The River Terrace Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food arrived quickly and was delicious. The perfect poached eggs."
• "The standard of food remains high."
• "The food is delicious, I had Avocado on toast which came with beetroot & pomegranate it tasted amazing."
• "Nice cocktails and beers plus the food was great, this was the confit duck and it was very nice."
• "The chicken for the sandwich is marinaded in a beautiful sauce, then pan fried to perfection."
• "Really enjoyed the Korean chicken burger. Not tried anything like this before, very tasty."
• "The asparagus (as part of the veggie breakfast), was actually the best I've ever had!!"

Cons:

• "Hardly any edible chicken, very greasy and fatty and the jam was very sickly."
• "The chicken in the burger was so hard I couldn’t even cut it."
• "The River Terrace experience was let down by poorly executed ‘high end food’: soggy fried chicken."
• "The sandwiches were good, although the halloumi we had was fried to a crisp and closely resembled a piece of veneer panelling."
• "The food was average, but the service was spectacularly slow."
• "The chicken was made up of 2 very fatty thighs, the bacon jam was sickly."
• "Most meals were good, but one (Sunday lunch) was not. The lamb was very poor..... very fatty and gristly.... inedible."

Service

Pros:

• "Welcoming staff, all so polite, went out for brunch for my daughters 8th birthday, they made her day, good food, exceptional service definitely recommend."
• "Service was efficient & welcoming."
• "Service was good and staff very friendly."
• "Service was excellent."
• "The staff were very friendly and efficient, the food was tasty, price was reasonable."
• "The service was friendly, attentive and it was a clearly a super busy day but the staff made us feel welcome and looked after."
• "The staff were welcoming, efficient, and perfectly attentive."

Cons:

• "Good food but very poor service. Was literally kicked out after 45 minutes at lunch today!"
• "Although the service has been pretty poor on every visit, the last occasion we sat for twenty minutes before being told they'd run out of our order and would not be able to serve us."
• "We were served by a very rude waitress."
• "Waitress took our order. Brought food after an hour plus waiting."
• "We were made to feel a nuisance for asking to get the table cleaned off the last persons clutter."
• "Being invisible whilst waiting to be seated didn't help, staff too busy deciding own arrangements for the day."
• "Staff ignored our party waiting to be seated whilst chatting amongst themselves."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "What a lovely place to eat and chill. The River Terrace Cafe is our favourite eatery. Gorgeous cakes and crumpets. The view of the river and ancient bridge is awesome!"
• "Lovely setting. You can choose to sit indoors or on the terrace looking out over the river. Nice selection of drinks and cakes served by pleasant staff."
• "Beautiful setting down by the river. The staff are friendly and helpful."
• "The terrace offers beautiful views along the river, and is always a lovely escape."
• "The most picturesque place in town to get a cup of tea and cake. Sitting out the back right next to the river is wonderful."
• "Really nice spot overlooking the river in St Ives."
• "Extremely beautiful place especially sitting outside watching the swans."

Cons:

• "It was too windy for us to sit outside by the river when we visited (in November) but that's just an excuse to return."
• "Dog friendly but means sitting outside! Would be nice in the summer but not this time of the year!"
• "Sat outside with our small dog but the drains were smelly so asked to sit on the terrace and told we could not take the dog through."
• "It was very busy around 9 till 12 when I was there and it was incredibly noisy on the ground floor."
• "Food ok but experience spoilt by the allowing of smoking on the riverside terrace which previously had been prohibited by previous owners."
• "The river view is the only thing that makes this cafe stand out. Other than the previous fact the food is average and nothing really stands out."
• "It was let down by very poor mobile phone signal strength and no public WiFi."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "All round well imagined and the food was very tasty!"
• "Certainly not inexpensive but nonetheless good value for money with excellent products and efficient, friendly staff in a delightful building."
• "Very good price; you can get a good size meal and hot drink for much less than a tenner."
• "The food is delicious and good value for money."
• "The food is also exceptional. We had the fried chicken burger which was perfectly moist and juicy."
• "The staff and the food were excellent."
• "A lovely setting next to the river, a quaint place, good food, excellent service and fair value."

Cons:

• "I had a coffee and a cheesecake paid £8 which I think is a bit expensive."
• "£15 for a salad was excessive."
• "The cakes looked nice but a £5.00 and over we felt they were very overpriced."
• "Just feel that £48 for full English breakfasts and one drink each is excessive for a cafe."
• "Perfect location sitting outside along the river, but u pay for the privilege, it's pricey."
• "Grossly overpriced food and drinks."
• "Nice food but overpriced, nice views if you can get a seat outside but no real shelter."