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    Rubio's Coastal Grill

    3.2 (173 reviews)
    ModerateMexican, Seafood, Salad
    Closed 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    5 under $10 menu
    Gretel Y.

    Rubio's has been my go-to lately for a quick, healthy-ish dinner! This location is the closest to me and is conveniently located in the Gilbert Gateway Towne Center. There's plenty of parking, but it's shared by multiple businesses, so it might not be readily accessible during peak times. My first visit at this location was a Friday evening so they were naturally very busy. Most of the tables were occupied and the wait was longer than usual. We didn't mind. Most of the bowls change seasonally. At the time of my visit, I ordered one of their shrimp bowls. It had corn, beans, rice, avocado or guac, and other ingredients. My husband ordered a shrimp burrito. Our order was ready in maybe 25-20 minutes. Excited, we started eating it in the car before even leaving our parking spot. It was delicious and filling. At one of my recent visits, I ordered the Mexican street corn bowl which is still available right now. It comes with choice of grilled chicken, steak, or seafood atop citrus rice and lettuce blend, guacamole, roasted corn blend, black beans, cilantro/onion blend, cotija cheese, chipotle lime crema, salsa verde, and tajin®. I opted for shrimp for my protein. Once again, it was flavorful and filling. I enjoyed it so much I ordered it again two weeks later!

    Disappointing tortilla chips. The picture doesn't show how many tiny little pieces of chips there were on the plate.
    Mark M.

    We went to Rubio's coastal grill last night for dinner. Typically one of the best fish tacos you will ever find. I will say it was packed inside. They were extremely busy. I was okay with waiting because the people working at the front counter were extremely nice and you could tell they were swamped. There did seem to be a very long gap in time between orders coming out though. When we finally did get our fish tacos I was disappointed. They weren't hot. The fish was almost room temperature. I can't understand why the food wouldn't be hot after waiting so long to get it. The tortilla chips were a disappointment too. Way too many crumbs. Have some pride and some quality control before you send food out to customers. Those chips were not acceptable at all. The fish wasn't warm. This shouldn't be so difficult.

    Black burned Mahi Mahi taco. I think they tried to hide it being burned by pouring excessive sauce on it.
    Ruben V.

    I've read that Rubios has been struggling financially. They emailed me a $5 off coupon so I went. I got the Coastal Trio: Original Fish Taco * Salsa Verde Shrimp Taco * Mahi Mahi Taco. The Mahi Mahi taco fish looked like it was burned. It was. I rarely send food back so I forced myself to eat it. Part of the reason I didn't hassle returning it was because when I arrived there was no one at the register. He had gone to the bathroom and no one else could help me. The Salsa Verde Shrimp taco was nothing special. The original fish taco was fine. In all my times at Rubios, this was the worst.

    What's in this photo is the wrong damn items
    ray q.

    Way to do it... ordered 4 fish tacos. 1 on flour and the rest on corn. Came home and welp..... wtf is thisssssss

    Onions I requested NOT to be put on my tacos
    Randi C.

    This was my second, and last, visit to this Rubio's location. The first time ordering went smoothly, but the restaurant itself was a bit grimy overall. This time, it took a while to order, and then we sat down to wait for our food. We ordered about 6:20. I had to be someplace close by at 7. When we sat down, I noticed the tables and the floors were sticky. I tried to wipe the table and it was a dark, sticky dirt that came off, like the table hadn't been really cleaned in weeks. The people at the table next to us informed us that they had been waiting for 25 minutes already. By 6:55 we still did not have our food so I had to leave without eating. The food came out about five minutes after I left. My husband ate his burrito and boxed my tacos and brought them home for me. We love Rubio's, but due to poor management and the level of uncleanliness, we will not go to that location again. Oh, and the picture is of the onions I asked them not to put on my tacos.

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    4 years ago

    The tables were all sticky extremely dirty . My food was served cold tortillas and cold mahi. Bad experience would not return

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    Jacob is doing a fantastic job he's basically running the restaurant from taking orders to giving food to customers. Great worker!

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    8 years ago

    By far the best Rubio's location I have visited. My food was out quickly and oh so tasty.

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    4 years ago

    best fish tacos in town but I'll always get the delicious steak burrito friendly staff and wonderful clean location

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