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Amano Araneta City is an award-winning Italian restaurant known for its fresh and faithful Italian cuisine, including highly-rated pizzas. Located on the ground floor of Gateway Mall 2 in Araneta City, Quezon City, it offers a warm, elegant, and modern ambiance, making it a pleasant place for special occasions and everyday dining.
Customers consistently praise Amano for its exceptional and delicious food, with many highlighting the steak, pasta, pizza, and desserts. The service is frequently commended as outstanding, with staff described as attentive, friendly, professional, and accommodating. Guests appreciate thoughtful gestures like complimentary treats for celebrations. The ambiance is noted as warm, elegant, clean, modern, and comfortable, contributing to a great dining experience.
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Amano has multiple branches, with other locations mentioned in social media posts including BGC and Shangri-La Plaza. The Quezon City branch in Gateway Mall 2 opened around August 2023.
While no specific peak times are mentioned, reviews indicate that the restaurant can be busy, suggesting that reservations might be advisable, especially for special occasions or weekend dinners.
We celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary at a mano, and it was such a wonderful and memorable experience. The food was exceptional, the ambiance was warm and elegant, and every dish was absolutely delicious.
A special thank you to Luis for his outstanding service. He was attentive, friendly, and made us feel truly welcomed. His hospitality helped make our celebration even more special.
We were also pleasantly surprised with a complimentary cake for our anniversary—a thoughtful gesture that made it even more memorable. Thank you to the entire a mano team for going the extra mile and making our celebration so special.
This is our 2nd visit we came back because of the food and great service. Our waiter Roden was very attentive and was always serving with a smile, while Luis was very knowledgeable of the menu, and privided great recommendations. We ordered the full itallian breakfast and Burro Pasta. The serving size was plentiful although the sausage was a bit salty but was balanced by the tomatoes and mushrooms. The breaded meat should be replaced as it tasted like breaded luncheon meat. The pasta was great as well but would have been better if there were other elements to the dish thag could break the fishiness of the anchovy. ALL IN ALL coming to amano feels like coming home to a fat itallian moms house who's welcoming you with open arms. Will defo be back.
Shoutout to Ms Lesli for taking great care of us! Service was excellent and the food even better! They gave us complimentary pasta for a minor error and we felt very taken care of. We really loved the steak meal, the pasta, the pizza and the desserts! All were amazing!
We tried a mano at Gateway 2 mall. We had a great dining experience. The food was delicious, well-prepared, and served in generous portions. The flavors were satisfying, especially the signature dishes, which felt both familiar and unique.
The service was also commendable—staff were attentive, accommodating, and quick to respond to requests. Food was served within a reasonable time even during a busy period.
The ambiance of the restaurant was clean, modern, and comfortable, making it a pleasant place to dine. Overall, I am satisfied with the quality of both the food and service, and I would definitely consider coming back.
We were assisted by Roden. It was our first time to eat at a mano. They served complimentary bread. They were very helpful in their recommendations of the best meals which were indeed good! We were not disappointed. Quick and efficient service as well. Superb food choices!