Reviews - River Cafe

Great setting and entree and main were delicious. Dessert was not as good as mains. Drinks took a while to come, which was surprising as they seemed on the ball when we arrived.

Not overly pleased with the experience. The ambience was good but the service-was moderately average and the food just okay. The tapas plates were not tasty and small in size. The main courses were overpriced. The view of Adelaide was the best part.

Food was divine and they were highly accommodating

Great food wine and service

Nice place. Good food. Very good service

Excellent food, amazing location. We had a 3 course meal. Cooked perfectly, great seasonal flavours. Nothing to fault. Great location for a date or celebration. Highly recommend!

River Cafe

Thank you it was nice to meet you

Disappointed the River Cafe has become more of a true cafe. Gone are the white tablecloths and smart menus. Now have cheap looking laminated tables and scruffy paper menus instead. Having said that, the food was wonderful. Would like to see more than 2 desserts on the menu.

River Cafe

Thank you for your feedback. We are following covid-safe work plan with disposable menus and removal of tablecloths for sanitation between use to protect customers and staff until otherwise advised.

Good quality food with fine dining experience. If it wasn't for the 40% off special, price would be too unaffordable. It would be nice to have a set menu including soup, salad, desert, main and entree for the reasonable price, which not in the hundreds of dollars as this would result if we ordered a la carte.

River Cafe

Thank you we have taken your comments on board

Small portions, VERY overpriced and somewhat pretentious food.

River Cafe

Thank you we will look at what you had and review however at 40 percent discount it must have been good value!

Great food with beautiful view

An excellent dining experience. Food, service & ambience all top quality. We shall be back.

Nice fine dining experience. The food was excellent and service was good. Highly recommend the Home-marinated olives.

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Thank you we love our olives too

Quite different to our last visit. The menu and food didn't match the casual cafe feel. Now offering tapas, medium and large dishes with limited choices for dietary requirements. The sliced rump was presented well but a very small "large" dish? The fillet on truffle mash was very good and a better size. Limited choices so probably won't return which is unfortunate because it's a great spot!

River Cafe

Thank you for dining on the fork festival discount offer. Our menu is expanding weekly with new offerings posted on facebook. We pride ourself with offering dietry alterations and the majority of dishes are available gluten free however no onion and garlic options can only be catered on half of our menu.

We have been to the River Cafe several times and as usual it"s a great venue, lovely setting, staff are very friendly, food is good too! We recommend it to our friends.

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Thank you hope to see you soon.

An excellent night. However as the restaurant was usually quiet, having no background music made it less ambient than it has been on previous visits

River Cafe

Thank you for your feedback regarding music we will pay more attention to the volume

Excellent service, delicious food and beautiful views over the river. I have been there several times and always has been a lovely experience. I would love to see back in the menu”Fior di zuccha” though ???? I will definitely go back. Thank you for the lovely service. Viki

River Cafe

Thank you we are updating our menu next week and we are looking at a new zucchini flower dish

Had a great time. Sat by the big window with beautiful views of the Torrens. Food was excellent, all 3 courses. Service was prompt initially but got a little slower as the evening progressed with quite a wait for dessert and my final glass of wine. But we were enjoying the evening so didn't really mind. Bit pricey, but we had 50% off so happy with that.

River Cafe

Glad you enjoyed the Fork festival with us

Wonderful ambience with the view of the River Torrens. Friendly staff and food was nicely presented and delicious.

Although the food was excellent the variety was a bit limited, if you don't eat beef or seafood there were not many other options. My wife rang a week before hand to inquire if you did any chicken dishes and she was told that both restaurants had run out of chicken?? At the time of ordering I inquired about a small change to the gnocchi and was told that everything had been pre cut so they could not accommodate the small change (sausage from the medium dishes into the gnocchi) I therefore decided to risk it and have the wild boar which turned out very well...luckily. We have been to your restaurant quite a few time and always enjoy ourselves...and will continue to do so but I just thought I would let you know about the choices. Where there two different menus on offer based on the 50% off?

We have been to the River Cafe numerous times and they always deliver on great food and fantastic service! We have never been disappointed and will come back time and time again! Highly recommend !

Amazing food as well!

A lovely enjoyable evening. Problem: bottle wine prices high and when asked prior to dining re BYO corkage - wow $30 per bottle. This we found exorbitant. Food was delicious & lovely attentive waitress staff - could not fault 2 young Girls.

