Nick's Riverside Grille

What a surprise! I wasn’t expecting this wouldn’t be good food but I also wasn’t expecting it to be AMAZING FOOD! Simple food done deliciously. Well cooked, seasoned well. It tasted fresh like they just prepared it and it wasn’t sitting around waiting to be picked up. Note: it wasn’t a busy day. Late afternoon on a Thursday in October. The weather just happened to be AMAZING. 70 degrees in late Oct. not typical. We got crazy lucky. No crowds, great weather, beautiful view, and DE-LIC-OUS FOOD. I ate everything on my plate.

Date of visit: Thursday, Aug 24th, 2023 Waterfront restaurant with a huge patio along the Potomac and a casual bar. In the Washington Harbour square. The patio curves along the recreational trail where you can enjoy your meal as you watch people run, and walk along the river. The service is a little weird – it is not bad service – it was just hard to know who to speak to and it seemed very confusing – at first. Once we were seated, we had a dedicated waiter and the confusion went away. We ordered the roasted jerk chicken dinner special and the burger with gouda. The Chicken was fantastic and very enjoyable – paired with lovely roasted vegetables, fingerling potatoes. The burger was nice – not terribly exciiting but certainly very good. The atmosphere of being on the patio was very nice – very casual and relaxed atmosphere. We got lucky and found very convenient street parking – but it looks like it might be a challenge to park in the area.

Hostess was so lazy. She just sat there and when we wanted and others wanted to move tables to get in the shade she just pointed to where we should go and never got up to help us move or move our stuff. She never helped the waiters and we watched her talk on her phone and point to tables when people came to to be seated. It was obvious she was lazy. The waiters we had were great. Food was delicious! Thanks to the cooks. We are outside. It had just rained so it was a little cooler. This was mid August. I was surprised that they don’t have martini glasses. My lemon drop martini was good but the glass was a wine glass and they didn’t cost me rim with sugar which makes it fun and there was no garnish. For the price, you’d think they would have the necessary things to make it up right. We did not go inside as it was definitely nice to eat outside. Wish they would pick up the trash in the water. That was gross to see ask the trash floating in the water.

The food (4/5): I ordered the sausage pizza for $20. As you can see I accidentally finished the first slice before taking the picture. I am very sorry and feel super ashamed for my unprofessionalism.. The pizza was pretty ight though. The service (4/5): My sister found the waiter very cute. He seemed chill and often came to our table to serve us. Shoutout to his mother for raising lil boy right. The restroom (3/5): 1. the room in general: The “MEN room” consists of 2 urinals in green and pink urinal block colors. The urinals have no wall in between. BIG REDFLAG! Then the restroom also has 2 cabins, but since they are separate from the main room I’d like to call them the VSBRs (Very Secret Business Rooms). The main room also has a fire alarm and an EMWH-Notice (Employees Must Wash Hands-Notice). You LOVE to see it. The sink worked pretty fine. The water had some good pressure and you were able to turn on the faucet by only holding your hands under the tap. I LOVE technology. However the soap dispenser had no sensors and the soap didn’t really have that much of a scent. I LOVE sand. You are given 2 choices to dry your hands. Option 1 is using basic old-school paper towels put in a small bascet. A save, but boring option. The second option is using air blower machines. However, as you might know as an active reader of my reviews, I’m not a big fan of air blowers. They are known for blowing germs on your clean hands. I DO NOT LOVE germans. 2. the VSBR (check above for meaning): Pardon my french, but the VSBR was pretty ‘Camion’. My dad is french ;) The room is very tiny, doesn’t get much light, and also doesn’t have a BCS (Baby Changing Station). But they were playing music. I LOVE music. I was in a hurry so I couldn’t figure out the model and year of the toilet. But I did find some tiles missing in the wall and a hole in the ceiling. Maybe someone was angry? Someone get your kid! I LOVE uuuh ummm uuh thick toiletpaper. Unfortunately they were only serving us with the thinest of the thinest toilet paper known to (men) and women. It was crazy!!!

It was a warm Monday afternoon. We wanted to eat outdoors and knew Nicks was the spot. They have a prime location on gtown waterfront and have a huge space both inside and out, along with a nice bar area outside with sofa seating. Was able to get seats outside facing the waterfront. Service was great, had someone come to us often. The food is good but very expensive. It was $150 for both of us without any alcohol. You pay for being in Georgetown, waterfront, and post pandemic prices.