Riviera Lakeshore Restaurant

While staying on Anderson Island, we had the opportunity to eat at this restaurant.  With my expectations set low, I was pleasantly surprised.  The food was better than expected, service was great, and the atmosphere was a throw back to a lost time.
I ordered a hamburger and it was delicious.  Everyone in our party commented on the food being excellent.  It filled us up and no one left feeling hungry. Our waitress was a local girl and she made us feel welcomed to her part of the Northwest.  After dinner, our party even played foosball and we did not feel rushed to leave the building.
My family and I will be back to visit the next time we are in the area.

This restaurant has you trapped because they are the only restaurant on the island.  Knowing this, I didn't except much but was still truly disappointed.  The Food = Not bad, actually pretty good menu/selection and the quality of the food was acceptable.  The service = terrible!  Dinner at 8pm one evening took over 45 minutes for food to arrive.  Restaurant was not very crowded (it was later) but I figured they were still busy and thought we give the place another try for breakfast.  Ordered coffee and a bloody mary to start.  Coffee came 15 minutes later right before kids food.  Drink didn't come until after kids foods.  Main meals arrived about 1 hour after being seated.  

The "kicker" - Saturday night, went to have dinner and was told there was a $10 cover charge due to a band playing later in the evening.  I had 2 kids with me under age 8 and was told they still needed to pay the cover of $10 plus a drink.  Are you kidding me?  These are kids!  We had a party of 6 so we weren't going to pay $60 just to eat dinner there since we had no plans to stay late for the band.

There is a small grocery store on the island.  We ended up buying frozen pizza and hot dogs for dinner.  Actually turned out much more fun for the kids but here is a good tip - Do NOT plan on eating all of your meals at the restaurant.  Bring your own food if possible!  The store has OK selection but outrageous prices.

Love the menu & full bar.
Fun to tell clients that there's a lakeside restaurant on the island that serves good food and has a full bar. The new managers are doing an awesome job with fresh food and live music.