For a poolside bar, this place is fcukin amazing!! 4 star restaurant quality food with an amazing bar and wine selection. Bartenders were super friendly and made one helluva drink.
Bill M.
Stopped in here for a quick drink. Great open spot. Bartenders are great and can make you pretty much anything you want. Great spot to chill after a full day in the park
Roger G.
The service is great and quick. The drinks here are delicious!! Forewarning its a lil pricey but definitely worth it. Also has a very nice seating arrangement
Jamie P.
We're local and decided to walk to Disney resorts on a Sunday afternoon and found ourselves at the Rivera Resort bar. I tried one of their frozen cocktails, the frosé, and we had an order of the arancini for a snack. The frozé was typical and refreshing. The arancini was so tasty I forgot to get a photo first. Our order had 4 large pieces with a side of marinara to dip. The mushroom flavor wasn't overpowering and the cheese mixed through was nice and creamy. The bar service was great and the employees were so kind. It was the hotel pool bar without being in the pool gated area so many people came with walk up orders. It's located on the end of the building with a lot of seating and a nice breeze blowing through. We might find ourselves here again to try more dishes.
Ashlan Yost
Stopped by on our arrival day. It's an easy access place to hit from the sky liner. Food and drinks were great, but service was rather slow. Had to wait quite a while for a table to be cleaned. Ordered the Mediterranean wave and the salad nicoise and both were delightful ❤️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 3
Joseph D.
This is a really cute place for drinks and quick bites right across from the pool! You can order to go as well as sit down and have table service. The workers were all really friendly! We tried the sticky wings and the mushroom arancini and enjoyed them both. The arancini came with a marinara dipping sauce that complemented them well. The wings were our favorite - they had a really tasty chipotle sauce that was finger-licking good! Would definitely come back to try out different drinks and bites.
Victor Velasquez
Lets start with Mary, she really made the experience here amazing. So friendly and attentive, great with our kids too. On top of the great service the food was exceptional. Will return on our next trip. Will be asking for Mary again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kath UEP
Really enjoyed some small bites & a cool adult beverage. Service was on point!
Fun place! Amazing waitress Eleni and head chef Dylan took great care of our group's weirdo food allergies. Handled huge group of about 18 people no problem. Disney at its finest here at Riviera resort Bar Riva. Suspect good management to run this so well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
David Bruce
Great find. Two of us each had a Niçoise salad and we shared an order of mushroom arancini. Excellent food, decent serving size and good prices. The bar tender makes a good espresso martini even though it wasn’t on the menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Aida McRae
My husband is a proud Disney retiree of 35 years service. Today 1/28/24 we are at the Hollywood Studios park & decided to take the monorail & go to the Riva Bar located at the Riviera Resort . We greeted cordially by our server at the bar. We ordered two drinks and also a Brie cheese with crostinis. It was absolutely great. Then we proceeded to order two cheese burgers . We totally forgot to tell the server that we preferred them cooked well. We called our server & ask her to please communicate that we would like our burgers cook well. Our burgers come out & my husband’s burger is not cooked well . He priceeds to tell the server about it and she send it back for it to be replaced. Here comes the cook/ chef? With an attitude as we have done something wrong asking my husband to make sure is cooked correctly which it wasn’t. What part of well no pink is not understood? If you are a chef you should know better. Well my husband ended up not wanting his burger & requesting the item deleted from our bill. Which they did not without making him feel wrong about it. As a customer what you prefer matters . We were paying for our food it wasn’t a gift. Bottom line my husband worked hard for his $ while he was a Disney employee . He deserves a great service like any other customer when he goes back to enjoy himself a a regular paying customer. That wasn’t the case today. Sad but true.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Baked Brie in Puff Pastry
Aylin R.
The ambiance is wonderful & the Brie cheese was SPECTACULAR. Best Brie cheese I've ever had, it was much bigger than anticipated even though it does come out & at first appearance it does seem on the smaller side. Good place to be on Disney property but away from the craziness of the mouse in a sophisticated feel.
Madison L.
We love Bar Riva! We stay at Disney's Riviera Resort every year for Christmas and each time we stay, we stop by Bar Riva at least twice. We got drinks and lunch there during our visit. The drinks are amazing! They have alot of unique options and the bar tender is an artist! I got Le Petite Fleur, a cocktail with camomile tea, and it was fantastic. We came back for lunch and I got a hibiscus coconut refresher and the hot Italian sandwich with fries. We also tried their salads. Everything was perfect and so tasty. Service is always wonderful and so fast. The restaurant is beautiful and right next to the pool. We really love this place!
