Location: Richmond
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Discover Restaurants offering the best American food in Richmond, Rhode Island, United States. Richmond is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 7,708 at the 2010 census. The villages of Alton, Arcadia, Barberville, Carolina, Hillsdale, Hope Valley, Kenyon, Shannock, Tug Hollow, Usquepaug, Wood River Junction, Woodville and Wyoming are located (or partially located) in Richmond. The village of West Kingston, Rhode Island, although not a part of Richmond, is often associated with the town as well. Students in Richmond are part of the Chariho Regional School District.
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10. Middle of Nowhere Diner
Overall Ratings
4 based on 183 reviews
Reviewed By fbglove
Loved all of our food, except the clam fritters (not many clams). The clear broth clam chowder was delicious! Loved the fish 'n chips. The biscuits and sausage gravy had a bit of an Italian flavoring and was really good. Great home fries and eggs. Very friendly service and easy parking.
9. West's Bakery Incorporated
Overall Ratings
4 based on 37 reviews
Reviewed By genevaRhodeIsland
West's has a loyal local following. Some people go every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday for breakfast, and to chat with their neighbors. (It's closed the rest of the week.) The food is delicious, carefully prepared with generous portions. The bismarks, the bakery's signature doughnuts, are to die for. If you're too full after breakfast to try one, take some home. You won't be sorry.
8. Del's Lemonade of Richmond
Great outdoor seating to enjoy a Del's or Ice Cream!
Reviewed By Sleepingbeautyanr
If never had a Del's soft frozen lemonade before. It was absolutely scrumptious! I found that they have real sugar in their product, as opposed to corn syrup. This was a wonderful stop around town. We will be back next time we are through the area!
7. Roxberry Juice Co.
Experience fresh pressed juices, 44 different fruit smoothies and 10 different smoothie bowls. All natural and super delicious!
Reviewed By MK5402
This place has a large smoothie and cold pressed juice menu. Thereâs something for both the novice and expert healthy drinkers. They also have açaà bowls and salads. Plus thereâs on-site parking which is a bonus in Richmond!
6. Subway
Reviewed By 235samanthan
We are in town with the family and had to eat ahead of time lol. Charlie was taking the first orders and was hilarious! It really seems like he loves working here. He also did a great job helping the cashier, who is probably training. Charlie took great care to help without touching anything non-food while handling our sandwiches. Would recommend this subway over the many impersonal ones I've visited before.
5. Town Pizza 2
Overall Ratings
4 based on 27 reviews
Reviewed By Luvamoose67
We've ordered from Town Pizza II a number of times over the years, and every time we wonder why we don't make it our only take-out pizza place. The pizza is THAT good. We stopped in here on a slow night for a quiet family dinner, as we hear a lot of great reviews about the dinners, and we ordered pizzas and a Penne Primavera. As always, the pizza is the best there is around here. The crust is a bit thinner, and the edge rolled just enough to make crust lovers happy, but not huge. Fired Up Eggplant pizza was amazing, Margarita light and perfect. There are definitely other good pizza places around, but this is the best IMHO. I was disappointed in the Penne Primavera. It may have been that the night was slow, or that mid-winter seasonal veggies were limited, but the veggies were overdone to near mush and looked more like they were from a frozen package. The pasta was completely overcooked as well, and the dish simply didn't impress us as everything else here did. I wouldn't let that stop us from trying another dinner item on another visit, I really have a feeling it was an off night for this dish as we simply hear too many good things for this to be the norm.The restaurant is neat and clean, and the service is good.
4. Alainaâs Ale House
Overall Ratings
4 based on 14 reviews
Reviewed By Edward A
Located on a golf course on route 138 in Richmond, RI is Alaina's Ale House which I understand has only been opened a few months. It's a small restaurant and adjoining bar area and outside dining in the back but turns out great dishes. A very informal restaurant and not fine dining but with an Irish flair both in beverages and food. I was visiting family there this weekend and we all decided to try it for the Sunday Brunch which is detailed on their web site along with both lunch and dinner menus and beverages. Although the brunch operates from 9am to 2pm, we arrived around 12:45pm but the brunch crowd was almost gone as was some of the food on the buffet. There were eight of us but since we had to wait for them to arrange tables for us, we were told that they were going to institute their dinner menu early in a few minutes. So we waited around 15 minutes and were seated together inside (who wants to eat outside with bugs in the heat) and ordered from the dinner menu. We ordered two appetizers, the calamari (Dublin style) at $10.00; and several plates of Reuben Tots ($9.00 each). They have a huge selection of draft and bottled beers and signature cocktails. There is a children's menu with six selections. We enjoyed the Fish and Chips ($13.00), Meat Loaf Burger ($12.00), Pot Pie Fritters ($8.00), Chicken and Mushrooms ($14.00), Veggie Burger ($10.00), Bangers and Mash ($13.00) and Guiness French Onion Soup ($6.00) which was wonderful. The kids chicken fingers with fries was $6.00. Overall we left all very happy. I wish the main dining room was larger but we will definately return to Alaina's Ale House at 343 Kingstown Road in Richmond, RI.
