Food: A+. I always have loved the food here. I finally got to try their oysters this time; I'll been coming here for ten years and my x was always afraid to order them since we were far from the ocean. The idiot didn't understand that oysters can be shipped in express which this fancy place does to keep it fresh! Service: A+ Our server was so sweet and gracious to our needs. He made us feel important. When he missed something he quickly owned up to it and retrieved it for me. Ambiance: A+. Fancy steak house in the middle of the desert. I L-O-V-E this place...it's a real treat to go here. Dietitian Dorothy's Nutrition4Men.com + Nutrition4Ladies.com Tip: incorporate greens such as in this Prawn Salad regularly to make a healthy gut (including Spinach, kale, arugula, broccoli, Swiss chard and dandelion greens.) They aid digestion and reduce inflammation so it would be a good side salad dish to split with the filet and lobster as your main course to split with your dining companion. read more

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River Willow at BlueWater Resort & Casino is essentially the only upscale dinner option in Parker, so your expectations need to be calibrated accordingly. We tried the seafood risotto and the stacked prawn salad. The risotto was rich but leaned mushy for my taste, and the wine reduction overpowered the dish. The prawn salad was refreshing but had too many competing flavors that didn't quite come together. Service was solid, and the ambience is pleasant though dated. Certainly about what you'd expect from a casino restaurant in Parker. Given the quality, the prices felt a bit steep. Decent option if you're staying at BlueWater and want a sit-down dinner, but don't expect a destination-worthy meal. read more

Had a team dinner at River Willow during our stay here at BlueWater Resort, and it was excellent. Service was outstanding from start to finish. My filet mignon was incredibly tender and flavorful, perfectly paired with grilled asparagus. The menu selection was very solid, along with a wide variety of wines to choose from. The ambience was classy and elegant, with white tablecloths and a charming Tuscan feel that really elevates the experience. River Willow is truly a hidden gem in Parker, Arizona--a small town restaurant with a European vibe. A definite must-visit when you're in the area. Cheers! read more

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Our second time visiting River Willow and it was outstanding! We felt lucky getting seated immediately on a Saturday night, the hostess offered us a table as no booths were available. Hungry folks don't care where they sit!! Service was slow! We sat for quite some time before a server approached and said he'd be with us shortly. He tended to two other tables, checking in, chatting, clearing plates and taking checks up to the hostess before finally returning. The rest of our time there was pretty much the same, didn't see much of him. The food though, it definitely made up for the service and we will be back again because of it!! We started with the coconut shrimp and it was everything I wanted it to be! Crispy, just the right amount of coconut and melt in your mouth tender. The mango sauce was sweet and the tiniest of kick every once in awhile to keep it very interesting! Hubby had a perfectly cooked and seasoned ribeye and I had the lobster ravioli. It was loaded with lobster and the creamy pesto sauce was rich and divine! The portion was huge providing me another meal the next day! Prices are on par for any other steakhouse, especially one that's serving up such amazing food! read more

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Most of our food was terrible. The vegetables were very overdone. I had to spit out most of my asparagus and the flavor was icky. My friend's broccolini was very overdone also. My husband's fish was overdone even though he asked for it to be medium rare so that it wouldn't be overdone. They replaced it and it was a bit better but not great. We've been here six or eight times for special occasions and loved everything. What a disappointment, since we were celebrating a friend's 83rd birthday. My filet mignon was good but not great. Next time we get over there, I want to talk to the manager about the whole experience. The six of us said we would not be coming back, but I want to give in another chance. read more

I was in River Willow last night 20/27/2026 , first time I brought in guests , Party of four..Everyone in my party ordered steaks ! first the waiter we had was very professional , I believe his Name was Able not sure,, Our dinner was the best we have ever had any where , cooked fantastic , I have never written about a place I have eaten before ,, 5 stars is not enough , 10 stars , Job well none Garry Luttman 662-292-0265 luttman_garry@yahoo.com read more

The place makes you feel like you are at a very fancy restaurant not a casino. When you go you can't be in a hurry because there is plenty of time in between plates. But the servers are very nice. The food is outstanding! It is pretty pricey but if you know that going in it makes it a very special evening. read more

My wife and I have been here several times and we really enjoy the food in the service. A waiter has been the same man the last three visits and is a very professional human. The food is delicious but definitely would recommend and I would back here again, thanks Robin for the great service read more

We were part of a group of 14 people. The food was delicious and well presented and prepared. The service was a bit slow. They should have had either a designated server or added a server to help. read more

The food is amazing & so is the service. Even if there's nobody in there you need a reservation.

