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    River Rock Diner

    4.2 (64 reviews)
    Open • 6:30 am - 3:00 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Good for groups
    Outdoor seating

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    Greg S.

    House made into restaurant. Right on the Susquehanna River, open 0630-1500 (3pm), seven days a week. Sunday's are their busiest. Home cooked food, friendly service. If you sit at the "bar" you get to be part of the kitchen drama/action. These ladies are running crazy, keeping their customers happy & celebrating their 9 year business anniversary.

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    4 months ago

    Best service ever! Jennie? was absolutely the best friendly, funny, and on spot with service. Food was great! French toast was delicious!

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    9 months ago

    Everything was great! Good food, good service, it doesn't get much better than that! What else can I tell you, stop in and see for yourself!

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    3 years ago

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    Thanks for coming in!!

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    2 years ago

    Woonderful quick lunch, convenient to freeway, delicious veggie burrito and great staff.

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    2 years ago

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    Thank you!

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    Thank you! Glad you enjoy it!

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    3 years ago

    Very good family restaurant with fair prices! Food, service, view, ambience, location, parking

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    3 years ago

    The food here is amazing! You get a good view of the outdoors. All of their servers are very kind. Great prices and they offer doordash too!

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    5 years ago

    Go there at least twice a month, great service! Food is priced well, coloring books for kiddos! And the all around an awesome place!

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    3 years ago

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    Thank you for stopping in!

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    4 years ago

    It is a Gorgeous location. The food was really good and the prices was very reasonable. The waitstaff was also super nice!

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    3 years ago

    Breakfast or lunch is very delicious. Staff is very nice. You can enjoy eating on back deck if weather permits and view the river.

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    6 years ago

    Fantastic breakfast spot. Group had eggs, home fries, steak, eggs, etc. All was fantastic. Best part is definitely the pancakes.

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    4 years ago

    We have stopped there the last two years on our way back from Watkins Glen. It's simple diner with good food and good prices.

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    “Got off the highway at Exit 65 thinking that McDonalds was the only option that early in the day.”

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    We are from Maryland and stayed in Nichols for 5 days. We came here for breakfast every morning…read more Jen is truly amazing and has great customer service. She is super friendly and gave us some amazing recommendations on places to check out around the areas. She knows almost everyone who comes into the diner. 10/10 recommend if ever in the area. We will 100% be back here in the future.

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    We had high expectations maybe because we live in DC, maybe because we saw the menu options, or…read morepossibly because the Christmas decor and overall ambiance was beautiful. Either way, the experience just wasn't what we expected. We were seated immediately and given menus. I was in love with all the seafood options, but my husband and I were craving steak. I ordered a crème brûlée martini that was fabulous. We also decided on the Cajun calamari appetizer. The calamari was plated with a plastic cup containing the dipping sauce. I hate to say this, but if you want to keep up a semblance of fine dining , black plastic cups shouldn't be a thing. We were on the fence about the calamari. Some pieces were soggy, but the flavor used in the breading was great. We finished and saw the decorative lettuce swimming in grease. Our Caesar salads were wonderful. When we got our steaks we were underwhelmed. The infamous black plastic cup was back and although I asked for extra butter and sour cream, that didn't happen. Both steaks were cooked to the temperature ordered but bland. I suppose we should have paid extra for the flavor add-ons. Sadly we had no salt/pepper so we took it from the empty table next to us. We ran out of water during the entree so we scrapped any idea of asking about dessert. We got the $127 check that included one drink, one appetizer, two small salads, and two entrees. Overall a 3-star experience, and for the price, that's polite. Could we have sent items back...yes. I truly felt that subpar calamari and bland steaks were not getting any better with a second try and they would still come out with a lackluster plastic cup in the wake. The service was decent. The waitresses were pleasant. Although we visit Owego regularly, I doubt our time will be well served coming back. We wanted to love this place but it didn't happen for us.

    We've eaten there twice in 2026, once for dinner and once for lunch. I had the beef on wyck for…read moredinner and wife had chicken with mozzarella and basil. Neither dish was impressive or even memorable. We gave it another try for lunch about a month ago. I had the stuffed French toast and fries for the table to share. The portion of the fries for the table was very small, the smallest portion of fries we've seen. And they were average at best. The stuffed French toast was extremely sweet and I didn't really enjoy it. My wife had the house salad and said it was wonderful. The lunchtime waitress was disinterested and the service was slow for that lunch and average for dinner. We doubt we'll return. The Parkview hotel is our new go for meals when visiting Owego NY.

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