Amano's 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 thats fine- they have a little of everything and at decent prices. \nSo, my friend and I live right down the road and we've been so curious about the Baseline 'wine bar,'- we stop in Friday night. \nIt's not too crowded- no wait. Professional, well dressed staff seated us promptly. \nI ordered a glass of marlborough sauvignon blanc at 6.50 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. ($11)\nNeesha had the Pesto stuffed chicken breast with Fettuccine Alfredo and roasted vegetables. ($17)\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 shouldn't eat the bread anyways- especially if you're about to have a carb feast of pasta and pizza. So, maybe this is Amano's 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 thin-ish 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 don't 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 Neesha's 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'm not going to sugar coat here.\nThe 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. Amano's should cut the pasta portion in half and fill it with those phenomenal veggies! \nI didn't 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 semi-presentable. \nGetting the check was a pain and took forever- our server forgot about us and after about 10 minutes we had to ask someone else. \nNot a huge deal but not cool either. \nI'm 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!