Sandpiper Restaurant

Was greeted at the table by a gentleman that welcomed us and made small talk. I had the prime rib and it was just that! Perfect. Will visit again next time threw…

I was in town for the beer festival a few months back (yay for getting caught up on reviews). The food here was very excellent. Sadly the service was very slow for having a meal at 3 in the afternoon. They put two waiters total in the back room when there were 46 of us dining. It took almost two hours for everyone to get their food (i know it is a lot of people), but by the time I got my steak half the group had eaten and left. We may as well have not been dining together.
In short, if you have a reservation for a large group, your business should plan on having enough employees to cover them. But keep it up on the food. it was excellent. I will try again next year with a smaller group.

Friday early evening and no waiting time for patio seating with great view on the Snake River. Sitting close to the fire makes the dinner even more enjoyable on a cool evening. Food and Service were excellent. Top notch dinner experience

The only reason for the second star is that I could tell the wait staff seemed friendly, and my steam clam appetizer was good.
I didn’t get to experience the staff themselves as I sat at the bar to eat and was greeted by one of the more unpleasant bartenders I’ve come across. I guess that I happened to be a burden by asking if they have the full menu service at the bar? I brushed if off under the assumption she may have been busy.
This proved not to be true, and I sat there as she endlessly complained about whatever happened to be in front of her which makes for great in meal accompaniment. The bar staff was not busy thus throwing that excuse out the window.
I ordered the steamed clam appetizer which was pretty good. No complaints here. The kicker to top off the meal was the «salmon» caesar salad entrée which consisted of a large portion of romaine (some fresh and some dark green and wilted) with a piece of salmon made for two bites. Lucky me. You’d think that a restaurant that boast of their salmon preparations would follow up with a reasonable size piece for an entrée salad.
Unless you are sitting at on the deck taking in the view or are a local at the bar (they seemed to get the time of day), I would avoid this spot at all costs.
The Jaker and Copper Rill, or The Snakebite are all choices that would be much more welcoming.

Top sirloin is great ! Comes out delicious! Love the Idaho baked potato too
Clam chowder is great too
Right next to snake river
, very nice view !
Very nice restaurant ! Services is good
Love this place
Will come back again if I get a chance to travel again

My husband and I were traveling through on our way back home and stayed close to the restaurant so decided to give it a try. I had the steak sandpiper and my husband the sirloin and halibut combination which both came with 1 side. For the price I feel like they could have added either a salad or fresh veggies, other than that the food was very good and the view of the river was an added bonus.

The clam chowder is delicious. And a beautiful view. The pasta Alfredo was average. It was our first visit there.
The sourdough bread and real butter was great.

Really solid place, service is great, food is good, pretty decent beer selection. Some of the menu is pretty overpriced given the relative food cost in the area.

Recommended by hotel, this was a wonderful experience on the Snake River, outdoor dining featuring local beef, trout. Settled on the the rainbow, it was best trout I ever had. The escargot appetizer is nice touch. If you want prime rib get early, they sold out! Went for walk after dinner to see the falls, such a nice safe town, lots of happy locals here!

Very good food. A little short on the amount of salad dressing put in a cup for using on the generous dinner salad. A couple of small, very sad (& dark) pieces of lettuce in an otherwise very good garden salad. Servings are all very generous.

We were a little concerned when we arrived and the parking lot was full. We were thinking «Long wait»…but the host found us a table as soon as we walked in. Ok, that’s nice, but is this place as good as our friends say?
Wow! After a long day of fishing on the South Fork, we were ravenous, so there was a definite need for red meat and potatoes. The Sandpiper delivers! High quality steak, seafood and yummy appetizers are the main attraction and they know how to satisfy a demanding clientele.
Special note, the service was actually amazing, our server seemed to appear magically at precisely the right time, with the right answers for everything.
This recent trip to the Snake River plain has had no culinary disappointments, and the Sandpiper put an exclamation point on that.

This is the best place in town. Their Moscow Mules are delicious! Food is great. Service is quick. And the atmosphere was comfortable.

The dining room and bar are reminiscent of a 1970’s night club but is charming in its own way. They do however have a very large patio overlooking a waterway from the river which is an attractant for Canadian Geese and Mallard ducks. There is also a walking/​bike path along the river which was very busy with people enjoying a nice evening. There is a very large fire pit which they lit to add ambiance and warmth on a cool evening.
We chose pasta entrees, my wife ordering Shrimp Alfredo over linguini. The shrimp were perfectly cooked and accompanied by fresh broccoli florets, baby carrots and Pea pods. I chose a Chicken Artichoke in an Alfredo type sauce which was flavored with pesto over Rotelli pasta. This sauce too had fresh pea pods and lots of artichoke quarters. Both were served piping hot. Strangely, they charge for salads if you order pasta while salad is included with their other entrée choices. We were served a nice mini loaf of warm bread. The Caesar salads were tasty though fairly small for the price.
The waiter was efficient though very busy with other tables so wasn’t as attentive to our needs as he could have been.
The portions were ample and we both took about half of our pasta home for another day.

This place has some of the best prime rib in town. The bread they bring you at the start is really yummy.

Not even close to good service. A couple that had arrived 10+ minutes after I did had their order taken before mine. Never received any bread or refills of my drink. The worse part was the portions that was sent out. I ordered the Salmon the piece of fish that came out was so small. I could have got a bigger piece at McDonalds off their fish sandwich. The sweet potato being in Idaho was a joke also tiny two little slivers of sweet potato can’t believe it.

Great service, good food. The waitstaff was excellent and helpful in guiding us through choices for a light dinner. Even suggested an out of the ordinary wine to try with dinner. Nice. Too cold for outdoors this time, but we’ve supped on the patio (in summer) and that was extraordinary setting.

We had steak, and lobster for dinner. They were both delicious and we would most definitely recommend Sandpiper to anyone!!!
After dinner we had probably one of the best mud pies I have ever tasted!
The server was on top of every need and we never had to ask for a refill.

This place is like a supper club. Nice atmosphere and friendly staff. I recommend sitting outside where you can see a relaxing view of the river and ducks. It’s in a great location (across from the hotel I stayed at and adjacent to the river). We ordered the Sirloin and Halibut combination and the Steak Sandpiper. Both dishes had great flavor. I left full and happy.

The outdoor seating area is terrific. Along with good service, those were the only positives.
The food is awful. It started with bad oysters, horrible crab cakes, and progressed to an over cooked filet Oscar style with what looked like imitation crab. The bread was the best part of the meal.

I hate to sound mean, but this place is dreadful. It would be fitting for the large parking lot to be full of Chevelles, Pintos, Monte Carlos, Camaros and Olds 88s, because this place is like stepping into a mid-​1970s time warp. The interior is dark and carved up, with fake hanging plants. Perhaps redoing this «style» will become the next hipster look and this place will suddenly be considered cutting edge.
The food was predictably awful. I was puzzled by what was meant by «Calamari Steak» and being adventurous ordered it to find out more. Don’t make my mistake. It was a thick crust of frozen food fish sticks coating covering a long rectangle of something tasteless and indeterminate. Luckily, all it tasted of was the fried breading.
I’ve had better salads in 3^rd class city airport Friday’s then the salmon and spinach salad here. Avoid it.
I do hope the poor waitress was going to be off right after we left, because she was clearly overwhelmed by her duties.
The bread at least was acceptable.