Great little bar with some signature poolside drinks. Roberto is a top notch server. Inside ambience is very special and sweet.
Great service. Quiet, amazing bar food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Grilled Chicken Sandwich, Sticky Chicken Wings
For a poolside bar, this place is fcukin amazing!! 4 star restaurant quality food with an amazing bar and wine selection. Bartenders were super friendly and made one helluva drink.
Stopped in here for a quick drink. Great open spot. Bartenders are great and can make you pretty much anything you want. Great spot to chill after a full day in the park
The service is great and quick. The drinks here are delicious!! Forewarning its a lil pricey but definitely worth it. Also has a very nice seating arrangement
We're local and decided to walk to Disney resorts on a Sunday afternoon and found ourselves at the Rivera Resort bar. I tried one of their frozen cocktails, the frosé, and we had an order of the arancini for a snack. The frozé was typical and refreshing. The arancini was so tasty I forgot to get a photo first. Our order had 4 large pieces with a side of marinara to dip. The mushroom flavor wasn't overpowering and the cheese mixed through was nice and creamy. The bar service was great and the employees were so kind. It was the hotel pool bar without being in the pool gated area so many people came with walk up orders. It's located on the end of the building with a lot of seating and a nice breeze blowing through. We might find ourselves here again to try more dishes.
Stopped by on our arrival day. It's an easy access place to hit from the sky liner. Food and drinks were great, but service was rather slow. Had to wait quite a while for a table to be cleaned. Ordered the Mediterranean wave and the salad nicoise and both were delightful ❤️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 3
This is a really cute place for drinks and quick bites right across from the pool! You can order to go as well as sit down and have table service. The workers were all really friendly! We tried the sticky wings and the mushroom arancini and enjoyed them both. The arancini came with a marinara dipping sauce that complemented them well. The wings were our favorite - they had a really tasty chipotle sauce that was finger-licking good! Would definitely come back to try out different drinks and bites.
Lets start with Mary, she really made the experience here amazing. So friendly and attentive, great with our kids too. On top of the great service the food was exceptional. Will return on our next trip. Will be asking for Mary again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Really enjoyed some small bites & a cool adult beverage. Service was on point!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mushroom Arancini
Restaurantji Recommends
Fun place! Amazing waitress Eleni and head chef Dylan took great care of our group's weirdo food allergies. Handled huge group of about 18 people no problem. Disney at its finest here at Riviera resort Bar Riva. Suspect good management to run this so well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great find. Two of us each had a Niçoise salad and we shared an order of mushroom arancini. Excellent food, decent serving size and good prices. The bar tender makes a good espresso martini even though it wasn’t on the menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
My husband is a proud Disney retiree of 35 years service. Today 1/28/24 we are at the Hollywood Studios park & decided to take the monorail & go to the Riva Bar located at the Riviera Resort . We greeted cordially by our server at the bar. We ordered two drinks and also a Brie cheese with crostinis. It was absolutely great. Then we proceeded to order two cheese burgers . We totally forgot to tell the server that we preferred them cooked well. We called our server & ask her to please communicate that we would like our burgers cook well. Our burgers come out & my husband’s burger is not cooked well . He priceeds to tell the server about it and she send it back for it to be replaced. Here comes the cook/ chef? With an attitude as we have done something wrong asking my husband to make sure is cooked correctly which it wasn’t. What part of well no pink is not understood? If you are a chef you should know better. Well my husband ended up not wanting his burger & requesting the item deleted from our bill. Which they did not without making him feel wrong about it. As a customer what you prefer matters . We were paying for our food it wasn’t a gift. Bottom line my husband worked hard for his $ while he was a Disney employee . He deserves a great service like any other customer when he goes back to enjoy himself a a regular paying customer. That wasn’t the case today. Sad but true.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Baked Brie in Puff Pastry
The ambiance is wonderful & the Brie cheese was SPECTACULAR. Best Brie cheese I've ever had, it was much bigger than anticipated even though it does come out & at first appearance it does seem on the smaller side. Good place to be on Disney property but away from the craziness of the mouse in a sophisticated feel.
We love Bar Riva! We stay at Disney's Riviera Resort every year for Christmas and each time we stay, we stop by Bar Riva at least twice. We got drinks and lunch there during our visit. The drinks are amazing! They have alot of unique options and the bar tender is an artist! I got Le Petite Fleur, a cocktail with camomile tea, and it was fantastic. We came back for lunch and I got a hibiscus coconut refresher and the hot Italian sandwich with fries. We also tried their salads. Everything was perfect and so tasty. Service is always wonderful and so fast. The restaurant is beautiful and right next to the pool. We really love this place!