Stephan Christian Obermaier
+5
everytime I went there was glamour and best italian food which is served by great people and accompanied by great wine or whatever you like. great place to work too I bet. Very much missed since am away!
Legendary place... beautiful and tucked away location. Fantastic cuisine and exciting wine list. One of our favorite restaurants in London.
It's just as good as ever. Standards never drop there, from the exceptional kitchen to the attentive friendly staff. Definitely my favourite restaurant in London and has been for a few years now.
Great restaurant, just the right balance of high quality menu options, relaxed yet friendly & attentive staff and fantastic atmosphere. The fact that both sittings were full on a Monday night speaks for itself.
Have wanted to visit for a long time, and this treat did not disappoint. Lovely relaxed service and delicious food made for a great lunch with my son and husband. Thank you.
So subtle yet absolutely bursting with flavor, smells and textures, Ruth Rodgers has moved from wonder to perfection...an incredible return for me to Nancy and my favorite restaurant in the world...
Great food - service was excellent ! Waitresses explained the menu well which made our menu choice easier !
Excellent food, great ambience, unobtrusive service. Really punchy on the prices (£10 for a bowl of cherries).
We had an amazing experience at the River Cafe, guided by a friend who is a River Cafe-expert. I cannot name every dish we tried and shared but from the antipasti, through the meat and fish dishes, to the desserts, everything was super tasty. The staff was very professional but at the same time friendly and warm, and I loved the open kitchen inside. It is not for everyone's pocket of course (me included) but it's really worth the visit!
Exquisite did and service! The River Cafe is THE place to be for pleasant weekend lunch! The staff is extremely professional, welcoming and friendly. The food tastes like nothing you’ve ever had before, and the location is just wonderful when the weather is good.
I had heard plenty about this place and never realised I had walked past it multiple times without realising what it was. For a Michelin star, I wasn’t expecting the slightly casual decor/table settings with random fluro panels. The food was delicious, we ordered plates to share between the three of us but I think this establishment is more order your own starter and main. The standouts was the bruschetta and the tortellini. The cheese would have been nice with some chutney/fruit accompaniments. The grappa pannacotta...wow, unless you LOVE grappa I would steer clear. Service was attentive enough, very busy restaurant for a weekday lunch. Extremely pricey over £100 per head including a couple of drinks
One of the best meals of recent times.
The place itself is a little bit out there if you are within the heart of central London but the pasta and the entrees and especially the dessert were top notch. Had a minor issue with the wine sommelier pouring us wine that had cork all over it and initially suggesting to filter out the cork which was strange but other than that great experience.
When ever i visit this restaurant i see a celebrity eating here. Tonight Michael Cane is here. Though everthing is delicious, almond ice cream is my favourite
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Thames Wharf, Rainville Road, London W6 9HA. Tel.: 020 7386 4200. Oh drat and double drat! I knew this situation would sneak up on me at some point, that dreaded moment, when dinner at one of my favourite restaurants would go pear shaped. The River Café (yup, the one with the famous cookbooks) has, over many many years been not just a favourite, but consistently right up there on my list of top three London restaurants. This restaurant, where Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, April Bloomfield (Spotted Pig, New York) and Sam Clark (Moro) learnt their trade, along with other master chefs all over the world, has never, not once, disappointed me in over two decades. It’s smart, it’s chic, it’s stylish, and it’s casual, comfortable and welcoming all at the same time. Hidden away in a little side street in unsalubrious Hammersmith, the Café which is really a restaurant, started life as the staff canteen of mega architect Richard Roger’s practice. It was run, as it still is, by his wife Ruth Rogers and her friend, the late Rose Gray. I could wax lyrical about Richard Rogers’ fabulous modernist work, but suffice it to say that his practice was chosen to rebuild Tower 3 of the Worlds Trade Centre in New York after it’s destruction in the 9/11 attacks. You get the picture, the guy builds nice buildings.
Two beautiful restaurants in two days, I am a lucky girl. I've been hearing stories about the esteemed River Cafe and have never managed to catch a reservation.
