Italissimo
Italissimo things to do, attractions, restaurants, events info and trip planning
Description
Ratings
Plan your stay
Posts
Simply put - WOW! By far one of our favorite restaurants in Riga. The food is absolutely delicious and a great staff. The restaurant is rather large, but I highly suggest making a reservation. They are very busy...because they are worth it. My wife and I stopped by last night and luckily got the last open spot around 1730. Meal starts with a nice bread and olive bowl, with olive oil and vinaigrette. We both started with one of their specials last night, root vegetable soup with chantrelle mushroom and truffle oil - amazing. Before the meal came out they gave a small complimentary lemon sorbet to cleanse the palette - very nice. For our main course we had the Mushroom Risotto (delicious) and a Rigatoni dish with a Mushroom ragu - yes we were in the mood for mushrooms hahahaha. Pasta was cooked perfectly (they ask you how you would like it done). We had a few glasses of wine and the waiter was very good - small pour to taste and approve before glass poured. The hostess and waitress really made out meal complete. Thank you to everyone who helped make my wife's birthday meal perfect. We will be back...again.
Troy ChiassonTroy Chiasson
00
We were warmly welcomed in a very modern and stylish restaurant. The host as well as all waiters were attentive and friendly throughout our lunch. This is a restaurant that pays attention to details, from food to the interior to the impeccable cleanliness of the whole establishment. The basement has a large supervised playroom for kids. A large family group next to us had the kids eat some pizza first and then sent them down to play - everybody wins. The food and wine selection is authentic and quite wide - definitely something for everyone. We had pasta with Burrata and tomatoes, as well as a piece of lasagna. Food was delightful, service was impeccable. We had two waiters who succeeded in providing us a great restaurant experience - one of them has had visible fun and delight in explaining me a wine I hadn't had before. The only wish I had after this visit was to come back for a full scale dinner with a 5 course meal. Great for lunch, dinner, small as well as large groups. Prices adequate regarding the whole experience!
Jens AnttilaJens Anttila
00
The place looks very good. Atmosphere is nice. Kids room is good especially since there is a person looking after kids. The food was medioca, we had pasta- was very dry, like not as in taste but literaly as if it was staying long on a shelf or dried on purpose. Beef medalion with trufels had no tufels and one piece of meat was good another bad, Picas.... Very primitive for my taste kids barely ate them , so they ended up as rubbish. Service rude at times, unhelpufull- when asked what would be good for kids, told me: "we do not do that", What is that supposed to mean?! Made us feel as we had to be in a rush as they grabed our plates seconds after we put last bit in mouth.... But one waiter at particular other seemed better. Prices skyhigh that is inadequte for food offered, especially wines, absolutely unreasonable. Since I see many good reviews I guess I made mistake by expecting to have some good diner. It looks like its more of a place to go for chilling out and showing off and not expecting good food.... Or maybe we ordered wrong dishes..... In my opinion Yet another place in Riga with unstable service unstable quality of food and thus reputation earned purely due to fashion.
Aleksandrs MurnieksAleksandrs Murnieks
00
We went there for lunch and the experience was incredible. The service was perfect and the food really amazing. I wasn’t expecting such qualitative food and service for an Italian restaurant. We ordered the beef tartare in entrance to share and we weren’t disappointed. Personally I haven’t tried any tartare before this one and for a first experience it was incredible, it was very tasty and raffinate. Then we ordered seafood risotto and the beef pasta with truffle. Both were really good and surprising. For the drinks we both took a cocktail that were very good and balanced. As an extra they offered us some homemade bread as an entrance that were absolutely amazing. And in addition they offered us some homemade limoncello that was the perfect conclusion for this meal. All this for a very affordable price according to the quality and the place.
María SuárezMaría Suárez
00
The place is beautiful and cozy design. From the design the music even the very nice toilets everything is super clean and nice. I will start first from the reasons I gave this only 4 stars and almost 3, 1. Waiting time is too long, It took us approx 1.5HR to get the main dishes and more than 30m for the desserts total 2.5HR+ the entire meal with 3 hungry kids, I literally felt I am aging there. 2. The risotto was not good 3.the carbonara was medium Some positive stuff: Glutten free - for those who are unfortunate like me I had a great glutten free pasta that was really good! There is a big kids room downstairs it's a child friendly restaurant. The stuff was super kind and welcoming All the rest was super good
Amit KeretAmit Keret
00
Had dinner at Italissimo last weekend with some friends. We had the calamari as a starter-- absolutely delicious, best calamari I've had in Eastern Europe. I had the Al Fungi con Pancetta pizza for dinner. The smaller size was perfect for one person (in my opinion). Service was wonderful, very attentive, we all really enjoyed our server Edwards! The location is a bit outside of Riga Old Town, so good spot if you want to experience something that doesn't feel as touristy. The restroom is in the basement, I didn't see if they had an elevator or not, so it may not be wheelchair accessable.
Willa SauerWilla Sauer
00
Nearby Attractions Of Italissimo
Vērmane Garden
The Freedom Monument
Esplanāde
Bastejkalna Park
Latvian National Opera
Kronvalda Park
Latvian National Museum of Art
Latvian War Museum
Bergs Bazaar
The Corner House

Vērmane Garden
4.6
(4.8K)Click for details

The Freedom Monument
4.7
(4.5K)Click for details

Esplanāde
4.5
(3.8K)Click for details

Bastejkalna Park
4.7
(3.6K)Click for details
Nearby Restaurants Of Italissimo
LIDO Vērmanītis
Lido Dzirnavas
LIDO
Casa Nostra Italian restaurant
Lidojošā varde
Kūkotava
Zivju lete
Gan bei - Galleria Riga
Tērbatas Ezītis miglā
Beef Eater's

LIDO Vērmanītis
4.4
(3.7K)Click for details

Lido Dzirnavas
4.4
(1.5K)Click for details

LIDO
4.2
(1.2K)Click for details

Casa Nostra Italian restaurant
4.5
(969)$$
Click for details