This is truly a local gem in Dexter. The ownership and staff is friendly and welcoming, the menu has something for everyone, and the food is very tasty. A great place to go for breakfast/lunch. My real estate agent took me here when I first started house hunting in Dexter, and the owner welcomed us to the area with complementary rice pudding. I would recommend the burgers, breakfast skillets, and gyros. My sister in law says their fries are the best she's ever had. read more

The food was ok... wasn't that special and not worth the price. The food was missing something. Even the fries were bad and how could you mess up fries. The only thing good was the grilled chicken. read more

Waitress completely forgot about us. Waited 20 minutes and watched other wait staff just circle the dining room and take care of other patrons. I watched my waitress talk and carry on with other customers. Looked like she knew them or they were regulars. After 20 mins I notified another waitress about my waitress forgetting about me. She then apologized and took my order. By then the first impression had been made. While the new waitress was more thoughtful which I appreciated it, I was taken back by how overpriced this place is. Beware a breakfast can set you back averaging $15 or more. They have only one special that is $7. While the food was good, I am not sure I feel breakfast prices should start as though you are dining at the 4 Star restaurants. So with 1 dish and a side and just water was $27 for one person. This is not a cheap restaurant! Yelp should rework the description from $ to $$$. If just for the food I would be back but the prices will keep me from coming in again. read more

Went here for lunch based on the yelp reviews. Was not disappointed. Typical diner style. Everything was pretty clean. The bathroom was clean. There were plenty of waitresses tending to customers. Our food was great. We started with an order of saganaki. I order this pretty much every time I see it on the menu. One of the top 5 best I have had. The size was plenty for the 2 of us to split. I ordered a half order of sausage gravy biscuits. The gravy was good, but the biscuits were delicious! Super buttery and just the right texture. My friend ordered a western omelette and it came with hash browns and toast. She said her omelette was really good, but would have been better with cheese. We both liked the hash browns. And she got raisin bread for her toast and said it was really good. We were both given a complimentary sample of the rice pudding and it was so good. I would definitely stop here again. My only complaint was that someone was not at the register to check us out right away. There were already 2 other customers waiting when we got in line. read more

Riverview Cafe Restaurant - Saganaki. So good! They flamed it at the table for us. It came with pita bread and was enough to share for 2. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Dexter, Michigan

This is one of our go-to's for weekend breakfast. Service is great and the owners are usually in the restaurant seating guests, wiping tables, delivering food, taking cash. It's great to see owners present and active in the business, making sure customers are happy! The menu is decently sized, and the food is typical American diner food with a few Greek items mixed in. Portions aren't incredibly generous, as a previous reviewer said. We've learned to stick to the lower priced breakfasts and add a-la-carte items for the best bang for your buck. Also, It's a smaller building, and tends to get cramped when it's busy, so be prepared to have your chair bumped into you're here on a weekend. And do try the rice pudding! It's AMAZING! read more

Carry out was missing toast and the french toast was cold. Called to inform them I'd be back for the toast and told them the french toast was about room temp, which shouldn't be possible in the two minute drive from the place. Owner answered and argued with me that my food was perfectly hot. When I came back for the toast, I was just told "here you go have a nice day," but no "sorry I told you I had everything but didn't actually check your order, or for you having to wait an additional 15 minutes after being told the order would be ready in 15 minutes." The rest of the food was great, but the professionalism was really classless. read more

A good solid breakfast --- nothing fancy or high-falutin', but reasonable eggs and toast. I'm not a huge potato-hash person and found them a bit oily, but I do love some eggs over easy, and Riverview can deliver on that front. The servers are a bit harried and a bit forgetful, but they're also well-intentioned. The windows give you a nice view of any parades going by (and there do seem to be quite a few). The food is solid --- but perhaps not worth going far out of your way. read more

Very disappointed. After reading good reviews, I drove all the way to Dexter for this place. Packed with people on Sunday morning. We waited for about 1 hour for our food to come out. Food was basic cafeteria food. Then, a waitress was offering free rice pudding to the customers at next table. We did not get offered any. I guess those are offered to selected people. Too expensive for basic cafeteria food that took 1 hour to come out. We will never come back. read more

We ate breakfast at Dexter's NEW Restaurant "The Riverview Café" (formerly--Lighthouse, Loreens) today and it was packed. Nothing pretentious about this place, just GOOD home made food, good fast service and fair prices. A nice addition to Dexter's eateries. They have a full breakfast and lunch menu and the NEW owners have cleaned the place up and removed all the political dogma. Less crowded during the week. Try it, you'll like it-we sure did! read more

Riverview Cafe Restaurant - Breakfast special with real home made potatoes, nothing GFS about this place...YUMMMMMM - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Dexter, Michigan

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"Riverview" Cafe and Restaurant in Dexter, Michigan (perhaps, if you stand on the roof you can enjoy the "riverview"). We entered and were offered any table on the right side of the restaurant. As a war movie was playing we sought a table away from watching the carnage. There are many TVs on different channels plus the radio playing loudly. Our lovely waitress brought our beverages and took our order. Our Reuben arrived on WHITE BREAD garnished with some pickle slices. She offered, and we accepted, extra Thousand Island dressing. The side of slaw was disappointing...salt and pepper didn't do much to make it worth consuming. $3.99 for a small serving of slaw. I was hoping for a new destination restaurant with a lovely view of the river. Any suggestions????? read more

