Rimini Restaurant
Italian restaurant · Kirkland
3 Lake St, Kirkland, WA 98033
Highlights
Live music, huge portions, and authentic Italian dishes.
Live music, huge portions, and authentic Italian dishes.
"Rimini is a Kirkland spot from the same family behind Montalcino. Much like its older sibling, it has what mostItalianrestaurants in the Greater Seattle area don’t, like a sunday gravy-soaked meatball that contains the holy trinity of pork, beef, and veal, or a chicken parmigiana to brag about. There’s even a Sicilian fellow named Tony who occasionally serenades the dining room with Dean Martin standards and asks each table, “Va bene?” around six times per course. What’s happening here makes the otherwise goofy “Old Italy” theme feel validated, down to every last slice of Nutella cheesecake." - Team Infatuation
"Rimini is an Italian restaurant in Kirkland that doubles as one big party. When you walk in, expect a welcome pour of Lambrusco. A whole wall is devoted to framed photos of classic crooners. There's even a Sicilian fellow named Tony who serenades the dining room with Sinatra standards and asks each table, "Va bene?" approximately six times per course. And if the food were mediocre, we'd probably still come here for Negronis and live music—but what's happening in the kitchen makes the goofy "Old Italy" motif feel validated. Order some vodka-sauced chicken parmigiana, creamy cheese tortellini, or cognac-spiked mushroom sauce tossed with short rib ravioli, and then lean into the chorus of "That's Amore." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley, gabe guarente
"Rimini has something that all other Italian restaurants in Seattle don’t. Specifically, a Sicilian fellow named Tony who serenades the dining room with Sinatra standards and asks each table, “Va bene?” approximately six times per course. We’d love Rimini for its unrelentingly warm service even if the food was just OK, but thankfully every plate of tender pasta is executed perfectly, and the vodka chicken parm is both blanketed in velvety mozzarella and topped with a dollop of fresh burrata. And it turns out that crispy cannoli shell tastes very good while Tony’s belting “That’s Amore.”" - anne cruz
"Rimini is a Kirkland spot from the same family behind Montalcino, and much like its older sibling, it has what most Italian restaurants in the Greater Seattle area don’t. Like a sunday gravy-soaked meatball that contains the holy trinity of pork, beef, and veal—or a chicken parmigiana to brag about. There’s even a Sicilian fellow named Tony who occasionally serenades the dining room with Dean Martin standards and asks each table, “Va bene?” around six times per course. What’s happening here makes the otherwise goofy “Old Italy” theme feel validated, down to every last chocolate baton-harpooned slice of Nutella cheesecake." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
"Embrace the goofy Old Italy theme at this black-tablecloth restaurant that takes pasta-making and crooner classics seriously. If it wasn’t the welcome Lambrusco, it was the Frank Sinatra serenade by in-house musician Tony La Stella. Fly us to the moon any time, Tone. Meatballs (topped with burrata just because), tortellini fredo, short rib ravioli, chicken rigatoni, and lest we forget the halibut special, served with a Monte Vesuvio-sized mound of risotto. Crack into some cannoli to finish, and you won’t even notice the lack of salad. The Rat Pack, al dente as law, red sauce done right, and interacting with a charming Italian family." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley, aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley, aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley, aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley, aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley, aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley, aimee rizzo
