Richard's Restaurant Bar - Boise

This restaurant was spectacular!! I made a reservation for 630 and I was fashionable late, so I had to change for 730. The woman on the phone was very polite. I took my wife and we were greeted by a young good looking man who opened my wife's door for her and professionally appreciated my car. We sat by the woman I was on the phone, they had my table ready and looked phenomenal when we sat, we were greeted by a very friendly waiter who quickly served us our drinks of choice. They brought FANTASTIC bread and oil and took our mission. When we pampered in the conversation, the waiter checked us politely several times. I used to fancier restaurants, so I expected a longer waiting time, we waited about 45 minutes in the inviting dining area with live jazz, before the General Manager came to our table personally and said the meal would be on the house. The food came 5 minutes after the conversation and I must say the shells were the tender, it was fantastic I really recommend this restaurant. And treat people how you want to be treated.

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 on it! The potato?s and beets were cooked perfectly too that came with it! I would definitely be back!

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. Hostess also was setting tables, but I guess that they don't use tray service to reset as she was holding bread plates against her sweater 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 table w/chairs. The server was quite gracious to accommodate us. We ordered iced teas we accepted the offer of lemon, but we declined the sugar, however the server still brought the sugar to the table. It took up unnecessary space. The amuse was a surprise, but also seemed to be prepared quite early in the day had lost it's freshness. The prosciutto wrapped figs w/gorgonzola were oddly greasy tough. The panko crusted goat cheese was also wet not a nice texture from the barely covering panko. The mixed salad w/pomegranate pips, orange supremes feta the squash soup were both delicious flavorful. Service appeared 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 it tasted. Perhaps it was salt-brined to keep it moist, but I needed several refills of iced tea just to finish. The bread stuffing was generous highly anticipated, but it did come off lackluster, w/o much flavor an insufficient amount of gravy. The accompanying green beans, w/cream sauce, were still slightly too crunchy several were grey in color. My disappointed came in the small ramekin of cranberry sauce as it was so minuscule to almost be missed on the plate. It was barely half full I greatly would have enjoyed more as it was perfectly balanced. After dinner was cleared, we waited waited for the desserts to arrive, w/ no offer of coffee not sure why this course the timing was so much longer. I understand that the dessert course is classically served w/ a spoon, but a hard crust pecan tart (pie) is difficult to cut into w/ a spoon shards of crust did fly across the table, still it was the most delicious item of the evening. The house made whipped cream had an odd texture, but excellent flavor. The chocolate mousse was a disappointment. Much to airy, but dense, almost cake-like, at the same time without the depth of chocolate that was expected. Another odd texture it was not entirely consumed as the pecan tart was. Never did a manager appe

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 the papardelle pasta and it was really not my favorite. The walnuts did not fit in the dish and the sauce tasted off. I would never order 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 coming back. Hopefully Richards sees this and changes the sauce on that dish.

My book group had a wonderful lunch in the richard’s restaurant on Thursday, 10th March. I had the grilled salmon with roasted potato and beet. everything was perfectly cooked and served beautifully. I also had the supplied by the side salad with its creamy green olive suit-absolute delicious. we have divided three delicious desserts. our server was warm, efficient and helpful. I recommend richards restaurant for tasty eating, excellent service and elegant environment.