Welch's Riverside Restaurant

I remember being here a few years ago. Gr8 little unpretentious family run restaurant on the Ohio River. Lots of windows looking out over the river. Very peaceful setting. The food was less than spectacular. The home fries were nasty and very disappointing, tiny cubes from frozen and I spent half my time chasing them around my plate! The goetta was dry and underwhelming. The eggs were cooked perfectly and the waitress was super friendly and efficient. Terribly overpriced for the quality and quantity. I guess I was paying for the view.

Worst service ever. We were told to seat ourselves. We waited 15 minutes, with not one waitress even taking a drink order or making eye contact. The table next to us sat down was helped within 5 minutes, with menus, drinks, and food orders. When we were finally were offered menus, ordered drinks and food, we then waited 55 minutes with no food, no apologies for the delay, no offering of refills on drinks. This is just horrible service. The service was so poor other customers went and poured their own refills. How they are in business is mind-boggling. We then left and were asked sarcastically by another patron, "You're not leaving a tip?", my opinon is tips are for service, we get better service at McDonalds without leaving a tip. Needless to say we paid for our drinks and left. We went to Mi Viejo where we were seated, served, and ATE a delicious meal within in 30 minutes.Also at Welch's Riverside Restaurant as we sat there waiting we noticed there were alot of flies...gross!!!

FIVE STARS IF YOUR PIES WERE ONLY HOMEMADE!!!!! If you're driving back to Louisville from Belterra or Cincy, consider routing down Hwy 42 to downtown Carrollton. There.....sitting on Main Street and the bank of the Ohio River, is a spectacular view and a quaintness only a small town city possesses. The Welch's must do very well in this town. Notice many businesses with their name. And I was surprised how much steel industry this town has....u will see that on ur 11 mile stretch down 42. Let's get to the menu choices. Well, what about a ribeye steak sandwich for $6.99. The rest of the menu is proportionate to the steak, in price. Ask about ur choices. Some are homemade...some not. There is always a daily homemade special. We had breakfast, served all day, and a bbq plate. The bbq was not homemade but very, simplistically, good, like Mom used to make. All the sides were great and big portions. But.......I was counting on their large selection of pies to be homemade. They weren't. Darn, I was def taking a whole one home. Let's not forget that view!!!!! What a view, on their enclosed porch!!! Tables for 6-10, about 6 of them. Free ambiance....that's a rarity. I will add an updated menu and your view of this Main Street restaurant. Visited over Memorial Day. On every lamp post, hung a Carrollton resident in military uniform. Very, very touching!! Take a ride....enjoy the view!!

We were on our way home from Louisville and wanted something to eat so we gave this a try. Very cute place! I got the bologna, egg and cheese biscuit (2 as recommended by the waitress) and they were delicious. My wife got the western omelette with home fries. Home fries not much seasoning but omelet was great! I also got their gravy which was pretty good too. Great view of the river.

We ate here twice, a supper and a breakfast. The breakfast was very good and the supper was pretty good. It's nice sitting by the river and watching it Go by. In the morning there was a little fog over the Ohio which made for a nice atmosphere. The atmosphere is typical casual for a Riverside type of restaurant. The wait staff was very nice and efficient.For supper most of us had the fish special which was either catfish or whitefish. The catfish was very good but the white fish was a little undercooked and somewhat mushy. The Johnny cakes cornbread were cold and not great flavor. So the supper was good but not great.For breakfast most of us had eggs bacon toast pancakes and coffee. The eggs were cooked as ordered, the bacon was crispy, and the pancakes were superb. I eat mine without any butter or syrup and they had an excellent flavor despite the lack of those extras. We tried an order of goetta as most in our group had never tasted it before. I don't really like it but I liked their version. For those who don't know goetta is a combination of beef pork spices and oatmeal that is cooked like a flat sausage patty and is very popular in the Cincinnati area.We were two full to try the desserts but they look pretty good. The price for what you get was very good as well. We would definitely go here again if we are back in the area.

Overpriced for the quality of food you get. Feels so outdated like walking into your parents wood paneling basement.

The staff was friendly and the views of the Ohio were beautiful, but the food was terrible. They didn't give us the sides that were supposed to come with the dinners, and what they did give us was embarrassing. Spent $14 on 2 and a half chicken tenders (was supposed to get 3 but one was split in 2 and just the edges for some reason, the waiter didn't seem to notice) and a couple soggy fries. Everything had clearly been sitting around all day and there were flies buzzing around.

Great local family business with excellent service and good food with a beautiful view. Highly recommend stopping in for a comfortable meal.

Amazing breakfast Huge menu staff was very friendly. Mom and pop type restaurant nothing fancy about it but worth a stop if you go through Carrollton, Ky

When we travel we always try these mom and pop local places and when we arrived there were only a few people seated so we assumed (incorrectly) the service would be pretty quick. Our server brought us coffee and gave us a few minutes to decide what we wanted before taking our order. After 40 minutes with NO further contact from our server, and noticing several people who entered after we did, being brought their food, we decided to give up and leave.As we were leaving, our server was standing near the kitchen where we actually saw our plates sitting (who know how long) and she actually said "thanks for coming" but didn't even look up from her phone.I would give zero stars if I could.Will not go back.