Restaurants near Carson Avenue Holiday home

Drove an hour from North Lake as we love this restaurant and it didn’t disappoint. Excellent food as always and great service

Stephanie was a great server and the support staff as well.

Expected a bit of “more show than go” but was impressed overall. The atmosphere and vibe, of course, is extremely pleasing. There were nine of us and we were pleased to be accommodated. Our server did a really really good job. A group of our size can be a lot but she handled us with the upmost professional and timely service possible. Collectively we ordered most of the menu. The hits: the bread course, the goat cheese balls with hot honey, the sliders and the very ample lobster Cobb. The one big miss: Tuna tostadas. A nice portion of 3 but compared to EVERYTHING else it was utterly bland. Here’s the secret… order the goat cheese balls and save the slaw to top the tuna and it’s a hit. The other miss: they would NOT serve anyone sitting in a bar stool. The ladies had seats but our husbands had to stand and the refused service.  I can understand a concern about the walkways filling with too many folks for the servers to work around but this really is a bad policy.  we ultimately left for another pre dinner drink at the bar before returning for dinner.  never give your patrons a reason to leave the restaurant or you might not get them back. Our server had no idea who the producer of Vanderpump Cab from Sonoma was. She should be provided that information. That said we had a fabulous night and highly recommend and will absolutely return. Final note:  we own four restaurants, one of which has been operating for over 40 years as well as a winery in Napa Valley. We know well crafted cusine and fine tuned hospitality. Lisa has both dialed in perfectly except for the few glitches mentioned above.

We chose to eat at Riva Grill to help celebrate our anniversary because of the location, menu and previous reviews. The location was outstanding and the food was very good. It was a busy night but our server, Jesslyn, did an amazing job of giving us top service and making us feel special .

Great food and service. Nice date night out. Pricey.