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Riverside Lunch

4.4 (280 reviews)
Closed 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Updated 3 months ago

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Moderate noise
Casual
Good for groups
Good for kids

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Double smash burger with cheese!
Stephen R.

Service is awesome and very welcoming, food is awesome. My wife and I went here after an appointment, had smash burgers fries and onion rings! Best onion rings I've had. Burgers are on a different level! Wished I lived closer so I could go more often.

Bacon Cheeseburger Sub (3.5/5)
Clyde E.

It's more like 3.5 star. The place is tight on the inside, but cool. Service is quick and to the point dinner style. The food is simple and fast. Flattop fatty burgers with cheese. They're slinging them out by the dozens in a flash. The burgers lack any seasoning. Need that S&P if you ask me. The onion rings are the stand outs. We'll be back I'm sure. Check them out.

Wings Dings
Jess F.

All of our food was amazing. I love this place. Great price, great food, great people. The wings were very fatty and crispy which I love and the onion rings were amazing!!

Kayla H.

This is by far my favorite place to come when I visit Charlottesville! Get the 1/2 and 1/2 basket. It's plenty to share!

Cheeseburger, Basket of French Fries & Onion Rings.
R J.

The good was good. The service was exceptional. The prices on burgers was fair but the fries and especially the drink prices were a bit costly. Busy place, parking was difficult. $30 for two for lunch.

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Zoe G.

Went on a Saturday afternoon and it was full but not crazy busy. The prices are very reasonable. I got all fried food for my meal and my partner got a burger. The burger was good but I really think the fried foods are the highlights. The cheese balls were so good. They're pepper jack cheese cubes battered and fried. Also had fried mushrooms which I loved.

Bacon Double Cheeseburger
Joshua J.

This place doesn't look like much, but the service is southern friendly, which is the best, and the food was absolutely terrific. The burgers were made to perfection and the basket of fries were great to share with a friend. I'm glad we came and will add this to my list of go-to spots in Charlottesville.

Carrot Cake (yum)
John G.

This is officially my new favorite c-ville diner. They have by far, the best smash burgers around. We both got the double cheese burger. It was so satisfying. Our server (Ashley) was super nice and patient with us (first timers here). Her recommendations we went with. We treated ourselves to a piece of carrot cake which was locally made. The beef is sourced locally. Its all about local when you in live in c-ville. They do serve beer here, which is nice to know next time we visit (which we will be shortly). Didn't try this visit. Give it a shot. You'll enjoy this place. Keep doing what your doing!

Best Burger in Cville
rob p.

Old fashioned burger Crispy hot fries Fast friendly service Parking lot no good for trailers

Basket of fries. The burger pictured was a double bacon smash burger with, onions, peppers, tomatoes, lettuce.

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Awesome burger (double with mushrooms and mayo) with crispy sides and a combo basket of french fries and onion rings!

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Food decent but served on several small paper plates. Two cooks got into an intense verbal fight that included vulgarity.

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Food was good, but the person working there literally stood over my shoulder when the tip option came up (was a takeout order)

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Awesome place! Friendly! Great food! Definitely a new go to! They were fast! An old Diner feel!

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Great local joint for burgers & fries. Nothing fancy about it, the food is good and the prices are better.

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Order the basket of fries, mozz sticks, and cheeseburger "all the way' and it surely will not disappoint

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