Great good and service. - Brilliant once again. Great Italian food with great service. Always busy but lots of staff and quick service. We have been several times now and always had a great meal.... read more The pizza is particularly good. Not too expensive and good value.

  What a fabulous night, lovely greeting, chose from the two course early bird menu, prawns and Lasagne, lovely presented , both cooked to perfection and the lasagne omg, I would... read more highly recommend, the girls that served us were all lovely, excellent value for money will definitely return.

  Good food bad service - We’ve been as a family a few times lately, the food is always very good but the service has really gone downhill. Starters and main courses not too bad ... read more but then been utterly neglected as if we don’t exist! Asking for extra drinks a bit of a problem too, been forgotten more than once. Trying to order a sweet almost impossible we’ve paid and left twice now waiting far too long to be given a sweet menu. A bit of a shame really perhaps more staff, or better management ? Staff rushing around and not noticing a table full of empty plates for almost half an hour and having to ask someone to clear the table is not really good.

  Superb food. New decor not quite so. - As fairly regular diners we were curious to see the new look restaurant. Superb food as always - excellent choices and value. However we felt the lighting was a little... read more too bright and abundance of pink and white artificial flowers rather garish. Sadly it seems to us to have lost some of its cosy Italian ambience.

  I was booked in with a group of friends, some of whom I had not seen for a while in person because of covid.

I ordered from the early... read more bird menu and had the Sardine Arancia followed by the Scaloppa Dijonese with sauté potatoes. I was thinking of having a dessert as well when I arrived but was so full after the very generous portions of these that I had just an Americano coffee instead. Indeed the portions were so generous that some in the party were unable to manage just a main course. A box was provided to allow the remainder of a pizza to be taken home.

The Sardine Arancia served 'spatchcock' style in light batter were full of flavour and the various strong flavours in the dish blended extremely well with each other.

The sauce that the Scaloppa Dijonese came in was subtly flavoured. However the sauté potatoes were a little dry and this is the only reason why the food has been rated 4* rather than 5*. Given the promptness of the service they might have been cooked a little while in advance and kept warm rather than cooked to order.

The service was both friendly and very prompt. Either the kitchen is extremely well organised and run or most of the dishes were almost ready to serve before they were ordered.

I would like to return here to sample more of the dishes on the menu.

  We were visiting the area and this restaurant was recommended to us by our B&B owners. We were so overwhelmed we visited twice! It is a small restaurant and the... read more bustling atmosphere took us back to all our holidays in our beloved Italy.
The staff were really friendly and helpful. The food was out of this world - fresh and piping hot. The king prawn starter was devine, as was the seafood linguine.
Thank you for 2 lovely meals.

  Good quality great value and friendly staff. Really couldn’t fault it. Nice atmosphere.

  Treated ourselves to a Thursday early evening treat. Great atmosphere, good food and house wine. All very reasonable and as it should be for an authentic Italian meal. Would go... read more again

  Looking for somewhere to eat on a bank holiday weekend in Ripon, noticed the reviews about this place were very good so we called in on the off chance of... read more getting a table for 4.
Staff were excellent and we managed to get a table and were told we had about 90 mins until it was needed which was more than enough time.
We had 4 starters and 4 mains off the early bird menu which was excellent value.
The garlic breads (with and without tomato) were superb and the main courses delightful. Fresh, great ingredients and served quickly and piping hot.
Service was great.
£61 for the food and a round of drinks.
Great place definitely recommend it.

  A second evening out in Ripon found us at Prima Italian restaurant on Monday.
A warm welcome and excellent service made us relax and enjoy our visit.
We had booked... read more an early table (6pm), so took advantage of the Early Bird menu. There was a good choice of both starters and main courses.
I had the mushrooms to start, cooked beautifully in a cream sauce with just the right amount of garlic. My husband enjoyed the sardines.
We both had cannelloni as our main and the portion was generous and delicious.
A “just right” coffee for my husband rounded off the evening.
We would definitely book again if we are in the area.
Thank you to all the team.

  We always visit on Christmas Eve and as usual had a fabulous time. Food was exceptional and all of the staff were excellent - thank you Prima.

  Average Italian Food - First time there this evening, It was pretty busy which was reassuring, the starters arrived quickly and were nice enough. The mains arrived. Pepperoni Pizza was not very nice, pepperoni... read more just tasted of grease and was hardly cooked, a real let down to be honest (left 3/4 of it). Seafood linguine was pretty tasty, although the squid was like rubber. Management refunded the price of the Pizza after we mentioned the taste. Can’t ask for anymore than that I suppose. Not sure if our mains were a let down due to how busy it was. Based on that I don’t think I’d go back.

