River Rising

Visiting the area on business and this place was recommended by a local. After the first visit, I was hooked. Great coffee! Great baked goods, especially the pumpkin roll.
Comfortable atmosphere to sit and get some work done, not too loud.
Staff is extremely friendly.

I have been coming to this Bakery several times a week since I moved here in June. I have loved the soup and sandwiches and order them frequently. Unfortunately, the quality of the sandwiches I have ordered has been consistently declining. When I first ordered them, they were fantastic—full of all the goodies I like and a generous portion of meat. The bread was always fresh.
However, over the last few weeks, the bread has been stale, and the portion of meat has been steadily declining. Today I ordered a turkey sandwich and the portion of turkey was so slim I had to look twice. And the bread was stale again. That may be because I have been ordering close to closing time, but I should reasonably expect fresh bread whenever I order a sandwich.

I rarely write reviews, but since this has been my favorite place, I wanted to let you know my recent experience.

I LOVE eating here! I am a frequent flyer. My absolute favorite is the chicken salad! I have tried everything from the soups and sandwiches to the baked goods and have never been disappointed. I love that the girls always remember what I like. The staff is very friendly and are always quick.

This place has the BEST coffee in Montana! It is served with a sunny smile from a charming young Kentucky girl. How great is that?
Gourmet sandwiches that are reasonably priced, but not pretentious. And, where else will you find White chocolate raspberry bread pudding?

Come in regularly for a chocolate chip cookie. They changed recipes last week and destroyed those cookies. Imagine the inside of a 90-year-old vacuum cleaner. That is what those cookies taste like. They’re so dry, I might as well eat a bag of oat flour.

Edit:
Came back in later and enjoyed properly moisturized cookies. Definitely the best cookies in town.

Edit 2:
Still the best cookies in town, but you’d be lucky to get one. Firstly, the wait times are getting ridiculous. I shouldn’t have to wait fifteen minutes for a cookie. Hire more people! Secondly, after waiting for fifteen minutes, you’d be lucky to even get a chocolate chip cookie. Why? Because people working at this bakery can’t seem to figure out the difference between a chocolate chip and triple chip cookie. This isn’t quantum mechanics, if the cookie has more than one type of chocolate in it, it’s a triple chip cookie. And this isn’t the first time that this has happened. This makes number five.

Good cookies, just everything else really sucks.

I've been twice. The soups and stews are very good. Hearty enough to fill you up. Today I had a pork and apple stew. It was delicious and had a great consistency. The sandwiches leave me wanting. My kids always get sandwiches here and they are mediocre. There is little imagination, which is easily forgivable if there are fantastic standbys but there just aren't. I haven't had any of the sweet baked goods, so I can't chime in on that except to say they vary in their visual temptation a lot. Some thing in the case look pretty incredible. Others look utterly disappointing and even confusing.

Super cute, unassuming place with TONS of gluten free / vegetarian options. You can order off their large menu, or create your own sandwich. They have daily social and they also have lots of pastries / desserts (both gluten free and regular). Good coffee, too!

I was truely amazed by the quality of coffee. I ordered a double latte with cinnamon and I couldn't have been happier.

Fantastic service from Fenn from River Rising - we live in NZ and we needed to arrange a delivery of cupcakes to someone in Hamilton - Fenn was every efficient and sorted it all with ease - really appreciate the great service Fenn - thank you

I really liked the deserts like the cheesecake and cookies. Sandwiches are good, not great or memorable enough to write home about. Service was prompt and kind. The inside temp seemed a little too warm for my comfort, I felt like a loaf of bread inside.