Amore Restaurant - (206) 462-4552

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My partner and I had reservations for Valentine's Day. After seating us, the hostess placed some papers in front of us and left, saying our server would be with us shortly. We looked over the papers, which turned out to be a "special" Valentine's Day menu. It was 1/4 the size of the regular menu and offered nothing that sounded particularly appealing. When our server arrived we let him know we'd be ordering off of the regular menu instead, and he replied, "Oh, yeah, actually that's not available tonight." Excuse me? "Well, it's such a busy night (the room was 2/3 empty), and our kitchen is small, so we had to cut back to accomodate." Now, look: If you want to have a special Valentine's Day menu, that's fine and wonderful, but the least an establishment can do is make that KNOWN when people are making the reservation! I pointed this out, and our server replied, "Yeaaahhh... we don't really have a web guy." I'm sorry, but you had our phone number and our e-mail address - the lack of a "web guy" does not strike me as an impediment to letting people know, when they make a reservation for a special night, that 3/4 of your menu won't be available! As if that weren't enough, there was some shady work on the aforementioned Valentine's Day menu. The "three courses for $55" was a bit misleading - and by "a bit" I mean "wholly and entirely," since if one selected the *most* expensive items for each course, it would total $55 - anything else would, according to the prices listed, total less. The fine print noted that the items were available on an a la carte basis, but my impression was that they rather hoped nobody would do that math - else why offer it as a "three courses for $55" special? Perhaps I'm overly cynical after our experience, but I worked in a great many restaurants when I was in school, and none of them were run like this! We walked out. We decided we'd rather cook at home (there was no way we were getting in anywhere else at 8:30 on Valentine's Day!) than give this place our business. The food might be fantastic, but I'll never know. I'd advise anyone considering Amore to stay away on principle.

We went here for a date and had a nice romantic evening. The karaoke was beginning a bit late and we are early diners. We were served well and promptly, had a nice dinner. Their tiramisu is one of the best I have had.. Highly recommended!

The only reason Im revuing this restaurant is that I found it on CitySearch; and the revus on this restaurant made me want to try it ... so here goes ... My wife and I were celebrating our anniversary; we thot about going to the new El Gauchos in Bellevue, but when we saw the menu prices ... holy sh_t ... I dont think so ... can you say 'poor economy'... Anyway we rate 'Amore' restaurant: above average, very good food, but the atmosphere is questionable ... we went kinda late, about 9p, after a movie; our table was rite by the hallway to the bathroom, and there was a constant smell of paint thinner in the air coming from the hallway; so if you go, ask not to sit by the hallway ... We started by ordering some wine and the Portabello mushrooms for appetizer, excellent ... For dinner, my wife ordered the oyster stew, but they were out of it ... which was a little annoying, that they didnt tell us until we ordered it ... she also order Wild Salmon n Rock Shrimp Pasta ... very good n tasty pesto ... the only thing was it was not hot enuf (temp) ... I ordered the Wild Mushroom Ravioli ... also very good ... luvd the the Port Wine Sauce n mushrooms on top of the ravioli ... and again, it was not hot enuf ... dont get me wrong the food was still very good ... I just wondered why, cuz the whole restaurant was not that busy ... As a cook myself, keeping food hot and serving it hot is an issue when it comes to serving a lot people ... the servers should serve the food rite as it is finished cooking, especially when it is pasta ... otherwise I would have givin 'Amore' a 4-star instead of 3 ...