Ambiance is great! The man playing the piano made it all happen along with the decor and lighting. Service was very mediocre. After leaving a restaurant next door because nobody came to the table for 20 mins we went here. It was better but not by much. The food wasn't anything spectacular. They asked how it was but we just agreed because we would have had to replace all four plates. None of the pasta was done well. All and all we had a great time because we kind of laughed at how bad everything was. read more

We sat at the bar outside of the restaurant for dinner and had an excellent experience! Joel was a superb bartender! He was so attentive and gave us great food and drink recommendations! We had an espresso martini, a New York sour and his Rum old fashion! The food was excellent as well! We got the burrata, arancini's, spicy rigatoni and chicken Parmesan. Highly recommend visiting! read more

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We were very excited to dine here but when we checking in with our party of 13, we were told that children were not allowed. I understand have this policy but they need to make it more apparent especially at a family resort. read more

Palio - Italian Near Me - Rio Grande, Puerto Rico

I'll start with the positives of this restaurant - the service was great. The wait staff was extremely attentive, professional, and hospitable. We were seated immediately with complimentary Prosecco. The ambiance is more sophisticated and upscale, and the plating of the food is beautiful and almost like art. We did the 3 course option. For the first course, I had the burrata. I do not recommend getting it, I couldn't tell if it was the burrata or the tomatoes but it didn't taste like burrata and was awful. I was shocked, especially since that was our first course. Someone else at our table had the burrata as well. I thought maybe it was just me that didn't like it, but the other person also said it was not good and didn't eat it. The salmon dish was amazing. I was very pleased with that - it was cooked excellent and the tomatoes on the side were bursting with flavor. Someone else also had the Lobster Carbonara and it was spectacular!! So so good. For dessert I had the tiramisu which was also amazing. The espresso martini dessert isn't actually a martini, it's ice cream with liquor poured on top which confused us and unfortunately the one who ordered is dairy free so didn't get to enjoy it. They also treated us to complimentary house made limoncello which was a nice surprise. Overall, it's a great restaurant and experience if you're willing to pay the price (EXPENSIVE price). especially if you drink. By far the most expensive meal on our trip and one that we've done in a long time. If the first course was better, I would've given it a 4 star - not quite there to be worth 5 stars for how expensive it is though. read more

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Our 4 Course Meal at Palio at the Wyndham Grand Rio Mar in Puerto Rico is quite possibly the best vacation dining experience we've ever had. Everything was amazing! The restaurant was so beautiful, there was a violinist playing music while you eat. Each course was so delicious, from the Caesar salad, Jamón Iberico, whipped ricotta, filet mignon, lobster risotto,and desserts. The filet was cooked exactly, which we liked, and the service was impeccable. If you're ever in the area, I highly recommend checking them out. We ended up losing power in our AirBnb right after this dinner, but luckily, it was located on the Wyndham Grand Rio Mar property, and we got to experience everything this beautiful resort had to offer. I'm looking forward to our next trip back. read more

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Decent italian food. Osso bucco was very good. Lamb chops and fish dishes were very good. Lobster was cooked right and soft. Service was very nice and very accommodating. Were a bunch of New Yorkers eating italian food in Puerto Rico. This could be a daunting challenge for other towns, especially for restaurants outside the US. They handled it very well. Wine was flowing and the dishes were delightful. Very nice looking restaurant with a great atmosphere. When we go back, were definitely going there again. Cheers. read more

Birthday celebration for my husband's 70th! It was very somber non-communicative did not feel celebratory at all. The price was out if this world, for second rate good. Very disappointing too expensive read more

My mom and I were in Puerto Rico to celebrate my 40th birthday and went here for a big celebratory dinner. It was amazing! The tasting menu was delicious with lots of choices, the service was exceptional, and they were very kind when they learned it was my birthday. The restaurant is styled beautifully, but what else can you expect from a resort hotel? The next time I come to Puerto Rico, I am going to stay here for sure! read more

