Reviews for River City Roll in Richmond, VA
Food was good and pricing on it was good. We came in on a Sunday though and were put on the wait list. Despite having a tablet... with reservation times and all the info on the lanes the host could not give me an ETA on when a lane would be available andsaid he guessed about an hour. I asked if he was booked for the full day already and if we should come back on a different daywith a reservation and he said no, a lane would be available for sure it would just take some time. We stayed onsite for 2 fullhours and for a full hour of that half the lanes were empty and not in use. I checked back in with a different host for an ETAand was told they still couldn\'t tell when a lane would be available but it should not be more than an hour. At the 2 hour markwe finally gave up and left. 4 hours after our original arrival we finally got a text that our lane would be ready shortly butwe had already left. My fiance and I only get 1 day off together a month so this was a major downer and definitely ruined theone day out of 30 we get together.\n\nFor anyone going, definitely have a reservation or just pass on this spot entirely. As wedid not bowl, I can\'t speak to the experience other than the food service and atmosphere which were decent overall. For theowners: the feeling we got in hindsight was that the hosts did not know how to accurately quote a wait time despite appearing tohave all of the info necessary to provide an ETA and it felt like they wanted us to stay and at least spend money on food whileknowing that a lane would not become available in a reasonable time. If you know what your reservations look like then youshould have a general idea of what availability looks like as well and be able to provide an accurate time frame and respectyour customers time as well. Read more
Good, clearly scratch, the ranch is delicious! Sausage biscuit were tasty, fries good. Brunch options all seemed good, beer... selection to be desired. Read more
Had a great time at this free event, the venue did a great job of providing free water to everyone while waiting in long lines... to meet the Washington Commanders. Got a lot of great autographs.Very cool place and will definitely try to return for bowlingin the future. Read more
If you\'re looking for a Unique bowling experience, you\'ve found it! Friendly staff, great music scene on Sunday and great... food. Not what you\'d expect for a bowling alley! I almost forgot there where bowling options Read more
I love that this is a bowling alley that offers live music for a unique experience, and a beautiful outdoor seating area. It\'s... also nice to see this kind of business revitalization in this area of the city. Read more
The place has lot to offer.. Nice bowling alley, good food,live music, and great staff. I recommend to reserve bowling alley... online. We ordered truffle fries, the lily pizza and hummus. The pizza was nice and not like regular bar food. Even the frieswere pretty nice. Read more
Fun, swanky, and hip bowling with great food choices and unique, if bias drink menu.\n\nTLDR: The atmosphere and social fun is... the main draw. Food and service is top notch. Skip the pizza and get an app and entrée here. Drinks are good, but smalland only either vodka or tequila focused. $230 for 8 drinks, 2 meals, and 2 apps, plus 2 hours of bowling (4 people). Prettypricey. I can do a lot with that much scratch elsewhere.\n\nFood: Really surprised at how good the food was. Nachos appetizerand crispy sesame chicken are the winners. I enjoyed the pork belly fried rice as well. Pizza is good here, but with otheroptions and getting to use forks over hands while bowling the entrees are a better choice. I tip my hat to the evening chef on10/26/21.\n\nDrinks: Overall, the drinks are fun and well made. But this is there shortcoming. Maybe, it\'s just mypreference and snobby reviewer perspective though. They run pricey, and 95% are vodka or tequila based. I ordered an oldfashion with Woodford. It came out rather sweet, and they use a spiced bitter. At $12 I don\'t expect a plastic 4oz cup at thebar though. That was disappointing. My wife and others got special cocktails which tasted great.\n\nAtmosphere: The onlydownside was the leather sofas had significant wear. It didn\'t seem like they went for commercial grade, or they are justold. Everything else was fun to look at and experience. The staff are friendly, forgiving, and attentive.\n\nBowling: Don\'tgo here for bowling practice. Lanes and the approach are smaller than regulation. The house balls are sub par, but consistent. The computer system is the best around though. Ball speed, avg pins, rankings, it was all fed nicely across the screens. It\'s still a fun thing to do, just different if you\'re part of a league or similar. Read more
I happen to stumble on this place on a Sunday afternoon and was happy I did. The pizza was delicious, wait staff was sweet and... they even brought our bowling shoes to our lane in basket. Enjoyed the live music and atmosphere and look forward to going back.They are also dog friendly which is always a plus for me. Read more