Arts Bar & Grill

What a great place to "check out", leaving the strife and stress behind to enjoy a cocktail and watch football on a Sunday afternoon. Food was excellent. The Creamy Poblano Chicken sandwich was fab - tender, juicy and just the right amount of spice.

Loud obnoxious owner spouting political preferences at the bar. Not to mention he has a bad mouth and very unprofessional. We used to like coming here but will not anymore and will tell everyone I know to not come in.

Art's reminds me of a neighborhood bistro in Paris, where you will find top quality, reasonably-priced drinks and homey food, and can count on running into a friend or two. The servers are professional and efficient, also something I enjoy finding in Paris.

Great local dive with excellent food and great service. They have shows here so if you want some local music, it's a great place to go

Came with family for pastrami, burgers, and a sandwich. The parking is tight in the lot, but you might find some nearby. Jacob was a great waiter and delivered excellent service during a busy lunch hour. I haven't been here in many years and the food is still delicious. They also have an extensive beer list and full bar.

First time here. Dim lighting, older furniture, chill vibe. Older crowd. Ordered the steak with mashed potatoes and mixed veggies and also the Prime Steak with baked potato.Steak was over cooked. But otherwise all was good. Decent prices and big selection on alcoholic drinks. Shrimp cocktail is highly recommended. Our waitress did take a while to take our order, she was chatting it up a lot, with her coworkers. I will come back and try other things on the menu.Recommend if you're in the downtown Riverside area.

First off, the cons: parking is bad. Arts technically only has like 5 parking spots --that's it. They tell you to park in the funeral home parking lot behind them. Because for some weird reason, Pizza Hut needs like 20 parking spaces. Apparently you'll get towed if you park at the Hut. Second, Arts was out of a lot of things.....certain beer...prime rib. And the prime rib is served beginning at 4 pm (only available on Wed & Sat)....we were there at 6 pm Wed which I consider early. These things were a bummer. We almost wanted to forego dinner here. There is street parking at a weird angle a couple blocks down which is ok I guess...but when there's a deserted auto body shop in between there and Arts, that has plenty more parking but no one can park at...it's ridiculous! Anywho, food was great, but very expensive. Their dinner house specials were around $25 each. Since when is Inland Empire serving LA food prices?! Had the same gripe with a Redlands restaurant. Coming back from Europe recently, food in Europe involves higher quality ingredients with a much lower cost. Might be hard to believe, but it's true. So it's shocking to see how much food costs in SoCal now --it's disappointing in general.Salmon was good. The pub ranch steak was ok....it's very tough, and it was $26. Would not get that again. Only had to since the prime rib was out. Fried chicken lollipops were good too but 3 for $13.....again felt pricey.They have creme brulee and a lemon velvet cake for dessert. Might try the latter next time.Service is ok...slow in the beginning since it was actually busy. And towards the end, kind of slow too. But once we ordered, the food came out reasonably enough.Overall, it is a fun vibe in there. Kind of like the "Cheers" dive bar as my husband puts it. He loves Cheers lol. And we epecially liked their trivia game which starts at 7 pm every Wed. You get free prizes if you win a round. For example, a $20 gift card. But you win $100 cash on themed event nights like Disney Trivia. I'd love to go to that.Hopefully some of those cons mentioned above get better. But only time will tell. I'd like to try their breakfast food, like the Monte Cristo next time.

Overall very impressed with this rustic eatery. I ordered the western bacon cheeseburger & pastrami sandwich. The flavor of the western cheeseburger was guilty of a 5 star restaurant. The seasoned fries were delicious and portioned correctly. My only critique would be used dill spears and not kosher spears. Pastrami was well-sliced and the muffin roll was a great surprise. Recommend that they use more mustard and sliced dill pickles. I will be back for prime rib night.

New charcuterie appetizer at Arts has character. Always great food and fun time at Arts Bar and Grill. Thanks Dre!

I'm so disappointed in Arts. we celebrated our Valentine's Day on Saturday due to my work. cheese sticks what we got was good and young man was super nice but Arts is no longer a place we can use for celebrations. I'm so sad 35 years gone.Our Valentine's dinner was ruined. They turned the friers off so we're relegated to salad. No!Finish my champagne and off to McDonald's