Staff was very nice, outside dining so comfort depends on the weather, lovely scenery, limited menu.

My absolute favorite restaurant in the greater Cincinnati area. Great river view, friendly staff, and a marvelous menu with wonderfully prepared food. Try the grouper! Captain Mike is back at the helm after being off last year for knee surgeries. His presence is felt in the quality of the food, the ambiance, and the super friendly interactions between staff and customers. They do have inside seating and are finishing outside coverings for inclement weather. Don't wait for a sunny day. Can't wait to get there again - rain or shine. read more

RiverWatch in Lawrenceburg is a nice place to dine on the river. The food is ok but a little pricey isn't too much out of line with todays inflation everywhere. I was there Sunday afternoon and got a decent burger and some onion rings. Service was prompt and good. They do use an off brand of ketchup that is quite watery. Makes you wonder what else is RiverWatch cutting corners on if they don't use Heinz they are definitely trying to get by on the cheap. Serving watered down off brand ketchup leaves a bad taste in the mouths of customers when paying $12.99 for a burger. If you are looking for the ambience of Ohio River you won't be disappointed. read more

Seriously, don't serve frozen chicken tenders like that. One of the worst I've ever had. Easily one of the worst dishes I've had, don't use that frozen crap when you have a great location like this. read more

Terrible service. Small portions for the price. They sat us at a wet table and chairs and didn't even try to dry it off. Not to mention the table of about 10 people who were obnoxiously drunk, but kept being served. Our server took our order, brought us our drinks, and never came back. Just like her, we won't be back. read more

1 Star because The waitress was nice. The food was TERRIBLE. We had crab cakes and fried catfish dinner. ONE filet on the catfish dinner. We couldn't even eat it. It's so bad it's not even worth going into detail about bad it was. Not sure why the Yelp reviews were good as I always check them when going to a new city. We'll probably go by Taco Bell in the way home. read more

I was staying at the hotel for a conference and decided to eat here for the first night. The band had not started yet and the weather was nice, so I sat outside. It was difficult to make a choice from the menu. The service and food were good. It was nice to sit by the water and watch the passing boats and barges. Convenient location for hotel guests. read more

If I could give 0 starts I would give them 0 stars. After 30 min of waiting I finally asked about appetizer. Apparently out ticket was lost and I could wait another year and it wouldn't come. After 1 hour I asked again about food and she had no clue what is going on. Restaurant is dirty and cheap looking. We came here only because there is only two options in the whole town. Poor people who leave here and think it is ok to be served like that. Visit other cities where actually waitresses care about their customers and restaurants care about their guests. The thing that kills me the most our waitress was passing us by million times and I had to raise my concerns about not having our food for over an hour. If I didn't they probably just kept on going. Finally an owner or manager for involve and an hour later I got the order and it was wrong. Than I got the right order and it was burned completely. When I finally got correct order I had no appetite and had to leave with frustration only. Positive: had decency not to charge me for that disastrous order. I had to pay for only appetizer. For that I give them 2 stars. read more

Food was good (ordered the burger and beer fries, yummm!) service was fantastic and the live music wasn't overpowering. We will definitely come back. read more

Very slow to get seated today, not a good hostess waited hour and half To be seated with open tables in front of use, not good but understand good help is hard to find in the new world that we now live in. Food was great and the beer was cold thank you! read more

Eat here if you want a cheeseburger that taste like a brick of charcoal. Can't give a review lower than 1 star.

