This review is for the outlet mall location. We ordered pickup. It's a little confusing because uppit order and checkin on the website, they ask for your vehicle description but don't bring it out to you. The food was hot, except the garlic bread. The food was mostly good, except the garlic chicken pasta. I ordered it with wine sauce. The noodles were undercooked, the wine in the sauce was nonexistent, it was very bland. The tomatoes could have used some salt, and the chicken was overcooked. Basically the garlic chicken was a crime against Italian food. The manager was understanding and said we'll be refunded for the garlic chicken and cold garlic bread. May give it another chance in the future. read more

Always loved the diversity of the Lil Rizzo's menu. Now it is changed and you can no longer order a sandwich for dinner. The difference in price of a sandwich and an entrée is two dollars. It's not the money --it is the fact that sometimes people want a sandwich. Just a little disappointing that a customer cannot be accommodated. My pasta entrée was good. "World Famous" salad is average. read more

I really wanted to like this place but after waiting 40 mins for a server and getting Fettuccine Alfredo with sauce as thick as Emler's glue, I was very disappointed. I used to come here with my husband when we were younger and I had such fond memories of the delicious food... sadly this place is not what it used to be. I understand times are tough right now, but I would never be caught serving food like that to my family, let alone to guests at a restaurant. After being seated by the hostess and watching every single table around us be seated and served, we actually had to get up and find a server to wait on us, which was embarrassing for us. The house salad was actually delicious! But sadly this is just another American restaurant try to be "authenticity Italian", and as usual falling embarrassingly short. Please do better. read more

Good crisp crust pizza, buffalo had zing and sausage had good lasting flavor. Small salad was fresh and enough as a side. Deep fried ravioli with marinara was a hit and would prefer that as a dinner with a couple of sides. Keeping Rizzo's high on the list... read more

The salad is AWSOME. The table rolls are good. The chicken Spedini was little more than breaded Chicken Strips. The pasta was watery and no sign of olive oil or garlic, as advertised. read more

Slow and rotten tasting pizza, we sat with empty drinks and the pizza tasted as if the meat was rotten, after we had enough we stood at the register right next to the bar for at least 5 minutes while our waitress didn't even notice we were gone and the bartender who only had 2 people at the bar ignored us the whole time even after making eye contact with him on several occasions. We were ready to dine and dash simply because no seemed interested in taking our money or even that we existed. We will never go back. It takes more than a catchy jingle on the radio to make a good impression. So long Li'l Rizzo's hope to never see you again. read more

This place is great I sat at the bar with this really cute and friendly bartender named Chance. He was SO nice and SUPER friendly. He made perfect drinks, had perfect service, but my only complaint was his really weird facial hair. You need to shave it off. Other than that amazing service! read more

Great food and service any time any day. Have never ordered something I didn't like. Generous portions. Meatballs are great.

If your looking for a comparable pizza just go down to the market and pick up 10 jacks pizzas for twenty bucks! All the meat will be on one side and no cheese or sause! 10 pizzas will still be cheaper! Terrible! read more

With there today it was awful I orderedlasagna , it says six layers ,sure five of them is all noodles .the top layer had meat and cheese .extremely dry just horrible my girlfriend ordered the chicken Parm she said it was really bad now the one on HorshoeBend is always good this one here is terrible read more

Best of the best! Well worth the hour long drive!! Haven't had a bad dish yet!! The service has been just as great as the food, gotta try the sausage and peppers!! read more

Went to eat there Friday night. It was pretty busy and we had to drive around the parking lot to find a spot. There were 2 male employee's, 1 wearing a chef uniform, smoking by a side door with a ramp. No biggie, not judgemental except that we had a window partially down with kids in the car and got hit in the face with strong foul marijuana smell. They moved inside quickly but it did not give us a good impression. The food has gone downhill over the last year but I think this is the final straw. We wont be back. read more

Not a fan. Mediocre food. It has a lot of potential but they missed the mark in every category. Bushwhacker mixed drink terrible. Chicken dry Linguine pesce drowning it watery white sauce House salad lacked any flavor. Bummer. read more

