Rintrona's Bistro

"Waitress (Sarah) very polite. Had the pretzel the first one was burnt but the owner was very accommodating and made a new. I would say it needed more filling. A friend had the chicken riggies not a cream sauce she did not care for it. The sauce was OK to me, but rather have cream sauce. If I can take a picture I will."

"I hate doing this but it needs to be said to protect the community. The service in the restaurant was at par level, the atmosphere was a bit dim drab and lackluster. I Ordered an order of long hots and an item on their menu called "the louie". A friend of mine ordered rigatoni with vodka sauce. We sat at the bar for 25-30 minutes waiting for the food. We ordered the food to go as we had plans to watch a movie at home with our meal. As we sat to eat I checked the food. I was outright blown away. The pictures I posted along with this review speak volume. The long hots were $15.95. Two of them came as an order with the smallest portion of whatever stuffing they thought was Italian. Small pieces of sausage littered the flat unappetizing peppers. An overly sweet balsamic glaze was drizzled on the peppers. "the louie" should be renamed to "the fooey", soggy unseasoned escarole with no form of meat, some cherry peppers and a clump of Romano cheese made up this mess of one of our city's staple dishes as dried out chicken lay atop. The rigatoni and vodka sauce came with two meatballs. The rigatoni was overcook and complete mush in the aluminum tray. The vodka sauce was overly sweet and too much vodka was added. The meatballs were raw in the middle as well. Infuriated, my friend and I returned to the establishment and I made it clear to management and the patrons in the dining room that we were served raw meat. I dont know who the cook is in their kitchen, but he could've gotten my friend very sick or possibly even killed her. The owners sister was doing her best to try to keep me quiet as to not let the other patrons hear why I was upset. The cook never showed himself to formally apologize for possibly killing my friend with possible E. Coli poisoning. Being asked if I would like them to make it again or if I'd like a refund I gladly took the refund. Being offered a drink as the owners sister called the owner was easily turned down. The owner never asked to speak to us or formally apologize. To call yourself an "Italian Bistro" is outright blasphemous and disrespectful to prideful Italians that love Italian cuisine. No Italian restaurants I have ever been to serve 2 skimpy long hot peppers with balsamic glaze on them. Anyone that eats long hot peppers, or makes long hot peppers at home know that you stuff the peppers and a form of red sauce belongs atop the peppers. I will never return to this disgraceful shame to Italian restaurants ever again. Shame on you for the lack of pride in your "heritage". I would not recommend ANYONE go to this establishment unless you like to risk your health. Again, I hate writing reviews like this, but when standards are that low and you charge the prices you do it's difficult not to take offense to how you've treated us as customers. You should be ashamed to call yourself an Italian bistro. No self respecting Italian could eat any of the food we were served today. The most edible thing we received was the frozen French fries that I was offered as a side dish to "the louie". Never again. 0/10 Will not recommend."

"Can’t begin to say how amazing the spread put on by Rintrona’s Bistro was! It may have been their first wedding but they did NOT disappoint. They pulled out all the stops for us, making my charcuterie board dreams come true- complete with their amazing stuffed pretzels! I had guests complimenting the chefs the entire night. Thank you for helping make our celebration PERFECT!"

"Service was great!!! The sauce was somewhat bland on the pasta dish. The burger look to be a premade burger, I could be wrong and possibly frozen. It was not that bad and it was also cooked to order, I wasn’t expecting garlic sauce on the hamburger roll but it was fine. I guess you could say not your typical hamburger. The salad looked a little distressed."

"This was my first visit to Rintrona’s for lunch and I was impressed. We were warmly welcomed upon entry by Danielle and seated promptly. Our server Kim was sweet, prompt, and attentive. Our drink orders came quickly and when one of our wine selections was not in stock she recommended a similar alternative and it was perfect. We got the stuffed meatballs, twisted calamari diavolo (never seen calamari cut that way but it was excellent), fried grouper fingers with fries (came with 5 pieces but ate 2 prior to picture), massively huge Florentine stuffed pretzel, and tenderloin steak sandwich with homemade chips. Everything was delicious, the atmosphere relaxed, service friendly, so I highly recommend coming here. We felt well cared for as well because the owner Marissa Rintrona even came around to make sure everything was OK."