About River
Comment by Bravissima about River:
River is a charming restaurant and bar located in the Costa Brava, right next to the Girona cathedral. With impressive decor paying homage to Bruce Springsteen and Native Americans, the place offers a cozy and unique atmosphere to enjoy delicious food. Recommended dishes include nachos and the 'Born in the USA' burger, alongside a varied menu with gluten-free options.
- Ambiance: Very well-decorated and comfortable space, ideal for enjoying good music and excellent service.
- Food: Generous and high-quality dishes with flavors that transport you to America.
- Service: Attentive and friendly staff, including the owner, Miguel, who ensures every visit is special.
- Location: Centrally located with great views, perfect for relaxing after exploring Girona.
While some reviews mention high prices, most customers emphasize the good value for money, quality, and service. Without a doubt, River is a place that invites you to return.
Opening hours
- Monday: Cerrado
- Tuesday: 19:00–24:00
- Wednesday: 19:00–24:00
- Thursday: 19:00–24:00
- Friday: 19:00–2:00
- Saturday: 12:00–2:00
- Sunday: 12:00–24:00
River: Reviews
Negative experience:
I don't understand anything when I see these positive reviews; on my side, I tell people RUN AWAY! disgusting and expensive.
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Fantastic experience:
A perfect moment very pleasant, shaded setting…. The nachos were just perfect and if you are an amateur…. The Capitonna has mango is a pure delight :)
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Fantastic experience:
Great, I just went for a drink... I have to go back to eat what ifrefrn on the menu, they told me that it is good to eat
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Fantastic experience:
All perfect !! The lovely owner, the place an authentic Bruce Springsteen museum !!! Thank you very much Miguel for everything! The Best !!!
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Fantastic experience:
Good menu and pleasant attention of the staff. Good advice. Drinks for all tastes and good prices
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Fantastic experience:
Very good burgers accompanied by some spectacular potatoes. The battered fins were unbeatable and the niches alike. Overall, all great! I recommend the kentaky chicken burger !!
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Fantastic experience:
the spectacular venue, full of images of Bruce Springsteen and American Indian objects. Miguel, the owner and the waiters very attentive and friendly. very nice terrace.
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They have all kinds of drinks and very professional waiters. With a good terrace. Plus there are performances. We were very comfortable.
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Fantastic experience:
The spectacular food, the treatment with the excellent waiters, the owner of the restaurant very attentive and everything at the foot of Sant Felix. My favorite Girona site, no doubt.
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Restaurant with spectacular USA theme, in addition to the service and quality of food. Highly recommended, you have to try the nachos and the house vermouth !! Born in the USA!
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Fantastic experience:
Today, my first day with my son, after so long I could come here... every Thursday night I had dinner here... great. It is a place that never leaves me stranded whenever I go, good treatment, spectacular food, incredible frankfurt with cheddar cheese, super marinated chicken sticks with spices…. Today I will dream about food... I want more... ahh... background music from the 80s and 90s. When will I be back? I hope very soon… thank you!!
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Fantastic experience:
What a great place! Very good food and good music!
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Excellent restaurant to eat next to the cathedral with dishes that transport you to America.
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Overall, it was quite nice to spend some time here drinking coffee or a margarita. It was on Monday, Saint-Patrick's day. This place was still open. It's just beside La basílica de Sant Feliu, so the location is perfect. You and stroll through those little alleys of the church and get rest here easily. Every thing is just so nice and easy. Inevitably, you will see a lot of tourists here, but...I think that's why the restaurant is open here. In general, it was pleasant. The Saint-Félix de Girona church is right next door, it is possible to come and rest here after walking around. We ordered two espressos and a magarita. The staff was quite nice and professional. It is possible to smoke here, although in Spain people smoke less than in France. There are a lot of tourists in this American restaurant-bar, but that does not prevent it from being an ideal place to rest, because the view is really not bad.
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Fantastic experience:
Good place to eat, both tapas and main course. Very friendly staff. Location at the foot of the stairs of Sant Felix. Set around Bruce Springsteen. A very pleasant surprise.
