Richards Pizza

Steak sandwiches, AMAZING. Food was fast, and service was good. ¹⁰⁄₁₀ would eat again!

The steak hoagie is always just so delicious! I prefer it with no pickles, but that’s just me. The steak hoagie is the kind of good that you mourn while eating it because it’s just so freaking good!

You haven’t had a steak sandwich until you’ve been to Richard’s. A Hamilton tradition! Make sure to get onions on your sandwich so your car will smell like it for days! The best!

This is the third Richards Pizza location I’ve tried. It’s the least likable location, even though the food was prepared as well as in the other two – mainly because of the area. I’m aware of the surrounding area and it isn’t always on the up-​and-​up, unfortunately.
That said, the service was friendly, no slower than the other two locations, and the food was just fine.
I had an 8 inch deluxe pizza and a mountain dew for just under $ 10 and that’s not bad. I wish it had as much taste as Millilo’s but Richards is a lot like La Rosa’s, though less expensive.
They have good seating, but with the tilt to the parking lot, it’s got to be difficult to get into the restaurant with a wheelchair. You pay at the front counter, on the right as you enter, but that area is a bit restrictive. You may have to seat the person in the wheelchair first and return to the counter to order.
Of course, there are a lot of older buildings, but the location on Erie Blvd. seemed more accessible, though getting to the counter is restrictive.
Seeing all the fudge up front almost gave me sugar overload!
The pizza was delivered in roughly the 10 minutes quoted and it needed some time to cool. The assistant manager took the order and delivered it, and he was friendly both times, and brought a plastic knife, plastic fork, and napkins with him. That’s good service!

Steak Sandwiches are great, I really like the pizza (after dabbing some of the grease away), and family from out of town loves coming here to eat and enjoy

Four stars for the steak sandwich only, extra sauce, with everything. Pizza is decent, the pasta dishes are absolutely horrifying. The newer location on Dixie is an old Arbie’s so it is newer and cleaner than the west side original. I would visit the Monroe or South Hamilton locations. I will never go back to the west side location, gerross!

While I have no idea what Richards itself looks like, smells like, or even feels like, I can say that the steak sandwich I ate was fantastic in a strange way.
I was visiting my boyfriend’s family and we were all famished after a long day at IKEA (the ladies) and MicroCenter (the gentlemen). We got Richards steak sandwiches, regular with cheese. I had no idea what to expect other than something that will make everyone growl with delicious recollection of the last time they had one… so I glanced at the menu and opted to be a follower. Lemmings are cute, right?
We got takeout, so I only saw the food come through the front door, thus my blind love for this place. We had a gigantic salad along with our sandwiches, which was pretty impressive and tasty.
Onto the star of the meal: The steak sandwich. This sandwich was, in fact, delicious. Like I said, in a weird way. It was very marinara-​ey and the pickles were a really good addition (though I love pickles with my entire heart and existence, I cannot say I was completely sold on the idea of pickles on an Italian steak sandwich… until I tasted it and knew my love was true and I should never doubt it again). I have to say, this is a Southern Ohio treat that I won’t mind craving and indulging in every once in awhile… unlike a certain chili that just doesn’t get me the way it should. Anyways, I can see how this sandwich is what «made Richards famous» (as the menu online says).

Richards has been on my ‘to-​do’ list for years, mainly the result of gentle nagging from my wife — who used to eat here lots during her impetuous teenage youth.
Then, this past Christmas the ideal opportunity arose. Some friends who used to live in Hamilton, but who moved to the wilds of Atlanta, were back in town visiting families. They suggested an impromptu gathering of like-​minded folks at Richards for, as one person said, the «world’s most awesome steak sandwich»
When we got there I realized that Richards is one of those places you have to grow up with. Don’t get me wrong, it’s satisfactorily-​charming, steeped in the ambiance of old melamine and seen-​better-​days furniture — and the staff are wonderfully friendly and helpful — but it felt strangely alien to me.
To paraphrase those fine village folk from hit TV series ‘The League of Gentlemen’ it is «a local diner for local people». If Richards’ menu was your weekly indulgence when you were a teenager the chances of it disappointing you as a middle-​aged grown-​up is slim, proving more likely to provoke a sense of nostalgic longing.
My wife bowed to that feeling of nostalgia, opting for their Marinara-​Style Spaghetti Dinner — which comes to the table in a circular aluminum-​foil dish. She twinned it with another favorite from her youth, the garlic bread. She immediately declared both «wonderful» and duly demolished the lot in minutes flat.
On the advice of my Hotlanta chums I went for their Italian Steak Sandwich, adding grilled (rather than the standard raw) onions and pickles. It was delivered about 10 minutes later in plastic basket (one of my pet hates) along with a small tray of standard once-​frozen crinkle-​cut fries. I was disappointed to discover that the steak patty was little more than a pre-​formed frozen patty in seasoned sauce. Sadly, I found it fell somewhat short of the awesome status my friends had bigged it up to be. To me it was merely «OK» and not something I would return to without the added bonus of seeing my old chums. My only hope is that they will forgive me for mildly dissing the venue of many of their teenage hi-​jinks.

Richard’s has awfully good pizza. My favorite is the loaded baked potato, that has steak fries, bacon, cheese, and ranch on it. The salads are fresh and well prepared, and the service is good.
The only reason I am taking a star away is because of slowness when picking up the pizza, and as far as I know, the absence of delivery services. Otherwise, Richard’s is worth dropping in and getting some za.

Just had Richard’s for the first time last night and it was ok. We got a half-​cheese half mushroom/​sausage pizza — the toppings were fine and there were enough of them but the taste overall was a bit generic. The sauce didn’t have much of a personality– everyone added extra salt to their pizza to give it more kick (if I had some basil and oregano perhaps I could have saved it) and the crust was too doughy. Its not a bad pizza but it reminded me of pizza I might have gotten at a roller-​rink. Meh.
It gets a bonus point for having a pretty restaurant and you can see them make the pizza (I always appreciate a restaurant having an open kitchen).

A hometown favorite that I crave ALL OF THE TIME! This Richard’s location is the best of the «chain». Huge dining area and the site of oh-​so-​many fond memories of my youth. The baked spaghetti is awesome, as is the garlic bread that comes with it. SO good.
But, the mother of all goodness at Richard’s is the steak sandwich (with cheese). Onions, pickles, sauce and a beef patty — all served up on their garlic bread. It’s a slice of heaven and it goes on my Christmas list EVERY year. NOM!