Ritmo Kitchen and Lounge

Outstanding! Kind of surprised how good the food and prices were for a place that’s more of a bar lounge than a steakhouse. The shrimp skewers were delicious and the filet and lobster were amazing! The filet was a little overcooked but was still yummy. They serve it to you on this big wood tray. Pretty cool! I’ll be back.

Mishmash On the recommendation of a friend, I took my wife to dinner at Ritmo Kitchen and Lounge. Where do I start... we went early evening for dinner and the restaurant was pretty quiet. It's eclectic for sure. Bar at the far end, TV's everywhere showing sport's, like a sports bar, Mishmash decor on the walls, some sort of attempt to mix in a high-end feel. LED candles on the tables. So dark we could barely read the menu. Let's talk about the food, I ordered the Rib-Eye steak dinner with garlic fries and my wife ordered the New York steak dinner with a house salad. Dinner comes with asparagus and your choice of a second side. I had an Old Fashon and my wife had (2) Expresso Martini's. FYI: cocktail menu has no prices listed for their drinks and we shared a desert. Bill: $177.00 dollars without tip! Rib-eye steak is known to be a fatty cut of meat... understood however, the 16oz Rib-eye steak I received was about 1/2 fat and very tuff. It didn't even look like the lifter was attached (the best part). The asperges was cold and way overcooked. My fries also came out cold and had sooo much garlic seasoning I couldn't eat them. My wife's NY steak was overcooked and one of the tuffest steaks she's ever been served. Her asperges was the same as mine, cold and extremely overcooked. Ritmo serves their steaks on large cutting boards. These things take up so much room on the table. We had to reach over our food eveytime we wanted to grab our drinks. I don't know how old these cutting board are but they are so worne small partials of wood come off and sticks to your steak. I attached a close-up picture. If you have ever used a wooden cutting board for an extended amount of time you know what I'm talking about. After taking our order our waitress only came by our table once right after our food was served. We hadn't even tasted anything at that point. During dinner I saw what might have been the Chef walking from table to table talking to other customers but he never came by our table. Normally I would have expressed my dissatisfaction with the wait staff and would have asked to speak to a manager but I didn't. It was New Year's Eve and we were out for a date night. I let it go... I do not recommend Ritmo. The steaks and produce we were served were very poor quality. At almost $200 dollars there are much better places in Bakersfield to have dinner!

Food & service was a A+ My steak was to perfection,and still was really juicy,Mac was a plus and the service was professional and respectful and very tending to your needs.

Our dinner was great! Mayra, our waitress, was amazing. She was super nice and made the experience that much greater. We were planning to go to Longhorn, but the wait was crazy. My husband and I celebrated our 22nd anniversary, and this place did not disappoint. I'm so glad we came here instead❣️

Beautiful atmosphere 10/10 food amazing servers i highly recommend coming and and getting a quick bite no wait time just amazing place a little loud but other then that no complaints

OK, this is my review. I took my wife to this restaurant for date night. Surprisingly the steak was like unbelievable like something. You would probably find in a six star restaurant if they have one very good but my wife she got the pasta. Chicken pasta it was the worst pasta America makes. I don’t understand the sauce on that ran so much. I think it can win a marathon. If you go to the restaurant do not get the pasta the steak unbelievable so in my opinion, this is a one star night. but the atmosphere was cool. The people were nice. The waiter was nice. Everything else would make it a five star but they didn’t try to fix the pasta. They didn’t say you know we’re sorry about this. That’s the only thing I don’t like.

My husband's stake was good, my pizza did not have good flavor, and our server was ok. She was not friendly but not rude. The atmosphere does not match the menu. Nice Try!

Ritmo is our go to for date night lately. We have been going here for almost a year and they do not disappoint. Sean and Adon are amazing and always greet us like family. Filets are always tender and perfectly cooked. Shrimp appetizer is amazing, can be spicy. Scampi is Great!. Mac and cheese is creamy and well seasoned. After dining here regularly and bring or telling all our friends we have not nor heard a bad thing about any experience. Give them a try. Atmosphere is more nightclubish, high tables and interesting wall decor. If you are expecting high end luxury this is more modern less snobby. Service is always great. Mostly the wait staff will leave you to your meal. They check on you but are not hovering.