Mario's Restaurant 27 in Harrogate

Edit: and responce to your appallingly rude and unprofessional responses: Hello owner. Your restaurant is just not worth the money. I changed my review to a lower rating because some time after I posted my original review I opened Google maps and read how awfully you responded to me and took zero responsibility for the way things are at your restaurant. Your aggressive and rude behaviour shows clearly through your words and reflects everything I have described in my original review and what some of your staff is like in your restaurant. Laughable. Get a grip and learn to Learn from feedback rather than accuse the customer for being made to feel ripped off by You. Franky, if a customer feels a certain way, they don't owe you any explanation? I decide to spend my money in your restaurant, I'm allowed to leave you a review based on how you made me feel and what you served me in your premises. If you can't provide a good service or take a good look at yourself and your staff, than that's all on you. Original review: Would not recommend, food was good but the waitress who took our order and appeared to be in charge was rude to us and other guests who were walking in, she practically shouted at them that their party of 12 better be 12 and not 14 as they have not got the space for 14 and also shouted at them to shut the front door as it's too windy.. All that could have been said in much different way seeing as they are about to drop a big amount of money on their meals. Not very knowledgeable about the food served either. My partner ordered veal and she asked whether he wanted it rear or well done and he said rear, minutes later the chef then came out the kitchen to ask her why the veal is marked as rear as he can't make it rear if it's so thin. It was a very uncomfortable experience altogether. Also there appeared to be far too many waiting and bar staff behind a tiny bar. Could do with some customer service training and less staff really. The roasted potatoes were really good, but the tomato sauce too sweet and not reduced enough. Overall not great really. Quite sad for a small "family run" business.

The food was outstanding. The service was fabulous. Really enjoyed our whole evening and experience. Thank you

Authentic, homecooked Italian food. Good menu choices. The food is always delicious. One of the best Italian restaurants we've been to.

Superb food, great flavours and generous portions. We received a warm welcome and had a memorable evening

Our home from home and favourite eatery in Ripon! Top quality Italian food, great value and lovely staff. We'll be back soon. X

Another fabulous meal - this place never disappoints everyone is so friendly lovely place fantastic food and service - thank you!

Really friendly restaurant with an excellent wine list. A wide range of regional dishes. Can't recommend it highly enough. Thank you for an unexpectedly good meal.

A lovely place, excellent food, wonderful service and beautiful place

My partner and I went for a lovely meal at Mario's last night with our little boy. The staff were so lovely especially with our son. We felt very looked after, the food was delicious and great value, the atmosphere was perfect. We were recommended this restaurant a few times and glad we finally tried it, we will be back!

We called in whilst visiting Ripon. Absolutely beautiful food and great service. Definitely recommend. We hadn't booked but they managed to squeeze us in. Thank you

Lovely food and good service. A nice environment to meet with friends. Well priced and met our needs perfectly! Thanks Sarah Birtwistle

Beautiful food and great atmosphere! Friendly service as always from Marco and his team. Highly recommend the mussels, aubergine parmigiana and pasta al salmone along with spaghetti carbonara, but the food is always excellent!

Service was very friendly and food was fantastic……empty plates all round 😊

Very busy night in Ripon: two performances at the cathedral with large audiences, but the staff at Mario’s were accommodating and friendly and the food was outstanding. I loved the Seafood Risotto.

Amazing restaurant in the centre of Ripon. Food was glorious

This was our first visit with friends and family, all who had been before. Mario's cetainly lived up to its reputation demonstrated cetainly be retuning. Excellent service excellent food

Once again a large group of us enjoyed New Year's Eve in Mario's Restaurant. As usual, we could not have wished for a more enjoyable evening. The food was excellent and the service was great even though the restaurant was so busy. I would recommend you give it a try, you will not be disappointed.

