Rufina's Restaurant in Chelmsford

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#16 From 84 in Chelmsford
9.1
161 Review
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9.1/10
Food
9.1/10
Interior
9.1/10
Prices
9.1/10
Service
9.1/10
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$$ Italian
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The menu of Italian cuisine under the direction of the great chef is wonderful here. This restaurant provides perfectly cooked chicken marsala, cheese ravioli and salmon. Most guests recommend trying tasty cannolis. Rufina's offers good marsala or delicious white wine among its drinks. Invite your soulmate to this place with a cosy atmosphere. A number of visitors find the staff hospitable. Service at this spot is something one can name cool. You will pay democratic prices for your meal. The designer created a modern decor. This restaurant scored 4.5 in the Google rating system.
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Who is rating this place? I don’t want to sink a restaurant but this was awful. The food is bland at best. The service was rushed and hostile. The ambiance is severely lacking. I got the fig salad to start. I enjoyed the candied nuts but the feta came from a pre-crumbled package and had no flavor. Then I got the veal saltimbocca. I’m not sure there was actually any sage. The sauce was so flavorless that the pasta just tasted like buttered noodles. I left them all behind. At one point my son interrupted my wife as she was ordering and the waitress yelled at her. Our friend who was eight months pregnant made a joke about having a drink and the waitress brought it to her even though she clearly said she was just kidding. The wine list is awful. The cocktails aren’t good. The only reason not to give them one star is the veal parm which was solid. So if that’s all you are going for, ok. But nothing else our party had was worth eating or drinking. Service Dine in Meal type Dinner Price per person $30–50 Food: 2 Service: 2 Atmosphere: 2
Service Dine in Meal type Lunch Price per person $20–30 Food: 4 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 4
Service Dine in Meal type Dinner Price per person $50–100 Food: 4 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 4
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Elle Hatch
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6
2 months ago
Food is consistently good. We have had the same server during our last two visits. Very inattentive, almost rude. We politely requested water, 3/4 through our meal, she looked at us we had asked her fly to Italy for a special bottle of wine. She never once returned to the table to ask if we needed anything. It was not busy and they were not short staffed. It was enough for us to decide that we need not return. Food: 4 Service: 2 Atmosphere: 2
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Heidi Lacoshus
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10
3 months ago
The best Italian restaurant around the food is great.. it’s hard to order off the menu when the specials are always so delicious. The drinks the almond joy martini is the best… Service Dine in Meal type Dinner Price per person $30–50 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5
Food and service are amazing .. you will not be disappointed Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5
I’ve been driving past Rufina’s for months, always intrigued by the full parking lot so early on Friday evenings. I finally got the chance to stop in yesterday and was certainly delighted! The hostess seated my 3 girls and I quickly, while reassuring that the white table cloths didn’t mean that kids were not welcome. The menu is extensive: all of our family’s favorite dishes plus a whole lot more. The girls were so happy with the dessert list. We landed on angel hair pasta with marinara and meatball, ziti broccoli with chicken, and piccata with shrimp and mushrooms. For dessert in house made cheesecake with strawberries! The service was great too- we had drinks right away and the server got dinner orders in promptly (super important with kiddos). The food wasn’t brought super quickly but a trip to the bathroom and a couple minutes buffer with cell phone videos did the trick. Along the way, we asked for extra silverware which were brought right away and we had a major drink spill, which they helped contain and remediate quickly (complete with a new wheats table cloth). The prices were comfortable and the quality was great. The only thing that was a bit strange for our young crew was the noise level- it was super quiet when we first arrived around 5:45/6. I had to keep reminding the girls of the quiet voices that were needed. Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 4
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Stinkyboi
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10
6 months ago
Great food, great people Price per person $20–30 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes Lasagna
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gina federico
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10
6 months ago
A big “Thank you” to the owner and staff at Rufina’s for making our special occasion so pleasant. We had a small wedding celebration with family 15 of us. Rufina’s gave us a private room and they were so kind to let me come an hour early before they opened to decorate. They had the table already done up for us, and the room was arranged perfect with pretty white linen table clothes and a few small tables to put gifts, and decorations. The waitresses were superb! So friendly and attentive. I was a little nervous because it was only my 2nd time there, (1st time was delicious as well) and my family is 100% Italian - so it’s all about the food lol Everyone loved the food. Their eggplant parmigiana is out of this world, the veal saltimbocca is one of the best I’ve had. The chicken parmigiana is delicious, and they give generous portions of quality food. The bread and dipping oil alone- Omg SO good! The drinks were delicious. Prices are reasonable I’ve been to many other Italian restaurants in the area and this place blows them away. Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5
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Jeffrey Jones
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10
6 months ago
We have large family gatherings here, always helpful staff, no rush. GREAT FOOD Service Dine in Meal type Dinner Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5
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