Amarone Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was good, but the menu was different and the dish, which I had previously eaten and really enjoyed was not available on it."
• "Had a really pleasant meal here. Food was great and all the staff were polite."
• "The food was nice with some unique flavours / colours for example the beetroot and goats cheese tortellini."
• "The food was fantastic, the portions are huge"
• "Food is absolutely amazing, my husband and I ordered the fillet steak which was cooked to perfection."
• "The spaghetti carbonara was delicious, this was not not on the menu, however was made to order."
• "The food was excellent."

Cons:

• "Entire party has food poisoning."
• "Over cooked seafood and smelt off."
• "Chewy duck"
• "The woodland mushroom crostini arrived as limp razor thin slices of button mushroom atop pale yellow packet mozzarella and warmed soft baguette."
• "The starters were really nice, but mains just didn’t hit the mark. The flavours were bland and the pizza dough was burnt in many of our dishes."
• "The meatballs were pretty tasteless and there was barely enough sauce to mask this."
• "I had the minestrone soup which was bland and tasteless."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff are friendly, attentative & knowledgeable."
• "Great atmosphere and not too loud so could actually chat at the table."
• "We were waited on by lovely Eleanna."
• "Work night out, wait staff were great."
• "The service was magnificent, my server was attentive and had great energy."
• "The staff were extremely welcoming, attentive and so friendly."
• "The service was excellent, waiting staff very attentive, friendly and professional."

Cons:

• "Not recommended."
• "Drinks orders a bit slow in coming"
• "Some of the waiting staff would require appropriate training in basic service etiquette."
• "Service so slow we had to miss dessert after a rushed main course."
• "It then took the team 30 minutes after our drinks were completely empty to ask if we wanted more."
• "We waited (standing) 15 minutes to be seated despite having a booking & the restaurant being empty."
• "Unfortunately the service was quite poor, we had to keep asking for our drinks as they had forgotten them 3 times."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Really love this restaurant. Much bigger inside than it looks on the outside."
• "Unlike other places in Aberdeen it doesn't try to hard and you can actually have a conversation without shouting at the person across the table."
• "The restaurant itself is lovely and creates a cosy, welcoming atmosphere."
• "Such a beautiful restaurant with a fantastic atmosphere, the food is consistently excellent."
• "A great relaxing atmosphere and really complementing decor throughout."
• "The interior is just beautiful."
• "A very nice restaurant offering a very good choice in wine and food."

Cons:

• "If the pianist is here to stay and I sincerely hope not, the acoustics must be improved."
• "Sat beside a large group despite the restaurant not being busy"
• "Not good for big parties"
• "Music too loud, could not hear my friends speaking"
• "Music too loud and incessant reflective of a leisure centre"
• "They kept the front doors open which was a bit unpleasant"
• "We sat there for like 20 mins waiting for someone to attend us"

Value

Pros:

• "The food was absolutely fantastic and very well priced."
• "Highly recommended if looking for somewhere to have a special evening meal."
• "Its city centre prices but high quality food and service."
• "Good quality food reasonable priced"
• "Very reasonable prices."
• "Price of meal also was fantastic great value for money."
• "Prices are no more and possibly less than commercial chain restaurants."

Cons:

• "We were offered rosé Proseco, which we agreed to thinking it will be one glass, on the house as previously. However, we were not informed that it would be a whole bottle and what its cost would be."
• "This time we felt ripped off."
• "It’s definitely a bit more pricey than other Italian restaurants, so does suit for special occasions."
• "Very expensive for the food on offer."
• "The pizza was rather poor. Very little flavour, definitely not worth £12.45."
• "Their prices are HIGH given the poor delivery of the food."
• "Average food at premium price."