It's always disquieting to dine in any establishment alone, especially at the height of the meal hour, but I had been here a couple of times before years ago, so I took another chance. I must say, I chose wisely. The staff were friendly and attentive (as they should've been since I was the only one here) and the food was EXCELLENT. The Philly Cheesesteak was undoubtedly one of the best I'd ever had, with plenty of tender, hot, well-seasoned, razor thin sliced steak covered in a hot, gooey cheese and some onions. The bread was perfectly toasted to be thinly crispy on the crust, and soft inside. I also had the house chips, which I think consisted of several potatoes, and very well seasoned. Fantastic chips! I'd return just for a basket of those. Excellent meal all told, and someone else came in before I finished, so not entirely alone. :) read more

Rivals - Philly Cheesesteak & House Chips - Sandwiches Near Me - Greenville, Mississippi

Great Food, family atmosphere.. service was great. our waitress was very attentive and made sure our table was taken care of. we will definitely be back. read more

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Love Rivals, hate the crowds. Food is always good though. I recommend people to go and enjoy themselves.

The food was good, but there must be some shortage on motivated employees. No one was working with any sense of urgency, yet we were given a 45 minute wait time when we walked into an almost empty restaurant. They sat us much earlier than that, but the service was sub-par, at best. The server tried to bring us bottled water. We asked for tap water because we didn't want to pay for the bottled water. The server didn't mention that we would still be charged a dollar each for the tap water. We were given our food, but no silverware. I guess the server had to go roll the silverware for us because it was a few minutes before we got any, while our meals cooled in front of us. He had also forgot to bring the salad that came with one of the meals. All the tables around us were dirty. Even those that had been bussed had not been wiped off. This would have take only a few seconds, but the staff were busy hanging out at the front desk. The food was good, but this was a really disappointing experience. Also, the place was hard to find. Our GPS took us right to Rivals, but the outside sign said "R Steak House." It wasn't until we decided to go inside that a small sign written in chalk said "Welcome to Rivals." read more

This place has the aesthetic to be a really nice steakhouse. HOWEVER, 1. The chairs are the dirtiest things ever. 2. Pay attention to your bill. They add things on you didn't order. 3. If you get anything but regular fries you're getting an up charge. But they don't communicate that to you when they ask if you want regular fries, seasoned fries, etc. 4. What in the world is the gelatinous vinaigrette dressing? 5. Minute rice and not real rice. 6. There was never an apology for any errors or lack of service. 7. Only 1 lady takes the orders and she's the only one who takes orders, serves food & makes payment. All out of her fanny pack. 8. Out of everyone in our party received their food except one person & they had to wait for a few minutes. 9. My spouse said the meat tasted freezer burned. 10. The ONLY thing good about this place was the onion rings. WORSE PLACE EVER!!! STAY AWAY!!! read more

We tried going 3 separate times and never got sat, went a 4th time just to try and finally got sat but we're the only people in the restaurant. The mozzarella sticks were alright but only came with 4, the pasta was flavorless, and the steak tasted like it was soaked in soy sauce beforehand. Didn't get any drinks from their bar so maybe that's good but I wouldn't recommend their food. read more

Great food. Steak was amazing. Service was great. Bartender was on point keeping the drinks filled

I went to rivals with a couple people on 12/28/20 some of the food was cold and not prepared properly and there was a fly in my lady's cup of soda and the waitress was rude I really don't think she likes her job read more

Rivals - a close up view of a toilet bowl - Sandwiches Near Me - Greenville, Mississippi

