Restaurant RIVA - Mediterran Inspiriert

4 ralf sjaunja - 4 months ago

Almost everything was 5*. Elegant interior, nice view to Weser outside and professional service. Good selection of beer. Only my 14€ lunch-chicken was a plump. More like a 9€-chicken or what you get in a school-canteen.

1 Schmonny Von Welt (Trouble) - 3 years ago

Absolutely not fair.

I did mention 3 times that my food is too salty, no reaction. The manager walked also through the restaurant but did only greet special guests. Not everyone. We felt quite secondary. For this „high class“ restaurant was that a very poor presentation. The pasta was more spicy than anything else. The mashed potatoes were super salty I even left more than the half- again no reaction. Poor poor poor

1 Chris Utzerl - 3 years ago

Ok, after reading the reply from the owner I will just avoid this place.

You surely need some good night sleep.

***

It's alright, but nothing special - like the prices would suggest.

The fries were not homemade,... The filet for 30eur was too salty.

Also the waiter was just a strange dude...***

1 Joan Miller - 3 months ago

I made a mistake choosing them - Absolute waste of time and money!!

2 Sebastian Foerster - 4 years ago

Superficially nice, but flaws add up catastrophically. I've been there on Good Friday 2018 with family and was majorly disappointed. From the beginning to the end grouped by topic in pros/cons style (bear in mind that they are expensive for a mid-class restaurant):

Pros: I had body-peeled yet not severed tiger prawns as starter (very nice).

Cons: My cousin ordered tagliatelle with tiger prawns as main dish, but got linguine instead (without a word) and the tiger prawns were still in their whole shell (she kept the dish, but it was a mess for her).

Pros: I had the 14 oz rib-eye as main course with steak fries, caesar's salad and herb butter as trimmings and a glass of perfectly adequate Merlot to go with it. It was perfectly medium with a decent crisp.

Cons: The waitress didn't bring a steak knife (I had to ask for one; she had to search the restaurant for it...). Then it actually wasn't a rib-eye but a super-thick rump steak (still perfectly medium though). Also instead of herb butter (as specified in the menu) I got pesto (yes, with slight anchovy flavor) that resembled a roll of herbs drenched in oil and respectively hard to handle (horrible, so I left it alone).

Now for the shocker: The salad was topped with parmesan and bacon, as I reckoned, but instead of the usual poultry addition (as I ate it dozens of times in hotels and restaurants of even higher-class throughout Europe), they served the anchovy version of it - to go with steak!!! That...thing I sent back, inquiring about the strong fish flavor. The waitress answered, that they keep to the original recipe and swapped it for an oil-drenched mediterranean salad. She then autonomously discussed it with the chef and got back to me referring to a Wikipedia entry and that the chef said, they keep to the "official US recipe". I don't know how the salad is served in the US, but I am certain that only idiots would willingly mix the flavor of a decent steak with the one of sardines. I mean, that really isn't surf u0026 turf - it's like eating from a rubbish bin.

Long story short: For the next person who wants to drag me there I only have two words with seven letters in total.

5 Max P - 2 years ago

Nice interior, good food. Very big portions. Our waiter Jana en the rest of the staff were friendly and spoke English well

4 Andrew Clarke - 4 years ago

Nice place to be.
Cosy interior, delicious dishes, polite and well experienced staff. Maybe a bit too noisy, though. We nevertheless had a pleasant evening there and only can recommend to frequent the Riva.
Cheers
Andrew