Reviews for Rips Country Inn in Bowie, MD
We dined recently for a mid-day lunch for a large party after a family function. Our table was set-up upon arrival and we were... seated right away! A few hiccups here and there, but nothing terrible. Having to ask for napkins & silverware, despite notalready being on the table. When our appetizers arrived, we had to wait a few minutes for the items we requested, first worldproblems! For appetizers, we ordered the hummus and pita, calamari, fried pickles & fried mushrooms. All delicious!! For myentrée, I selected the Jumbo Lump Crab Cake sandwich. Super good! Really generous portion of crab meat and great flavor.Another entrée ordered was the Fish Sandwich, which was also great. Drink wise, we had to cycle through about 3 different orderrequests because the bar was not stocked with items to make the drinks from the menu we were requesting. We were finally able tomake a selection based on what the bar had. All in all, not a bad dining experience! Read more
This is a very cool place. Just happened to stop here on a trip home. The interior decorating is interesting. The staff was... nice. The food was good. If we happen by here again, it will be a stop. Read more
Rips has been outstansing for like 20 years. I grew up in this area, and they have always had a great selection of booze (and... snacks.) Very conveniently located right off the highway, you can't go wrong stopping here for beer (domestic, imported, andcraft beers,) wine, liquor, seltzers, or any other alcoholic beverages you may need. Read more
Loved the chicken salad. The crab soup is SO thick and delicious, almost had to cut it with a fork. The house chips are so good!... Fries were just okay. Chopped steak and beer cheese was good. Read more
The experience did not start well when I entered the establishment and asked to be seated for lunch. I was escorted by a... gentleman to a tiny, two-seater literally next to the kitchen door. This is always the worst seat in any restaurant house, andan expression of meanness when there is plenty of additional seating choices (there were). The young lady that came to take myorder was very pleasant and friendly. I asked her what was the special, and she described it as "an Oyster po' boy with Chipotlemayo in a brioche bun". I ordered the sandwich, and asked her for the sauce on the side since I didn't know how hot it would be.The sandwich arrived, and the Chipotle mayo was slathered inside the bun, which by no means was brioche, but more like a kayserroll. I asked her if they could re-do the sandwich, and I got a new one. I got a new sandwich with a side of the mayo, whichturned out to be homemade and quite delicious. The oysters were fresh and tender. The bun... Still a regular bun (the embarrasedserved muttered something like that the brioche rolls had not made it that day, or something like that). During my second biteof the sandwich I discovered a dime-size piece of oyster shell inside one of the oysters. The piece of shell was large enough tohave caused a broken tooth or a cut inside anyone's mouth. I brought this to the young lady's attention, and she apologizedprofusely, informing me that she would let the manager (same guy who sat me) and the chef know. Never heard a peep from thesegentlemen. I got my dessert, which was an individual warm pecan pie with vainilla ice cream that was delicious, and asked forthe check. It has been my experience in the past that any restaurant would have offered to take the sandwich off the bill, orcomp the dessert, or some such compensation for my negative experience. My bill was exactly what I had consumed; no apologies,no effort to make things right. But the meanness was there right from the beginning, so I was not Read more
This was our first visit to Rips. I’ve heard good things about it so I called ahead and made a reservation so we would miss... out on the opportunity to try it while we were nearby. We were coming from an event, so got there 30 minutes early and wentinside- it didn’t look too busy. We were told we would still need to wait til closer to our reservation time. Fine, whatever.However 2 more parties walked in after us and were seated before us, so we got up from the waiting area and asked- apparentlythey had the same reservation time too…. We were then seated right after we asked. We waited about 5 minutes for a server tocome, ordered drinks and appetizers (they were out of potato skins). We got Calamari and Nachos. The nachos were pretty good andflavorful, although I wish we could have chosen a different meat. The calamari wasn’t terrible, but also not the best- mypartner said it was edible. Next came our meals- the fried fish plate and Maryland fried chicken. My partner said the fried fishwas good, but he was expecting more (it said plate full and it was only 2 pieces). His fries were pretty good too. I got thefried chicken- the Mac n cheese was good but not great, green beans were good but clearly canned green beans, and the friedchicken was crispy but very dry and flavorless. I only had a few bites of the chicken and decided it wasn’t worth eating andthere was no point in bringing home leftovers. The best part of all was definitely the complimentary corn bread with sweetbutter. The light at our table was really dusty and grimy. I was hoping this would be my new favorite place, but I don’t thinkwe’ll be returning. Read more
The food was not memorable and service is just OK. Nothing outstanding about this place but also, nothing horrible. To my wife... and I, the food seemed little overpriced for the taste. The nacho we ordered didn't have enough toppings, my wife's French dipwere way way over cooked and small portioned. Roughly less than 6 inches. My Carolina burger with pulled pork was ok. Again,nothing special for the price you pay. Since it wasn't horrible, we may return for updates. P.s. for the price you charge foryour food, please upgrade the condiments. Read more
The food was great, it's a cozy mom and pop type place. For whatever reason the waitress immediately sought to seat us in the... separate dining hall with only one other Black couple. When I stated No well have a booth she was like"Oh!" and sat us in themain area where the was plenty of seating. It was just weird. The food is thick n heavy but great. We had the cream of crabsoup for starters, then the Fish fry. The sides and entree were in generous portions. The service was great ..keep up the goodwork!! Read more