We had never heard of Ripa's but I don't doubt that we will make the trip there again. EVERYTHING was out of this world from the food to the customer service. Our waitress, who was AMAZING, When we said "Total Surprise sent us" they all gasped and said oh good!!! They lead us to a table that was nicely set, with a mirror and flowers and glass beads; the chalkboard was nicely decorated and read "Happy Anniversary Stephanie and Charlie" it had hearts and was super cute!!!! The waitresses came a few times to ask questions and were so excited...they made us feel so special. The owner (I think, or manager) came to our table, shook our hands,.. He took our picture and chatted for a bit. We were EXTREMELY IMPRESSED.

We recently moved back to the Buffalo area, and my husband couldn't wait to get to Ripa's. YUCK! The place was filthy the night we went - the ceiling is filthy from the air-conditioning and there was food all over the floor. They have white tablecloths on the table, but I guess they don't want them dirtied, because they put white PAPER over them. He couldn't wait to have the stuffed shrimp, but they had ONE!! How does a restaurant of this caliber (so I'm told by reading other reviews) run out of food??? So he ordered the scallops provencal - WOW - four scallops on a plate of heavy, not-so-tasty alfredo. Maybe they ran out of scallops as well. I ordered chicken parm, and asked for gnocchi instead of linguine. We were never told there would be an up-charge, but it appeared on our bill.. And then to find out they weren't worth the up-charge - tough and doughy. I'm glad he has this place out of his system. We'll never return nor recommend!!

THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE RESTRAUNT IS WONDERFUL. THE FOOD IS EXCELLENT AND THE SERVICE IS JUST FANTASTIC!