Riva Bistro Café

We came across this bistro on a sunny Saturday afternoon. The outside tables were all full, many with mothers and children meeting friends while their children played ( Just to be clear: not a problem at all, nice lively atmosphere). Like so many other Hamburg restaurants the Riva offered Bavarian fayre as "Oktoberfest". We only ordered from that special menu, so can't say much about the standard menu, except that the Flammkuchen (like a thin crispy pizza) looked good and large. We had 2x beef fillets on chanterelles mushrooms with truffelled French fries- sounds a little strange but the fries tasted more of truffles than many pasta dishes in Italian restaurants. The thick steak was perfect to our taste although nobody had asked how we wanted it (medium rare). I had a pork hock with crispy crackling, mashed potatoes from real potatoes with bits, and sauerkraut- all perfectly done. It's the first time I've had hock served off the bone and I liked it a lot. The glasses of tap water we ordered (as well as wine) came without complaints as is sometimes the case.The downside was that we had to wait almost an hour for the food. The one young waitress was quite busy but still found time to stand outside for a smoke and to check her phone. We asked about an item on the specials menu and she didn't know it. It turned out to be a spelling mistake... I was surprised she wasn't more familiar with the menu.Inside was dark and empty, maybe good on an evening but not a sunny afternoon.

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My wife and l were part of a party of 12 guests booked for evening dinner at this restaurant, the service we received was very poor from the start and it got worse as the evening went by, 10 people having there main meal put in front of them waiting for the other two to arrive and after several minutes the waitress came back and said "sorry l dropped them in the kitchen" when they eventually arrived one meal was wrong ! so more waiting, by this time meals are now cold. throughout the evening the drinks were also slow to be served and when arrived just put on the end of the table, we complained when the bill arrived regarding poor service but the waitress was not interested, as for the standard of the food ! average at best, so my review is that l would not recommend this restaurant to anyone.

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We came across this bistro on a sunny Saturday afternoon. The outside tables were all full, many with mothers and children meeting friends while their children played Just to be clear: not a problem at all, nice lively atmosphere. Like so many other Hamburg..

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We got recommended this restaurant from our concierge and it was so worth it. The views from the restaurant towards the harbour with major ships passing by were truly an joy to watch. The service were a bit slow to begin with however the friendliness..

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Went there with the husband for a very late breakfast. On the menu it says the breakfast is served until We sat down and ordered coffee, that took more than minutes to deliver. We asked what's going on with it, finally got it..

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