Pretty much everything was bad. Bad food. Understaffed. The service was slow because of the poor staffing and not waiter issue. Chips and salsa was TERRIBLE! read more

Food was decent enough for a buffet though the choices were limited to half the size of a Taco Bell menu. But... ...we're at a convention in the Gaylord so if you're sensitive about way too high of prices for a buffet with limited choices ($24), you're already in the wrong place... It's the fact that they add 18% required gratuity for the service ...at a buffet. Which means we paid $5 for each drink to be delivered to our table. .... read more

To be fair, I can only review the marvelous top shelf margarita, on the rocks. In addition, the late night, after dinner service we received at the bar while staying at the Gaylord Texan was great. Very fast, friendly and deliciously potent drink. Fun place for a final drink to end the night. read more

Riverwalk Cantina - Top shelf! - Tex-Mex Near Me - Grapevine, Texas

This was barely a 2; the only saving grace is the setting, and our server was pleasant, but not very attentive. We were at the Gaylord for a conference and the Texas Station was closed; one of the staff members recommended the Riverwalk Cantina; it is set by water features and thanks to the dome; it is an open air in January that is pleasant. The menu is small Which I appreciate, and we ordered our food with our drinks; the chips were delivered(super oily and just ok); but the salsa took a couple more minutes; we found strands of something in the salsa; not sure if it was hair or just from the blended onions.... Server took our orders; food took close to 25 minutes to prepare; two of the orders were wrong; and the food was pretty bland. $20 for a small order of fajitas that were poorly executed and small portion. Definitely the last time I eat there. read more

Riverwalk Cantina - Chicken and shrimp fajita; I ordered beef and Shrimp. guacamole was not super fresh. - Tex-Mex Near Me - Grapevine, Texas

First of all when the person seated us she walked us to the very back didn't turn around or anything and we were way behind her. She had no menus in hand, left us without saying our server would be with us soon or anything. The waiter approached and asked us our drink order, no menus in hand and we asked for one to be told oh we have a limited menu (proceeded to tell us in mostly broken english and fast I might add what they did have) so we again asked for a menu. He brought one out, we asked if I could get a ala carte of just toast and eggs (I don't eat much for breakfast and can't do a buffet because it well doesn't make much sense) he said oh he'd charge me accordingly for just eggs and toast and my husband could bring it for me from the bar. He charged me $17 for eggs and toast! He also said the kids buffet would cost less because it's kids but wouldn't tell us the price $20 a piece btw. Then no where did we see a mention of added gratuity and we were just a family of 5 mind you and he took out 18% service charge. So we spent over $100 on a breakfast with three children. The food wasn't anything special. My eggs were terrible. The only thing my family said was any good at all was the fresh fruit and biscuits. Won't go back and IF we stay at the Gaylord again we won't eat breakfast from any of their in house restaurants we will bring something instead. It was gross how they treated us and we would had not minded paying for the bill so much if we expected it. Not how you do business in my opinion. This place is more like a mall restaurant (not cozy atmosphere or anything) and we were charged as if we had a great dining experience. The waiter approached us 3 times. We waited forever for our bill to arrive. read more

While staying at the Gaylord Texan I have had both breakfast and dinner here. The breakfast buffet is excellent and highly recommended. The dinner menu is primarily Mexican style cuisine and is great if you are into Mexican food. Prices are reasonable. Service is very good and the food well prepared. Also the location is visually attractive but like everywhere in the hotel it is always cold. read more

Riverwalk Cantina - Tex-Mex Near Me - Grapevine, Texas

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Good chips. Good salsa. Good queso. Poor service at the bar. I sat down and asked for a margarita menu and the bartender told me they didn't have one. He made it clear the only choices were blended or on the rocks and then went in about different tequilas acting like I was an idiot who was having tequila for the first time. As we sat there we watched a couple of varieties of margaritas with garnishes pass by to other customers. I then asked for their drink menu which listed " Drinks and Margaritas ". 5 or 6 different margaritas. It was a menu that could pass for a margarita menu . Fast forward to the bill which had two different charges for the same drink. $17 and $14. Same drink. When asking this bartender he said he gave us a deal and only charged one of us for the top shelf tequila he went on about in the initial introduction. We had ordered skinny Margs. Never top shelf. He took off $3 and I left there so annoyed, upset and I won't be returning again. read more

Fajitas and nachos were quite good for a buffet. Dessert and service was good. Price was good for the value.

