La Riv Kitchen & Bar

A must dinner spot in central texas.
Great service and food is unmatched in the area.
Try it and you'll be hooked!.
Family friendly also.

We enjoy dining here regularly! It feels like each dish is made with love! I recommend the grilled Caesar salad. It's delicious. Shrimp scampi is amazing! When the weather is nice be sure and enjoy the outdoor seating. Service is always great!

Delicious atmosphere quite sophisticated. A neighborhood gem. I've dined and also gone to happy hour which was amazing.

Well at first, I thought I was going to be disappointed. I saw a dish on the on line menu that I really wanted. Well it wasn't available on today's menu! Service started off a little slow but there was a big group there. I tried the short rib pasta and was not disappointed! Short ribs melted in my mouth and the pasta was perfectly cooked. My wife had the filet and it was also cooked to perfection. Will go back in the evening to sample the full menu. The restaurant was clean and had a great neighborhood feel.
I also heard the wood oven pizza is really good! For you over in West Temple you need to try this place!

Super upset we were not attended. They are understaffed we Waited a while almost 2 hours for our dinner, and the steaks that we ordered were red with some blood inside super upset this was a meal that was as a birthday gift. All they said was sorry didn't even care nor did I even met or was able to speak with the manager. So we just paid and left.

We drove 1h to get to this place cause my friend said I would be pleasantly surprised with their food and their osso buço is gluten free.
This is a relatively small restaurant, but a very nice one. They even have a piano!
My husband ordered the beef short ribs pasta and he said it was very flavorful and tasty. I had to have the Ossobuco with polenta. I could taste that the Ossobuco had been slow cooked as it was very tender and the sauce was thick. The polenta was also perfect! It was very smooth and I could taste some butter. It was a big dish, but I could eat it all by myself and in fact, I wish I had a bit more of the polenta.
There was only missing a tad bit of salt, but this was it.
Will definitely be back!

Wife and I tried for the first time after hearing mixed reviews. The food was decent but definitely overpriced for what you get. If I had to give a quick summary I'd say this restaurant gives off high class vibes but definitely doesn't meet the expectations. Wouldn't return.

Food and Service are always excellent! The Bleu Cheese Wedge is great and the meatballs are tasty!! Steve likes the short ribs.

Why has it taken me so long to discover La Riv Kitchen & Bar? Last week I met a friend for lunch here. I loved it so much, I met two more friends today.

On my first visit we shared the wedge salad. I was a little skeptical at first because it has bleu cheese on it. I'm not a fan of bleu cheese, but wanted to be a good sport, so agreed to trying it. Grilled romaine, candied bacon, cherry tomatoes, and bleu cheese works. Who knew? During the same visit, I had Bolognese rigatoni and my friend had the shrimp scampi. Both were large portions and we each took a 'doggy bag' home.

I couldn't stop thinking about the wedge salad, so today, two more friends and I met for lunch. This time they were unsure about ordering a salad with bleu cheese on it, but at my insistence they gave it a go. Yep. They loved it too.

In addition we ordered pizza. One would have been enough to share, but at the advice of our server, we each got one and once again I had food to take home. I got the vegetarian, one friend got the Margherita and the other got the pepperoni. We agreed the pepperoni was our fav. Next time, we will share the salad and a pepperoni pizza. Loved the chew on the chargrilled crust and the ratio of toppings to cheese to sauce.

We also ordered a margarita each and thought it was well made.

La Riv has great food, ambience, and service. I look forward to bringing the Mr. here for date night soon!

absolutely amazing!! the salmon was perfect and my grandma loved her Shrimp Scampi! she said it was the best in town. also, Reagan is a cutie patootie and gave great service!! 10/10 recommend!