Enjoyed the rib eye steak, lamb shank was also excellent. Nice clean restaurant and the staff were very attentive, would visit again

Wonderful evening New Years Eve lovely friendly staff

Food was 10/10 especially the pizza. The vibes are cozy and staff are all friendly. Highly recommend if you are visiting Ripon!

This place was recommended to me for a nice dinner for two and I'm very glad it was. The portions were more than enough for my appetite and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The staff were very friendly and attentive too, so I couldn't recommend Mario's enough. Thank you!

Great food. Its was busy but that explains the slightly slow service but definitely worth the wait.

My ideal restaurant. Unfussy, excellent food and warm, efficient service. A true Italian trattoria experience.

This is a Sophisticated and Amazing restaurant. Traditional and authentic Italian cuisine. Highly recommended, friendly and attentive staff.

We found this fantastic place probably 15 /16 years ago. Travelling on a 2 hour 20 minute round trip we think it's well worth it. Staff are always attentive, food is always fantastic with a lovely friendly environment. Just wish we lived closer so we could visit more often!. If you like authenticate Italian cuisine, cooked fresh great service and atmosphere then this is the place to go. Can't recommend it enough.

Really love this family restaurant! Food is always great, service is fantastic with an awesome atmosphere. This really is the perfect place to eat.

Always top notch food service and atmosphere 😎👍🏻

A wonderful dining experience and exceptional food/service! 5 star and will def come back x

This is a great Italian restaurant, just near the cathedral. Great food and service. A nice friendly vibe and a good range of dishes. We turned up late, without a reservation, and they put themselves out to find us a table. The sardine fillet starter was fresh and nicely cooked. The penne and bolognese meatball main course was delicious and filling. Good house wine and a good wine list to accompany the meal.

Excellent food and amazing service. We really enjoyed our evening here.

Excellent pizza combining pizza AND! calzone! Who knew?! Joy! Lovely staff, attentive, friendly. Lots of options Great place.

Food was amazing, definitely visiting again

Beautiful food and excellent service the staff where well mannered and the food was piping hot chose to pick of the special menu which had a excellent selection

If you’re in Ripon check this place out I highly recommend the lobster ravioli the sauce was excellent.The staff seem to care about the place and engage with the customers.Just one thing it seems to be a big price difference between a half and a pint of he Italian draft lager but don’t let that put you off .The food was excellent

Lovely "Pizza del la casa" a combination of half pizza half calzone. Meat feast type on one side, and ham mozella and chicken inside the calzone. Base was light and fluffy and plenty of toppings covering the pizza

I’ve had quite a few meals at Mario’s now and every single one has been phenomenal, every time I order something I like it however I always wish I’d ordered something different because everything looks so good and delicious, Everyone is always so friendly and attentive and you can tell they really enjoy what they do and that really adds to the warm, hospitable atmosphere that you always associate with a family run restaurant, it’s more like actually being at an Italian family’s house and you’ve just popped round for your tea; you forget for a second that you’re in a restaurant. Some particular favourites of mine from the menu are the Carpaccio; I love anything to do with meat so the carpaccio is always right up my strata. Second is the Ribeye which when paired with the peppercorn sauce is out of this world (I know it has a different name on the menu but I can’t remember it to save my life). But the ribeye is tender and at such a good price it is one of the best steaks you will ever eat, and the best one I have ever had. It’s mine and my girlfriend’s go to if we want to have a great treat together and we don’t want to venture into Harrogate, we recommend it to absolutely anyone and everyone who asks where is a nice place to eat in Ripon.

Very friendly staff beautiful food highly recommend

Very enjoyable meal. Great friendly service and fair price.

First time here and won’t be the last

Staying in Ripon for a week and you are literally spoilt for choice with loads of restaurants and at least 4 Italians! Anyway, Mario’s looked to be the best from window shopping so we booked a table and so glad we did! We all chose from the two-course special menu (absolute bargain at £15.95!) and so glad we did. The portions were generous, the choice immense and the food was delicious. Honestly it was the best Italian food we’ve tried outside of Italy and such good value for money. If you are staying in Ripon my advice is visit this place on one of your last nights - because if you visit on the 1st night in town you’ll absolutely have to return time and time again! It really is that good.