I started off with the mozzarella, a generous portion with a series of sweet and savoury samples to experiment with. Very well portioned as it widens your appetite to prepare for the main event.
Monkfish. Oh how I love my monkfish. This was a truly exceptional plate, a tad too much olive oil for my preference but it took nothing away from the perfectly cooked monkfish. Oh I could have eaten it forever.
We ended the lovely dinner on a sweet note, lemon tart. My favourite. And finally! A lemon tart that was bruled on top. I've been craving that one for a while.
Definitely worth it, but if you're on a budget stay away. Starters start from £20 and mains set you back in the late 30's.
My opinion, oh worth it.
Had the most amazing food at the river cafe all the food is so fresh and delicious, and their chocolate cake/ torte was what I dream about! After watching the river cafe shows on the food network all I wanted was to taste their food, and it was fabulous!!!!
Food And Drinks Noob
+3.5
The cooking at The River Cafe was indeed quality but it was simply far too expensive for my liking, £40 for a main course at that kind of level was really questionable.
Had a wonderful meal which delighted our party of five. Would like to highlight the service of staff...most engaging, warm and friendly. Absolutely worth the taxi ride in from central London.
So why such a named place, like River Cafe would become an institution ??? Yes, a cafe by the river as the name state it !!! But, it is more like little hidden Italy by the river...Some people would argue that without Jamie Oliver, (who I respect a lot as a Chef but also as a kind individual!!!) this place would be nothing !!! Well wrong, it is the other way around... The ladies over there have been cooking a long time ago, when Jamie started washing up the dishes in his pub, and this is also the way I started, from the bottom up, and I do love his passion for Italian food also and everything he does for the community !!!But, today, I still prefer the clean, tasty and traditional style of the River Cafe!!! It is simple!!! Keep it simple...As always Flat Eric...
Lovely bright cafe style restaurant. The food was good but not amazing. I had the veal to start which was a generous portions size and tasty, and a recommeneded red white which was delicious. My primo was a risotto with cougette flower, and majoram, this was ok. The majoram was a little overpowering, and the risotto a little wet for my liking. The chocolate nemesis was a hefty desert which I was lucky enough to be sharing, as I could not have finished it on my own. It was delicious though, and again my desert wine matched perfectly.
I was expecting great things from here but it seems I'm still to find my great italian restaurant in London!
Fresh, Fresh, Fresh. The food here was lovely, organic & very simple with an all Italian wine list & pasta to die for. A note for those who want to save a penny, the pre fix lunch menu must be booked.
Costs a lot to be this relaxed. What a superb location for lunch on a hot sunny day! The people watching is second to none (couple of Murdochs, anyone?), and the atmosphere relaxed and friendly. The food is very good but so you would expect when mains are £30+. I had a great meal there but was very glad not to be paying the bill.
Italian - London style.. Not the easiest place to get to but worth the trip. Food and service were pretty faultless. I had the seared calamari to start which tasted very fresh and cooked to perfection although the chopped chilli on the side could have been a little more inventively considered. The portion was large - almost too much for a starter but these are minor quibbles!
The ham wrapped fillet of beef for main was lovely and again perfectly cooked for me.
We didnt have desert but I would love to go back and take a more time to sample more of the menu.
Beware though - it is not cheap!
Simply The Best. The River Cafe never fails. Superb atmosphere - the 'mise en scene' is perfect - wonderful lighting, making women look more beautiful, the freshest of fresh ingredients used in deceptively simple dishes, charming and attractive staff and - until recent illness - the constant presence of one of the founders to ensure its standards never drop. The tables are bit close together and the hubub almost engulfs the room in the late evening (it's never less than totally full), and if you are seated too close to the open fire it can be a bit warm….but these are quibbles. Take your fullest wallet, your prettiest friends and a taxi (because you won't find it if you try and drive there and you want more of that delicious Pinot Bianco and a grappa to finish off with).
Nice friendly place. The food is better than good but not the best. Felt like the tables were really packed in though. Nice location for a walk along the river after dinner.
