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Li'l Nick's
Li'l Nick's
Li'l Nick's

Li'l Nick's

Pizza, Italian

Welcome to Lil' Nick's in Wheat Ridge, CO. We are proud to have been your neighborhood restaurant for over 34 years. Business in the beginning was slow, but it caught on and there was a surge of business after two years. In 1983 they expanded the restaurant to include a second dining room. The original menu included pizza and a few sandwiches and pasta dishes. Bob and Paula along with Bob's parents, Frank and Ruby Quintana, helped to make the place run. Ruby made the Italian sausage and meatballs. Still today the sauce, dough, meatballs and lasagna are all made from scratch. They delivered for 10 years until Lil' Nick's became too busy to handle both dining room and delivery business. When they stopped doing delivery they decided to expand their menu to include Mexican food. People kept asking where a good Mexican restaurant was, and we decided since we knew how to make it we could add it to the menu, said Bob. At the age of 8, Bob's son Nick began working in the restaurant washing dishes. He remembers listening to all of the Nuggets games on the radio and attributes his years of work at the restaurant to the fact that he is such an avid fan. Nick has been working together with his father ever since to make Lil' Nick's the successful family business it is today. When you walk in the restaurant you are always greeted by a friendly face and a feeling of tradition.

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Location and hours

Location

Location

5016 Kipling St. , Wheat Ridge, CO

(303) 421-4265

Hours

Hours

Monday 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Tuesday 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Thursday 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM

More details

Delivery
Dine In
Reservations
Takeout
Pickup
Breakfast
Brunch
Lunch
Dinner
Accessible

Reviews

Overall rating

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4.4

(84 reviews)

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Reviewed on September 28, 2019 Verified Purchase

We have never dined in here. We have always ordered takeout and it’s always been delicious.

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Katie L.
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Reviewed on April 9, 2019 Verified Purchase

The employees were fun and friendly and made us feel very welcome.

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Rebecca B.
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Reviewed on April 9, 2019 Verified Purchase

The employees were fun and friendly and made us feel very welcome.

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Rebecca B.
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Reviewed on April 9, 2019 Verified Purchase

The employees were fun and friendly and made us feel very welcome.

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Rebecca B.
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Reviewed on April 9, 2019 Verified Purchase

The employees were fun and friendly and made us feel very welcome.

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Rebecca B.
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Reviewed on December 23, 2018 Verified Purchase

We sat in the bar and it was a little loud. I would recommend sitting to the left as you walk in the door. The food was good. I would eat here again! !

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Raymond O.
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Reviewed on December 23, 2018 Verified Purchase

We sat in the bar and it was a little loud. I would recommend sitting to the left as you walk in the door. The food was good. I would eat here again! !

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Raymond O.
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Reviewed on October 31, 2018 Verified Purchase

Waitress was friendly pizza was good. Run by firefighter family

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Reviewed on June 4, 2018 Verified Purchase

I had a ham and Canadian bacon pizza. It was tasty, the sauce was very good, but rather light on the ham and mozzarella, even though the menu said it had extra mozzarella. The crust was the downfall, it appeared to be packaged crust

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Reviewed on March 3, 2018 Verified Purchase

They were short staffed otherwise would be 5 excellent.

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Dylan R.
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Reviewed on January 7, 2018 Verified Purchase

Excellent pizza. Nice atmosphere.

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Reviewed on December 19, 2017 Verified Purchase

Great food!

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Reviewed on November 5, 2017 Verified Purchase

I've been coming to Lil Nicks since they opened. Many, many years. I have never been disappointed including my last time. This is a do NOT miss restaurant!

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Reviewed on November 1, 2017 Verified Purchase

Love this place, the service and the food. It is, however, in desperate need of updates to the carpet, tables, chairs, ambiance.

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Reviewed on October 17, 2017 Verified Purchase

The service was fast, but the portion was small.

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Reviewed on July 14, 2017 Verified Purchase

Prompt and friendly service. Pizza was good; the pasta, soup and garlic rolls were excellent.

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Stephen A.
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Reviewed on May 11, 2017 Verified Purchase

They had potatoes in mins soup what I'm use to plus it was barely warm, sausage was not good Italian, it was tough to cut,, and no Italian spices in spaghettii sauce. All in all was not the usual Ilatlian meal. ENen asked if the had a new COOK!

