This is my first time here, I came looking for Agua Chile... No fresh Aguas (natural drinks) I ordered a Agua de Piña it was too sweet for me (taste like Splenda)so I ordered Water instead because the waitress said if I didn't like it I could order something else so that was nice. I ordered Camarones Toreados (Agua Chile) What I got was good but not 3,4 or 5 worthy. The shrimp was cut in half to make it seem like you got more than what was really there. It was not as hot (flavor) as it could have been (I also could have specified). It did not come with Avocado which was a fail!! But I was able to order some... Cucumber where cut in small pieces which was sad cause it was mixed with the onion and it was hard to separate. I like the flavor the onion gives to the dish but not eating them raw. The restaurant was clean they had complementary chips and salsa. My total at the end with tip was $22.51 which was far to much for what little food I got. I've gotten the same meal and much better flavor and amount of food for under $20 and feed two men and a girl who can eat! My search continues for the best Agua Chile in Tri-Cities! I need to find (my spot(s)) in this area. read more

Garibaldi Fine Mexican Restaurant - Agua Chile (Camarones Toreados) - Mexican Near Me - Pasco, Washington

Well this is a little strange. The sign outside says King City Restaurant. Also above the side entrance is a sign that says Sports Bar And Lounge. I went in the main door so could get something to eat. You get inside and there is a sign that says "Diner closed. Bar open with menu. Um, OK. I walk into the "Sports bar" there is only 2 people in the place. On a Friday night? There are 2 televisions in the place but no Sports of any kind. Some 80's movie. What? Start to sit down at a table and the waitress says would you like a menu? Sure. That's when I find out I'm actually in a Mexican restaurant. What the heck? How about some proper signage on the building. Now that we have established what kind of restaurant I'm in I have one question. Where was the Chips and salsa? None at a Mexican place. Took away 2 stars for all of the above. Besides all that the food was good and so was the service. read more

Garibaldi represents a turning point in my life. This is where I found out I actually like (maybe even love) Mexican food. The carne asada was tender, the fried fish was crispy - both were very flavorful. I just wish the salsa was less watery. Not sure how this stacks up against other authentic mom-and-pop places. I just know it's on a whole different level than the Mayan, Azteca, and similarly mediocre chain restaurants. read more

Garibaldi Fine Mexican Restaurant - Fried guachinango (red snapper). Watch out for the bones. - Mexican Near Me - Pasco, Washington

This place used to be great when it was Garibaldi's, now that they are Desert Heat they are awful. I have never had such rude customer service from any business. They overcharged us and would not refund us. They claimed their menu did not have the new higher pricing!!! What the heck? Isn't false advertising illegal, they didn't seem to care, and they also charge you to use your debit card. read more

My Husband and I stopped to have Nachos and beers on Monday September 16, 2019. We were rudely Greet by the hostess, My Husband asked for a beer and so did i . She only brought one out, then asked if i wanted one ? ( i clearly asked before she walked away ) Then we ordered our Nachos, she brought those out and never once checked on us. A hour goes by and maybe 3 people were in the restaurant. I had to stand at the register to get my bill and pay. I felt like i should have walked out !! Her attitude SUCKED !!! Might of been because we are Gringos !! Not sure, But i will never recommend them or will return !! plus she screwed our bill up !! BAD SERVICE !! read more

Had their Asada tacos for 2019 Taco Crawl and ur was amazing!! Super nice workers and very welcoming atmosphere. read more

The last time I ever come here. The food was blunt and expensive. My son ordered a cocktail it was very small and worth the 12.45 that they charge. Customer service sucks and not to mention the long time they took to serve. We ordered our drinks because we where thirsty we told our server 2 times if she could bring us our drinks because she was taking way to long. We ordered more chips and salsa and she also took a while. Very disappointed in everything. Defenitly not coming back again read more

Garibaldi Fine Mexican Restaurant - Not worth the 12.45 that they charge. Very small. - Mexican Near Me - Pasco, Washington

