Reviews of River Bend Golf & Recreation Area (Golf)

Estrelita Viljoen

Went for a walk at Riverbend this morning! Beautiful!

Dale M

Great course, well kept, fast greens! And then we stopped for a burger and beer - great burger ????! And the service great too!

Ana Rodríguez

Discovery Canyon is amazing ! Too many people but worth it.

Robert Wade

Course is in great shape. Best golf around central AB.

Jesús Gutierrez

Good!

Mag Turple

Love this place for cross-country skiing and just simple hiking. Beautiful trails but pretty busy.

Garry Jacobs

-19C what's not to like

Jeremy Jewell

Good golf course. Kin Canyon attached for summer picnics. Very good walking trail around the course in the trees. Walk the dogs their all the time. Canoe/kayak launch for river access.

Evelyn Rempel

We were at Discovery Canyon where there is a natural looking water slide and you rent tubes to go down the slide. Very family oriented.

Ryan Taylor

Beautiful spot. Go for a round of golf and cool down in the river. Playground and waterpark nearby for the kids. Great food and drinks, too much to list.

Chad L

Beautiful course. Lots of vegetation for any sub-par player like myself to lose countless golf balls. A little bit sticky on the dress code but you might as well be dressed like a pro when you are screaming obscenities.

Spaceling Martiens

Gorgeous little course down in the heart of the Red Deer river valley. Lots of wildlife and the course was in very good shape for the most part during the 2020 season. Had a membership this year and played almost 60 rounds, glad I did as we are probably moving west of the rockies next spring. They also have a great little 9 hole par 3 pitch and put between 40-80yrds that is great for families and beginners.

The Hoff

Beautiful course!

Carolyn Nichol

Amazing love this place

Jimmy Fatjo

Cool place .

Dustin Longpre

Great course, friendly staff. Lots of spots on the driving range, not to mention spots to practice pitching/chipping/sand traps/putting. The mini links par 3 is super cheap and a great way to work on your short game!

Douglas Spicer

The staff was very friendly, and very helpful with pointing me in to where the driving range was as I haven't been there since I was a teenager. Very nice place, and I had a great time practicing my swing :) 100% recommend this place, and will be back for more buckets of golf balls. ????????

Jc Yumul

Its were the discovery cove is ,

Cornelis vogel

This place is awesome. All 3 courses are unique and have multiple challenges. Great views and scenery. Cant wait to go again!

Brian Estey-Hevey

We were at the biathlon range. Nice set up. Looking forward to winter games!

Tyson F

Nice place to golf, very well maintained and a challenging course if you're going there for the first time. One person in our foursome left his rangefinder in the cart and when we called shortly after, it was nowhere to be found. Someone's lucky day I guess.

Windmill

Took the wife and dog for a walk around. Beautiful scenery and clean, quiet 4km trail

Ryan Wuchterl

Lots of stuff to do with beautiful setting

KRose

Greens are very poor but otherwise fabulous!

Steve Bradbury

Very lovely clean area

Scott Wolf

Best staff ever. Always a great day.

Pete Garrison

Beautiful golf course and friendly people

Sean Walters

This place blew my expectations away. I traveled from Calgary to play with a buddy from Edmonton. I didn't know what to expect. This course is so immaculately taken care of. The fairways are cut to perfection and greens are smooth. This course reminded me of BC. They have a great 18 along with a pitch and put for the younger kids. Or a quick little outing for a double date. 2 practice greens and gorgeous driving range

J J

Great place for golf, driving range and putting greens. Great trails to walk, hike and bike. Red Deer River scenery is right there as well!

Doris Fleck

We were here for the Chamber Chase event but used tge facilities. Great staff - very helpful and enthusiastic.

Joey Busetto

You'll enjoy yourself

Lightning Tint

Amazing course. Happened to be a perfect day for some time off of work. Nothing like 18 holes of golf and some time away from the busy lifestyle.

Mark Horsley

Good public course, but very busy. Long rounds.

Tricia Leger

Love going here for the long walks and parks, clean location and great staff

Anna Marie

Well maintained, beautiful scenery. It's a fun time.

Thomas Kendrick

Lots of water so nice

Terry Hoganson

Great course, greens are in amazing shape one of my favorite Central Alberta courses

Steve Yarnell

Friendly staff. Nice facility.

Bee mirza

It's beautiful place for Golf lovers. Free parking free handicap parking beautiful view and being your kids for other fun stuff

David Chomistek

Loved the course, well maintained.

