Ambrosia

The best cacio e pepe I've had in Philadelphia. I also tried their tortellinis that are stuffed with mushroom, mascarpone and ricotta that I really liked but was a bit salty for me. The Pistachio Panna Cotta was the show stealer that almost made me forget how long I had to wait there to get a table on a Wednesday night! Good cocktails as well.

Delicious Italian food and excellent service, but definitely expensive!!! The portions were quite small for the price and we were still hungry after dinner. The free bread and dip was amazing and we were happy they provided more when we asked. Service was friendly and attentive. The restaurant was quite small so make sure to get a reservation especially for fridays and weekends!

George, the manager, was courteous and helpful. Menu is curated surprisingly well with successful flavor combinations and freshness. Beet salad with pistachios as an example. Great ambiance and service as well. Only gripe I had is that the mussels were practically tasteless… but still one of my favorite spots in Philly!

The caesar salad and duck were absolutely amazing, we also ordered the octopus, crispy gnocchi and rigatoni which were average. Not sure how I would rate this place definitely need to come back. The service was great. The food was a hit and miss. We got 3 different desserts and they were all Okay wouldn’t order again. Defiantly want to give this place another try.

There were ups and downs with this place but it is obviously a local favorite, many repeat customers and those that were first timers announced it and were excited to try the place. Food started really strong with the beef carpaccio, the special halibut was great minus the halibut being a touch on the dry side, I would suggest a basting with a pan sear finish. The tiramisu was also good, but the taste of Hersey chocolate sauce totally threw me off and lessened my experience, solution is easy, just order it without!.As one should expect, the by the glass wine menu is extremely limited, definitely more by the bottle, but I would say a strong majority of tables brought their own, I could see how this helps the smaller restaurant operate at there top most. The service for the most part was great, there was definitely staff in training so some obvious slip ups. I honestly think they felt a little bad when they thought I was going to be a quick singleton table but they warmed up after they realized my bill would probe more than the table of 4 near by. The AC was pumping hard due to the kitchen, warm and humid weather but it was dripping on me in multiple places throughout dinner, not sure they could have done much to fix it though, and probably only happens under these more specific weather conditions. All around I would go back and recommend adding this spot to your rotation!

I was with my husband for Valentine’s Day. The food was pretty good a little over price but overall it was pretty good. Our desserts were amazing. I had the crème brûlée and my partner got a seven layer mousse cake. The only thing was that the server didn’t engage with us very much and he literally dropped the check as we got our desserts, which I thought was pretty rude, also the busser was literally cleaning the plates as we were trying to finish our dinner, and we told them that we were still eating, so we literally were there for probably 30 minutes, I understand it was Valentine’s Day and they want to flip as many tables but I felt a little pushy.