Riverview Restaurant Lounge

The biggest thing that bothered me about this place was that it was only a few tables away from being empty. And unfortunately the seats with the good views were the only ones taken. But nonetheless, the food was good and the waitstaff was very considerate.

My night at Riverview couldn't have been more beautiful. The wonderful view complimented the beauty of my girlfriend, her eyes just took me away on a stroll of a river glowing from the moonlight with the city standing tall in the background.

Here's a little background before I start my review. I've been with the love of my life since 2011, she's the yin to my yang. Ever since then, we have never been on a real dinner date. She's a really busy girl, so once she told me she had time on a Saturday night my heart pounced at the suggestion.

Step 1: I Yelped all the romantic restaurants from Queens to Brooklyn, bookmarked the really nice ones.
Step 2: I pretty much drove restaurant to restaurant, checking if it was worth taking her there and finding out where had available reservations.
Step 3: Settling down with my favorite one and making that reservation.
Step 4: Go shopping for some new clothes to wear that night, so I could show her I'm willing to do anything to step up and impress her.
Step 5: Make the rest of the night ours, cause my girlfriend is defiantly worth it.

Getting my reservation here was no problem, even though this place was booked for a wedding in the main dining room. The manager saw me wandering and snapped her staff to attention, she told them to make sure to help me to the best of their abilities. This really made me feel good about the place because I came in with sweatpants and a t-shirt, I'm glad they weren't bias and try to push me away because of how I looked. The staff answered all my questions, I even asked for candles to be on the tables and was told not to worry because they will be there. They even went a step further to inform me which areas had a lot of smokers on a regular Saturday night, enough though I didn't ask. That helped a lot, because the GF and I don't smoke. I got the perfect table I wanted, with a perfect view of the pier and water.

There's not a lot of traffic passing by, it's a quite place away from the hustle-bustle of the city. This restaurant is by a main street in an area that is under heavy development, so it should be expected that there isn't much street parking. I see no reason to complain about that, instead I choose to find the next closest place to park which was a parking lot about half of a block away. The sign there said $10 per hour so that's not too bad, considering the location, plus I'm willing to pay anything to spend more time with my girlfriend. She's defiantly my good luck charm because when we came back later, the parking attendant told us that it's actually $10 in general not per hour.

Our dinner, overall, was on point. In less than a minute after being seated, the bread and butter were placed on the table, then the wine menu following that. For appetizers, we ordered the scallops. As her main course, my GF ordered a prime steak with mashed potatoes and broccoli. I ordered something that just popped out the page, the lobster ravioli. I'm the type of guy who always tries to avoid the same thing he always gets, which is pasta, but I love it so much I nearly almost always end up getting it. For dessert we got the tiramisu, which the GF knows I've been dying to try.

The scallops were delicious and juicy, the cauliflower puree and tangerine sauce gave it that perfect zing. My future wife is defiantly the best, she gave me the bigger half of her last scallop.

We are alike in the fact that we both like our steaks well done. When it got to the table it was well done but not to the way she likes it, so we sent it back and it didn't take long for it to be returned. Now, that is what you call a prime steak, it was really well done and still had much flavor.

My lobster ravioli was a great choice, it was just delicious. That lobster sauce was too perfect, not too thick or too thin. I fed one to the girlfriend and she loved it. I defiantly recommend that to anyone who comes here. The tiramisu was pretty good, but I would have preferred a larger piece.

Overall, this is a nice restaurant to take that special someone out for dinner. It's nothing too fancy but it is very romantic and gives a good vibe. There's a pier across the street and is very clean, it is very intimate and a perfect setting to hold her closer. Taking my girlfriend here was really worth it, everything about her is beautiful, she looked so pretty and her eyes sparkled in the moonlight. I will always bookmark this place in our memories as our first dinner date.

slow service despite asking hostess, no bread, food almost out but wasnt, cancelled bottomless mimosa...