Ralph's Italian Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Mussels in red - very fresh and nice portion."
• "If you're looking to be transported to your nonna's kitchen, the Sunday gravy will do it. Fabulous!"
• "The sauce was delightful, bright and fresh the dishes were authentic and I was extremely pleased with everything on the menu."
• "For the main course I ordered a Black Lobster Ravioli, I believe this was a special and not on the regular menu, but the sauce was amazing, I could have licked the plate it was that good."
• "Food was amazing."
• "The ravioli were fresh and practically melted in my mouth."
• "The food was amazing! Tiramisu was 10/10."

Cons:

• "Overpriced, mediocre food."
• "The pasta was watery."
• "Linguine with clams wasn’t very flavorful."
• "Food came completely unseasoned."
• "Caesar salad was bland with large pieces of core from the lettuce."
• "The Alfredo sauce was watery."
• "The food is seriously lacking. There is just no seasoning whatsoever. All the sauces are bland and the pasta was over cooked."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff was friendly."
• "Staff was very fast to seat us and take our orders."
• "Chef came out to check on us which was so sweet."
• "The atmosphere was very homey as well, while the staff was very caring."
• "Family atmosphere. Fast and courteous service."
• "The service was super friendly and great."
• "Service was both prompt and courteous."

Cons:

• "Another server(brown hair male) chased us out the door asking if we liked our service."
• "The server dropped the knife for the bread and picked it up to continue cutting bread."
• "The waiter was another issue, he barely stopped by our table to check on drinks or anything."
• "The service was just poor. Had to get up and go look for our server at least twice."
• "After I offered my feedback on the food, the manager cancelled my OpenTable reservation so I couldn't leave a review."
• "I called and said that I’m not going to pick up my spaghetti, and they just hung up without offering some restaurant credit or refund."
• "The host was rude and didn't direct us where to go."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Great atmosphere to bring out of town people for the authentic feel for it being the oldest Italian restaurant."
• "The restaurant is tiny but has an authentic vibe."
• "Great old world atmosphere in South Philly with great Italian food... service is excellent."
• "Ralph's boasts a captivating history that adds to its charm."
• "Great old world atmosphere in South Philly."
• "If you are in Philly and like Italian you must visit Ralph's, the oldest Italian restaurant in the US."
• "Food is delicious and the atmosphere of the restaurant is very relaxing."

Cons:

• "Lighting was so low you could barely see the menu and it was daytime."
• "The restaurant is very noisy. You have to talk loud."
• "Hard to hear each other across the table because of the volume in the room."
• "It's tight and noisy in there, but seeing everyone enjoying the food and companions and the staff bustling between tables was entertaining."
• "Only drawback is that tables were so close to one another so felt crowded and not a lot of space as eating."
• "We couldn’t even hear our selves talk because the tables are so close together."
• "The space is very small so you are gonna be cramped."

Value

Pros:

• "They now take credit cards!"
• "I also felt like everything was priced fairly."
• "Their food is really good and decently priced."
• "Not even very expensive, a date for two with a couple of drinks will run you under $100."
• "Food was delicious as the price was within in reason."
• "Prices reasonable for good, homemade pasta."
• "The prices were more than fair!!!"

Cons:

• "All in all, we believe this place to be overpriced and not up to par with the hype."
• "Not a huge portion for the price."
• "I wouldn't be complaining if it wasn't $25-30 a plate."
• "The restaurant advertises valet parking but doesn't tell you the valet parking will cost you $15."
• "Overall, everything is WAY overpriced and the portions are extremely small."
• "The food did not taste good enough to be priced as high as it was."
• "28 bucks for a small portion of tasteless veal without any sides."