Overpriced but nice. Had a meal here last year...The meal was very nice, but unremakable for the price. Nothing we could not have cooked at home. More about being seen here than top quality food.
Phoenix nights. We had a table for 8 by the new kitchen. The place is looking good following the sort out.
Starters were well received all round with a good soave, mains including pigeon, lamb, scallops all very popular.
Seems to be a great recovery from out of the fire!
River Cafe. Would overwhelmingly conclude Best Italian outside of
Italy. Had a wonderful evening meal there, the staff could not have been nicer. We made reservations in the states
and we felt like part of the family at the end of evening.
Calamari with red chiles was the best i have ever eaten.
Will go again..................
The River Café was founded by Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers in 1987 as a canteen for local office workers. It is responsible for training some of today's most recognised chefs, including the likes of Jamie Oliver, Theo Randall and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. It is also regarded as one of the most influential restaurants of the past two decades, bringing such ingredients as sun dried tomatoes, polenta and olive oil into the mainstream consciousness of the UK.
The past was gorgeous and perfectly cooked but the crab was not as delicious as expected Pasta with fresh crab Papardelle with pancetta, tomato, rosemary and cream: delicious, could have used a bit
They offer a three course mid-week lunch, priced at £30 per head but time was a little tight so we opted to go a la carte. One word sprung to mind: expensive. I’d heard that this place is on the pricey side and that’s certainly the case. Still, they’ve held a Michelin star since 1997 and the restaurant was full, even though it was only a Tuesday afternoon so it’s a premium people are prepared to pay. Starters were £15-20 with mains ranging from £30-40. To be fair, I expect a lot for th
The River Cafe cooking was certainly traditionally Italian - There was no fuss, no unnecessary sophistication or complication - delicious, perfectly cooked freshest ingredients all the way. It does not come cheap, but it saves you time and ticket to travel to many different parts of Italy to taste real beauties of its cuisine
There is not a single thing that I would change about our meal. Each course was delicious and the service was fantastic. I can’t wait to go back and I’m sure it won’t be long before I do, deal or no deal. A very solid 9/10.
Within about three minutes of starting, I couldn’t actually hear myself think, the conversation was so animated. And yes, that’s a good thing. The menu changes every day, depending on what is seasonal and what is good. We started with mixed antipasti
This hearty and authentic Italian restaurant in the Thames Wharf has been a local favourite since 1987. It became a British favourite after winning one Michelin star in 1998, even Jamie Oliver got his big break from working here.
We shared two starters, firstly the Mozzarella di Bufala with figs and 12-year-old balsamic vinegar. Amazing mozzarella, creamy, some bite but not chewy or sludgy like the awful shit you get at Sainsbury. The balsamic vinegar was just beautiful, I could have licked the plate. The figs outstanding, there’s something amazing about a good fig, these were beautiful, sweet and tender. Our second starter was the Linguine con Granchio – with fresh Devon crab, fennel seeds, chilli & lemon. I got a few little pieces of shell in my linguine which made me a little cautious gobbling this down. Generally it was nice but there is...
So when the prices are as high as they are at the River Cafe you're expecting a real treat. Throw into the mix its Michelin star and a reputation earned over 25 years at the coal face of the London restaurant scene, and the expectations go through the roof. Perhaps that is unfair. Perhaps I should have just considered what was on the plate in front of me - but I don't think that is possible. Value matters.
The River Café’s approach to sourcing food is second to none. Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray’s reverence for simple, seasonal ingredients can be seen on every plate, and has clearly been passed on to their numerous graduates, the list of which reads like a who’s who of all that is good about cooking today (Sam and Sam Clark of Moro fame, Theo Randall, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Ed Baines, April Bloomfield, Allegra McEvedy and Jamie Oliver to name a few). The new wave of wonderful London Italians (Trullo, Zucca, Tinello, Bocca di Lupo…) all give a nod to this grande dame and, while some might argue that their diminutive prices and superlative cooking take them one step ahead of the more elderly institution, I think The River Café is still at the top of its game.
