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| - I've had dinner at the River Cafe twice. Both times I've left thinking the place was just ok, but at the same time I'd recommend the place, mainly because of its setting.
The atmosphere is excellent. The restaurant is set in Prince's Island Park, a picturesque park right off the downtown core. We parked our vehicle in Kensington, a small community on the other side of the river and had a great walk along the river on our way to dinner. The decor is rustic and hip, with shelves made out of canoes, snowshoes on the wall (I think), and tall ceilings with big wooden beams all through the restaurant. It's very "Canadian-chic," if that's even a term.
The menu - I'm not a big wine person, but from what I could tell the wine list was quite long. Lots to choose from. The food menu was a bit limited for me because I'm not a big seafood eater, but what we ordered was delicious (yummy steaks).
The service is where I found a couple of flaws. My husband and I were celebrating our wedding anniversary and had made a reservation for the patio. We had to wait about twenty minutes, which wasn't a huge deal, but it did make an impression on me. As well, at the end of our meal we felt like the server forgot we were there. Our plates sat in front of us for over a half an hour. We decided to skip dessert because of the bad service and ended up going to another restaurant to finish celebrating.
I feel like they have some great servers on their staff, but they've also got some amateurs who, while they look the part, seem to have forgotten or never learned how to provide excellent service.
Just my two cents.
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