I ordered Stromboli and a salad Salad was ok with only one slice of tomato The Stromboli was nothing but a dough with limited cheese and meets Will never order again read more

Rico's Pizzeria - Pizza Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

Glad to be back for really good pizza. A few tables inside but it's really a no frills interior - the product is outstanding and it's primarily takeout. The staff works hard to accommodate you. My sausage, mushroom and onion was just as I expected. Perfect ratios of ingredients- slightly burned crust. Best in Sarasota - by me. Gulf gate area; South Sarasota. plenty of parking. Bring your appetite. read more

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Food and service is always good. The ambience... well, it reminds me of an old pizzeria I grew up with in Tenafly NJ. Same good taste. read more

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Good Pie! That's big from a former Pizzeria and Bakery owner! Garlic knots held their own too. I would recommend this place for good take out pizza! read more

2 Hot slices with a drink makes a very reasonable lunch deal. Slice was good with just enough cheese and grease to keep eating. My only negative on the slices were they were too thin to hold the cheese. But the cheese was delicious. Interior is small and tight and considered myself lucky to grab a spot to eat inside. Staff is super nice, friendly and quick. Great service with busy lunch traffic. read more

Rico's Pizzeria - Too good to wait! - Pizza Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

You ever walk into a store and you just smell the deliciousness of the food they're making and then you see all sorts of different style pizzas with different toppings and you can get a slice and you say I'm gonna get one of each. Well, that's how I felt when I got into this place. It took everything in my power not to eat every single slice or try one of each when I got here. I also got a veal Parm, which the view was really good. The pasta that came with it was OK really the sauce was awful And if I knew I would have told them to put the same sauce as they put on the veal parm. read more

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Lasagna and salad were both delicious! Service was great except for one thing. Lasagna on the menu is listed at $15. Bill came and it said $17.51. I told the server that the menus should be updated to reflect new prices. She said that it was because I used a credit card. I would have liked to have been told that ahead of time. Reminds me of what the gas stations used to do with two prices one for cash and one for credit. I would definitely recommend this restaurant and I will return. read more

Rico's Pizzeria - Pizza Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

I just returned to get the name of the terrific young lady, Zhen, who helped us. Zhen has found herself admitting after 3 years working at Rico's, " to LOVE to cook" . When you find staff as genuine, happy, and hardworking , the realization of this definitely adds a special ' kinship' towards the establishment. Zhen's enthusiasm and joy in preparing her dishes and pizzas shows in her ' finished product' ! Today I again ordered my favorite medium pizza with thin slices of cooked eggplant / Italian sausage with EXTRA sauce, plus their chicken and pasta Alfredo (added some kosher salt) made with fresh cream and lots of genuine butter - - delicious! - -wish there were more Alfredo sauce! Zhen works at Rico's all day Wednesdays and Sundays (9am to 10 pm), then 10-4 Mondays, 4-10 pm Fridays and Saturdays. Make SURE you always have her ADD EXTRA SAUCE to everything- - the seasoning in these sauces really makes Rico's stand out. Reminds me of the Queen pizzeria in Boro Hall 1970's Brooklyn. Enjoy! read more

Rico's Pizzeria - Delicious authentic Italian cold cut sub - Pizza Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

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Meatball, veal, and chicken parm subs had an off taste (badly seasoned), tasteless blob of mozzarella and oversized burnt bread. Same for the eggplant parm with sauce on the bottom? NOT GOOD! read more

Amazing pizza it is great for us because some times a couple of friends from different states come to our condo and we have a pizza night

Great thin crust pizza. You can buy by the slice and they're huge. Great service, employees and owner very nice and funny.

Dined in at Rico's. Very small place with limited seating but the Pizza was DELICIOUS! Former NY'er and this is by far the best pizza we have had in Florida so far. Their sauce was perfectly seasoned, the pizza wasn't floppy, the pizza was thin and not doughy. The waitress was nice too! We will definitely be back there. read more

Rico's Pizzeria - Pizza Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

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Rico's has very good pizza. You can count on them! It's not the best, but it's way better than average, which is saying something.

