Cafe Rinaldi

One of our favorite places. We have celebrated Valentine’s Day, Anniversaries and just a regular Friday night dinner here and everytime it’s been fantastic. The white chicken risotto is one of my weaknesses and I have to have it every single visit!

Excellent food and atmosphere. Gnocchi with vodka sauce was amazing. Would recommend this place to anyone looking for a good meal in a nice environment. Food is packed and wrapped for left overs.

What an amazing place! The food portions are alarmingly large, the food itself is delicious, romantic and clean atmosphere. I recommend this restaurant to everyone!

What a great place. I heard friends talk about café ranaldi multiple times. I finally decided to try them. You can see the sign from main street. There is limited street parking. There is a parking lot about 300– 500 feet down the block. It’s a gravel parking lot I recommend parking there.
My review will be short and sweet. Old forge is a really small town. Everyone seems to know everyone here. The staff is very nice and accommodating. The bar has every type of liquor and beer you could imagine.
I was told by more than one person to get the risotto. They serve 2 types or risotto here. You can add chicken, shrimp or sausage in with your risotto. The portions are huge here. Risotto is very filling! I had enough risotto left over for 4 meals. You will get a lot of food for your money here.
Overall I highly recommend coming to café ranaldi. If you are a local I’m sure you have been here. If you are I town visiting I recommend getting the risotto

The food is great but the little chairs at the tables are very uncomfortable. Love the white risotto! The wait staff is excellent!

Omg cute place very clean started with the Risotto white with mushrooms my god was it good hot the best I had and we also had pizza 12 cut with extra cheese and mushrooms and garlic very good the crust lite fresh the best in town I Will stop here again just for the risotto !!

You’re treated like family when you go to Renaldi’s … Family owned and operated. A must try if you’re in the area. REALLY AMAZING… Please don’t pass it up. You will not be disappointed.
Tonight’s menu included «the WORKS» appetizer risotto (less broccoli) and clams in butter and garlic sauce. Someone please catch me – because I’ve fallen in .
Joey the bartender was amazing. Aunt Julie (I think that was her first name) was a hoot!!!
Will definitely be back. Check it out for yourself and write a review.

You can never go wrong coming here. We order takeout and dine in once or twice a month at least. The risotto is fantastic. I prefer white with spinach or broccoli. The eggplant Parmesan is usually what my boyfriend orders. It’s always fabulous. We also love the «old forge style» pizza here (If you’re not a local and aren’t familiar with the term– it’s worth a try). My one star deduction is based on two things:
1.) the décor/​ambience needs major updating.
2.) when we order takeout in large groups, it’s not uncommon for us to return home missing an app or entrée. It’s a long drive back to pick up forgotten items. I must say though, that the staff will usually throw in a dessert or extra of something to compensate so it softens the blow and shows they care!
We will be back soon.

Great white risotto! Best I’ve had anywhere! I get mine with shrimp and broccoli. You can feed 3 people with the full dinner, but they also have an appetizer size. I like the leftovers. Also has a great drink menu, especially martins! My cousin always gets the spaghetti with meatballs and loves it there too. She’s Italian and makes her own homemade sauce so this is a compliment, lol. Best to get there early or weekdays though. I had chicken gumbo soup also but It’s one thing I got there I didn’t like.

Plenty of Old forge family Italian dining options nearby but café Rinaldi is my personal fav. Atmosphere is comfortable and relaxing. Service is laid back but attentive. Nice wine selection and cocktails. Food is always tasty, fresh and there’s plenty of it. Some of go tos are Antipasto salad with homemade house dressing, Rissotto 20 diff ways, chicken Marsala and linguine with calm sauce. Tiramisu and rice pudding for dessert. Prices are fair for what younger. Always a pleasant and great experience. mangia!