The King Crab legs are to die for!!! The Ambiance is very romantic and the service is great! read more

We had a good service starting from the person at the front, William Greene. He was really knowledgeable about the specials and really knows his craft. We ordered the special which is the steak and lobster. Ok. Have to say we had the perfect meal. Steak was perfect. The chef is great here. Everything is so good. Our waiter, Anxel, is the best. I have to say the service from everyone working here is the best. read more

Make sure you call for reservations. Rally great food and service. The prices are reasonable. Loved it. read more

River Willow - Had a great meal with wonderful service! Our server, Ansil was perfect. I highly recommend and I'm picky! - Steakhouses Near Me - Parker, Arizona

Really great dining experience! From staff through menu.....all excellent. Will be back!!

scorpion bites and scallops were to die for. steak and lobster were cooked perfectly! Vince our server was very attentive. I love the fall decor. read more

We have been here a few times and the food was excellent, for Parker. But tonight the ribeye was horrible, tough and very fatty.. But the service was great, except for the service charge because we had a large group. I'll give a better tip if you don't try to slip in a service charge. read more

Everything but the steaks are microwaved. Rubber bread and rubber seafood. So gross. Nasty

Restaurant was elegant and clean. Great ambiance. Food was great. Portions are large and well worth the money. DO NOT ORDER THE SKINNY MARGARITA. I thought it was going to be as good as El Toritos but it was horrible. I did not drink it and chose to call it a lose. I specifically ordered sautéed broccoli with garlic in my fettuccine and received steamed tri color broccoli mixed in the fettuccine. I kept the dish once it was brought out to not be the only one staring while the rest of the group eat. Waiter was rude about correcting the issue or acknowledging the error. Nothing was removed from my bill nor was offered a discount or anything. I was very surprised with the bad customer service. I personally wouldn't go back on my own. I did not like how I was treated or that the errors made on the waiters behalf were not acknowledged rather became defensive. read more

I love this restaurant! Compared to Whiskey River, the food was way better. The service was quicker. I think this is the only good steak restaurant in Parker, Arizona! I would definitely go back here in a heartbeat! read more

I don't understand how this place has 4 stars... Wow. The food... the steaks... were all undercooked - so much so that the whole entire paddling team got sick the next day... my veggie pasta was swimming in butter and barely any visible vegetables. I can get down and dirty with food... but this establishment... unbelievable. For the other reviews... speechless. If you're currently reading this review - before you judge - do read my other reviews and know that I keep it real and good luck! read more

I took my parents out to this steakhouse for our thanksgiving trip after an evening of gambling. The service was attentive and friendly. The food however was no where close to what you would expect for the prices. I order the pork chops and after 15 mins or so was told they were not able to serve them as they were bad. So then I got the NY Strip and it was extremely tough.l serve red medium rare. The manager offered a free dessert to apologize for the steak and the carrot cake was frozen. My mother had ordered the shrimp scampi and got something closer to shrimp fettuccine Alfredo. The wedge salad was yummy and the French Onion soup was good. The value of the meal was not there at all. When you spend $35 for the steak, $6 dollars for the potato, and $12 for a salad you would think the food was going to be impeccable it was not anywhere close. We would have been better off at grill inside the casino they had good food there. I would avoid this steakhouse read more

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Pretty decent dinner with friends. Covid makes it different of course. Bread was good.... Waiter was nice, but forgot a few items we ordered, brought them out later and removed from our bill. Filet mignon was tender and delicious, loved the bearnase sauce. Garlic mashed potatoes were on point. Prices are much higher than I'm used to and the menu is limited. Would return for a special occasion, but feel I could cook better and cheaper at home. read more

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I had filet minot and lobster. Loved it! Bernais sauce was really good. I really enjoyed the jalapeno & cheese bread.

