Well known for our Stuffed Shrimp, Onion Block, Sizzling Pork Chops and Ripa's Signature Char-broiled Fish as well as our homemade pasta dishes. Call us the next time you gather with family, friends or co-workers and we promise to make your event memorable! Since 1955, the Ripa family has continued to offer quality food with your comfort and satisfaction as our primary concern.
We are pleased to extend this tradition of quality and service for your wedding plans. Visit our photo gallery to see some great pictures of Ripa's, our food, our customers and so much more! We took our family out for dinner to Ripas last weekend and had an awesome meal. I ordered a single pork chop, which was absolutely the largest chop (both in size and thickness) I have ever seen!
We are pleased to extend this tradition of quality and service for your wedding plans. Visit our photo gallery to see some great pictures of Ripa's, our food, our customers and so much more! We took our family out for dinner to Ripas last weekend and had an awesome meal. I ordered a single pork chop, which was absolutely the largest chop (both in size and thickness) I have ever seen!
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In 1966, following the sudden and untimely death of Harry Ripa, the business was re-opened under the ownership of Harry's two nephews. Ray and Ennio Ripa. Since then, two more major renovations have taken place and we've grown into a 120-seat restaurant with a full service bar. In 1988, we added a separately staffed banquet facility, including kitchen and bar, to accommodate up to 300 guests.
Please take a moment to share your own experience with our food and our staff at one of these great review sites. We appreciate your time and look forward to hearing about your personal experience with us. Ripa's Restaurant was a great place to have our wedding reception! The food was great and everything looked beautiful!
Since 1955, the Ripa family has continued to offer quality food with your comfort and satisfaction as our primary concern. We are pleased to extend this tradition of quality and service to any gathering you may plan. Having the ability to accommodate up to 300 guests, we are pleased to assist you with your event arrangements.
Reviews (23)
Jewel Smith
Jan 10, 2022
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Nick L.
Jan 10, 2022
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Cathy Holcomb
Jan 03, 2022
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Rileykane McCloud
Nov 28, 2021
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Ordered takeout from here quite frequently while on travel for work and was very impressed with both the food and the atmosphere. The pastas and salads I tried were both top notch; the stuffed shrimp and clams casino, in particular, are excellent and worth giving a try. Excellent restaurant, friendly people.
Robert Rice
Oct 22, 2021
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Sara K.
Oct 16, 2021
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Ripas is a nice restaurant with friendly service. Right now, they have a lot of Halloween decorations up.
The bread was really good! I've been really sick of getting plain, bland bread at restaurants. This bread was very tasty. It came with butter, but I was asked if I wanted dipping oil. I obliged, but was disappointed to see they charged $1 for this on the bill. It wasn't mentioned that it cost extra and I've never seen complimentary bread charge for whatever they have for you to use as a spread. Strange.
My friend and I both had the chicken pesto soup. It was very flavorful
The bread was really good! I've been really sick of getting plain, bland bread at restaurants. This bread was very tasty. It came with butter, but I was asked if I wanted dipping oil. I obliged, but was disappointed to see they charged $1 for this on the bill. It wasn't mentioned that it cost extra and I've never seen complimentary bread charge for whatever they have for you to use as a spread. Strange.
My friend and I both had the chicken pesto soup. It was very flavorful
Joan Austin
Oct 12, 2021
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Barb D.
Oct 05, 2021
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Ripas has been serving up delicious food for all my life! Their homemade pasta is terrific, their homemade salad dressing has a kick to it. If you want the best grilled pork chop in town, this is the place. Looks a bit fancy inside but it is really a great casual place to eat. Friendly staff, great owner, a must go!
Ej Wojtowicz
Sep 19, 2021
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Neil Boccio
Sep 10, 2021
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Rafael Gonzalez
Dec 30, 2020
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Ordered takeout for lunch because it was close to my jobsite. The woman that answered the phone was very nice. The food was ready at the correct time they told me. Spinach ravioli with a meat ball, salad, and they gave me bread and oil. In my experience when an Italian restaurant has bread and seasoned oil it is 100% legit! The bread must be made there because it was warm. The raviolis were great just wished it had more delicious filling. The meat ball and sauce was great. Would definitely recommend and go back while I'm in town.
Adeeb H.
Dec 17, 2020
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Asad Hamidov
Nov 12, 2020
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Gary M.