Long before it was a Garbaldi, this building was a Shakey's Pizza and during high school, I had wanted some Shakey's. Soon after high school, Shakey's was closed and here came Garibaldi. I've waited all these years, if not decades, to try this place and I'm sorry I didn't come here sooner. I've been to many Mexican restaurants and maybe half of the taco trucks here it this places goes beyond them all. This place is incredible, the food is awesome. Someone somewhere had said "this is the home food residents go to", which to me is a great judge but great food, nice customer service, I will return here many times over from now on. They offer both regular plates and buffet style and I chose the regular plate. Apparently, they also have music from a band every now and then, and I'm sure it turns this place to a massive party. One day, I'll have to find out. read more

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I've been in the Tri-Cities for over 10 years, and I've lived in Kennewick & Richland for all of that time. I have done the "standard tour" of the "usual" restaurants in these two of the Tri-Cities. Regretfully, I've not explored Pasco's offerings much. With the large Hispanic population in Pasco it's a shame I've not checked out more of the Mexican restaurants in this city. One restaurant I've been to a few times while living in the Tri-Cities is Garibaldi's. The restaurant sign has a big shrimp on it...my guess is this alludes to Garibaldi's specialty: Mexican seafood. There are tons of dishes to choose from on the menu, and by far most of the dishes were in the seafood realm. I was a bit overwhelmed by the choices---they all looked good. So, I asked the server for recommendations, and I went with the bacon-wrapped shrimp plate w/ corn tortillas (Camarones Con Tocino). I must say this was pretty yummy. The shrimp/bacon appeared to be grilled as well as the veggies which accompanied it. After tonight's dinner, I have pledged to make more visits to Pasco, whether its at Garibaldi's or any of the other numerous "real & authentic" Mexican restaurants of Pasco. ************** Ok, I had to update (5/11/08) this review due to another visit to this restaurant. The other few times I've been to this restaurant the place has been somewhat dead and mellow. Last night I went on a Saturday night during the prime-time dinner crowd, and man it was awesome. The place was pretty much packed. There were people at the bar. There was mariachi music blasting from the stereo, there were little kids running w/o their shirts on. There was an old grandma peacefully sipping a margarita. It was all in all a really fun time, and very happening. Garibaldi's, you get 5-stars!! read more

We walked in early on a Friday evening, a group of hermanos sat at a table sipping wind-down beers. Other than that the restaurant was ours. A duo of hermanas waited on us, one spoke English perfectly, and the other struggled. It didn't matter. The menu is expansive, and I asked both what the house specials were. They pointed me in different directions, and I was left asking, "is this a seafood place? A burrito place? a grill?" That didn't matter either. The chips were good, fresh, and hot, but probably overrated by the reviewer below. The salsa was fresh and delicious. No "Made in New York City" here. The tacos al carbon came for my wife, and the steak burrito for me, and all conversation betwixt us ceased. Our language devolved into grunts of contentment. No need for words. The tacos were on the far side of excellent, and came garnished with grilled whole green onions on top. The burrito was in the middle of delicious--nothing like those from San Francisco's mission district, but a noble attempt. Immersed in our respective worlds of tender steak, the restaurant began filling. Several more hermanos entered, some donning cowboy hats, if only to add flavor to the scene--as if the flavor in the food wasn't enough. As I slew the burrito and surveyed the scene, I happily noted that I was the only gringo in here. The two waitresses, once all our own, were now spread thin running back and forth. It took the old hand-wave-toward-the-register to get our check. But that didn't matter. read more

