"On Easter Saturday I was with my friend and three of my best friends from school in my old home town of Essen. Since all our favorites (city industry, among others, were booked weeks before, the choice fell to the Amici, which I had previously not taken into consideration by its near-station location. In addition, the opinions I had previously heard about the Amici were very different: the ones find the shop great and often go and like to go, others complain about the food and cleanliness (through the door a reviewer wants to have seen the cooking in the kitchen smoke. The first impression was good: the wall design (Toskanamotive is little ingenious, but sympathetic because it looks self-made. Faster than you could choose, the nice waitress was also already at the table (that is a general 'problem' of the visit constantly someone came to the table, asked for further orders or finding so that you hardly came to choose something in peace. I chose a good Italian red wine, a water and spaghetti scampi, my companions also chose pasta or pizza. The food was thoroughly very fresh, tasty and rich. Before eating, black and green olives and small hearty pastries were served, also very tasty. After dinner there was a grappa on the house. At the prices: the card is really good. The pasta and pizza dishes are all between 5 and 10€. For the more demanding guest there are also many dishes in the higher price range, such as lamb, beef or fish dishes, pig and seafood. The prices range from 12 to 25€. We did not try the appetizers, soups, salads and desserts, but there is no side of the card that does not convince. There is also an offer for children and a large beverage card, but it offers little news. Especially the choice of wine could be better with an Italian. As already mentioned, the service was better than it would have to be. By the way, the restaurant was rugged, there were mainly families there and the volume level was very high, but the restaurant can't do anything for it; I'm very happy to go back to Amici."