Gayan R Gamage

Nice place around red deer River

Jawed Iqbal

Female staff at cafe not very professional

Adam A

Awesome course. Some greens require maintenance (dried and patchy), but the sites are amazing, the course is just challenging enough to make it fun, but not hard. Gonna return many times for sure.

Charlene Watson

Really enjoy the the trail around it and discovery canyon.

Amanda Morden

Love the trails and my son has been using the biathlon area with Cadets, great to have this location for such activities.

Stacy Smith

Well, we haven't been golfing for a couple of years and we only went to the driving range and practice putt. But it's a decent golf course that anyone can use, you don't need a membership and it's affordable. Conveniently located and nice views of the Red Deer river throughout the course. We went this particular day to check out the park and see how the cross country ski trail was. It looks well groomed and well used so we plan to utilize the trail this coming week if the weather is decent!

Deb Kelts

Meal and entertainment evening... GREAT FUN

Ken Smith

One of the best courses around!

Aaron Heinrich

Nice park. Looking forward to trying the golf course. Very nice trails on a lovely fall day.

JOMS THOMAS ALACKEL

Great service and nice food in the Club house.

derek conley

Nice scenery

Devon T

Smoke here a lot

José Salazar

Amazing place for Family ????????????

Della Stanger

Went for Biathlon race. Well managed. Clubhouse open although odd placement of snack bar on North deck outside of building. But open and snacks available. And heat.

Janet Mawson

Womderful place by the river!

Dallas O

Been golfing here for 15 years, it keeps getting better and better. The updates for 2017-2018 seasons are great additions. The staff if always friendly and local beer available is a bonus.

Farzin Shemirani

The fact that you can use the area at night is awesome. It is also free. No pass required. The only issue was that tracks were not well groomed.

Jason

Great golf and recreation spot, has water area and cross country skiing available with rentals of skiis

Z Family

Love to go for a walk there! Hiking trail was so nice winter time & summer time!

Nick Napier

So drunk that day. Would be surprised if i was allowed back

Brandie Sunley

What a perfect spot for an afternoon by the water on a man made beach. I think coming right at 11 is going to be the best option to get a nice shady location. Beach is clean and great sand for the kids to play in. Tube rentals are completely reasonable.

Connie Thomson

Checked in on Discovery Canyon - ready and beautiful

James Proudfoot

Loves the Biathlon facility! Want to come back next year!

Bob Wolbeck

Facility is great. Golf is great. Some of the staff a little difficult to deal with.

Kam “Korviss”

Nordic Skiing, Biking, Golfing, Water Park, Hiking, or even photography! This place has everything your family needs for a great excursion.

Kevin K

One of my favorite courses in red deer. They stack too many tee times too close , and marshal will be strict at times.

Jordan “Trouble” Calvert

Kids love the park and discovery canyon is great in the summer, good walking trails, the golf course is alright

Kamal Khan

Great place to golf

김현필

(Translated) Great golf course in Red Deer (Original) 레드디어에서 좋은 골프장

Jesse Wheeler

Excellent park and trails

Eddy A

Good course and amazing staff.

Love Our Eastern Slopes

Great family spot on a hot day, but usually extremely crowded.

Vesta Seibel

Too many people in one small park (discovery park) hopefully because it's brand new

River Bend

We wish you all a great 2017 and thank you so much for all your support in 2016!!

Jean Kaufmann

Beautiful! Great food and service in the clubhouse.

Sonja M

Such a beautiful job of the 2019 Canada Winter Games Events, Biathlon, and Cross Country Skiing. We're lucky to have such support! Its a beautiful area, and the skiing is great!

장시욱

It was so beautiful trail!

K C

surrounded by the River, this golf course is pretty up there. A little small in size and crowded most of the time.

Jadin sauer

Cute little golf club

Steven Vanderheide

Good restaurant and facilities. The course is usually in great shape and the carts have gps. You get what you pay for

Tim Mapplebeck

Great location. Good for families. Kids loved it.

Morgan Klein (COOLKID#8027)

Nice golf course

M Herbert

Visited the driving range, as did half the city.

Teann Busser

Discovery Canyon is a very fun inexpensive place to take your children.

Tracy Gray

Loved this place sent wait to go back and enjoy looking for dinosaur bones

Paul Lindgren

Saw the newly renovated discovery Canyon today. WOW! It used to be all mud and gravel, now it's smooth paved walk ways, with stairs and safety rails, sandy beaches, benches and picnic tables everywhere. Very busy on a hot Saturday around noon, but an enjoyable family outing even with the crowds.