This is our family's go-to pizza place when visiting Sarasota. It's always busy! We do takeout, but there is limited seating in the actual restaurant. A 16" The Works pizza ($22) is our standard order with sides of garlic knots ($4) and Parmesan artichokes ($9). This easily feeds a family of 3 for both dinner and lunch leftovers. Toppings are fresh and plentiful. The garlic knots are VERY garlicky so if you're garlic averse, these aren't for you. The menu is large and diverse so there is something for everyone. They also offer a rewards program and in-house delivery. read more

Stopped in for a quick lunch. Ordered the 10" Greek pizza, it was delicious! My boyfriend ordered two slices of the pepperoni pizza and he really enjoyed them. Will be back! read more

Rico's Pizzeria - Greek pizza - Pizza Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

Ordered from Rico's and it was overwhelmingly disappointing. Pizza was bland and simply bad. What a waste of $35. Sorry to bash a small business but this was disgraceful... read more

We ask our server at Old Salty Dog (it was delicious also) and he suggested Ricos Oh my it was amazingly delicious and the cannolis I wished I would have ordered more. I truly recommend Ricos Pizza. read more

I'd like to start off by saying, this is a authentic little spot. You won't find a better deal on a chicken parm sub 9.95 I could eat 100 of em NOT KIDDING they are that good Fries are homie like your best friend made em for you after a great night at the bar Being it's tiny it may be hard to find a spot but just be patient, servers are constantly looking to help your experience:) read more

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Authentic pizza/ sub/ and Italian spot. Goose greeted us right away. Ordered meatballs as an appetizer and they were huge and delicious. Also ordered a sausage and mushroom pizza. Loved the crust and the sauce was yummy. Aysha helped us out after Goose left for the night. Great service! Great pizza! Definitely will be back to try out other items on the menu. read more

Genuine New York style pizza in Sarasota's Gulf Gate neighborhood! When I read that this was one of top 20 pizza restaurants in the U.S., I had to check it out. Rico's did not disappoint. The flagship and original location of what is now several restaurants looks and feels authentic. Because it is. Do not expect much elbow room in this small but popular establishment. The pizza crust is dry, doughy and delicious. The sauce has a homemade flavor and the toppings are fresh. Pizza done right. Served by friendly teenagers beginning to ascend the economic ladder. For the more adventurous, there's even mussels/shellfish as a topping! Enjoy New York without snow. Come to Rico's! read more

Rico's Pizzeria - Vegetarian Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

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Stopped in while looking to pick up some pizza after a night of Trick-Or-Treating, and Rico's ended being the perfect match. It was a great pizza for the family. The pizza slices were large, yet still enough to share with everyone. The crust had that perfect combo of crispy and chewy, and the tomato sauce had a tangy kick that was just right. The servers were nice and the wait time was quick as well. If you're in the mood for a great classic pizza in the Sarasota area, Rico's is perfect. Highly recommend! :) read more

Rico's Pizzeria - Pizza Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

So yummy!! We have had their pizza twice. Once when we got the "Welcome to the neighborhood" coupon and tonight bc we wanted pizza. We thought about having a drink and going home to eat but it's so fun in there we had to eat at least our pizza in the restaurant. The food is spectacular!! We intend on making this a thing for our family. Just try it, you just HAVE to. read more

Amazing pizza, friendly service, incredible cheesecake. Can't wait to go back. Thank you Goose! read more

Rico's Pizzeria - Pizza Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

A good local pizza This Rico's, not part of the other Rico pizza places in the area, is a good local business located in the Gulf Gate area. It is a small place, about 6 tables for dining in. It is not a polished place, more a place with character, the dining area home to both a British telephone booth and a stack of flour bags. They also have a TV. I stopped in for lunch. They have a large menu, including many pizza options. I saw a few others getting pizza by the slice, a quick lunch option. For me I decided on the Carnivore, one of their specialty combo pizzas. You guessed it, all meat. My 10" personal sized beauty was ready in about 15 minutes. It had a traditional crust, not oily, and was very good. In reference to my previous review, I even got a smile today. It was a good lunch. read more

Rico's Pizzeria - personal sized Carnivore - Pizza Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

Food was good, service wasn't as good. Four of us went, two liked what we got , two thought it was OK. Liked: chicken Parmesan and stuffed shells OK: pizza by the slice and margarita pizza. Restaurant was cool I'd give it another try. read more

Food is good So no issue there but my daughter went to pick up pizzas that she ordered on the phone and picked up at the register and she tipped $5 for a 65 dollar order. The pizza cook then walked around repeating cheap cheap cheap trying to shame my daughter for the tip. PAY YOUR COUNTER EMPLOYEES!! They are not wait staff!! It is not her job to pay your employees! We won't order again and will tell anyone we know nor to go here. read more

Horrible service Sal was a dick Laughing at me cause I complained about the pasta being watery and his remark was like oh I made it fresh YESTERDAY so daily fresh food is a lie!!! Shoot food and shitty service Never ever ever again will I eat here!!!! Shitty shit shit food!! Disgusti read more

Love Rico's pizza it's more than just pizza. It's an experience all the pasta dishes are like family style, lots of food where you can actually split any of those pasta dishes and the pizzas to me were outstanding, very thin crust, delicious fresh hot, and the service cut. It was good. They do have multiple locations. We normally go to the one on Bay Road Across from the public shopping center and the service is great. You could sit at the counter or beers or sit at the tables. They are really good desserts as well and the ambience is nice. It's got a really cool feeling and like I said the food is delicious, but be prepared to take leftovers home or split a plate. read more

