I would recommend it. Nice staff, good food. Not overly priced.

Waitress was very friendly but the food wasn’t good. The vegetable soup was good but could have had more veggies. The salad bar was sad looking. The steak canzone was «ok» my boyfriend said. I had chicken Alfredo and asked for broccoli but they didn’t have any. It was just a cream sauce not cheesey at all like you think of an Alfredo sauce. It was also really expensive for such poor quality food. The place has no atmosphere. I will never go back here ever again.

How do you mess up pizza? We just moved to the area and have been trying out every business in the area, and so far Amici’s takes last place.
Rude staff, bland food. Need I say more. AVOID.

Friendly atmosphere and decent food for the price.

I really wanted to like this place – it seems pretty established, it’s right near my Harris Teeter, and they have a buffet.
Unfortunately, my better half is Italian and it’s rubbed off a bit. The sauce is very bland and thin – imagine opening a can of tomato purée and reconstituting it with a bit of water. The chicken parm had little to distinguish it from what you could nuke at home, and the pizza was lacking as well. Maybe they have an amazing standout dish on the menu, but I couldn’t find it.

It appears as though everybody’s still here after yesterday’s predicted Rapture. Not that I would have expected many Unilocalers to be among the chosen anyway — what with the gluttony and all.
So what did I did with my Rapture Day? Well, by the time it got to dinner and I figured nothing cataclysmic was going to happen, I made my way over to the strip mall near where I’m staying and tried this storefront Italian place’s $ 8.99 buffet. Just in case the Rapture happened at the last second. See, flying (if I was chosen) seems like it would take a lot of energy. So I wanted to carb load.
By the time I was finished, if I were of the elected, they would have needed to fit me with a bigger pair of wings. The bar is not huge (there are two sauces, some meatballs, a soup, and an average amount of salad toppings). And it’s not the highest quality stuff. The lettuce is a little wilty. Some of the pasta was burnt (and none of it looked like anything that the worst cook couldn’t do at home). But when I tried the tomato sauce, I knew the food was the real deal. Filled with vegetables and perfectly tangy with spices, this Manassas recipe could go head to head with anything in the city!
Not that for a second I was confused to my location with NASCAR on the television and a waitstaff of teenagers. That also helped lend itself to the fact that it was just like college dorm food. In the best way I mean (all carbs and no cares). And the thin but punchy pizza was better than most stuff that I could get delivered back then. The «pizza chef» was putting in 150% to keep it hot and fresh for the large crowd.
I left happy and much less healthy. On Tuesdays, the buffet is only $ 5.99. I think I might have found myself a new weekly tradition. I won’t need to wait for the potential end on the world for the next time I return.