The food was lovely and we'll cooked. Also, the service was just as good! I would absolutely recommend this restaurant.

The food was lovely, and the service was just as good! Would absolutely recommend this restaurant.

What a fantastic meal. Superb food, excellent service and great fixed price menu. Absolutely fabulous evening. Highly recommended

Amazing food for a family meal will deffo be coming back again soon service was amazing and staff was very friendly and helpful

Lovely food, unpretentious and with good portions. The set menu was incredible value with a bottle of house red. It was busy on a Wednesday night and we had a lovely time. Good for casual dining.

Awesome food, wonderful staff and an excellent place to go. Would absolutely go again.

We were in Ripon for a night and turned up without a booking. They were very accommodating and found us a lovely table for two. We had the set meal which was amazing value for money - 2 courses starter with pizza/pasta main for £15.50 between 4.30 and 6pm. Beautiful fresh food, very tasty and with great customer service. Family friendly restaurant, would highly recommend

Really excellent food and nice ambiance ..had the Arancini to start followed by duck with cherry sauce...fantastic. The house red is good.

18th Sept 2024 Recently moved to Ripon and found this restaurant today. What a gem! Food delicious and well priced, staff friendly. Came for early bird 4.30pm any starter and pasta or pizza £15.50. Well worth the money. Would recommend and will certainly return.

I had the gluten free carbonara & mozzarella garlic pizza bread and both were delicious. Good GF Italian food is hard to find and this was lovely!

Lovely local restaurant, fantastic service and tasty food.

Birthday treat, and we definitely picked the right place . Everything was superb 👌 from the first minute right through to the last.

What a fabulous family run restaurant. Went for the early set menu starter and pizza and was spoilt for choice. Food was delicious well presented. Would possibly say anything you chose would be devine. The staff were friendly and attentive and great value for money. Will definitely be putting this in the visitor's book for future holiday makers to hopefully pay a visit.

Great Italian in Ripon. Excellent veal liver, very tasty risotto.

Service was good, food ok, portions probably too big - I found the concept of Pasta with bolognese sauce and meatballs a little strange. Tiramisu was huge and rather stodgy, more like trifle. Decor reminiscent of a rather basic holiday camp, no ambiance, little variety of colour, plain pine wooden chairs, no cushions or padding on seats, no soft furnishings to create texture or diffuse sound. Our table was right next to the door to the toilets.

Thank you ! It is not every time one dines out, that one is treated to this level of deliciousness. Words are not enough to describe how good the food was. Had the spinach cannelloni with ricotta, mozzarella, spinach, cherry tomatoes, garlic, tomato sauce. Proper genuine food. One could taste all the different flavours and yet it all blended so well. 10 points 🤩 this dinner I will remember for a lifetime.

Went here in a party of 4 last night My pizza was one of the best I have ever had and my wife had pasta . She rated it same our friend's had chicken which had a minor issue corrected immediately and a seafood dish which was a 5 . Over all definitely be going back and well rrecommendedFull marks on everything

Great atmosphere,good food, happy staff. Will definitely be back .

Went in with my wife Saturday night before the concert and the place had a lovely busy buzz about it. Waiter was polite, welcoming and very knowledgeable about the menu, but all the staff just couldn't do enough for us. We opted for the set menu which is phenomenal value. Great portion sizes and food was sublime, cooked perfectly and very tasty. Restaurant has a lovely modern decor with exposed brick and good choice of drinks. Wish we lived closer to be honest. If we are in the area again we will definitely visit and would 100% recommend. Don't miss out! and have the beef medallions they were to die for.

We were intrigued by Mario’s. As lovers of Italian food, we assumed this would be a local style trattoria, just like some of the streets of Rome. It wasn’t. The food was poor and the staff were inattentive. Wouldn’t visit again.