Went for lunch today. It was very good. Arrived by 3pm. Had lunch Fettuccine and my husband had the Mostaccioli. He cleaned his plate. Loved the rolls, nice and fresh. And our salads were perfect size for lunch. We will be back. read more

We ate pizza first night and went back to try their pasta the third night. The salads were some of the best I have had. The pasta was really delicious. The service was excellent especially our waitress whose name started with My. Will definately go again when in town. read more

House salad should actually be world famous! - very good. I got the veggie pizza twice. The first time at the Lake Ozark location it was close to perfect. The second time in Osage Beach they put too much cheese for such a thin crust pizza, the crust wasn't as crunchy especially in the middle and got soggy because of all of the cheese I am assuming. And the onions weren't cooked hardly at all. They just won best wings on the Lake after Wobbly Boots beat them out 4 years in a row. Their Italian wings are good- they don't really have a sauce though just Parmesan, crushed red pepper and some other stuff. It's spicy and very good. They brought out a birthday chocolate calzone at the OB location because we had a Bday and it was delicious and free! If you can choose go to the one in Lake Ozark - its more fun and it's atmosphere fits the concept better. The OB location is trying to be a sports bar and looks like your standard chain. Food was actually a little better in Lake Ozark too. Service was great at both locations. read more

Most the time when i come here it's nice and the bread taste great. this time i didn't even get bread without asking for it. My drink was empty for about 10 minutes. my waitress didn't even notice till i said something. step it up. i usually love it here. very disappointed. read more

Wife and took 2 granddaughters there about 230. Wife got spaghetti, I got a lunch pizza, one kid got spaghetti with a meatball, the other chicken strips and fries. The wife never said anything about spaghetti, but didn't finish it. She did have the meatball that was on kids, she wouldn't eat it, and made a OMG face. It was hillarious. The other kids chicken was dry and the fries barely warm. Kids chicken was nice size but too spicy for kids. I dipped it in ketcup and got it down, but couldn't deal with those hard dry fries. The pizza was a bland tasting thing that had a thin aweful crust. The salad was wilted like it got warm. I thought it was gonna taste like olive garden, oh contrere. The Margaritas were 8 dollars, worth mayne 3.50, don't go with those either. Manager did come by and asked if everything was ok, then hurriedly took off before we replied. I wanted to tell her look at the leftovers. Waitress noticed we hadn't eaten much and asked if we needed Togo containers. Declined. All for $70, we should have went to McDees like the kids wanted. I thought it was gonna be special, don't waste yout time! Dinner rolls were good. read more

We just enjoyed an amazing dinner here. Deliciousness all around! The salad, the pasta and the bread as good if not better than Grandma's! So good! Service was spot on! Thoroughly enjoyed our meal! read more

This was not fresh Italian food. If you hqve been to a real Italian restaurant you would see this is not up to par! The wait staff has something to be desired also. They get the tables bussed quickly but, will leave customers sitting and waiting! We got a simple dish and it took 40 minutes to get served our food! They have a lot of room for improvements. We won't be back anytime soon! read more

My husband and I decided to finally try this place out with our one year old son. First let me start by saying the service was horrible but that's not even the worst part..we ordered the chicken tenders from the kids menu for our son and as we were cutting the chicken up it was still frozen in the middle..they took it back and we asked for pasta instead, later to find there was a piece of some type of wrapper mixed in my sons pasta. It kind of looked like part of a butter wrapper but I'm unsure. My husband and I ordered pizza and finally a little relieved when the first slice was good but then the middle of our pizza was cold and not cooked all the way.. needless to say I would not recommend this place, ever. This is my very first review I've ever given a restaurant. I'm not one to complain, but our experience here was outrageous..Also this yelp is in my husbands name, like I said first time here so I don't know how to make it in my name read more

We had eaten here before but tonight was a nightmare. Only one out of three meals were acceptable. Dry Alfredo dish and bland and dry Cajun Pasta. My wife asked for better Canjun taste and was offered Alfredo's sauce with lots of Lawrys seasoning salt, over the top terrible! Plus if you get Tammy the sniffing waitress, Leave!!! She is rude and needs a tissue big time!! We won't be back!!! The manager was even a jerk! read more