Oct 29, 2020
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This spot serves old school Italian. Menu is pretty standard but no spaghetti. They have their version of spaghetti and it's linguine. Says homemade pastas but have to say just because you cooked it doesn't mean you made it. Had homemade pasta and you will know it. Sauce to me was old. Let's get something straight. There is Red sauce made with meat that's smooth like Sunday sauce. Then there's bolognese a sauce rich in meat and Chunky. Then there's marinara sauce. Made just from whole tomato's and garlic. No meat. With that explained their sauce was explained
Kelly S.
May 01, 2020
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I have never been here before today. We ordered to go. We ordered a beer battered fish fry and a char broiled fish! Both of these were so delicious! Perfectly cooked and seasoned! You get coleslaw, choice of a potato or veggies and soup or salad. We will definitely be back and can not wait to try other food!
Doug Y.
Mar 01, 2020
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Stopped in with a colleague for lunch because my past experience is that they have fast courteous service and not much of a lunchtime crowd, making for a quick working lunch. Ripas has been serving Lancaster for a long time so they must be doing something right. I ordered the Ripas burger and it was amazing. It's a cooked to order burger with a stuffed hot pepper on top. I don't know which I loved more, the pepper or the burger but I'm definitely getting more of those peppers the next time I'm there. The building is looking a bit dated but the food is definitely worth coming
Jess K.
Dec 12, 2019
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We were thrilled to try somewhere new after a movie. The hostess offered us a table for 3 with a 20 minute wait. 45 minutes later, we asked to be seated and it was a production. The bartender/manager got involved and we were seated at a small table in the bar instead of in the pleasant dining room. While our order was taken quickly, another 45 minutes go by before our order comes to the table. Large portions, and half portions are thankfully available. The food was meh. The chili was way to vinegar-y and the gnocchi sauce was bland. The warm bread was delicious, but we didn't dare stay for
Shaina O.
Aug 07, 2019
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Best restaurant ever! I've been going here since I was a little girl and this place never disappoints my whole family has been coming here and most recently my cousin had her baby shower here! And me and my bf just went out to dinner and had amazing service everyone is so nice helpful and the food is amazing!! You will never be disappointed going to Ripa's
Elaine T.
Jun 06, 2019
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This restaurant was wonderful. So clean, wait staff excellent without being intrusive. Two companions had the famous pork chops. They were not disappointed- big, juicy and perfectly prepared. I had an evening special- Princess chicken - twin breasts, topped w/ 2 charbroiled shrimp & crab meat (real) all topped w/ broccoli flowerettes and a fab. Bernaise sauce. Sooooo good. Can't wait to return for another very pleasant dining evening.
Marilyn W.
Mar 16, 2019
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First time here and I will definitely be back! Went to dinner with my son, my sister and her husband and have a fantastic time! We started out with a nice glass of wine I had chicken francaise my husband had the charbroiled fish and my sister and her husband had egg plant Parmesan and veal francaise - everything was mouthwatering. Our waitress was very attentive and the atmosphere there was conducive to a nice dinner and conversation. Enthusiastically recommend
Sarah Y.
Jan 23, 2019
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Ryan J.
Oct 01, 2014
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There's not a lot of Places I know in the area that serve homemade Italian Food and my First experience here was Spectacular. For almost 60 years they've been around, When we got here (it was a 5 minute wait) then we were taken to the back to be sat down. It was a nice, Casual place for people to get together fo an occassion. The owner of the restaurant came over to us, said Hi and answered some Questions we had for him, after that we started thinking about what we wanted to order.
For our Appetizers, Rick got the Calamari (for some reason everytime we go out and he sees Fried Calamari
For our Appetizers, Rick got the Calamari (for some reason everytime we go out and he sees Fried Calamari
Steve W.
Aug 29, 2014
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I had high expectations of this place only to be let down.
Upon our arrival (two people) we waited over 5 minutes to be greeted by the hostess. After being seated in an oh so classy dining room fit for your average consumer, our waitress arrives with the personality of a tombstone, not kidding, she was tasteless and did not show any interest in anything. Right off the bat my anticipations have all but left my mind and the only thing that could possibly salvage this train wreck of an experience would be the food.
Amen to the fried onion ring block, quite possibly the best hidden gem of the lancaster
Upon our arrival (two people) we waited over 5 minutes to be greeted by the hostess. After being seated in an oh so classy dining room fit for your average consumer, our waitress arrives with the personality of a tombstone, not kidding, she was tasteless and did not show any interest in anything. Right off the bat my anticipations have all but left my mind and the only thing that could possibly salvage this train wreck of an experience would be the food.
Amen to the fried onion ring block, quite possibly the best hidden gem of the lancaster
