River Rock - Stevenson, Washington

Chetan S.

Fantastic views and superb service. Great selection of cocktails too.
Try salt and vinegar fries. They were delicious.
The staff was very kind and helpful. Definitely coming back here!

Ariane D. H. (.

We had to wait longer than an hour to be seated and when we did, our service was awful. Our server was nice enough, but didn't care much. We ordered a salad with chicken and a cup of soup - it took 40 to arrive. The food was fine, but we watched people who were seated after us get their food before us. The whole experience just wasn't great, which surprised us since it's Skamania.

Haley B.

We waited at least 10 minutes to be seated before my partner went up to a server to ask if the bar was open seating. The server barely acknowledged us and another patron jumped in to say it was open seating and we sat at a table in the bar area.

Once we placed our order with the bartender, it took 30 minutes to receive our drinks. This is normally fine - but the cocktails were atrocious. We got two signature cocktails from their menu and they were undrinkable. I decided to just get a cosmo and an espresso martini - classic cocktail choices - both were awful. Truly don't understand how such an establishment could produce such awful drinks. It also took 45 minutes to receive what was possibly the worst pesto pizza I've ever had - dry chicken, soggy crust, no real flavor other than bad. We also experienced poor quality cocktails at the Cascade Dining Room, however, the food was phenomenal. Highly recommend the oxtail risotto there.

Poor drinks and food are out of control of the servers, but the waitstaff was incredibly rude which is what made this experience truly unbearable.

Nikita G.

Food was lovely and the service was excellent. Ordered the Steelhead trout with apple pie tart. You get what you pay for. 🐟

Firmlyanchored

Beautiful setting, convention going on lots of groups everywhere. Small menu but big on taste, lots of local beers, everyone seemed to be ordering the double IPA, loved the Huckleberry Lemon Drop! Seafood stew with perfectly crisp sour dough bread was great!

Peter F.

Beautifully appointed bar and bistro inside of Skamania Lodge. Very friendly service. Had the John Jacobs Manhattan. It was delicious! The fish tacos and bison chili were also great.

Kevin Q.

Great customer service. Good food.

I read the reviews and was kind of wondering if we should even go here, but the outdoor view and the monopoly pushed me towards it.

So there are two restaurants at the lodge; the cascade dining room which is seated and a little more upscale, then the river rock room which has a bar and different menu. This review is on the Cascade dining room.

Called to book a res about a week and a half out. The girl accepting was new (she told me this) she seemed confused when booking and when I had to change times due to competing events, but when we arrived to the property it was in there (and able to be changed again) so good.

Mrs Jewell the hostess was super nice and professional. She greeted us, was welcoming and was super nice to our son. Her side job is basically to tell guests that walk up that it's going to be an hour wait or so (without a res, on a full house, on a Saturday night mind you), at least that's what I observed, lol. She is awesome. She seated us, was super nice to our son and remembered my sons name as we left. Pretty cool.

John was our server. He had a wide coverage area this night, but checked on us and our son constantly. Made good wine pairing recommendations, knew the menu, provided a small to-go box for leftovers when asked. Overall he was a super nice guy and great at his job. All of the staff, not even working our area was super nice. To include the waves from the line cooks on the way out as they have an open view kitchen (very cool).

We tried a small sampling of the steelhead chowder. Was pretty good. I regret not trying the bison chili, lol.

She had the prime rib, I had a bone in porterhouse pork chop. Both cooked and seasoned well (other reviews must of caught them on a bad night I guess).

The beef was rare as requested (again other reviews), standard au jus and horseradish. Paired with a fresh potato mash and a few asparagus sticks. A really good dish.

The pork chop was thick and cooked well, paired with grilled micro carrots and sautéed onions. With a smear of a bourbon reduction that tied the dish together. I would have liked to see a starch on this dish.

They modified some apples from the kids menu for us so we could feed our boy, super cool of the cook staff.

Given inflation, price for supplies, the lack of servers/cooks in the current service industry and the monopoly that they have on the lodge guests; food prices were fair and servings were adequate.

The wine was ok, local stuff. Kind of high priced. We tried both red and white. Took some back to the room.

I wanted to drop a review because everyone was so nice to our young son and to us. The food was good, the views are awesome and you can take booze back to your room, lol. Try to make reservations if you know you're staying at the lodge over the weekend. Thanks to all.

Jesus C.

This place sure is beautiful, everywhere you look there is beauty, the inside of the restaurant looks amazing, lodge style. The exterior is even better, you get to eat out in front of nature. I wish I was able to express the same feeling about the food and the service, but is not the case. The food was not cook properly, no flavor either, the Prime rib was truly disappointing, two of us did not eat the prime rib steak it ended up in the trash. I feel sad saying this because I love prime rib, the cook or chef needs a better handle on their cooking. The Pizza was one of the worst we have eaten. Customer service that evening was far from good service. The following morning was completely different and much better. There is 15% tip added to your total, not sure why since they are not providing a service of catering to us at the table, we are only buying the food. Everyone eating outside had to clean their table and trash their leftovers and run back inside to get your own refills. To us, our party, we are accustom to leave 15% to 30% base on the service and food.