The Amalfi Llama - San Diego

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   Samantha

   San Diego

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Food was so good! Got a ribeye, oysters, shrimp scampi, puree potatoes and brocolini. The brocolini was the only thing I wouldn’t order again. They were short staffed on servers, but our server tried her best to make sure we were accommodated. Restaurant is huge, but still intimate. Nice place for a date night to treat ourselves every once in a while.
   

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   Kylie

   Los Angeles

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   The place itself was very nice and our server was very sweet, but the food took over an hour to come out and we were notified after our meal that the kitchen was behind all night. The food was pretty good just not hot when we received it. The server did give us a dessert as a thank you for patience which was nice.
   

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   John

   San Diego

   5 reviews

   3.0

   5 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   The food was excellent, but the noise level was problematic for carrying on conversation.
   

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   Julia

   VIP

   San Diego

   21 reviews

   5.0

   21 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Party of 6, all of the food was delicious, the service was slower than on previous occasions, maybe they were recovering from a busy Valentine’s weekend. Happy this gem is a 5-minute drive from home.
   

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   Bill

   New Orleans

   3 reviews

   3.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 5

   The place is very nice inside, but the service was sub par. Outstanding service comes with a price. We paid; we did NOT get the service expected. Hot food, waaaay overpriced, sub par service...will skip this place in the future.
   

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   Rana

   San Francisco

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Everything was amazing food service! I love it, its my new favorite restaurant
   

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   Ken

   San Diego

   3 reviews

   2.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Everything was great except the entrees were mediocre at best. The appetizers were crazy expensive. Hamachi Crudo for $29 and you only get 4 small pieces of fish!
   

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   Dylan

   San Diego

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   I personally don’t leave reviews on places but I will say this place really took the cake . From the service to the food everything was amazing. I would highly recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for a full well rounded dining experience.
   

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   Sam

   Seattle

   2 reviews

   2.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 2

   I did not find the $28 empanadas to be worth their value for three very small bites. The Crudo was very good. The Caesar salad large however not noteworthy. The fillet was very well cooked. However, there was a significant wait time in between receiving our salads and steak, roughly 30 minutes later they were brought out. I thought the restaurant was set up quite nicely however, even with reservations, the hostess seem to not have a table available for us when we arrived. When we were being led to our table by the hostess one of the managers in a gray jacket shoulder checked, my wife didn’t apologize and ran off, which we found to be a very abrupt start to the meal. Our server didn’t bring out any sides with the steak until we had to ask if they were included and she responded with “they are but you didn’t order them all you said was steak” (we had assumed if it was a single side she would have clarified). Additionally, after we finished our main course, the server asked if we would like our desserts in a to go box because “that’s what other customers like” it felt much more like they were trying to push us out of the restaurant, even though the only reason we were there for so long was because they didn’t bring our food out in a reasonable timeframe. I feel like this is a very honest and fair review. There were good parts of the meal and there were unfortunately quite disappointing parts. I would recommend others try the restaurant the food was ok (perhaps not for that price point though) and hopefully they do not experience the difficulties that we did this evening. 
   

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    Hernan

    VIP

    Los Angeles

    46 reviews

    4.0

    46 reviews

    Dined 2 days ago

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4

    I would have liked the steak knives to be more of a a steak knife feel and better blades. The noise level was fine with background music until the DJ started at around 6 or 7 pm. then the sound became bothersome, but not too bad.
    

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