I was disappointed by this place. I'm giving it a 3/5 because my boyfriend liked it more than I did. I've been before and remember loving it, but this just wasn't the vibe. The nice restaurant ambiance is fantastic. Clean. Well decorated. However, the drinks were subpar. (I mean, worst old fashioned I've ever had. The lemon drop martini was just ok.) Our waitress seemed to rush us and didn't take our complaints serious when we mentioned that the drinks were watered down. I got the shrimp and grits. To me, they tasted burned. But maybe that's the French style? It wasn't creamy like I am used to. So, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt there. By BF got the fried catfish. It was good. And we got the fried alligator, the highlight of the meal!! The breading was actually well seasoned and tasted great. read more

RiverFront - Seafood Near Me - Abbeville, Louisiana

Our favorite go-to in Abbeville. You can go casual or for a special occasion, which I love. The food is so good. They have great burgers, seafood, and cocktails. Their servers are friendly, helpful, and accommodating. I used to always order the club salad, which is one of the best I've ever had. Now I'm stuck on the stuffed shrimp. Yummy! read more

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After spending the day in and around Abbeville we decided to grab a lite dinner before going back to the campground. RiverFront had been on our radar since arriving in town. This is a beautiful restaurant, it appears to be very clean and the atmosphere gives you a sense that it's a little more of an upper end dining experience - after being seated by the hostess we were greeted at our window side table by Owen who would become a very big part of our wonderful dining experience. After taking our drink order he went over a few of the specials and answered all our questions. We looked over the menu choices but we both decided to pick two entree items off the "Lent" Menu that comes with a choice of one side dish. We decided on the seafood gumbo served with white rice, fried catfish and a side of cabbage and tasso we also selected the alligator bites, fried shrimp and a stuffed baked potatoe - the seafood gumbo was really good with its dark roux base and plenty of nice gulf shrimp and oysters and with the perfectly cooked rice served on the side as it should be, the fried catfish was a smaller portion than I expected but delicious and the cabbage and tasso was nothing short of amazing. The fried gator was very tender and seasoned as were the fried shrimp both were great examples of how this should be prepared this was paired with a half stuffed baked potato that fit well with the plate. Owen did a exceptional job through out our dinner service he was attentive and gracious and made sure everything met our expectations. This place was a great choice for dinner and the special menu provided great options and the portions met our expectations as well as a great value. This is a place I recommend if you're in the area - bookmark this one for sure... read more

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Had Mother's day celebration at the Riverfront restaurant. Service and food were excellent. Steak was cooked to perfection and green beans texture were perfect for taste. Very generous portions. Had great experience. read more

RiverFront - Mother's Day Celebration 2026 - Seafood Near Me - Abbeville, Louisiana

I was there from out of town to take a family member to an appointment that was approximately an hour away by the time we arrived in Abbeville. We had a great experience. We told the hostess and the manager when we got there that we were pressed for time and if we ate there, would they be able to get us out in about 45 minutes? They accommodated us beautifully and were very kind and understanding about what had happened and while we were in such a hurry. The food was excellent. It was one of the best lunches I've ever had. All of this was done with a smile as well. Next time I'm in Abbeville, I will be back. read more

Food was amazing in a really nice setting Enjoyed the river view and service was great

Great service. Great atmosphere Excellent seafood and steaks Steaks especially Seafood Platter and Trinity read more

RiverFront is one of the best places to eat it the Abbeville area. Like it's name suggests, it is situated on the west bank of the Vermilion River. The name might also lead you to assume that they have great seafood, and you would be correct there as well! The RiverFront is located in a new spacious facility with both indoor and outdoor seating. The indoors is decorated with charming wooden sculptures of birds, fish, alligators, and more. The waitstaff are friendly and helpful, and will whisk you off to your seating. If you ask for a table in the back, you can watch the River roll by as you dine. The menu includes everything one would expect in Cajun country. You have beautifully stuffed Po-Boys, soups, salads, seafoods, steaks, and Cajun home style favorites. I usually just ask for the special, as it's always great. Most dishes come with two sides of your choice, so you can go hearty or healthy as you wish. Some of my favorite entrees are the crab cakes, seafood trinity, and hamburger streak (I am a simple man). Prices are moderate, so you can enjoy without guilt. read more

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We definitely had a 5 star experience from the welcome to the food, service and live music! The hostess greeted us with a genuine welcome and smile which just sets the tone for the experience. We chose to sit on the screened in patio where we received excellent service from Reese. She let us know the specials and gave us great recommendations along with attentive service throughout our time there. The food is delicious! Everything we ordered came out hot, or cold, timed perfectly and cooked beautifully. We started with the oysters which were tender and tasty along with a cup of French Onion soup which was nice and rich and rustic. For entrees we had the Shrimp & Grits and the pasta with crab cake. The crab cake stole the show, next time I'll get the entree! The grits are thick and hearty and the shrimp is cooked nice and tender and it's all spiced just right. The finishing touches of live music made for the perfect evening! read more

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The grouper is amazing. Love this place. Haven't had a bad meal here. You can't go wrong.