We had read mixed reviews, but were in the spa and staying in the hotel, and did not want to leave, so decided to give it a try. We were pleasantly surprised! Our server was courteous and attentive. He greeted us and brought us water, chips, and salsa. We ordered the quesadilla and the braised chicken tacos. Both dishes were nicely presented, and the food was superb. I would come back if I am at the Gaylord again. read more

Riverwalk Cantina - Braised chicken taco - Tex-Mex Near Me - Grapevine, Texas

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I love the Gaylord- but the price for the dinner buffet was really high (28 for adults and 15 for children) however the food options was a little lackluster in my opinion. There seemed to be a lot of options but a lot of repetitive food. I would have liked to see a homemade guacamole option but nope there wasn't. read more

Ale Pastor street tacos were fabulous: tasty pork, fresh green sauce. Shrimp tacos were good too. Churro dessert with warm caramel, chocolate and whipped cream was delicious! We liked the mariachi band entertainment and the open, natural light atrium ambience. It was not too noisy for our lunch conversation. The service was good and they gave good advice on the food choices. We left happy and pleased. read more

My wife and I stayed at the Gaylord for our 25th Anniversary. My wife loves Mexican food, so we chose the Riverwalk Cantina for dinner. We were seated with no wait and our waiter showed up promptly. Chips and Salsa were brought with our drink orders. The Salsa was not the usual hot sauce; it was somewhat sweet. We both ordered the Grilled Shrimp Fajitas. They were fantastic! About 13 much larger than normal shrimp perfectly cooked. They came with flour or corn tortillas, guacamole, grilled onions, bell peppers, and rice and beans. Our waiter surprised us when he brought our dessert, Coconut Tres Leches with "Happy Anniversary" written in Chocolate across the plate. My wife loved it. Our waiter was excellent (unfortunately I forgot his name) and we would not hesitate to eat here again. read more

Riverwalk Cantina - Grilled Shrimp Fajitas (2018) - Tex-Mex Near Me - Grapevine, Texas

I'm torn between the two. One side of me says "what a pricey buffet! They're reaching." The other side says "that's fair. Beef fajitas at pappasito's costs about the same for one person." At the end of the day, it's out of convenience for our stay at the Gaylord. It's comparable to other foods they're selling on site and a nice view. We decided to dine here after ice!. I loved it was unlimited fajitas, that's really what makes your money well spent. The chicken meat was delicious and tender. The beef, however, was VERY chewy to where I had to spit it out because it just wasn't going anywhere. Service was okay. We never received refills and I found it weird our waiter asked if we were ready for our check while we were still eating our meals. "Sure...?" The nacho bar was delicious! Their chips were some of the crunchiest, most perfect for nachos chips I've ever had. The dessert table had cute little desserts on display. I only had one, a peanut butter cup and it was super cute and yummy. read more

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In for a rude awakening upon receiving our bill. We came for dinner and were told it was buffet only. Due to the ridiculously long wait times at other restaurants at the resort, we took a chance. The food was mediocre, not anything to be excited about. Our waiter was nice but only refilled one of our drinks one time. Then, we got our bill...three buffets+one water and two teas=$125!!! For some reason, that also included an 18% gratuity...for a buffet...where the waiter didn't really do much! I have no words! read more

