Riverside Family Restaurant

Hostess warm welcome! Waiters outstanding! Food out of this world amazing! Chefs are excellent! Always make me feel like I’m at home! Thank you Riverside and owners. God Bless You!

Hubby and I found this place on Google! (Thanks Google) It was a little busy on a Saturday afternoon. We were greeted and seated immediately. They have an extensive menu and serve soup daily. We ordered breakfast. I ordered the steak skillet, which was absolutely amazing. My hubby got a build you own omelet. We split a 1/2 order of biscuits and gravy (only served til 2pm) it is THE BEST sausage gravy I've ever had!! And the pancakes were phenomenal!! We will definitely be back!!!

Steak and eggs were close to perfect. The biscuits and gravy were almost as good as mom's. Service was friendly and quick without being intrusive. The only downside I can think of was a sticky ketchup bottle.

If you need a nice, sit down, and quiet environment this is the place. They have the most amazing staff. The food is amazing! I have never had broccoli soup before and it is to die for amazing. The BLT wrap is really good too. I went completely outside my comfort zone, tried something I’d never tried before and I will return 100%!

This place is way better than whatever is listed twice on the best ottumwa breakfast list.

I had an ham & cheese omlette with hashbrowns & coffee. It's great there...

I love Mom & Pop places, they have to fight the big chains, so when I find one, I make sure everyone else can find them! This place is like a great Greek and Italian diners on the east coast! The menu goes on for days and the waitresses are on point. I had Chicken Alfredo with broccoli, a salad, and tea. The place feels very homey and lots of locals to talk to. My WHOLE meal, including tip was 16$! Portions are huge. The one thing I really loved was there were lots of seniors hanging out and the waitresses treated them with patience and respect. Stop by and keep Mom and Pop places like the Riverside Restaurant serving their communities! Be sure to say Hi to Riverside, their feline greeter! There is parking for about 20-30 trucks behind the building.

Very nice place! I've didn't hear a few times. I've never had a bad experience here. Soups are always great.

No pretence. Riverside does not pretend to be anything other than a solid place for classic dishes done the way you would expect. The decor is legit retro; the way o like it!

We had one of the best waitress we had there in a long time and the food was great

Great place !!! Friendly staff with good food !!! Do yourself a favor and don’t miss out on a dying breed of old style cafes/ restaurants. Room for truck parking in back.

This is the best place for breakfast. They have plenty of options.

Literally the classiest place in Ottumwa, Iowa. Fine dining and hot waiters.

We were seated as soon as we got to the restaurant. The food was great and priced, right.

3 eggs, 3 generous pieces of bacon with a mountain of hash brown and 3 pancakes with real butter for 8.50 can’t beat that! Quick and friendly service good people.

Great place, very nice people, great food, A++++, 10 out of 10 would highly recommend

Very nice atmosphere. Good home cooked meal and reasonable prices. I just had meatloaf with mashed potatoes and gravy and a salad for $8,00 plus tax.

Friendly service, inexpensive, good food and atmosphere. A good place to get a truck stop/diner meal. My order was taken and brought out quickly. Would recommend.

Great food at an affordable price. This place will fill your plate up and won't charge you an arm and a leg for it.

Friendly and fast service. Good food!

Ate here this morning. Sat down fast, got drinks fast then was able to order after a few minutes. Best thing I’ve had so far each time is the country fried steak. Super big serving, have to take the rest home. Great staff and clean atmosphere.