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Cafe Del Rio

3.5 (217 reviews)
ModerateTex-Mex, Mexican
Open • 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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Moderate noise
Casual
Happy hour specials
Good for groups

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Angela J.

The food was delicious. The service was excellent and the ambiance was quiet for a Fri night. We will definitely be back

Nachos al Carbon

AMAZING MEXICAN RESTAURANT! The waiters are super nice, along with how amazing the food was. We arrived at 11:30 am, ordered at like 11:45, and got our food around 11:55. Efficient and delicious. 5 Stars

The pile that accumulated. Everyone else was cleared almost immediately
Kris H.

Came in as a single guy during happy hour. I decided to sit at the bar to save a table top. Initially service was good, but they apparently switch servers back and forth, so I really had no idea who was actually my server. Overall experience was just OK, but compared to others at the bar, I feel like I was bypassed regularly. I ordered premium drinks and some appetizers , so it's not like I was just having water and free chips and salsa! They never cleared my area as I finished, and had to signal every time I needed a little service, which was sad. I was a very "low maintenance" customer, so it would have been nice to have been treated a little better. Just sayin'

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Jules C.

Excellent staff, great food, cozy atmosphere. I had soft beef tacos with corn tortillas, yummy! My BF had the Botano platter. It was huge! We sat by the tortilla machine...very interesting. I don't think you could get bad food here, no matter what you choose.

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Wysteria H.

I don't even know the words to use to describe how absolutely horrible the food here is. This was our third time visiting after we decided to give them one more chance. Never again. We had two types of salsas, a queso, and an avacado dip to start....ZERO FLAVOR. I ordered the Juarez and the chicken fajita taco looked like something a kindergartener put together! There were two tiny pieces of chicken and based on its appearance I'm not sure it was even grilled in any way. The tostada's beef was obviously days old and dry and flavorless. The tostada shell tasted old and stale. I can't even describe to you the nastiness that was the glob of cheese they call an enchilada and how are you this bad at making basic rice and beans when you are a Tex Mex restaurant? When my husband expressed how bad the food was and the fact I ate three bites off my entire plate the waiter actually said oh sorry about that would you like any to go boxes? What? No I don't ever want to experience anything about this place ever again. The best part of my lunch was my glass of water.

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Shebly K.

Honestly was really disappointed, since visiting Texas I have always heard about this place and seen how it always stays busy. We best the Friday crowd around 4ish. Being seated was fast. Chips and salsa came right now. They were both very fresh and good taste. I was a little disappointed in the menu I thought there would be a lot more options. We ordered a chicken and cheese quesadilla without onions and Tomatoes but they still put the onions on it. Also ordered a beef enchilada. The corn tortilla was a bit much but the beans and rice do have great flavor with hits of garlic. We ordered a hurricane drink first one was wrong then the second one was entirely to strong. The food was ok I will come back one more time and give it another shot. Because people seem to really love this place.

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Love the ice cold draft beer, Steak flautas and great service at the bar! Almost forgot the shrimp brochette wrapped in bacon

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The food fitias and top shelf margerties nite we go do is off the charts love takeing our friends there

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Hi Annie! Thank you for the review. We hope you'll join us again soon!

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This is the third and final visit to cafe del rio. No taste. Poor service. Small portions high prices.

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It's ok. Very bland. Not great cocktails. Mediocre at best save your money and visit taco bell or Taco Casa instead.

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Great service and amazing food i was blown away! So was my wife that's the opinion that matters!

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Cafe Del Rio - tex-mex - Updated May 2026

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