Riverside Plaza

They offered fresh sourdough bread while we wait for our delicious meal, excellent service

Oh the Riverside Plaza. This place goes waaaay back. It use to be an old indoor mall. They tore that down and talk about giving this place a facelift. It is now a must go to, gotta get a bite to eat and nice threads or whatever else you wanna do when you get out of the house. I’m talking Movies, Asian food, Pizza, Burgers, Restaurants, Grocery and Convenience Stores. Parking is a little difficult at times but understandable because this is one of several hot spots in Riverside. It’s where you go to feel alive and to lift your spirit. Come here to enjoy some of the good things life has to offer.

For Riverside this is about as good as it gets, anywhere else this would be 3 stars.
Good dining options, a huge movie theater and descent shopping options here.
My highlight shopping wise would be Nordstrom Rack, the best food either at The Habit or Blaze.
Tons of easy and free parking, all the stores and restaurants are fairly new and it is super clean here.
Not too full, nice to have for the people in the IE.

Oh has this plaza has changed over the years. At one point NO locals enjoyed visiting the plaza since it had very old buildings and crappy stores. Over the last 7 years it has added one of the nicest movie theaters in Riverside and arguably the best restaurants around. If you’re looking for fast food it’s there, casual dining, it’s there and something a bit more classy… it’s there. The Von’s and Trader Joe’s are always well stocked and both have great customer service.
The plaza is still growing and every few months seem to add some new flavor to the shopping experience.

I love this place. A couple of years ago there were not many places opened here and I would mainly come for the HUGE forever 21. Though the forever 21 moved into a smaller space, I still love this plaza. It is the perfect date night spot with lots of fancy, little eateries. They range from fast food joints to fancy Benihana styled food. There is a large regal theatre here with a nice patio seating out in front. Plus, parking is never a problem. The plaza feels like a little getaway from the rest of Riverside.

Vicente at El Torito’s is a very courteous waiter and was very attentive to my needs. The food was great and delivered in a timely manner.

So I am really liking what they have done ever since Forever21 took the spot of the old Borders and the new stores moved it. I am so happy to see the Nordstrom, Marshall’s, Joann’s, and my waxing place all in one spot. All I can say is that I will be getting into a lot of trouble at this mall. Good luck finding parking in the front of the stores though.

Felix is the best server! He always gets my order right and is a very nice guy! Really appreciate his work. Love the food too.

Tried to use the new Rewards Card by having my wife sign up on her phone and when it asked what her favorite restaurant was she chose””“Acapulco’s””” .LOL. That was after the bartender Cuco gave us free guacamole. He still hooked us up and was way cool. Thanks Cuco!!!

I love this El Torito in the Riverside Plaza Drive. My favorite server is Rocio. She is very pleasant, always gets our order more than perfect. I always ask for her. She is very attentive and courteous. I specially love their lunch menu, good price and lot of food. If you are a regular, do join the Real Rewards program, u can get $ 5 off your food and points built up fast.

I had the best service at El Torito restaurant. Jasmine was my server she was awesome she was very attentive and recommended different dishes that were on the menu. My favorite thing on my plate was the cornbread it was so moist. I wish that I can give her more than five stars. Keep up the good work I will be coming back soon for the great service.

This is one of those places that I go to approx. 5 – 7 times a week. It’s a block away from my work so I know where I go to for lunch every so often. This place is my one go to place pretty much haha. For food and shopping mainly. It is a struggle coming here on a set budget some days. But I do like coming here.

I live across the street from this plaza and it has a lot of great stores. My favorite is Trader Joe’s. They always have awesome products and great customer service. The Plaza is getting a Nordstrom’s Rack in soon, I believe it’s opening in April, so that’s pretty exciting!

I can trump all you «I remember when» people by saying, I remember when this FIRST used to be an open Plaza, with a bakery, magic shop, Woolworth’s, Harris’ Store and cool little shops including upper/​lower parking lots. Oh those were the days when beauty shops made women look classy, boutiques had original cool clothing, the Silver Plum has neat stuff, and Bobs Big Boy served up great hamburgers.
Then they enclosed it, had a wonderful grand opening, gave away cake which people dropped and promptly walked all over the new carpet, the ceiling windows leaked on rainy days, and Trader Joe’s was on the back side of the Plaza… But at least they still had Woolworths, a music store, and an interesting mix of stuff, including B. Dalton Bookstore (Though I was yelled at for daring to try and sit down to read a book).
Fast forward… Now they are an open air place again.
I just took a drive over there because I thought there was a Borders book store there, but lo! Borders bookstores are out of business almost two years!
What did they have here?
A big movie plex with parking a hike away, about 5 – 6 restaurants… A couple clothing stores, and… Suddenly I was at the street on the other side. Surely there MUST be more stores around behind it???
I circled around and…
…
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Nothing.
Else.
Wow, what a major disappointment. It made the Tyler Mall look like a Utopia, and that’s saying a lot!
Save yourself the trouble and go elsewhere, there is nothing here.

We love this little outdoor plaza. On the weekend we have music and a relaxing area to sit around and relax. Nordstrom Rack, Marshall’s and Joanna Fabrics will be opening up here soon. This little place has it all… Chipotle, Cold Stone Creamery, California Pizza Kitchen, Islands, El Torito, Killarney’s, El Pollo Loco, Juice it Up, Panera bread, Wendy’s, Ooka Japanese hibachi, Pick Up Stix, Trader Joes and more! It’s anchored by a nice Regal Cinemas. We love having this place two minutes away from our home.

Glenn Inskeep Photography is very professional and friendly. Best photos ever. Will do again. Thanks again for making these moments special. You guys rock. My wife and I were happy with the outcome with our son’s first Christmas photos

Awesome Santa Claus photo with Glenn Inskeep photography. They were super nice. The photo is free! My girls enjoyed their photo with Santa. We went on a Friday night and it wasn’t busy at all. The guys were very helpful and nice.

I love this place. I popped into Johny’s Burger, the staff was super nice and the burger was tasty.

I remember this place when it was enclosed with Monkey Wards on one end and Gottschalk’s (a REAL department store) on the other. It took a long LONG time to transform this little mall to it’s current beauty… but it was a major success.
Yes the tweenies really love to hang out here. just walk around them.
My mani/​pedi shop is here Karren Allen
with El Torito
next door — who could ask for more!!!
If you have a specific destination within the Plaza, parking is pretty darn easy… as the lot pretty much surrounds the place. Park close to your store and enter the Plaza.
With a Class A movie theater and tons of food places — it’s a great shopping experience.
To the far side you will also find Trader Joes and See’s Candies! Whoot Just across the street is a Marie Callendars and the Market Broiiler!
Christmas at the Plaza is lovely. A huge tree in the center of the Plaza and generally music at both ends… it’s festive and colorful without being jammed, crammed with people.

This place has really improvement since back when I first moved here.
Weekends usually have a live band or entertainment performing out by the fountain.
Lots of places to eat (CPK, Chipotle, Ookas, Coldstone, etc) and to shop (Forever 21, Gamestop, etc) and of course a movie theater.
Only thing neutral to me on this place is it is the ‘babysitter’ for most of the tweenies in the area. You’ll wade through them in droves as they hang out en-​masse in front of Borders and the movie theater.