Wunmi Fasanya
I absolutely love this restaurant 🥺 and the customer service here, just awesome! I wish I could remember the name of the girl who served us, she was amazing, so helpful!
I was here for my anniversary and it was perfect. Starters, drinks, mains just *chef’s kiss*.
Dare I say it’s the best Italian food I’ve had outside of Italy 🫢
The restaurants interior is also super cute!
We were also in town for a wedding, we suggested this restaurant to others who were at the wedding and their feedback was the same👏🏾
Would come back here any day!
claudia
Fun spot for a great Italian meal. Food was excellent. The atmosphere might be a bit crowded and noisy for some but not for most!
Service was good although the night we went was very busy and it looked like they could have had additional staff as items took longer than expected. In the end, 🍝🍝🍝🍝🍝pasta was 👍👍👍👍
Sara
All foods were amazingly tasty. Especially carbonara was the best in Liverpool! They also have lots of drink selections to enjoy. It was busy Saturday evening but all staff were friendly and helpful. Good find and highly recommend this place.
Verónica Díaz
Came here for a dinner date and we like it a lot, the food was amazing we had seafood fettuccine and prawns fettuccine, all very fresh and good quality ingredients, the service is very good and attentive, the guys that work there are very charming, Angelo took care of us. Definitely we will be back to try another dishes. One thing I didn't like much is that the music was super loud but not that bad after one drink
UrsulaTron
The best Italian food we've ever had. They had excellent Vegan options available, my daughter had the Vegan truffle pizza which she said was the best pizza she ever had. Chicken parmezan was delicious.
We went on Eurovision Saturday, the place was packed inside and out, once we were seated the service was great. Lovely warm and friendly staff.
The quality of the food was unreal.
Geoff Turner
Amazing food, great service and atmosphere. Music was a little loud but it was a Saturday and added to the good vibe. Will definitely be returning soon
Chris Nisbet
Formerly known as Ginos, Riva Blu has continued with the great food, atmosphere and service that Ginos was renowned for.
On the corner of Castle St and Dale St, opposite the town hall, it is one of the best located bar/restaurants in the city, at the heart of the Commercial District.
Split into three areas, there is the long, main central bar once you go through the Castle St reception. With seats all surrounding the central bar, and with an often buzzing atmosphere, it is hard to move once seated. Unless you want to go to the toilet, which you need to be a Crystal Maze winner to find the first time, whether you've had a few drinks or are sober! (For the record, the toilets are downstairs, but very hard to find!)
The restaurant is beyond the bar and probably sits up to 120 people. The food is always good quality and the service just as good.
Downstairs, as well as the toilets, there is a function room and a separate bar. I've been to many good events in here. Only issue is there is no draft ales.
Overall, you will nearly always have a great time and bite to eat at Riva Blu.
(Update: new review of Saturday 2nd Sept 2023 visit)
We had a table booked for for 7 people at 3pm. We arrived 2.50pm and waited at the bar for 10 minutes and nobody asked us if we wanted a drink, even though there was only one other customer at the bar. We were then told our table was ready at 3.05pm, so we moved down to the restaurant area without a drink.
When we finally got a waiter to take our drinks order, it took them around 15 minutes to bring them to us. The frustration of all was beginning to set in!
With many mistakes on food and drink orders, average food at vastly increased prices over the last 12 months (price increases well above inflation of cost of purchase) and really poor service, we almost did something we've never done before and asked for service charge to be removed- although we chose to pay it and just get out without desert.
My meal was supposedly a half roast chicken with roast potatos. It was more like half a chicken breast, cut up and spread to try and cover more of the plate. There were three tiny (one mouthful each) roast potatoes-no wonder the waitress kept asking if I wanted fries as well when I was ordering. Whilst I said 'no' to fries twice, stating the meal comes with roast potatoes, I was happy that the waitress also brought me fries (added to the bill, even though not asked for!) even though I had said I didn't want any.
If I could do a new review, this latest visit would get 1 star for service, 2 stars for food, 1 star for value and 2 stars for atmosphere. If I had to summarise the experience in one rating, it would get 1 star!
Athena Robinson
Fabulous terrace for people watching, glass wine/beer and delicious Italian menu. Vibrant corner in the heart of Liverpool. Charming italian staff.