Great pizza. I am from the NYC and north NJ area where all pizza is good and many pizza's are great. It is not so in Sarasota so finding a place like Rico's is a place worth driving too. Their gluten free pizza is very good too. read more

The owners and staff were great. We stopped by just as they were closing and they went out of their way to feed us. They could've just turned us away but they stayed open to serve us. Super service! read more

Excellent pizza and we are really picky. Leftovers were great even two days later. Great recommendation from a Reddit group! The customer service was fantastic and the process was fast considering how thick the Sicilian pizza is. Big fan. See you soon. read more

We used to love this place. We order the hot wing pizza all the time but the last two orders have been extremely subpar. We ordered a hot wing pizza on Sunday June 11th for pick up at around 4:30pm The dough is so wet in the middle the crust completely rips off from the pizza when you try to pick it up, even the box was soaked in grease there was so much grease it was impossible to eat again as the dough was too wet. I hate to write this review but this is the second time we couldn't even enjoy the pizza and hope it can be corrected to come out like it used to. Might give this place another chance but not sure I feel like going hungry and being disappointed again. read more

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I has two slice pizza special and cheese cake. This place give me NY pizza vibes the two attendants were super cool and my pizza was amazing!!! read more

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Never tried Rico's before, and we decided to pick up a cheese pizza tonight. Staff was friendly, and our order was made within the quoted time for pickup. Unfortunately, this was just one of the worst pizzas I've ever tasted. I thought it would be thin and crispy, but I guess I was looking at old pictures, bc this pizza was super doughy, undercooked, and the cheese was really white and almost sour. And they gave it to us with a bunch of oregano/herbs sprinkled on top, not sure why they do this automatically without asking the customers first. It literally tasted like 7-11 pizza, won't be back. read more

Rico's Pizzeria - Doughy cheese pizza with weird herbs on top :( Very bad taste! - Pizza Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

Delicious. Love the Stromboli. Pizza is great. Past is great too. The sauce is made in house.

Ordered a pizza to go. It was disgusting. It had so much ham and yellow peppers on it. Enough for 3 pizzas. It was so soggy and raw. I have never had such a nasty pizza in my life. I will never return to the Rico's on Gateway. I knew I should have ordered from Valentino's where the pizza is always good. read more

Was hoping for a good mom and pop pizza place, so I really wanted to like this restaurant but just couldn't. Pizza was just average at best. The chicken Alfredo, was totally swimming in a gluey thick "Alfredo" sauce. Somehow it managed to be cold on the top and hot underneath. Blackened chicken was chopped like it had been previously chewed. No care whatsoever. The salad that came with the dinner was wilted and old. Mushrooms were so old they had turned black, tomato was over ripe as was the onion. Lettuce was browning and wilted. The kicker was, when we sent it back, we didn't ask for a replacement btw, the waitress came back and said they wanted to know if we had tasted it! They said they tasted it and it tasted fine. Who needs to taste salad that looks like that to know it's old! No apology or anything. It came with my meal but before bringing it the waitress asked if I really wanted it, I should have taken that as a sign. The garlic bread also average. Adding to that the female chef in the open kitchen was 'f'ing during just a normal conversation. The place is overrun in hanging signs and things on the wall. Ok, maybe it's supposed to be eclectic. But it's just dirty, very dirty. All that stuff is just collecting dust, grime and grease. The place stinks of grease and oil. The fridge looks like it's never been cleaned and we could see into the kitchen where old food and stuff was under the appliances and sink. It's just gross. Paint peeling. There's really no excuse, it needs a good clean out, coat of paint and a cleaning schedule. We saw lots of people taking out pizza. There are way better, cleaner places around. read more

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We had the OMG triple pepperoni it was fantastic!! I'm from jersey and I can honestly say it was close to the real deal ( not to disrespect) I'm definitely going back for more! Big shout out for the great service by AYSHA ! See you guys soon read more

LOVE the cheese with ricotta. I'm a recovering New Yorker (...the good kind ) and Rico's pie is flipping delish. I feel like I'm walking into a hole in the wall joint in the East Village. No nonsense, no fuss. Just perfect pizza. Each slice flops beautifully--thin and crispy, consistent quality. Fuggedaboudit! This is a slice of heaven, without the chaos and crime of nyc ‍ read more

In my opinion it has the best NJ/NY style pizza. I've been coming here for 20+years with my family and friends. I won't go to anywhere else if I had my choice or pizza. Wish I had one closer to my house for delivery. read more