Amici Pizza

Pretty good pizza while in that area. They sell by the slice too! Service was good and friendly. Parking behind off of 54. Cute little pizza shop.

Italian food is much more than pasta on a plate. Or pizza on a platter. The recipes are typically time-tested over generations of family. Variety IS the spice of life and IS an integral part of Italian cuisine. With that said, part of the intrigue of eating Italian is exploring the wide variety it presents. Northern Italian versus Southern Italian. Deep dish versus thin crust. You get my drift. Fab One and I were on the going-home side of a wonderful Sunday drive. We started thinking about dinner. Go home and cook, OR???That's the moment us Foodies love. Finding an excuse to getting online and doing some visual food sampling. Digitally, we travel into Mexico, the Mediterranean, Italy and more. We ultimately set our baggage at the door of one place we desire to explore further. To step through the door is to begin a journey of tempting tastes. We hope...That's when we settled on Amici. The reviews were good. They painted a virtual picture of what we were looking for. WE were in the mood for Italian food. I must admit we've driven Highway 54, or Wesley Chapel Blvd as it's called, for many years. And I can never remember having noticed Amici. Maybe I spotted the building, but it never registered there's a potential Italian hideaway hidden there. No matter. As soon as we walked in, we were happily greeted by several of the crew. Taking a seat, Nick came over and introduced himself. Nick is a really likeable young man. His manner exudes kindness and caring. He started his employ at Amici's doing the dishes. A hard, hot job. But he's in the right place now, making customers feel welcome and giving them a great reason to return. I wish him well in his endeavors.We already knew we wanted to get a pizza, so our menu moments were brief. We ordered The Works Pizza - Large 16 inch. A side salad filled the void in our tummies and the void in time until Nick placed OUR pizza on the bent-wire pizza platform. The first food impression was solidly excellent. Fab One and I both leaned in, and over that pie. Don't you love leaning in like that? Breathing in, to catch the bubbling aromas rising up in those little plumes of steam?This pizza was an Italian Masterpiece. LOTS of ingredients covering the crusty acreage. My favorite was the mushrooms. They were not overcooked shriveled up and burnt fungi. They were still moist, succulent and packed with taste.WE were absolutely raving about this flat food phenomenon! We raved to Nick. And to the couple next to us.And we asked Nick to send word back to the kitchen as well. Kudos! A thoroughly enjoyable meal, with superb service. AND, on the way home, seeing that little brown pizza box on the backseat brought happy thoughts to mind. LEFTOVERS!We all know leftover pizza is KING!Tell them Beth and John suggested this place. Amici means friends.

Came to Amici after being recommended up and down that this was the best pizza place within 20+ miles. After having been here, I'll say it's a decently good place, but, to recommend this purely on this, I'd have to give it a lower score on that alone (but I won't judge it based on that).Walking in I noticed that place was built to support not only the full restaurant, but, to support a great deal of take out (based on the size of their kitchen). The place had a Chicago style decor, and what looked like comfy diner style tables/chairs. The menu was simple enough, and the servers were friendly. The price of food was ok, but, overpriced for the area.I got two pizzas, the vegetarian pizza and the margarita pizza. The margarita pizza used the wrong types of cheeses, and seemed to be a cheese pizza with slightly less sauce (standard cheese). The vegetarian pizza was surprisingly good, crispy, but soft, with more vegetables than I've seen (and very filling).I don't think I'll be back here again, but, it was interesting that everyone's recommending this place.

Nice customer service friendly prices the hostess was good and also the pizza was great. The cheese sticks were great and the bread knots were good. The only thing that wasn't as great as it thought it would be is the iced tea taste like water I wouldn't order that.

This place is really good. Liked the slice, Sicilian and rice ball ! Great prices and great staff. We will be back!

This place hands down has the best new york style pizza and prices are great! Family owned and always great service!

This is a mom and pop down home basic Italian restaurant where you can sit inside or outside. The menu is an old-fashioned basic not fancy-schmancy not spicy Italian food just the way grandma made it. I come back your time and time again.

I have always loved Amici's pizza but whoever is making the crust is making it too thin, now. It doesn't hold up the toppings and becomes soggy very quickly. Please return the old crust.

Not being biased considering I know and love the management here....the food is TOP NOTCH!!! Real Italian food like at your Grandmothers

Eggplant rollitini is sooooo good. Made with ricotta mozzarella and spinach. Please don't ever take this off the menu! It's soooo delicious.