We've been here several times, really a great restaurant setting and the food and service are always good. But I have one suggestion for them. We got the catfish and it was very disappointing. The actual fish part was very thin with a thick coating of breading. It didn't taste bad but there wasn't much fish to it. I won't order that again unless they change to regular filets. read more

Good atmosphere with a great view. Loaded chicken breast was tasty with the breading as it was fried. The pork chop was tasty and tender. All in all, a very good experience. read more

We have eaten here several times and have had some good and bad food here. Service is always friendly. Their steaks and sirloins are overcooked a lot but this time I got their BBQ Chicken Nachos and they were the best dish I have gotten here! read more

The River - BBQ Nachos - Best thing on menu! - Steakhouses Near Me - Batesville, Arkansas

Always have the best service, great drinks and food. Loved the live music that was played Saturday night. Best bartenders too!

Great service. Good food for this area. Disappointed that green beans were canned. Dessert was excellent

Outstanding food with a view of the river. Very clean and bright with ample space between tables. Service was good and food was delicious and well presented. read more

Stop in for lunch on a Tuesday. Not to well attended so we're concerned. The staff was pleasant and attentive. Good came quickly and was good. Nothing outstanding but well prepared and tasty. The catfish was well done (small portions but enough) with a choice of grilled or fried, a nice perk. The sides were good. The meatloaf was a little dry, the au gratin potato were plan. The con were the mushy canned green beans! The burgers were good! Our waitress was great! read more

Loved this restaurant. Good food and beautiful views from the huge outdoor patio overlooking the river and dam. Everyone was so friendly too. They are 100% pet friendly. We are going to eat there again tonight! read more

Back in Batesville for youth basketball tournament this weekend. We were starving and would up at the River. Wife and I were looking forward to the fried catfish. Two ordered steak and one pasta. Great sunset and awesome venue. Chips and salsa, check Waitress, lost 20 minutes Cheese dip, check Waitress, AWAL 15 minutes Water, check Waitress, doing something behind the bar 20 minutes Order taken, check Food, 40 minutes Taste, was probably good at one point but was cold. Not a great thing for catfish. Drink refills, 15 minutes Out the door, 2 hours.... Strange thing that it wasn't that busy Whole event, stressful read more

Very nice restaurant with a fantastic view of the river. Service and food were very good. The fried fish entree was very good and highly recommended. read more

I'm NOLA and traveling thru. This was a very nice restaurant over looking the local river. Clean, service was friendly and food was good.

My first time at this restaurant. Location is very beautiful! We sat on the deck and it was the perfect weather! Our waiter was on top of things! The only complaint was my mashed potatoes were cold not warm at all...however everything else was great! read more

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The food and service are great at this restaurant. I was just there with a large group and were well taken care of during our dinner. The location is also beautiful sitting right on the water with several windows overlooking the river. read more

The River has a nice location overlooking the river flowing through Batesville. It has a spacious dining room but don't expect elegance. Definitely a family style restaurant. Our waitress was nice and got drinks out in good order. I gave a 3 star rating. Overall food was between a 3-4 star judging from the adults' reaction. My catfish was fine. The kids didn't care about the food, just having fun. Our daughter was left behind with her dessert order after everyone was through eating. Two stars. The waitress was very apologetic and got it to her ASAP. For a large party of 5 adults and 5 children, the waitress garnered 3.5 to 4 stars. read more

Great location. The kitchen staff just goes by recipes that aren't good the potatoes and side r separate and cold. The steaks r far from Colton's good. The tin crusts pizzas r pretty good tye ranch is homemade the fried mushrooms r beer battered. But the food doesn't match up to the location and atmosphere. But mostly a place for the Batesville elite to drink show off and eat whatever there buzzing and don't care. It's the place to b seen. And the waitress staff likes to ditch the kitchen help because they hand with miss millionare owner and go over to her house. Doesn't matter if there buts r an Ax handle wide. There job is locked in and probly making over a grand a week. So they feel like anyone below there income lever they have a right to bad mouth kitchen help. That's usually how the female mind works and the males mind works off of beauty not a big but overweight servers who make bank think. read more

I ordered medium sirloin steak on my birthday yesterday dinner. When i got my steak it was well done. I automatically informed the waitress about it and so she went to informed the kitchen about my steak she went back and said that they want to see the steak and she did brought it to them. She went back and said that they're doing my steak. 10mins pass maybe or longer. But she brought my steak and it was medium unseasoned and burn outside. I am not sure if the kitchen did it intentionally out of spike or idk if they're kitchen is just the worst. I didn't even want to complain again caught i hate to waste the food. I only had 3 bites but didn't eat anymore cause it was unseasoned and burnt after taste. They gave $15 discount and she also forget my husband's salad so we just take out the salad because she forgot about it. But it was a big disappointment specially on my birthday it seems like every time we go there, there's someone going on. The waitress was distracted and the kitchen is a mess. read more

Don't. Bottom line. This could be a really neat restaurant. We spent $120 for two meals, appetizer and two mixed drinks. Was not impressed by anything and everything lacked flavor. We ordered the fillet and seared ahi tuna...I ended the night with food poisoning as well from the tuna. read more

