Reviews for Amelia's Italian Restaurant in Gainesville, FL

A great casual or dress up dine out experience. Service was excellent from greeting, service and food! Server's are... semi-formally dressed, delivered full service with a smile. BEST calamari in Gainesville,.... nope, Best I've had in Florida!Tortellini was excellent! Pesto was very close second. Lows: Bread wasn't equal to the meal. Butter served in wrapped coldsquares, not whipped or warm. No balsamic offered with olive oil. Definite recommended date night or small group. Read more

This is a reluctant 4 stars. Others in party voted for 4. If I had eaten without them, I would have given them a 3. This... restaurant is a bit old and it has an old building odor. The wait staff is friendly which is lovely. It took us over 2 hours toeat not because the kitchen was busy, but our waiter explained that they don't fire another course until we were finished withthe course that we were eating. While I understand the experience of having a meal of courses, the wait staff has to beattentive enough to be asking frequently if you are ready to order. We spent $50/person for entrees, 2 appetizers and 7 drinks.No dessert. They have a very limited dessert menu and there were out of one of the desserts. The food was just OK. It was ofthe same level that you might get at a local pizza place which also serves pasta. The bar has just a few choices of each typeof liquor so if you are used to a really good drink for your $50/person, you won't get it here. Three vodkas only and 3-4 ginchoices. I would not go here again. The quality of the food has to be better. Read more

Good service and good food , I wouldn’t say it’s 100% worth every single penny I spent but it’s the best in Gainesville... I’ve tried ! Read more

This was our first time back since Chef Andy passed. Numerous changes were made such as just one type of bread, certain... appetizers were removed from the menu, service was good but nowhere near what it used to be. Our food was good and served hot. Seasoning left a little to be desired. The night of our visit they were out of many items. Price on the menu was one thing, theprice on the check was $5 higher. Asked about it and it seemed the norm by the servers reaction. Read more

Best Italian in Gainesville! The restaurant was extremely booked for graduation parties when we arrived without reservations,... however, they were able to fit us in. The staff was great and we got our food quickly despite how busy the restaurant was. Thewaiter answered all our questions and made great recommendations. In addition to great food and service the prices were lowerthan expected for a fine dining type of atmosphere. I would definitely go back and recommend this place to anyone looking forgreat Italian in Gainesville. Read more

Last minute find. Food were great and reasonably priced despite the fine dining atmosphere. The best part of the restaurant is... their staff. Receptionist was very nice to accommodate us. And our guy, Adam was the best! Everything you could ask for awaiter! Read more

Traveling through Florida stopped in Gainesville to grab a quick dinner. It took a bit to find Amelia's (it's in the back of an... office building) that leads to a quaint court yard. Marie was our server/pastry chef (her cherry pancetta with an almond cookiebase is WOW) and a newfound friend. We started with Crostini NY (House-made spinach & artichoke parmesan cream; garliccrostini), then their house salad (very good), and then Stracciatella alla Florentina soup (again, excellent) Our main dish wasLinguini Pesto. Perfect. Then, we ended with a cherry pancetta. It's one of the best desserts we've ever had! Really! Pastoperfetto...... Read more

First visit and they did not disappoint. The appetizer, main course and dessert were delicious and the staff was super... personable and attentive. We had lasagna and pesto fettuccine with chicken. Read more