With there being so many Mexican restaurants in the Tri-City area, it's rare that one stands out head and shoulders above the others. That having been said, I love Mexican food so the differences are quite noticeable to me. I hadn't eaten at Garibaldi's for a number of years, but I remember it being very good food. I was hopeful today would give me reason to cheer... Sadly, today's experience left much to be desired and I'm sad to say it will likely be years before I visit again. The atmosphere is not what I remember. Not much to look at (no plants, no paintings, no festive decorations). Messy and a little run down feeling; floors unvacuumed and just dingy feeling. Disappointing but the food is what's most important. Sadly, my experience wasn't good here either. Aside from finding a small twig (or bone or something hard and sharp) in my chicken enchilada, which I thankfully found before choking to death on, the flavors were not spectacular. I also ordered mole but received only regular enchilada sauce (which I didn't care for). The rice was dry and flavorless. The beans were also tasteless. The only positive is that the food was hot. My friend's taco salad had virtually no greens on it and the shell small. The waitress fixed that so that's good. The service was slow and we had to asks just to get drinks and to have them refilled. Unacceptable since the restaurant was not full. Our table was also not completely served altogether. The waitress, who seemed nice enough, served dishes inconsistently while also trying to serve another table at the same time, which left some of us with (part of) our meals while others of us had nothing. No tortillas for the fajitas or aroz con pollo, until probably 8 or 10 minutes after everyone else's food had been served. Disappointing and frustrating. The positives? The hot salsa was awesome. Loved it. My mom also loved her chalupa. The addition of live, table-to-table music was great and helped the "atmosphere." I really wish our experience had been better. Improvements on the service and attention to details would go a long way. Cleaner surroundings, plants and paintings would also improve the asthestics. This place has great potential. Some of the menu items look very interesting and some of the servers were really friendly while others seemed bored and unhappy. I want to like this place but it's just not some place I'd visit again soon at this point. Hope they improve and I wish them well. read more

Oh WOW.. it's like a secret stuck in Pasco. The food is wonderful. The service varies. The buffet is excellent. Almost everyone there speaks Spanish. I came for a busy lunch. Tri-City area police came in.. eee.. hope I didn't park wrong. eee.. They smiled and were polite. Whew. It's a small town. I have eaten there about 5 times. The food and convenience over-ride my pickiness on the service. The cashier is quick. Their philosophy seems to be excellent food, customers in and out.. no mess with waiting for a check, you can get it at the register. I appreciate that. read more

For fancy Mexican food, this place is probably towards the top in the Tri-Cities. This place has been there for at least 15 years (my guess,does anyone know?). I've been impressed with all the dishes I've eaten there. Like someone mentioned before, its a well kept secret considering its not the type of quality you'd expect in that part of town. Come to think of it, its definatly one of the nicer restaurants in Pasco- there really aren't many quality restaurants there- you pretty much have to go across the river for most of them. Garibaldi is worth trying out if you haven't. read more

Authentic Mexican food, really close to the airport. Quick and great service. Big portions and really good chips and salsa. Will definitely come back again and get food to go, on the way to the airport. read more

I have to admit that I had high expectations. Given the popularity and signage out front I was expecting above average mexican (sea)food. However, we went on a Friday night and everyone, and I mean everyone, from child to geriatric was watching a very very loud game. I think the noise distracted others in our group, but just rating the food, I was disappointed. It was average, but average in Pasco is everywhere you turn. They had average tortillas no salsa bar, and given 6 meals no one raved,and I don't think I would recommend this as a must eat at. read more

This place is really good and prices even better... Buffet and good food can't go wrong.... Would highly recommend... read more

Garibaldi Fine Mexican Restaurant - Yummy and all you can eat... Can't go wrong... - Mexican Near Me - Pasco, Washington

Good authentic Mexican food. A little run down but the waitress was attentive and food tasted good. Affordable prices. Margaritas were a little weak. read more

So my friend works here and did me a solid for my #keto #lowcarb #diet thanks so much for accommodating me!! Bacon wrapped shrimp and grilled veg with a side salad of queso fresco avocado lettuce and cucumbers marinated in lime juice with salt and chili sauce read more

Garibaldi Fine Mexican Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Pasco, Washington

Good food very delicious. A lot to choose from. Staff is very friendly. If your looking for some good Mexican food this is the spot. Portions are big. The desert was very good. They had live music. read more

