Reviews Ambra

Fantastic from start to finish. Highly recommend the wine pairing as well!

Incredible food, intimate atmosphere, friendly staff made a night out to celebrate my husband's birthday a true experience, not just a night out for dinner.

Just amazing. Service was exceptional, and if you're a foodie, you just have to try it. Well done Ambra!!!

Ambra is an experience to be savored. Brilliant!

The most romantic dinner I've had in years was at Ambra ✨🔥 We had an intimate Italian tasting that was divine and lovely. Seriously, I'm speechless. A perfect restaurant. ❤️

An amazing experience. My sister booked the private room with the wine pairing for our party. The staff was amazing. Chefs Chris and Ryan do an amazing job and our bartender, Aden, was also fantastic. Usually these fancy tasting menus can be pretentious and not that good but the food was delicious and the staff was warm, welcoming, passionate about what they do and everything but pretentious. A wonderful evening, would love to go back.

Ambra remains a shiny beacon of great, careful, & thoughtful food in this city. I would say even more so now than when we visited pre-pandemic. Each dish comes with loads of backstory if you want it, and an insane level of technical know-how. The wine pairings are fantastic, and we were lucky to have an extra glass or two of some fairly unique bottles. Sitting in the kitchen watching food preparation for both Southwark and Ambra was exhilarating and certainly worth doing for date nights, or just spending quality time with a friend. Just don’t take any photos of the actual kitchen (it’s a rule!). The dishes were well rounded and fulfilling - however I can’t help but feel the plating and / or combinations could be even more inspired. They’re clearly striving to do some of the best culinary work in this city, and are succeeding, but some dishes could use a tad more oomph. The pasta could have used a bit more acid (more lemon perhaps), and the sauce for the brined fish (I don’t recall if it was mackerel) was a tad too light. The radicchio was less bitter than usual but still a chore to eat. We could have used regular bread for the fish course to mop up the oil / butter - but what I really wanted was for all of it to be grassier. The sauce had very little taste considering it’s vibrancy. We recently had a dessert dish at Story in London that was almond and dill prepared in various ways. The dill oil looked similar, but was miles more flavorful. I wonder if the oil needs to be worked on - because the fish was outstanding. It might be that the kitchen has mixed focused on Ambra since they’re having to do Southwark plating as well…but I expected a few more surprises. Breaking the structure of a tasting menu since we were literally in the kitchen would’ve been nice. A surprise taste of some extra thing that they whipped up, even if that thing was for Southwark. I’ll tell you one thing, we left quite confident we need to come back and try Southwark after seeing the chefs make those lower priced dishes. Very exact and professional work from this kitchen. A solid choice for a very consistently good dining experience…though not quite as ground breaking as I know they have the skill and passion to be. I just noticed they totally listened to (or at least intuited) the concerns from my previous review. Ambra now leaves you with a bag of something to take home. For us it was granola, the most delightful house-smoked almonds, two scones, and lemon curd. A VERY lovely reminder of the wonderful night we shared in the kitchen. Thank you for being in Philly and striving for excellence. —- Pre-pandemic review (5 stars): Among the best Philadelphia restaurants - though the tasting could benefit from greater pacing and an end-of-meal treat (WILL BYOB did Madeleine's, Eleven Madison Park does granola, Vespertine does a custom perfume, etc.). Other than these two comments, Ambra is a spectacular experience worth revisiting at least twice. Run to Ambra.

The space is small and dark (think ambiance, not creepy) the food is interesting, tasty and fresh. Also super rich. This is not a straight forward menu or wine pairing. Nothing here is typical, great special occasion spot!!!

Cozy space with wonderful service. Inventive, beautiful, absolutely delicious Italian cuisine. Tasting menu only, but they are happy to accommodate most dietary restrictions. Best wine pairings in Philly. Perfect place for your special occasion meal. Go quickly before it becomes too popular to get a table!

Nice location in an artsy neighborhood. The menu was a six course, s m a l l plate with wine parings. Small plates with the emphasis on small. It was interesting to try new wines that may not have been on our radar. The food was really beautifully presented and then a brief description of why the small pour was picked for that particular food item. I would have stolen my friends wonderful tasting beef, about the size of a square ice cube, but she would have objected and it wasn't that kind of place. The experience lasts about two hours. You won't get drunk from the wine as they use small pours. You may, however, leave hungry. The restaurant was cool to try. It was very very expensive. The two of us, sticking to the pre fixe menu, with nothing extra came to around $475.00, including tip. Different-Yes. Interesting- Somewhat. Small plates-Think one small item. Expensive-$$$$$ -Yes. Value vs. Experience- Unfortunately No.

Absolutely amazing. We were one of only two tables seated for the 8:30 on a Saturday night and it's a travesty. This place was amazing. The food was just so damn good. I literally wanted to start the whole menu over again just to try it all again after we finished. We're already going back in a few weeks.

We had the best time. The food was amazing but there are no words to describe how fantastic the staff was at Ambra. Without them the experience would not of been the same. I would recommend this restaurant to anyone who can appreciate great food, wine and service. The level of detail there is was truly amazing from the moment you walk in to the moment you leave. The is a BUCKET LIST must! Way beyond my expectations.

Great tasting meal and wine pairing. Attentive staff and exquisitely prepared food. A treat!