Extremely Amazing Food.Great Waiters.Beautiful Ambience.Incredible Paintings and Decor.Please come here to eat and drink....You WONT regret it.OUTSTANDING !!!! ❤

Great ambience. Awesome staff. Good wine choices. Delicious food. Family-oriented.

Ricos was definitely different this time. Food was not the same quality, server was friendly and accommodating but definitely not worth going back. Was celebrating an 80th birthday and from the moment we arrived there was a strange vibe as not welcomed as years prior.

Ive only been here for lunch, but on my last visit I had some of the best gnocchi I ever tasted. Today I had a delightful dish of chicken with peppers and mushrooms in a tomato basil sauce. It was wonderful! There is a wide list of desserts from which to choose. The ambiance is cozy and comfortable, the service great. Overall, you cant miss with a meal here!

Loved everything about this place the valet parking, bartender, and the food! Definitely must try if you havent

Nice relaxing enjoyable place to have dinner. A must go!!!

Was there several years ago and loved it ...not so much the other night, very limited entree choices , salads used to be much better. Was not given a wine menu. Best fried zucchini weve had in a long time though.

Top notch dining experience. Pleasant comfortable surroundings. Excellent service. Delicious food. Knowledgeable bartenders. Extensive wine list. Definitely a must for a foodie in Pittsburgh.

Atmosphere is fantastic. Great staff and waiters/waitresses. Quick service too, never had an empty drink, food arrived promptly and hot. Waiters were knolwedgeable about menu and drinks. Food fell flat though. Seemed overly saucy, buttery, and way too heavy on cheese/cream. The apps were decent, but somewhat bland. We got seafood dishes and the quality and flavor was more on par with Red Lobster than the $30+ we paid.Restaurant, staff, and drinks were 5 star, food was 3 stars for apps and 2 stars for dinner. Maybe well have to stick with classic Italian dishes next time

My family has a very close history with Rico’s. We have been dining here since I was very young and have always been treated well. The food and drink selections are outstanding and the quality and taste are out of this world. Italian fine dining with valet parking and great nostalgic photos in the entrance.

Got the seafood platter. Heavy breading and no flavor. Oily butter dip. Fresh seafood, but couldnt believe how bland it tasted. Very disappointed for the $40 price. And service wasnt at the level of fine dining I dont think. Was with a group and was never asked if I wanted a drink. And then she forgot what I ordered. Never came back around and asked how anything was.

My wife loves this place. Fantastically romantic spot. It will really impress your date. Valet, great service, and they make you feel important. We have been many times and will continue.I recommend the walleye with lump crab for seafood enthusiast, and the Rockford fillet for the carnivore..

Ricos is always amazing, Is fabulous staff And wonderfully prepared meals

1st time. Had high hopes. Definitely fell short. Maybe because the server put on gloves in front of us when she grabbed the one beer bottle off the table or maybe it was my rubbery tasting $38 seafood pasta. Weird vibs - bland food. 2 stars is generous.

Absolutely loved this place. Everything on the menu looked and sounded awesome. The first time I had ever had difficulty ordering a dinner it all sounded so good. I had the sword fish and was fabulous. From the salads to the last bite of my meal was delicious. The server we had was a great help with everything. Just be ready to spend a good bit of money but well worth every penny.

Great as always. Real Italian food! A+

25 years ago I thought they had the best stuffed banana peppers. They did then and they still do. Im not crazy about doing valet parking to move your car 5 to 10 yards.

How did they garner all these good reviews, with photos? They place isn’t what it use to be when Rico was running the show 6 days a week.

By far the BEST oysters any where in and around Pittsburgh!!! They never disappoint! Fantastic food and service!!! Erin in the bar is amazing!!!

Not what is used to be...We went there twice during the pandemic, and I know things have changed so we shouldnt expect things stay the same as before. BUT we were very disappointed with this place both times. They no longer have the fine dining experience that they used to have.The foods that we ordered were all mediocre. The menu offers varieties and things we normally dont see at other restaurants. But they lost its edge as far as flavoring and taste. I ordered seafood pasta with red sauce; the sauce was just so plain, and it was missing something. They didnt pound veal enough, that it wasnt very thin. We ordered zucchini flower fritters, and we tasted nothing but the butter.Our waiter was terrible, which also ruined our experience. We didnt appreciate her attitude. She was clearly annoyed with some questions about the menu that we asked.If we want to stay in North Hills for nice dinner, we will go to a few places in Warrendale next time.

I believe Ricos is the absolute best dining spot in Pgh. Were limited to coming on special occasions as we have moved some distance away. Ive never had a disappointment there. Whether it is the quality & taste of the food, or the impeccable service provided.

We were there for a funeral wake luncheon. Everything was delicious. We will definitely be returning soon for Dinner.