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LONG POST ALERT So my friend had a birthday dinner at Rivals Steakhouse. When I arrived three friends had already been seated with their drinks and had their orders taken. The beginning was good, the waitress came she took our orders and came back with drinks as fast as she could. I ordered the Grateful Dead drink, it tasted HORRIBLE & before you ask No this isn't my first time ordering this drink here, I've been here several times. Anyway I sent it back and ordered a coke. About 10 minutes later the waitress brings it back & said it was remade, I stated I didn't want it remade I traded it for the coke (the drink had not been remade at all just sat on the counter & brought back to me) I asked for the manager. After my issue many other issues occurred, my order came before any of the orders that had been taken before I got there. One of those orders the lady never even put the order! Then she went in the kitchen to "rush" the forgotten order and brought out COLD FOOD! A steak was ordered but the sides were wrong. No one recieved refills on their drinks (they offered us to-go drinks at the end, after speaking to the manager we were ignored until they wanted to rush us to pay tickets & leave) Speaking of this "manager" she was also the "bartender" that made the nasty concoction I was supposed to drink. When she came to the table & I explained my issue she stated that she made the drink for other people and had no problem & that the drink was nasty because it had so many alcohols in it & this is why I should read the menu so I know what's in the drinks before I order them. Now this pissed me off cause now you tryna insinuate I can't read? Mind you this a over 40 year old woman dressed in short shorts & a tank top as if she's working for Coyote Ugly and "managing" It's a bunch of liquor in a walk me down and it's good asf so this drink tasting horrible is because she doesn't know what she's doing behind that bar! Then to admit that you don't taste the drink to know what they taste like that means you don't know what they're supposed to taste like either to tell me whether you could have possibly made this one wrong! Then she didn't apologize not one time for all the issues we had. And had the nerve to go to the bar & talk about us in front of other customers! Whew chile ion know if it's just the fact she thought maybe we 6 poor black folks and that's why we got treated any kind of way but I WILL NOT BE BACK IN RIVALS EVER TO SPEND A DIME! read more

Wish I could get them zero stars. Came in 45 minutes before their closing time and the hostess flat out told us they are trying to go home and they don't feel like serving us. There were 8 open tables and yet no service. If you say you close the kitchen at 10 then close at 10, not 915. read more

I went on a Monday afternoon. I was seated at an unclean table and served unseasoned food. The food literally tasted like they just cooked it with no seasoning whatsoever. I enjoyed my salad more than my meal. I've been here before and never had an experience like this before. I'm used to the long waits at night and rude service, but never dirty tables and unseasoned food. Rival's is just not the same as it used to be. I know I ain't coming back. read more

A pleasant surprise in a small town. This is a steak place and bar, so it opens fairly late. Good service, good food, good drinks: - catfish Julie: I had grilled fish with a creamy crawfish sauce. Very southern tasting. Fish was a bit fishy but still very tasty. 4/5 - steak (filet): perfectly cooked, good flavor, surprisingly good. 4/5 - boneless wings (4/5): good stuff - Lazy Magnolia southern pecan brown ale: Local ish beer, not on the menu so ask for it. Very good, refreshing but unique read more

Rivals - Sandwiches Near Me - Greenville, Mississippi

The service was slow. We had a group of 10. One person never got their cocktail. Our steaks came out with no steak knives. Our salad came 10 minutes later and one person had to wait another 15 minutes for her food. The steaks we just ok and my medium rare looked like it had barely hit the grill. All in all a let down. read more

Service was so disrespectful. After the hostess informed us about the establishment not having any menus available, we sat for about 10mns with no interaction with any employees. The same hostess escorted an older white couple in after us and proceeded to hand them menus. The same hostess proceeded to take their drink order, bring them the beer and then took their food order. WTH??????I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Several patrons even commented on the lack of service we received. I WILL NEVER RECOMMEND read more

Worst experience I've had ever at a restaurant being a new person there the kitchen staff is great but the service was appalling the kids don't know how to talk to you or work without having a attitude when someone says anything to them I wouldn't recommend going there if it was the last place in Greenville to many chiefs not enough Indians extremely disappointed in how things were handled would love to hear from the owners read more

Service was terrible here at Rival's. We waiting at our table for roughly 15 minutes and our drink order hadn't even been taken. The food was mediocre at best. A little on the unseasoned side. If you want to serve yourself that might be your best bet here. Definitely will not be back. read more

What a fun place! Stopped in after a long drive and great atmosphere, cheap food, and great servers! Thanks Amber!

Came during lunchtime on a Friday, so it was understandably a little slow when it came to service as they only had one server available. However the lady taking care of my friend and I was polite and thoughtful so the wait was hardly noticed. The environment is nice and clean, and the food we had was good. I look forward to coming back and trying more of their menu as the sandwich I had was tasty. read more

I have never ordered a steak in my life that was soaked in a marinade that taste like A1. The waitress told me the steak would be taken off because my husband could not eat it. Then the manager/bartender tells me policy is if you order it you have to pay for it and HER husband has been doing the marinade for seven years. Well who gives a flying ?$&@ the marinade is horrible. My mother worked at Sherman's twenty plus years and I know damn well Steve ain't soaked no freaking steaks in marinade. Then she had the nerve to ask if I wanted a to go box and next time I come in let them know no marinade. Guh bye and yep I kept it zipped because I knewTTT I would never go back. Paid and left the food there. H O R R I B LE read more

