De Amicis

Visiting the neighborhood and decided to try. Glad we did.
Found the specials fantastic. They featured fresh porchini mushrooms that evening served with pasta or as risotto. Went with the pasta and wasn’t disappointed.
Also had a chicken parm dish my wife found pleasing as well.

Had dinner the other night with my wife. The Hilton Hyde Park recommend De Amicis and they hit a home run. The service was great. Very nice and knowledgeable server. And most importantly the food was terrific. I would highly recommend. A good value too.

I came at 9PM on a Friday, and a few tables were being served. We were seated quickly and handed our menus. We ordered the garlic bread appetizer, which was simply two thick slices of toast with olive oil, salt, and some herbs (2.50 pounds). I would stick to not ordering appetizers here.
I ordered the seafood spaghetti as an entrée, and it was a pretty large portion. The tomato-​based sauce was mixed up with clams and various herbs. It was mediocre at best, but filled me up. My friend customized a penne pasta with mozzarella and basic tomato sauce, and the chefs were more than happy to accommodate the request.
Tl;dr: Okay Italian food, quick service in Nottingham.

Kind of run down and dumpy, but I love dives with good food. Ordered the Calimari appetizer, it was so strong and fishy despite being drowned in red sauce and canned peas. My entrée was gnocchi, it also continued on with the theme of canned peas. Frankly some of worst Italian food I have ever eaten. The wait staff ignored me, and just sat and chatted with each other by the kitchen. This is a place that does not care about food or service. Avoid it

This was a wonderful experience. The young owner/​manager waited on us. The building has been an Italian restaurant (including previous owners) for almost 25 years. The atmoshphere is simple, comfortable, rustic. Each night there are specials with unique emphases like young kid or mussels, etc, in addition to the regular menu. For us, the young man «sold» the place and we will come back again when we’re in the area. It’s one of the best offerings on Notting Hill Gate which has a lot of restaurants.

I’ve dined at De Amicis four or five times over the past few years. It’s a great traditional Italian restaurant in between the Notting Hill and Queensway tube stations. The food is always excellent and a great value. They usually have an excellent ravioli of the day and house wine specials. The service is what you would expect at any family trattoria in Italy — no one is in a hurry, but everyone is friendly and helpful. You’ll have to ask for the check, but only after you’re good and ready to go!

This is a really cute restaurant. The wonderful smells of an Italian kitchen entice you in, and there is warm mood lighting. The décor definitely had that Italian feel. Unfortunately, service was sub par; I could tell our waitress was eager to go home and was more focused on closing up shop than tending to us so we could be on our merry way. But, this has been my experience in most restaurants here so I’m not too put off about it. Luckily she went home and it must have been the manager who served us after her departure. He was much better at re-​filling our water glasses promptly.
I experienced some fleeting nervousness about leaving hungry once our meals were presented. The spaghetti carbonara looked very small, but it turned out the bowl was deeper than it appeared to be, and the pollo cacciatora (a special that day) that arrived two minutes later was adequate and came with sides. The food was well done, but nothing spectacular. Note that you should have a bottle of wine when you dine here. This made me progressively happier about the food’s taste and I’m sure it made it easier to feel full in the end.