The River Palm Terrace

I have been coming here my whole life, literally. The new kids move a little slow, but the food and the quality has not changed.

Steaks were excellent. Caesar salad left a lot to be desired - would not recommend. Desserts were okay. Biggest issue though was we reserved seats downstairs in the main dining room. Called to confirm as my great uncle was joining us and he’s 85 years old. We got there and they put us upstairs. Didn’t argue, but they put us by a tight table by the stairs so asked to move. Was told the table we wanted *could* fit more than 4, so they wouldn’t give it to us. Five minutes later they sat 2 people at the table. Spoke to asst manager who apologized but did nothing about it. Manager was a little rude to my great uncle. The ambiance can be nice though the music was a bit loud and upstairs is namely families and larger tables (and us ). Was overall pretty but disappointing management and hostesses. Restaurants have to understand when you spend over $100 per person one should expect to be treated respectfully no matter who you are, and food should be top notch.

I had my girlfriend’s birthday dinner at River palm . Everything was amazing ! Food was amazing ! Service was outstanding ! The staff was on point the whole night . Very attentive to our needs ! Marco the manager is one of the most professional and outstanding humans there is ! He went above and beyond to make this dinner party to be the best !

Very good experience and great food. I ordered oysters, rib eye steak, lamb chops, venison (menu of the day I think?), and desserts. The steak and lamb chops were amazing. I ordered all of them medium rare. I’ve been having a hard time finding venison in a restaurant, so I was really excited to eat it. Unfortunately the taste of it was too sweet (most likely from the red wine flavor added) and it tasted like medium well/well done steak. For me I’m used to the gamey and almost like eating medium rare lamb (?) taste of venison. Anyways, service was impeccable. My waiter, Daniel, really worked out of his way to provide great service and making sure we were good. I’ve been to so many restaurants and I’ve never seen someone do things for us like he did. It was something normally people do themselves, but he did it for us instead. It was odd and touching at the same time. I was torn between crème brûlée (my fav anywhere tbh) and the fudge brownie. Daniel recommended the fudge brownie, but the fudge ended up being too rich for me. He was so nice he gave me crème brûlée on the house. Husband said the pecan pie was amazing. One thing I wasn’t too much of a fan about was the bathroom. As I was sitting, massive dust most likely from toilet tissue was floating around in my face. It was so distracting and honesty really weird. Overall, this restaurant is amazing and homey. If you want a quiet place for a romantic dinner this is not the place. It’s a loud (I’m pretty sure Italian)place that place that plays Frank Sinatra music. I was a bit unsure how my experience would be considering I saw the amount of 1 star and 5 stars leading me to taking the 50/50 chance on this place. Now I can say that this place really is great and I’m glad I chose to go here. If you want to pick a steakhouse whether it’s in NJ or NYC I still would consider Gallagher’s the best. However, I think the waiters here go a little more out of their way service wise compared to Gallagher’s. Hope this helps!

Excellent food and service the best in the New York area