Friendly service, but abysmal food. My wife and I took my dad out for Father's Day/birthday dinner. The bread was honestly the best part of the meal. Dad and I each had the $50 bone-in ribeye. Dad likes his rare, I like medium, both came out medium well and full of chewy gristle. We could barely saw through them with the steak knives. My wife had the lollipop lamb chops with green chili risotto. Her lamb chops were cooked to death and so thin there was barely a single bite of meat on each one. All the sides we ordered were awful. Bland mashed potatoes with no sauce of any kind, "glazed" carrots that were raw and swimming in watery syrup, the risotto was completely overcooked, no creaminess at all, and totally overpowered with the chiles. The sautéed Brussels sprouts had no color, were raw, looked like they had never seen a hot pan, and still had the woody stems attached. Three people, $270. I felt obliged to tip as the wait staff were friendly and attentive, but the food was just awful. The chef and manager should be ashamed if this their best effort. I have had hundreds of meals that blow this place out of the water for a fraction of the completely over-pretentious price. DO NOT RECOMMEND!!! 0 stars! read more

Ive grown up coming to the blue water hotel. Ive alwAys seen the steakhouse here but we were never really sure of the quality. We decided to try it for my birthday. We called for a reservation and they were open being it was a thursday. Once we got there the only reason im giving them 4 stars is because we waited At the door for 10 minutes before being Acknowledged. Some of the servers saw us and dodged coming to help us... once we were seated we ordered. I ordered the crab stuffed mushrooms which were amazing! And almost everyone ordered steak someway- they were all really really good! Being that this is one of the only nicer resturants in the area that i know of id definately come here again Came for a 2nd time and everything was wonderful! We got to try the banannas fosters dessert- sooo good! Jeffrey & william are awesome! read more

We entered the empty restaurant at 5:45 pm with no reservations, but were given the bum's rush to the door after being told that we might be seated by 7:30 pm. Never again! read more

My husband and I have been to River Willow at least 5 times always impressed we've had several different items on the menu and never disappointed, Keep in mind the booths are always reserved but if you're really, really nice you can walk in and the waits not long. For a center table. read more

Delicious food, terrific service, you can't go wrong here. Beautiful little town off route 66.

my food was good. seafood risotto! amazing! my husbands food though, lobster veggies & mashed potatoes, he didn't like so much. And the service was abso horrible. got served bread before anything to drink for atleast 15 minutes. then my drink was served to the wrong table had to wait another 15 minutes on that. Fronas nice as this restaurant is I would expect the service to be good! the ambiance was nice.we still tipped good knowing they didn't deserve it. read more

So we arrived at the casino resort that is associated with this restaurant. It was the Tuesday after Memorial Day, didn't even think of making a reservation. When we arrived we were told they were busy and couldn't seat us in A booth. There were at least 6 booths available. All I can say is that they have really good food, but a bunch of idiots that run this restaurant GOOD LUCK!!!! Look at photos....REALLY BUSY read more

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We tried River Willow tonight for the first time and it was delicious. We tired the stuffed mushrooms and the coconut shrimp for appetizers, tried the lobster bisque soup, I had the mashed potatoes and the salmon for dinner my husband had the end cut prime rib with fettuccine alfredo and my son had the fettuccine alfredo! Our server Rob was awesome as well. We highly recommend River Willow and we will be back with friends!! read more

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This place is a joke, ridiculous. We had a reservation at 8:30 and at 9:15 we were STILL not seated. Half of our party bailed out because of the ridiculous wait time, so when I asked again about our table we were told they couldn't fit a party of 4 ( when our original party was for 6, what sense does that make ?) Also the restaurant was almost completely empty, the hostess was the rudest, more arrogant person I've ever met. He told us that they were still cleaning from the "rush" earlier. I'm not sure what rush because we say there for 45 mins and there was no one coming in or out... We are at the snack bar place next to it and they were amazing. The pizza was great. read more

