Li’l Rizzos

Food was so good! I got the chicken Parmesan with a salad, husband got tortellini, daughter got kids pizza with gummy bears! It was all super good! The wait was only about 15 minutes on a busy Saturday night. Our waitress was attentive and very nice.

Great food and nice location. Inadiquate parking. We always park in the overflow lot to avoid the madness. Cheap happy hour food and drinks. Live music was pretty good too.

Great food, great service and fabulous view of the Lake.
Waitress was attentive with drinks and throughout dinner

Great food. The cannelloni was the best I’ve had in years. The salad was delicious. a must try when you are on this side of the lake. Casual yet classy

We have been coming to this restaurant for at least 5 years. The salad and pizza are always so delicious. We went on Monday night and it was packed. We had to wait for a table and our server had more than she could handle, they were very short handed. The manager Erin stepped in to refill our drinks and help her out. We are very pleased and will keep going back to our favorite place at The Lake.

Me and my wife went here after being disappointed at hks were very please food was great and so was the service good priced and cheap drinks will definitely be back.

Great salads and pizza! Really great salads :-) 2 locations now, hh and at the outlet mall next to heros, nothing bad to say, clean, nice, casual!

Unbelievable pizza and only $ 8 on Thursday — went early for happy hour appetizers– potato skins were like potato cups of loaded twice baked potatoes-​delicious. Marinara tasted like it was just made

My favorite place at the lake. Great food & service. Salad & rolls rock. Best lunch sandwich is the Italian sub.

We went there on a thurs eve with our 3 kids. Kids meals were 2.50 each (their special) that night. We decided to splurge and order an appetizer, drinks, two higher priced adult meals and we even let the kids order two meals each, $ 5 was not gonna break us. We finished off the night with two desserts. All together the bill was right at $ 80. We were satisfied with that and more than satisfied with the food. Cute lil place, nice location, and solid service. We were told the fryer was not working that night, but oh well, we managed. I would go back, kids really enjoyed the food and so did we.

This is a review that I wish I could separate the food stars from the wait staff stars.
This Lil Rizzo’s location is right up the street from the condo we stay at when at the lake. You will always see it crowded so come prepared to wait a bit unless you get there way before the crowds. They have a reservation system where they will text you when your table is ready and it also allows you to view your order on the list. This is a great tool, I wish a lot of restaurants used it. FYI they do not take reservations for big parties!
We had a party of 6 and instead of giving us the table on the floor that was a bit more spacious, they crammed us into a high top between the bar and the backroom when clearly by the time we sat down, the place was clearing out. I would have waited a few more minutes for a better table but we weren’t given that option.
Our waitress came out looking as if she was in her own world and a bit frazzled. She took our drink orders and luckily those came out right away. We were celebrating a birthday and a friend asked her if they do that, which they do, and wrote it down on her paper pad. We all ordered our meals (1 chicken salad, 1 toasted ravioli, 3 spaghetti and meatballs, 2 salads 2 orders of cheese bread and 1 pizza) and settled in as we knew it would probably be awhile for the main dishes to come. We had to flag the lady down to get our salads before hand, which she never delivered the bread basket as we had to ask for that too as we saw other tables getting multiples of it. The cheese bread arrived with the main meals, which she tried to give me a spaghetti instead of the pizza — turns out the didn’t even make the pizza! So I got to sit there while everyone else ate — finally got my pizza while they were finishing up. By then I wasn’t even hungry anymore.
The bills then came, which pricing was on target for what was ordered, and we realized they never did the birthday celebration. My friend asked again and she claimed we never told her yet we did from the get go — they finally do it and half of the team sang the wrong name while the other half said the name right. A waitress even came out to ask us what the name was supposed to be because ours told them the wrong one!
They have a rewards program — supposedly. I decided to sign up, it tells you that the $ 5 off that you get for doing that will be applied to your bill. It never was and we were charged the full price we found out in the end. However I earned points for the future yet it didn’t do what we wanted it to do originally.
Will I be back? Probably but I hope the rewards program improves by then and that the wait staff is a bit more attentive so I can actually enjoy my meal with everyone else next time.

