Ricca's Restaurant — Restaurant in Teignbridge

So glad we did a quick search of the area whilst visiting and were fortunate enough to find this restaurant and be very impressed / reassured by the great reviews and lavish photography of the restaurant interior.

Cannot endorse this eatery enough, it was fantastic from start to finish, warmly welcomed on arrival. Decor was stylish yet very cosy, Xmas decorations were nicely done.

Excellent attentive, friendly service, great to be able to see the bar and kitchen areas, food was very authentic, starters and main courses arrived very speedily.

Tried the cocktails which were beautifully garnished and very rich and luxurious (piña colada and amaretto sour x 2 because they were so good!), so obvious when a decent cocktail has been made from quality ingredients!

Courses were wonderful, authentic textures - ravioli/pasta perfectly al dente, strong flavours, bruschetta crisp and steamy hot/fresh!

The marinated olives were very tasty indeed!

…it kept on getting better, I’m not normally one for having a sweet tooth but the panna cotta, Raspberry/Lemon parfait and Tiramisu were possibly some of the greatest desert experiences I’ve had.

This was the best meal I’ve had in a long while (The Sorting Room, Cardiff), true, quality Italian cuisine!

We were inclined to order/spend more than we might normally as we were so impressed with the food/drink, the set menu and courses were very reasonably priced.

Impeccably clean and pleasant facilities too, could not fault this business at all, such a great evening.

The standard is high along Queen Street, but this was seriously impressive, try it - you will not be disappointed!

It’s clear that this restaurant is already very popular - superb...

We visited Ricca’s on a Saturday evening, really looking forward to an authentic Italian experience. We had booked, were seated quickly and everything was ok at first. Our mains came out extremely quickly after ordering (5 minutes) and once they were put on our table service became non existent. We were not asked if we wanted any more drinks throughout our meal and when plates were finally cleared we weren’t asked if we wanted anything else or a dessert menu (we would have ordered both more drinks and desserts if offered!). I had the ‘linguine pesto Rossi’ which was bland and contained no more than 4 small pieces of chicken, along with 3 pieces of spinach and 2 sun dried tomatoes. My husband had the ‘Pollo alla Crema’ at £20 and this was extremely oily. He didn’t feel well for the rest of the evening. Nobody came to the table to offer us our bill so I had to go up to the bar to arrange to pay. I explained we had been waiting for over half an hour and was just met with a blank look from staff. They knocked the price of our two drinks from the bill but we ended up coming away £40 lighter, disappointed and feeling quite unwell! This is the first poor experience we have had in local restaurants and we will not...

Visited on a Saturday night with a friend.

I asked the waitress if I could order a starter dish as a main dish, she said yes enthusiastically, thinking it would be a higher price for the same starter, but a larger version of it... no, a small starter came. So I ordered a dessert and ended up having McDonald's later that evening! Probably my fault for not being specific and clear with the waitress so my mistake really!

Food was lovely quality, really tasty as it had been before. Love the creamy mushrooms on toasted bread they do and the dessert was lush, toffee, choc sauce, banana with a waffle and ice cream.

The only issue we had is that when it got to peak time, around 8.30ish we didn't have anyone come back to our table to ask if we wanted any drinks so we were sat there for ages with no drinks, just waiting for the bill in the end, trying to catch someone's eye. I had to get up and ask someone for the bill. I noticed other tables with the same problem.

But other than that all good! Its good they're finally able to open. Perhaps just need more staff during busy...