Very good food and professional atmosphere. Staff is well versed in menu and wine and food is prepared to perfection.

They are the number one in the city of Pittsburgh! It is exquisite!!!!! Rico sure knew what he was doing when he opened his restaurant so long ago.There is none better. You wont be disappointed. I promise!!!!!!!!!

We were disappointed with the quality as years past it was the place to go. Food is mediocre, they do not give you a side of pasta with your entrée anymore, and is very hectic because they are shortstaffed. There is a hierarchy of seating regular customers that arrive after you and has lost its special feeling.

Excellent service and good food. An enjoyable experience all around. And I have to say, one of the best wine cellars around. Thanks Rico! It was a pleasure meeting you.

The food was ok but I still cant get over all the upcharges. With Veal Piccata you can get braised cabbage(!), baked potato(!), or peas and corn (peas and corn??), but pasta? $7.50+ upcharge! Broccoli was an upcharge as well. The waitress defended the policy since its worked for over 40 years. So if youre looking for braised cabbage or dont mind upcharges you might enjoy it. The hostess was a delight.

Amazing like always!!! Been a while because of the obvious! But wow!

The scallops were cooked perfect. Melon was not as good as expected. Strange, no bread or pasta with Italian (Hubby enjoyed the Veal Parm)... meals unless ordered separate, so dont know how pasta/sauce might be. Really couldnt have eaten anymore anyways. But it is an Italian restaurant and we were curious. Atmosphere disappointing. They appeared to have a lot of regulars, that they cater to and know. When they seated us we were quite aware they were putting us in seats that were not very desirable. (know the feeling?)...Also, dont dress for this restaurant, people were casually attired. We were there during the week. Had heard good things. It was my birthday. I wont return. So often, Pittsburgh establishments cater to their people. When we get a sense of this, we tend to avoid future visits. We were sat near the kitchen with no view. They dont take reservations.

We were invited for a retirement/ tax seminar lunch. It was our first time at the restaurant. Everything was excellent!! And such great service!!

Awful waitstaff, bland food. Don’t waste your money

Worst service I have ever had in a restaurant. When the waitress says out loud for everyone to hear that your table is rude! When a second glass of wine was ordered she looked confused and asked if she served our first glass because she didn’t know what we’re drinking??? And when we order dessert and she was told it was a birthday and brought the tiramisu without a candle? When asked about a candle she told us only if you bring a candle. I have never had such a negative feeling about a restaurant as I did in this establishment. I have never felt so horrible about a restaurant experience as I did here. This is unreal in POST Covid when all you want is a great birthday experience. But at Rico you better bring your on candles if you want a Happy Birthday!

We visited Rico’s last evening to celebrate my brother-in-law’s birthday. We found it as lovely as ever. The service was gracious and helpful. The food was wonderful.We all had an enjoyable evening.We can’t wait to return.

Food and service both ve rdd y good with a slightly heavy hand with salt. Salad drowning in dressing. Good coffee. Veal amazing. Great wine menu.

My fiance and I met my friend Bob and his wife at Ricos. First time for me. Food was good. I had angel hair pasta and seafood. Waiter was very friendly. Didnt like the far back room. Nice place to chat and dine.

The service was impeccable. Romantic atmosphere. We got meet Rico. Now the food. OUTSTANDING. Cant wait to get back.

It was good but I expected more. Wonderful staff

Very good food. Good sized portions.

Ricos has really good food and the staff is friendly and helpful.

Best food I have ever had!

We love the food at Ricos! The food was delicious even during this stupid pandemic. Francis our waiter did a great job.

It was phenomenal from walking in to leaving. The service, food , n the valet..

Absolutely the best food ever! What a masterpiece on a plate!!

RICOS RESTAURANT, Is a Classic Name, along with quality and outstanding classic food. The atmosphere is outstanding along with the Employees. I cant wait to go back.

Always feel good at Ricos. Friendly staff and great food!

Classy atmosphere and great food at an extremely reasonable price.

Good was good but not over the top..service was a little slow...but an ok evening

Excellent service and Italian food in a comfortable environment. One of Pittsburgh best kept secrets. Enjoy from a variety of Italian delicacies. Since 1979 and still doing it up very well!

Excellent food, excellent service.

They are great, Rico makes the best veal parmesan in the tri-state area if not the country. Everyone is very professional and very polite. Janet waited on us again and she is so attentive and up on everything. My wife has a severe wheat allergy and they are extremely cautious about caring for her food preparation and its always wonderful.

This place is one of Pittsburghs greats. Love this place!

My husband and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary today at Ricos. We visited with Rico reminiscing how 25 years ago we were his first wedding reception in his restaurant. Rico and Vince remembered that our wedding cake had been sliced in a circle so everyone could take a piece home to freeze and eat a year later. Vince and I took home the top layer with our Precious Moments Bride and Groom on top that we enjoyed on our 1st wedding anniversary-August 8, 1993.

