Rico's Restaurant

I started my night in the bar area while waiting for my table. I ordered the Lemon Drop Martini and it was the perfect thing to start my night. The bar was super busy but the bartenders were very attentive and even asked to take pictures of me and my friends as we were going out for Valentines Day. I had never been here before but it's my boyfriends favorite restaurant so I told him make the reservations and let's try it. Upon driving up to the restaurant you are met with a valet then when you walk in there is a maiter d' and a coat checker. It's more upscale so do be prepared for that when you go. As as appetizer we ordered the Fried Zuchinni.... let me tell you something.... this by far the BEST Fried Zuchinni I have ever tried in my life! I would come again and again just to order that. It's lightly breaded with the best seasoning and my friends loved it just as much! I got the Filet for dinner and was so happy that it was cooked perfect with it being medium rare not at kitchens cook the meat correctly and I have to send it back quite often. The Asparagus that was paired with the Filet was AMAZING! The garlic and butter used was phenomenal. I just can't get over how great this place was overall. If you want an upscale restaurant that's been around forever check this place out. It's so good and the staff is so friendly that it's worth it!

Excellent service and menu. I enjoyed the many seafood and pasta dishes they had to offer. The restaurant has multiple dining rooms and only does valet parking. Great place for a special occasion dinner!

Food was absolutely amazing!!!! Very nice atmosphere with great service, I loved all the crab we had and the veal was cooked perfect

The food is amazing! We had the zucchini, very light. Virginia spots and Rico's seafood, linguine with pine nuts, with sides-amazing!! Old Italian, cozy feeling restaurant.Can't wait to return.

Mother's Day I called for reservations several weeks before the holiday. They only take reservations for parties of 6+. Dinner started at 4pm. So we pulled up the driveway just before 4pm. The valets parked our vehicles (free). The huge parking lot was less than 20% full. We were promptly seated. All of the tables were set with white linens and a single red rose. We ordered SoCo over ice, Bloody Mary with Grey Goose, and ice tea. The 90+ year old cognitively intact member of the group "This is the worst Bloody Mary that I have ever been served."Given the caliber of the restaurant, we expected field greens for the house salad. We were disappointed. The caprese salad had generous portions of tomatoes and mozzarella but was floating in the house dressing, not drizzled with Balsamic vinegar. Tables were quickly turned over. A staff member dropped a tray of full water glasses. Thankfully, the glasses didn't break, but water and ice cubes went everywhere. A poor job was done cleaning up the mess. When a table of guests were seated, one member sat in a puddle of ice water.The French onion soup was hot, had lots of onions, and had melted cheese with each bite. It was the highlight of the meal. The veal entrees were generous portions. The sweet potato fries were hot and crispy. The broccoli was overcooked. The crab florentine would have benefited from a different melted cheese (cheddar) or simply a lemon vinegarette. The crab and spinach were very good. When ordering, I didn't want a baked potato, broccoli, sucatash, or sweet potato fries. I ordered the asparagus after asking our waitress about the preparation. Per the waitress, the asparagus would be served hot with the house salad dressing drizzled over top. Execution: the asparagus was pickled, served chilled, and drown in the dressing. The bill reflected the restaurant's reputation of being high caliber. We planned our arrival to not be part of the dinner rush. When we were leaving, the huge parking lot was getting close to capacity.We left disappointed.

We pull up and it's forced valet, you did not have a choice. They were very nice. They took our jackets, and we were seated. Our waiter was rude. Bread was hard, stale, tasted store bought. Food took forever. The fettuccine didn't even have salt and pepper on it and was just extremely soupy. No flavor AT ALL was literally 2% milk. The "famous" angel hair was the same exact way. Don't recommend either. I think they are trying to cater to old people, but I felt sick after. 0 flavor. The broccoli was saugy. The French onion soup and scallops were ok. Old style atmosphere with only old people there. I will never go back and dont recommend.

Service is slow but servers and staff are friendly and professional. Apps are delicious, my favorite is the THINLY SLICED FRIED ZUCCHINI.Dinner was ok, got the Veal chop in a seafood sauce. Don't recommend but the rest of the table of 10 got steak, looks great, I was jealous! Cool atmosphere and nice staff, I will be back for the meat...

Many years ago, Rico's was the restaurant to go to in the North Hills --however, this is no longer the case. My husband and I visited a month or so ago -- food was so-so (not very well seasoned), waiter was excellent - very informative about the menu selections and pleasant. My husband decided he wanted to give it another chance so we went there on a week night (not busy) with our daughters to celebrate his birthday. It was anything but a celebration. Waitress took forever to address us, when I asked about specials, she pointed to the menu offering no further information - my daughter (23) asked about a drink menu - she replied they didn't have one, perhaps she'd like a shirley temple! It was obvious to all of us that she did not want to be there and we felt totally unwelcomed. -- Ok -- then the food - side salad looked like they opened the bag from Giant Eagle and dumped it into a bowl - no celery, no cucumbers -- the Chicken piccata - didn't cook off the wine and sauce was sour, came with a baked potato - which was delivered in foil - no butter and when I asked for butter, she picked up the bread basket, shook it and showed me 5-6 foil packets in the bottom of the basket and asked if i would need more?!! My daughter ordered the filet mignon med rare -- which was burnt on the edges and had NO flavor - and let's mention, came with nothing but sliced mushrooms on the plate -- second daughter ordered the seafood pasta (muscles, clams, scallops, shrimp) - no flavor and when delivered, waitress said dish was hot, so she was just going to "slide" the plate over to her --- husband had the boston scallops ordered side of angel hair w/pine nuts -- not worth the price ... again had to add so much salt/pepper to this meal, i'm surprised they didn't charge us for it .... so here we are -- supposedly a top tier restaurant and when I entered the ladies room, there was a huge roll of toilet paper on the sink should you not want to use the hand dryer! The best part of the evening was the valet -(which was not by choice -- no self-parking -- yep $$ ) - he was pleasant and kind -- which is more than I can say for any other part of the evening. If they want to be a first-class restaurant and over charge for the meals, they need to deliver. Sad way to celebrate a birthday -- and yes, if you are wondering - we still left the waitress a tip over 20% in cash because she truly needs to go to charm school.

Went there last night for anniversary dinner. The salads were good. The valets were good. Not much else. Was disappointed in the service. Everything took too long. Wanted to order a 2nd glass of wine and dessert but chose not too because a 2 hour dinner was long enough. Asked for bread and was criticized for asking because "it usually comes with the salad." Really? Had to ask for water more than once, which was empty for long stretches. Food was ok, not great. Would not go back.

Great food great service! The staff was wonderful and we will be back! With white table cloths and wonderful ambiance this is a must for a great evening