3. The Nordic
Overall Ratings
4 based on 345 reviews
Unlimited high end buffet featuring lobster, Alaskan King crab, prime rib, filet mignon, scallops, shrimp, oysters, clams, fresh fruits, seafood and many other salads, gourmet dessert bar including chocolate covered strawberries and cherries, carrot cake,
Reviewed By BeantownFlyer
I live in the Boston area and visiting The Nordic has been on my bucket list for some time, but unless you are at the beach in Narragansett or Misquamicut, RI itâs one of those âyou canât get there from here kind of places.â We finally made the 45 minute each way drive from Foxwoods on a recent trip and while I was happy to be able to check this off my bucket list, and I thought it was very good (with exceptional employees), I wonât be rushing back. I will go into full detail below, but overall this is a buffet focused on seafood and dessert with a fairly wide variety. There is no attempt to make things look fancy or pretty - this is not an upscale hotel brunch buffet set up; rather the focus is on some higher cost items such as the lobster and crab legs and everything is just piled into chafing dishes and piled high on plates. Everyone has a comment about the cost which is currently $103 including tax and tip. Interestingly they do not break out what is going to tax and tip so itâs not clear what the employees are getting, but it you figure the cost is $82 + 7% tax + 18% tip on pre-tax amount the math about works out. Do you get $82 in food value? My reaction is that yes, I did, but looking around I would say only about 20% of the guests were. I met a regular in the bathroom and he said his strategy is to focus on the lobster and crab legs. I mentioned I saw people going for the large baked potatoes and the fresh bread and he said âwe call them rookies!â Quite simply if you fill up on lower priced items they will be making a lot of money on you. Here is the full detail:Lobsters: the lobsters were small chicken lobsters - about 1 pound, with soft shells - the tails had a decent amount of meat while the claws were quite small. If you eat lobster regularly the lobsters will be a disappointment - while you can have as many as you want, they suffer from not going immediately from pot to plate. The buffet lobsters just canât compare to a steaming hot, freshly cooked lobster. Nonetheless I had 2, and enjoyed them, but they were certainly no better than the twin lobster plate you can get anywhere. King crab legs: the crab legs on the other hand were the high point. Several reviewers noted that while the restaurant furnishes nutcrackers, they do not provide cocktail forks. We brought our own cocktail forks and I urge you to do the same - it will make all the difference and I ended up having 5 large legs and getting to enjoy the meat easily. If you look at what these legs cost at retail (let alone in a restaurant) this made my meal a great value. Oysters and shrimp: I had a 1/2 dozen of their oysters from nearby Watch Hill. They were large and plump but had little flavor and while I love oysters I didnât get a second serving. They were fine doused in cocktail sauce and horseradish and comparable to the typical $1 oyster special at a bar. They also had peel your own shrimp which were of a larger size. I had a few but it wasnât worth the effort. Rookie items: I stayed away from the corn on the cob, bread, soup, baked potatoes and other low cost items designed to fill you up. I didnât want my friend from the bathroom to label me a rookie. Steaks: there is a separate room labeled the âgrill roomâ. The steak is sort of cooked to order. I say sort of because the person in front of me asked for well done and the server took a partially cooked steak out of a chafing dish and threw it back on the grill. I asked for a filet medium and it came right from the chafing dish. This may be more about timing - we were there at a quieter time and when itâs very busy I suspect steaks are coming right off the grill. In any event the cuts were not steakhouse quality and this was certainly not prime beef. My filet was edible but I have had better steaks on first class airplane flights. I enjoyed my small filet but did not go back for more. The rib eyes I saw going on the grill similarly looked liked lower cost cuts (and I think - but am not positive - started frozen). If you frequent quality steakhouses or buy your meat at Costco or a high quality butcher this is going to be a disappointment. The grill room also had a bunch of fried food such as fried shrimp, fish, chicken fingers and lobster fritters. I decided those were quasi rookie items and I didnât try any of them but my wife enjoyed the lobster fritter after she picked it apart. Other items: in terms of other food, after I finished the above I tasted small samples of many other items - being sure to save room for dessert which looked amazing. Everything was good (not great) including scallops wrapped in bacon, sautéed shrimp, lobster salad, stuffed mushrooms, stuffed shrimp, sautéed fish etc. There is lots of variety here but in my view if you donât eat the lobster and crab and instead just go crazy on everything else it will still be hard to get full value for your money. Dessert: As for dessert - it was great. There are two stations, one with ice cream and an amazing selection of accompaniments (create your own banana split or brownie sundae or just load it up with toppings galore). Root beer floats and creamsicles are also available. The second station has a great selection of pastries some of which you help yourself to and others are served. The servers happily gave me small tastes of several cakes and I thought everything was great. Rules: at this point I was happily full but not painfully stuffed and decided that was a good place to end. It took us about 90 minutes and this was at a quiet time with no lines at any of the food stations, so I can easily see folks spending much more time. The restaurant says there is a two hour limit, although it did not appear that there was any system designed to track or enforce this (there was a slip generated when we were seated but I donât think anyone was watching the times and our waiter didnât seem like he was going to rush us along). So my suspicion is that the two hour rule is in place to be used if someone is being abusive and they are not regularly warning/telling people that their time is up. In fact there was a nice lack of any ârulesâ at The Nordic. If I ran the place I wouldnât be able to help myself and would have signs up âplease help us keep our prices down and only take what you can eat!