Staying here with my family for the weekend and went to get breakfast yesterday in the morning and the service was absolutely amazing from the jump. Didn't even wait 5 mins and got seated. Our server Enrique did an amazing job attending us making sure we was comfortable and happy. Described our dishes to the fullest and made sure we enjoyed our dishes. Food didn't take long to receive but while we waited we appreciated the scenery there new reconstruction done to there restaurant looked beautiful. Through the time we ate Enrique made sure everything was good and asks us if the dishes were exactly how he explained and yes they were!!!! Would deff recommend this place very family friendly as well me having 2 kids it's hard to find restaurants that are this way. Would definitely recommend. I appreciate the staff and chefs and everyone involved in our experience read more

My family and I went this past weekend for the Gaylord Christmas events. We stopped here for TexMex food only to find that it was a buffet only and you could not order from the menu. The fajita chicken was so dry and chewy and you nearly choked on it trying to chew. The salad bar items were not on ice and in fact, we got food poisoning from the salad bar. The margaritas are way over priced. The electric sign outside the restaurant showed $25.00 per person the first time we saw it, but when we came back to dine, the price changed to $32.50 and that was way overpriced for what you paid for. It was gross; plain and simple. We would not recommend and don't eat from the salad bar. read more

Yummy Actually a surprisingly AWSOME restaurant with the Tex mex your looking for when visiting Texas I got the fajitas and I would recommend beef over chicken or at least shrimp chicken was dry Also Spivey margaritas are too much so stick with standard cocktails read more

Our breakfast was amazing and Enrique served us extremely well! The special salsas were on fire!

We were attending a conference at Gaylord, and decided to dine here for lunch. Overall, the service and food was decent. The menu doesn't have too many vegetarian options, but the server was flexible enough to custom make the vegetarian tacos for me. The chips and salsa were delicious, and honestly we were full even before the food arrived. - Guacamole: was freshly made and delicious. - Street Tacos (custom made vegetarian tacos): This is not on the menu, but I asked the server to just put some veggies and make these tacos for me. They were not bad, did lack a bit of flavor. Very convenient place to dine if you are staying at the Gaylord. read more

Wife went here for lunch while our toddler napped in the room. They apparently do not have to go boxes so she couldn't bring my meal back to the room. Who doesn't provide to go boxes? What a joke. Anything to save a few bucks I guess. read more

This is only the second Yelp review I've ever done, but I feel people deserve a warning. It cost $170 (including tip) for my wife and three kids to have a meal here. We are staying at the hotel, which is at the Gaylord Texan in Dallas, TX and they tried to pass this off as Mexican food. It was awful. Fajitas awful. Enchiladas awful. Margaritas particularly awful. I really truly thought Texas didn't have bad Mexican restaurants. I've lived here 41 years and never had Mexican food this bad. I feel like we were at a Mexican restaurant at a cheap all inclusive resort in Europe. Truly bad Mexican food. The place was clean and the staff was friendly and prompt. Gaylord Texan should be held to a much higher standard. read more

I sorry, but I really don't mind paying for food whatever the cost if it good and a descent variety but here I paid 96.00 for two nachos and some fries. Be careful when you stop here because it is really overpriced. I understand you have to pay were you stay buy come on.. read more

** The review is based 100% on an awful interaction we had when visiting the restuarant with our family tonight.** The hostess' Service is awful, Paige in particular. I can not believe the service we received on her behalf. She was so disrespectful to my family and her lack of empathy and terrible attitude really left us upset on what was planned to be a great family event. She not only had a bad attitude towards us but even after taking a seat at the table, she came over to badger us about the table placement although it was our server who suggested a change in the table placement. I can't not believe the Gaylord Hotel and Riverwalk Cantina would make her the first person that interacts with a customer. She should not have any part in representing the business. On another note, Enrique was an amazing Server. He went above and beyond to make sure we were comfortable and he just truly cared. He understands the value of customer service, he made us feel welcomed, and despite Paige's rude behavior he made sure to shift the mood before we left. I would give 5 stars for Enrique if I could separate him from the experience with Paige. read more

I'm happy to pay whatever for a decent meal. That being said-I paid $65 per adult and $35per small child for the buffet choices of fries rice beans fajitas American deserts plus a few more choices. it you are staying at the Gaylord, you could get a much nicer meal for the money from any other restaurant. subpar at best. read more

