Cafe Rio Mexican Grill

Category: Mexican restaurant in Lakewood, California

Address: 5021 Lakewood Blvd, Lakewood, CA 90712, USA

Phone: +15626166700

Opening hours

Sunday: 11AM–10PM

Monday: 10:30AM–10PM

Tuesday: 10:30AM–10PM

Wednesday: 10:30AM–10PM

Thursday: 10:30AM–10PM

Friday: 10:30AM–10PM

Saturday: 10:30AM–10PM

Reviews

Angela Weaver

Aug 20, 2022

The food here is so tasty. The salad with the sweet pork barbacoa is to die for.....but oh my God, the service is way too slow for such a busy place with great food. I do not fault the workers, they are friendly and polite, but the management is never present and obviously are not training their hard working employees to be better. The only reason I leave this place is because the line is too long and the service is slow.

Bobby C. Hornsby

Jul 13, 2022

Off chain spot to eat at Great all over service

himtoo

Jun 22, 2022

This is a long review so forgive me. I'll start with the positive. This place has great food! Perfect tortillas, and the Chile roast beef is my favorite. If you only care about the food stop reading and go. Now for the negative. We literally always have a problem ordering here. It's almost like the food preparer wants to make it slow, and without anything out of the ordinary. Like they HAVE to follow a script and if the request is out of the norm. It's an inconvenience... This place is dying for a revamped ordering process. They really need to have someone take your order beforehand, print the ticket and have the preparer do nothing but that. Prepare the food. Instead they have the preparer to talk to the customer, taking the order and make food which apparently is doing wayyyy too much!! It just does not work. I can't say that enough. I go here once a year because the ordering process is always such an issue it takes me about that long to calm down before I'm ready to go back in. All I ever order is a burrito and a taco with the chile roast beef and cheese. That's it! Meat and cheese. Nothing crazy, and yet it's like they're dying to get it wrong. They will sometimes guess what cheese I want and add it in without asking. Or go straight to adding lettuce and pico de Gallo again without asking. I LITERALLY TELL THEM BEFORE HAND IM GOING TO GET A BURRITO AND A TACO WITH ONLY MEAT AND CHEESE and it's still a problem. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills when I'm there. Like I said the food is good, the service is slow and the preparer acts almost put out if you ask for anything special even if you're asking for LESS. 5 stars for the food but this place needs to rethink the whole process. Oh and the proportions have gotten noticeably smaller since the last time we came. Still tasty though!

Lia Saville-Finch

May 19, 2022

Great little place for fast food you can order online. Food is usually ready on time. Food is great. There are a lot of options to remove items at items. Cost is good. Prep food prep is quick.

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Questions & Answers

What are the Covid safety practices like here?

Anonymous | Sep 1, 2022
GothicUchiha | Sep 1, 2021

Social distancing markings, masks required and sanitizer everywhere . Shield between employees at counter to pay. No dine in.

Are all of the tacos "soft" t Acosta or is it possible to get a crispy taco?

Paul Popoff | Sep 2, 2019
talisha rodriguez | Sep 2, 2019

They only have soft tacos

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Do they serve beer

Mario Miranda | Sep 2, 2019
Kimi Sue | Sep 2, 2019

Nope

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