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Reviewed on May 4, 2017 Verified Purchase

Good food

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David K.
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Reviewed on December 26, 2016 Verified Purchase

Good services and neat and clean

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Norma L.
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Reviewed on December 26, 2016 Verified Purchase

Great food

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Reviewed on August 18, 2015 Verified Purchase

Good food & service!

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Reviewed on February 14, 2015 Verified Purchase

Always good food (their pizza is the best around) and the staff are consistent and friendly. We love this place!

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Reviewed on November 21, 2014 Verified Purchase

great grub!

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Reviewed on November 2, 2014 Verified Purchase

A friendly, family owned resturant. Very enjoyable!

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Reviewed on October 27, 2014 Verified Purchase

Food is great and service is AWESOME!!

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Reviewed on October 26, 2014 Verified Purchase

Waited > 45 minutes for food after ordering. It was a simple pasta with marinara and seafood.

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Reviewed on October 21, 2014 Verified Purchase

Great, hot food with wonderful service.

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Reviewed on June 26, 2014 Verified Purchase

food & svc is alwaya good

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Reviewed on June 8, 2014 Verified Purchase

Food was great Servise good. , waitr never set table for 4, no place mats or silverware for two of us , asked for a pitcher of water never happened.

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Reviewed on May 14, 2014 Verified Purchase

the only set back was the pizza was a little burt - overcooked

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Reviewed on February 16, 2014 Verified Purchase

Best pizza and service anywhere, every time!

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Reviewed on February 16, 2014 Verified Purchase

wife was very happy with her steak as there wasn't any trimming needed.

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Reviewed on January 29, 2014 Verified Purchase

Very beautiful interior-excellent service & food. A class place to eat.

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Reviewed on January 29, 2014 Verified Purchase

Always top level service, highest quality food prepared to perfection, great ambiance

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Reviewed on January 2, 2014 Verified Purchase

We have never had a bad experience at this restaurant and the food always tastes amazing!

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Reviewed on October 29, 2013 Verified Purchase

Quick service, delicious food, friendly atmosphere.

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Reviewed on August 5, 2013 Verified Purchase

Great foo Great service

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Reviewed on June 3, 2013 Verified Purchase

The waitress was great, very friendly. It was weird that we were in a room all by ourselves.

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Reviewed on April 14, 2013 Verified Purchase

We really like the food, atmosphere and service at Li'l Nick's.

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Wanda P.
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Reviewed on March 18, 2013 Verified Purchase

Nice little place, goo food

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Reviewed on February 27, 2013 Verified Purchase

It was a great place to eat. The waitress was friendly and responsive to our needs. Great food, nice decor, friendly atmosphere.

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Reviewed on February 20, 2013 Verified Purchase

The pizza ingredients were so chopped up, it was hard to identify them.

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Reviewed on February 19, 2013 Verified Purchase

We were sat in the bar and had to listen to the interactions between staff on duty and those done with their shifts. Also, the server answered a cell phone at one point which was ackward.

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Reviewed on February 19, 2013 Verified Purchase

We would not have gone except I had the coupon. I felt the spaghetti noodles were bland before. I got something different this time and it was very good. Will go more often.

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Reviewed on January 8, 2013 Verified Purchase

Large menu with nice portions

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Reviewed on December 4, 2012 Verified Purchase

Great, friendly waitress. And love the pizza.

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Reviewed on December 4, 2012 Verified Purchase

Food was really good but our server just seemed like she didn't want to be there.

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Reviewed on October 31, 2012 Verified Purchase

We noticed that the protions were smaller and the waitress told us that they have to cut costs and that couons like we were using was one of the reasons.

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Reviewed on October 16, 2012 Verified Purchase

The server was very friendly and offered suggestions. She checked on appropriately. The servings are large.

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Reviewed on October 16, 2012 Verified Purchase

Some of the best pizza in the Denver area! Had a group of 8 and everyone loved the pizza.

