We were in the Batavia area and had a taste for pizza so we went on a few other Yelper recommendations and tried Riverside Pizza and Pub. This is a very busy pizzeria and bar serving some great pizza and other bar food staples with a sports bar vibe. They have Happy Hour Mon-Fri from 3-6pm with beer,wine and martini specials . Their menu is huge with a nice selection of appetizers,burgers,salads ,pizza and pastas. We ordered a Sausage pizza and a GF Western pizza. Both were fantastic! Our server Evelyn was very nice and service was fantastic. With locations in Batavia, Oswego,So.Elgin and St.Charles..we will definitely be back ! read more

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This is a very popular pub with locals for good reason. It is family owned, well run and welcoming. It's a sports bar but family friendly too. Our server Evelyn was really nice. Prices are reasonable and the pizza is excellent. They also pour a great drink. I appreciate that they offer a gluten free pizza crust option even on their specialty pizzas. Happy hour goes until 6pm Monday through Friday and by arriving early you'll avoid waiting in line to be seated. We plan on returning to try other items on the extensive menu. read more

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Between the staff blatantly not wanting you to do the food challenge, to then intentionally making sure you fail, this place has nothing but self entitlement and woes. Save yourself and don't go. read more

Do not do their pizza food challenge. They claim the pizza challenge is a certain weight.However, they don't want you to win so they make your pizza way over the stated weight. A guy named eli tried the challenge ate the complete pizza.Even with the added weight and they denied his win.Because he supposedly washed his hands too soon and got up from the table. read more

Riverside Pizza & Pub - Look at the different size of pizza for the challenges - Pizza Near Me - Batavia, Illinois

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Posting a second review just to update from my last. I complained that to-go orders are often wrong and I stand by that - but eating in the restaurant has mostly been a positive experience. Half price wings on thursdays are great and pizzas are mostly consistent. Last time I was here my waitress lowkirkenuinely looked like Charlie Kirk so plz keep an eye out for her. My new complaint is their bar on the other side of the strip mall, Overflow. I was let in underage, and was sat down. Then I was carded when I got my order taken, even though I was only ordering a soda water! The waitress was very rude about it, she literally took the menu out of my hand immediately. I'm not angry about the rule but angry about the execution and enforcement. What made it worse is there was a woman across the bar with a beer in one hand and a newborn baby in the other hand- inappropriate and a young child inside is going against the under 21 rule. Obviously no shit the baby isn't gonna be drinking but KEEP THE RULES FAIR FOR EVERYONE! LET ME HAVE MY PLAIN ASS SODA WATER WITH MY FAMILY IN PEACE! read more

Gluten-free pizza was pretty half decent! Steve was all super friendly and the place was clean.

This may have the best pizza in town. It is our favorite pizza place so far. The appetizers are good too so they are perfect if you need to wait on a deep dish. It is busy on the discount day during the week but still worth the wait. During the summer, they have outside seating. read more

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Tried this out for the first time and would eat here again! We got the sampler appetizer to share. Then I got Half Rack Ribs and my son and husband got Pizza. With my meal I did get coleslaw and salad. I was very impressed with their coleslaw as I am not usually impressed. KFC is only other coleslaw I ever liked. Theirs was amazing as well. Ribs were wonderful- small taste of onions. We were highly impressed with service as Kelly did amazing and was very friendly and ambiance was fun! Great place all around! Kids friendly with kid menu as well! read more

Riverside Pizza & Pub - Half Slab - Ribs and Salad w/coleslaw - Pizza Near Me - Batavia, Illinois

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Do not do their pizza food challenge. They don't want you to win so they make your pizza way over the stated weight and the meat inside is raw. Even if you eat the entire pizza, they will find something to make sure you do not get the win. Shame on you all!! read more

Ordered 7 pizzas and salad for delivery for a holiday luncheon at work and everything from the phone calls to order and follow up calls for adding to the order to the delivery person to it all arriving on time went GREAT. The pizza was very good and liked by everyone. This was a 1st time order and will definitely use them again for any future work luncheons. A special thank you to Nicky and Megan! It was a pleasure doing business with you! read more