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Bone in rib eye prob my fav steak here at rivals. Side salad are good. Steak depends on the cook though, hit or miss read more

Rivals - Prob my fav steak here, bone in ribeye. Medium done. Hits the spot but depends on the cook. - Sandwiches Near Me - Greenville, Mississippi

It's an ok place to go for drinks and to watch sports with friends on the TV. Some of their meals are good and some are bad. Tamales are bad, meatloaf is bad. Burgers and Philly Cheese Steaks are great. Service is hit & miss. Plenty of other places that have great food & drink. read more

My date and I came to Rivals at approximately 6 P.M. on a Wednesday and we were quickly taken to a dirty table for 2. This normally wouldn't be a problem but there was only a handful of patrons and they were sitting at the bar. Our server, was a guy named Kaylee, which I thought was kinda weird, but we are in Mississippi, so I just kinda went with it. We both ordered Philly Cheesesteak and fries. My date asked for meat, cheese and bread on her sandwich, very basic. I asked for meat, mayo, onions, and bacon, if possible. Kaylee decided that she did not need to write any of this down. About 20 minutes later we received our sandwiches, my date had a beautiful Philly Cheesesteak just as she ordered, but with mayo. I on the other hand got a Philly Cheesesteak with no mayo, peppers, onions, no bacon, but a ton of juicy mushrooms, they would have been awesome to someone who likes the savory, smokey taste of sautéed mushrooms. We never once were asked if we needed a refill of our drinks to help wash down the taste of our poorly made sandwiches. 1st time, last time. Was truly disappointed. read more

I got the New York strip. It was delicious. Cooked exactly the way I ordered it. The fried pickles were good. My server, Amber, who let me know she was new, did an outstanding job. Kudos, all the way around! read more

Greenville's best bar and restaurant! Walking in you will see the bar directly ahead of you. Excellent choice of beers on tap! Lunch specials daily. The hamburgers and steaks here are second to NONE! amazing flavor!! Salads decent and menu choices huge. Come on a Friday or Saturday night and head start to the back where a stage is set for live music! They have some of Mississippi's most popular bands here. To the left of the stage head out the double doors to the Tiki bar located outside. Tables and chairs await you in this hidden area! Fun place, great owners and great employees! Enjoy!! read more

Unexpectedly good for a gas station restaurant! I miss the unreal loaded baked potatoes! Their menu is hit or miss, but you can't go wrong with the fries, potatoes, quesadillas, or the spinach salad (one of the better salad meals I've had in Mississippi). Drink specials are always reasonable and service can be either great or just okay. One time, I went to midget wrestling here and it was weirder than you're imagining. read more

Great fried green beans!!! Service varies. Nice to see a fully stocked bar since there are not many full bars in the area.

Worst place....server seemed completely out of it. No one knew what to do. Our food came out at seperate times. We finally got up and walked out after we asked to speak to the manager, btw is a deuce bag for a manager, and was told he doesnt have time to see me. Trashy place trashy servers horrible management. I will never take my family back here or host a business meeting here. No recommendation from me. read more

My husband went through a back and forth with the waitress to the bar of three different beers they were out of stock of. The mild wings are "spicy" coming from someone who does like spicy food. Would not recommend if you honestly just like mild wings. Was told the burger only comes well done but was good so I ordered it. It was dry and "well-done". Would not recommend. The side salad had finely shredded lettuce you would find a sub sandwich rather than a salad. Had to get waitress attention to ask for ketchup and mayo for burger as well as refill on drink as she never came back to check on us. read more

Maybe the worst restaurant in the Delta. Hour and a half wait for a salad and Cheese quesadilla, and boneless wings. I will say the staff is under trained and is careless. Won't be back. Also contracted food poisoning. The only good thing about this place was our waitress Williette. A very attentive young woman who had to "go help the kitchen staff make our order." I mean Jesus it's a SALAD, a quesadilla, and wings. If you eat here regularly something is either wrong with your head or you have a gut made of lead. I wish I could put negative stars. By the way, when I was walking out the 4 people at the register would not check me out. When jokingly saying I would leave without paying they replied with a simple "it won't affect me do what you need to do white boy." ASTONISHED, I waited for Williette who was busy doing everyone else' work obviously to come down and check me out. No telling how many people have dined and dashed. This rant is over, don't eat here. read more

