Italiano Rio - Argyll Bute

This Restaurant won us over! Norman, our waiter, made our visit exceptional with his warmth and efficiency. And oh, the pizzas! A perfect blend of ingredients and flavors. A top choice for delicious pizza and fantastic service!

We recently had a disappointing experience at this restaurant. We ordered pizzas for pick-up to ensure they would be hot, but when we got home, we found that they were thin, dried out, and overcooked. The toppings were sparse, with barely any pepperoni or olives on my Margherita pizza. My wife's pizza had all the cheese on one side, leaving the other side practically cheese-less. The garlic bread she ordered was old, stale, and burnt. The restaurant was empty, and it seems that the quality has declined significantly since our last visit many years ago. The menu now includes more curry dishes than traditional Italian options. It's a shame, as the staff were friendly and helpful.

Lovely food and great service. The restaurant is part of the hotel attached and the menu for both are available if you ask.

A bit of a delay in cooking fresh we got drinks on house. Was a little on cold side for mother but food was good when arrived

I visited Dunoon for the first time, it was an unplanned trip so didn’t have a restaurant booked. Many were full and we came across “Rio” like others have said, now I know why. The meals arrived, mine was ok, my partners pizza was swimming in oil and was dripping on to the plate. Throughout the meal the waiter appeared to be very stressed although there was only a few tables in, constant comments were made about others not helping him and even personal remarks about people’s children who had got up and ran to the toilet. He stated “this isn’t a play area” etc which fair enough I understand but it’s really unprofessional to be making remarks in front of others. If something has to be said about telling children to sit or be accompanied let the parent know and not everyone else trying to enjoy a dining experience. In all honestly we both felt very uncomfortable throughout our meal with cutlery plates etc being slammed down at the serving station and constant huffs and puffs and rants from the waiter which carried on throughout our entire meal. When I asked for the bill while my partner was at the restroom I’m sure I heard him mutter something about “being on my phone” but can’t be sure. Every time he passed our table he was making comment about something. We would have stayed for another drink or so but in all honesty it was the most stressful meal out and didn’t want to point out the poor food or ask for anything for the fear of angering someone further. I really didn’t want to write a poor review, but this happened a few days ago and to be honest is still annoying me and really has dampened my experience of visiting Dunoon for the first time.