... simple, seasonal cooking with a focus on incredibly good quality ingredients.
The star of the show was the chargrilled marinated lamb with salsa verde and red and yellow peppers. This dish was certainly worth the entry price, succulent meat and oily vegetables, I’d come back for this one alone.
River Cafe in Hammersmith has been opened in 1987, received a Michelin star in 1988 and has been an institution of the London restaurant scene ever since. A place every serious London foodie should visit at least once I finally made it there for a delight
Some people can always say where they were when they heard a particular piece of news, or when a major even happened. Well on March 31 st 2004, my life changed forever. There was no major international incident, no national disaster to contend with. It was just a simple cooked meal with the finest ingredients that Italy could offer in a trendy restaurant by the river in Hammersmith. Up until that point fine food had never passed my lips. Years of travelling had taught me where to get good nourishing and cheap food, but fine food never came into the equation. Food with Spice had ruled my palette, as my travels up to that point had really only taken me to India, South East Asia and Central America. Heat I was used to. Perfectly cooked food with subtle seasoning I was not. It was enlightening. What I ate that night I cannot remember, but we did have a great night, and our food lives changed forever after that experience. We'd been back to the River Café on many an occasion, but not for t
Today T and I headed over to hammersmith for lunch at the legendary River Café . The recently refurbished restaurant (it suffered a fire early last year) has been around since 1987 and its kitchens have produced chefs such as Jamie Oliver, Theo Randall, H
I'm not sure I can quite describe the feeling of walking into the beautiful and light interior, and then escorted...
The dining space is both inspiring and intimidating. Everything is but one big, open plan space, the exposed kitchens, the exposed wood fire oven, the huge windows, the exposed tables, and right at the very end of the room, just in front of the kitchen, o
I can boast that when the River Café reopened after its recent renovation back in October, I was one of the earliest through the door (…who wrote about it). It was in fact Fay who first started (softly) singing its praises, but soon the decibel level was
Some restaurants have regulars. Some restaurants have fans. Some restaurants inspire the kind of loyalty that have customers happily queuing down the street for just the chance to spend money within their hallowed walls. But surely there's only one joint in London inspires a kind of fervour that's best described as cultish. How do I even begin to write a post about the River Café, probably the closest thing London has to a restaurant sacred cow, whose customers regularly describe the place as "the best restaurant in the world" without fear of being rebuked, and whose staff are so fanatically loyal a stint of 5 or more years is normal in an industry where most people are doing well to last 5 weeks. The merest mention on Twitter I was headed there for dinner prompted a dozen feverish replies whose terrifying subtext - "say something bad, I DARE YOU " - could hardly have been more obvious. So I approach the following with some tripidation. Let me be clear from the outset (he says changing
I went to this restaurant during lunchtime and had a delicious one. The food though was quite expensive and the table that offered me was right next to the entrance which was pretty annoying at times. I had olive oil which I must mention was the best that I have ever tried.
I, along with my family, visited this place during lunchtime. We had an antipasti course and must say it was quite delicious and wholesome at the same time. The service was top notch and the staff was also pretty helpful and friendly. We all had a nice time there and would definitely go back again.
This place is rather expensive and the food is too ordinary and simple. The food however is good and tasty. But too simple for the price they charge. The cocktails however were priced alright. Their private room can be enjoyable for a special occasion.
A decent place for a simple meal.
This is actually one of my most preferred spots in the city. It is reminiscent of the lovely restaurants I used to visit back home. It has a truly equestrian and authentic quality. The food is brilliant, and it is unpretentious and authentic. The theme of simplicity is enticing. I ordered the buffalo mozzarella, fries and squid as appetizer, and followed it with lamb and ravioli. The dessert course included dishes of almond tart and cakes. The service was delightful, and the meal was accented by their lovely wines and cocktails.