Had a wonderful time. The server suggested the brisket tacos, my dessert (unfortunately I forgot what the name of it was) and my cocktail, which was the blackberry mojito. everything was flavorful and screamed, at least to me "SAN ANTONIO RIVERWALK!!!" Something that I'm very familiar with. It was my first time and I was pleased. read more

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We met at this joint with my family. They have great tequila and you can have chips and salsa if you don't crave the buffet. Jose gave us a good insights on the best tequilas from Mexico. Our favorites Don Julio 1942, Asombroso 5 year and Casamigos Reposado. read more

Don't really understand the one star reviews... it's a resort buffet. Yes it's pricey. Given that, the breakfast was solid (ate here three days) Lots of choices, good service. Would I come here if I wasn't at the hotel? Probably not. But if you're staying at the Gaylord it's totally worth it. read more

Stopped in for lunch with a colleague. We ordered the guacamole and queso as appetizers which were decent. They also brought out an excellent habanero sauce when I asked if they had something spicy. We both ordered the fish tacos (mahi) which were blackened and served with a jicama slaw and were quite large. They meal was very filling and the service was nice. read more

Best brunch in town! Food always fresh and they rotate the items just sitting there for at least 39 minutes. Our waitress was bubbly, welcoming and fun...so sad I can't recall her name but she is also a part time hairdresser??? Anyways unlimited bellinis and mimosas are served with brunch. Their desserts were delish!!! A must try if you're in the area! read more

Riverwalk Cantina - This place has a great brunch! Bottomless mimosas and bellinis..worth the price!!! - Tex-Mex Near Me - Grapevine, Texas

I had one "pretty good" experience here and one that was absolutely terrible. Overall, set your expectations to "sort-of Mexi place in an overpriced convention hotel" and you'll be just fine. I tried to head in for breakfast and was faced with the rudest hostess I've encountered in a long while. She said "oh...just you? Well, I guess you can sit at one of the open tables in the bar area. It's open seating there." I kind of did a double take because there were open tables in the restaurant proper only to get the response "well, if you really want a table, I guess we can find room for you". I'm not kidding! Anyway, I didn't feel like arguing with Attitudey Judy, so I grabbed a bar table. The server was really nice (seems to be the case at all Gaylord places - nice servers, bitchy hosts) who informed me that it was only buffet service and something like $25/pp. She was super nice but I should have been told that upfront, or there should have been some signage. Anyway, I declined. My dinner experience was much better - the host staff wasn't rude and they didn't shunt me off to the bar. Menu-wise, it's smaller than I expected with a few options for standard Tex-Mex favorites and some entrees with a Southwestern flair. You'll be started off with chips & salsa which appeared to be from a bag/jar. They do serve the salsa warm which I'm not a huge fan of, and it's nothing special besides. I was pretty happy with my chicken "street tacos" which had braised chicken, jicama slaw, pickled onions and a bit of crema. The flavor was really good and an order of 3 (no sides) was quite filling and just $10. With a house margarita (not bad, $9) my bill was just over $20 which is quite a victory in hotel-land. Overall, if you're trapped at the Gaylord for a convention (like most of us) you don't have a lot of choices. This is one of them. Set your expectations accordingly. read more

My mother and I came here for dinner one night while staying at the hotel. We were told it would be a 30 minute wait so we put our names on the list and decided to wander around. We found a wine/beer stand so we grabbed a drink and looked at all the Christmas lights and decorations up. Our buzzer went off in almost exactly 30 minutes. We had a decent table right next to the "river." Our server was so friendly and quick! The restaurant was packed and he still managed to get us chips, salsa and drinks within 5 minutes! The salsa was actually pretty darn good! Spicy enough that I was definitely needing water. Their pomegranate margarita is awesome! Make sure to get it on the rocks. And of course order the large. It's only a few dollars more and totally worth it! For dinner we decided to split the beef nachos and chicken flauta's. The nachos were huge and way more than expected! The beef was cooked perfectly! It was actually in the top five of best cooked nacho beef I've ever had! We were so full after the nachos we had to take the flauta's to go. Prices here are decent considering the restaurant is in a hotel. Overall I'd give service a 5, food a 4, atmosphere a 5, and drinks a 4. I will definitely return here if ever at the Gaylord again! read more

