Ok, I get it. This place has good reviews. And I will start off by saying I've only been here once, and I had dinner. I have not tried their breakfast or lunch. So I am reviewing solely based on my dinner experience there. I was feeling like comfort food on a Monday night, so my hubby suggested we go to Riverview since it is right down the road from our house. We had not tried it since their renovation, so we figured we were due. I ordered the meatloaf, because I am a huge fan of meatloaf and I consider it my go-to comfort food. When I think of good meatloaf, I picture moist, well-cooked meat that has a little crispiness on top and then the meat is juicy on the inside. This was not at ALL what I got. I got a huge plate that looked anything but appetizing and was DRENCHED in gravy. This did not look like sliced meatloaf either. The meat looked like brown sponges, like a cafeteria mystery-meat. Still, I decided to not just go off of how disgusting it looked and actually try it. Well that didn't help either. It had a frozen taste to it big time. I've had On-Cor frozen dinner meatloaf that tasted better than this. To top it off, half the plate had flavorless peas to accompany the meatloaf, and a pretty tiny scoop of mashed potatoes that were also sub-par.
My husband ordered a Fettuccine Alfredo. Again, I get this is not a fancy Italian place so he wasn't expecting gourmet. Just some good pasta with some good sauce at a good price. The price was ok, however, the sauce was not creamy at all. It was so runny and bland. Again, I don't know if this is sauce from a jar, if it is made there, or if it's frozen. What I can say is that it was not good and please no one order this. We were so upset because we both wanted to eat some comfort food in this nice diner (which by the way is VERY nice on the inside) but all we got were meat sponges and watery noodles. I could have made all of this at home, spent way less, and had food that actually had quality to it. And also keep in mind when it comes to being a picky eater, well my husband and I pretty much love ALL food. Like seriously, it's really hard for us to think something is bad.
I guess perhaps they need to bring their dinner menu to a reasonable amount of choices, and make those fresh and delicious. Their dinner menu is pretty huge (they even have Chinese food, seriously?) There's no reason I should go out and spend almost $30 for a dinner for two just to eat frozen, poorly made food. read more