This is not fine dining. It’s obvious this guy thinks he’s much bigger than he is and skimps where he shouldn’t; shaggy carpeting, beat up chairs, uneven flooring. Ridiculous. The food is mediocre. The service is top notch; very nice kids, know the menu, go above and beyond with their service. With that being said, I witnessed the owner berating the staff with snide remarks he must have thought no one could hear. Well I heard, and my colleagues heard, and we won’t be back. You’re a big fish in a small pond. Remember that, buddy.

Rick’s needs a better variety of music & live bands. Maybe even hire an experienced DJ to play some Top 40′s or even 80′s music on certain nights. I don’t think Tyler is ready for a House DJ. This place truly thinks its something with their valet guys parking these average cars & pickup trucks you’d think you were in a big city like Dallas or Houston seeing those 30k millionaire d-bags valet parking their 3 series BMW’s.

What a freaking jerk both of the above posters have come off to be…I doubt, very seriously, that the owner was berating them. They probably just sucked. Not quite sure why quality service has to be a rarity in redneck Tyler, Texas. As far as the food goes, maybe you just didn’t order well…I bet you ordered something that is put on the menu to suit the bland palate. You obviously have no class to be putting down someone who is actually trying to improve the dining and entertainment of a small town that fears change. Regarding the valet parking, it is very convenient, especially for females, when parking downtown…it adds a bit of safety. Whereas, in your beloved Dallas, valet is used in a parking lot that is easily walked. Both of your comments are unfounded and I won’t have them placed on the web without

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How can I be a fired employee when I’ve never ever set foot in that place. What I observed from the outside made me not want to go inside. Bands are cool & all every once in awhile, but to get a place hopping you need to hire a real DJ playing real records on real turntables. Tyler is slowly starting to realize its becoming a larger city & should start acting like one.

I have been to Rick’s in the late 90′s when bands would come and party on down, BUT never ate there until last month. I’ve had many great meals in NY, Montreal, Dallas, etc…and this meal was no exception. Oysters, Salmon Capellini, Filet, bread pudding. Merlot. We need to go back

Rick’s is a great place to find in Tyler, TX. I live in DFW and lived in Europe from 2003-2007, and in NY City for most of 2008.

This place has the same ambiance as many of the finer restaurants in NYC. The food is great for Tyler and it would pass here in DFW.

If I had to live in Tyler again, then I would be at Rick’s every week.

I am originally from Tyler. Both Ricks and Jakes is a “Tyler Hot Spot”. Meaning that all the fat coked former Rose Queens hang out there and pretend that they are still somebody. The live bands usually suck and the music is way to loud.

This is quite a task posting this via phone.. bout to hop on a plane..

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I love it! Hick conflict. Tyler Texas is such a po-dunk, one horse hick town that they’re bragging about having oysters, fish from somewhere else, and a deck. Oh yeah, a valet too. Wowwee. Ilove nothing more than talking to some semi-monied country ass speaking with such a heavy twang that I wonder if he can actually tie his own shoes. This place, as well as every other place in Tyler SUCKS on ice. This is a saying which is popular elsewhere, you country idiots. The food is mediocre at best, the owner is a jerk, and the crowd is twenty I.Q. points behind the national average. My martini tasted like urine, and I am quite sure they switched vodka on me behind my back. I can tell the difference between Stoli and Popov vodka. Good God man, step into the 21st century. Has anybody ever been anywhere?

Whats up with all the stuck up women in this place? they all need to lose a few, anyway.

I don’t care for the attitude up in here from the damn patrons. They need the asshole police in here. They’d be only half the place left. Staff and regular folks, that’s it. Too many assholes.