This cafe serves excellent food and service but you do pay a hefty amount of money for it. The food is appealing, appetizing and simply delicious. Our Spanish waiter had the proper understanding of the wines and he suggested few of them from their menu for us. We had the lamb, which was a bit over cooked but still delectable. Would definitely recommend it for a special occasion!
During my stay in London last month, I visited this restaurant a couple of times and loved the food they offer. The setup of the restaurant is cool with bright interiors and pleasant environment. Some of the dishes that i recommend are Dover sole and Panna cotta. The service is great and the waiters are friendly. Would love to visit this place again when I visit London.
I had a reservation for 9 PM but I arrived here early and then also these people were so happy to find us a table.
The menu is very creative here and you sure will get a plenty of nice options to choose from. The waitress was very lovely here and she had knowledge about the food too.
I had a great dining experience and I will love to come here again .
I've been to several amazing restaurants around Europe, but this one is by far my absolute favorite. Almost all the things that we ordered at this restaurant tasted amazing and were presented in an amazing way.
We ordered a Grilled Calamari, which was prepared with fresh squids, and I've never had such an amazing squid in my entire life. The beef we ordered was perfectly roasted and tasted delicious.
The ambiance of the restaurant was vibrant and most of the servers were quite delightful. The server suggested us a wine, which was brilliant and most of the other dishes ordered by us were absolutely delicious and truly mouth-watering.
If you are quite alright with the price range which is a little expensive ,then you will absolutely love the place.
I don't have words enough to compliment the place appropriately.The interiors are lovely and gorgeous. The service is impeccable ,with the hospitable staff. The food is not only smashing but is presented in a beautiful fashion.
I totally love this place!
The setting was absolutely wonderful and the atmosphere was quite a lively one. I had squid and fish the quality of both of which was very good. The chocolate cake that I tried later on was also delicious. The service though was lacking a bit on many occasions and the food was also on a quite expensive side.
The location of this joint is excellent. They have an interesting menu with varied options. A must try would be the soup here. A dish to avoid would be the bolitto misto. The staff an their service is par excellence. They execute their work to the best of their abilities.
A brilliant place to eat.
The lighting is beautiful at the restaurant, the food is delicious. The interiors are intimate and romantic. One of those perfect places to make a proposal. The restaurant is small for all the hype it gains. The ingredients are fresh and the food is perfectly cooked. The prices are steep but then worth it for the quality you get.
The place looks pretty good because if it's ambiance. I had pigeon and lamb for the mains and I absolutely loved my meal. The staff was pretty neat and they were helpful too.
I would love to go here again because I had a pretty good time in there.
I would definitely recommend this place for a good time.
Go for the calamari and the ham wrapped fillet- my personal recommendations. The quantity was quite good and the price was reasonable as well. I would love to visit this place again to try its desserts as well.
This place is brilliant mostly because of its convenient location. The gentry here is fun and thus makes the ambience more lively. As for the food, it may not do justice to the price it demands. I was not satisfied by the mains that were served to me and therefore it may have fell short of my expectations.
The River Cafe is located very close to Thames and happens to be a place alot of walkers or trekkers crash in. The restaurant is quite cool and possesses a different personality obviously in a great way. The service is fine and the staff is pretty attentive and is keen to take your orders. The taste is authentic and the place happens to be pretty hygienic. Recommended.
This is one of the most wonderful places for a night out.The ambiance and the arrangement inside is pretty pleasant.The food is absolutely delicious and luckily the portions humongous .But the prices still seem a little steep which doesn't bother me too much given the incredible taste. I definitely recommend this place!
I had mix feelings after having a lunch at this place as one of the mains i tried was so good and the other was a complete put off. The pasta was appealing, appetizing and simply delicious. It was cooked to perfection along with crabs, tomato and rosemary cream. On the other side, my crab was totally a put off. So i can say this place makes some great dishes and some you can totally skip.
