The River House

The hype to come here was pretty high!! Unfortunately, after visiting, it was somewhat of a let down. A group of us went for the Sunday Fried Chicken dinner. We knew going in that from 5pm - 7pm that’s all that’s on the menu. Starter is a salad with ranch Entree is all you can eat homemade fried chicken Sides are cream corn, mashed potatoes, green beans and cornbread Desert was a peach cobbler? with vanilla ice cream all for $26.95 Two major issues was the service was atrocious!! Server was basically non existent. For some weird reason our table was neglected while others were being serviced. That was a head scratcher. Drinks were hardly ever filled and she RARELY came around at all. The second was the food. All of the sides came out cold. Generally, when I have sides like those they are at a minimum warm, and better yet hot! Not cold! That was a bummer. The fried chicken was definitely well done! A little too well done, and looked nothing like the pics I have seen online. I only gave two stars instead of one was due to the atmosphere. It’s a cool eatery in Gruene. The live music was really good. I will go back and try it again with a different entree, but never again the fried chicken which was what I was craving!!f

The restaurant's farmhouse ambience creates a feeling that you are eating a home cooked meal. These homey dishes have been expertly elevated and far exceeded my expectations. Before this meal, I can't say that CFC (chicken fried chicken) is my first go to at a nice restaurant but this was the best rendition of this comfort food that I have ever had. The golden crumb of the breading was light and crisp and the gravy was excellent. The green bean side was also prepared well and was seasoned nicely. Other members at the table had the special which was a steak with blue cheese topping (not pictured) and stated that their meals were prepared perfectly. Dessert was the creme brulee which was excellent (sometimes restaurants will over torch the sugar and make it burnt). Our waiter, Zack, was attentive and helpful and made the dinner that much more enjoyable. Despite this being the opening of Wuerst Fest and parking was crowded, this restaurant seems to do a good job of monitoring their parking spaces as there were several open spots in their small lot. I'd definitely go back to this restaurant to try more dishes. Only blip for me is that they do not make cocktails and only sell beer and wine but this is more of a commentary on my own drinking preferences and I did enjoy the wine that we had with dinner.

Went with the family for Sunday fried chicken dinner and it was delicious! Started with the simple, refreshing salad and then I ate the chicken breast. It was very moist and flavorful. The kids each had 2 pieces of chicken and so did my wife, everyone loved theirs. The chicken breast on the second round wasnt as moist as the first, but the first one was really hard to beat. The mashed potatoes, corn bread, and green beans were all very good. Probably could have skipped the cream corn, but i think it's just a different take than what we are used to. We finished off with ice cream (sans cobbler). All in all, great experience as always. We weren't in a hurry and understand staffing/labor issues, so we didn't mind if we had to wait an extra couple minutes for a refill... Because the place was hopping with the great live music on the outside patio (Poor J Brown trio). Lots of smiles and full bellies, thanks River House crew!