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New Year's Eve reservations for dinner tonight. Not sure what to think seeing that this place only has a 2.5 Stars overall. Keeping my expectations low is best it seems. Our 6:30PM reserved for 6PM by accident. We were still seated. It's a NYE prix fixe menu tonight. $95/PP. Or the pick of the regular menu to choose from as well. Sandra is waiting on us with our drinks. Edgardo is our server tonight. First course: Carrot soup. Second course: 1856 Prime Rib, blackened salmon, pasta and roasted eggplant. Dessert: Hazelnut Chocolate Mousse. One prime rib prix fix medium rare and one blackened salmon prix fixe, one seasonal risotto, Caesar salad, a blackened salmon, burrata salad and a blackened salmon. The tomato and herb bread is okay. The sun dried tomato spread is the best part of the bread. The bread is quite dense and not so billowy, still palatable with the sun dried tomato. The carrot soup is nice and smooth, it could be warmer, it was barley luke warm. The burrata is yummy, the bread accompaniment is fresh and crunchy. The pesto bed is a nice pairing with the burrata cheese. The Caesar salad is full leaves and is good. The anchovies are tasty as well. The seasonal risotto is with goat cheese, caramelized onions and raisins is quite good. The champagne risotto with cilantro with the prix fixe with the salmon is not as good. The prime rib was more medium well than kept up rare, so a bit tougher than expected, still not bad. The mushroom (porcini) risotto was good. Granada Gremolata was also good. All of the salmon was nicely cooked and seasoned too. The panzanella came after our entrees, they were forgotten and missed in the process. The basil dressing was really good, maybe a bit heavy on the dressing, it was swimming. The hazelnut mousse was okay, beautiful presentation, cubicle balls of mousse. The meringue drops were cool accompaniment. The raspberry sauce is the highlight of the dessert to me. Gives a nice tartness to the mousse dessert. I don't get much hazelnut flavoring. Dinner was $175. The prix fix wasn't worth the $95. The carrot soup, panzanella and the hazelnut mousse was not worth the extra $33. The billing got a bit mixed up trying to split the bill in two. read more

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We had a group of 22 and will always remember the 5 course experience we had here it was amazing, the service was amazing pleasant and sweet and got a ton of food for what we paid for the food was fresh and exactly what we expected everything was great. read more

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My party of seven dined here on a Monday evening. This is a fine dining establishment at an upscale resort. Everyone enjoyed their dinners. The gnocchi and mushroom risotto dishes were great. The seafood risotto is pricey, but has an amazing presentation and large quantity of seafood. The tiramisu and mini donut with ice cream desserts were a hit. If you prefer a liquid dessert, I highly recommend the Screwball peanut butter whiskey - a great flavor combination! Bottled water is served, so plan for an additional charge. Not the place for families with young children who are unable to sit through a two hour dining experience. read more

Great Italian spot, the steak and mushroom risotto and the cacio e pepe were delicious!

10/10 The food was amazing, the ambiance was great and bougie and the food was literally to die for! read more

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The food and service was horrible. We were celebrating our 30 year anniversary and left very disappointed. They took very long and the food made my wife sick. The manager was rude! read more

Worst Chicken Parm I've ever had. Service was awful. Server forget one party's change to their order and then said the request wasn't made when 8 other people at the table heard it. read more

Skip this place. Ate at the bar and bartender recommended spaghetti ($17). Should've stuck with first thought of blackened salmon. Significant other had cowboy steak ($160) and it was big, but not so flavorful. Came with broccolini and mashed potato. Got hot sauce with it. Menu is limited not sure if it's worth it. Also got a couple salads and drinks. They were okay. Not worth $300. read more

Palio - Cowboy steak - Italian Near Me - Rio Grande, Puerto Rico

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Please do not waste your money (a lot of it) on this restaurant. It made our Valentine's Day a disaster. The only palatable food was a pesto appetizer. The steak was so salty we had to take it home to cook in pasta sauce to make it edible. read more

100% NOT worth it. I ignored all of the other reviews saying the same thing. We had eaten at Roots Coastal Kitchen 3 nights in a row and I thought we needed to try something different. Such a mistake. Totally underwhelming food at exorbitant prices. Roots was great - it is still expensive, but much less than Palio and their menu is creative and diverse and it is a great atmosphere. I cannot express strongly enough - don't eat at Palio - complete waste of money. Wyndham needs to do better. read more

This is not fine dining. Lack of training shows which is management's fault. We were greeted and shown to our table. After 10-12 minutes the server greeted us asked if we wanted water, we said yes and she left. I had to ask for the wine list, as it was not provided to us upon seating. The wine list is very disorganized and confusing. Wines are listed without rhyme or reason. If it's an Italian specialty restaurant the wines should be listed by region but, the list didn't make sense. . Few minutes later she came back with the water. At this time we ordered appetizers and entrees. I ordered the osso bucco with a glass of the Chianti Classico. The food was delivered by a staff member. Our server didn't check on us and I had to ask another staff to ask her to come to our table. When she showed up I asked for the my wine, just to be informed that they side have it. (She had 30-35 minutes to let me know). The lack of training and management involvement shows. In no universe this is fine dining. The osso bucco was good but not exceptional. Came with a spoonful of mashed potatoes supposedly with truffle, that someone forgot. So, this is a good everyday eatery but far from fine dining. Management needs to go, and bring real hospitality professionals to train the service staff. read more