Excellent service by Katelynn S! We had a wonderful dining experience. We ordered to share Beer Battered Mozzarella Sticks and Sriracha Shrimp m. We also ordered each a 10" personal pizza. Love the atmosphere. Can sit anywhere at the bar. Touch Tunes jukebox is available. The food comes out fast and is hot and fresh. Reasonable prices. Great location and lots of parking. read more

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Sausage was raw on my pizza!!!! Nothing like getting raw food served to you. If I could leave a zero I would.

Recently went here with a group of 9. Typical sports bar vibe but with a more open feeling. Friday night was busy but the service was quick. God bless our waitress for putting up with the "old man jokes" from our table. Nothing raunchy, just picking on the wives and making generally dumb comments. I had the Southwest soup which was probably the best thing I tasted. Others really liked the other soup of the day. As my entree I ordered the half rack of ribs and fries. This I felt was just meh. It didn't have a lot of sauce which I prefer and was a little heavy on the paprika. Also thought they were a bit dry but that may have been because I like more sauce. Others ordered the bruschetta and pizzas. Bruschetta had way too much going on. The guys said the pizza was okay. Would I go back again? If someone else were paying and it was a family get together like this of course, but on my own-no. read more

Love Riverside Pizza and Pub. Come here often for pizza, slots and cold beverages! Always good service and a nice Happy Hour. read more

Riverside Pizza & Pub - Love Batavia Riverside Brewery. Come here often, slots, pizza and cold beverages! Always good service and a nice Happy Hour. - Pizza Near Me - Batavia, Illinois

First time there ... place is huge and busy on a Tuesday night but found some seats at the bar ... had a nice selection of draft beers ... went with the $5 modelo ... also had a dozen wings and they were big and crunchy. Service was nice and attentive ... would return without hesitation ! Had plenty of screens showing all games ... loved the atmosphere read more

Always a great time at riverside. I've been eating at riverside for years and am always satisfied. The pizza is phenomenal, wings are awesome, and the giant pretzel is a must have! read more

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I love their pizza and it's ridiculously cheap, the absolute best deal on pizza delivery in the tri cities no comparison. You'll pretty much always be able to get a seat here as long as the upstairs isn't closed for a private event, which is nice. Service is quick and friendly. Crowd is kinda weird lol but that's all right. Nothing bad. Get the beer nuggets! read more

It's not really a comfortable setting, it's crammed & loud But the food was very good Started with beer nuggets, it was large & pretty good. I had the chicken bruschetta salad it was huge & had plenty of dressing on it. Wife had ribs & shrimp combo, she actually liked the rib & she never likes anyone's ribs. 2- sons had Alfredo pasta dish. 1 added meatballs & the other added baked cheese. Both liked theirs. Last son had a chicken sandwich with fries, it was a decent portion too & good. Please do something about the glasses of water, it has a dirt after taste to it. I drank 1/2 of mine & all 5 at the table were the same. Wife said lemonade wasn't good either, probably the same water. Bill was $100 B4 tip for 5 dinners with an app & 2 lemonades read more

Stopped in on a Saturday night for late drinks and pizza. Pizza was fine, not the best I've had but it was edible and came out hot. Drinks were cold and service good. Not sure I'd come for a family dinner but certainly would stop in again to hang out. read more

Consistently good food and specials keep us coming back! Great neighborhood hang out feel and plenty of tvs. It can get very busy so the service can be a touch slowed but overall the team does a good job with service. read more

Riverside Pizza & Pub - Football - Pizza Near Me - Batavia, Illinois

Nice Pizza restaurant in Downtown Batavia, we ordered Deep Dish Pepperoni, Thin Crust Vegetarian, Fireside Salad (Mixed Greens) and Cheeseburger/ Fries. Pizza was average and the amount of sauce could have been better. The Fireside salad had generous portions in which the salad and toppings were very fresh. Large selection of food on the menu. Service was great and very accommodating with food allergies. Restaurant busy, clean and fantastic Atmosphere. Thank you read more

