Best Cozy Restaurants in Riverside

We came here on Valentine’s Day 2025, so they were serving a very select menu - a prix fixe menu, or a limited variation or their regular dinner menu. We ordered the spaghetti & meatballs and chicken parmigiana. Both were good, but the meatballs of the spaghetti & meatballs were surprisingly good, despite reviews on other sites saying they tasted like kitchen tap water. Maybe we came on a good day? We also shared a margherita pizza, which was also good. The dough had the desired yeasty, brick oven flavor and the sauce and cheese were quite tasty as well. Overall, the food was good. The prices were a bit steep, but you’re paying for the atmosphere too. Would definitely come again.

All was well but a small and i mean very small cactus rise margaritas was 18.00 each. That seemed a little out of hand. At least a lint should be 12.00 A little disappointed

My husband and I enjoyed an early Valentine’s Day out. The garlic shrimp linguine was very good and my husband said his Barramundi fish dinner was excellent. It was a great ambience. We looked out at the patio on a rainy night with all of the beautiful lights. Be sure and grab a glass of wine and some crabcakes. Those were very good too. 

Pleasantly surprised by the generous fresh portions on Taco Tuesday. Salsa bar was great accompaniment to the tacos, but was sad that they ran out of the mango salsa (I got the last spoon and it was yummy). The booth was nice and cozy, but a little bit of a tight space for 5 adults.