With two long coastlines, Mexico should be able to put out some great seafood. Garibaldi doesn't disappoint. Fair warning though, just like any Chinese restaurant, there are certain dishes that seem to shout out to 'gringos' like myself, avoid those and keep moving. We ended up ordering from the 'Mariscada en Botanas' section, opting for the 'camarones machos' and 'camaron y pulpo'. The camarones machos is noted as "raw" on the menu, but no worries, it's mistranslation and should have been written as "cold". It's a wonderful cold dish of shrimp mixed with cucumbers in a spicy-sour base, perfect for the hot days in Pasco. The sour nicely offset the camaron y pulpo, a buttery pan-fried mix of shrimp and octopus. Both dishes were far better than any thing we had tried in Seattle and we look forward to trying some of the other seafood dishes. read more

I have been to this restaurant a few times and it is pretty spacious. The most recent time I was here was on a Monday so it was not as lively as the previous times -- in the night time it is a bar so I'm assuming it would be lively without regards of the activities of earlier that day though. Despite that fact, the chips and salsa were delicious as I stuffed my face with those before my meal even came. Since that happened, I ended up only eating half of my vegetarian burrito meal so I eventually saved it all for later! By tasting the beans, rice, and the burrito I have to admit that the quality of the food was very high for a place that has an exterior that doesn't stand out as much. Ultimately, I would definitely go again as there aren't a whole lot of places that compare to it in the Tri-Cities. read more

Found a bone in my tostada. Do I need to say more? Yea I do. Check the pictures. The food was soooo good until I bit into a 2 inch bone. You know what the waitresses explanation for not "doing much" about it? "Well my manager won't let me do much because it's not like it was something you wouldn't expect, it's not something that's not SUPPOSED to be there"... um hi, last I checked, you don't eat bones for dinner. Yea I understand ... it could have been a human hand. Come ON. And by the way... we got a "10% discount".... off 1 food item. WOO! A whole $1.10 for trying to hurt me. Oh and to add to this, we got there at 8:47pm, were one of 3 couples there, and the waitress was talking to another waitress sitting at a table most of the time. 3 other waitresses were working also. I get that you get paid no matter what but really... we came here to not cook and be lazy. Please satisfy this need??? It took about 25 minutes to get our food.... with 2 couples who already had food. Grief. THEN..... the karaoke started at 9:16pm.... we couldn't even hear ourselves talk. I don't understand why these kind of establishments exist when they clearly don't want to serve people and make them happy. Guess we'll try the other 45 Mexican restaurants in Pasco.... . read more

Garibaldi Fine Mexican Restaurant - Our "discount" for finding a bone in my tostada. That's how much my life is worth I guess. - Mexican Near Me - Pasco, Washington

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Spacious inside, bright & cheery atomosphere. The wait staff is very friendly and attentive. Food is good to very good. I saw some very interesting orders delivered such as very large oysters in half shells. Buterflied shrimp and several very large seafood cocktails. We will be back to try those dishes. read more

This place has great food. I've only ordered some kind of burrito, and it was delicious. The chips and salsa are also quite good. BUT...the best part about this place is that they have live MARIACHI music in the evening. I'm not sure if it's just on Fridays and Sundays (only days I've been there)...and it's around 7-8pm. Really great music! read more

had some company in town...wanted to show them some amazing mexican food we have here in the three cities....jumped on yelp and saw corey's review (which i can always count on) and off we went...because i was convinced! we got our chips and salsa and our visitor took a bite and said.."i'm not kidding, this might be the best tortilla chip i've ever had". I felt I had done my duty and it was good. :) I highly recommend this place and will head over there more often! read more

This place is over priced and the food quality is horrible the rice tasted old keep in mind I went for lunch and the tortillas are store bought and they were cold by the time she brought them to me. $19 for a pop and chicken mole. The bathroom was disgusting I decided to hold it. read more

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Ewww this place stinks and the food is terrible everything tastes like pork fat seriously even the lettuce, the waiters are rude and they take forever to take your order, the place is so small guess that is why the awful smell, I'm a Fiesta Mexican Restaurant kind of gal and this does not compare at all, the bathrooms are disgusting and the tables are gross and sticky I will never, ever eat at that place! read more

