Riccardo’s Italian Restaurant - Amherstburg, Ontario

Another update: Their beautiful patio overlooking the water is open for the season! Server Teri provided great, attentive, friendly service. We spoke with Chef Bob while he was busy stirring the homemade sauces and making their soup. The steaming pots of deliciousness emitted mouth watering aromas. Today’s house made ... arancini were again off the charts! And the veal scallopini was so amazing, I was tempted to lick my plate clean (I didn’t!!!). I had the fettuccini egg noodles smothered in the same mushroom cream sauce that’s used on the veal as my accompaniment. It was outstanding!!! 6 stars if I could!! UPDATE: Still deliciously awesome! Excellent UPDATE: Still deliciously awesome! Excellent service from Stephanie who was attentive, friendly and kind! Highly recommend the Carbonara…and no one makes better Arancini (rice balls). It was the delicious smells emanating from this place that attracted our attention while strolling through Amherstburg. We discovered this casual, unassuming restaurant with the open kitchen, which served up outstanding, delicious Italian fare! The rice balls were great, and wish they bottled their house made salad dressing! It was a toss up between which was better, the lunchtime veal scallopini or the veal parmigiana as both excellent and so reasonably priced. Really excited for their patio to open in the warmer weather as their water front location is beautiful. Worth the short drive along the River from Windsor! A definite do-over! Read more

Absolutely delicious food I can’t wait to go back I had the seafood linguine. It was loaded with seafood and the sauce was very tasty

Good food, good prices, if weather permits, sitting outside is fantastic. Had broiled perch and lasagna, excellent.

Service: 5/5 Chicken Parm: 2/5 Taste was okay, good portion, but we found this to be a more American take on chicken Parm. The sauce was *very* thin, which reminded me more of tinned sauce than a thick homemade sauce, and the cheese reminded me of prepackaged sliced mozzarella. Served with a ... side of pasta which was okay, I don't think the pasta noodles are made in house. This dish seems to be popular for some reason, but I don't understand it myself. It is very easy to make something homemade that beats this. Ricardos Pollo: 2/5 Came recommended by the server, but neither of us found it to be enjoyable. Arancini: 5/5 One of the better arancinis we've had, would be back for this but would try a different main. I don't think it was homemade but it was still enjoyable. Read more

As I have always maintained, reviews are subjective. Given we are all in a time of inflation and staff shortages perhaps that may have contributed to a 3 star review. The restraunt itself must be a favorite for locals as it was almost at full capacity. The outdoor seating was wonderful overlooking ... the river. The buns as a previous reviewer noted did not seem or taste fresh and arrived with packaged butter. The battered mushrooms were heavy on the coating with bland tasteless button mushrooms on the inside. My partner commented that the dipping sauce was also bland. Onto the buschetta lacking a nice touch of garlic flavor. The side dinner salad was nothing more than iceberg lettuce with a few diced tomatoes. On the other hand, the chicken barley soup was delicious . My seafood trio had very nicely prepared grilled perch, basic tasting orange roughly and unfortunately 3 large bland prawns. The pasta was OK. My partner had veal marsala and meat lasagna. He rated the marsala a 7 and lasagna a 6. By the time we left Ricardos was packed. Not sure what happened with our meals. Read more