Riverside is always good time. Good service. But beware adding "convenience fees" to every bill. These restaurants are out of control read more

Riverside Pizza & Pub - Stupid fees - Pizza Near Me - Oswego, Illinois

Had some great pasta and pizza from this happening place in Oswego that's always crazy. It has plenty of seating but there's always a wait it seems. Riverside Pizza & Pub is one of the better hangouts for those having good times. A wait is worth it mostly. The prices are okay for the big portions. Coming in here it was a few minutes before getting seats at the bar. It's often a longer wait for getting a table. There's often games people are watching. A great place to come for it. Has plenty of big TVs on the walls. It's about $8 a pint for local beers. That's kind of a lot. A lot of cocktails are cheaper at happy hour. It's about $11 for a martini. These of course go pretty great with Italian food and they're cheaper at the happy hour too. It's about $13 for the Build Your Own Pasta. You choose sauces and toppings. Of course pizza is the main thing to get. There's a lot of great specials Got stuffed eating so much from here. It's got a couple other locations which are pretty much the same things to get really. There's always a crowd especially on weekends. read more

Riverside Pizza & Pub - Martini And The Build Your Own Pasta - Pizza Near Me - Oswego, Illinois

I'm very disappointed with how this situation was handled. We ordered a half-and-half pizza, but one half was made incorrectly. Our waitress told us they would make a completely new pizza to fix the mistake. Instead, they brought out a much smaller pizza, which did not feel like an acceptable replacement for what we originally ordered. When I explained that I was not happy with the resolution and asked for a refund, I was told that I still had to pay for the full pizza. Imagine having to pay for something you didn't order. What made the situation even more frustrating was that the owner refused to speak with me directly, and instead of trying to resolve the issue, they called the police. Owner finally came out then and started acting all tough. Very professional. Easy to make someone pay even though they never got my order right when the police is there. Mistakes happen, and I understand that. What matters is how a restaurant responds when they make one. This could have been handled with a simple conversation and a reasonable solution, but instead I felt ignored, dismissed, and treated unfairly. Neither the manager nor the owner handled the situation in a fair or customer-focused way. I expected much better customer service and a more professional resolution. read more

My buddy picked this place for lunch. Big menu with a lot of American pub fare. He had a California chicken sandwich and I had the chicken parm. We both enjoyed our meals and commented on how much we liked the atmosphere -- sports bar, but nice and clean and still family friendly. The waitress was great at accommodating our slower dining pace as we caught up with each other. All in all, a great meal! read more

Saw ants crawling on the wall while we were eating, which honestly made us nervous about the cleanliness and what could've been in our food. They only took 10% off one bill, which was disappointing. Definitely won't be back. Would give only one star but service was good and the food was fine. read more

I've had lunch here several times with co-workers & this place is very consistent in terms of food quality. They have one of the best wings in my opinion, crunchy on the outside & tender on the inside. My other go-to is the super juicy, tender & tasty Pot Roast sandwich. Service is pretty quick (this is critical for lunchtime). That have plenty of seating & the environment is lively with a few monitors broadcasting sports. Oh, I forgot to mention their personal pizza is also pretty good. read more

Went to visit my friend yesterday for dinner and decided to get Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza from Riverside Pizza & Pub. The pizza took 45 minutes to get ready I ordered half cheese and half jalapeños. Pizza was super thick and tasted fresh! The Pub has a warm and sporty ambiance. read more

Riverside Pizza & Pub - Pizza Near Me - Oswego, Illinois

Place is great. Food is cheap. Service is great. Nothing bad to add, besides that there is almost zero healthy options lol

Just had the best bowl of chili on this freezing day. Yum!!! Great service and atmosphere too. read more

Riverside Pizza & Pub - Chili - Pizza Near Me - Oswego, Illinois

Pan sausage & cheese was outstanding. Perfectly cooked. Service was exceptional and friendly .

Always busy as the food and servers are great. Would love to see better drink specials and change them up. Always a great experience

Our food was good and service was pretty quick and friendly. Hubs and I split the bruschetta chicken sandwich and pot roast sandwich- both very tasty and plenty of food! I liked the chicken one the most. Kids enjoyed their cheeseburger and Mac n cheese- both large portions. We've ordered pizza from them a bunch of times- recommend The Don- we get it without giardiniera or ask for light. read more

Riverside Pizza & Pub - Kids' Mac n cheese - Pizza Near Me - Oswego, Illinois

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Generally the food is pretty good. I like the monthly specials and half-priced days. *but, please train your servers that beverage cans don't go INSIDE the pint glass before serving them and you don't put the check tray in the take home containers. All those things carry so many germs. read more