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Great place to eat while staying at the Gaylord. Located in the courtyard with plenty of seating for groups. Our server Michael was really attentive to our group of ladies. We had more friends show up and they happily moved us to a larger table. I had the cheese, onion and peeper quesadilla with no meat and it was so delicious and really filling. It was hard to eat it all after consuming so much of the complimentary chips and salsa that was served first. The service, quality and price were really great. This is definitely a place to check out and have some delicious food while enjoying the beautiful view of the Gaylord Texan! read more

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This Easter my family took a break from our usual tradition of a low key mexican buffet and decided to get all gussied up and have Easter Brunch at Riverwalk Cantina, nestled in the coziest corner of the atrium in The Gaylord Texan Resort. There, I got to experience my dream in real life and it was so much better than my imagination could ever conjure up. In my dream-come-true, I got to have all of the little deserts as well as a sampling of some of the best New American cuisine I've ever had. We are a buffet loving family, us Dorns' and I consider myself to be a well qualified connoisseur of the genre. I love a cruise ship buffet, a country club buffet, a cafeteria style buffet, a well stocked salad bar- I'm all in as long as the food is delicious and well prepared. This Easter Buffet was, without a doubt, one of the very best- if not THE best- buffet I've ever had. I was even able to meet and chat with the Executive Chef, Zeb Hartline and he gave me a personal tour of the whole operation. Chef Zeb is a brand new Texan who just moved here a little over a year ago having graduated from Le Cordon Bleu in Orlando. It sems that Texas suits Chef Zeb just fine. He's even part of the Texan Smoke Bandits, an award winning, Gaylord-Sponsored, competitive BBQ team. Chef Zeb brings a classic and refreshing culinary point of view to Dallas. His Easter buffet menu is a masterpiece. It is creative and ambitious, delicious and totally relatable. I would love to see more Chefs like him in Dallas. When it was time to make my first plate my head was spinning. Culinary sensory overload was at a ten. Luckily, I had everything all planned out ahead of time. Jans Easter Buffet Action Plan 1. Avoid the bread, pastries and breakfast items. I'm sure they're all wonderful but I cant have a Texas shaped waffle taking up precious space in my stomach. 2. Save desert for last so I can have it with coffee. 3. Eat two bites of everything until my spanx give out. Right in the heart of the Cantina were three huge caldrons of shrimp, oysters on the half shell and crab claws over ice. I decided to start there. I limited myself to two shrimps and two crap claws. If that's not self control than I don't know what is. Then, just past the seafood, lie a table of awesomeness the likes of which, I've never imagined. Stretched across a twelve foot table, piled up in adorable, "please eat me" pieces, were eight different kinds of cheese. Eight perfect little, deliciously stinky, cheesy mountains interspersed with rustic loaves of bread, jars of house made pickles and hills of Texas chorizo, capicolia and prosciutto. Heaven, y'all. It was cheese HEAVEN. I took one piece of each cheese and one slice each of the prosciutto and capicola. I stopped at the soup table, got a ladle-full of the lobster bisque and headed to the table for round one. It was almost impossible to not eat and walk but I restrained myself. So, you know how sometimes, you bite into a piece of cheese and it's so good that you kinda forget how to think for a few minutes? No? Just me? Well that's absolutely what happened to me when I tried the Red Dragon whole grain cheddar. This cheese was on another level. Arsenio wants to know how good the cheese is, well in advance. The shrimp and crab were cooked perfectly. I'm definitely adding cold crab claws to my own party appetizer menu. The lobster bisque was so rich and creamy, that I was mysteriously incapable of eating it without closing my eyes. My bowl should have had a bit more lobster in it but unfortunately, the gentleman in front of me had fished out all the big lobster chunks before I could get to it. At this point I was feeling pretty good and nowhere near full. Main course(s) time. In the main courses area, Chef had different action stations set up. At one station chefs were preparing Pan Seared Scallops with sweet corn puree, brussels sprouts with ghost peppered caviar. At another he had Braised Chicken Tinga and Rock Shrimp Salad Tacos. Fancy yet, familiar. They added a nice touch and made the place feel so much more lively than your standard, Easter Buffet Snoozefest. Chef Zeb had the basics very well represented. The ham, prime rib and lamb were absolutely perfect. This is not an overstatement. All of it was perfectly seasoned, perfectly cooked. Perfect sauce... View the full review with pics... www.CanMamaDoIt.com www.GirlsOnFood.com read more