I enjoyed the bruchetta with grilled King prawns washed down with a lovely glass of chardonnay. Will definitely return when next here
g sp
A flawless experience. Everyone was phenomenal. You'd have thought every client was a celebrity the way people were treated. Staff were great at recommendations, even got us a sample. Friendly. Really clean, great value, great dishes. I cannot recommend this more.
Alan Platts
This place is a brilliant spot for a drink. Loved the atmosphere and the staff are amazing, choice of drinks is great. Can't wait to come back to tast the lovely looking food. Definitely be back soon
Update:
Back today, 7thJune 2023, and still the coolest place we have been for food and beautiful wine in Liverpool.
Very authentic Italian.
I still love this place, and you cant say that about many places you visited 12 months ago and 18 months ago and today.
I think I will be here again soon xx
Kallum Dray
Celebrating my graduation here and was amazed by the whole experience!
First to note was our waiter Pablo, who was on his first ever shift, and he was very attentive, humourous and generally interested in us making the overall experience that much better!
Not only that, but I was amazed by the food. I’ve been out for good meals before but I had the set menu for £26 and had the sirloin steak, and it was the most amazing steak I’ve ever had. I’ve never really been one for being blown away by a meal, but it was cooked to perfection and the side of salad I had with it was so flavoursome.
Honestly couldn’t recommend this place anymore as I’ll definitely retur with my fiancé and mum again.
Massive credit to our server Pablo once again as he really tied the whole experience together, as did the friendly staff who greeted us, and the other servers who occasionally checks on us!
Thank you once again
Martin David Adams
Very attentive staff and a great looking restaurant, actually loved being surrounded by painted wood that ran all through the restaurant and into the toilets. The food was good, delicate tastes and hot, which is a must for pasta. The most impressive aspect was the atmosphere, it was a Monday night and it was buzzing, largely helped by the enthusiastic and happy staff. This is a classy place for a chain and the bar on entry and exit is a great place to enjoy an aperitif and digestif.
Ste Carroll
What a nice place to eat. We arrived just before 12 o'clock and were greeted with hand shake from one of the staff. We were told it wasn't open until 12 but would will like to have a drink at the bar. We were sat at a table 5 minutes later, right in the window. We ordered a sharing starter and 2 pasta main meals. Every mouth full of food was excellent. I would really recommend a visit to this lovely restaurant. Can't wait for our next meal there.
Sandra Chris Eatock
I can only say we have eaten the finest food we’ve ever had and the staff made it a pleasure to dine at ginos! Can’t wait to go back and dine on the true tastes of Italy . Thank you to all the staff and chefs that made it a night to remember
David Convery
We were a group of 2 couples on our first visit to Liverpool, had already chosen a good restaurant but saw Gino's and changed our minds....so pleased we did !! Ideally located in the City, lovely impressive premises with outside eating an option too. The staff were professional and so friendly. The menu was terrific....so much choice and the food quality was top quality !! Highly recommended to visit. Thank you to all staff who welcomed and served us.
Ginny Ingram-Durell
We spent the evening here whilst staying in Liverpool in July.
We would definitely return. The flavors in the food were exceptional and the staff were all friendly and helpful. We couldn't fault the service at all. My only request is can we have one in Worcester please �
5*
John Kerr
I'm sure the food would have been great if we had been asked what we wanted. Shown to our table handed a menu and no sign of anybody for at least 20 minutes, no drink or food order. Asked if there was a problem when we were leaving but a bit late by then.
Alan Edwards
Been here a few times and thought I owed them a decent review. Lunchtime deal is great value. How they get so much flavour in the Arancini I do not know. Sea bass didn’t need any sides, just the squeeze of lemon. Waiting staff make the gaff though. Alex was spot on. Got to love bumping into Mark Lawro too!!!
Sarah Corbett
Bullion room is perfect for private party with pool table and foosball which is great after a few cocktails. Great food. Staff friendly.
John McCormick
My daughters birthday. Service was excellent meals were very good Staff treated the grandchildren well Would definitely recommend it to anyone and I would go again
Wendy North
Fabulous food, staff really friendly & helpful, would definitely recommend
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