Food was and always is outstanding , and the owner and staff are by far the best around 5 star all the way

Take-away pizzas from here were some of the best we've eaten (delicious traditional base, good quality ingredients & appropriately cooked) and the portion of Tiramisu absolutely delicious! The staff were friendly and helpful on ordering and collection. On that showing hopefully we'll find an opportunity to dine-in, should we have occasion to come back this way in the future!

Great food and excellent service

Brilliant. You will not leave with an empty stomach. GUARANTEED!!! Food, and service both fantastic. Visited with friends and certainly was not disappointed. Food was fresh, hot and beautifully prepared. Value for money is excellent. You go and compare prices to any chain restaurant and this beats it, comfortably. But doesn't beat it just on price, the food is far superior. All staff were super friendly and attentive and the, guy who I think was the owner, was a star. Would definitely recommend and will definitely return at some point when visiting the beautiful town of Ripon.👌👍 A+.

Fabulous staff: professional and friendly; nice atmosphere, with great food. Is now our Italian restaurant of choice in Ripon.

This Italian restaurant is family run, and they certainly know how best to use simple, good quality ingredients to create beautiful food. We went twice because it was so good! The choice is bountiful, as are the portions and the prices were very reasonable. The staff are very friendly and helpful and the tables are generously sized with very comfy chairs too. A perfect restaurant for a really lovely evening of food and pleasure.

Mario's is an absolutely fantastic restaurant. I honestly can't say a bad word about the place. There were 5 of us and from the moment we arrived we were looked after by all the staff. Staff treated us like we were family and were extremely polite. All the food we ordered arrived together (no one was left looking at others eating ha). Staff asked us 10 minutes before our food arrived if we needed drinks as the food was nearly ready, ensuring we had drinks for when our food did arrive... nice touch by the way. The food was cooked to perfection and the ribeye was so good. Highly recommend and will most definitely be going again when we pass through.

I took my wife here while we were traveling from the US. I had the beef bourguignon and she had the risotto seafood. The food was amazing. Th3 staff were all so nice. A guy named Marco spoke to us quite a bit. From the way he looks I guess he's the dishwasher. He was so friendly We hope to visit again some day

A true Italian restaurant in the heart of England

Food was outstanding! Great service!

Absolutely delightful meal the beef was cooked to perfection the service 1st class and considering how busy it was the wait for food was reasonable,

Second Visit to this restaurant, amazing food, great staff and a really good atmosphere

We had dinner here on a Tuesday night and it was heartening to see the restaurant quite busy. Booking is a good idea. The Italian menu at Mario's is large and generous, and the food was delicious. Cheerful, friendly staff give a genuine welcome. We hope to return to this wonderful restaurant. Lucky Ripon!

This is the second time I’ve been to Marios and again the service was excellent, the food outstanding and the atmosphere exactly as you would expect in a good Italian restaurant, busy and family orientated. Nothing was too much, the staff team are fantastic. Thankyou for a great evening! We will be back again soon.

Seabass Salvatore delicious great service lovely atmosphere and enjoyable evening thanku xx

Visited the restaurant again last night and although busy (which is always good to see in these tough economic times) the service, atmosphere and food were, as always spot on. Nothing too much trouble and I still think their pizza is the best in the city. Keep you the good work Marco and the entire team.

New Year’s Eve late booking and very lucky to get a table. The restaurant was full but the service was excellent and the food delicious. We can particularly recommend the mussels with tomato starter and the King Prawns & Asparagus risotto main. This is definitely the best Italian restaurant in Ripon. We have eaten here quite often over a number of years and have never been disappointed. Will return again soon.

A family restaurant, Excellent food and drink, friendly service.

A lovely meal to make a perfect evening.

We had a lovely Friday night dinner here, a couple of vegan options and welcoming staff. There was a nice atmosphere and my spaghetti pomodoro dish was really good and a generous portion size.