A gem of a restaurant in the Bluewater Casino, Parker Arizona. We had a party of 4 with a 7:00 PM reservation. Upon check in we were seated right away. Nice touch. Our waitress greeted us right away and took our cocktail orders. I had "The Collins's" which was a vodka Tom Collins with a wedge of lime. Excellent and refreshing. My wife had the salmon, I had the filet. I would rate both of these as a ten. The filet literally could be cut with a butter knife and the flavor was out of this world. The service was excellent and the manager even came over to ensure all was going well. The ambiance was subdued, and low volume easy listening music made sure not to interfere with conversation. I've been coming to the Colorado river from Needles to Blythe for 53 years and have eaten in just about every restaurant between those cities. I firmly believe this is the best restaurant on the river. Excellent choice for a special occasion. read more

Wow was very impressed this is the first time we ate here. They were very busy with 2 big birthday parties in the back room, we still had great service. I ordered the coconut prawn appetizer I got 4 huge prawns that were the best coconut prawns I have ever eaten and I have tried a lot of them in quite a few states. They came with a dipping sauce that was a little spicy for me but these prawns were so great they needed no sauce. Also had a wonderful baked potato with all the fixings was so good I can not wait to return to have these again read more

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Honestly impressed with this place. For Parker, this place has great food and quality service. Everything we had was amazing from the crab stuffed mushrooms to the filet and lobster. Will be coming here again. Such an underrated restaurant! A+ read more

We had a group of eight. We waited for a table for over 2 hours. They accidentally gave our table away and we were cool and continued to wait. We were seated and we sat for 30 minutes... we were never served by any waiter. We all got up a left. I'll never return. We told the girl at the restaurant front desk we were leaving and she only said sorry., We also told the front desk of the casino and they only said it's run by another company - ZERO responsibility! I will never return or recommend this place. Boo! If I could give a negative star review if i could! Left and went to STROKES! read more

By a long way the best fine dining in all of parker. Prime rib delicious lobster excellent salads beautiful and great taste. If you can get Rob or Rhonda ( she only works Tuesday and Thursday). Either make fine dining a great experience. The only BIG flaw is they'll ask " do you have a reservation" and the place will be near empty and the hostess will pause way too long to see if she can seat you. Been going there over 12 years and and this reservation nonsense has stayed the same Was there last week. Slipping. Cold stuffed mushrooms, salads unattractive, one of two lobster tails undercooked both filets just so so And the hostess played that do you have a reservation game and had virtually no business and made us wait an hour. The review above covers the last 10 to 12 years. This one ( above) was last week. Probably at best a two star night. Because they have potential gave them a break. read more

This steak house is in the blue water casino it was very small but very elegant. Was greeted at the front gentlemen was very polite and said it would be best to make reservations but can try to fit us in and he did very small wait time. I ordered the steak and pasta. We were greeted by our server with ice water and fresh hot bread and butter. With my meal I also selected clam chowder which in my opinion tasted way better than off the wharf in San Fran! Great start! My meal came portions where a little small but this is not a buffet. Ordered my steak medium it came perfect, first bite was speechless, excellent taste, perfectly seasoned, and had a wonderful char taste. Overall experience was great price was a tad high but I felt I wasn't robbed. read more

We celebrate our anniversary here for the last 4 years. The service is impeccable, they really know what they're doing. We've never had a bad experience here. The food is delicious and awesome! We will be here next year again to celebrate our 30th anniversary with River Willow Steakhouse at the Blue Water Casino! read more

Another awesome dinner!! The food was spot on and the service was perfect and very friendly. I had the fillet and it was cooked perfect!! I highly recommend this place if you're looking for great food and service.. I believe this was our 4th visit and we haven't been disappointed as of yet!!! read more