Riverside Inn Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Service was very prompt."
• "Staff seemed happy to be there and were quick to clear tables."
• "No waiting, table service and friendly efficient service."
• "Staff greeted us as we entered and confirmed reservation which was done via Google."
• "Lovely venue and attentive staff."
• "Staff all extremely friendly."
• "The staff team were lovely and very efficient."

Cons:

• "Your staff were unsympathetic, untrained and not overly concerned till my partner asked to complete the accident book."
• "We were not given any advice from someone first aid trained."
• "We ordered food and asked for the table to be cleared. The table still didn't get cleared."
• "Service a bit slow maybe short staffed?"
• "Service was very disappointing and very slow!"
• "Though we were seated quick enough, getting service was absolutely abysmal."
• "The table service was very slow had to keep asking."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The Bruchetta was very good and worthy of any Italian restaurant."
• "Food was absolutely delicious."
• "Great food and cooked to a high standard."
• "Food was really nice as always, especially when I always get the hunters chicken!"
• "The food is sublime and amazing in taste I would highly coming here."
• "The actual food was wonderfully delicious."
• "Excellent tasting food, colourful kebab/flatbread."

Cons:

• "It was also a joke charging £9 for half a bag of nachos and jarred guacamole!"
• "Anemic carvery!"
• "Curry anaemic, and very bland and watery."
• "steak was dry and tough and sweet potato fries were burnt."
• "starters came out 90 minutes after our booking started, the food is terrible, the service is even worse."
• "Food let's it down. Ordered roasted sweet potato and chickpea Tagine and could not find any potato, just slop of what tasted liked tinned sauce over heated up chickpea."
• "The chicken could be cooked better by a 7 year old and the beans were very watery."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Excellent prices, and very friendly staff."
• "Also got offer as two of us picked a meal of the same price, 2 for 1. This was a bonus."
• "Love this place! Super dog friendly (you can get a little puppy pack with a blanket, water and snacks), dining tables are spaced around so you don't feel on top of each other and the food is super fresh and good value."
• "We visit Riverside Inn regularly, partly because of very reasonable prices, but we have never had a bad meal there."
• "The menu had something for everyone and it didn't break the bank."
• "Meals are 2 for 1 so great value."
• "They serve delicious food at good prices."

Cons:

• "Been a regular customer travelling 20+ mile round trip to visit but disappointed on prices now two for one gone shocked a individual price of £12.25 for a small carvery too expensive."
• "At nearly 16.00 per dish it was well below expectations."
• "Prices are way too steep for normal pub food. Would like to see more cheaper options on the menu."
• "Not happy at the waste of evening of even bigger waste of £55!"
• "The meal was still expensive as any starters/puddings & especially drinks were expensive."
• "Paid £15 for overdone burgers."
• "£55 for two adult carverys and a 4 year old child, water and one pint!"

Ambience and Setting

Pros:

• "Environment was very relaxing."
• "The venue is set on the river so look forward to coming back in the summer."
• "Lovely interior with some really bright areas, great outdoor area including a few literal riverside tables."
• "Very pleasant to have a window seat as well."
• "In summer this place will be amazing with the outdoor tables and lights."
• "The Inn is spacious and the chairs comfortable with a riverside view looking over fields from the restaurant table."
• "The place itself was nicely decorated with a real fire to warm in front of."

Cons:

• "The music was a little loud for that time of day."
• "Lack of staff? Tired staff? Tired chef? We don't know but we do know that The Riverside will no longer be on our choice of restaurants."
• "The pub lacks atmosphere, had a fireplace with logs around but its electric no heat."
• "Came Saturday afternoon they had under half the menu available."
• "Most of the tables were full of empty glasses/bottles and rubbish from previous visitors."
• "As we were leaving we noticed empty beer cans and a bottle left on the floor which I found quite dangerous as children were around."
• "Only downside was that the floor around our table was grotty, bearing in mind that we were dining shortly after opening, it looked like yesterday's curry remnants decorating the area."