David Marshall

Golfed with the TIAA group and found the staff and the facility to be first class all the way. Special thanks to Kim for the help with the locating of my phone. Keep up the fantastic work

la petite Jaunefleur

Beautiful golf course

Tv Blip

Fun place to go. Enjoy a nice picnic or water rafting

Jamie Stahl

Played here for the first time.This is a wonderful golf facility with a great practice area. The only thing keeping me from giving them 5 stars is that the greens were hit badly with winter-kill. Despite the damage most of them rolled fairly will and were quick. The fairways and tee boxes were good and with a little help from mother nature I am sure they will be in great shape in no time.

Danielle F

really nice little place

Sage Badger

I can't get over how nice the golf practice facilities are! They have a grass and a mat driving range. There is also a practice bunker, putting green and mini lynx! The staff were very friendly and helped us find our way around. We will definitely be driving down from Wetaskiwin again to test out the actual golf course next time! I can't wait!

Eli Penk

Golf carts loose power if you mistakenly cross an invisible line and need to be pushed out of the invisible line to continue. If you left something behind forget about it no one will find it.

Coral Elliott

Avide patrons of river bend golf course. Kids love coming to golf lessons and the golf course/ mini links! We our selves love coming to River bend for all it offers. Do to the sheer ignorance of those attending discovery canyon, we have had to cancel all reservation and plans to attend River bend Golf course on three separate occasions do to the lack of parking!

misTAKEN gender #breakinwalls

Love the canyon swimming part in the Sumner. And it's a great spot to walk in the fall.

Abidemi Adetayo

its a beautiful place to visit

Duncan Morrison

Started us late on the course then had the marshal riding our ass because "we needed to be faster, you started late".... wont golf there again. Can pay less for a better course and better service.

Dr Blade

Great basic course. Fun to play, not too challenging.

Jim Ras

Dicovery Canyon, good place for kids 10 and under.

Kyle Carriere

Love the mini links

Herman Veerbeek

Course in great shape,nice layout and friendly helpful staff.

Lisa Han

Very good place for small children. Should be there early for parking and naturally shaded area for picnic.

Bob Thompson

The greens have severe winter damage

Richard Klassen

Went on a Sunday afternoon at around 3 and had to park at the driving range on the grass on the side of the road. Children had a blast with the tubes and being in the water. Refreshing.

Saqib Saeed

Wide fairways and well maintained greens, a good course of occasion golfers like me.

Peter Lewis

Staff is wonderful to deal with. Flexible tee times. Rough year for the greens but the course is in great shape. Greens have made a good comeback. I really enjoy golfing here. The Rec area near the golf course is great for kids. Lots of improvements over the last few years.

vittorio o

Disappointing in the course the greens were terrible the putting was non existing. For the price you pay they should have done a better job of taking care of the place

t

Had a great round, good for all skill levels

Heather Hall

Nice facility but a little overpriced...

Grant Howell

Beautiful place! Fairways like carpets! Greens still need work

Anthony Lee

Good place

Adam Fizer

Great views of the river and plenty of picnic area to go around.

Nancy Hughes Smith

Excellent course. Beautifully groomed.

Vaun Langevin

Got married here

Clinton Pickstain

Course was excellent for a municipal golf course. The young gentleman in the pro shop was professional and welcoming, as were the outside staff and the driving range was very nice. Would recommend this course to anyone looking for an enjoyable golfing experience.

Ken George

Really like this course. It is well designed and beautiful. The gardens are outstanding and the clubhouse and proshop are great.

Theodore Nouhoheflin

Golfing is great

Tanner

Nice public track.

Ryan Couture

Staff are amazing

uLorne Clinton

Suck's

craig Douglas

Great course for tournaments

Ииан Маккензии

As an avid Goose Poop enthusiast, this is one of my favorite stops!

Martin Schulte

I've always liked this facility

Ed Clavelle

Beautiful course !!!

Quinlan Brown

Great driving range. Plenty of space, and two options for hitting surface.

Ryan Mackay

Well kept course. Not overly challenging, but not easy either.

Brady olsen

Beautiful course. The mini links is also really fun and great for beginner golfers or kids. Also a great price for the mini links. Great place for golf!

Butch Davy

Great place to visit and put on great shows. I have never golfed but hope to. Staff is very friendly and willing to help out.

Kiran Moduga

Nice place for a get away and has a nice restaurant

Peter Prevost

The kids loved it.

Sam Gaudet

Fun time had by all.