I was really hungry and directly opted for their mains instead of starters. I went for Agnoli served with butter, sage and Parmesan and it was appetizing. I also ordered a pasta which was perfectly cooked and delicious. Portions were not that generous therefore i had to order two main dishes for myself instead of one.
hack great wines amazing friendly service happy customers great seat the best meal i a had.for yrs
This is the res I've been waiting for, for the longest time...and for it to come on a special occasion, and for lunch, in the summer time too, meant it was always going to be a surefire winner. The food is multi-regional Italian, with a focus on fresh Mediterranean flavours, plenty of seafood, salads, and a decadent selection of desserts. We ordered a crab salad, bufala mozzarella plate, and mushroom ravioli, the battered veal and the Dorset blue lobster with fried artichokes. Accompanied by fresh white peach bellinis, and a delicious Soave, an Italian chardonnay style white - warm honey with a fresh mouth feel, incredible. Desserts were almond tart with strawberries, a panacotta with grappa and raspberries, and the summer pudding. The food was impeccably cooked, the service warm, friendly and attentive. The restaurant shines, with sunlight and freshness, it's a lovely place. And the price is staggering, but it was worth it.
Great food, fast and excellent service. No comment! would definitely come back
Perfect, one of the best ever, nothing to fault it
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The River Café is an italian food institution founded by Rose Gray and Ruby Rogers with the accomplishment of having 1 Michelin Star, has trained many celebrity chef. The restaurant evolves around high quality ingredients sourced from UK and abroad and menu changes according to the season and what produce there is to offer.
I’ve heard of River Café as the standard of italian cooking and so I just have to come try and was warn by the price it charges…
The menu is split into four categories: antipasti (starters), primi (first course), secondi (main course) and dolci (dessert).. With us 4 at the table, we all agree to share and best try what there is to offer… So for start we got langoustine with cannelloni beans, grilled calamari with chilli and lime and wild mushroom risotto.
What I notice is that the menu is simple, as in the dish was not complicated and over sophisticated but rather simple and straight forward… these starters were amazing… The octopus was tender and sweet plus the grilled mark gave that charred effect and the heat from the chilli and acidic lemon brightens it up.. The risotto is one of the best I had, creamy, fragrant and earthy, like you in mushroom land!
The langoustine is also fresh and sweet.. A really good start.
For mains, we got the sirloin steak with spinach and chickpeas, calves liver with sage and parmesan polenta. Seabass with swiss chard, artichoke and olives and spaghetti alla vongole and Taglierini with tomato sauce.
The vongole dish was super salty and was just too much, but we mentioned to the staff they explained the reason and change it right away so that we could choose something else… A very impressive gesture… So we went for the taglierini, the pasta was cooked to al dente but the sauce was just lacking in something with a wow factor… The sirloin on the other hand was tender and flavoursome, meaty and savoury cut by a squeeze of lemon and eaten with chickpeas and cima di rape were a great match..
The seabass was sweet and super fresh that went very well with the olives tapanade and artichokes.. The calves liver was tender and creamy but the polenta was abit too overpowering with the amount of parmesan grated into it..
Desserts were luscious.. The chocolate nemesis was rich and indulging, panna cotta with raspberry and grappa were heavenly.. But the cream alongside was to sour that I think don’t really match…The lemon tart was abit too sour for me..
The River Café I think lives up to its reputation of using high quality ingredients and simple italian cooking.. But the only thing thats the problem is the price… The bill hit £260 for 4 without wine… Thats £65 per head.. But did it need to make the mains £35 and starters at £15 to £20? Having it once in a while should be okay I guess…
Great food and atmosphere! Definitely worth a visit.
Expectations vs experience. The experience was very good. We sat outside on the terrace next to the river with the setting being both relaxed and elegant, situated next to the restaurant's garden. It's no mean feat keeping a restaurant relevant and pretty much fully booked for 36 years. It's still a chore finding a table and you have to take your hat off to Ruth Rogers for focusing and not expanding world-wide as many greedy business people do. The food was very well cooked and well thought through. I was not wowed as I am by some top restaurants and given the bill was £200 for two with 4 shared plates and 2 glasses of wine, I wouldn't jump to rebook again. Still with their waiting list, they won't miss me. If someone were to invite me, I would be happy to go back.