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My family was on vacation back home and we stopped in to this pizza place because my son is a pizza-holic and it did not disappoint. Honestly, I believe if you can get your hands on a pizza that has a tasty sauce (not too sweet, bland, or salty), you can't go wrong. The price was fair and the establishment was perfect for a family outing by the river. They had a nice bar for a cool drink on a hot day and games for the kids to play. The employees were polite and pizza came out in 15 minutes. I would have taken a picture but my son devoured it before I had the chance. read more

These guys undercooked my pizza and had terrible service. The staff was rude and my waitress failed to bring me any refills. Will not be coming back. read more

Riverside has the BEST pizza in the area. Other food is good as well but their pizza is the best. Their specials each night are amazing as well as their happy hour. Definitely recommend! read more

Terrrible food and service saw rats all over .The staff are rude and overall just a horrible place to eat . STAY AWAY!!!!!!!

Great pizza here! My boyfriend and I come here every month to see what the new pizza of the month is. It's always a fun and adventurous flavor that always ends up being delicious! The pizza comes out hot and has always been great. I'd say it's about a 25 minute wait for the pizzas. The service is friendly and attentive. The atmosphere is what you would expect from a pub or a sports bar, it can get a bit loud but it doesn't interfere with the experience as a whole. I would recommend trying the pizza of the month! read more

Riverside Pizza & Pub - Pizza Near Me - Batavia, Illinois

I've been here a few times since moving to the area, both ordered to go and sat in dinning. Their service is always fast. I've tried and loved their giant pretzel, thin and thick pizzas, their soups and their Italian beef... everything is always top notch delicious! read more

This is our favorite local pizza spot! Their thin crust is so good and not at all greasy. We pretty consistently order pizza for pickup or delivery. They are always on time or early with the order and it's never been wrong. read more

Love their pizza, excellent! Service was great and atmosphere was clean and pleasant!

Two years ago, we were visiting family in the area. My brother in law and his wife, knowing what fans of good pizza my husband and I are, brought us to Riverside Pizza in Batavia. It was so good we came back a second time. Our third time, we brought our son. We have not had a bad pizza there. The first two times there was 6:00-6:30, probably peak dinner time. I don't remember which days we were there but middle of work week. It was crowded and loud but I don't recall having to wait. If we did wait, it wasn't long. Our third time was this past weekend on Mothers' Day. The restaurant was open and had a few people. It was not loud. Good pizza, good time! read more

No AC on one of the hottest days this month. Made dining quite uncomfortable Food & service was good though. read more

I usually order takeout, very fast service. When I'm there in person, the staff is very friendly, the pizza is good, the chicken wings too!!

It was really good. We got the bruschetta and a cheese, sausage and roasted red pepper pizza. Both we good. Staff could be a tad warmer but they were fine. Definitely going back. read more