Not worth $$$$$ spent! We had the 3 course meal, 2 glasses of wine, and 1 Old Fashion cocktail. Additionally, we were surprised at being charged for 2 large, tableside jugs of water ($14.00 each)! The serving size of each course was relatively small and that was ok, but the lobster in the carbonara was tough and rubbery! The pasta was chewy and undercooked. The cannolis were ridiculously small with very little taste. The most redeeming part was our sweet, attentive server, Debra who was excellent at her job! read more

The menu is setup in a way that everyone has to pick 3 courses whether they are 15 or 50 which doesn't work well on a family vacation. The scene was quiet and empty even with other tables there. The service was iffy at best and it took way too long. Water glasses were barely refilled. The food was not very fresh or well prepared and the price was astronomical. I paid more for 5 of us to eat and leave completely unsatisfied than I would've paid at Capital Grille. Wyndham needs to refresh and revamp the whole concept because I think it's lacking. Overall the menu is strange and restrictive with the course requirements. I would not recommend. I hate to leave bad reviews but the pricing is way out of touch with the complete experience and don't want others to fall into the trap and make the same mistake we did. read more

Just incredible food served by the most attentive staff we've experienced. We had perfectly friend calamari and a ultra flavorful meatball dish for starters. Then the catch of the day was grouper prepared with such incredible flavor to highlight the freshness. Chicken parm plus a seafood linguine dish highlighted by shrimp, mussels and lobster - we friend multiple pastas all of which won raves. Service was well timed and beyond attentive in a gorgeous setting. A must if you're staying at the Wyndham Rio Mar or anywhere nearby (about 15 minutes from El Yunque and one of the most picturesque settings for a special meal)! read more

Great service (only reason I am giving it 2 instead of 1 star) but absolutely TERRIBLE food. We had the misfortune of spending our first valentines day as a married couple at Palio.... they had a "special" tasting menu which they informed me of a few days prior but failed to tell me it was 130 dollars more than the expected $65 per person of the normal menu. First, the appetizers we the short rip ravioli which would have tasted fine if not good but the texture was terrible and the short rib filling was so dry it had to be sent back and instead they brought us the prawn risotto... OMG this was SO incredibly salty I took one bite and pushed it away. My husband ate it reluctantly because he was too polite to sent it back because the servers were very nice. The only good appetizer was the pesto gnocci which was good but not great. The entrees were also mediocre at best. the Fish was cooked well but had very little flavor. The veal chop was again so salty that we took home most of it to be cooked into pasta sauce to cut the salt. the drinks were.... alcohol theyre fine but not worth the 16-20 per drink they charge. Ambience was pretty though I will give them that Seriously stay as far from this restaurant as you can. read more

Incredible service! Willie was an amazing server, providing impeccable service, always checking on us and providing great suggestions for menu options! I highly recommend the baked Alaska! The most amazing dessert I've ever had. read more

Well-intentioned but very poorly executed. The service was incredible, let me start with that. They love that you're there and we were treated like a king and queen. I ordered the catch of the day, which was a red snapper, whole fish, prepared with an arugula salad. My wife ordered the lobster that came with mashed potatoes and broccoli. The only thing that was worth noting was my wife's lobster. It was delicious. However, they deep-fried my fish. Then, they placed that hot greasy mess on the salad. Maybe a scorching hot salad drenched in fryer grease is your thing, but it's not mine. My wife's potatoes were undoubtedly out of a box and she got 1 broccoli stalk that was over cooked. Overall, the flavor of everything was bland and under-whelming. Dessert was good, and the wine was good. After tip to our amazing server, it was $229. I could have gotten deep fried fish anywhere for much less. read more

Our server Carlos was excellent, very personable and described the menu to us well. We ordered the grilled lobster and skirt steak, both were 10/10! The chocolate mousse was the perfect way to end our amazing dinner. read more