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Reviewed on September 4, 2012 Verified Purchase

Pizza was not as ordered, but we liked it anyway ;)

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Reviewed on September 3, 2012 Verified Purchase

It's not easy to find great pizza in Colorado (or anywhere else except Chicago or New York, but the pizza we had was good to very good. We do have a couple of places that we feel are better, but Li'l Nicks made it to our top three.

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Reviewed on August 27, 2012 Verified Purchase

We wonder if the owner was not there that night. the food seemed like it was hastily put together. The eggplant Parm and calsone were real dark like cooked at high temp too long.

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Reviewed on August 21, 2012 Verified Purchase

Very friendly staff, great food!!

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Reviewed on August 20, 2012 Verified Purchase

garlic rolls??? did not taste any garlic, red sauce tasted different

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Amy F.
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Reviewed on August 13, 2012 Verified Purchase

Most of the issue with them was the service. Our waitress seemed overwhelmed. I asked for dressing on the side, it was on my salad. My tea never was refilled, and I had to request the bread that was supposed to come with my meal.

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Reviewed on July 30, 2012 Verified Purchase

Lisa and staff are awesome

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Reviewed on July 23, 2012 Verified Purchase

Staff was very friendly. Have always enjoyed their food.

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Reviewed on July 9, 2012 Verified Purchase

It had been years since we had been to Lil Nicks so I was happy to go try again with the coupon.

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Reviewed on June 11, 2012 Verified Purchase

Pizza is excellent

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Reviewed on April 30, 2012 Verified Purchase

Great restaurant and great food. We always enjoy ourselves and love the atmosphere and they always accommodate our large parties!!

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Reviewed on April 14, 2012 Verified Purchase

Good food, fun ambience.

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Reviewed on April 11, 2012 Verified Purchase

Great food. Decent service. Enjoyable night out

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Reviewed on April 11, 2012 Verified Purchase

Amazing Pizza! Great Pasta! And friendly service!

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Reviewed on April 11, 2012 Verified Purchase

All menu items made from scratch and were delicious!

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Reviewed on April 10, 2012 Verified Purchase

They are an amazing small restaurant that takes you in and makes you feel a partof their family!

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Reviewed on April 10, 2012 Verified Purchase

didn't care for the noodles. Otherwise it was great! Loved the rolls!!! Good sauce. Chicken parmesean was very tasty.

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Reviewed on April 10, 2012 Verified Purchase

The Italian food is very good. I'd forgotten how much I liked it.

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Reviewed on April 1, 2012 Verified Purchase

We all had something different. I enjoyed my entree more than others in our party. I had a pasta trio and the lasagna was delicious. My husband ordered Mexican and it was good although nothing extraordinary.

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Reviewed on March 19, 2012 Verified Purchase

Nice little place! Friendly, neighborhood feel, good food and atmosphere. Definately will return.

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Reviewed on February 20, 2012 Verified Purchase

We drive by the restaurant all the time, just never stop in. The pizza was great!

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Reviewed on January 24, 2012 Verified Purchase

Food was great but too spicy for my mom. Hope to find something milder for her next time.

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Reviewed on January 22, 2012 Verified Purchase

We'll be back. Thanks.

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Reviewed on January 22, 2012 Verified Purchase

Great service and bread knots

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Reviewed on January 9, 2012 Verified Purchase

The people there are very friendly. We enjoyed our evening!

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Jackie S.
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Reviewed on January 8, 2012 Verified Purchase

Always great!!

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Reviewed on January 8, 2012 Verified Purchase

Great family owned business!!! Great service and food!

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Reviewed on January 1, 2012 Verified Purchase

LIl Nick's has been one of our favorite restaurants for many years

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Reviewed on December 15, 2011 Verified Purchase

pizza would be better with better quality pepperoni. good restaurant, though.

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Reviewed on December 15, 2011 Verified Purchase

love the pizza at Li'l Nicks - the salads are always fresh - the garlic knots are light and fresh baked.

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Reviewed on November 29, 2011 Verified Purchase

Lisa is terrific! Wish that Bob would mingle more.

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Reviewed on November 28, 2011 Verified Purchase

Waitress was great!

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Gabby V.
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Reviewed on November 27, 2011 Verified Purchase

great pizza

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Reviewed on August 22, 2011 Verified Purchase

Great neighborhood restaurant with good Mexican and Italian dishes.

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