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We had 10 people, residents of a retirement village, and went to eat at the Riverwalk Cantina. The staff was courteous and prompt. The lunch buffet was excellent. We enjoyed it thoroughly. read more

The staff is great, my issue is with the establishment itself. I only had a little cash for the evening and I needed to finish out a few dollars in quarters. The waiter said he couldn't do it because the restaurant does not allow their staff to put in payments in coins forcing them to scramble for cash. Way to help the staff work efficiently. Will never go here again. read more

I wasn't too crazy about the breakfast food or the price. It's $27 +18% gratuity...which is probably pretty standard for a resort buffet. It's more the food I take issue with. We came at the tail end of breakfast which was perfect timing. I tried the biscuits, gravy and eggs and they were all pretty bland. My husband also didn't care for his plate. Our waitress was wonderful and she said with lunch coming out, we could just wait a few minutes and give that a try. The buffet lunch was much better. Not as many options, but so much more flavor than the breakfast. It's also cheaper (I think $5 cheaper). I would give breakfast 2 stars for the bad food and high price (two stars instead of one cause the server was nice) and 4 stars for lunch for an average of 3 stars read more

Seriously, on a Sunday at the Gaylord the ONLY place to get a sit down breakfast is this casual tex mex restaurant and to boot you can only get buffet! They do not have a special sit down menu. I'm sorry that I'm uppity, but this seems extremely motel 6 ish!!!! They should have a nice sit down restaurant where you don't have to feel like you're at ponchos/Golden Corral! Just get coffee and a muffin at the coffee shop. It's better quality. Oh yea, the hostess said there was a 20 minute wait. Here's how busy they were! What a freaking joke!!!!!!! read more

Riverwalk Cantina - 20 minute wait? Hostess was a dummy. - Tex-Mex Near Me - Grapevine, Texas

Last evening, my hubby and I had dinner at Riverwalk Cantina. The restaurant is located in the Gaylord atrium, so lots to see and the little "river" and bridge are a nice touch. The food was ok...not anything I would crave or go out of my way to return. We started off with the guac appetizer. A nice waiter from Zaire made the dip at our table and was very friendly and hospitable. The dip was definitely the best part of our evening. We also ordered the ceviche, which was good. We shared a veg fajita dish. I have had much better. Mainly onions, a few peppers, and a few pieces of zucchini. Big woop! Believe it or not, the veg fajitas at On The Border are better! The restaurant isn't cheap either. Two apps, 2 beers, and one entrée cost almost $60, +tip, +$13 for parking. My husband liked the place so I am sure we will return, but I won't be making that request! read more

Let's see... Slow service... CHECK! Overpriced food... CHECK! Waiting on server for drinks... CHECK! Waiting on server for silverware while appetizers get cold... CHECK! Waiting on server to bring the food over an hour... CHECK! The food tasted alright at least 2-3 stars worth... CHECK! Waiting on server for the bill... CHECK! Did I mention the service is slow? read more

The $19.99 plateless fajitas are amazing and delicious. Totally worth the price and there's enough to split if you aren't too hungry. Kitchen even spilt the meat choice. I'd go with the steak and skip the chicken, just cause the steak is that amazing! I'm just not sure why the meal didn't come with plates. read more

Riverwalk Cantina - Tex-Mex Near Me - Grapevine, Texas