Ripe Restaurant

Delicious lunch, horrible music.

I treated myself out for lunch today and decided to check out Ripe. I have been there before, years ago, and my experience was fine. This time around, I was really impressed with the new renovations. Very cool and much better than before! My lunch was tasty, the service was great. My only complaint is the music!! I felt like I was listening to a really bad radio station. In my opinion, the music should reflect on who you are as a restaurant, not just background noise. I'm really hoping to hear something more classy next time...maybe some Chet Baker? Duke Ellington? Nina Simone?

a real disappointment

My husband, two guests and I went to Ripe at the beginning of July 2010. I have been there before for both dinner and lunch in the past and have been quite pleased with the food however this last time was a bitter disappointment. We had the (I think it was supposed to be Ribeye) special, the meat was extremely tough, and there was an actual hair in my food (I did not complain though because I did not want to embarass my guests and make a scene) The shrimp appetizer was good, but required alot more bread with it to sop up the liquid base. Overall the quality of the meal was a severe disapointment for the price. Maybe they should just stick to the pizza's. Not sure what happened (maybe a bad night off night) but they really need to go back to the basics from when they first opened, somewhere along the line something got lost here. Dessert was good though.

I was absolutely BLOWN-AWAY by Ripe!!! I have no idea what the negative comments are about! Either they've really shaped up, or that person just had a fluke bad experience becasue my first time at Ripe was one I will remember, and I will DEFINITELY be going back!!! The four of us are all picky in our own rights and evryone was completely satisfied. I cannot wait to try their pizza!! The ppl next to us ordered pizza and that in itself made us want to change our orders! lol We didn`t though, and when our food did arrive, we all coudn`t help but pass our plates around to try everyone`s amazing meals. The room was a little too dimly lit for our taste, but that was the only flaw!

To start off with, it took us 45 minutes to get...

To start off with, it took us 45 minutes to get our drink orders taken, which is pathetic. Then we ordered caesar salad which, once again, took about 20 minutes to come to the table. Our main course took quite a while as well. The portions were toddler sized and did not match the price at all. During the course of the evening, we went through 3 different serving staff, and the last one we had was extremely rude. Our bill came and it was $75 and we were still starving. No one in our party of 8 were satisfied. We will definetly not be returning or recommending.

Decided upon this restaurant for lunch after...

Decided upon this restaurant for lunch after reading the reviews on this website, usually Restaurantica reviews are spot on. Unfortunately this was the exception. For starters I had the Caesar salad, the lettuce was slightly brown and the croutons were chewy. For the main course I had the Toasty Baguette (chicken sandwich served on a type of french loaf) and a bowl of cauliflower puree. The sandwich had a nice taste and was decent (highlight of the meal). The soup was tasteless and if I wasn't told what it had in it I would have never been able to guess the contents by tasting it. My friend ordered The Eye Thai (whole wheat pasta with mushrooms, snow peas, red pepper, shrimp, balsamic vinegar, coconut milk, cream and green thai paste). Although the dish claimed to have curry as an ingredient we couldn't taste it - the balsamic vinegar over powered the dish. The shrimp was overcooked resulting in a rubbery taste and chewy texture. Our waitress was prompt and courteous - overall service was good. If we were to visit again we would most likely try the pizza. While we were leaving we saw 2 patrons enjoying what looked like very nice pizzas.