Amici Italian Restaurant Holland Village Singapore

June 17, 2010 | 13 Comments

Squid Ink Pasta

“With so many restaurants at Holland Village, where should we have our dinner?”

Holland Village is like a foodie paradise in the West of Singapore. Tourists love Holland Village, and there are also plenty of locals who always frequent the area. Meanwhile I have been on the lookout for a good Italian restaurant to add to my list of Best Singapore Italian Restaurant. Since Amici Italian Restaurant is one of the few Holland Village restaurants that has been around for some time, we set off for an Italian feast during a weekday dinner.

My friend had never tried any Squid Ink Pasta before, so I was keen to convert her to a fan of the black and slimy, but absolutely delicious pasta. Unfortunately, Amici’s Spaghetti Nero Di Calamari E Merluzzo ($20.90) was a letdown. It was subtle, bordering on bland, with no distinct taste and the only saving grace was the two tiny pieces of fried cod – definitely not the best place to have Squid Ink pasta.

Fettuccine

The Fettuccine Alla Russa ($19.90) on the other hand, was delightful with the bits of smoked salmon and caviar in vodka cream sauce giving the dish a robust and flavorful taste.

Tiramisu

Tiramisu is a must-order in an Italian restaurant, and we had the ‘award-winning’ Tiramisu ($10.90) from Amici Italian restaurant. It was a competent rendition, but nothing extraordinary.

Apple Crumble Pie

The other dessert that we ordered, Country Apple Crumble Pie with gelato ($9.90) was excellent. Each bite brought a refreshing apple chunk under the tooth, and the cold gelato complimented the warm apple pie perfectly.

Among the Seven deadly sins, I’d most likely commit ‘gluttony‘. I am willing to be a sinner just for this apple crumble pie from Amici Italian restaurant.

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I am still undecided as to whether I will return to Amici Italian Restaurant. While it’s interesting to watch the chefs perform in the open kitchen, but it wasn’t very pleasant to leave the restaurant with the smell lingering on our clothes. If I am craving for Italian food, I will probably choose to go to La Nonna at Holland Village instead.

I have only been to Mykii Brasserie Cafe so far, please share with us which restaurants in Holland Village do you usually go to?

Restaurant Review
Amici Italian Restaurant
275 Holland Avenue
Holland Village
Tel: +65 6469 9989

Comments

13 Responses to “Amici Italian Restaurant Holland Village Singapore”

LJ
June 17th, 2010 @ 12:12 pm

Wow..the Fettuccine Alla Russa looks so good! There’s even caviar and vodka in it.
chelle
June 17th, 2010 @ 6:11 pm

wow. that pasta is really enticing with the caviar dotting the dish and that creamy sauce…mmmmm. the apple crumble doesn’t look wow (but then again appearances can be deceiving hey ) i’ve yet to find a nice crumble i shall keep this in mind!
Enzo
June 17th, 2010 @ 11:49 pm

ahhh, I still have an unused voucher for Amici with me. Ur post juz reminded me abt it lol
ladyironchef - Singapore Food Blog
June 18th, 2010 @ 9:51 am

LJ: time to head down for the pasta!

chelle: yea appearance can be deceiving! both of us like the apple crumble, i won’t call it the best apple crumble in singapore, but it’s good enough : )

enzo: ho ho! how much is the voucher? what are you waiting for dude?
Enzo
June 18th, 2010 @ 8:33 pm

$30. From a previous contest they hosted on FB.

Haven found the time to go down, busy trying other foods and organising durian plantation trip
Layla
June 25th, 2010 @ 1:49 am

Hmmm although i live right here in HV i don’t have much to say about the restaurants

i was treated to MichaelAngelo’s a year back, and it was pretty good, i had a really nicely done veal steak with potato. but v pricey. and from other reviews the standard seemed to have dropped.

Tango’s has pretty good cabonara for its price, if i remember correctly. It’s located right at the end of the haagen stretch, opposite indochine and breko etc.

then there’s the new everythingwithfries branch there, and a new korean restaurant which i don’t fancy. OH! brad u haven’t been to sushi tei have you?! why don’t you visit there. Ahaha!
ladyironchef - Singapore Food Blog
June 25th, 2010 @ 10:16 am

layla: we usually like to go further from our area to hunt for food! haha ya i heard that the original chef at MichaelAngelo has left. yea i haven been to Sushi Tei, is the quality at the Holland Village branch the same as the others?
Layla
June 26th, 2010 @ 1:17 am

Hmm from what i’ve tasted, HV’s sushi tei’s the same as the others, if not better x) most prolly cos i’m happy that i get discounts ahaha~

if anything i’ve eaten in my neighbourhood rings the bell i’ll drop a comment again!
Lena
June 29th, 2010 @ 10:29 am

Hi, do you recommend amici or la nonna? Want to bring my boyfriend over for a good meal for our anni

Thank you! Love reading your blog )
ladyironchef - Singapore Food Blog
June 30th, 2010 @ 7:23 pm

lena: hello there, personally, i’d prefer la nonna over amici : )
Gary Peh
July 7th, 2010 @ 7:56 pm

Sorry mate, my experience at Amici wasn’t at all striking… Their pasta was ok… What’s really and totally disappointing was their ‘award-winning’ Tiramisu. We had one of their voucher for a whole Tiramisu but when we dug into it at home, we found the alcohol content to be WAY WAY over-powering. Not sure if that was an anomoly of mistakenly adding too much liqueur… How was your experience? Would you have gotten drunk on their Tiramisu?
Eric
January 20th, 2011 @ 3:42 pm

This restaurant Suck!!! salesman come approach join member at $29. Said got free wine when go there waitress told us wine no stock. Manager on leave & waitress service suck. seated for 20 min one serve us. End up we leave the restaurant.feel like been cheated by the salesman.
James Tang
March 2nd, 2011 @ 1:03 pm

We kept being approached by salesman from Amici (several times over the years) to buy their membership at our doorsteps!

The latest incidence was recently when they knocked onto our door, started with ‘we are not selling anything’ and continue to talk and won’t even let you talk. The whole thing ended with ‘you only need to pay SGD10 to enjoy blablabla’ and asked me for my details (IC, name etc… to fill in the coupon.

And they even told me my next door neighbour paid and bought their coupon BUT I knew they were lying as they mentioned our neighbour’s surname wrongly and there was nobody at home at that time.

When told a ‘No, not interested’ the salesman’s face turned black completely

Such high pressure sales tactic have left a bad taste in me and also shows what this restaurant is made of: rude and desperate.

I am now advicing my friends and collegues not to go there by relating my experience with their sales.

Bad, very bad….. A good restaurant will never use this kind of tactics to sell their food.