text: Amanos is refreshing little place among the chain restaurants and strip mall Mexican food places in South Phoenix nIt has a laid back vibe with a touch of style nI love the you can see into the very clean kitchen from many locations Pretty professional nThe wine list is for beginners but that is fine they have a little of everything and at decent prices nSo my friend and I live right down the road and we have been so curious about the Baseline wine bar we stop in Friday night nIts not too crowded no wait Professional well dressed staff seated us promptly nI ordered a glass of marlborough sauvignon blanc at a glass nWe were impressed with the menu and very surprised we thought this place would be a spagetti and meat balls kind of place nI ended up ordering the Spinach Sundried tomato and Queso Fresco Pizza nNeesha had the Pesto stuffed chicken breast with Fettuccine Alfredo and roasted vegetables nWe were served bread with olive and balsamic and I have to agree with Sunny B the balsamic was too vinegary and the bread was super tough nYou should not eat the bread anyways especially if you are about to have a carb feast of pasta and pizza So maybe this is Amanos subtle way of making actually follow my dieting rules nOur food came quickly My pizza was good but its hard the go wrong with pizza The crust was thinish and well seasoned tasted fresh The toppings were really good but I wish they would have really loaded on the spinach nI needed salt and pepper which they do not provide at the table and the ones our served brought me looked ancient seriously they were gross and not cute at all nThis is a cool little restaurant bring me some fresh sea salt and pepper in a GRINDER nI tried some of Neeshas alfredo which I had to generously salt first and it was really good Fresh not too rich om nom nom nI love alfredo too So I am not going to sugar coat herenThe real stand out was a roasted fresh vegtables that she got with her meal They were to die for Oven roasted asparagus broccoli green beans with a light seasoning SO GOOD nThe problem here The portion size of the veggies was TINY we absolutely demolished it Amanos should cut the pasta portion in half and fill it with those phenomenal veggies nI did not try her chicken but it looked beautiful fresh green pesto oozing out the side of a perfectly browned chicken breast nShe ate the whole thing so it was probably quite good nI really wanted to try and creme brulee but we had boys coming over so we had to hustle home to get pretty and make our house look semipresentable nGetting the check was a pain and took forever our server forgot about us and after about minutes we had to ask someone else nNot a huge deal but not cool either nIm going to be back for sure its a super decent place for baseline I think my Hunny will love it and I have to try the creme brulee