The food was average I ordered the chicken tenders basket and my boyfriend ordered the fish and chips basket. Neither one of us were blown away. The real problem was the service. We waited a few min at the hostess station and a lady comes up and without any greeting says follow me. Then we got our drinks and ordered our food with no problem. After that no one came to check on us. Our drinks were empty for most of our meal. We had to hunt down someone to give us our bill and then waited and waited for someone to come collect the money. We eventually went inside so that we could pay and get out of there. read more

For a place that has been around a while, I'm surprised to see so few reviews for this place. Dinner tonight earned two stars from me, but I would give at least 3 for the two people I ate with. This is the sort of restaurant you go to for the atmosphere more than anything. It's on the water, and locals can dock their boats nearby, which is very cool. They have indoor and outdoor seating also. The first impression was very good! We were seated quickly, and given our drinks quickly. Our waitress forgot about us for at least 10-15 minutes, and when she realized it she rushed over to help us and was very attentive after that. She even put our tickets up front, which I greatly appreciated. I think she did a great job in realizing her mistake and tried to make things right. The dishes we ordered were the Cobb salad, the chicken caesar wrap, and the turkey wrap. I was told the Cobb salad was pretty good, and it looked like the chicken wrap went down well also. My turkey wrap was very strange. I have never seen presentation like this and I would never order it again. The ingredients were totally segmented. The turkey was in one section, the lettuce in another, and the bacon in another. It made for an awkward and unpleasant experience. I would enjoy a bite of turkey, and then suffer a bite of strange and bad tasting lettuce. For 9 bucks I would expect better. I would certainly try this place again for a burger or chicken dish, but never for the wrap. Probably worth a try, and I'm sure most of the food is better than what I had. It all seemed a bit pricey, but that's what you pay to dine on the river! read more

Very fun place to eat and hang out with friends. Literally sits right on the river. I had the blackened Mahi Mahi and it was delicious. A very nice size portion. Cooked just right and had a good amount of spices. The staff was also fun and polite. Went out of their way to make our visit enjoyable. The only bad thing was that damn walk back up the hill ;-) read more

Great food, great view! A must eat at in Lawrenceburg! They are seasonal so keep that in mind before walking down! read more

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Great little place on the river. We parked in the free garage and walked down, no wait on a Thursday evening. Ordered a grilled chicken salad, the Mahi fingers, and cheese sticks. Everything was pretty good for bar food, mahi fingers were the best! We would definitely go back for the atmosphere. read more

RiverWatch - Grilled chicken salad, mozzarella sticks, Mast Mahi Fingers and cold Landshar! - Seafood Near Me - Lawrenceburg, Indiana

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To put things in the proper context, I never would have waited if my son was not with us. He really wanted to stay and it is just easier sometime to make him happy over the rest of us. When we arrived, I counted 7 four top tables open outside alone. We were still given a pager and told to wait. At one point before we were seated there were 9 tables available. I understand staffing can be difficult sometimes but I also never saw a manager come around to help anyone.After 43 minutes we were seated. Our waitress, Sarah, was very friendly. She greated us immediately for our drink orders. Returned soon after with those drinks and to take our dunner order. Great job . The food: The positive, the green beans are delicious. Thats the end of the positive. The tuna I was served tasted like the cook had been working on a trawler for three days without washing their hands. The taste and smell of bad fish was quite strong. If fish tastes like it smells then its no good. Stay away from the tuna. The burger was a burger. My daughters fish basket was ok. My wife had the salmon. It had ok flavor although she asked for it to be cooked medium and it was well into well done. Our bill was $85. For that money, our wait, the location I expected much better food. Management matters and this place needs better. One hour and thirtythree minutes after arriving we paid our bill. We will not be back. My advise is to find someplace else. read more

Loved this place! Great atmosphere, beautiful views, awesome beer, great food! The service was spectacular. Our waitress was super attentive and even gave us a free dessert for our anniversary! The owner is so personable and came out and chatted with us and made recommendations when we asked what to order. Highly recommend and we will be back! read more

Perfect setting: cool breeze, late afternoon blue skies, open-air seating on the river. Super service from the moment we were greeted by several very sweet and friendly hostesses until we left and others told us goodbye. Very attentive and personable waitress. Asked for and received great recommendations for our order. We tried mushroom burger, mahi mahi, cod sandwich and personal top pick: the Rueben and side of sweet potato fries (and a very beautiful pina colada!) All great! read more

