Amantea Italian Restaurant & Market

Service for Us was a little stiff! Wine selection average.Meatballs were very good.Americana pizza was delicious!Apparently --very busy for lunch. We experienced basically an open room.Parking not great.A lot of pizza competition in YYC, so may not return right away.Very handy location for delivery to the Hotel Arts.

We took the family here on a Saturday night as they were staying at the arts hotel across the road, 7 of us all together. We were the only people in the restaurant at 7pm Saturday night. Pizza was ok, as was pasta though a little too much olive oil on everything. Took a quick peak into the back kitchen. Chef didn't look very Italian. Food average at best. Didn't have a children's menu and just ripped some puzzles out of a book for them.

We usually come here for lunch and always have the pizza. You can't go wrong with it, the margarita is usually the way to tell a really good Italian pizza and this one is really, really good. The dough is great perfect, crispy, hand-tossed and not too thick. Having been to most of the higher end pizza joints in town- Una, Double Zero, Pulcinella, Mercato and even to the lauded Pizzeria Bianco in Phoenix (what can I say, I love my pizza!) , this place really holds its own with the best of them and I think is better than most of the more high profile places when it comes to pizza. I've had their counter-lunch once, it was good, not awesome, but the pizza is really the highlight here. The only caveat is, as they make it to order, it can sometimes take a little while to get to your table, so provided you aren't in a rush it is totally worth the wait. Highly recommended!

Very quiet week night, only a few other folks in the restaurant. Started out as a 5 start experience with very charming and interesting waitress and superb green salad. House red wine was decent. Then the lasagna came - soggy noodles, bland sauce reminded me of inflight meals United Airlines used to serve in economy class.

Fast friendly service that delivered downtown late one night for me. Toppings were fresh and really delicious. Great meal, and I'll be back for sit down service.