We had the Riverview Cafe cater our Dexter Rotary dinner event last night for 50 people and the UNANIMOUS review was that the meal was outstanding - for both the food AND the service. The entrée selection was perfect (filet mignon, chicken, pasta), the sides were done just right, and the desserts were fantastic. The Baklava and rice pudding were a hit. All of this and a very reasonable price makes this a no-brainer for us to use them again for our next event. Well done Riverview Cafe! read more

I love this place. Good American breakfasts. Great lunches. Parking right out the door and a clean diner with decent restrooms.

Amazing breakfast food and such sweet workers! My boyfriend and I love the skillets. They're always piping hot and prepared perfectly

We went here on a Sunday for breakfast and waited over an hour for really easy breakfast dishes. They were busy when we walked in, but several tables that came in after us got their food before us. When we asked the waitress what was going on she just shrugged and walked away. Then she came back and said "they're making your food now it should only take 5 minutes." Why on God's green earth does it take over an hour to get 4 dishes that take 5 minutes to make?! To top it all off their credit card machine was down when we went to pay. Probably wouldn't go back here to eat again. Love Dexter, but wouldn't recommend this place. read more

This is our favorite place to come for breakfast and lunch! Albana, Jimmy and the amazing staff always make you feel like you're right at home with welcoming smiles and delicious food ! read more

Great breakfast spot. Food us tasty and of good quality. This is my go to breakfast spot. Very friendly owner and staff. Everything is great. 5 stars is perfect. 4 because the chili is always room temp and sometimes forgetful staff. But I'm struggling to find criticism. Overall, this is a great place and I'm glad it's in town. read more

We've been here twice so far. First time we had excellent service and excellent food. It was 11am on Black Friday. Today, Sunday at 1pm, it was very busy and the service was ok and the food was ok. Here is what we ordered and how we would categorize the items: Loved - gyro sandwich, gyro omelette, rice pudding Ok - chicken gyro, philly sandwich, Saganiki read more

The service! The food! The owner! Loved our whole experience. The waitress was really nice, she even came by to let us know our food was next to be done. The food was filling and delicious!!! The owner cashwd us out and what a doll she was! Very friendly, and just wanted to be sure her customers were happy. She thanked us a few times for stopping! Great job, yelp!!! We will be back. read more

Good food, but ridiculous wait on weekends. Short staffed - I get it, but that is not the customers burden. Limit the number of open tables if that is the case. Waiting 40 minutes for breakfast after ordering is unsatisfactory. read more

Food was great until... we watched the cook go into the bathroom with his apron on and came out of the bathroom with his apron on! After that food wasn't so good. When I asked the gentleman if he was a cooked when he passed our table he said yes, and I mentioned to him about his apron in the bathroom, he apologized and said he would change it. Would he have changed it if we had not said something? Waitress and host apologized for this, manager said it was not a problem and we shouldn't have an issue with it. Makes me wonder how the kitchen is "really" run, dang and the food was good! read more

We do breakfast here weekly. Live in Chelsea but drive to Dexter for this restaurant. Great American home style breakfast. Super friendly and capable staff (even during rushes) If you haven't gone, I recommend you try it! read more

Some really great things - just perfect eggs, great crispy bacon, vegetables and especially onions done to exactly the right firmness. And at a good price! Unfortunately, the WORST drip coffee we have ever had. Not kidding! Bitter, burnt, and one pour had a mysterious chunk in it. Horrid, ruins the rest of the breakfast. Disappointed that their hash browns were not hash browns, they were potato slices. Which means they just get dry rather than frying crispy. If they got a decent coffee machine and used shredded potatoes, this place would be really excellent. Good staff, classic greasy spoon. Great eggs. read more

A gem when I wasn't expecting it. Small, quaint and great! I am not a diner person but was asked to go here. The veggie wrap was killer, that's hard to do. You can even order chili with no beans! Wouldn't but you could! Fast, friendly and a wide range of foods. read more

We came in on a Sunday morning and the restaurant was very crowded. After ordering we had to wait over an hour to get our food and tables around us that ordered around the same time or after us finished their food before ours was even brought out. No explanation was given until we asked at check out and were informed that one of their cooks didn't show up. (Which doesn't explain why our food came after everyone else's). Another table checking out after us had the same complaint. The food was nothing special - good but not great and not worth the wait. I will say that the good was affordable. read more

