Ritrovo Italian Pub & Grille

I went here with my boyfriend last year. I have never gone back and it is right down the street from my house. The food was okay, but the bartender (a pretty young female) gave horrible service. She was not busy and not friendly. She messed up the order, took forever to do everything, and no matter how friendly I tried to be with her — she was so… dull. Didn’t smile-​just miserable and awful. I wasn’t looking to make friends or anything. I was conversating with my date. But every time I had to interact with her (ordering etc) it was like I was bothering her. The service in the dining room seemed more professional. She did everything in slow motion (not that I was in a hurry just that I didn’t feel like a priority). This girl just needs to get a job not dealing with people because she turned me away from this establishment. And I’ve passed the word along… if I ever do go back — I promise to post an update.

Love the atmosphere and the food. Always great specials offered too. Whether you are in the mood for pub food, seafood, steak, chicken, or gourmet pizza they have it here. Absolutely the best steak sandwich around.
Wednesday’s ladies night is my favorite. Fun & friendly bar and excellent staff. Highly recommended.

Horrible! I had high hopes for this place because i loved the atmosphere. However we were never told about a special menu they had and I had to ask the waitress about it because I heard the bartender talking about it. We also had to wait a ridiculously long time for our food. Multiple parties who got there after us got their food before us. And the food… not good. My burger was super soggy and my husband couldn’t even eat his chicken sandwich.

This restaurant was alright. I ordered the gnocchi with alla vodka sauce with meatball and sausage. The meatball and sausage were good and the gnocchi melted in your mouth. I usually don’t need to add salt to my dishes but felt that the sauce was sort of bland and needed to add something to add some flavor. The food wasn’t super hot either but I did feel the portion size was good as it wasn’t too large where you feel that you would overstuff yourself. I also got the peanut butter cheesecake which was okay but wasn’t too flavorful. The sangria was good though. For the price I felt like you got decent food. This place was definitely busy as we were there around 8pm on a Saturday and many people were still there and ordering food. A nice thing is that there are plenty of TVs around and they do a lot of specials like ½ off specials for the ladies. I also notice on social media they are active with specials going on. We were also seated quickly and the food came out fast. Service was good. Parking is in the back of the building for the restaurant. All in all, it is a decent place.

There is one bartender in particular if we see her working we will make sure not to sit at the bar. She makes you wait forever… Gets her long hair in everything, messes up orders and has zero personality. We’ve had her a number of times to know she is consistently a disappointment… And she seems to always be there. On the other hand there are a couple waitresses that are great there — if only we got them every time. I have decided to stick with the regular menu since sometimes the specials sound good and end up being really weird… Like potato and cod stuffed ravioli?

Visited Ritrovo on a recent trip to RI. To be fair, I have frequented this place many times before moving out of state.
This restaurant is a great spin off from Richard’s Pub, and Eric, the chef, has done a fantastic job with the menu and offerings. The staff is always friendly, the appetizers are always interesting and the ordering either from the menu or the list of specials is never a gamble because you know the food is going to be excellent.
This is definitely on my list of restaurants to stop at when in RI.

Met friends for dinner on a Wednesday which just happened to be ladies night-​all specials ½ off for the ladies. There are so many specials we all got one. I had the flounder with spinach and summer squash. The fish was delicious! Breaded and fried with capers. I couldn’t stop eating! The portions are quite large and I had left overs for lunch the next two days. We splurged on dessert and we all had a glass of wine. With tip it came to about $ 30/​person. We will definitely be back.

Where do I begin?! Went here for dinner last night and it was a good and bad experience. Why the food that my family ate was good my particular dish/​dishes were lackluster at best. The pink vodka with penne was so bland it I’m not sure it was actually pink vodka sauce, then they top it with precooked and reheated chicken that had absolutely no taste whatsoever. Cooking 101– salt and pepper? So why 3 stars? The waiter. His name was Seth and he was the most attentive and hard working waiter I’ve seen in a while. Forgot nothing was back to clear empty glasses and plates to make it easier on us. So if your going to go their make sure Seth is working and you won’t be disappointed with the service.

Hubby and I ordered take out, we live close by and wanted to try it for quite some time. My hubby ordered apps. clam zuppa (packaged improperly so it spilled in the car) stuffed mushrooms (soggy, tiny horrible taste) and potato skins (just okay). I ordered the veal palm sandwich thinking as an Italian grill it would be delicious… Well I was severely disappointed, my veal is so over cooked the breading is burnt, the sauce was so cheap tasting, Im guessing it comes straight from a can nothing added to it. So bland, hardly any cheese. The only part of my meal I semi-​enjoyed was the fries. I will give this spot one more try, because I’ve worked in many kitchens and I know sometimes we have an off day. I hoping this was the case tonight.