Sorry, however I need to revisit the review prior and leave an update. The food is still excellent, but it seems the staff levels remain constant throughout time periods. Mainly, if you go at peak times of day or weekends, the service definitely suffers. Long waits just for drinks and ongoing apologies for perhaps an hour or more waiting for entrées. Not always a good idea. read more

I happened to be in Abbeville with one of my sons, when we happened upon this gem. Who would have thought? My favorite restaurant is Social. Although Riverfront Grill I is no Social, the atmosphere is quite inviting and the service rather accommodating. The drinks don't hold a candle to Social's, but were pretty good for most restaurants these days. The first time I went, we tried the fire grilled oysters. These are a different take from the Fezzo's/Drago's/Half Shell grilled oysters. No shell, and cooked with smoked gouda. Pretty tasty. The shrimp and grits looked fantastic, and my son really liked it. I had the crab cakes. They were not as good as Bon Temps, but better than most. I liked the place so much, I took my lady friend there the very next day. read more

1. Riverfront has roaches 2. They have mold in their ice maker 3. Ive witnessed servers pick up food off the floor and put the food back on the plate 4. Management verbally abuses their staff 5. Overall my experience here was terrible. I will never be going back and I do not recommend eating here much less working here. Tip your servers they are going through a lot read more

I eat there often, and have for many years. I have never once had a bad meal there. Food is wonderful!! Service is great, also the atmosphere. Owners are awesome!! read more

Awesome service from Maddie. Check out pics. Wedge salad had croutons and dressing. Period. No bacon, no tomatoes...... nothing. Wife did not want her bacon or tortilla chips so I put her bacon on mine. Look at the Cobb salad. It's loaded. Both about same price. The wedge salad is a ripoff. Paid extra for the chicken. read more

RiverFront - Cobb Salad with grilled chicken - Seafood Near Me - Abbeville, Louisiana

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Our best meal so far while visiting Lafayette area!! Mom enjoyed her Blueberry Lemonade Martinis while my husband and I shared a bowl of seafood gumbo with a nice roux, fresh shrimp and large crab lumps! Then we (mom, hubby, and I) shared the avocado crab salad with balsamic vinaigrette, shrimp trinity (freshest we had on our trip), Tasso cabbage and grilled veggies. The host and waitress were very sweet and accommodating!! read more

RiverFront - Outdoor seating - Seafood Near Me - Abbeville, Louisiana

Good atmosphere Shrimp and grits were good and the ambiance was nice. The service was exceptional. read more

Stopped by for a cup of gumbo after church. I had the pleasure of having Christina take care of me. She was EXCELLENT! She was pleasant and attentive. Christina deserves a raise. I will definitely be back. read more

Had to be some of the worst service I have ever experienced at a restaurant. We had reservations for our party and wasn't seated until almost 45 minutes later. Once seated, it took almost 20-25 minutes before we even got our drinks. It took quite a while before we were able to order dinner and even then some of our food order was incorrect and members of our party didn't even have their food brought out until much later (oddly enough, a nearby party who was seated after us received one of the dishes that our party had ordered and had not received yet). To cap it off, I had utensils dropped on me as the server was cleaning up, staining my clothing. Our entire experience time at the restaurant was 3+ hours. The only bright spot was the food, as it was actually really good! However based on the service we received I find it very unlikely I will be returning to this establishment. read more

We celebrated a 60th birthday with 4 different entries: top3 were the duck, Ultimate Alfred with a lobster tail, and the Ribeye topped with crabmeat. Excellent mixed drinks, service, and subtle piano music made the perfect night. We will be back for brunch and other celebrations. read more

RiverFront - 60th birthday with 4 different main course - Seafood Near Me - Abbeville, Louisiana

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Our first visit, highly recommended by friends. We had seafood, of course. Cooked perfectly. Nice place, nice town, Y'all come. . . . . Rick read more