When my wife and I were trying to figure out where to through our daughter a graduation party, we look at a number of places. We became a bit overwhelmed, and decided to just go with Riverside due to it being close to home. After the party we couldn't be happier about our decision. The room was perfect size, the food was good, and possibly even more important, the wait staff was incredible. We were able to enjoy ourselves, mingle with our friends and family, and not once be concerned about the food or beverages. When the party was over we settled up the bill and I was amazed at the amount of food and service we had received for the price. I highly recommend, if you need a place to have a celebration, that you look into Riverside pizza and pub in Oswego. read more

This is now one of our favorite places to eat. Pizza, burgers, salads are all good. Anything with their roast! May I recommend their nachos with roast! Yummy! read more

Riverside Pizza & Pub - Nachos with pot roast (half order) - Pizza Near Me - Oswego, Illinois

The food is great, half price deals 4 days a week. Great place to watch a game or just hang out with friends. Pizza has a choice of five different crusts. I've had two and they were both great. The music could use a little tweak but it won't stop me from going. read more

First the good: The food was outstanding. I had a great Supreme Pizza for lunch. My wife had a huge bowl of salad which she enjoyed. The not so good: Wait service was terrible. It was lunch time and I can understand being busy and wait for the food was long but within tolerance. However, after the meal was delivered, our waitress never came by the table again until the bill. I finished my iced tea and was never offered a refill by her or other wait staff. When she delivered the bill, she said "be right back" and she didn't return. I paid by cash and walked with it to the counter after a wait. I handed it to another waiter who stared at me for a minute before offering to take it. Noise level from so many patrons was very loud. Ceilings are high and I would think some hanging baffles would do wonders for that. In future, any business I do here will be take out. read more

First time ordering from here. Pizza was just ok. The crust was hard & tough. Not enough flavor. Served cold. The giant pretzel was hard. Not soft & warm as it should be. I was told a different price 3 times. This was on a weeknight, so I don't know what it would be like on a weekend. Won't be going back. read more

Nachos are flavorful, solid pizza. The soda is fire a must. Check it out! Service was slow and tables sorta flow together.

The pizza was ok. It came out quickly and was still hot on a very busy day, which was great. Staff were friendly. The down side was a constant stream of flies landing on our pizza and us. We ended up having them throw out 75% of the pizza. Maybe I'll come back in the winter and hopefully the fly situation will be worked out. read more

Good local American food. Great daily specials and happy hours. It's our go to pizza. Our family from Indiana always insists on getting the pizza when they come out. Service is sometimes, ehh, which is the only reason for 4 stars instead of 5. read more

Where do I begin? Their food is awesome. Their drinks are great but tell me why the last few times we've been there. We've sat there for about 15 minutes before anybody came acknowledged us. Everybody else around us was getting served except for us. I finally had to get up and ask what was going on after that we had more people waiting on our table then we knew what to do with, but why should it come to that I noticed a person walked in and sat in the table behind us. The guy had his beer within minutes of sitting down. It's a pretty nice place. Just their service is really bad. I emailed them and they never got back to me about the situation and probably never will. The wife and I frequent that place multiple times a month and every time we go between drinks appetizers and food we spent closer to $200 every time we go. Needless to say we won't be back. But if you go try their nachos, they're the best. read more

Riverside Pizza & Pub - Nachos - Pizza Near Me - Oswego, Illinois

So the pizza here is good, but it's just not amongst the best I've ever had. What's nice is that they are generous with the toppings, so you will find that your pizza will be thick due to the quantity of toppings on it. Please familiarize yourself with the specials available on a given night. The night I went rail drinks were available for three dollars. What really pushed this restaurant over the edge for me was the salad. I love salad and I'm picky when it comes to salad dressing. To me salad dressing is everything. Here it is especially good and it tastes homemade. I had a deconstructed wedge salad (possibly because it was chopped as opposed to in a wedge) which I prefer. I had a combination of ranch and blue cheese dressing and I absolutely loved having it in combination. I also asked and was provided with croutons. At some point I will get a pizza again, but I'm looking forward to trying something different like a burger. I also look forward to trying a different dressing like perhaps Cesar. I have been to other locations and the experience is consistent in terms of quality, food, and beverage. read more

We ordered a pizza and it was fantastic! Cooked perfectly and the ingredients were fresh. We have ordered before and this has always been the case. It was a Sunday evening and little wait time. read more

