Amante Pizza & Pasta

Wow, I just ordered take out from here and everything was awesome. I went threw Eat24 and had it delivered.
I ordered the Spaghetti, Fettuccine, two side salads, some garlic bread and a slice of chocolate cake. Happy to report my fiancé and I are in a food coma and everything was awesome.
Great service and friendly. I’ll for sure order the same items in the future.

Positive is that they will deliver through Eat24. However food is very unappealing and the delivery person asked for a tip before even handing the food. Would not order again.

This place is horrible. How do you mess up something as simple as a pepperoni pizza?! I call them and tell them there’s NO pepperoni at all in the pepperoni pizza I ordered, the guy on the phone insists its under the cheese and he made it himself. I tell him I pulled back the cheese on ALL the pieces and saw nothing. I even told him I’d take a picture and send it. After back and forth arguing, he finally said he’d make another and send someone to deliver it. Seriously guys, if a customer is telling you nicely that they may have gotten the wrong order, don’t be an jerk about it and then keep insisting you’re right when I’m peeling the cheese as we spoke. Unless you guys found a way to make items invisible, no I don’t think so.

Me and my boyfriend went out to eat here for the first time about 3 days ago. We had a lovely waitress who was very sweet. The food was good, not mind blowing, but I honestly just like a quiet place to eat. I can’t always stand red robins.

We came here for the kids homecoming dinner. Every pasta dish was disgusting. My poor daughter got the cheese filled manicotti with meat sauce. She said the manicotti was ok, but the sauce tasted gross, it was sweet and it was like they put cinnamon in it. She was nauseous the rest of the night. So much for enjoying the homecoming dance.
We were thinking of going there for a birthday celebration. But after hearing all the complaints from all the teens, and having one sleep in the bathroom because of the food poisoning. We will NOT be back.

Something has changed for the better at Amante’s in Renton.
We came here a few times when they first opened up, and came away less than impressed. Then, a few months ago we stopped by with a bunch of hungry kids. When we left, my wife and I both made the comment that our food was unexpectedly good, the service was wonderful and the kids had fun. Hmm, weird.
Since then, we have been back twice and each time the food has been very good, the restaurant clean and the service friendly.
Not sure what changes they made, but they are good! Amante’s is a place we can take the family and everyone comes away happy.

I’m impressed! I placed my first-​ever online order at 12:15 today and it was delivered less than 25 minutes later.
The spinach salad was really good (used my own dressing) and the meat-​lovers calzone was darn tasty as well.

I missed their use of sunflower seeds in their pizza. The must have changed ownership. I’ve been coming here too long.

I love this place! The staff is so friendly. Food is delivered fast in the Renton highlands. Affordable price, love the hot wings and you can’t go wrong with any one of there pizzas.

So I ordered delivery today because I’m working and can’t leave my work site. I ordered the white spaghetti and a side salad. I’m thinking that it has to be like the white spaghetti at Spaghetti Factory… ummm way wrong!!! The spaghetti was dry and the supposed garlic butter sauce with mizithra cheese was tasteless and gross!!! There was zero garlic flavor whatsoever. Then I thought hey maybe the «garlic bread» it comes with would taste garlic-​y… wrong yet again! Zero flavor, zero garlic. I’m wondering if they even have a salt shaker there, I mean how can food be that utterly tasteless? The one thing I could eat because it wasn’t disgusting was the side salad. How sad is that? How is this place still even open? Plus the amount I paid was ridiculous for disgusting, tasteless, dry inedible food.

We were just there again last night, and the food is still just as tasty. The salads are no longer included, but it’s only $ 1.50 to add. Additionally, they still remember that my husband doesn’t like gorgonzola :)

Simple spaghetti & meatballs. Probably the worst meal I’ve had in weeks. Meatballs were dry, overcooked and tiny. Frozen meatballs from Safeway are better.

This is the very best pizza I have had in the Seattle area. I’m hoping that the owner can spiff up the place so that people are not turned off by the 30+ yr old carpet and outdated furniture. This pizza is just too good for people not to get past all the visual turn offs and actually taste.

I’ve been gong to Amante for years and I can’t say enough about them! Mira and Papa know the items I order when I sit down, I feel like family when we come in. In 2009 I had my rehearsal dinner there and everyone Loved it as well.
The pizza is the best in town or ever for that matter! It’s not that greasy, plain pizza, it’s gourmet but AWESOME! The Bella Luna is my favorite! White spaghetti it’s amazing, I’ve yet to try anything I didn’t love! And they also deliver! Love you guys!

Been eating Buffalo wings for 5 years. They make the worst buffalo wings. Ever. I cant taste the Buffalo souce they didnt fry the wings, i don’t know what they did to make the wings and the souce yellow. Maybe they should have left it in the oven a little longer to get the crisp. when i ask for extra buffalo hot souce they gave me Tabasco souce lol. They should call it yellow wings. I want to give this one star but the french bread was okay.

Came mid week and it wasn’t busy. Party was scheduled, so we ordered before they all got there.
Tortellini fettuccine– good portion size but sauce was too thick (not fresh??) And super garlicky, but no garlic on it, so perhaps garlic powder? Son wouldn’t eat it.
Baked spaghetti– this was a surprisingly good dish. Not too saucy, lots of cheese. Garlic toast very tasty and crispy.
Meat lovers calzone– huge portion. Crispy crust. FULL of meat. Super good!!!
Amante calzone’ – disappointed. We asked no onion, no olives. She only heard onions. Daughter ate anyway but felt sick while there. It tasted fine to me. Stuffed full of toppings.
Draft beer mug– cold mug, beer was good.
Service. Eh. Hard to get anyone after food served.
Honestly, the party had kids and 2 boys were screaming loudly most of the meal. No one took charge and got them quiet, very disturbing. Place didn’t have cannoli. I like cannoli after calzone. Server might have been an owner but lacked smiles and friendliness.
Not sure we will return yet. A mixed feeling about it all. Would give 2.5 if I could.