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Fantastic experience:
A very nice place, right next to the cathedral. We have eaten well and the price is not excessive. I recommend the nachos with cheese. The 10/10 service
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Fantastic experience:
Special night!!! Meeting Miquel has been a real pass. Very attentive waiters. Miquel a great person who advises you what to order. I recommend the Born in the usa hamburger. The truth was spectacular. The decoration of the premises is super special. I have no words to say what the River advises. But of course I plan to return. Thanks Miquel for your kindness. Tornarem a vindre. Força company. 10 out of 10 !!!!
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Fantastic experience:
Good food, very good music and even better treatment of Miquel and his waiters !! They have a very extensive gluten free menu, and what we ate was very good. Very correct price. We will be back for sure!
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From those places where you go for a beer and end up having lunch and drinks until nightfall… It is a place of recreation for all audiences and also with music that everyone likes… Gravie River to make a day trip that America of the 60's and where you live a family atmosphere and super nice! As always, we will be back !!
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Fantastic experience:
Ideal for making a few glasses of wine and chopping someone.
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Fantastic experience: L'hamburguesa Born in the USA brutal!
Fantastic experience:
We came from Zaragoza, a great restaurant. Good atmosphere and very friendly owner. The food was great.
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Fantastic experience:
I loved both the food and the treatment of the staff. Perfect to spend a pleasant time with friends and enjoy good food.
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Fantastic experience:
As Miquel's river boss says, Brutal!
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Fantastic experience:
Very good food. Very attentive and fast service. They also have gluten-free food well specified on the menu. I will repeat without a doubt.
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Fantastic experience:
Very attentive and friendly. The decoration, if you are a fan of the Boss, is fantastic. Good and plentiful food. And it is very comfortable. We went there for lunch.
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Fantastic experience:
Very good place for celiacs !! All very good and gluten free! Very attentive and friendly staff! We'll be coming back!!!!
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Very original place, menu adapted for celiacs, 100% gluten-free. Spectacular carrot cake.
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The food is delicious. Tex-mex type. The owner super attentive and helpful. We went with a dog and we had no problem. We will come back for sure
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Great food, treatment and quality of the product and service.
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I had been there before, it was a place to go. We had a great dinner, very American !!! The ribs were melted in the mouth and had a bowl soup that looked delicious. The place is very well set in the American and Indian. Good background music. Very welcoming by the workers and the local in general. We will repeat for sure !!!!!
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Fantastic experience:
Exquisite care. An ideal place to have a vermouth and eat at the foot of the cathedral. The bravas were delicious and the meat was wonderfully treated. We will repeat when we return to Girona!
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Central location next to the cathedral, with very good staff and food, with many gluten free options.
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I have been with my family and it is one of the best restaurants in Girona. The food is spectacular, the dishes are inspired by America, and the restaurant is decorated inside with a lot of Bruce Springsting stuff. I recommend it 100%. Also it is very well priced.
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Fantastic experience: Perfecketed bar / restaurant .. realy Nice Food .. And Perchouse Enthrowing Crew ... And On A Beauticalul Olace in Center Giraona..
Fantastic experience:
Very good atmosphere. American type hamburgers highly recommended. The desserts I ate carrot cake very good overall very good everything
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Fantastic experience:
Perfect place for celiacs and also for those who are not! Delicious food, great setting and decor and unbeatable attention! Whenever we go to Girona we have a good time on the River! ;)
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Very good food and good quality / price. The staff are very kind and friendly. The local rocker with good music. I want to go back one day when there is live music.
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Fantastic experience:
Continuing the "card game" route, restaurant of 10 in quality and service. We chose the dishes "comanche" and "born in the usa". Both the bread, the burgers and the veal paraded very well and in quantity. The price is good enough. 100% recommended. Brutal.
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Fantastic experience:
Great service, great menu and great atmosphere. For people with celiac disease it is great, separate kitchens and all very well indicated. Great location. We will be back for sure !!!!!
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100% recommended. Super good homemade food and the best customer service. Hyper set in Bruce Springsteen !!