I wish I could give this place more than 5 stars--this visit deserves a 10. First off, our server Bethany was incredible as always. She kept our drinks filled and checked in several times, making sure everything was perfect. Then came the star of the night: the Pizza of the Month, Coney Dog Pizza. It's described as beanless beef chili topped with Angus beef franks, cheddar and mozzarella cheeses, finished with raw onions and yellow mustard. We asked for the mustard on the side, but honestly, we didn't even need it. The pizza was unbelievably good. The chili was flavorful without being overwhelming, the hot dogs were sliced thin and cooked just right, the cheese blend was spot-on, and the raw onions tied it all together. Absolutely outstanding. read more

Great service and great pizza. Local restaurant with a lot options besides pizza . Kids love this place and so do adults

i went inside and immediately was treated like the worst person on the planet. the entire staff team were so rude to me i had to leave. worst dining experience ever read more

Coldest day of the year ! Below zero all day.. and no chili.. can't make this shit up. Just unreal

Our server, Katlin was great. The ambience was nice. Nice modern decor. Music in the background, but still able to talk to each other at your table. My burger was great! I had the California burger. Very tasty, juicy and made well. Fries were not over cooked or over salted. This was a place I was going to pass on, but I am so glad I didn't. read more

3 stars. The ambiance is really nice for a bar. It didn't expect from the outside Service was okay nothing really stoodout. I didn't like the margarita pizza the tomato chunks canned and too big and not much flavor. The giant pretzel was really good and huge perfect pub appetizer. The pasta big portions and easily shared it was pretty good had a smoky flavor to it. I noticed they have trivia on some nights but did not catch when. read more

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Puts me on hold when I call to place a pickup order. 10 minutes later says hello and then immediately hangs up the phone. ?? read more

I am super impressed with what they did with the old Scoreboards! The inside is nice, clean, and spacious and the new menu has a ton of delicious looking options. They offer daily specials and happy hours. We went on a Tuesday early evening, which meant 1/2 price pizza and happy hour with $3.25 beers. The place was super busy, but we were still seated right away. Our waitress gave great service, and she made sure to check on us right before happy hour ended at 6 to see if we wanted to put in one more discounted drink. The beer was cold and the food was good. I got the Buffalo chicken sandwich and really enjoyed it. My family got a half sausage, half pepperoni and they seemed to like that as well. The cheese blend they used was really good and the sausage side had big pieces of sausages on it. read more

Riverside Pizza & Pub - Beer menu - Pizza Near Me - Oswego, Illinois

After a few hours of traveling to Illinois, I was in need of a late night meal. Bar food always hits the spot, so we chose this pub. It's fairly big inside and modern looking. We chose our seats and service came quickly. I ordered the California chicken sandwich without cheese and a side of waffle fries. The sandwich came with a respectably sized chicken breast that was bigger than the bun for once! The avocado was delicious and the bacon was crispy. I was very happy with the meal and would order it again! The prices are good and so is the food. It's a solid lunch/dinner option! read more

Riverside Pizza & Pub - California Chicken Sandwich - Pizza Near Me - Oswego, Illinois

So I am not sure where to start. From the food to the service everything was well below par. The servers had little to no concern about the guest. It was more about trying to get you sat, fed and out. They lacked customer services skills on many levels. The food was a burnt pizza covered in way to much sauce to cover up the burnt im guessing. The energy of the place felt more like a bar then it did a restaurant which is OK but wouldn't recommend it for a place with kids. Over was pretty disappointed. Won't be going back. read more

This is a phenomenal restaurant and if you're from Oswego or the surrounding area then you have no excuse for not stopping in. They have weekly specials that bring in a pretty decent crowd so if you were coming in for dinner, you might want to plan ahead. Pizza nights are the bomb - 1/2 price! Try it - you'll love it! read more

Came for dinner with the family. Great spot! Really enjoyed our food. Pizza is fantastic, kids loved it. We also got the Riverside salad, which was great. As well as the penne pasta with vodka sauce and garlic bread. All were really good. Love the setup, and the service was great too! Seems like a great place to catch a game on Sundays. read more

This place is great! Was staying nearby and ordered a pizza to go (custom) and they were so quick and the pizza was delicious! I loved that they cut it in little squares. If ever I was back in Oswego I'd certainly return. read more

Marissa, Emma, Jensen were amazing we got our food quick and drinks were spot on and we didn't wait long for new drinks

Ordered a pizza to be delivered and paid over the phone. Within 2 hours received 4 fraudulent charges from the bank. I called them and asked to speak with a manager which I told them what happened, and they should be aware they have some criminals working for them. Be very careful using your card here and be aware of any fraudulent charges after you leave/order. read more

The pizza is delicious. The atmosphere in there is typically loud and not with people talking, but music blasting. The management is inexperienced and allows friends to break the law in there. read more