What to Expect
The River is a microbrewery restaurant in Victoria Falls built around house beer, burgers and live music. Daniel (December 2025) liked the build-your-own-plate concept, choosing from meats, sausages and sides, and picked out “the lamb chop with peppar sauce” as a favourite.
Chicken comes up often too. Ryan (June 2025) called it “One of the best full peri peri chickens I’ve ever had”, and Clement (June 2025) had the half grilled chicken with chakalaka and pap, finding “the chicken was perfectly cooked and juicy”.
Nelly (September 2025) appreciated the vegetarian options and staff who remembered the group from the evening before, though Carsten (April 2025) enjoyed the pub food and steaks but noted “the service is a little bit slow”.
Quotes are from Google reviews, credited by first name and month.
What Diners Say
from 50 Google reviews
★★★★★
We went to the visitor information to book some activities in Vic Falls and the guy there recommended The River after our evening cruise. The restaurant serves mostly meat. I had the half grilled chicken, a chakaiaka relish with pap.
★★★★★
One of the best full peri peri chickens I’ve ever had. Good vibes. Good food. Good people.
★★★★★
Really nice micro brewery restaurant. The beer was very good, tried their lager, APA, IPA and Belgium style beer. All was nice but my favourite was their lager. The restaurant and the staff is really nice.
★★★★★
It is a beautiful and cozy place with really good pub food. Great Steaks and delicious burgers. And if you just want a drink, it is the perfect place. Unfortunately, the service is a little bit slow.
★★★★★
We had a lovely time at River Brewing Co. The live music creates a wonderful energy, and the service was excellent—the staff are very effective and attentive. It’s a very good price for the quality you get. Beer is very good.