I always heard glowing reviews about Café Rinaldi. One day a group of friends and I decided to try this place out for dinner. As for parking, they have a nice size parking lot. Visually the place isn’t gorgeous from the outside but inside we were welcomed with a very comfortable and beautiful atmosphere. Despite a full house, we were seated immediately in a comfy U booth in the back– where a fresh variety of Italian bread and breadsticks were waiting for us. This is a great touch especially since they refilled the basket until our meal came. Our waitress, Deanna, was absolutely hilarious and very customer oriented. She is extremely knowledgable about the menu and the food. I ordered the shrimp and broccoli risotto. Hands down best risotto I ever had! The massive portion size was exceptional! I ate so much and had leftovers. We even tried their tiramisu afterwards– delicious! The waitress refilled our coffees steadily and kept our water glasses full throughout our meal. I highly recommend trying this restaurant out. The highlight of the night was our waitress! We will definitely be a regular customer.

Excellent dinner — Tracy was great. Shrimp Fran, filet, cappelletti soup all recommended!

Great surprise place ! While parking the car my wife was interviewing the patrons coming out and they gave rave reviews. The bar reminds me of the ‘70s (specifically when Jimmy beats Billy Batts in Goodfellas) with Sinatra piped in over head. The waitress was kind and patient as we told her this was our first time at the restaurant. She said since this is the first time «one of you must get the risotto !» I did and was great just as the parking lot patrons stated. Wife had a simple ziti with house meat sauce and was fantastic, as was was the Raspberry lemon Martini!
Parking lot is tight and the place isn’t pretty from the outside but it definitely is where the locals eat! Definitely give it a try if you want a nice simple old school Italian meal.

I used to come here all the time when I still lived in PA. Now I dream of their white risotto and Chicken Marsala. Their food is just unbeatable! Rinaldi is, by far, the best Italian I’ve ever had.

Excellent Service! Waitress was extremely friendly, bus boy was always around clearing off table, drinks were flowing… very very good service!
Food was excellent! Great variety of Italian and other food. The linguini carbonara was delicious! I also heard the white risotto and veal parm was excellent!
Price was very reasonable!

Went here for a business dinner. The interior atmosphere is a bit old and worn. However the food was excellent. I ordered the chicken risotto in white sauce they offered to add spinach or mushrooms to the dish for me. Portions are massive 1 risotto dinner is enough to feed 2 or 3 people. My associate said that the clam sauce was some of the freshest he’s had in a while. Service was really good and attentive.

Had a fantastic dinner with 16 co-​workers on a Tuesday night. Everyone enjoyed the food and the service was outstanding. Can’t wait to return on my own and give it another go!

Don’t discount this place based on the lack of crowd or the appearance, outside or inside. Come in for the service and the food.
On this visit to Scranton for work, we followed a tip to eat some of the best Italian Scranton has to offer and we were so glad we did! Our server, Deanna, was great and provided us a roadmap to the best choices on the menu. Among the five of us we shared red pizza for an appetizer — some of the best pizza ever, white risotto and red risotto, chicken parm, pasta with meat sauce and another chicken dish (with mushrooms, yuck). Everyone raved about their food, but my choice of the white risotto with sausage was hands down the favorite of the table (with servings as large as the ones we had, there was plenty to share).
For dessert we had chocolate chip cannelloni and tiramisu and I heard someone say this was the best tiramisu they had ever eaten.
Between the white risotto and the tiramisu, I would highly recommend Café Rinaldi, just try not to get caught up in the 1960s appearance of the tables and booths…

Very nice Italian in the wilds of Pennsylvania… had the white risotto with sausage, and tiramisu for dessert. Risotto was flavorful (hot sausage, not sweet) with a nice creamy sauce, not dried out or overcooked. Tiramisu was on par with the best I’ve had.
One «warning»: huge portions! The risotto, which included salad and bread, was probably enough to feed two persons, with leftovers. Likewise the dessert. Fortunately, the destination hotel has a fridge…

Traditional Italian and «Old forge» style food.
You’ve seen Italian restaurants like this in the movies (Like goodfellas) and the food made your mouth water. The food is even better in person than it looks on the big screen.
This is the kind of food we have all learned to expect from Northeast PA’s own «Little Italy”-Old Forge, PA.