Truckee River Bar & Grill

Reviews

• Deborah R.

  star star star star star_border 26 May 2026

  Had lunch here today as we were driving thru town.  Cute and clean bar and restaurant.  Restaurant side was cute and spacious!  We ordered burgers, pastrami sandwiches, salads and cheesecake and all were good!  Good place for a quick lunch!  Would like to come back by to try breakfast...

• Mike B.

  star star star star star_border 26 May 2026

  After yelping this place, we came here about 12:15pm on a Friday for lunch. It is located in a small strip mall that has a lot of parking. It was not very busy and we had a seat at the bar. There is both bar seating  and table seating available. The bar area has several TV's. We immediately noticed there were a lot of locals because they were acknowledging each other by name.
  
  We checked out the menu and I decided to get the pastrami sandwich and my wife chose the club sandwich. Each sandwich comes with two sides, I chose onion rings and fries and my wife chose the soup of the day and onion rings.
  
  Our food arrived in a timely fashion and looked and tasted very good.  The onion rings looked and tasted homemade and were especially good. The bartender took really good care of us. They have a nice basic menu with several daily specials. It feels like a good consistent place.

• Liz M.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 25 May 2026

  Stopped by around noon on a Saturday hoping to get brunch, but unfortunately they stop serving breakfast at 11am.
  
  I don't eat meat, so not a ton of options on the menu, but they did have an Avocado sandwich so I opted for that and specifically asked for no meat (which was optional). When asked what sides I wanted, I asked for fries and tomato soup assuming that was safe, but was surprised to find the tomato soup loaded with meat, which I think it pretty atypical of tomato soup. I would have hoped the waitress might have mentioned the fact that the soup had meat after I had asked for no meat on my sandwich, but I guess not.
  
  The food was ok. My avocado sandwich was tasty (although I think it could have used a bolder condiment instead of just plain mayo), but my husband thought his fish tacos were just ok, and the beans he got with them were burnt.
  
  Even though they have a bar inside, and lots of alcohol related signs in the windows, we were surprised to find only two beers on tap (Stella and Sierra Nevada). They did have more in bottles.
  
  The interior is a little dated with the wall paper, but I thought the eating area was cute. The tables had blue linen cloths and white place mats with little white vases of fake flowers. Looked homey/country.
  They did have a TV in the eating area where they had sports on.
  
  Overall we were disappointed with the experience based on the 4 star review currently on yelp. I think if we had different expectations walking in it would perhaps be a three star place, but either way I don't think we'll be back here anytime soon.

• Jenna D.

  star star star star star 21 May 2026

  Local watering hole with cheap drinks and delicious food. You can't ask for much more. Try the chicken wings, or come on Thursday for taco night.

• Anitra S.

  star star star star star 19 May 2026

  I didn't realize that running into a friend at the laundromat next door would segway into us drinking (very full glasses of) wine poured by Jimmy, the kindest bartender this side of Keystone. At $6 a pop, I still did not regret my decision to not buy a washing machine this month as I caught up with friends in the comfort of this surprisingly packed bar. The wine selection included about five reds, and I'm unsure of how many whites as they are dead to me. Standard pub fare was offered at nominal prices. I'm imagining mozzarella sticks, fries, onion rings, etc. Though the bar seats were all occupied, Jimmy immediately left the center ring of it to take an order from us at our table, and was very attentive to our needs. If I neglect to buy a washer again next month, I will be back.