Viva Good Life Bistro

twincam 

on Citysearch

17 years ago

Extend your pleasant hopping experience! – As frequenters to the Vanity Fair Outlets, my wife and I get tired of fast food and food court food. Viva offers a quiet and comfortable place to get a wide variety of good food in a relaxed atmosphere with no pressure to vacate the table for more folks - it's big enough to accommodate quit a crowd, but the interior is broken up into ma ny intimate and separate areas. There's even a real fire in the fireplace for those nippy afternoons and evenings! We've even gone there as a destin... read more

clem_page 

on Citysearch

18 years ago

Bit of a Disappointment – My wife and I enjoy having lunch together on Saturdays, because it's one of the few times we get to spend together relaxing. We came to ViVa and waited in the lounge for what seemed an eternity before someone came and took our drink order after I prompted one of the bartenders. My wife ordered a Brandy Alexander, up, and got what looked like a Manhattan on the rocks. When she mentioned it, the waitress brought back a Brandy Alexander on the rocks, from which my wife fished the ice cubes by hand. Whe... read more

chef1414 

on Citysearch

19 years ago

oops – have eaten hear twice the food is warm at best if its supposed to be hot or cold and the staff is sometimes freindly but most times seems overwhelmed.If they are trying to become a chain they need to get an idea who they are and not try to be everything to everybody. 

foursquarebar 

on Citysearch

20 years ago

Good addition to local scene – Viva is located in the old Arrow corporate building but is a completely remodeled space. Great selection of live music nearly every night, and I don't know of another place in Berks County that serves wine flights. The wines are noting too unusual, but the prices are fair, and the food menu is broad with snacking and vegetarian choices. The menu and website seem to want badly to be a corporate restaurant, and lord knows that we have enough of those. But Viva is good looking and spacious and a g... read more