Mr Me

Nice relaxing way to spend the day

Melinda Budgell

A nice course with very tricky pin placements. Playing with a member to get local knowledge can help.

Peyto Rig 9

Wife bought me a $150 gift card 6 years ago for birthday. Not much opertunity to get on ether I was busy, no tee times available or they had tournaments. Card had no expiry but was not in they're system due to age. Wouldn't honour their card and told me they couldn't do anything. would have gone a long way to have honoured the card.

Ariel Yaskow

A little crowded, but it's summer time in Alberta so it's understandable. Go early if you don't like crowds. We had a blast! The staff is super awesome and there is a concession if you require snacks. We will be hanging out there more often.

Randy Patmore

Great trails!

Marina Redekopp

An all season recreation destination

Teresa Brookman

Really lovely trails to walk

Jason Lanouette

Nice course

Kelly Brilz

Great layout, course has the layout that can test all parts of your game. Driver is in play on most if not all par 4's. Greens have come back well, a tad slow but forgiving. Value for the money is 7 out of 10 at a price of 84 dollars with a cart per person.

Dennis Short

Very nice course.

Vickie Lapshinoff

Great place to walk

Kevin

Course was in good shape, unfortunately, didn't see beverage cart on the course, we asked in the clubhouse after 9 holes at 6:00 in 28 degree weather they said "oh, she must have gone home".

Mark Terstappen

Amazing course that is in great condition

Michelle Stevens

I was here for a conference, and the facilities were nice and the food was great. The venue was a little tight for our large group, but we enjoyed the space.

Daveandbarb Schultz

We saw moose(from a distance!), rabbits, squirrels and many birds, geese and ducks along the trail and in the river. It's a perfect place to walk, breathe, watch the seasons changing and appreciate God's creation.

Randy Hemmingsen

Greens in good shape, good pace to game

chillier

Friendly and helpful staff. Driving range a bit expensive but well equipped.

Jim Walters

Great little pitch and putt. Was a little disappointed that we couldn't hit the driving range shortly after 8pm.

Ludvic Prah

Very nice yes very nice

Austin Larsen

Over priced for what you get this year. Terrible greens, to the point where you don’t even want to putt on them. The fairways were chewed and not maintained, the tee boxes had barely any grass on them. Not worth the money. I’d recommend one of the nicer and cheaper courses around Red Deer.

Barbara Bosch

Where did they get the romaine for the Caesar salad during the romaine recall? Nobody has any!??!

Jeanette Huseby

Discovery canyon is grwat place to take the kids. Be early the parking runs out fast

Stephanie Griffith

We used the ceremony site yesterday for our wedding, unfortunately it was a bit of a headache from start to finish. When booking- it took about 5 solid days to finalize details because calls weren't answered and emails only answered once a day. Yesterday, yes everything was clean and kept - we were told that the site was going to be roped off and displayed that it was being used for a private function, the only thing stating that there was a private function was one sandwich board sign at the entrance before the boat launch. So, when I showed up as the bride, there is an employee on a lawn mower, and some random person attempting to have a picnic with his dogs because there were no signs. Employee stated he wasnt aware that there was a wedding, but finished quickly and left.. overall - my day was still beautiful, but I truly ask myself what we paid $300 for.

Tamara English-Campbell

It was awesome made me feel 20 again

Daniel Audette

Did not golf the course. Driving range seemed awesome.

Cheryl Smith

Great play structures

Peter Owsianyk

Excellent area to spend a day.

Alisha Lindsay

Trails are a bit icey, but other than that its a great place to cross country ski.

Rob Bradley

The best

Mike

Gorgeous golf course with extremely reasonable rates. A must play for any golfer. Can't wait to return.

Susan Godfrey

I only go jere in the winter as I don't play golf. It is great for snowshoeing and you can get the chicadees and squirrels to eat out of your hand. It is safe and wide open. Lots of trails to just walk on as well as cross country ski.

Devin Holzer

Looks nice

Michael Keoughan

It has everything

Mrs Blade

I Never have a good game here. Maybe it’s the stray wild life. “Moose “ always seen in the fall. Tough course lots of water. Pelicans seen during summer. If you like water this is your course. Nice walking course too.

Brenna Emes (Creative Goods & Co.)

We had a fantastic day here. Beautiful course, staff were very friendly and accommodating. Course was well maintained. Fairways were in immaculate condition, some greens need a bit of work. Overall...good experience.

blake gagnon

Love it

Mark Waters

used clubhouse facilities for a retreat. very personable staff. nice facilities in clubhouse. recommend this facility.