Ricky's All Day Grill - Campbell River — Restaurant in Campbell River

My grandfather and I went to Ricky's yesterday for lunch. He is a diabetic and needed to eat.

The food was good. I had a burger and fries and when it got to the table it was nice and fresh and the fries were piping hot and cooked just right.

The waitress was quite personable and friendly.

The only issue I had was how long it took. I had a busy day scheduled and only had about 45 minutes to eat but I thought how long can it take for a burger and fries?

My grandfather had something akin to a beef dip sandwich, again pretty straightforward.

It turns out that ordering and getting your straight forward basic meals takes a very significant amount of time.

There was also an extremely long wait just to get the food. From the time we walked in till the time we finally paid was about 1 and 1/2 to 1 and 3/4 hours.

I sat there with my wallet in one hand and my credit card in the other hand for about 10 minutes till she even came to the table and this was after she already cleared all the dishes. There was, I believe, only one other occupied table at this point in time.

As a side note we got there at around 12:55 and there was probably only three other tables that had people at them so they definitely were not overly busy.

So the food was excellent, the waitress was definitely pleasant but unless you have a couple hours to eat a basic (but tasty) meal...

Ricky's has been closed for a time, but now it's open again. Yesterday, I decided to test it out. I was hungry for breakfast, but I also wanted a burger. I settled for the burger because of the picture on the menu. The problem was, the picture didn't do the burger justice. What I got was EXACTLY what the picture looked like except for one thing. The burger was REALLY big! I mean for a 6oz meat paddy, the burger was enormous! I tried to put the thing in my mouth, and my mouth only went to the first of two tomatoes! I still had the onion rings and the lettuce to go before I reached the bun! I have never had to eat a burger before with a steak knife, but I had to today. Not only that, I had the burger with cubed hashbrowns and an egg. The egg was only 1.15, so I got to have my breakfast AND a burger! The price of the burger, hashbrowns, egg, and a cup of coffee was just over 20 bucks. For what I got it was REALLY reasonable.

One thing though, they screen you to see if you've had your shot(s). So if you haven't, try a different restaurant. Also, Dukes does as well. One thing though if you go to Ricky's and decide to eat the burger, ask for an extra plate and bring a friend. The burgers so big, you can feed two people! (Although you may need to order fries or a soup for the...

Our group of 3 popped in for lunch around noon on a Saturday, place was about 1/3 full. Got seated quickly, but took 10 minutes (and us asking) for the waitress to come take our drink orders. Took 40 minutes for the food to arrive, and the waitress explained they ran out of bacon... Don't get me started on how that would even happen, but sure, ok, you ran out of bacon. At lunch time. On a Saturday. Apparently that's the norm in this restaurant now, because it didn't seem to phase the waitress, barely an apology. This is the 2nd time in a row we've got here and spent over an hour and a half from sit down to bill payment. The irony is I knew this place was going to be a gong show yet I agreed to go anyway, needing a quick lunch to make a 1:30 tee time. I thought "oh yea, we'll get there at noon, have lots of time". Nope. Between the salty food and the completely unacceptable service times we...