Spectators Bar & Grill - Riverstone

I took my children with me to eat dinner on a Friday night. Place was slow and staff was standing around joking with one another. Ordered the steak and some chicken wings. The wings were good. Then they bring out the steak and I politely ask for some sauce and am told “sorry we ran out yesterday”. YESTERDAY! There is literally a Kroger grocery store LITERALLY across the street. What kind of restaurant management has a $40 steak on the menu and a Kroger grocery store across the street but doesn’t bother to make sure they carry steak sauce? Who sells hot dogs without ketchup? Who sells a $40 steak without steak sauce? Talk about lazy cheap management. Don’t order the steak unless you don’t want sauce with it. Inexcusable when you have a fully stocked grocery store LITERALLY across the street. I planned to sit there and eat my steak with sauce and order drinks, but instead ended up taking my food home so I could enjoy it with sauce properly. Little things like this matter when you charge $40! Dollars for a steak! The same steak is $20 at Texas Roadhouse and they have steak sauce at every single table. This “restaurant” appears to have plenty of staff, but whoever is in charge of inventory was lazy and incompetent and they didn’t warn customers before ordering with a basic courtesy that “we don’t have any steak sauce”. Had they done so, I wouldn’t have spent $40! on a mediocre Steak! This is not a Perry’s Steakhouse steak or even a Ruth Chris steak but just an ordinary $20 Texas Roadhouse steak for double the price yet they did not bother to buy a bottle of sauce across the street! Management asked how things were and I told them about the situation and they did not care and acted like I was unreasonable for asking for steak sauce, when clearly they were grossly negligent. If they are grossly negligent about inventory of basic necessities like steak sauce what else are they neglecting? That’s my deep concern. Where else are they cutting corners to save a few dollars? The wait staff is always different and service has been extremely inconsistent. Previously they completely forgot to bring out the appetizer ahead of the meal, other times they forgot to bring out a meal for one of my kids, etc, etc. So after multiple instances of deficient service I finally decided to point out the problem of something very basic. You don’t walk on the field to play without pants. You shouldn’t sell hot dogs if you don’t have buns and well you should make sure you have steak sauce if you have steak on the menu! Especially when you have a grocery store LITERALLY across the street. There are so few options in the Riverstone and Sienna area and this is incredibly disappointing that this place that looks appealing is staffed by such lazy workers and incompetent management. When you charge prices double the market you’d expect they would not cut corners on service! $18 for a burger and $40 for a steak but they don’t bother to buy a $4 dollar bottle of sauce? That is manifestly unreasonable.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 1

Good neighborhood sports joint with large covered patio. Right location inside Riverstone. Staff doing their best to manage many groups, accommodated my game request and was attentive /checked multiple times.

Recommend truffle fries (crispy!) and ice cream.

Many TVs, varied and fairly priced menu selection/happy hour specials, nice spot to catch a game.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Truffle Fries

Try the fried or boiled shrimp...off the charts!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Unfortunately, our recent visit to Riverstone Spectators was quite disappointing. It started when I ordered a sparkling water, and the server brought out a bottle of Topo Chico with his fingers at the lip of the bottle—definitely not a great first impression. I had to request a cup of ice, and we also had to ask for straws for my son and myself.

I ordered the Chi-Chi cocktail, but I’m 90% sure it had no alcohol whatsoever. My son’s shrimp mac and cheese had no flavor, and after repeatedly adding salt, we eventually gave up. My food was also underwhelming—I only ate about a third of it. It wasn’t terrible, just nothing remarkable.

My husband ordered a $30 fish dish, which he ate entirely to prove it was good, but both my son and I tried it, and neither of us wanted more. The fish had a peculiar taste, and sadly, my husband spent the rest of the night feeling unwell, which I’m pretty sure was from the salmon.

To top it off, as we waited for the check, I joked that no one around us was eating—everyone had cocktails instead. Clearly, they know something we didn’t when we sat down to eat. This was our third visit, and after two disappointing experiences in a row, we won’t be coming back. It’s a shame because we had one great time before, but it’s clear that won’t be happening again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Spectators Triple Play Sliders, Wally's Cheesesteak Egg Rolls

Nice place to hang out

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Great location, patio and food. Venue is great for watching big sporting events, but not for sat or sun football as they are limited on the number of channels/games they can show. Hopefully they can upgrade the TV system to allow each TV to have its own game. Another table requested a game to be on the tv near them and it automatically changes three others to that channel. Not a good setup for a sports bar & grill.

Fun sports bar with great appetizers!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Been here a few times. Food is really good, especially for a sports bar. Troy was a great server.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was Mid. Nothing really wowed me about this place.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 2

Great service from bartenders to managers. Daily drink specials. Nice TVs, good food. Wally rolls are

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Freakin incredible. Like not even kidding. Best restaurant in this whole area. Been here twice in the last week, ordered at least 10-12 diff things over both trips, and literally every single item we ordered was a 10 out of 10. Actually more like a 20 out of 10. From the quality of the food, to the atmosphere, to the super rare incredible customer service. Hands down, it’s our new favorite place

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Super clean, huge TV's. Nice service

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Came on by after hearing Andrew Svatek would be doing a live performance and stayed for the amazing food!!! Had 3 sliders with the Waffle fries and sauce and it was delicious. Finished it all to the crumbs even. Seriously amazing, forgot to take a picture of the food but trust it was a good size.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Spectators Triple Play Sliders, Waffle Fries

As brunch food connoisseurs, we love this place. The food is always so good, $4 mimosas and bloodys, and the staff is always so kind and patient with us when we bring our feral 18mo in. We especially love Krysta!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food is great, staff just needs to be more attentive. I don’t need a perfect waiter but when I need something and I see them just hanging out and talking, it gets kinda annoying. Overall a nice neighborhood spot

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger, Truffle Fries