Great food, lovely ambience, attentive service and genuine Italian cuisine. A large house-like restaurant tucked away in Rico Lane, just aside from the busy McKnight Road is a warm experience to enjoy. Longstanding restaurant made famous for their food and wine is worth a visit. Their salads and appetizers are notably good; as solid as their entrées. Parking is only by friend valets, so bear in mind to consider a few extra minutes.

Signature angel hair with crab add on was delicious. There was an issue with an entrée but they bent over backwards to make it right. Excellent management. They were sweet people.

Best restaurant to take a loved one to. Perfect

Excellent italian food. Charming ambience and decor, very nice staff. They do great and easy takeout service.Their signature angel hair alfredo is dreamy

Always fabulous. Leslie is the best!

Best combo of food and service in Pittsburgh! Have to try the Caesar salad prepared table side and the fried zucchini is the best I ever had..hands down!

This was our first visit to this restaurant, but it will definitely not be the last. The menu is diverse with something for everyone. We dont normally have dessert, but after a pair of excellent steaks, we had some great desserts. A perfect finish to a first rate dining experience. The staff is a fine complement to the food. Everyone was friendly and made us feel welcome there.

Excellent food, great service, awesome atmosphere...we will be going back!!!

If we could give 20 stars we would. From the manager Trish to our waitress to the wine guy Carl our experience overly exceeded our expectations. We felt like we found our restaurant “home”. The food was incredible and the service outstanding. Will be back many many times!

FabulousBest Italian restaurant in the Pittsburgh areaBest authentic since my grandmothers home cookingWell be visiting oftenThanks Rico for the wonderful Tiramisu

I said it before and I’ll say it again. This is the absolute best restaurant in Pittsburgh. Maybe the best restaurant in America. The service is out of this world. The food is unreal. Anything on the menu is 10/10. And if you don’t see something on the menu you want, ask and they’ll make it for you. PS. Get the table side Cesar salad and ask for Donnie to make it.

First time trying this place. Food wasnt great nor was it horrible. Our service was horrible and rude (waitress sat over my shoulder as I was paying). Never asked us for refills. Just very unprofessional. I will never return. Better Italian options.

You will not regret coming here! Weve never had a bad experience coming here. The food is so delicious and we are tough Italians to please. The tableside Caesar salad, the homemade provolone sticks (which you can order any number you like), the tender veal! You cannot go wrong!

During the great quarantine of 2020, we picked up a great dinners for the family. Cant wait to visit and eat in house soon. Best Italian restaurant in Pittsburgh.

I would leave 6 if I could. Always excellent food and amazing service. They make you feel like your the only table there. Will continue to come here forever.

We didnt realize that it was a fancy white tablecloth restaurant but they welcomed us in our motorcycle gear and the food and wine was delicious and not at all highly priced. We definitely return.

Excellent food and friendly staff. Great stuffed shrimp.

Definitely one of our favorite restaurants in Pittsburgh area! Never had a disappointing meal!

Very nice.

The wine list is fantastic and goes well with the meals, Always a pleasure. Just moved back to Pgh and it was my first stop. Just as I remember it, my Happy hour hangout, I would watch what was served before making my decision.....

Three of us had dinner on Friday, 12/27/2019. The experience was less than satisfying: Our waitress seemed awkward, mispronounced Italian words, and didnt answer questions. We decided to order the house salad; she asked if we wanted gorgonzola on it. I asked whether or not that increased the price. She ignored the question.We discovered an increase of $5.00 for each salad with the cheese, from $2.50 to $7.50! The house dressing was also very strong, far too much vinegar.All our main menu selections were far too salty. Back home we became so thirsty, we had to drink several glasses of water.Thank you for this forum.

Lovely, lively atmosphere for the holidays. Our waitress. Janice, was attentive but not overly so. Ricos is a long respected restaurant. Consequently, their menu has not changed over many years. If you are looking for classic (old fashioned?) menu...this is the place for you. Good food...good service...doesnt knock your socks off...but you leave satisfied.

I had a great dinner here on Thursday with my good friends. I had veal and peppers and a delicious shrimp cocktail. This is a traditional place, which is awesome especially in todays age when you really cant find the classics. New restaurants seem to be trying so hard to be trendy, organic, farm to table or whatever else it is that they are chasing. Here, you can tell that the owners truly know their stuff and have been cooking the same great dishes for the test of time. Bottom line: fresh fish daily, great wine list, great staff, and most importantly, authenticity. I will be back again soon!

Great meeting place!

This was our first visit to this restaurant, but it will definitely not be the last. The menu is diverse with something for everyone. We dont normally have dessert, but after a pair of excellent steaks, we had some great desserts. A perfect finish to a first rate dining experience. The staff is a fine complement to the food. Everyone was friendly and made us feel welcome there.

