River Twice

1601 E Passyunk Ave, Philadelphia
(267) 457-3698

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Lasonya Dianne

The tight, small space is more than made up for by the attentive and efficient servers! A great dining experience, super cozy and a good vibe!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Don Ray

Fantastic meal, fantastic service. Highly recommend.

Vegetarian options: Tasting menu can accommodate vegetarian

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Brent Herrig

What a great culinary delight. L
I was looking for a great meal and I definitely found it!

Totally worth it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sydney Turner

Absolutely delicious! Every dish was very tasty, the wines were perfectly paired, and the ambiance was great. The scallops were cooked perfectly and a highlight for me was the mussel “toast.” Great intimate spot for a special occasion

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mathias Unberath

This was an interesting experience, and while it totally worked for me I can see how it may not work as well for others.
I visited during a business trip and sat at the counter, providing ample opportunity to chat with the team and Chef Rucker.

It was a Monday night so they had their (famous?) burger as an add on to the tasting menu, which seemed like a must (literally everybody in the restaurant had a burger, I'm not kidding).

The combination of fine dining style dishes with wine pairing (some wines stronger, some a little uninspired) interrupted by a double cheeseburger is really quite something. For me, it's an ode to the child in us, which resonated with me - and the burger is just delish.
The other dishes were good overall, again some stronger and some a leaving a little something to be desired (cold spaghetti with white tomato sauce, great idea but unfortunately bland, and the dessert a little "green" as it was essentially raw fruit with creme). I understand the menu changes relatively frequently, so this may be a non issue when you go.

The Chef is an original, and both he and the team took time to chat which made it a great experience.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Sara Parente

Can't praise River Twice enough. Great meal from start to finish with great service as well. Can't stop thinking about the burger! Looking forward to visiting again!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Phil Lapp

Details!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

K C

Wonderful place. Great food, and everything is very down to earth. Cannot wait to come back again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Chris Brown

River Once and done for me I'm afraid. For as much as they charge, I'd expect the food to be truly memorable, and for me, it just wasn't. It felt over-elaborate just for elaboration's sake. Then again, maybe it says something about my tastes that my favourite thing was the burger which is only available as an add-on to the fixed price menu ?

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Katie Lee

Came here for my birthday and they made it such a special experience! Such knowledgeable servers and the hospitality was spectacular. I'm still thinking about their tomato caviar sandwich.

Rebecca Sole

Amazing. Burger was amazing. Wine selection beautiful. Service was phenomenal.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Devon Sparks

I don’t write reviews often but I needed to share how great my experience at river twice was. Upon arriving the staff was friendly and welcoming. We sat at a four top with beautiful lighting and were able to observe the chefs cooking, great music, and ambiance throughout the restaurant. I am
Not exaggerating when I say that every dish we ordered came beautifully prepared and tasted delicious. Also, The caviar! The owner and chef came over to chat with us and make sure we were enjoying our food, the night was very memorable and I can’t wait to go back again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tyler Conway

Ridiculous management. Charged me $60 for a reservation I made and canceled within 3 hours — and 36 hours ahead of when we were due at the restaurant.

Dined in every high-end restaurant across the city and have never seen one so desperate for money they’d charge $60 with nearly 2 days notice on cancellation. Standard is 24 hours notice. Get your standards up.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

S J

Beautiful and delicious food. Eat at the chef’s counter. Some of the best food I’ve eaten anywhere between San Francisco, New York Tokyo, and CDMX. Worth the splurge! Great seafood centric menu for summer. Get the tomato sandwich with caviar and get the crab chawanmushi with uni. Scallops also a stand out. Was stuffed after 8 dishes. Wine suggestions were excellent as well. Amazing experience.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Tomato Sandwich

Abbe Stern

Recently celebrated my birthday here and had such a wonderful and delicious experience. We received amazing hospitality and each dish was unique and enjoyable. Would absolutely come back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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