Excellent food and first class service. 2 very empty plates after the meal!

We dined as a party of 7 adults and 6 children for the early bird dinner before the Remembrance event at Ripon Cathdral. I emailed Marco a few times before the day to adjust our booking and send across our menu choices. Marco was very polite, friendly and patient in accommodating our group. The food was delicious, staff were brilliant and the location very handy for the cathedral. We'll be back, thanks Marco!

Superb 7 of us turned up without a booking, we we're welcomed in Service was great, very friendly and helpful Food choice is excellent and the food was delicious Wouldn't hesitate in recommending Mario's and all reasonably priced Great place, 👍

This is a really excellent restaurant, well worth a visit. We hadn’t booked but they soon found us a table, even though it was really busy. The service was first rate, food delicious, well presented and lovely flavours. I recommended the house wine. Also the staff were extremely accommodating with special dietary needs. All really good value for money and will be returning.

Date night with my husband. We had a nice welcome from the friendly staff. Service was good and the food was great.

I went there last night with my mum and my son. The food was amazing as always but there was something else that made me leave this review. My son always gets the creamy kids pasta and this time it came with some parsley on top on it. He started saying "mummy I don't like it with these plants" but I wouldn't have asked for the plate to be changed for something like this (I am really not that kind of customer :) A member of staff or the owner (not sure who it was, I do apologise) overheard him and immediately said he will bring another plate as he knows kids don't like parsley. I did say there is no need to do that but he did bring him another plate with no parsley. That was more than kind and the type of customer service that goes a very long way. Thank you very much! We will always come back for the great food and for the lovely people!

Having previously visited here on a trip to Ripon back in March just had to come back again ! The food is genuine Italian and some of the best we have had both in the UK and in Italy ! Staff are excellent and very helpful. Can’t do enough for you. Will definitely be visiting again when next back in Yorkshire

Just had a delightful evening here with excellent food, great ambience and wonderful service. It is the first time here after almost a year of living in Ripon and it will become a regular haunt !

Ripon is very lucky to have a number of really good Italian restaurants- we were impressed with a couple of other places during our stay there but this place was definitely the best for both food and service.

This is the best Italian restaurant in Ripon and never disappoints! The welcome, the service and the food are always excellent! Highly recommended!

Excellent food and service , staff were very polite and efficient , will definitely be going again.👍

We tried all the Italian restaurants here. This is by far the best!!! We have been back a few times, it never disappointed us!!!

Excellent authentic Italian. We didn't reserve a table but the staff were able to seat us quickly. The food was brilliant, and tasted so fresh. Everyone in our group really enjoyed the whole experience. Grazie mille

Went to Mario's yesterday and as an Italian I can tell you one thing : they DO serve proper Italian food. Marco, Mario's son spent some time at our table he is adorable and you can tell he is very passionate about what he does. Pasta is cooked al dente, sauces are not greasy and pizzas are top notch 👌 😋 please don't skip this restaurant. A big hug to Mario's mum, what a sweet hard working lady 💖 Anna from Italy 🇮🇹 (and the English crew from yesterday)

Have been regulars here for years because the food, service and atmosphere are amazing. Everything is always spot on and all the team are friendly and helpful, even when they're busy. Definitely book in advance and definitely go to Mario's if you're in Ripon... Just leave a table for us 😁

Wow lovely meal here on Saturday 12th Aug, great service and atmosphere. Thank you.

This is a fantastic Italian restaurant with an excellent value extensive menu of expertly prepared tasty dishes, highly recommended.

This is a lovely restaurant with a great atmosphere and amazing food at reasonable prices.

A lovely family run restaurant in the heart of Ripon. The service was brilliant even though they were very busy. Food was fantastic!

Spot on in every way. Excellent food, service and ambience. A real pleasure to find a place serving such fresh and tasty meals.