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Fantastic experience:
A spectacular dinner! Both Miquel and Pana are excellent people, they have treated us so well! Delicious nachos, the chef has very good hands, both the chicken and the burger are delicious! Sure to repeat again!
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A different place to dine. American type with Mexican and local touches in its kitchen. Decoration based on several routes through areas of the American West, where the owner's trips accumulated multiple objects from the visited areas, which now decorate the premises creating different areas. Indian zone, route 66, and typical American. You can sit down to dinner enjoying its extensive menu and cuisine. While the music and images of Bruce Springsteen accompany you, which are all over the place in his honor. Both the owner and the other employees display an efficient and pleasant demeanor. indoor premises plus two terraces in an iconic place. What else do you want?
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Spectacular dishes and extensive drinks menu in one of the best places in Girona. To go with friends, family, children …… .Ambience and music to have a great time. Spectacular dishes and an extensive drinks menu in one of the best places in Girona. To go with family, friends, Children …… .. Music and atmosphere for a great time.
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Fantastic experience: Great place, great food. And Beer.
Fantastic experience: Great atmosphere, really friendly and efficient staff
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Hearty and very good dishes. The tremendous nachos. A spectacular roast rabbit.
Excellent service and attention. I love the detail of seeing a micro flag of the Republic on the letter.
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We loved the place and the food. They also have a gluten-free menu and very well organized. The waitress is very friendly and attentive to us. We'll be back.
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Fantastic experience: Frank Sinatra
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For us, a mandatory stop every time we go up to Girona! They dazzled us with the Natxos, but the more you know the menu the more you like it! And dessert ...
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Fantastic experience:
We love this restaurant! We always try to come back from time to time and we try different things from the menu. Brutal local setting.
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A good experience, the treatment was lovely from the staff. For people with celiac disease like me, they explain that they identify gluten-free dishes with another color, something that really impressed me with the care they took and how they leave you calmer. We really enjoyed it! The large butifarra arrows of 3 types, the bravas and the assortment of croquettes were some of the things we ordered, and all spectacular!
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When you enter its interior it is as if you arrived at a place in the United States. Perfectly set in two styles thanks to Miquel its owner who I had the pleasure of meeting and he even took me on a short tour showing me all those corners of history. One part of the place is set and dedicated with all the soul to Bruce Springsteen and the other part to the American Indians. It has two large terraces outside. The varied food taking into account the theme in which this wonderful place governs which is enchanted. My Born in the Usa sandwich was each ingredient cooked to the point and you see the dedication reflected in each dish, a melted cheese, its bacon, a shredded beef that I liked so much, an authentic southern sandwich as mentioned in the menu is appreciated. The Covid measures are fulfilled in optimal conditions in any area, even the cutlery is closed in its individual bag, QR code and separate tables. I take off my Cowboy hat in front of this place that we had the pleasure of discovering.
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A fantastic and impressive place! .. Space: very well decorated and set in the American West, with very good details Harley, Indians and Bruce Springsteen !!! It creates a cozy and authentic atmosphere. Service: Fantastic both the waiter and the owner are very attentive, friendly, cheerful, motivated and are for you. Menu: Well a surprise, within the style is cured, it is not the simple burger as always, there are cool things and all kinds of grilled meats and desserts are homemade and delicious. Price: Well right, they are in the center of town and everything was great! In short 10/10
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Fantastic experience:
It is advisable to reserve. After this little procedure, comment that it meets your expectations, good service, good atmosphere, both on the terrace and inside, an interior with a very special decoration dedicated to Bruce Springsteen and the Native Americans. Spiced up all this in addition to being Pet-Friendly, you can bring your pet that without any impediment can accompany you next to your table both on the terrace and in the interior area of this peculiar Restaurant, Bar, Pub. It has enough variety on the menu to see your culinary desires fulfilled, in addition to having a good variety of drinks, cocktails and spirits. Located at one of the main entrances to the historic center of Girona and at the foot of the magnificent staircase of the Church of Sant Feliu. To come back.
