Riccardo Osteria

Sometimes the best review is no review. I wasn’t happy with my food or drink. But my partner liked their food but not her drink. Presentation was excellent. And the staff were all nice. But overall the dinner was missing something.

This is a great Italian restaurant in the West Loop area. I went for a work dinner so we got to enjoy many different dishes. The restaurant is small but fits a deceptively large amount of people. The staff was PHENOMENAL. My favorite dishes were the Zucchini Blossoms, the Octopus, the Burrata, and the Bucatini Pescatore. Everything was cooked so well and it had a great atmosphere.

Really good Italian food, service was amazing, however I recommend you to get a reservation, we did it. We tried many plates, arancini, veal alla parmigiana, pizza, fettuccini… everything was good. 100% recommended

The food was delicious. I highly recommend this place! Its great! The environment is calm and peaceful. I came on a Sunday evening and there was not too many people. Loved it and i will be returning again.

Love this place. Nice and intimate. And the food was delicious. We tried the stuffed zucchini blossoms with prosciutto and cheese. They were delicious. My friend had the seafood combo plate, a nice assortment of seafood, tasty. And my girlfriend had the Branzino absolutely loved it. The service was very good too. Will return.

When this place opened in the West Loop I was so happy. Having enjoyed excellent food at the Lincoln Park location I was sure I would finally have a close, great place to catch dinner. Sadly this place remains hit or miss at best. While the service is pleasant and recently they have added music on several nights the food quality is never guaranteed and often bad. Sometimes I’ll have a great meal and then, like my recent visit, it’s just terrible. I ordered the $28 asparagus risotto. Instead of a nice bowl of creamy risotto I got a flat plate of about 1/2 -2/3 cup of flavorless rice with soggy asparagus. It’s really too bad they can’t duplicate the quality of the Lincoln Park branch. This place has the potential to be a neighborhood gem but the food just isn’t there.

Got the fish and seafood stew. Incredible taste, fresh seafood. Great service.

We went for NYE dinner. We arrived early for our reservation and the hostess was great with accommodating us. It was our first time dining there so she gave us a few menu suggestions. The problems started afterwards. It was dimly lit and my husband and I struggled with seeing the menu, as we were using the flashlights on our phones to see our waitress lit a candle and placed it on the empty table next to us. After placing our order the food came out rather quickly, the food server placed our food on the table, noticed how we didn't have bread then graciously offered us some. My pasta was lukewarm at best, and as we were now just trying to make the best of our night a couple was seated next to us and we noticed how they were immediately offered bread, and cheese on their pasta, and how the overall level of service was far superior to what my husband and I received. It was a horrible start to our NYE celebration.