The best thing about Amante is that they’ll deliver to my house in the East Renton Highlands. Other then that the food is pretty mediocre.
It’s uninspired. The margherita shoudn’t be called such, not being Neapolitan. The chicken Parmesan is underwhelming, with the sauce tasting like pure tomato paste. The chocolate cake is so sugary you need an insulin shot after eating. It’s kind of just an epic fail. Admittedly, I’ve ordered it a couple times (see my first comment) but not sure I’ll do it again. It’s a shame the ERH is so lacking in quality food establishments.

Background: went there to eat-​in last Monday night, arrived around 430, left close to 6, had some mozzarella sticks, iced tea, and Italian wedding soup. Companion had me try their fettuccine Alfredo with meatballs.
Setting, cleanliness, mood: Service was good, one waitress working, she was new. She couldn’t say for sure if sauce was made in-​house.
This is not against her, BUT when you can’t keep staff, don’t’ need more than one waitress during prime-​time dinner hours, and the person you could get is too new to the business to know how each item on the menu is made; it’s a red flag. All the experienced waitresses in the area probably know better than to work there.
Table was sticky. Not a little sticky, but a lot; like someone used a very soapy rag to clean it with, and didn’t wipe the soap up with just a damp rag when they were done. Place has older appointments, but nothing particularly wrong with them. Tiny arcade in a back room, but only two cabinets turned on, game selection not the best. There was a party came in towards the end of our stay, but other than that the place was deserted.
Food: …where to begin…
Mozzarella sticks seemed a bit under-​done, my companions liked them though.
Italian wedding soup… HORRIBLE. I chose this b/​c I didn’t know how good the place was, and honestly, its the easiest thing in the world to make. So I figured, if they can make anything, they can make this. All they had to do was put meatballs and pasta into a good clear stock with some vegetables, but instead they reached for the can opener. Everything in it seemed flavorless, overcooked, salty and the meatballs had a processed texture.
Fettuccine Alfredo with meatballs. My friend asked me to taste his meatballs and sauce b/​c he thought they were from frozen/​jar. The texture and taste were obviously that of a frozen, processed meatball, just like you’d get in a high-​school cafeteria or out of a bulk bag at Costco. The white sauce was very bland and had no texture, like it was from a jar, except for what seemed like a giant dollop of finely diced garlic uneven spread throughout. I guess that was a sort of apology for the utter lack of flavor in the rest of the dish. My companion also reported that half his pasta was overdone and half his pasta was underdone. I declined to try it, having no reason to doubt him since his analysis of the food I did try was accurate as far as I could tell.
One of my companions got a stromboli or a calzone, I forget which, and said it was alright, I didn’t try it, my appetite was pretty shot at that point, but it’s possible that they do make good strombolis and such. This would seem to fit with the good reviews of their pizza and similar stuff.
Sugar in the raw packets are always nice to see. My iced tea was the best part of the meal. I think it’s the ONLY thing they actually make in-​house.: \
Final notes: I’ve had better Italian on spaghetti night at summer camp. If they are a good pizzeria and sandwich shop, as some reviewers suggest, then they should sell the building they’re in, rent out a spot in a strip mall and stick to doing what they know how to do. This MAY be a case of a good pizzeria whose bad management incorrectly thinks they can buy some nice dishes, pipe in some mandolin music and peddle pasta, but I’d be shocked if they produce a decent pie, considering how little effort seems to go into their «upscale» dishes.
¹⁄₁₀ — No second chance for this one, Gordon Ramsay would have a hard time getting me back into this place.
P. S. It gets a 1 instead of a 0 out of 10 because at least I didn’t get sick from it or feel like my health was in danger.

This restaurant’s rating, 2 ½ as I write this, is kinda misleading in my opinion.
A lot of the bad ratings, as I look more closely at them, are about the website and online delivery. Amante needs to fix these things if they are indeed a problem, but as a dine-​in customer, I am actually kinda fond of this place.
The pizza offerings are solid and reliable and reasonably priced, and I love the grinders and subs. I have had better pastas elsewhere, but the salads are some of the best around.
Overall, this is a comfortable neighborhood eatery that I will continue to visit, so long as they have the pizza and sandwiches that I crave, preceded by a tasty salad :). And the friendly service has been pretty consistent over the years.

Made a to go order on the app «Eat 24» for delivery, an app I’ve used many times before. After about 40 min I called the restaurant to check on my order, and to make sure they had the right phone number on file. Here’s a list of all of the things that went wrong from this point forward.
1. Who ever answered the phone did not seem very well trained, she’s just confused me, and told me that she never recieved the order. So we spent a good ten minutes going over what I wanted. (poor english)
2. When the driver finally arrived, I was actually in shock because he yelled at me for giving him the «wrong address», and was clearly frustrated he had to drive to my house. As I was closing the door I heard him mumbling about new under his breath.
3. The overpriced seafood fettuccine I ordered had maybe two pieces of overcooked shrimp in it. Where was the scallops and halibut they advertised?! The sauce was alright, but pretty bland. The crab dip looked like it had been sitting out for a few hours, and didnt taste very fresh. I ended up not eating any of it. Based on my prior interactions with their employees I started invisioning all of the gross things they could have done to my food, and was too afraid to eat it lol.
EAT 24 was awesome and refunded my money, but I definitely don’t recommend this place.