Amici Italian Restaurant

Very yummy! Seemed to be quite authentic Italian food. We both had pasta and it was delicious :)

Nice location, but felt service & waiting times spoiled the experience. Staff not very knowledgeable about the dishes & then very unapologetic when served me the wrong meal! Waiting times for food very long too, but was delicious.

the atmosphere here is so cosy! awesome setting with good staff. Highly recommend the fettuccine its amazing

The Amici Italian Restaurant is located in Quality Street, which is a cobble-stoned, VIctorian-style street, in Whangarei's CBD. The decor inside is really nice but they also have an outside dining area, which lets you enjoy the lovely street and get added atmosphere from the many other restaurants in it. They sell lovely Italian dishes. I'm working my way through their menu - that's how lovely the food is. Highly recommended.

I ordered the $7 meditaranian side salad and asked for a little bit of extra lettuce and avacado which I was expecting to pay a few dollars extra for and my friend ordered a big $16 chicken salad (keep in mind mine is vegetarian-why I was expecting to pay $10 max for the salad with the extras).. I went to pay the bill and it seemed really dear.. I got back to my car, looked at the receipt and saw the girl who served me (Samantha) had charged me $18.50 for my SEVEN DOLLAR salad because I asked for extra lettuce and avocado.. I called up and the lady I talked to said she'd give me a refund and to go back in, so, I paid for parking again and went back to amici's only to be told I would not be getting a refund by the girl who served me (Samantha) and said she purposely charged me that much because I asked for extra lettuce and avocado.. the salad I got didn't even taste like it was worth $7 let alone $18.50! Lettuce and tomatos tasted old and the salad was REALLY salty..I only had a few mouthfuls and that was all I could eat of it as the saltiness was making me feel sick.. Really appalled and will definitely NOT be going back there!