River City Pub & Eatery

Friday nights are super busy, 45 minute wait for a table. The peachy keen drink was dangerously good, Witchslap was also a favorite. I took off one star because our food orders were taken 30 minutes after we got our table. At least the food came out quickly and tasted great. I guess it was worth the wait!??

I called in advance to see if we could get a reservation for my husbands birthday. The person who answered the phone told me they only accept reservations for groups over 20. I asked if they do anything special for birthdays and she informed me I can speak to our server to get a free dessert. We arrived at 6 p.m and were told it would be a 30 min wait. It was for this exact reason we were hoping to get a reservation. When we did finally get seated, our server was gone for a long time after he handed us menus. We hoped the food would make up for the wait time. I ordered crab cakes which I love but these were the worst ones I've ever had. I only ate one. My husband had a pork chop which was good but not great. We did, however, enjoy the duck fat fries. I informed the server after we were done eating that we would have the brownie as the birthday dessert. The server hadn't even cleared our table before he brought the brownie. We had to push our plates around our table to make room for dessert. We eventually signalled a different server to get us a to-go box and toclear plates. Overall the entire experience was a huge disappointment. From not being able to make reservations (I'd have loved it if we could have been able to make prior plans to have dessert brought out as a surprise and to not have to wait for a table) . For what you pay, the food was really underwhelming. Our server wasn't rude but he wasn't friendly either and his service was wanting. I would only come back for a drink ( I recommend the witch slap) and kudos to the lady at the bar who served us.

It was amazing! I am a very fussy eater and I just had a cheeseburger and fries. It was by far the best burger I have ever eaten! There were 10 of us and everyone raved about their food. I ordered the brownie dessert and wow. It was like a giant piece of fudge. Delicious! I wish we didn't live an hour away, but the next time we go to Cedar Rapids we will go there.