This place is Top notch! Food is excellent, staff was courteous, all around great experience!…read more Definately coming back!

Quaint little place where business folks can meet clients, etc there. Service is excellent our…read moreserver explained everything to us.

We have visited about five times now. We always take ours…read morevisitors from out of town and we have introduced locals as well. Everyone is always surprised by such a unique and cool place in Rocky Mount!! This past Saturday, Brooke took absolutely amazing care of our group of eight! Love this place!

The mussels carbonara is out of this world! You can't go wrong here! The staff is amazing and…read moreextremely knowledgeable about the menu!

Love this place. Passing through and hungry so we relied on our Yelp app to get us to a great place…read moreto eat. This place did not disappoint. Appetizer of freckles was delicious which is fresh, fried pickles with a delicious homemade sauce. Portions are huge. Our main course was grilled chicken house salads which included perfectly cut vegetables such as heirloom tomatoes. Delicious dressings which seemed to be housemate. Bonus-bathrooms are decorated beautifully and super clean. Highly recommend.

Every time I dine at this restaurant I have a memorable dining experience. One of my favorite items…read moreon their summer menu is their R&R Hanger Steak. A Hanger steak is a long, flat, flavorful cut reminiscent of flank steak and skirt steak, only more tender. In the US, hanger steak is most commonly called "hanging tender" or "butcher's steak." It gets the latter nickname because it was historically a "secret" cut that butchers would keep for themselves rather than sell to the public. Other names you might see on menus for this cut are Hanging tenderloin and Bistro steak. All that I know is that it's the best piece of meat that I have ever eaten and it has been at this restaurant. So that was the main reason I came to dine here today and my expectations were completely fulfilled. When I arrived, I was greeted by a friendly, young lady with the warm welcoming of a regular guest. She happily took me to the table I had requested when I made my reservation online. It was a table facing the bar with their open kitchen on the right of me. I like to watch the bartenders and chefs in action as they create their amazing drinks and culinary masterpieces. Immediately after I was seated my server Tim came by with the usual familiar greeting, welcoming me once again for returning to dine there and thanking me for being such a loyal customer. I had the usual cold water and this time started off with one of their Butterfly Kisses Mocktails. It both looked and tasted amazing. For appetizer I had their VA Oyster Wraps, followed by their special salad of the day. And for the main entrée I had their R&R Hanger Steak. Everything was timed appropriately and was served at the right timing. I invite you to view my photographs accompanying this review to get a better sense of the place and the high-quality of their food and drinks. For dessert I had my favorite, their Dark Chocolate Panna Cotta. What a way to end a spectacular dinner. I highly recommend this restaurant for an exceptional fine dining experience.

While The River and Rail has many things going for it: great location, adorable atmosphere, fancy…read moreand delicious cocktails and delicious food, one thing they don't have going for them is their ability to stay true to their operating hours. My friend and I walked in at 9 o'clock EXACTLY on a Thursday night to have a drink. The sign on the door said they were open until 10:00. There were 4 or 5 tables seated, enjoying dinner and cocktails. 5 or 6 people at the bar. There was no one to start with at the actual hostess stand and servers saw us standing at the door but did not approach us even though there was an hour left on their operating time. So we walked directly to the bar and sat down. We had just eaten at Fork in the Alley so all we wanted was one drink and we figured an hour was plenty of time to get that done. The first thing the bartender said to us was "The kitchen is closed." Not "hello" or "Hey what can I get you?" but the kitchen is closed. I said "oh I'm sorry I thought you closed at 10:00." He said "well, that's up for debate we were actually discussing that right now. We're basically closed but you can have a drink because it's not like the rest of these people are going anywhere." What do you mean that's up for discussion? Your hours say you're open till 10 o'clock, it's 9 o'clock I have an hour to eat and have drinks! The other bartender, or perhaps he was only a bar back, gave us a very disapproving look. I get it, I work in the food service industry. I'm a server at a 4 diamond restaurant, and I hate when people walk in minutes before we close and want to sit down. But if we post that we're open until 10 and you walk in at 9:45 I'm going to serve you and treat you like anyone else that walked in at 6:00 because it's your tips that pay my bills and put food on my table. It's definitely not the hourly wage I get from my employer! And as a server I never walk into a restaurant with less than 30 minutes to close. And it's more like an hour if I'm looking to eat a meal. I know you want to go home. When it's the end of the night and I'm at work, so do I! But there's an hour left and I wanted one drink. That's it! We continued to get disappointed looks from a few other employees even though we weren't the last people in the place. I told my friend (it's 9:45 at this point) that we obviously need to go since servers are standing around looking at us like we've got the plague. We paid our bill and promptly left. Two couples still at the bar. It's 9:59 right now as I'm writing this at home (you're still technically open btw) but I left feeling like I had stayed hours past your closing time. It's a real shame because we really enjoyed our drinks! They were super yummy! And I'm always getting asked by guests where's a good place for a late night cocktail and I used to recommend The River and Rail right along with Lucky's because we had a shuttle that would take guests out, but after tonight I won't be doing that anymore. Because there's nothing worse than feeling unwelcome at a restaurant that is still open.

Good food and good service. It's perfect to eat outside for sunset. The energy was high as every…read moretable had this week's graduates from Liberty University.

Best blue cheese filet I ever had. Nice patio for a great view…read more Came by boat. Fantastic deserts and drinks

What a charming, delicious find with a fantastic menu, great service and great atmosphere. So…read moreunique!!!

Food and Service were amazing. Nice to have sweet tea done like my grandma made. Even better were…read morethe fried green tomatoes onion straws and French fries! I'm going back to try the "dings"! Fried chicken wings. Had the BLT, French Dip and Club wrap. Superb. But so much food. Good deal.

We love this locally owned restaurant and enjoy getting breakfast there each time we are in the…read moreSmith Mountain lake area for vacation. Great friendly service and home cooked meals with a smile. Amazing omelets, potatoes, pancakes and desserts. You won't find a better breakfast at SML!

Average food. No military discount especially to a WWII Nact Vet in his late 90's. We are not loyal…read moreto a place thats not loyal to our Veterans.

The customer service was great, they made sure what I ordered is what I wanted and the restaurant…read morewas pretty clean!, chicken was cooked and seasoned nicely. 10/10

This is a gas station Indian restaurant. I've found some surprisingly good food in such settings,…read morebut this one was more like what that combination of words would lead one to expect. They have some typical American food and Italian, but the people clearly forefront their Indian cuisine. I ordered some chickpeas and fried bread, but having ordered online I arrived to find they hadn't started it yet. After a modest wait, I took my food to go. The freshly prepared curry could not be accused of anything less than robust flavor, and yet it was very heavy on oil and even though I tried to pour some of that off it left me feeling a bit queasy. The fried bread that accompanied it wasn't impressive; the pieces were two small to really mop up the chickpeas by themselves. The prepared food menu was varied, but the selection of items for sale in the convenience store was more typical American stuff. I was glad I found something interesting and vegetarian in the region, but it wasn't quite what I'd hoped for. Maybe a different order would go better.