River House

53 Bow St, Portsmouth
(603) 431-2600

Recent Reviews

Mehrafshan Jafari

Great view on the deck and good food. The waitress was kind and welcoming, and the food was served quickly.Also noticed the cute 2-legged octopus hanger in the restroom (picture attached) - or maybe I was just too hungry and all hangers are like that. :

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Seafood Chowder, River House Lobster Roll

Mike M

Wonderful atmosphere, great service , food. All in all, a fabulous lunch

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fries, River House Lobster Roll

Fat Head

Best seafood chowder ever !

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Steven Liscinsky

Nice river front atmosphere. Good food, especially the seafood chowder. All the seafood plates we had were good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Seafood Chowder, Seafood

Steven Seng

Great Fried Haddock and Fries. Lightly breaded and not greasy. Also, don't forget the Seafood Chowder..incredible!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Seafood Chowder, Seafood, Fries

Melissa Cardin

We enjoyed our meals! The food was good, staff were very friendly, but they seemed to have some confusion the night we were there and we almost had food that wasn't ours delivered to our table twice - once while we were eating dessert! However the food is consistent and the view is great if you can get a patio seat.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

mr worldwide

I had the best grilled cheese of my entire life here. I will spend the rest of my life thinking about it.

Scott

Really nice place to eat and they have a porch over the water to eat out on, the only problem was it got colder outside and they didn't zip the plastic windows and walls and the food got cold from the cold air off the water, all the wait staff seemed too busy to check in on us

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Anthony

Enjoyed ourselves here had some nice cocktails ? and good food the bartender was great at his job and the food was good

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Seafood, River House Lobster Roll

Lorna Eaton

Loved being on the deck overlooking the river and being warm! Service was excellent, friendly, knowledgeable staff. Willing to make recommendations. Loved the crab cake, lobster roll (my first), and Key Lime pie!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: River House Lobster Roll

bluebeard51277

On arrival we were seated in the tavern ...lower level. 15 minutes passed with no server. No water was brought. We stopped a food runner and he sent a hostess. The hostess took our order. A few minutes later a portly younger man with black hair and rosy cheeksshowed up... he said " I understand the hostess took your order" he did not introduce himself, he did not apologize for his tardiness and he smelled of alcohol on his breath as he stood to close breathing on me. He then said can I get you anything else and I said no thank you.After our food arrived the man came back and this time he definitely stunk like he had been drinking and again was essentially useless and awkward. I lost my appetite from the smell of booze emanating from his breath.Let's just sat this was absolutely unacceptable performance. I intend on bringing this to the owners group as soon as I can find direct contact info.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 2

Marybeth Herndon

The food was fantastic and the ambiance was very relaxed.Dietary restrictions: Very gluten free friendlyWheelchair accessibility: This is not wheelchair accessible

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Seafood, Fries, Lobster Artichoke Dip, Chips

Scott Caruthers

The calamari was great and the lobster rolls were pretty good. Service was on point!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Roll, Seafood, Fries, River House Lobster Roll

Patti Tufano

Very cozy feel inside! Food was delicious! We were there for lunch. I had the seafood chowder, it was excellent & very filling. My friends had salads & said they were delicious! They looked great!! Would definitely recommend this restaurant.Parking: There’s metored street parkin across from The restaurant & a parking garage close by

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Seafood Chowder

Andrew Socha

We enjoyed our visit to this restaurant. Crab cakes were great, and the seafood chowder was outstanding. The fish in the fish and chips was very good: light and flakey and not greasy. My wife's swordfish was a little bland and slightly overcooked but paired with great shrimp scampi.Dietary restrictions: Very good about my wife's lobster allergy.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Seafood

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