Shrimp cocktail was probably the only thing good out of the entire order of nachos, shrimp cocktail, spicy fried green beans, salad, blackened grouper and keylime pie. The grouper (ordered ir t blackened) was dry and extremely salty, nacho chips were stale and the keylime tasted like it was left uncovered in the fridge (could actually pick up hints of other foods in the pie). Great place for drinks and listening to live music. But, food was horrible. read more

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We were excited to try a new river restaurant. We waited for approx 30 min, which wasn't bad at all. We requested to sit near the water and when we were sat, it was an inner table. We politely asked our hostess to move to a nearby table that was near the water. She was very polite and ok'd the move. We were then greated by another hostess/ busser that asked us why we were at a table that wasn't ready yet. Keep in mind we had already started to clean the table up ourselves as we didn't mind to help. She was very rude and aggressive with us and told us we had to wait like everyone else. She also told us that "it doesn't work like that here." We tried to talk with her and tell her that we requested to sit here and were happy to wait while the table was cleaned (even though we already cleaned it off for her). She demanded that we leave the table. Our waitress was the complete opposite. She was very pleasant and welcoming. We decided to stay and try it out regardless of the negative first impression. We had the seared Tuna and the fish and chips. Both were excellent. A little bit above average riverside food and the remaining atmosphere was great. I would recommend this place as long as you stay away from this Hostess!! read more

RiverWatch - Seafood Near Me - Lawrenceburg, Indiana

Nice location. Covered and uncovered portions to eat on so that was a huge plus! Cleanliness could be better but ok. Had the Maryland blue crab cakes and liked that it was mostly crab meat instead of breading. Maybe fried a bit too much and too greasy though. Mimosas were fabulous. Service was good but it was rather busy. Disappointed they were out of Ahi and Grouper. It is a stand alone place by the levee so you can walk around after and burn off a few calories too. read more

I just had the most awesome experience with River Watch. The food was good, very good - - but they went above and beyond to create a take-out lunch for me for a business meeting. Every request was met with a positive response - and a smile. They even basically prepared my to-go order prior to the restaurant opening.... and everyone was just so nice about it. I will definitely eat there (dine-in) next time I am in town! Do be aware getting to the restaurant is a hike... I did it in a suit and heels, but it is a long, hilly walk.... but it was worth it! Great view, inside seating also; varied menu. Excellent food and prices. read more

Great food and good service. Hubby and I shared the seared Ahi and crab cakes. The Ahi was prepared perfectly with a wasabi sauce and ginger DIY dip. The crab cake was yummy. Drawback was smokers sitting close by. We had to move to a less shady area to avoid the smell. read more

Not only were they not practicing social distancing and no masks, but the food wasn't even that good. Seriously, they were seating every single table inside & out and not a single employee was wearing a mask. My son got some fried fish which was fine, you can't really screw that up, but I ordered the crab cakes and they were the most pathetic thing I've ever seen or eaten. It was $18 for two crab cakes the size of small sausage patties (and just as thick) that fell apart, overcooked canned green beans, a baked potato and some lettuce. I won't be back, Long John Silvers is faster and cheaper with the quality being equal. read more

Great to be on the river an look at view. That's about as good as it gets. Beer could be colder , fish was tasteless you can make better batter with crackers. Dipping sauce was more like milk with lime in it. First time I ever ordered fish sandwich an had to ask for tater sauce. To many nicer places to go to in Lawrenceburg will try them pass on this one. 3 stars was for the view. read more

Wonderful service, great food, fantastic atmosphere. Would recommend to anyone visiting the area of Lawrenceburg Indiana. read more

