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I came for my friend birthday as my two favorite foods are Lobster and pasta. I am bringing everyone I know here now as I will be their hero. The chic…
Sukreet
Rino’s Place
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Had a wonderful evening here! It was close to where we were staying and is understated from the outside. Atmosphere is lively and authentic. Food was …
Sheldyn Garnaut
Rino’s Place
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So when you see a place that has this high a rating you wonder if it's a bit overhyped. It's not - this place is flat out awesome.It's small and locat…
Derek
Rino’s Place
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7 Reviews on “Rino’s Place”
I came for my friend birthday as my two favorite foods are Lobster and pasta. I am bringing everyone I know here now as I will be their hero. The chicken parm was off the charts and they give you enough for two meals!
Had a wonderful evening here! It was close to where we were staying and is understated from the outside. Atmosphere is lively and authentic. Food was delicious and the serves were really big. We shared bolognese and veal volstana. Would love to go back and suggest it to anyone in the area.
So when you see a place that has this high a rating you wonder if it’s a bit overhyped. It’s not – this place is flat out awesome.It’s small and located in the middle of a residential area on a street corner. You probably wouldn’t give it a second glance if you drive by, and it would be your loss.Inside it’s small and cozy – I imagine it’s difficult to get a table on a weekend.The staff was very nice – helpful and attentive. Kitchen service was excellent – didn’t have much of a wait.The food is amazing – I had pasta al forno and it was incredible. Portions are huge – I’m a big eater and didn’t come close to finishing.It excellent value too – about $35 for dinner and a couple of beers. Too good to pass up really. I wish I could stumble into such excellent meals every time out.
First of all, is it worth the wait? NOWe got there at 8pm while visiting Boston and without knowing anything about the restaurant the day before and there was 15 people already waiting more than an hour freezing outside, so we thought, why not? Should be worth it and we had a good time chatting while waiting with other customers. After waiting for exactly 2 hours, we finally got a table while trying not to have such a high expectation due to the long wait.I had the lobster ravioli and I have to say that it was pretty good, specially the sauce with fresh pieces of lobster on top of the ravioli and both the food and the plate arrived very worm to the table so thumbs up for that; but it had to much pepper, something that for a chef is as serious as putting too much salt, it’s hard to fix when already served.We also had the gnocchi and unfortunately I must say it had too much flour given that they didn’t melt in your mouth and were gummy, and stick to your teeth.Definitively, they do not pretend to be good on desserts since the Menu was quite reduced on that and none of them convinced us to try them.Finally, I was very disappointed with the wine Menu; we tried two Italian wines from Toscana and they were awful, I even returned the first one since its taste was very metallic…conclusion, pricy and bad quality selection of wines except maybe for the Malbec For Ever Young.The wait of 2 hours or more perhaps it is worth it for a Michelin starred restaurant, but not for this one. I am sure there are other Italian restaurants in Boston that won’t make you wait that much and are much better in pasta, wines, desserts and service.
Heard this place had been on Diners, Drive ins and Dives, but had missed that episode, so on our one night in Boston, we decided to try it. We were 15 on the waiting list! Ugh, but we were told we could wait at their bar, aka holding place, across the street, which we did and we made fast friends with some other people who were behind us on the list. The wait lasted about 1 1/2 hours, but it was well worth the wait. It’s a small, quaint place with friendly waiters and a hostess, who actually walked across the street to get us and escort us back to the restaurant. Since we couldn’t decide what to order and since we were STARVING by that point, we ordered TWO appetizers: bruschetta and Grand Marnier shrimp. The bruschetta was great, but the shrimp were incredible! They may have been one of the best things I’ve ever eaten! We should have gotten the full order. The half only had three shrimp, but ooooh that sauce! I had the lobster ravioli, which was tender pasta stuffed full of lobster meat, covered with a wonderful tomato cream sauce. Since mine came with a salad, too, I could only eat about half of my dinner, so I got a to-go box and had the rest the next night. My husband got the linguini with shrimp, chicken and veal and he loved his, too! You might want to consider ordering an appetizer and one meal and splitting it because the portions are HUGE! Our bill with two glasses of wine came to $85 and it was worth every penny!
You don’t have to fly to Italy to have food as good! This is the real deal done fresh and by lovingly by hand and from scratch! All I can say is i honestly can’t imagine anything getting any better !! Truly food fit for the Gods and us mere mortals!
Angry customer. The service was horrible i must have been the wrong nationality, never again ordered take out waited and the food was cold lobster ravioli was horrible and cold. after seeing it on the diner show had to go, was very disapointed. need to have martha coakley investigate this place, with someone of color.