Three Rivers River View Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in La Crosse

I would avoid dining here if at all possible. We are at the Radisson every year for Oktoberfest. Where we find the staff at Radisson in general to be polite and helpful, the staff at the Three Rivers are anything but. There is a host stand at the entrance to the restaurant and it is generally unmanned, so waiting 10 or more minutes for someone to come out of the kitchen area to help us is not uncommon. After waiting the requisite 10 to 15 minutes to get any service this morning, we asked for.a table for.7 and were told verbatim "I won't do that.". We told him we could split up the group and again were refused. He said that there were two groups of.9 and 13 who had made reservations and that he would not be seating anyone else. We could see the tables set up for the two groups. We could also see 5 or 6 additional.empty tables. Because of the size of our group, we have tried to reserve space here.in the past and were told they did.not accept reservations. That policy may have changed, but we were extremely disappointed that the person speaking to us made no attempt whatsoever to accommodate us. He did not.offer to put us on a list, did not provide any insight into how to get a table, just said we will not be seating anyone else. He then walked off without bothering to acknowledge any of the two or.three groups waiting behind us. This has been a recurring theme with this restaurant over the years and I am certain that were they not in the lobby of a busy hotel they would have gone out of business years ago. Great hotel, ...

I ordered the walleye dinner ($32), which comes with garlic mashed potatoes, and mixed vegetables (zucchini, onion, etc...). I requested the potatoes be substituted with the mac & cheese. They gave me potatoes, and no vegetables. The fish was awful and tasteless. I've eaten walleye since I was a child, and this is by far, the worst I've ever had! I was only able to stomach 2 small bites. Pretty sure the fish was frozen, and not fresh. I requested tartar sauce...apparently they only have tartar sauce with their Friday fish fry. I was only able to eat the mac & cheese, but only after I picked out the overcooked/sharp bacon pieces. I tried a couple small bites of the potatoes...nothing special, not much flavor. My husband ordered the prime rib ($40), but they only have packets of Heinz horseradish sauce...TACKY, especially for the price! I tried some of his veggies...overcooked/mushy. Our server was very nice, but VERY inattentive. The manager came to our table at the end of our meal. He apologized, but only offered me a complimentary dessert. Not even a portion of my meal was comped. The salad was delicious, and 10/10 to the bartender. The mac & cheese was delicious, once I got past the bacon. There is a LOT of room for improvement here! You can do better, and you need to! We won't be back. Am also not happy about paying $96 for one of the worst meals I've ever had, with...

We had 3 of the four Thanksgiving entrees that was offered. The cream of chicken & wild rice soup tasted very good. The cream sauce on the pork loin was very good but the potato hash was dry. The house salad & the pecan salad were served on saucers rather on salad plates or bowls. Both salads lacked taste & were not satisfying. The salmon was cooked very well but was not seasoned. The asparagus was done perfectly but the wild rice had no taste. The Turkey tasted moist & tender. The Salmon had nice presentation but the smoked pork & the turkey looked like they were served in cheap diner. No thought was given to holiday appropriate presentation. I only saw one employee smile. The young man that seated us didn't greeted us when we were seated. The server didn't wish us Happy Thanksgiving. The food came out fast & we were served our desert while one of us was still eating dinner. Did not see anyone use trays to serve food, plates were stacked on the servers arms. Pieces of food were falling of the plates when it was being served. This dinner felt like eating at Denny's or an old greasy spoon. Attitude matters especially when the dinner is advertised to be a Holiday Dinner. We are from out of town & have been eating our Thanksgiving dinner at 3 Rivers for 5 years. This is the least enjoyable experience so far. Next year we will find a...