Oh ya! Lots of great food. Some reviews say it's a new owner. If so they r doing great! Found this on yelp. So here we are and they were busy on Sunday but got us rite in. Immediate coffee and tea was served. Had to look at the menu (& Yelp pix) to see what we wanted he he. Hubby had Greek omelet oh ya. And I had the corned beef skillet with poached eggs. And let me tell u... They were Both delish. I also ordered a side of pita with teziki. Yum their teziki had grated cucumber in it so u had a nice pop of crunch...! The cook did a poached egg perfectly also (c pix).. They owner came around and asked us if we were asked about rice pudding. We said no not yet and we told her maybe we share one. She said oh no I bring one for each! We looked at each other and said OK!! She is very nice. She is Albanian and husband from Greece so they know their stuff man. Our waitress came over then and asked us for rice pudding and we said she had been intercepted!! Lol. So I figure whatever u order is will be great and a lot of food. Till next time when we are in town. read more

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Fraud - be aware. We went for breakfast which as tasty enough but they charged us $75 instead of the bill of $35 WATCH OUT! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED read more

Phenomenal Breakfast everything was very fresh and hot when it arrived! It's was our first time there and we will defiantly be back

My wife and I are regulars here for breakfast, brunch or lunch. They make good food, and the quantities are large (we often have to take a box home). The place is very welcoming and the service is good. The gyro here is very good, so are the "skillets," the cheesesteaks and salads. They often offer a free rice pudding after the meal, which is tasty as well as being a nice gesture. Its crowded at times, especially weekend late mornings. They do have wifi. read more

Riverview cafe was good. The food was excellent but the size of the dish was dissappointing. I ordered a hungry man skillet as I was a hungry man at the time and it did not meet expectations as I was still a hungry, albeit slightly less, man afterwards. For a 12 dollar skillet you should have a challenge finishing it. read more

I really wanted to like this place. They did a nice job despite the fact that it was a typical busy Sunday- seated right away, orders were taken promptly & they filled our coffee repeatedly. However, I was extremely disappointed with everything else. Never filled our water glasses (and for some reason they were half the size of everyone else's), we didn't get our food at the same time, and the food itself was extremely disappointing. My omelette was delivered without cheese, even though it came with it, and my boyfriend's "chicken & waffles" was just over done waffles with store bought chicken strips on top. Definitely not worth the long wait. This was the first time I've ever been somewhere and have not agreed with the Yelp reviews. I do NOT recommend this place, and will not be coming back. read more

This place sucks. Waited over 20 minutes and was never served. There was one other person in the restaurant. Waiters walked by staring at us. Had to leave. AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE read more

Excellent food & Ava was an excellent server. Place was very busy yet my order came quickly with my poached eggs done as I requested. Would highly recommend this cafe if you are looking for a big meal at a fair price. And the complimentary homemade warm rice pudding is delicious !!! read more

Visiting the area for the Ann Arbor Art Fair, we found RCR on Yelp. The restaurant itself is nice, cozy with plenty of tables. Staff was very warm and friendly. We were greater as soon as we sat down. Menu for breakfast features the usual breakfast fare-pancakes, waffles, French toast along with some house specialities. We both got French toast and it was served in less than 10 minutes from ordering. We both enjoyed are meals and the server was very attentive throughout. If you're a hard core foodie, always wanting something really different, this is not the place for. If you want really good basic breakfast food with great service in a charming town, then definitely stop here. read more

Good food and reasonable prices, some say great value depending on what you order. The portions tend to be large and well prepared. Their are many locals who stop by weekly or some daily which tells you the food is good. The decor is mid-west diner; simple, local pictures and ads for local business. When in Dexter for breakfast this is the go-to spot. read more

Wonderful place. Welcoming to kids, great food, service and prices. Highly recommend.

The reviews looked promising, so i called to see if they were busy, or if i needed a reservation. "No we have open tables" was the response, 10 mins later we were there. Kindly greeted and seated immediately, our waitress took our orders, placed them, and disappeared.... waited for our appetizers, until we were out of coffee (just ok coffee) asked for creamers,got some, ran out on 2nd cup.. and no staff stopped to accommodate us either, if by chance it was a newer waitress. Most All the food came out at once. One appetizer came after most food was gone. The Patty melt was ok, the 2 skillet scrambles were good, conies and fries fair to good. It was good and fresh. Not the biggest portion & Not outstanding! Within 10 mins drive there is better food with superior service. One chance was good enough. read more

Food is typical of a Coney Island. Good tasting food served in large quantities. Decor is a bit worn. Service was very friendly. I had the gyro and it was ok, but the tadziki sauce was very good. It is homemade. They will give you a complementary rice pudding at the end. read more

The service was great! Everyone was very friendly, our waitress was super! The food was fresh, tasty and quick! We'll be back for sure. The only reason for four stars versus five was the restroom. It was clean, but I have a thing about leaving rolls of toilet paper out in the open. I want that stuff covered so it's not sneezed on or coughed on or worse! read more

Great breakfast! The country skillet with their sausage gravy was wonderful! Everyone said their breakfast was great. It is nice to support a local business. read more

I am doing DoorDash and I had an order at this restaurant and I was greeted when I walked in, and they allowed me to use the bathroom because I've been dashing and a lot of places will not allow you to use their bathroom even if your DoorDash and picking up and order. They even offered me something to drink while I waited for them to complete the food. Staff and owner where super nice. Didn't get anything to eat nor have I ever eaten here, but the food smells amazing. read more