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Richard’s Prime Rib & Seafood - Steakhouse in Fresno, California

Richard’s Prime Rib & Seafood

4.4 (870 reviews)

1609 E Belmont Ave, Fresno, CA 93701

Steak house

About Richard’s Prime Rib & Seafood - steak house in Fresno, California

Unassuming, old-school tavern serving prime rib, steak, chicken & seafood, plus cocktails.

Customer Review Summary

Richard’s Prime Rib & Seafood offers a pleasant dining experience with a cozy atmosphere and appealing artwork. The prime rib and other steaks are consistently praised for their quality, with generous portions and delicious flavors, particularly the shrimp cocktail. While the food receives high marks, some diners experienced disappointing service and ambiance, especially during special occasions like Valentine's Day when seating was not up to expectations. Overall, Richard's is recognized as a long-standing staple in Fresno, known for its intimate setting, friendly service, and a strong commitment to maintaining high-quality food over the years.

Key Features

Service options

  • Curbside pickup
  • Delivery
  • Takeout
  • Dine-in

Highlights

  • Great beer selection
  • Great cocktails
  • Great coffee
  • Great dessert
  • Great wine list

Popular for

  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Solo dining

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair accessible entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Wheelchair accessible restroom
  • Wheelchair accessible seating

Offerings

  • Alcohol
  • Beer
  • Cocktails
  • Coffee
  • Comfort food
  • Happy hour drinks
  • Hard liquor
  • Healthy options
  • Late-night food
  • Wine

Dining options

  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Dessert
  • Seating

Amenities

  • Bar onsite
  • Restroom

Atmosphere

  • Casual
  • Cozy
  • Historic
  • Romantic
  • Trendy
  • Upscale

Crowd

  • Groups
  • Tourists

Planning

  • Reservations required
  • Dinner reservations recommended
  • Accepts reservations

Payments

  • Credit cards
  • Debit cards
  • NFC mobile payments

Children

  • High chairs

Parking

  • Free parking lot
  • Free street parking

Customer Reviews

Rating Distribution

4.4 out of 5
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601
4
151
3
57
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30
1
31
Based on 870 reviews

MrC Stephens

1 month ago

Very nice dinner... 👌 Calamari was chewy, like a rubber band. Wings are fantastic! Small and cozy ✨️ I just love the art on the walls.

Shelby Noonkester

It's an amazing six course dinner, served with a glass of wine. There is a full bar as well. The prime rib is most excellent. Love the art work they have on display. It's a classy place, but no need to dress up to go there.

Judith Garcia

5 months ago

This is a classic steakhouse, doing steaks right. The shrimp cocktail was so good, traditional cocktail sauce, not the sickly sweet stuff that you get find at other places. We stopped here on a visit to Fresno, and Iso glad we did. Portions are good size. I had the Ribeye but others in our party had the halibut, and I was eyeballing their plates because it looked and smelled so good, and it was a good portion as well.

Nicole Lozano

We went on Valentines Day and made sure to make reservations well in advance knowing it would book fast. Altgough it was a limited menu, the food was fantastic and never disappoints. The service was decent and friendly unfortunately the ambiance was a HUGE disappointment. I've been to Richard's before and loved the romantic atmosphere. That is the exact opposite of what we received on Valentines Evening. We were taken to what felt like was the backroom storage area where we were seated at a 2 chair card table with a dollar store stained table cloth right outside the back bus area. There was zero appropriate lighting with bright white lights and all white walls. Privacy was non existing, it was a small room with approx. 12 (2) person tables. The food is really what saved the evening. Maybe next time we should just order out and create our own venue.

559 Car Stereo & Alarm

1 month ago

This place is amazing! Very good & fresh food. Great service & great atmosphere.

Anne Gross Ayankoya

7 months ago

The food was delicious. The ambiancenice and staff are very attentive. We celebrated a birthday and we're able to bring in our own cake.

Shannon Doyle

1 year ago

First of all, let me say Richard's is a Fresno staple. I first started going here over 35 years ago when Richard was making his customers feel very welcomed, and he was pleased to see you every time with a big smile on his face. It has not changed. The third generation is now running Richard's steakhouse and seafood. The setting is very intimate.The service is great. The food is delicious and plenty of it. The dinner started out with a hot basket of garlic bread and a shrimp cocktail. Then the salad came out, which was fresh and chilled. The 14oz prime rib was done to perfection served with baked potato and green beans. The 8oz bacon wrapped filet mignon was also done to perfection. Then, for dessert, we had a chocolate bread pudding with vanilla ice cream. I can not believe Richard's still has this high quality of dining and service after all these years. Richard's TOP NOTCH!!!! Thank you for making our 33-year anniversary so special .

Sabi G

The restaurant is very nice and intimate. The service was wonderful and I got the aged steak with mashed potatoes which was delicious. Neither of us were too big on their green beans which kinda taste like tomatoe soup, or his porterhouse that he ordered. It was a nice place regardless of the location and drinks were yummy. There are not many great steak places in Fresno but we would be back bother aggred the aged steak was better, more flavorful and we would go back for that.

Location

Contact Information

Hours of Operation

Friday Closed
Monday Closed
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
Thursday Closed
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday 11 AM–3 PM, 5–9 PM

Price Range

$30–50