  After our visit to Fountains Abbey we booked to eat at Prima, really good choice. The food and service where excellent, food cooked to perfection. Really worth a visit.

  Delicious food that we will be back for more of! - AMAZING!!! Most fantastic food, service was impeccable and the spectacle put on for our joint birthday celebration is one that will be remembered for many years to come!
Thank... read more you and rest assured we’ll be back before we leave the area.

  When ever we come to Ripon, Prima is always our number one restaurant. The specials are always different and delicious as well as the very excellent service! Very reasonable price.... read more />
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  Great early diner menu. This is really good value. The starters were varied and delicious. The main courses were wide ranging and we opted for the pork medallions. The portion... read more sizes were generous and we enjoyed a nice glass of house wine. Service was attentive and we enjoyed our visit.

  The food, service and atmosphere was Italian at its best. My Lobster Ravioli with a side salad of rocket and tomato was nothing short of fabulous. Thank you for a... read more lovely evening, we will certainly return.

  Enjoyable - Called in without booking during our trip to Ripon and the staff were able to accommodate us. We chose from the two course menu bruschetta for me and mushrooms for... read more my husband followed by tagliatelle bolognaise. Service was quick, food tasty and plentiful overall good value.

  Outstanding meal last night. Prima remains our favourite restaurant in Ripon and last night the food was even better then usual.
We had a really nice gluten free garlic bread... read more pizza to start and the base was as good as a normal base. We both had specials for mains. My wife had the king scallops with arborio rice, Norwegian prawns and smoked chorizo. I had roast Lamb with veggies, mash and gravy which shows that Chef has lived in Yorkshire long enough to perfect roast Lamb. The service was wonderful and the staff were very attentive and as always polite with a smile. Their attention to allergens is always appreciated.

  Fantastic food, warm service, and a real Italian atmosphere. Every dish was delicious and clearly made with passion. Prima Pizzeria is a true gem – we’ll definitely be returning. Highly... read more recommended! X

  A welcoming atmospheric restaurant with delicious food and friendly & attentive staff. - A lovely evening in a busy but friendly & atmospheric little restaurant. We had very helpful staff who were prompt, attentive & efficient without rushing us. The food... read more was stunning. We both had steaks that were succulent, juicy and oozed flavours with every bite. I had mine from the Specials Board recommended by the waitress with delicious Tagliatelle beef with truffle. The tastes and textures are making my mouth water now. It was a quite amazing meal. Desserts were both tasty and presented beautifully and gave a refreshing kick to our pallets. I had tiramisu & my partner had a delightful crème brûlée. The whole evening in this buzzing place was a pleasure. The menu options on the Specials board were so enticing we’re going back in a couple of weeks. Thank you chef.

  Extensive menu - Small frontage, but the restaurant goes back a long way. Very busy for a Thursday evening and so having been seated at a table at the back we felt... read more a bit left out and not even offered a drink to keep us going. Service was slow, but staff polite and helpful. Very extensive menu and clearly a popular place to go for a meal. Food was excellent and the calzone was one of the best I have ever had.

  Very nice resturant and conveniently located in a lovely part of the city. We has pizzas and we were a bit disappointed to be honest. The quality of ingredients was... read more not the best. Tomato salad had very hard tomatoes and tasteless. The artichokes were also hard. Olives were pre sliced out of a jar and the ham cubes of preformed slices. If served in Italy it would be frowned upon. All those quality ingredients can be found easily so why not use parma ham ,on vine tomatoes etc. Shame that quality seems not to be so important.
The staff and ambience very good.

  Verry Good - What a great experience in Prima Ristorante Italiano the past and the pizza was so delicious. I will come back for sure!

  Pizzas were really good and atmosphere and service excelklent. Small complaint was that wine not available as 125ml which is a bit annoying plus required by law so not good... read more practice.

  Amazing staff, fabulous food and a great wine selection fabulous. We have been here a few time and everything is always tasty and fresh. Super!

  Very slow - We waited ages for anyone to take our order. It took quite a while to get the main course. When they came to clear the table we were... read more asked if we wanted the desert menu, we said yes but she forgot to bring them so after another long wait we had to ask again. When we finished our meals my husband went to pay the bill away from the table and our guests. Just as we started to walk out we were called to the till as they had mucked up the table numbers and we were told we had paid the bill for the next table to ours, so in front of our guests we were humiliated as she asked for more money, as ours was dearer than paid. It would have been better if she had come to the table and asked him for a quiet word. We enjoyed the food but the staff needed a bit more training on customer service rather than discussing their false nails. If you have all night to sit around then as the food was good then it is a good restaurant.