Riverside Restaurant — Restaurant in Quinte West

EDIT TO ADD - THIS WASNT JUST A BAD EVENING. THIS PLACE IS TERRIBLE. According to people in the area, and on other reviews, this place was once amazing. New owners took over and the standards have gone to the toilet, where their food should go. Such a shame. I hope the owners are learning a valuable lesson. A small town like this can be a huge support system to a small business. Overcharging for terrible food is not the way to stay in favor of your customers. Honestly, drive to Trenton for food. DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PLACE AT ALL.

I have heard amazing things about this place. The food was highly recommended to me by quite a few people. Maybe I just ordered on a bad night? Service was excellent. That's the best part of my experience there. The food, honestly, was horrible. I spent a good chunk of money because everyone loves Chinese food leftovers. A complete waste. The food was dry, very bland, tasteless, luke warm. I only live two minutes away. I plated it up as soon as I got back. It was cold. The batter on the chicken balls was like chewing through leather. And they were dry and overcooked as well. The lo mein I purchased was so dry, I could have saved a tonne and just took the same noodles out of my fridge, that I bought for $4.99, and ate those. They would have had about the same amount of taste and flavor. The other dishes, everything that comes on the meal for four, had almost no taste or no taste. Between the cost of the meal for four, plus ordering the lo mein, extra chicken balls and extra fried rice, I'm ticked with myself for bothering to try something new. Frustrating. Life is expensive enough for us all. When you want to treat your family out to what should be a lovely meal. Only to waste money on stuff that will end up in the green bin? Yeah, not happy. I will not be a return customer. Hopefully the next time I try local, it'll be the Mill Street Pub, it'll...

Clean and friendly environment. We had a dinner for two. The Thai spring rolls were good, crunchy. Then the main dishes came in... three full plates: fried rice, chop suey and chicken balls. Fried rice was ok. The chop suey were great; the chicken in it was so well cooked, it was incredible. The chicken balls were not the cheap one I'm use to see; they were crunchy and the piece of chicken inside was big. The portion were insanely big. We brang back the left over and I'm sure that my wife and I will have enough for another two meals. Finally, we bought a bubble tea for the road. I was a big disappointed at first as they do not use tapioca. Instead I think that they put Nata de Coco. Anyway, it was great! It cost $19.50 (before tax and tip) and we got three meals for two person! Pretty cheap. I strongly recommend this place. You Frankford...

Maybe they were having a bad night...I don't know. Other people seemed to like it in the reviews but we did not. The vegetable spring rolls tasted fishy, the chicken chow mein tasted like dirty grill, the chicken balls although had lots of chicken in them and were cooked well.. tasted like old oil. I had to return the chicken wings I ordered as they were vile. This was our first and last experience there. Literally nothing tasted good. The staff were nice and the atmosphere was ok and the portion sizes were big but I'm not sure if that's a good thing to be honest because it was all so bad. We had such high hopes too. Here's to hoping they just forgot to clean their kitchen for a few weeks and will be better in the future and my review is just a blip...but...