â There was nothing of the sort at The Nordic. I asked if it was ok if I took two plates at the same time and they looked at me like I was crazy and said âof course!â âCan I have some more crab legsâ I said to the server that had put two on my plate âof courseâ was the reply. The woman at the next table asked her server how to eat the lobster legs and he said âI can show you but thereâs not that much meat so why donât you just get another lobster.â So itâs all about you really having as much as you want. The buffet was consistently stocked and there was no attempt to do anything but assure you really had everything that you wanted. Servers and staff: itâs a great team. Your waiter will get your set up with bibs and silverware and half a package of napkins. He brings your drinks (soft drinks and coffee and tea are included) and consistently clears your plates and dumps the bowl they leave for your lobster shells and other discards. We never returned to the table with our old plates still sitting there (which is one of my buffet pet peeves). In fact everyone that we interacted with had a great attitude and was friendly and service oriented. Wait: we arrived a little before the official 5pm restaurant opening time and they had already begun to seat people. We had a short wait to be seated- they were trying to stagger things a little. Friday nights are typically quieter - check the website for specifics for your dates. For our visit the restaurant never seemed more than 1/2 full. It made for a very calm evening with no one rushing around. However we saw all the seating set up for people outside who are waiting and were glad we didnât experience that. Nonetheless the grounds are beautiful and you can get a cocktail if you need to wait (donât get a beer - rookie mistake since it will fill you up!). Seating: we were offered our choice of where to sit since the restaurant was not full - the grill room, the main dining room where the buffet is or the room off the bar/seating line which has windows. The seater said he would pick a nice seat near the windows and away from the buffet for a nicer meal and we were glad we did that. It was a short stroll to the food but we didnât have people passing our table or crowded around. The grill room seemed like a really undesirable place to sit - you have smoke from the grill and lots of people close to your table as they wait for their food. I would insist not to sit there. Summary: if you figure the pre-tax and tip price is $82 and divide that as $20 for appetizers, $15 for dessert, $5 for soda and coffee or tea and $42 for entrees you will see that without lobster and crab legs you will be hard pressed to get a deal for your money. If you focus on the higher priced items (and of course those are items that you enjoy - donât eat them just because they are expensive!) the cost is a great value. Overall food is good (not great) and suffers from the quantity it is produced in and sitting on a buffet (except the dessert which is great and not impacted). The location/property is stunning and the staff exceptional. Definitely worth a visit if you know what to expect and have a strategy.
2. Boucher's Wood River Inn
Overall Ratings
4 based on 109 reviews
Reviewed By Bear4851
Very good food and decent prices, we ate there when we stayed at the Bed and Breakfast across the street. We came back again another time. It's half bad with a small restaurant area. The parking lot is a disaster and the entrance is tricky, but inside everything was good, including the service. They usually decorate the fireplace for each holiday.
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1. George's of Galilee
Overall Ratings
4 based on 1088 reviews
Overlooking the Block Island Sound in the picturesque fishing port of Galilee, George's of Galilee Waterfront Seafood Restaurant has been serving generations of families its award winning signature dishes since 1948. We offer the widest selection of fresh
Reviewed By Peter C
Really a nice location to watch the fishing boats going in and out. On the loud side as they had a wedding with DJ going on, a live guy playing guitar, and all the dinners. Food was above average but far from fine dining. I'd give this a better rating for a lunch place vs nice evening out for seafood. Staff was good at the hostess level, very average at the table and poor with the bar keep(never heard of a place you can't transfer your bar tab to the table for dinner).Hi Peter, sounds like you were here on a hectic night. I apologize that your experience did not meet your expectations. Next time I would suggest dining in our downstairs dining room, as both our live music and function room are upstairs. Normally it would not be any problem transferring your bar tab, so I am not sure what happened there. If you have any other comments or concerns, please reach out - [email protected]
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