Readers reviews for The River Café

One of the best restaurants in London offering great italian cooking in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere. Very good service and good value for money considering the very high standard of food and service.
Great for Sunday lunch.

I have been here many times now, mostly for lunch, but occasionally on an evening too. There is something very unique about the River Café – perhaps it centres on their choice of ingredients and their simple philosophy with food, but you can always guarantee a tasty, well-presented meal within a lovely ambience… More

Being “Easties”, we rarely travel this far west for a meal. Our previous visit had been about 5yrs before, but we felt that a return visit was needed. A good decision. Our late summer mid week long lunch was possibly our most enjoyable meal of 2011. As others have mentioned, the riverside location and large glass wall… More

Go for a 7pm booking; watch the theatre come alive. For that is what it is. Pure theatre. Well, between that and a sleek liner. It was our first time, and of course the history is all part of the atmosphere; we were pretty thrilled to be there. Try to get a table near the oven – cooking area – No, it’s not hot. Rebuilt… More

Having read the rather negative reviews so far, I feel compelled to write a more positive one about my visit yesterday. I ate at River Cafe a good few years ago and remember a simple, but utterly delicious experience. Knowing that restaurants can fade quite dramatically once the accolades start rolling in, there was… More