Reviews for Richard's Restaurant & Bar in Boise, ID
My husband and I had our anniversary dinner here. The food and service did not disappoint! I would have loved a better table,... perhaps with a better view. They placed us in a booth in the corner, which I assume was for a more intimate vibe. But it was alittle awkward with the table legs from the pedestal under the table on that tiny platform; you have no place to put yourfeet...like it was meant for a built-in table, not a cafe table. All in all, it was lovely, and the service was excellent. Wewould recommend this restaurant. Read more
We're visiting Boise from SoCal. We met some locals at a bar and they suggested Richards for brunch. The bartender chimed and... said good things too so we gave it a shot. It did not disappoint. It had a lot of the same things as a traditional weekendbreakfast joint - a decent amount of options, good drinks, good service - without the +30 minute wait for a table. Read more
This restaurant was spectacular!! I made a reservation for 630 and I was fashionably late so I had to reschedule for 730. The... woman on the phone was very polite.I took my wife and we were greeted by a young handsome man who opened my wife’s door forher and proceeded to professionally valet my car. We were seated by the woman I was on the phone with, they had my table readyand looking phenomenal, as soon as we were seated we were greeted by a very friendly waiter who served us our drinks of choicequickly. They brought FANTASTIC bread and oil, and took our order. As we indulged in conversation the waiter politely checked onus several times. I’m used to fancier restaurants so I expected a longer wait, we waited around 45 minutes in the welcomingdining with live jazz before the general manager personally came to our table and said the meal would be on the house. The foodcame 5 minutes after the conversation and I must say the clams were the most tender, it was fantastic I truly recommend thisrestaurant. And treat people how you want to be treated. Read more
Excellent food and cocktails! Service was fantastic and they were very attentive. High quality, flavorful menu. Pictured is the... fig flatbread. It was delicious! Not pictured, I had the king salmon and was so impressed with the horseradish honey sauce onit! The potato’s and beets were cooked perfectly too that came with it! I would definitely be back! Read more
Had our first Richard's experience over the weekend for our anniversary. It was nice to be taken right to our table off of our... reservation rather than stand around. Richard's hosts were on top of it. The hand signed card for our anniversary was a nicetouch. Our server was very attentive and good. She never let drinks run down and was always prebussing the table as we workedthrough apps, soup and salad. We ordered the grilled shrimp and fig flatbread. The grilled shrimp with a basil cream sauce wasvery good and shrimp were grilled perfectly. Neither of us were fans of the flatbread. Would definitely hard pass on that onenext time. She had a bowl of tomato basil soup and I had a salad with a vinagerette that was great. Getting into the entrees,my wife ordered the rabbit and I ordered the proscuitto wrapped chicken breast. The Mrs really liked the rabbit but had one ofthe drums that was pretty dry. Not dry enough to warrant a complaint, though. The sides were great. I went with the serversrecommendation and my chicken was phenomenal. One of the most moist pieces of chicken I've had at a restaurant with some reallygood flavor. We finished the dinner off with complimentary cinnamon apple gelato, cup of tea and coffee. My only suggestionwould be to not call the tea "artisan" on the menu then come out with a Bigelow tea bag. Albeit, Bigelow does decent tea, it'snot exactly what I think as artisan at a place like Richard's. Overall, it was a great experience and we'll be going back inthe future. Read more
We decided to make reservations for Thanksgiving, & luckily got on the wait list & secured a res. for 6:30pm. A credit card was... required to hold the res. Free covered parking was available off to the side of the restaurant, which was nice &convenient. Arriving it was quiet, but it seemed that the staff was busy. Our server was professional, if a bit stiff. Hostessalso was setting tables, but I guess that they don't use tray service to reset as she was holding bread plates against hersweater before placing them on the tables. This didn't appear sanitary to us. Tables were beautifully set & elegant.Unfortunately, the small booths on the raised platform were claustrophobic & not comfortable, so we opted to move to a tablew/chairs. The server was quite gracious to accommodate us. We ordered iced teas & we accepted the offer of lemon, but wedeclined the sugar, however the server still brought the sugar to the table. It took up unnecessary space. The amuse was asurprise, but also seemed to be prepared quite early in the day & had lost it's freshness. The prosciutto wrapped figsw/gorgonzola were oddly greasy & tough. The panko crusted goat cheese was also wet & not a nice texture from the barely coveringpanko. The mixed salad w/pomegranate pips, orange supremes & feta & the squash soup were both delicious & flavorful. Serviceappeared to be of a fine dining level, but our table was never de-crumbed, perhaps that is not a standard that they follow.Entrees arrived next. We got the Thanksgiving turkey w/ all the trimmings & the King Salmon. The salmon was crispy & delicious,served w/rice w/ imperceptible saffron & a corn/pepper pudding. The turkey was juicy, but we both remarked at how salty ittasted. Perhaps it was salt-brined to keep it moist, but I needed several refills of iced tea just to finish. The bread stuffingwas generous & highly anticipated, but it did come off lackluster, w/o much flavor & an insufficient amount of gravy. Theaccompanying green beans Read more
I had a great experience for my moms birthday. The staff were very friendly and the server was very attentive to our needs but... didn’t bug us either. We ordered the whipped feta appetizer and the presentation was great. It tasted very good. I ordered thepapardelle pasta and it was really not my favorite. The walnuts did not fit in the dish and the sauce tasted off. I would neverorder that again. However, the food did come hot and the squash that was in the dish was good. The sauce ruined the whole dish.My mom got the cheese ravioli with the pesto cream sauce and that was so delicious I wish I had gotten that. I will be comingback. Hopefully Richards sees this and changes the sauce on that dish. Read more
My wife and I celebrated our first anniversary here and it was amazing. We stayed at the Inn at 500 (which I would also... recommend) for a couple nights so we had the opportunity to eat at Richard's for both dinner and breakfast. For dinner, I hadthe ribeye steak, seasonal veggies, and fingerling potatoes, and my wife had the halibut, seasonal veggies, and three cheeseraviolis. These dishes were on point. Everything cooked to perfection, and beautiful presentation. The breakfast was great too,they had many traditional options, a little something for everyone and the dishes we got were perfect. On top of all that, thefood is reasonably priced for such a high end restaurant. We are both from Boise and have been to just about every restaurant inthe valley that's worth going to, and Richard's has become one of our new favorites. Read more