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This is the top shelf restaurant for the resort and it did not disappoint. Service was 5 star without being stuffy. The food was perfectly cooked and at the expected temperatures. You get the upscale experience but still felt comfortable to talk to your neighboring table. The wait staff was also knowledgeable about the menu and gave great wine advice for pairings. read more

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Nice restaurant at the Wyndham Margaritaville. Willie, our server was outstanding. He provided some good recommendations and had a great personality. The food was delicious. We read the previous reviews about the seasoning on the food and asked our server to go light on the seasoning. The portions were more than enough. We had the salmon and the pesto chicken pasta. There is also a good wine selection. It is a little on the pricier side but so are the other restaurants at the resort. read more

Excellent service and great food. Get the filet, it melts in your mouth. And don't forget desert.

Had the lobster dinner one night and it was so great I went back a second time. The waiters and staff were extremely friendly. I had interaction with the manager Javier and he was extremely professional and attentive. I highly recommend this dinner location when at the Wyndham. read more

They call themselves Steak and Seafood. Per the menu, the clam chowder looked good, but turns out they were missing ingredients and blamed that they couldn't get them from the mainland, but only after they served me crappy clam chowder and I pointed out the issues. Not worthy of a classy hotel. They need new kitchen management. read more

Palio - Menu - Italian Near Me - Rio Grande, Puerto Rico

Don't waste your money. Beyond overpriced for what you get, portions and service alike. Half our food was nearly cold on a 1\2 empty restaurant on a Monday night after waiting over an hour for it. I don't recommend this place to anyone. Go to The Coastal Kitchen... You're welcome. read more

The service was very good but the quality of food was terrible. Our food tasted OLD. Not fresh whatsoever. I felt like I drank old saltwater when I tried the seafood I ordered. The mofongo I had was dry and tasted OLD. Stale. Bland. My boyfriends prime rib looked like it'd be amazing but it tasted bland as well. Spent almost $200 and am incredibly upset about it. I feel sick. read more

This restaurant was mediocre. Palio had terrible service and high prices , $40 for 5 pieces of shrimp and vegetables, but the quality of the food added a star... the food tasted good while my party of 7 had to wait an hour for food while 3 or 4 other parties who were already there waited for food. We also didn't get checked on so my mom had to find the server to ask for bread... and they didn't offer us drinks when they came at the beginning... I wouldn't recommend it unless you are willing to wait at least an hour... the food is worth the wait though... bring your own entertainment. read more

Incredibly awful service, no meal we received was cooked correctly. Our cups sat empty for over 20 minutes and. O one checked on us. Wouldn't return and wouldnt recommend to anyone. Over priced, bad service, bad food and bad ambiance. read more

Palio - Italian Near Me - Rio Grande, Puerto Rico

I mean when the restaurant takes two hours for the food to show up there is a problem. The restaurant wasn't even packed. Very dissatisfied! read more

The restaurant cancelled on us last minute for a New Year's Eve reservation made over a week ago. They made no offer or effort to accommodate us in any way. Staff, including manager, were rude and very unhelpful. It was clear that they could not have cared less read more

The service was slow. The waiter forgot which wine we ordered and the appetizer came before the wine arrived. Both the salad and the wine arrived before the table bread. Classic Caesar Salad - This was actually the best caesar salad I've ever had. They put it together for you right at the table old school style. I especially liked the fresh egg. Linguini al Pomodoro e Pollo - The flavor of the pasta was nice. Simple. Fusilli con Carne Arrabiata - there was nothing spicy about this dish even though I was "warned" it would be. I love spicy, very disappointed. The flavor over all was bland and the pasta was very dense. tiramisu - nothing special Very overpriced. Dont eat here, go off the reservation. read more

This is the best of the worst of all the restaurants at the Wyndham Grand Rio Mar resort & Spa . The waiter sat us down and said the kitchen was closing -if we could put the order In within 5 min. While most of the dishes were accompanied with polenta , they were all out and the waiter said we can substitute with pasta . We asked for linguini , we got spaghetti. Chicken dish was microwaved- The food was bland and highly over priced for the lack of quality and portion ratio. Save your money. read more

The food here was very good not the best I've ever had but the best in the resort. It is very expensive but there are some decently priced items (the lobster risotto is well worth the cost). The table side Cesar salad was excellent and a fun experience. The service was definitely the best in the resort. Attentive and polite. Our waiter normally didn't work there but he was really good. We enjoyed it and would go again - just wish the prices were a tad more reasonable. read more