The restaurant was very crowded, and not a whole lot of room to speak of, but the staff makes up for all of that.
The server was sweet and very intuitive. The bartender was awesome and very jovial. The ceiling is pretty nifty, that’s all I will say about that. You have to see it to appreciate it.
My wife got chicken spedini. She liked it, and the portions were sufficient. It needed salt. That was the only complaint.
I got a buffalo chicken pizza. It was pretty dang tasty. A bit too salty, but that’s not a problem for me.
The bread is awesome!!!
Overall, I will be going again next year when we visit the Lake of the Ozarks.

We ordered pizza and it was great. My niece ordered the gluten-​free pizza and said it was very good. I really liked the dinner rolls served before the pizza. Nice atmosphere.

I used to love this place. Unfortunately I can’t say that I do anymore. I went there for dinner. I was going to order my favorite dish in the Ozarks. It’s a hot plate of beef tenderloin with a sterno underneath it to cook it. Our server said they don’t have that anymore. So I asked for a hamburger and she said that’s only on the lunch menu. Then I asked for the Italian sausage sandwich and she also said that it was on the lunch menu. I was stuck with the pizza. Somethings wrong if I can’t get a hamburger and any regular restaurant. It’s a easy go to for any customer that is easy to prepare. I don’t see us going there anytime soon.

We’ve had Lil Rizzo’s pizza several times. It’s usually what we get on the night we arrive since it’s just up the road. We’ve ate there and had carry out. They have a decent view on their patio too. Carry out was ready on time.
It’s thin crust pizza which is never my favorite anyway but I have nothing against it. However, for a pizza place, I can’t say their pizza is all that great. According to my dad, Lil Rizzo’s is supposed to be the #1 pizza place at the lake. We all disagree; there has to be something better! Next year we plan to find a new pizza joint for our fist night there.

Went here on a recent trip and we had their house salad and a Veggie pizza, the food was ok – both the salad and pizza were slightly above average (compared to many Italian restaurant experiences). We went right at sunset (on a Friday night) and they were very busy, we opted to wait for an outdoor table. Had a glass of wine at the bar while we were waiting, great recommendation from the bartender!
The best part of our experience was seeing (and hearing) Me and Jim perform on the deck, which overlooks the Lake. They are a duo (although apparently they sometimes have a singer) who perform a huge variety of rock/​country/​rythmn and blues songs in a light and extremely talented manner. They are not a cover band – Jim Biggs is a veteran «session» player who has performed with the best and brings a unique and lovely interpretation to every song he plays, well worth seeing these guys if you go to the Lake of the Ozarks area.

Stopped in on a Friday night for dnner out on their deck. The view is not so stunning, but you can, in fact, see the lake. For us the view was poretty much a parking lot and a dead tree.
Started off with the Spinach, Green Chile and Jalapeño dip accompanied by a glass of house Merlot and house Pinot Noir. The waitress didn’t tell us, but all of these were half price as we had arrive during happy hour. I think it was about 6. Sometimes the house wines can be pretty awful, but these were both pretty good. The dip was also excellent.
We then had a pepperoni pizza. It looked amazing, but tasted just okay, really. The crust is very dry and could use maybe a bit of oil, but I“m not expert.
Service was excellent, very friendly. It would have been nice if she had told us about the happy hour going on, but we accidentally took advantage of it anyway. I’m always happy when I pay less. We’ll probably be back, not for the view.
3 ½ stars

Cannelloni is very good portions are generous, drink selections are nice, friendly wait staff. ½ price appetizers during happy hour suggest trying the spinach jalapeño cheese dip. Shrimp Scampi Linguini has a nice light sauce & spaghetti w meat ball would be loved by kids. Prices not outrageous. Minestrone soup is good as well.

Very small dining room and we were packed in there like sardines. I thought my food was great. The menu is not what I call healthy but we ordered two chicken options that tasted amazing. I hate leftovers but I even ate it the next day. We also tried the «Italian Wings» they were good had lots of flavor.

Tempting menu with many unhealthy choices but «highly rated chef «good flavor food.
Friendly, responsive staff. Great location in relationship to The Lodge of the Four Seasons. Appreciated the offerings and price of a decent listing of kid options.