So not that great. It's really run down inside and the food is pretty bland and salty. They did have cold beer, but other than that, not so much. read more

Moriscos! I had the fish and vegetables and enjoyed it very much. Clean place. Good staff. Veggies weren't over cooked like at the expensive place I went to last night. In the area for only a few days and this is the only place I found worth coming back to. read more

Food tastes better than the place looks. clean but could use an update. Friendly,good service. Took a bit to get the food but definitely worth the wait.Delicious and more than I could eat. Reasonably priced read more

This is our favorite Mexican restaurant in the Tri-cities. We've tried nearly all of them. Nothing beats their tender and flavorful skirt steak so choose that for your meat. The tacos al carbon and the steak fajitas are amazing. The chips and salsa can't be beat when hot and fresh and sometimes they even give you some queso bean dip along with your chips and salsa. Yum! The service is always good. read more

I arrived here with high hopes of eating delicious and authentic Mexican food. When I arrived, I noticed that the decor was alright, nothing too fancy. I ordered the pollo asada and my friend ordered the beef burrito. It took over ONE HOUR for our food to arrive. To add injury to insult, the employees of the restaurant kept telling us that our food was on its way but then why would it take one hour for us to get our food?! About 30 minutes into our wait, an employee approached us and asked us if we needed anything. My friend responded that we were still waiting on our food. She looked to be in disbelief and was unaware that we had ordered. She rushed to the back of the restaurant - I have a hunch that the servers forgot to put in my order. In fact, other people who had walked in 30 minutes after us received their food same time as we did. I decided to give the restaurant another chance despite the lengthy wait time. When the food finally arrived, I was hoping to dig in to a delicious meal. I thought wrong! The food was bland, lacked flavor, and was overcooked. The waitresses were not polite and no one apologized for us waiting for so long to get our food. Do not go here!! read more

This has to be one of the best lunch buffets that we have in the Tri-cities. I have been there for lunch at least 10 times and it has always been fresh, flavorful, and consistent. Their main dish is fajitas and they are complimented by cheese enchiladas or chicken depending on the day. Pricing is more than fair for the excellent food. You wont be disappointed. read more

OMG! Are people serious? Yelpers let us down in a big way on this one. We had heard there were good Mexican places in Pasco. We were visiting for the balloon festival in Prosser. We picked the top of the list from Yelp to give it a try. Service took an honest-to-god 1/2 hour from the time we got our menus to the time they took our order. The waitress did apologize, but seriously? I counted eight full tables and two servers. So not busy and so so so slow. Once ordered, the food came out quickly enough, but ugh. I had a vegetarian burrito and it was so so so awful. Nothing in it but beans and some sort of plastic yellow cheese. The rice was very very mushy and just tasted off. The beans on the side were okay but no flavor at all, which I guess was an improvement. Everything was VERY bland. I love hole-in-the-wall places but the food has to be good. Only then can I overlook the harried staff, dirty floors, sticky tables and other grossness. After eating here, I don't think I can touch Mexican food for at least 3 months or until the bad memory fades, which won't be any time soon. I hate to give such a bad review of this place since it is a kind of small town favorite of sorts, but really... No excuse for this. I used to live in Anchorage, AK and we had WAY better Mexican food there, and that's saying something! read more

Omg, me and my son are in love.... We are so coming back. The food is awesome and the people that work here are so friendly..... Totally have to try read more

Hate this place. Service is Great if you get the awesome waitress (Mago) Food is ok. Still Prefer Fiesta.The envoroment sucks on the weekends, same crowed of guys with too much gold on (pinky rings and all LOL) and girls that look like they are about to go work on some street. Hate this place!! read more

Super food and really great service. I left my credit card by accident and they sent it to me in the mail.

We went here once in 2011, and sat in the both to the right as you come in the door. My daughter bumped the wood piece along the top of the booth and out came a ton of cockroaches. The staff treated us like we were making it up, despite there being several on our table. We moved tables, and continued waiting for our food. It took a while, but I was so disgusted that I couldn't eat anything. I guess maybe the cockroaches at to the authenticity? read more