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I recommend you don't go there! Let me explain... We had been out riding motorcycles all day Sunday August 27th 2017 at our last stop we all agreed we were hungry and tried to decide where to go eat. we talked about multiple options we were in Sunman In. at the time and finally decided to ride into Lawrenceburg and eat lunch at River watch. We had been there a few times in past years and had a good experience. That was not the case on this visit, I was with my girlfriend and 9 others. so we had a nice party of 11 hungry folks ready to eat and drink a few beers. We parked our bikes where we had in the past and walked up to the hostess desk. we stood there a few minutes and were then told we had to "move our bikes" because where we parked was employee parking. and to top it off she said if we didn't move them immediately "they would be towed". SO obviously we left and went somewhere else. They need to have bike parking closer to the boat area, they want all parking in the garage. It was just the way we were handled it that didn't sit right with any of us. They may have seen a group of 11 bikers and maybe that had something to do with it.. not sure, but let me tell you a bit about that group of bikers.. in that group we had a Research and development professional who works at UC, we had a registered nurse. a superintendent from a large local construction company and a collection of other professionals from the Cincinnati area. we have many friends and co-workers and I'm sure we will all "share" this experience with them. ON THE POSITIVE SIDE! we did discover our new "go-to" in Lawrenceburg now "Strong's Brick Oven Pizza" they got our business and will again. I highly recommend the wings and Pizza. Dan said the Meatballs were amazing. So that's our experience with our last time Visiting Riverwatch. 11 Hungry and Thirsty Bikers..you do the math. they lost out Big time! The End! read more

The only thing this restaurant has going for it is that it's on the water. We went there for a group dinner with friends. We did the right thing and called well in advance for our party of 20 but they still could not accommodate us outside. We had no problem going inside due to the large amount of May Flies hovering about outside all over everything and everyone. There were dead May Flies hanging from everything (ceiling, hostess stand, hand rails, tables, chairs). I realize it might be difficult to keep up with that but at least try. The whole place was less than clean. Let's move on to the service. She took our drink order and then disappeared for 20 minutes. Finally took our order. 40 minutes later she came back and told my fiance' they were out of bone in wings. Really it takes 40 minutes to figure that out? So she substituted with boneless. I digress...so food comes out an hour later delivered one meal at a time staggered over 20 minutes. Why can all the food not come out at once? Also our waitress can't remember who ordered what (that's what you get for not writing it down by seat) so she just stands at the head of the table and yells it out. Felt like i was at an auction having to wave my arms whenever something came up that was mine. Throughout all of this not once did she ask us if we wanted drink refills. We had to go up to the bar to ask. Our waitress was MIA a lot. Moving on to the food quality, I ordered the Turkey Reuben and the spicy green beans. My fiance ordered the Cobb Salad and the wings. Turkey Reuben had too much dressing and it was pooled in the paper lined basket that it came in. I picked it up and everything just fell apart in a sloppy mess. I ate it with a fork and had to make sure I wasn't eating any of the paper that had come apart in the basket because of all the liquid coming off the sandwich. Spicy green beans were good but there were literally 15 small green beans in a basket for $7.99. My fiance's cobb entree salad was the size of a side salad at most restaurants for $13.99. That's crazy! The boneless wings had twice as much breading on them than there was meat. Lastly the checks came out. We all had separate party checks instead of one big group check. My fiance's and mine were together. The waitress had tacked on a 20% gratuity to everyone's check despite the fact that they were all separate checks. Let me just stress to you how she did not earn that 20%! So for two people our amount owed was $59. For a restaurant that serves bar food that's not that great, over priced, restaurant is dirty and a wait staff that needs more training...that was not worth $59. We will not be going back. The owners of this place have some work to do. read more

