Amari Restaurant

Beautiful, intimate restaurant. Absolutely amazing, passionate and knowledge staff. The chefs actually bring the food out from the kitchen to your table themselves which I think is a lovely touch. The food was out of this world. Try as much of the menu as you can! The flavours are absolutely incredible. And the best sangria I’ve ever had (even better than ones I had in Madrid) this place is a proper hidden gem and I’m going to be thinking about the food for days and probably weeks until I get the chance to return.

The food was creative and absolutely delicious. The service was exceptionally warm and attentive—especially impressive given my gluten-free needs. They provided a separate menu highlighting gluten-free options and clearly marked any risk of cross-contamination. It may be a little off the beaten path, but it’s well worth the trip! Special thanks to Claudiu, who was truly outstanding.

Lovely boutique restaurant serving small and large plates. We ordered ALL the small plates to share between two plus bread with oil and enjoyed all. Standout for us were the mushroom croquettes and the king prawns. Great selection of wines with great service. Wonderful.

Lovely food and great service. Portions on the smaller side, so maybe order a bit more than you would normally and add some delicious freshly baked bread to soak up the lovely sauces. Standout items were the prawns in Bisque sauce and the Skate.

What a fantastic find on Baker street of all streets! This is where Semolina was originally, and has been taken over by a v talented team, front and back of house. Small Spanish plates are the focus and they are all excellent, from nibbles of anchovies, deep fried olives and manchego to the skate wing and short rib. Brilliantly executed. Dessert of rhubarb sorbet and chocolate fondant w cherry cream were also delicious. Good selection of Spanish and Argentinian wines. Couldn't recommend highly enough. Such a great local place to find.

I used to come to this location regularly when the restaurant was called Semolina. It’s a small restaurant sits 20. It has been renovated lovely & has a really nice atmosphere. If I’m honest being in the Michelin guide I was expecting more from the food. The bread was delicious but felt more French. The beet salad was my favourite, delicious so much so that I ate it before I thought to take a photo ;) The mushroom croquettes were delicious in taste but the texture wasn’t quite right, a bit wet. For tapas we like to order a few things and then see how full we are then order more. We had ordered patatas bravas at the same time as above but they never materialised, we could see the service was taking a wee bit longer (and the server had mentioned that things such as the cauliflower took 30-40 mins) so we also ordered the tiny squid whilst waiting for the potatoes. Still nothing materialised, when we mention the patatas bravas we were told they were going to serve them with the squid... fine. Then 5 mins later they came, so I feel they were just forgotten about. The table next to us had sent their potatoes back because they were cold, and half of ours were hot and the rest barely warm. They were very tasty, but more like roast potatoes. The squid wasn't actually very nice, it was too salty & I like salt. It came with squid ink which is salty and was a puddle, rather than a dressing. It was also sever with samphire which is also salty but it was the squid coating itself that was extremely salty. I like salt so I ate it, but my husband couldn't. It wasn't a balanced dish. This apparently wasn't the only dish that was salty as the couple on the other side of us sent back their buttered greens because they were too salty. I don't eat meat but what I saw come out did look delicious. It was a lovely evening and the service is very personable but the food delivery is quite slow, I understand that the kitchen is small and so things would take longer but I've been in many a tiny tapas restaurant and not waited as long, especially for things such as bravas. The chef is obviously cooking to order, so well done for that, but 40 mins for some parts of the menu feels bit excessive. It is very reasonably priced, and the wine was nice, but we'd finished the bottle before the food had all arrived, which for me never happens, but we were drinking whilst waiting for each dish to arrive (nothing came together). I don't want this to sound too negative, we did enjoy it, but just expected a bit more being in The food guide.

Such a lovely place. Such excellent personable service from the very start incl anything to do with food intolerantes/allergies. So well handled. And so friendly. Every dish was well considered, interesting, traditional but with the chefs own take. Be prepared to wait for many dishes. But order some exceptional padrons, have a chat with the fantastic servers and enjoy the cool, intimate atmosphere whilst you wait. We loved every minute of the meal we had here. And that's a rare thing. Recomm the padrons (best I've had Inc in spain), the beef, pork loin and christ- that chocolate pudding!!!!

Delightful service, every dish packed with superb flavours, and an excellent bottle of Spanish Chardonnay. The makings of a highly enjoyable summer’s evening out. Make sure you book ahead. Second visit 2 months later, and perhaps an even better experience. Thanks to the whole team. My dining companion (first visit) commented on how, despite being very busy, all the staff in and outside the kitchen seemed very happy to be working at Amari.