River Cafe

We are glad you enjoyed The River Cafe we review our prices after consideration with other cafes and hotels in our area and feel we are somewhere in the middle and with food prices offer a total value dining experience. We are fully licenced and not a BYO however we do cater for that special bottle.

We have eaten at the River Cafe a number of times over quite a few years. We have always enjoyed our experiences, except for today. The food was very disappointing, for one of Adelaide's iconic locations. The food was unsophisticated and unimaginative; not better than ordinary pub food. The staff were receptive to our feedback and we hope that kitchen returns to the higher standard that it once had. The waiting staff were friendly and competent.

River Cafe

Thank you for your feedback. Our menu due to Covid restrictions now lifting is changing weekly. It has been a difficult year for all and we have some great ideas moving forward. The salt and pepper squid entree with roast tomato romesco you both shared for your meal we would describe as a simple and popular dish. We hope you return to try something a litle more creative in the future.

Electric wheel chair accessible was a great positive. Friendly, responsive & courteous service. Food presentation & quality was excellent .

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Thank you for your positive feedback hope to see you soon

The atmosphere was lovely as we had the view of the river. One of the staff had taken my fork away after our entrees, but she was quick to provide me a new one when I reminded her. In terms of food, I’m a little disappointed. We ordered the salt and pepper squid with salad to share (that was under a “medium” meal). It arrived as a few very thinly sliced pieces, not crunchy, and not fully covered in batter either. The salad on the side was a few leaves of spinach, onions and herbs. For our mains, we ordered the beef fillet (medium-rare) and the crab linguini. The beef was a little bit more towards the medium side, which is fine, but the texture was very tough and chewy, more on the rump end. However the truffle mashed potatoes and grilled broccolini that accompanied it was delicious! The crab linguini was okay. The pasta was over-cooked and too soft, but the sauce was alright. We managed to try the River Cafe for 50% off with the Fork’s deal, but I don’t think it’s worth it at it’s original price range. The views of the river and the city is lovely though.

Beautiful Restaurant with a great view over the river! Made for a wonderful anniversary dinner with my partner:) The table service was fantastic and the food was absolutely delicious!

Food was fantastic and service was great.

Lovely staff. Good food. Pls bring back the chocolate pudding.

Amazing food

This Restaurant was a great find, we were welcomed straight away and taken to our table by very friendly staff. Once seated we were given a comfortable waiting period before they started asking us questions and the food came in great timely manner. Food was superb as well as the white wine i had. Atmosphere was comfortable, would dine again in the future.

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Thank you for your review

From the get go we were made welcome. Good food, good wine list, good service. good view of the river. Our interstate guests were impressed. We’ll go back.

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Thank you hope to see you soon

The food was average. A little slow on the table service

Great food and service Grest food and service

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Thank you for commenting will pass on to all

Good food great location and the staff were excellent......................................................................................

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We enjoyed serving your table thank you

Enjoyed lunch overlooking the river. Food was tasty but tapas portion sizes disappointing even for us who are lean eaters. Will still go back

The four of us had a lovely evening. Will definitely return.

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Glad you enjoyed thankyou!

Fantastic food and dining experience! Highly recommend! Will be back. Thank you

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Great to hear we hope to see you soon

Always wonderful at River Cafe: wonderful food and service with a beautiful view over the Torrens Lake.

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Thank you for your review Rosalyn

We went there last night to celebrate my daughters 18th birthday. Since last being there, the restuarant has regressed. I would no longer consider it a fine dining Italian restuarant now. The menu is no longer as comprehensive and limited in selection. I just so happen to order the only pasta dish on the menu and it has reheated in the microwave. The papperdella was stuck together and I could not use a spoon and fork to twirl it to eat it, instead a knife and fork. The rest of the table was very satisfied with their meals. The restuarant in my opinion is now catering for a different segment in the market. Had I known this, this would not have been the first choice to celebrate a special occasion for an 18th birthday family dinner. In summary, the my expectation from previous experiences there was not replicated. The food choice was limited and adequate but prices are expensive given this.

River Cafe

Thank you for your review. Pappardelle pasta is cut one inch wide and in true Tuscan style using a semolina flour base. The sauce is prepared using wild boar slow cooked over several hours and not microwaved. The menu also has linguini, fusilli and gnocchi dishes. We have never promoted The River Cafe as fine dining as suggested in our name. Our prices are on average with other restaurants and cafes in the area and your visit on a 50% fork discount offered an exceptional value dining experience.

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