Alici

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We had high expectations for Alici, the homegrown restaurant from the team behind two-time What’s On Restaurant of the Year award winner Il Borro Tuscan Bistro. And if first impressions count, boy, did Alici deliver the goods

The Amalfi Coast-inspired restaurant is located on the waterfront of Bluewaters Island, and walking inside feels like stepping into a cosy family-run trattoria on the Italian coast. Everything inside Alici – which means anchovy in Italian – is beautiful. Contemporary cream interiors are blissfully interrupted by art and pottery, most of which has been hand-painted by ‘The Anchovy Man’, famed in Italy for his fish paintings. The two-storey restaurant