River Bistro

Excellent location for delicious american food. Great place to meet and catch up with friends.

Best kept secret in Binghamton. I am hoping my review helps to change that.nnI think most of their issue is they are inside the DoubleTree hotel which prevents your average local from coming upon the place to eat. They seem to only draw in hotel patrons to eat. Bonus to this set back is you'll never have to worry about parking while still eating down town.nnGreat atmosphere and look. You can relax at the bar or have a traditional sit down meal. Even though it is a nicer place, because it is in the hotel and accept all comers and goers, there is no specific dress code. This means you can dress up for a nice night out, or down for comfort and neither will put you out of place. They had a live musician there last night which was a nice element.nnFood and service was top notch. Alisha was our server. She was knowledgeable, efficient, and personable. You can see what we ate in the pictures below. The crayfish mac and cheese and fried string beans were my favorite, but it was all delicious.nnMy only issues were the chairs, but that will only affect large people like myself, and the creme brulee, but that is a preference thing that won't bother many people. So the chairs you can see on the picture has the metal legs come up above the seat so if your base is any wider than the seat by even a little they dig into you. The creme brulee had a coffee like taste which some people might like the unique take on the classic dish, but I am one of the rare people on Earth who hate coffee.

Great place to go to. A wonderful experience

Opens at 5:00 PM. Got there at 5:05. No waitress, bartender took our order. Waitress came in. First got my soup wrong. Then brought my wife her desert, and forgot mine (never got it). Asked for the check, and waited over ten minutes to get, even though our waitress passed by us several times for another table.

A fabulous Thanksgiving dinner