Had a sick kid the other night who wanted spaghetti. So called in a to-go order. Food was amazing! Portion sizes were huge. Great salad and bread with the meal. Ordered 5 meals and fed my family of 6 for two meals!!! Pick-up order was super fast. Price was reasonable. I hadn't been here in a while but I would definitely go back and will recommend to others. They will be back in my lake rotation of great spots to eat from here on out!!! read more

Excellent food,service. Some of the best Italian I have had. Will be back many times. Drinks were good also. Bread was excellent

My husband I recently went there for our anniversary dinner. First our toasted ravioli was frozen quick fried, not terrible but sure not impressed. Then our main course was almost uneatable. We both ordered a pasta with seafood, my shrimp was not cooked all the way and the sauce was very pastey. The bread was cold and stale. We left very unhappy. read more

Had an enjoyable dinner with my wife on a Wednesday night. Atmosphere was pleasant, food was good and we enjoyed ourselves. I would go back here for another Lake ozark dinner read more

Excellent food. Service fast and efficient especially considering we had 12 diners. Excellent rolls and fried ravioli. Definitely worth the ride over! read more

Went here with a group of 16. All of us had an excellent meal. Their world famous house salad is really good and unique. The service was excellent. read more

We tried this location even though we usually go to the Horseshoe Bend location. We had been told both were owned and run by the same people. 1. We ordered a large House salad and for almost $9.00 you would think they could use a better quality lettuce, romaine would be nice. They used iceberg lettuce, even the large center pieces that I throw away at home. 2. My linguine con pesce was order with a white sauce. It was extremely runny and had very little seasoning. 3. My husband ordered the shrimp scamp and it was extremely bland. I don't think we'll try this location again, which is too bad because it's more convenient and has a larger dining area than the Horseshoe Bend location. read more

This was ok minus the long hour wait but other then that the food was amazing and filling!!!!!

I had not been to LR in years. Like 15yrs. We always go to the lake but my Step Father is not an Italian eater. WTH?? So took my Mama down one Friday evening minus the Step Dad and was like where do you want to try that he wouldn't go. So we head to LR one Friday around 730. The salad is still cool crisp and flavorful while being light. The lasagna was very tasting, just wish it had a Li'l more sauce between the layers so that it doesn't seem a tad dry. Still I did not leave a morsel on the plate. Mama loved her calzone and did not plan on finishing it but picked out the insides from one small end corner. It can be a lil loud because of the ceilings but I like that you are not on top of each other. The bar is great for the sports fan with ample room around so that you are not constantly bumped by walking patrons. Will return before another 15yrs. What was I thinking? read more

Another great place to grab a bite to eat near the outlet mall. Good Italian food in a cute environment. My friends and I had a very friendly waitress with quick service. I should have went light on my sauce because there was a little too much cream sauce on my dish but the taste was good. This is great place for families. read more

Food Meh... Came in midweek for lunch on a day with slight drizzle... With other restaurants closing in the area guessing it won't be long for this one... read more

I highly recommend this restaurant. We had a supreme pizza on our first visit. It was delicious so the next evening we went back for pasta and was not disappointed. My husband had veal parmesan and I had Alfredo con Pollo. Generous helpings. Service was great. read more

Can here with a family of about 18, with a bunch of kids under 12. The server was awesome, but the food was pretty humdrum. Absolutely nothing special about it. I would never come here as my personal choice on my own, but for a very large group, it was good. read more

This has been our go to restaurant for many years! The happy hour never disappoints- especially their loaded potato "cups"!

Great food, mediocre service. My husband's dinner was a chicken dish with Garlic and it was so delicious! Wish there was a Lil' Rizzo's closer to us. read more

I highly recommend Li'l Rizzo's. We love the bread and salad and the food is outstanding. Everything we have tried here is good.

People are nice and food is good! My husband would prob give them 4 stars. Don't expect "authentic" Italian food, it's a typical American pizzeria. The House Salad had FAR too much cheese on it for me, but my husband loved it! We got the Hawaiian Pizza and it was good! read more

Excellent Italian food in the Ozarks!! Get the chicken parm!! Comes with angel hair spaghetti and a delicious salad. Ask for yummy garlic bread too! read more