Welch's Riverside Restaurant

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

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.

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!!