The experience was worth repeating. Sara was an informative and amazing waitress. The food was excellent and prepared to perfection. We will return! Also posted on Facebook for a friend in the area to check out. What a great find!

Third time is more than a charm. The seafood risotto was unflippinbelievable! I could eat this every day… almost. This is the best risotto I have ever had and now I have a favorite place while staying in Rhode Island.

This is the fourth time I’ve eaten here and tonight was the best meal by far.
I had the Ritrovo scrod and it was delightful, light and flaky and tasty. Prior visits I have had just dinner salads and they were pedestrian at best.

My wife and I have Ritrovo’s on our list of favorites never have to wait for a table staff is good food is hot and the place is clean need I say more

I am here on business and the hotel suggested this place. I got take out and I am only a few min away. I ordered nearly $ 30 of dinner and dessert and ordered veal. I asked if it is fresh or frozen and how good was it. I was told very good and fresh. It wad terrible and overcooked. I got bread and no butter or EVOO. I wish I had just gone to Panera. Buyer beware. I also posted my concern on the FB page. They never sent me a massage to inquire and simply deleted it. I will make sure I share this with my local and remote team to warn how terrible this was and expensive. I not mind paying if it is good. I paid nearly $ 40 tonight from Bistro Nine and it w as great!

I’m upset I did not experience the ratings that others have given for this restaurant. I have been years ago and was excited to go back this weekend since I remembered good things. I will start off by saying the place looks very clean but that is unfortunately where the good experience ends. We chose to sit at the bar since we were getting a late lunch and did not want the formality of dinner. We were stunned to hear there was no drink menu outside of a beer and wine list. I find it strange when places don’t have some sort of cocktails offered when they have hard liquor on hand. We received our beer and menus and soon placed our orders. I might add that the bartender seemed like she couldn’t care less that she had customers due to her lack of personality and existence for the remainder of the time spent here. I ordered the make your own pasta with the bolognese sauce and my friend ordered a ruben. After waiting awhile for our food and almost feeling like we were forgotten about, our meal arrived. The bartender dropped our food and didn’t come back to check on how things were until we were halfway done and had been staring at her since we both had needed things.
Overall about the food… his ruben was missing thousand island dressing on it and was cold and my pasta tasted like Chef Boyardee straight out of the can with some different pasta. The meat tasted like it was reheated from probably the night before. We both suffered through eating only due to how hungry we were after waiting so long and the fact our bartender was walking around the entire time outside of the bar and was nowhere near us at any point to be able to say anything without yelling to her. Overall I would never go back to this place. Unfortunately I had high hopes this place would be decent since we love their sister company Richard’s Pub (who has an awesome drink menu).

Very bad dining experience. Manager was rude, unprofessional, and insulting. Appalled that a restaurant would treat its guests in this manner. After informing my friend that I thought my meal was not the best I ever had the manager overheard and grabbed my plate away from me an threw it in the trash. I was left with my glass of wine and was not extended the opportunity to order something different. Was actually informed by the manager that I must be having a bad day. After being informed that the salmon I ordered was no longer a menu option I was not even offered a menu to make a new selection and ordered from what I remembered being on the menu. Sadly, this is the third bad experience I have had here. I will not return for a fourth experience to be insulted and receive bad service/​food

My family choice for dinner several times per month. Always nice staff, great drinks and food choice has some interesting changes and options. Clean and comfortable, sometimes on the loud side, but fun all the same. Big bar, if just my husband and I we choose to sit at the bar. Big TV screens, always active.

Once again an excellent experience. Brought the fam to our now local go to restaurant. Plenty of tv’s keep the kids occupied, especially during the Olympics.
We have not been disappointed any time we have been here. Seems like the Friday night spot for many families. The atmosphere is white noise of many patrons enjoying their drinks and meals while running into other friends. Always seem to be able to seat us, party if 5, no matter what time we get here. A must try.

Place is pretty nice inside. nothing extravagant. Crowd was approximately 50 years plus in age. The restaurant lacked subtle background music. You could only hear conversations and sliver wear touching plates. Good setup of the tvs but no volume.
As far as the food, we had buffalo wings which were very good. My girlfriend has class over linguine which she said was fresh possibly home made pasta but it lacked flavor. I had a cheeseburger which was pretty good. $ 1.99 coors and bud light drafts are a good deal

We had a wonderful visit to Ritrovo. I have been using Unilocal for so long and saying to myself that so many of you have helped me find great places to eat while traveling and I should contribute by leaving my own reviews to help people like me. Ritrovo was so good I’m actually finally leaving a review. The atmosphere was really laid back, the food was fresh and house made and the service was great (Thanks Jay!)
I had the scallops risotto and it was fantastic and prepared nicely. My daughter had the tortellini and marinara, someone else had linguine and spicy marinara, also the vodka sauce was awesome. We enjoyed everything! Definitely worth the visit. Happy Dining!