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Fantastic experience:
Delicious Comanches burgers and a spectacular plate of cherokee nachos, on the terrace everything tastes better, good service and meticulous with cleaning and disinfection.
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Fantastic experience: Probably the best meal of my trip , amazing location at the base of the cathedral. The food is amazing nothing i can say bad about any of what we ordered. The Clara beer (with Lemonade is great ) so is the sangria.
Fantastic experience:
Very good quality and price
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A good place to have something with some tapas and if you wish you can also have lunch or dinner. The place is very nice and comfortable and at a good price in Girona.
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Fantastic experience:
If you are a lover of Bruce Springsteen this is your restaurant. Highly recommended, quality price is the best. You stay full ... the food is very good ... and the music they play is very good.
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Fantastic experience: A great food experience matched with the ambience.
Fantastic experience: Many gluten-free options! I enjoyed the food! I really recommend this place!
Fantastic experience: Great restaurant, excellent food and outstanding owner. I'll definetely go back again.
Fantastic experience: The Boss is on board
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Note that it is one of the few places where pets are officially allowed. Nice and quiet place. Set in Bruce Springsteen! With nice and comfortable sofas. With a daily menu and a menu at a good price. With a great variety of beers and also cocktails.
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Fantastic experience:
Fantastic little place. Great gluten free options available x
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Fantastic experience: Good food, excellent service, very let friendly.
Fantastic experience: Extremely friendly and helpful staff, delicious food and reasonable prices - it was a pleasure to be there! Recommend dish: Comanche (3 small burgers)
Fantastic experience: The best steaks I have ever eaten came from a cafe that does not pretend to be a real meat restaurant. This is a pleasure.
Fantastic experience: Tasty food, friendly staff and very competitive prices.
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Salads are perfect...
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Fantastic experience:
Great local in a very nice area of Girona. Tapas that can be decided between half portion and full portion. But that the half portion are very good. Very good atmosphere. Depending on the day it would be convenient to reserve a table since it is a very popular place and it is difficult to find a table on weekends. For me a top local!
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Fantastic experience: Great spot near the cathedral. Great for food - our small portions were big enough, the large portions huge. And very tasty stuff it was too. You can eat great food or sit and have a drink (I recommend the San Miguel special) and simply watch the world go by.
Fantastic experience: Really enjoyed eating or just sitting with coffee or drinks here..Relaxed
Fantastic experience: Excellent service, Friendly and helpful staff. Great atmosphere, Great coffee.
Fantastic experience: Wonderful place!! Perfect cocktails, really great bartender!! Cosy atmosphere inside+an opportunity to sit outside with a great view. The only minus - not working Wi-Fi.
Fantastic experience: Great food, friendly service. Amazing gluten free options.
Fantastic experience: Special menu for celiacs available, staff is aware of cross contamination issues and gluten free food is served on different plates so it can't be mixed with non-gf foods. Will go back
Fantastic experience:
Incredible
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Fantastic experience: This cafe is amazing, good prices, amazing coffee, and delicious food. While back packing through Europe this cafe has been our favorite place to journal, have a coffee and breakfast. Great way to start your mornings
Fantastic experience: Fast service, lovely food and reasonable prices
Fantastic experience: Good food good drinks and @ late night also good cocktails. Always nice music love the outside in front of the cathedral
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Very good beer and great place to sit outside Sant Felix. 5 minutes to Plaça Independencia on foot, 15 to Gironalet Apartment (peace and quiet!)
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Fantastic experience: Very tasty dishes, polite staff and affordable prices. All in a centric location
Fantastic experience: Great views!
Fantastic experience: For gin lovers highly recommended! They have lots of git kinds + premium Schweppes for prices between 6,50 and 8€. On top, the atmosphere in front of the church stairs is amazing - great place!
Fantastic experience: Excel·lent
Fantastic experience: Delicious breakfast food with a great view and si many different options such catering to different allergies and intolerances
Fantastic experience: Great place to have a drink and eat something. The terrace is really nice with views to St. Felix Church and the river Ter.