Went into restraunt prior to close, myself and my best friend wanted a quick treat and their sweets are not bad. So we are told to just head to the bar, so sitting down the lady takes 10 minutes to even acknowledge us then she asks for our ids but rushes off so we wait another 5 to 10 minutes to show her our IDs then we let her no we are not getting alcohol just desserts she then wants to tell me that my she could not take my military id because state of Mississippi requires regular license only which is a lie, nor did she hand me either of my two IDs back to my hand only to the side and then did not come back. She returned roughly 5 minutes later with menus and talked to some other customers saying the kitchen was about to close and she was supposed to tell us that, mind you we walked in with over 30 to 40 minutes before the place was supposed to close (we asked on the way out the host stated the kitchen was open when we walked in). But after she made her statement to other customers we waited roughly 7 or 8 more minutes more than left because she was not coming back clearly. Wasted night trying to attain a easy order, all in the name of The Brownie!!!!! read more

A good place to grab a good meal while in Greenville, MS. Great wait staff. The daily lunch specials are good value. The steak was very good. It was marinated and cooked medium. The U.S. Catfish is delicious. The ladies that are on the wait staff are not hard on the eyes either. read more

I gave four stars mostly because for this area this is a really good choice. They have a decent selection of draft beer including a couple of craft beers. We ordered fried green beans to start for something different and they were good. My husband got the blue cheese burger and said it was excellent. I had the buffalo chicken salad and it was ok. Would have been better with mixed greens rather than plan old iceberg lettuce but really didn't expect that much so not a deal breaker. Dressing was said to be in house made and was good. It was a Friday night and the place is busy. The service here is excellent and super friendly and the beer is cold so all good read more

Rivals - Fried Green Beans homemade dressing - Sandwiches Near Me - Greenville, Mississippi

Food was really good! I love that there is always a live person singing! The customer service is a little on the poo side however. However, great experience and great food! They never put enough liquor in your drink though! Just taste like some really good punch! Need better bartenders! read more

Rivals - Sandwiches Near Me - Greenville, Mississippi

Service was Amazing!!! Amanda was our waitress and she gave phenomenal service. She was well knowledge and food came out on time. Not originally from Mississippi and the wings reminded me of back home(Chicago). I really loved the service Amanda gave she made the entire visit there a pleasure and would only want her when I go back. She is definitely a person who knows what customer service is all about!!! Definitely would recommend to my family and friends. read more

I've lived here my whole life.. And rivals has always been mediocre.. but lately it is the worst. The wait is unfortunate.. the staff is either too busy on their phones or too busy chatting with other staff to help you. We waited 14 mins IN AN EMPTY dining room to even have our drink order taken. But even though the dining room was empty, we watched 3 employees come by and a 4th talking and laughing so loud as they passed our table that we literally just got up and left. I'm assuming they don't pay much attention to the restaurant side of things. The night life there always seems to be busy. If that's the case, they should close down the afternoon dining. No one likes to be ignored ‍ read more

Great place to eat. My daughter and I enjoyed different starters and entrees. I loved the fried crawfish tails. Service was great.

This restaurant is nice, love the decoration and layout. My family and I went for lunch there. When we walk in the host didn't look pleasant. Seen like he didn't want to work or it was us. He show us to our table keep in mine we are the only family in the restaurant. When he delivers our food he just slide it to us. He didn't ask us if we need more water or if we need anything else. The food was ok. Overall need more customer service skill. I would not recommend to my family. Would not go there ever again. read more

Horrible. Bad food , bad service and bad drinks . Burger was cold, margaritas were mostly pre mix syrup over ice and the service was slow and bad. The place was empty and took them more than an hour to have our food ready. read more

The steaks really good good mix drink good beer prices some of the staff can be immature but other then that great place

An associate and I went for a late business lunch on a weekday, so it very quiet, but I can imagine it gets pretty lively on a Friday or Saturday night. The vibe is more bar than restaurant. Friendly small town service, decent burgers, but be sure you're adamant as to how you want it prepared, because both of ours were overcooked. A warning to those of you who are not familiar with "delta water", I'm here to tell you that it's probably the worst water you've ever tasted, so order a bottle. read more