The River Room

From reading the reviews..this definitely sound like a Restaurant i would like to visit! I'm really looking forward to it.

Highly disappointed in their so called "makeover". Made a reservation for 8 and they made no mention of the changes to their menu. In fact, as of this writing, the website still touts their old menu. When presented with a completely different menu than we were expecting, we made the best of what we could find. With two highly selective eaters in the group, one asked if they could make a substitution on one of the side items that they could not eat. Rather than being accommodating or simply omitting the unwanted side, the chef informed the wait staff that we would have to have the order as designed and that it was insulting to request the change. Really, I think not Particularly when the restaurant had at most 4 other tables of diners. For a town filled with so many excellent choices and substantially better service, there is no need to put up with a prima donna chef of no stature creating a run of the mill collection of tapas. If the new "concept" you want is yet another tired theme restaurant with no regard for its patrons, enjoy. Otherwise, I recommend you take your business elsewhere....

I have been dining at the River Room for over 7 years now. It's always yummy. Shrimp and Grits are always a great choice. Service is never lacking.

We went here prior to a show. The ambiance was great. The food was excellent. The staff were wonderful. There was nothing at all bad about this experience. This is not a place for little kids, but definitely a place to go to get away from that kind of noise. We will be back!

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My husband and I ate at River Room the day before Valentines and the food was excellent! I had the duck which was perfectly cooked and my husband has the shrimp and grits which were equally good. The service was wonderful--very helpful and attentive. If River Room was a moderately priced restaurant, I would of given it 5 stars. But when a restaurant charges high-end prices than I will have high-end expectations. The bar area smelled like a place a smoker goes to die. Can you still smoke in restaurants?? I thought that was illegal. The decor was awful! The first thing you see when you walk in is a huge arrangement of dusty FAKE flowers, ughhh. It's the day before Valentines, get an arrangement of real flowers. The dining area looked like something out of the 90's. And it was a bit too bright. Minor complaints, I know, but a restaurant's atmosphere is important when people are shelling out big bucks for a meal. I think it would be helpful to the owner to go to a restaurant like Trois or Parkers (in Decatur) to see what high-end decor should look like.