This is a place that my son and I have enjoyed eating at for several years now! It's a traditional summer spot for us. It's small and in a small town, so you get the small town/at home/welcoming feeling. They have the option of eating inside or outside so regardless of what the weather decides to do, you can still enjoy your meal and view! Our favorite- their Fish & Chips. He enjoys getting to feed the ducks his "leftover" chips ;) My more detailed breakdown is below...... Alcohol/ Beverages: They serve alcoholic beverages throughout normal business hours.. There's a bar indoors that's always open (during business hours of course), but on weekends (later in the evenings), or special occasions, they'll open the outside bar. Although I've never been when it's open- (mainly because I only go there with my son for dinner)- I've heard it's a nice time. Nothing wild and rowdy, just a nice evening on the river/boat, and a good drink! Parking&Getting to the boat: You park in the parking garage under IvyTech college. You'll see some reserved parking spots labeled just for river watch- (although you can park anywhere within the garage) They offer shuttle transportation (by golf cart) from the parking garage (at top of hill), down to the boats ramp and back. So if your disabled, elderly, or just don't want to make the walk down the levee to the water. . No problem! ~Important *~ Don't forget to get your parking ticket stamped by your server, that way your parking is free! If not I believe it's only like- $3? , but a lot of people don't realize they'll be charged so don't have the cash on hand. Overall: I give this 4 Stars.. The CONS - It's only open seasonal. The walk can be an inconvenience to some people ( although I enjoy this part of the "experience" and would consider this a pro for me). If your looking for fine dining - this is Not the place for you-simple/limited menu- The PROS - Love being right on the water! After dinner you can take a nice little walk along the levee.. Just a peaceful diner that's hidden within this small town. Dining is Inside or outside, and there's covered areas outside too so the weather is never an issue. Good food, classic foods, and decent prices. Family friendly during the day, but converts more to Adult in the evenings. read more

What a perfect way to spend a beautiful Saturday afternoon - lunching at River Watch. I enjoyed quite possibly the best blackened Mahi Mahi sandwich that I have ever had. It was amazing! The sweet potato fries were nothing special but the brown sugar dipping sauce was a tasty surprise. My 86 year old Mom thoroughly enjoyed the Rueben while my sister proclaimed the pork BBQ a winner. The river atmosphere was so relaxing. The restaurant was extremely clean. We will definitely return to River Watch. PS- a golf cart can pick you up and take you down to or up from the restaurant if you have an issue like an 86 year old body. ;) read more

All the food is overpriced based on portion size. I ordered fried grouper and it was one maybe 6oz piece and it was $25. It was good but not enough to fill me up so I ordered wings. They shorted me 1 and they weren't even cooked all the way. The wife had the Texas hamburger and it was dripping with grease. $60 better spent almost anywhere else!! read more

RiverWatch - Seafood Near Me - Lawrenceburg, Indiana

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We really had a good experience. The food was really good but Fairlie predictable. We loved being on the river and service was great.

A friend and I decided to have a bite to eat and a few drinks before heading to Boogie Nights. We're so glad we did! I had the red pepper and cream cheese poppers and my friend had the mahi-mahi. Even though it was bar food, it was surprisingly good and the price was very reasonable. A special shout-out to Shelly the bartender who was very accommodating and attentive! And what a great conversationalist! We had an enjoyable time and will definitely be back! read more

Loved the fried pickles. Coconut shrimp just right. Ladies room had all the necessary things, lotion, mouth wash,hair spray,mints!

Great food, great atmosphere and great service and locally owned! Definitely miles apart from the restaurant upstairs in the hotel. Try the sweet potato fries-delish! read more

RiverWatch - Seafood Near Me - Lawrenceburg, Indiana

Stop min night before spartan race with my son. Fun atmosphere on the river. Great music tonight and food is good. Nice job river watch !

This is great little spot on the river. Took my Gma for her 85th bday and we had a fabulous burger and a beer. We loved it! Live music, not sure if every Sat night, but they did tonight. Will definitely be back, I've heard they have awesome grouper that I must try. read more

What a great place! You're treated like family as soon as you walk on board. The river view is amazing! I could watch the barge's go up & down the river all day. I love the Mahi Mahi sticks & their Burgers are always awesome. They also have a great specialty cocktail selection. I only wish they were open year round! read more

I keep hearing great things about this place and finally had time to go. Food was just ok. Crab cake was a disappointment.