The food is great, however if you order to go make sure you check everything before leaving. I've ordered many times, I get home, and there's a crab cake missing. Even after asking the host multiple times that everything is there. Take the time to pull everything out and look or get home without a crab cake. I'm still bitter about the amount of money I spent on not having those crab cakes. read more

Food cold, oyster seems to have come out of a can from Dollar General, filet cold sent back to warm you pay that much for a item should be worth it!! Gumbo cold!! Service from waitress was excellent!! Place clean. read more

Great food. Awesome service. Friendly family environment. Definitely a return trip for this Cajun

Wow oh wow has Riverfront improved since I was younger and it was in the old building. I would have given it 5 stars if not for the price and the wait. It took us 30+ min to get our food after ordering and it was quite expensive for their dishes. Not out of range for the upscale atmosphere, but I usually stay away from food that expensive. However, there was a lot that went right at our visit. Firstly, our server Blake was AMAZING. Best service we have gotten from any restaurants around here during our family visit. Blake was very attentive, polite, patient, and accommodating. He maintained a pleasant smile and seemed genuine. We all taste tested each other's foods and none of us had a single complaint. All of the food was delicious! I had the grilled chicken with fries and stuffed potato. The grilled chicken was so fudging moist and flavorful I almost died of happiness. The stuffed potato was great but needed just a little seasoning. The shrimp were crisp and yummy. The bread on the poboy and burger were absolute perfection. The burger itself was fantastic for an upscale restaurant. Definitely could compete against Judice Inn. Fries were bomb, too. Very satisfied with our visit. read more

I love this restaurant, the food is delicious,everything I have had has been good! Their steaks are so tender and favorful!! Ambiance is great! One of my favorite restaurants in town! read more

This is an updated review of Riverfront. Since my last three reviews, they have improved freshness and quality. The Friday lunch special is my favorite and includes catfish, seafood jambalaya, a fish cake, and shrimp. The portions are rather large for lunch - almost like a dinner plate - but the price can't beat $11.00 as of the last time we were there which was less than a month ago. I have also had brunch, appetizers, and supper recently. All excellent. Ca c'est bon! The only complaint I have is the kitchen service is spotty. It is not the servers fault when food is slow to come out in this case. However, I would love the servers to be more proactive in telling their customers when the service from the kitchen is going to be slow. Five stars for food, two stars for the spotty kitchen help. The chefs know what they are doing, they just need to kick it up a notch with kitchen help. read more

The hubby & I went for dinner after a pleasant afternoon on the motorcycle... We had looked this place up on Yelp, saw the menu and it sounded yummy. The hostess took 2 fairly large people in a half empty restaurant, put us at a small table in the corner. We couldn't even fit and we were surrounded by empty tables and booths. So we walked over to the next table & sat down... It wobbled so badly our salt & pepper shakers almost hit the floor. The waitress once she arrived did remedy the table issue thank goodness. We started to place our order and my husband didn't order a specific drink & it bothered me she didn't even offer water... Hubby ordered the grilled chicken dinner with a salad & baked potato, I ordered seafood enchiladas with same sides. We got our food & it was not worth the money. You know when you get a baked potato, it's the wrong color and you can smell how old it is? Well our baked potatoes looked and smelled super old.... I tried to doctor it up with butter & sour cream but didn't work. Hubby's meal was $17 and he got 2 of the smallest chicken breasts I've ever seen, Hubby did say they were cooked well and the seasoning tasted good. My enchilada portion was very small & it had no taste... We told the waitress about the potatoes and she laughed & said she would advise the manager, whom we never saw. The portions were so small, we went home and had a snack. read more

Went to Riverside with a friend for lunch. We ordered two seafood platters for $19 each. Waitress told us they were out of chicken and sausage gumbo. We asked her if they had seafood gumbo. She said yes. $1.00 extra. They forgot to put our fried crawfish on plate. They brought it out after we finished our meal. They charged us $8.00 extra on bill for two cups of seafood gumbo. Waitress told us seafood platter comes with a cup of seafood gumbo. We told them we did not want salads. We will go back because gumbo and food was really good. Service not that great. Must have been a new waitress. read more