Cons: My wife's filet was overcooked. The twice-baked potato was nasty, I asked if they made them there, the waiter said yes. However, they were all gray and seemed to have been made in the morning and left all day then microwaved just before service. Not worth the extra $2.50 charge as a premium side. Instead i asked for potato chips, which was a small bag of Lays you can buy at Costco in bulk and asked to remove the extra charge, which they did. Pros: After the filet was overcooked, my wife asked for the ribs instead, which was the Thursday special. The waiter obliged, and removed the filet from the ticket. My filet was cooked perfectly, but for a filet was a little tough. It had nice flavor, though. The baked beans were the highlight, though. The service was good and didn't take too long for the order to come out. read more

The River - Overcooked 6oz filet, nasty twice-baked potato, green beans - Steakhouses Near Me - Batesville, Arkansas

This would be a good place for a steakhouse. Rib eye was tough...food got cold...steak not tasty, not seasoned. Batesville knows no difference and apparently just accepts this. This wouldn't fly in NW Arkansas - people would go elsewhere, sorry. All was not lost though as the salad was good, my dog will do away with the remains. Service and everything else was fine. read more

It was just alright. I was hoping it would be more. Staff needs training or retraining. They are lack luster and unmotivated.

Good pizza very good service the view is very beautiful to look at they did give me coke and I ask for Pepsi read more

The River - Pizza - Steakhouses Near Me - Batesville, Arkansas

Big restaurant with a nice view. Staff was friendly and we were served in an adequate amount of time. I asked for Cajun pasta with a modification of no sausage, substitute with shrimp. I only received shrimp but I didn't miss the chicken. I did however miss the bold flavors associated with Cajun seasoning. Also the sauce was looser than I expected. read more

Can't order a rare burger, they use low-quality meat, so you have to have it medium or cremated. I didn't order one. I can't remember the entree I ordered, actually. I remember not eating it, whatever it was. Just one bite and then eating the cold fries. Server was terrible. Seriously terrible. Food was cold, and not good at all. Mermaid water cocktails were nice, but would have been nicer if the server had ever come back to the table to offer us another round. Had to Inconvenience her by interrupting her "dump and run" of the cold plates and asking her for a drink. We weren't the only ones who got terrible service and disappointing food. The tables around us weren't thrilled, either. Terrible shame. CIX was really nice and the food was really good. We thought this would be, too. Unfortunately, it was just as awful as Josie's was previously. read more

The River - Steakhouses Near Me - Batesville, Arkansas

We came for a weekend visit and we have always heard great things about this place, but we were very disappointed! Worst customer service I've ever experienced!! My family and I were seated and forgotten about. NOT one server acknowledged us sitting in the middle section. We sat there for 15mins. Then my husband and I looked at each other and said "give them two more minutes." Well at this point another family sat down at the table right beside ours, and a server was right there to take their drink order. We both looked at each other and said, "let's go!" They are lucky I gave them one star, because if I had an option to give no star on this app I would say NO STAR!! read more

The service was really great. Loved the view of the river. But I beg you... try those wings!!

This was our first time returning to the restaurant since it has been rebranded as the "Best Dam Steakhouse." Josie's had been my restaurant of choice for a reasonably priced night out in the area, but tonight's experience left a lot to be desired. The service was friendly, but not extremely attentive. Our food came out in a timely manner but wasn't up to par for what we paid. A single pizza for 15 should be a higher quality than the local Pizza Hut. I also noticed that many, if not most of the items on the menu had increased in price enough that our regular order was too far out of our budget.The experience we had felt shadowed by the old Josies and I don't know when we'll be making a return visit. Pros -Friendly Service -Pizza toppings and sauce were well portioned and flavored. -Menu was largely maintained from Josie's old menu. Cons -Service was very rushed at times, despite good natured servers. -Most popular menu items had a price increase of ~$2 (Menu was not cheap to begin with.) -$5 Salsa tasted like it had come from a store-bought jar. -Pizza crust was lack luster (even a little olive oil would've been nice). Felt and tasted not entirely dissimilar to communion bread. -Either less mozzarella on the pizza or different white cheeses than just mozz would be nice. -Recieved check literally 5 minutes after food arrived, and didn't see server again for what felt like at least 20-30 minutes. There is a lot of room to recover here, but without some changes this will not be a place that we frequent. This felt more like just a damn steakhouse than the Best. read more

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We stopped in here mainly because of it he reviews. Those reviews of the scenery that is. Which did not disappoint.the whole side that faces the White River is windows. However the name has changed to The River. I got the pork chop with side salad and broccoli. There was a pepper based seasoning on the chop, that I really enjoyed. My wife got the steak salad, substituted the steak with shrimp. Which she was advised the shrimp would be $2 a piece. So she opted for steak on the side. I finished the steak for her as my desert and it was cooked very well. Ordered it med and that is just the way it came out. We are just passing through however I would definitely eat here again read more

The River - Pork chop - Steakhouses Near Me - Batesville, Arkansas

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Great place. Seat yourself at the bar to see the open kitchen. Great staff. Cold drinks and great steaks.

