risto's place food & spirits

quality really shows. located in the historic downtown of statesville is a great restaurant that combines quality food with top notch service, haslocalmusic, amazing from-scratch desserts, supportslocalagriculture, and really cares about the quality of the food it serves. welcome to mayo's!

have been here several times and always have a stellar meal at a fair price with amazing service. great for lunch or dinner. usually see business meetings when we are there at lunch; no hiccups in the service even when they do have a large crowd. friendly, attentive, but not clingy - a difficult line to walk! the quality is the top consideration here from the food to the preparation to the staff.

almost didn't try it because of the bad word-of-mouth from some locals, but i am so glad that we decided to go anyway. one of our two favorites in town. a great place to take someone from out of town to show them what statesville can offer. :)

tonight we had dinner at an amazing restaurant in statesville, risto's. my husband and i have been privileged to travel throughout the world and love fine dining, so to be in a small-town atmosphere such as statesville and have one of the most lovely dinners of our lives was quite unexpected. when i wanted to change something a little bit on the menu, they were so accommodating....but i gave the chef complete control and the outcome was marvelous. when the dish finally arrived it was beautifully prepared and absolutely sensational! then we ordered homemade dessert. normally a restaurant offers one homemade dessert and the others are brought in. not risto's, every single dessert on the menu… all six of them were made fresh. then we learned all the food in the restaurant is farm to table and served straight fromlocalingredients. please please please, give them a try it was so good. although we live in charlotte we will be back anytime we're in the area :-)

stopped in for dinner with family while on vacation. dinner was excellent! we had veal picata, halibut special, homemade pizza, reuben sandwich and ended with 3 unbelievable desserts that were baked in the restaurant. all the food was fresh including breads. sheryl, the owner, greeted us and shared that she buys all her produce from thelocalfarmers. highly recommend eating here for a very nice dining experience--they are open for lunch too. the atmosphere is elegant and the menu has something for everyone. the service was outstanding and the wait staff was very friendly! we will be back next time we are in north carolina!