Any time we travel we try to find local restaurants that are local owned and not chains. The RiverFront ticked all the checkboxes for us. We got there a we bit after 5pm, there's we're a lot of vehicles in the parking lot so we didn't know what to expect. However, we got greeted immediately by a very friendly hostess. Our waitress (and I'll forever kick myself in the behind for not asking what her name was again) came to our table with 5 minutes (I'd say 3 at most). When she realized we didn't have a drink menu she brought it right away... I could get flowery here because she deserves that.... Our meals where PHENOMENAL. We live in Houston and can get seafood anytime, but we heard this little quant town has it all. Hubby had the Catfish Acadian and I'm pretty sure he said very little during the entire meal. His raised eyebrows and mmmmmmms said it all. I had the grilled Mahi Mahi, and I admittedly did the same as my husband. Wow. Our comments combined relate to both meals. Clean, fresh, tender, delicious. A $$$$$ meal for $$. We had a bottle of wine and the crème brûlée that was the icing on the cake. We tipped big but all and all our meal was very reasonably priced. read more

I've been here a few times and have been pretty pleased with each experience. Today I got the Shrimp Angelo and as a side the stuffed potato. The pasta was pretty good, it had parmesan cheese on top but didn't have much flavor other than cheese. The potato was lukewarm when I got it and had a stale taste and didn't have much flavor. It was topped with melted American cheese and the bottom was fairly burnt. It didn't taste very fresh and I could only get through half of it. Overall a pretty friendly environment and the servers (high school age) are very polite. read more

RiverFront - Stuffed Potato - Seafood Near Me - Abbeville, Louisiana

Went for lunch got broiled flounder with mixed vegetables and stuffed potato and a glass of tea the service was good the meal was nice I did not expect to spend $25 for lunch. Excellent view of the Bayou, nostalgic photos of old Abbeville read more

RiverFront - Seafood Near Me - Abbeville, Louisiana

Been to several Louisiana style restaurants in New Orleans and this was by far the best. Had the avocado stuffed salad with shrimp, and the crab cakes. The fried green beans were better than I ever had too. The service was friendly and attentive. Beautiful view of the river for lunch. read more

RiverFront - View of the river! - Seafood Near Me - Abbeville, Louisiana

We came here on the recommendation of Betty at Betty's RV in Abbeville. She said this was the best restaurant the Abbeville area. Absolutely right! We had to have alligator as we never had before. It was rather bland and chewy but we did it. Our meals were A1. My husband had the grilled shrimp and I had the Shrimp and Crab Cake pasta. The service was very quick and very friendly. Perfect, Riverfront, keep it up. read more

We waited over 2 1/2 hours for our meal. They got "backed up" with a wedding (which was catered off-site) and other " large parties". Hands down, it was the longest we have EVER had to wait for a meal. All they did was comp our appetizers and brought us "free bread" after we waited over an hour after our appetizers and no sign of our meal. And we had to ask for the bread - they didn't even offer it to us as we sat there for 2 hours!! Very poorly run kitchen and management. Other tables were in the same boat and some left without even getting their meals. You would have thought They would take something else off our bill but guess they didn't think they needed to. Food was ok, not spectacular and especially not good enough to have waited 2 1/2 hours. We would have left but tomorrow is Mother's Day and we didn't want to start all over agin at another place. Will not be back. read more

This place has improved so much. It's become a favorite place to go eat. The food is delicious and the wait staff friendly and attentive. The crab dip was off the chain. I love the seafood enchiladas too. read more

Me, my parents and my great grandfather went to this restaurant one day because we'd been there previously. The first time, the portions were pretty great and it tasted good. The second time, the portions were DRASTICALLY smaller. My dad asked them about this and the staffs response was that the previous larger portion size was a mistake... Uhm... How? It got so major that the owners came over to address it and they were pretty damn rude to us... Yeeeeeah we aren't going back... read more

Definitely will find a reason to eat here again! I had grilled tilapia, green beans, corn. Oh, and a bunch of Rolls!!! Service was great - my iced tea never went empty. My dining compatriots experienced the same joy as I with their entrees (grilled catfish, crawfish etoufee, sweet potato fries with some special brown sugar and cinnamon stuff they served). All told, four guys had lunch here for just over $50. The meal was as good as place in Dallas where you pay $50 for ONE meal! read more

I've always enjoyed taking my family to Riverfront. I also enjoy going to the bar for a few drinks and a good meal! My favorites are the shrimp net, the steaks and I love the Gouda chicken!! read more

My husband and I came to Riverfront and I was very pleased with the service and food. The crab dip is awesome! The oysters were also very good. My husband had the ribeye and I had the shrimp & crab Angelo. The crab cake was very well done. I was too full for dessert but I would certainly return to the Riverfront. read more

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