Excellent time enjoying my loaded potato with either pulled pork or chicken bites for topping meat! The view from above the White River rapids was very soothing while I dined. There are many full course meals to choose from, but I was full with my small order but huge potato as well as a medium sized salad for $13.20 tax included. Not bad! I'll definitely come back!! read more

This use to be our favorite restaurant in Batesville. What a disappointment we had today. Started with appetizers jalapeño poppers you could not recognize the type of cheese in them and it tasted awful. Deep fried mushrooms, we always get these, were not button mushrooms this time and the batter was different but they were so greasey almost inedible. We had the daily special Chicken Fried Steak and Chicken Parmesan. The chicken fried steak was ok but the mashed potatoes were bland, NO flavor and the green beans were bland and no flavor. The Chicken Parm was disgusting. Pasta noodles were cold, pasta sauce was cold and watery, chicken patty was cold and the mozzarella cheese on top was cold and not even melted. We took our food with us I thought maybe I would try to heat up my pasta but it was so watery it soaked through the to go container and got all over my seat in my truck. WOW did not see that coming. The only tasty food was the rolls. We were so disappointed because we really liked going here. The waitress was a doll very good and very nice. read more

We stopped on the way through town. The food was great as well as the view. The staff was very friendly and attentive!

My husband and I traveled from Dallas, Texas to take my grandma to a nice steak dinner. We had a party of about 20 people. The food was terrible came out cold. Our server was perfect and the drink were okay. I would never get here again. read more

Loaded chicken waitress refused to take back n bring what was described on menu told me cheese was in gravy she was rude didn't want to fix mistake wasn't familiar with menu items read more

I've been here twice on business and love this place. It's huge, right on the water, and really good food!!! The staff is always friendly and helpful. Service has always been fast!!! I had the chicken strips which were moist and tasty!!! The breaking was light and there was plenty of it. The fries were good as was the salad. Would love to eat here during the summer on the deck!!!! read more

The River - Steakhouses Near Me - Batesville, Arkansas

Me and my dad came and ate the Philly Tri tip and it was the bomb! But the wings are a little pricey 18$ for twelve but when you walk in you can tell it's gonna be more expensive. And the service was great checked up regularly and was very professional! All in all really good environment and atmosphere, would recommend! read more

first id like to start off that I'm usually not one to complain, however after this experience I feel like I should say a thing or two, whether this reaches the owner or not. My siblings and I decided to give this place a try after hearing it was good. However what we experienced was anything but good. We had to wait over a hour just to get our food, and while we waited we were only checked up on once, by someone that wasn't even our waitress! They say they were slammed but there was one big party surrounded by maybe 5 other smaller parties and at least 5 waitresses. while we were waiting for our food we kept looking towards the back where the soda fountain is and my siblings and I saw at least 3 of the waitresses sitting in the back eating rolls an talking. My siblings and i were talking amongst ourselves about how long the food was taking when one waitress overheard and immediately went to the back to talk to the other waitresses. We also saw the cooks cooking without hairnets or gloves and didn't see them wash their hands once. After we received our food what we were given was very disappointing. My burger was cold and charred. It was so burnt It was way beyond recognition. It was hard too with how burnt it was, it looked like a lump of coal. Now my sister pasta was also disgusting. It was extremely watered down and just tasted like butter noodles with a slight dusting of garlic. I would also like to note how her chicken Was extremely dry. Also her salad was extremely brown and bad. Now my brothers grilled cheese was alright beside the toast being charred however he still ate it because we were so hungry. Finally after complaining to our waitress she told the manager I'm assuming and they did seem too happy. I understand sometimes places can be understaff and busy as I worked in food service however that was not busy or understaff. they just seemed lazy and inattentive. anyways will not be suggesting this place to anyone or going back there. Would also like to note they attempted to make it right by not having us pay anything, however doesn't make up for the lost time that could have been spent in my sister studying for her midterm. Also looked like the manager was eating the burger I sent back in the back. read more

Failed on 2 attempts to cook a medium rare ribeye and then our server disappeared. We had to ask another server to cash us out. Very strange. I won't go back unless someone else is buying. read more

The food is so much better than it use to be. So glad they got the right staff. The staff is great and the view is wonderful.

The building and location are great. The food is pretty decent. I do find it somewhat overpriced for the quality/area.

BooYa! Hey let me tell y'all this place is well worth the visit!! First off, the place is Huge, Open Airy and a fantastic view of the river and dam. Our server and bartender, we ate at the bar, Ms. Paige T. was a true top notch professional!!! Always ahead of us on pouring and refilling ice cold beers and my request for a good Long Island Ice Tea was beyond expectations..Read strong Now the meals...super delicious and bountiful portions. We watched dishes being served, remember at the bar which exposes the chefs at work, and they all looked fantastic. Don't let the name fool y'all, they serve it all...pizza, burgers, chicken a.k.a. yard bird, to fine steaks and pasta dishes. As a national traveler who eats put almost daily everywhere, this is well worth your stop. Ask for Paige at the bar...she is a Rock Star! read more