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This might be one of the worst eating experiences I have ever had I walked in with a group of people immediately upon walking in all of us were like it's hotter in here than it is outside. I'm talking no ventilation at all. It was so hot in there I would say it had to be at least 85° inside the restaurant easily We're standing there, waiting, waiting waiting. We should've walked out right then and there just from the temperature alone, and the fact that we couldn't get seated, but we were all hungry, it just completely went downhill. The hostess had an attitude she basically came over like what do you want? What do you think we're doing standing here playing Tiddly winks? we want to be seated, right? The server kept asking us to order order ready order. We couldn't even think it was so hot and all of us were dripping wet and sweaty, getting flushed in the face so I asked is there no air conditioning in here or what's going on? They said the air conditioning is on the roof so we don't run it. The food was subpar at best. And now cheap. I visited this restaurant Saint Charles's location about a year ago and was blown away by the service (even though they were slammed) and I thought the food was great. This was the exact opposite 360° experience I would never come back here if they gave me food for free for the rest of my life I cannot tell you how uncomfortable it was It was made worse, not only by the snarky attitudes of all the staff, but the temperature was just unbearable. It's a day later and I still have a migraine because of how dehydrated we got in there I understand they're probably miserable as well working in there, but that's not the customers fault. They had a lot of customers in there. I don't know how as hot as it was but all of us were thinking they cheaping out not running air-conditioning It made eating experience absolutely horrific. Unbearable. As a result, I now will not return to any of their locations. I don't give my money to establishments that treat the customer like a piece of crap and are too cheap to run any kind of ventilation whatsoever not even any fans nothing If I could give negative stars, I would We got a salad. The salad was huge for the price. I'll give it that and I asked the server. How do we serve the salad? with our hands? Do you have tongs, she said no we don't have tongs here. I'm thinking OK well, if you don't have air conditioning I can understand that we had to scoop the huge salad out individually with forks , I live in a house and I have tongs here so that was another strike Couldn't get any more dressing because the only time she came around was to be snarky, rude, and demanding and I didn't even want to deal with it at that point. The pizza was OK. it was nothing to write home about it was half price, luckily that's about all that it's worth if that. the cheese sticks were so small. It wasn't even the size of your pinky We were holding them up like what is this? don't bother wasting your time. Don't believe this place is still in business. I gave a tip, but man that was hard for me because I really don't think it was warranted. I have never seen such piss poor attitudes. read more

We're new to the area and already love Riverside. We order delivery from there a lot. The pizza is the best we've found near us, and delivery is very fast. Thank you, Riverside. read more

Wow, COOL spot! I've been to all of the Riversides now, and the layout of this one is the best. Super cool, super open space. It's a big open room with a ton of TVs, great on game day! Riverside's food is good. It's not a surprise what you will get...Good pizza and bar food. It's just that this location has the atmosphere to make it worth the visit for family pizza night, an after game dinner for the team or a watch party with friends. Check them out! read more

Went there the other night. The tweens (yes, I exaggerate) they have as hostesses need some training. Guess what? Be as smiley and friendly to the customers as you are to your co-hostesses. That is a start. My son arrived before us, the hostesses told him that they had a reservation for us. I called him to say we were a little late and he asked if we had a reservation since the hostesses were not the sharpest. We did not. He put his name in for a table. They told my son an hour wait. I walk up about 5 minutes later and they tell me should be 20-25 minutes. It was busy and our server was okay. Zero personality. Even when you are busy, being friendly makes you more money. As we were leaving, I told my husband to leave a bigger tip since some items were on special. My youngest son laughed and said, "Why? She barely did anything." Food was fine. Service was adequate, but lackluster. I'm sick of the excuse that it's so hard to find staff. If you have a job, do your best at that job or find another one. This is a busy place and the opportunity to make great tips is there. As far as food goes, our table had the fries topped with Italian beef, chicken parmigiana, caesar salad, a burger, and a pot roast sandwich. All items were good. The food is not an issue here. It is all fine. We like to go where the food is good AND the service is competent and welcoming. They're about 40% of the way there. read more

We are new to the area and have been trying all the local pizza places. Riverside Pizza came recommended so we had high hopes. Ordered a large thin crust sausage pepperoni and mushroom and then added 12 wings. The wings were HUGE and had zero flavor. The drumettes were as big as chicken legs. They were not even edible. I don't know why restaurants think big wings are what people want. So gross. The pizza was mediocre at best. If you're having a party and looking for something to eat for people who have been drinking this might be your place but if you're looking for good pizza...keep searching. For the pizza, wings and delivery plus tip the total came to $59. read more

Do not , Do nootttttt order the grinder fries . Honestly the worst food I've eaten in years. I can buy frozen fries and microwave them at my house better . The menu is way too large. Putting as many items and options to buy when half the menu isn't executed properly . Underwhelming read more

Great Pizza. Terrible service The bartenders spend more time talking with their co-workers at the end of the bar than they do serving customers I can't seem to get a drink but they have time to pour shots for themselves read more