Riverway Clubhouse — Restaurant in Burnaby

Few days ago I went with friends for a special dinner to the Riverway Restaurant in South Burnaby. The location is nice with the green golf course and a small pond in front of the restaurant. We had to wait for several weeks until we were able to book a table. Surprisingly, when we went there, several tables remained free throughout the evening. I wonder, whether this is usual or, why it took so long to get a table booked. We had a three-course dinner that gave us some choices for appetizer and main course. Since we were several people, we decided to order most of the items and to share them. From the appetizers we liked most the “Roasted Peach & Edamame Salad”. But, we all could not find any edamame in that dish. The chicken karaage at another salad tasted interesting. However, taste of the accompanying salad was disappointing and the presentation of that whole appetizer was terrible. Same applied to the “Crispy Shrimp Purse”: The “Crispy Shrimp Purses” were a kind of deep fried wonton; the sesame vinaigrette was barely recognizable which made the taste of that salad quite bland; the salad got only an interesting note when mixed with the sweet chilli sauce from the wonton (could have been from a bottle bought at a supermarket). The presentation was, politely said unprofessional: We had three servings with that appetizer; the arrangement of the wonton appeared to be made in a hurry and the salad was placed on the plate in not very appealing manner. The entrees were better than the appetizers. The lobster linguine was not bad, although some of my friends complained that the linguine were too bland while I found them just comfortably mild. The steak at the “Steak & Lobster” was ok. However, some of the ordered steaks were rather well done than medium rare as ordered. But we all agreed that the mashed potatoes tasted great. The lobster tail in both of the mentioned dishes (Lobster Linguine and Steak & Lobster) was good. The mahi-mahi at our third type of main course was not so great; it was quite dry; the prawns at that dish had a good taste and many of us loved the coconut rice with the pineapple salsa. We all also liked the dessert: Belgian Waffle with vanilla ice cream and strawberry sauce. Very nice. One issue that we found very disturbing throughout the entire evening was the loud live music. Due to the loud music it was hard to carry out any good conversation. That caused that we did not feel so really relaxed during that dinner. The selection of songs played is a matter of preferences; but the volume was absolutely too loud. Another issue was the sunlight that was shining directly in the face of some of our friend. And the restaurant did not have any possibility to avoid that. Generally, the service was friendly. But, most of us expected more professionalism in the presentation and taste of the food (appetizers) and in the...

Amazing Wedding with Riverway.

What a wonderful experience we had with Riverway Clubhouse! My husband and I had the honour of working together with Bradley and Riverway team not once but TWICE! Due to the pandemic, we decided to have a small intimate ceremony in August 2021 and to postpone our reception celebration for September 2022. Throughout the planning process over the past 3 years, Bradley and the team have been very kind, easygoing and honestly extremely helpful. Not only were they understanding but also very supportive and encouraging - even though we had to make some tough decisions last year to split our wedding into two events.

In 2021, the Riverway team worked with my coordinator and me in the months and weeks leading up to the ceremony. Riverway was extremely accommodating even during a time with lots of uncertainty and changes. The morning of our ceremony had been pouring rain and the staff assisted with moving our set up inside. Having the ceremony inside Riverway ended up being such an amazing blessing. The high ceilings and windows with the exposed wood beams was a perfect backdrop and space for our guests. It was intimate, beautiful and perfect. Not to mention the food was amazing! Our guests were greeted with coffee/tea and an array of breakfast treats as they arrived and lunch after the ceremony.

Fast-forward a year later and when the time came for our reception in September 2022 - Bradley was an amazing source of support and assistance. Even though we did not have a coordinator for our reception, Bradley really helped us out the weeks leading up to our big day. Not only was he available to answer all of our questions but also helped guide us and made knowledgeable suggestions for us. Riverway accommodated us with all our requests and ideas.

The events on the day of the reception went seamlessly. The venue was already set up and ready to go in the morning when we began bringing in our décor. Bradley and the staff were ready to go, attentive and supportive all day. Bradley was so thoughtful, checked on us all night, and even brought out water for Justin and me during cocktail hour. The seated dinner service and food was incredible. Countless people came up to us during the night and days after the reception to let us know how much they enjoyed the food (especially the sticky toffee pudding at dessert). The night was nothing less than perfect.

The level of service and professionalism that Riverway provided really blew us away. No wonder Riverway is so popular – it lived up to all our expectations and more. A very special thank you to Bradley, Jason, Michael and Bob! Riverway, thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts! We have loved working with you every step of the way. We wish we could relive the night all over again! We cannot wait to see you at...

We visited this place for the first time tonight and must say what a wonderful experience it was! We originally went for their $49 3 course Dine Out Vancouver (DOV) offering which had a great selection of choices. From which I had their crispy pork belly appetizer, rack of lamb for main, and vanilla cheesecake for dessert. All that was presented beautifully and cooked well. Lamb was tender & juicy with sides that tasted great as well, cheesecake was nice and rich with a nice berry sauce and granola crumble, and although the pork belly also tasted good it was just a tad overcooked. On top of the DOV special they also offered a $55 4 course special which is what my gf opted for instead. Her appetizer and starter were set with no options and they were beet salad and butternut squash soup. The beet salad was good but the standout out of the two was the soup. Very tasty and they added this surprise very small pocket ravioli sort of thing in the middle, which although was quite small, elevated the dish. She opted for steak and lobster as her main and the steak was cooked perfect with great grill/char flavour. Sides for her main were the same as mine (grilled asparagus, grilled tomato, butter mash, gravy, and grilled king oyster mushroom) which she said she enjoyed as well. For my lamb though they also included a sweet potato or yam puree. Lobster tail although not huge was a little bigger than what was expected for the price which was nice. For her dessert she opted for chocolate with ice cream served with whipped cream mousse and chocolate sauce. Nothing special but still at the level you'd expect from a fine dining establishment. Speaking of fine dining, not only was it amazing pricing for what we got, the ambience was great (I can see why people host their weddings there) and the service was PHENOMEMAL! We have to give our server Laura a BIG shout out for making it an exceptional experience for us tonight and the rest of the staff that served us were also top notch professionals. I'd rate service here a 6/5 based on our experience tonight and will definitely be returning. Pics for your reference but please note they don't do justice compared to the real thing as i'm not good at taking them and lighting was dim like all fine...