La Rivista Restaurant & Market — Restaurant in The Municipal District of Kilkenny City

I was happy to secure a table for 6pm on a Saturday night on the June bank holiday weekend and we were pleased that there was a 3 course weekend set menu on for €33 per person. It was our first time here and we found staff pleasant and efficient without rushing you. To start, we picked a satisfying bottle of Sangiovese di Puglia at €32. My husband opted for the Garlic bread with cheese and nduja with a smidgin of fresh salad leaves perfectly dressed. I got a few tasty morsels of this and was highly impressed and regretted my choice of the smoked trout millefoglie with carasau bread and stracciatella cheese even though it was very tasty indeed. For mains, though I was tempted with the catch of the day oven baked cod, we both thought pasta the best bet in an Italian and we were not disappointed. I had the pasta with prawns and my husband had the chicken and chorizo pasta. The pasta brought me back to our meals in Italy and was as authentic as I have had. To finish I had the Baileys tiramisu. It was so light and delicious but to be honest I didn't get a hint of Baileys in it. My husband chose the Crunchie cheesecake with crunchie icecream which was creamy, dreamy, flavourful and decadent. This Italian has the portions and pacing of the meal down to a fine art in that by mains we thought we had space for dessert and by the end of dessert, we were at capacity. We both would highly recommend for quality of food, value and atmosphere and hope to return in the future once a babysitter is...

Most places in Ireland have gluten free toast but I read online that this place served gluten free pizza and pasta so I had to try it. My husband and I shared the gluten free risotto and the tomato soup which came with a gluten free roll! So delicious. I could not talk my husband into ordering the gluten free pizza but I assume the regular pizza was good because he happily devoured the entire thing, which was huge. The gluten free pasta was light and tender...exactly how I like it. For dessert, we shared the gluten free brownie sundae (chocolate malt balls on the side for my husband). There seemed to be chocolate cream or mousse in there as well. It was the most amazingly dreamy dessert! The prices were really reasonable compared to other dinning options. We would have done the 3 course meal + bottle of wine for 65 euro special for two if we didn't have such a late lunch beforehand. This meal has been our gold standard for our trip so far. I wish we had found this gem before our last...

Visited La Rivista recently for an early dinner with a friend. My starter, a hallomi salad was good however for me a little drenched with dressing. My main, a slow cooked featherblade dish arrived to table cold so i returned for reheating. On tasting the dish my vegetables, baby potatoes, broccoli and carrots were undercooked, in fact hard and the beef was extremely tough. The main was very disappointing. When we had finished eating the server collecting our plates noted I hadn't finished my main. I told her that the meat was tough and veg were undercooked, she said she would mention to chef. When I paid the bill there was no acknowledgement of my issue which I thought was poor customer service. I didn't want to create a fuss so I paid and left. Would be reluctant to eat there again...