Excellent ambiance and location. A wonderful place to have lunch on the weekend and get totally ripped off with pretty good quality food. Mains at £50+ and appetizers at £30+ really stripped me of my appetite. But the service was excellent and it was a good experience!
Having read so much about the Chocolate Nemesis over the years, I made it my mission to try it on my birthday this year - and that's exactly what I did.
I loved the decor and it felt instantly very singular compared of all the many restaurants I have dined at across the city - clean, fresh, fun but also reminiscent of a cool bar in a late 90s/early 00s rom com.
The Turbot was perfection, it absolutely melted in my mouth. I love how generous the portions were compared to other fine dining restaurants.
And, just as I hoped, the Chocolate Nemesis was everything I wanted it to be - light, delicate, rich and utterly unique. I washed it down with a fresh mint tea, which was the cherry on top of a fabulous evening.
One goes to the River Café, for extraordinary cooking and usually have to book months in advance for the privilege. But today (a beautiful September lunchtime) we just walked off the street and were able to experience all those rare authentic Ruth Rogers treats without the long wait. Remarkable as always.
It's a superb Italian restaurant to enjoy the dishes and wines. You can sense their quality of food with good services from their staff.
Doctor Graves (doctorgraves)
+5
Rating: ★★★★★ (5/5)
I recently dined at River Café in London with a friend, and we were both incredibly impressed by the overall experience. The restaurant's atmosphere was warm and inviting, with tasteful decor and an elegant ambiance that set the stage for a memorable evening.
We ordered two entrées: the veal and the longhorn steak. The longhorn steak was a standout dish, cooked to perfection and incredibly tender. The flavors were rich and well-balanced, leaving us thoroughly satisfied. The veal was also delicious, expertly prepared and presented, further showcasing the restaurant's commitment to quality ingredients and culinary skill.
The drinks we ordered were equally impressive. The bartenders crafted our beverages with precision and care, resulting in perfectly balanced and refreshing concoctions that complemented our meal beautifully.
Throughout the evening, the service was attentive and friendly, making us feel welcome and well taken care of. The staff were knowledgeable about the menu, and their recommendations only enhanced our dining experience.
In summary, River Café in London is an exceptional dining destination that I would highly recommend to anyone seeking a refined and delicious meal. With its superb cuisine, expertly crafted drinks, and an atmosphere that exudes elegance, River Café is sure to provide a dining experience you won't forget.
It was great! Nice food and friendly staff and the great view too. Iconic place with timeless design
Quite mixed reviews here especially if you read what others have to say. It is a great place for a special occasion and the food is good, but it is expensive and overpriced. I think it needs to balance itself out, but then the customers keep coming anyway and it’s a struggle to even get a table these days. Worth a try, and decide if you would come back - I would, but perhaps not as often.
Small shop offering delicacies made from the same recipes at The River Cafe. Good for gifts or souvenirs
Food was incredible, service was very good, but probably the most expensive meal I have ever had.
Very unique setting with great food, however a little overpriced. Pasta and desserts, 🤌🏼.
been 15 years since last time.
starters perfect.
mains john dory fish overcooked, sent back over cooked again. didn’t make a fuss. nice staff. hard to please a kiwi fisherman. i should have chosen something else.
dessert amazing nemesis choc tart.
worth the money - no.
The River cafe is rightly a British institution and a refreshing and alternative option to more "formal" Michelin experiences due to its more laid back character and setting.
It is obviously expensive but I do not understand the negative reviews that are caused by that. The restaurant is not hiding away from the prices and the guests are aware of what they are getting into when they make the reservation.
Personally I believe that the restaurant tries to provide a finer dining experience to people who are willing to spend significantly more than average but want to relax and enjoy the food.
It is not pretentious at all and the staff is lovely. Would definitely recommend to anyone who is interested to experience it.
My recommendation would be to try dishes you wouldn't necessarily have elsewhere in order to experience the full potential of the restaurant and get more "value" out of an expensive experience.
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