Ricardo's Kitchen — Restaurant in England

Reviews are deceptive in this case as we have not found that great sicilian restaurant we were expecting. An Italian restaurant with many British adapted recipes was found instead.

Don't get me wrong, food was good, but it could have been better. We trusted our Italian palate and went for some recipes that were closer to our taste, and overall the food was OK, though we had difficulties with digestion. E.g. my pizza aubergines were not fully cooked, and that was a bit disturbing.

We had also arancini as a starter, okish but without the traditional water drop shape and a bit of strange filling.

A cannolo and a lemon cheesecake completed the lunch, but the latter was deepen in cream and the first made without the right quantity of ricotta Cheese and not following the real recipe, rather than covered with hot chocolate.

That said, we couldn't find sicilian wines from the area were the owner comes from. Not really good IMHO. Finally, the cost of water was disproportionate to the rest. A 75ml panna water...

It’s my sons 9th birthday today and I decided to take him to try the best pizza in the area. Called up and spoke to the owner who managed to book us a table last minute for 7pm. We ordered a couple of lemonades and 1X 12 inch meat pizza between me and my son which had sausage, chicken, ham and cheese. The pizza was so fresh, delicious and very lite that we ordered a second one and after that we were stuffed. I supplied a chocolate cake and the owner/chef brought the cake out with candles and sung happy birthday to my son. It was a beautiful moment and was so nice of him to do that. This is the best pizza place I’ve been to plus the friendly staff etc made us feel very welcome. Thank you very much for everything I will be bringing my son and mum back here very soon. I think it’s going to be my son and I new place to go. Don’t hesitate to call to book table now you will wish you...

Visited Ricardo’s for lunch yesterday after reading previous reviews. I was shocked to find it wasn’t busy at all, especially after eating meal we had. We both ordered too much and took a doggy bag home which was eaten tonight. Nina the lunch time chef and business partner prepared our meals to perfection. Meatballs with spaghetti and Ricardo’s Special Pasta for starters and then from the specials meatballs and ravioli for main course. This is why we took most of it home as the portion sizes were on the large side plus I'm ashamed to say we had Cheesy garlic bread before our starter too so I'm blaming that for filling us up. We’ve been looking for an authentic Italian/Sicilian restaurant since our beloved La Toscana closed in Billericay and I think we’ve found it. A small independently run restaurant with friendly service and amazing food. We’ll definitely be back. Thank you...