Waited over an hour and a half when we were told 30 minutes. Would have left but they valeted the car and we had already been waiting long enough and were just hungry. It’s a dated and old restaurant and from the decor to the staff. For what it cost to eat here, save your money and go somewhere else.

Been visiting Ricos for 25 years and it never disappoints!

Great place, wonderful food

The elegant atmosphere and the tasteful Buffet its on display for my friends memorial service was absolutely amazing. I love this place. I normally get the veal parmesan and Ive never been disappointed. Located

My family has been going their for years. Exceptional food every time. Service is phenomenal, never a let down.

Excellent!

Fabulous as usual .... I had the Walleye and lump crab special and my husband had the broiled seafood platter which was enough for at LEAST 2 guests. Mine melted in your mouth. Never disappointed ... always a scrumptious meal along with impeccable wait staff. Davids the best at customer servicing the patrons ... hes always on top of his game.

Love Ricos. A wonderful classy place.

Great local restaurant. Very good Italian food. Prices are higher than your chain restaurants but qorth it. Does have a bar area. Nice banquet room for events. Highly recommend.

Food was fantastic

Worked as a busboy 25 years ago and still make it back at least once a year for a great dinner. Service, wine and food is absolutely incredible!!! Lisa was awesome & performed flawless! Wine glasses never go empty! Ricos son David is ready to take over! Great place to feel alive!

We were there for a private event. The food was definitely Italian and certainly the feel was very much Italian. I am unable to truly rate the food or service because as I mentioned we were there for a private party. However I can certainly say that the private party was serviced properly and with great care

After many years of dining here we had the worst experience ever. The waitress had zero personality. The price gouging for the appetizer ( $15 for 3 slices of tomato and cheese and a split charge to cut a tomato slice in half which we did NOT ask for the order to be split!) Waitress did take the split charge off the check however even though we asked several times to speak to a manager or owner nobody came to see us.The Valet gentleman had the best service of the entire establishment. He went above and beyond to hear our complaint and went and got a card to contact the owner. We did follow up with a phone call but were not offered any compensation at all.We fully understand the rising cost of food etc. however the egregious costs of some of the items on the menu are far above the industry standard of 67% markup.VERY disappointing to take Riccos off our list of dining establishments!!

We attended a family get together and had never been to Ricos before. What a pleasure. Since we did not want to be late,, we arrived early and we were very well attended while waiting. The large room in the back easily held 80 relatives. The terraced garden outside added to the fun of all our pictures.Then the dinners arrived, wonderful, simply delicious, all of it. The deserts came out in waves so we picked and chooses what we wanted. WOW!. Going back as soon as I loose some weight😋

Fantastic service Francis is the best waiter you could have. He made our lunch an extra special occasion. The food was good!

I love this place. Amazing service and some of the best veal in Pittsburgh. HIGHLY recommend.

Food is Chef cooked... Fresh and delicious. Recommend seafood pasta diablo... it is not on the menu but he prepares anything you ask for. BEST PLACE TO EAT PREMIUM FOOD! You will pay .... but the food is well worth it!

We tried to make a reservation, but we were told that they only accepted reservations for parties of 6 or more, but that our wait should only be 10 minutes if there was any wait at all. We got there gave our name and were told that our wait would be about 20 minutes. We waited 30 minutes and we watched people come in who obviously knew the owners; they slipped cash to people and got seated. All we wanted was to have a nice romantic dinner and spend a nice evening together. After almost a 40 minute wait, the hostess had no idea what was going on and told us that it would be about 20 more minutes, so we left. The valet was nice and got our vehicle very fast, unfortunately it was full of cigarette smoke. We had to drive with our windows down. Basically unless you know someone, do not bother going. The service was terrible, the bar was packed, and our car smelled like someone was smoking in it. I have learned an important lesson, if a restaurant does not accept reservations I am not interested.

My husband & I have been coming here for several years every few weeks as a date night, and the experience has been sublime every single visit. Everyone that works there (especially Lisa Rose!) are just fantastic, the food is out of this world, and its just such a lovely atmosphere. Old school elegant! A must try.

30 min wait for a table we had reservations for...understandable sometimes, but typically the manager would send an appetizer or dessert for the inconvenience--this guy just avoided us. They move super slow here although the food is pretty good....everything took forever. Definitely a place for the age 60 and up crowd.

There were 5 of us for dinner. All meals were excellent!!!

David the owner is a class act! Ricos has great food - Ive never been even close to disappointed. The wait staff is attentive and friendly. Its a warm and inviting atmosphere. The decor and the older crowd the restaurant draws will occasionally give you the feeling that the place is a bit dated but you need to push past that because it is a very nice place to have dinner.

Wonderful food,atmosphere, & very special service by Sadie, our waitressWould recommend to all,cant wait to go back