My girlfriend and I had another wonderful experience at Prima last Friday evening.

We booked very late but were welcomed for an early evening sitting. The restaurant was... read more already getting busy so we appreciated the welcome. The menu choice is considerable with lots of mouth watering options. Our choices were Branzino grilled sea bass & king prawns and Risotto Gamberoni and the right choices for us. Portion sizes are good but it’s the flavours we experienced that really make this place special.

The atmosphere was warm and lively, we will return. Compliments to the chef and his team.

  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.

  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.

  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.

  A great authentic Italian experience - A great authentic Italian experience. We visited in August for an evening meal. Starter - the olives were delicious. For mains I had the Pollo alla crème and my wife... read more chicken Venezian - both absolutely great. All with a lovely, fresh glass of Chardonnay. A great find in the lovely city of Ripon - lovely staff and good value for money.

  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.

  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.

  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.

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

  Fantastic New years eve! - Me and a group of friends reserved a table new years eve at prima! The restaurant was booming, was busy all tables full the atmosphere was great. Staff where attentive... read more even brought round free shots on the house! The food, omg it was amazing! A few of the starters where ribs, garlic mushrooms, king prawn gamberoni. They where all mouth watering to look at and even better to taste, generous portions too. Main courses where even better the lobster ravioli looked great, some had the beef Wellington and omg it looked and smelt amazing and all who ate it loved it and couldn't compliment it enough. I opted for a salad as I ate too much of my starter as it was delicious, the chef kindly made a customised salad to suit my taste. I would definitely recommend this lovely Italian restaurant and will gladly be returning to try more of the specials and a few cheeky cocktails too. Was a fantastic start to our new years eve thank you!

  Good menu and quality - Excellent food and service. The best dish in my opinion was the asparagus ravioli - it was soooo good. Really enjoyed it and recommend. Thank you.

  One of the best meals I have had in a very long time, And with the staff so pleasant and efficient, recommend it to anyone

  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.

  Different - Gutted! The best seafood pizza I have ever had and regularly have at Prima has been taken off the menu and replaced with a king prawn and garlic butter pizza.... read more Had the vegetarian pizza which was very nice but no match for the seafood pizza.

  One of my families favourite places to eat, we’ve been going back for years and yet to have a bad meal! Very generous menu and everything we’ve tried has been... read more delicious.

  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

  Fantastic place - Went for a meal last Thursday. Thoroughly enjoyed the meal, food was excellent. Was very busy (always a good thing) and the service was spot on. Would recommend to anyone... read more who wants a proper Italian meal in Ripon.

  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 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.

  Delicious!!!! - Another lovely evening in Prima Pizzeria last night. Warm, welcoming and romantic. The team are so welcoming and helpful. Consistently spot on food and good wine. The lasagna and risotto... read more calabrese.. just amazing! beautifully cooked and presented. So good to have a default local restaurant as good as this. Just lovely.

  Stayed in Ripon 4 days over BH weekend and decided to book this Italian restaurant after reading reviews and glad we did. We had a wonderful meal that was cooked... read more perfectly the flavours were delicious and the portions were substantial I would highly recommend the sardines and lobster linguine both divine the service was great and the staff were very attentive can’t wait to return

  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.

  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.

  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 />
Elliott

  A genuine authentic Italian restaurant, the place was buzzing and we were so glad we had booked in advance. The two course special, which also included a side with the... read more main meal was excellent value and there was a good choice. We both had the bruschetta to start, then I had the chicken with leeks and pancetta in a cream sauce and my husband had the chicken in a creamy mushroom sauce, I chose the vegetables as my side (carrots, peas, beans, cauliflower and broccoli) while my husband had the sauté potatoes. The service was excellent, wish there was a Prima in every town.

  Friday night supper - Staying in ripon, we went out early for a maslmon Friday. Not realising how busy the town is at 6pm! The 1st restaurant was crammed. Luckily this read space,... read more the staff were friendly, efficient and did not stop moving. The service started at 4.30 and they must be moving at full pace the whole evening. Our service was smooth friendly and the food was delicious and large portions. We started with a mozzarella garlic pizza, delicious with plenty of garlic and some rosem. Followed by chicken alla crema with sacred potatoes and green salad and lobster ravioli with bisque sauce and prawns. We struggled to finish the portions are large and the flavours delicious!

  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.