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El servicio es buenísimo y la comida está riquísima.

El servicio es buenísimo y la comida está riquísima.
The service is extremely good and the food is extremely delicious.
From Lesson 78:Adjective intensification (-ísimo)·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of El servicio es buenísimo y la comida está riquísima.

ser
to be
y
and
estar
to be (location/state)
la comida
food
bueno
good
el servicio
the service
rico
delicious

Questions & Answers about El servicio es buenísimo y la comida está riquísima.

How do we get the words buenísimo and riquísima from bueno and rico?
To say something is "extremely" or "super" something, you add the suffix -ísimo or -ísima to an adjective. You simply drop the final vowel of the original word (like the o in bueno) and add the new ending.
Wait, if the original word is rico, why is it spelled riquísima with a "qu"?
This is a spelling rule to keep the pronunciation the same. In Spanish, if you just added -ísimo to the "c" in rico, it would become "ricísima" and the "c" would sound like an "s". To keep that hard "k" sound, the c changes to qu.
Why do we use es (ser) for the service but está (estar) for the food?
We use es for the service because we are describing its general, inherent quality—it is a good service overall. However, when talking about how food tastes to us right now, Spanish speakers use está.
Why does one end in -o (buenísimo) and the other in -a (riquísima)?
Even though they have the -ísimo suffix, they are still adjectives and must match the gender of the noun they describe. Buenísimo is masculine to match el servicio, while riquísima is feminine to match la comida.

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