Ric’s Lounge and Grill

I’ve been here for lunch many times. The spinach and beet salad (and the salads in general) are very good. Very fresh with a great taste. I’ve also had the Hunter’s pizza which is very good as well. A nice combination of meats and baby tomatoes. It could be a bit more crisp but has a very good taste.
If you are in a hurry though, stay away. The service is sloooow. But overall, my clients and I have found the food to be quite good.

I wanted to like it here, I really did.
I’ve been to other Ric’s and had fantastic experiences with both the food, décor and service but this one just didn’t live up to the expectations.
I understand that this one is in Nisku and that the atmosphere and clientele is completely different out there, especially considering that this one is attached to a hotel and not free-​standing. With that being said, to not even have real restaurant furniture so that we all had to sit at a banquet table the ambience was sorely lacking. The tablecloth was dirty and the table wasn’t set at all, they sat us down and then dropped some rollups and glasses.
The menu looked good and the service was fine (our server was very new, she was very polite and eager, though the way what I’m assuming was her boss called all of us «hun» really kind of got on my nerves… this isn’t a truck stop restaurant, this is a restaurant that has $ 35.00 entrees on the menu). I had a glass of wine that I would have again and my salad was good (spinach salad) though I could tell it was Kraft salad dressing which was a letdown (I go out to restaurants to eat things I don’t have in my fridge).
There was 5 of us in our group and everyone but my grandma and I had fries with their entrée. I tried a few and they were really good, seasoned beautifully. My dad’s burger was good, though it was supposed to be bison and he said he’d bet a lot of money that it was actually just a beef burger. The other entrees were good, but nothing worth talking about at all. And when we got the bill there was a mistake on it, though they were very quick to rectify it.
Again, I get it. Nisku is a bit of a weird place for a fine casual restaurant. With that being said, the Leduc/​Nisku area is really lacking for decent places to eat and this place could be really busy if they worked on making it a place people wanted to be. Consistent service and furniture that make the space feel like a real restaurant would go a long way.

Clam chowder was all kind of wrong. Flavourless, no chunks of anything. It was a cream broth.
Bison burger had soggy bread.
One star was for the crunchy fries.

Bough at $ 35 ribeye steak, it was not good. first world problems… Steak was not medium rare, it was over seasoned and the roasted vegetables tasted like burnt vegetable oil. Plate came extremely hot aka potatoes sat under heat lamp for quit awhile

Pretty bad for the price. Pretends to be a high end restaurant, but it is not. Ordered the ahi tuna. It was not fresh at all and is now churning in my stomach. The «sommeliers choice» Zinfandel was an undrinkable blush that tasted like it came out of a jug. You may have better luck if you stick to basic bar food and beer here.

My wife received gift certificates through work for Ric’s grill several months ago, not long after all their Edmonton locations shut down, however one remained open in Nisku — operating as Ric’s lounge and Grill and using the same logo. The server said they aren’t honouring the gift certificates any longer and was about to take them. My wife had to ask for them back.
A little disappointed that they would not accept them.

Rip off! $ 72 for a 12 ounce rib eye steak a glass of Orange Juice, side salad and extra butter. They charged me $ 8.00 for extra butter! $ 10 for salad. I have eaten here many times and each time there is something wrong. Either my order is wrong, improperly cooked etc. i stay in the Hotel at least a few days a month. I guess its time to start ordering in or driving to other places. If you eat here make sure you bring lots of $!

I know it isn’t fair just to post bad reviews, but sometimes it just needs to be said. The menu didn’t match the items served, the sweet chili garlic tenders weren’t sweet or tender, the steak was badly butchered and tough beyond belief, and for $ 50+ tip I felt ripped off.
Fast polite service though, and the food was hot, so there’s that I suppose.

If this place had moderate prices I would give it a mid-​way rating, however it is yet another one of these cookie cutter «high end» spots with a lot of exciting adjectives on the menu and even fancier prices with what is essentially diner food. I happened upon the place because I was staying at Four Points (quite a decent hotel) and ordered up room service (which comes from Ric’s). Be warned hotel guests: They hit you with both a «room service» charge as well as a «service» fee hidden down with the tax, when I inquired about this they confirmed that one was for «leaving the restaurant» and the other «like any other fee you’d pay to a delivery place.» I would look past this perhaps if the food were more exciting. In total I had three meals (I was cramming for exams so in my room solid for a day)
Burger: Fairly good actually, the first and best thing I had there. Nothing exceptional (as the price would suggest) but no complaints, again if it were only $ 12 I’d give it a few stars.
Steak and eggs: Despite the poetry they mustered up for the description, flavorless, tough steak.
I finally went down for a meal after realizing I was paying about $ 8 per delivery and had an omlette. Nice staff… Slightly below average food (imagine something that you’d get at an all you can eat buffet, but priced as if celebrities eat there)

Great restaurant in the four points hotel in Edmonton Canada, andeep is an amazing manager very friendly and personable food and drinks are 5 stars I got the kale salad with chicken on the side it was wicked good! Definitely a go to lounge/​bar/​restaurant especially because there’s really nothing else around the area. I highly recommend eating here!