Cafe Rio Fresh Modern Mexican

1515 N Higley Rd, Gilbert
(480) 597-1515

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Angelina Zeiher

First time here, ordered a salad with shredded chicken. Delicious!! Wish we had at least one in California's central valley!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Stephen Graham

At this particular site, the variability in the quality of the food is extraordinary. Sometimes extremely salty. Sometimes approximately room temperature. It seems to be less consistent than other café Rios sites.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Onaho

Came in tonight, 12/4/2025 around 7:00PM. Place was dirty, bins were empty/near empty. The guy really tried to scrape the bottom of the rice pan and tried to serve it to me. That's straight up disrespectful. I walked out.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Roger van Komen

The food was ok. The flavors were not as good as is typical of Cafe Rio. Service was quick and accommodating. Not much to say about this location's atmosphere other than it served it's purpose to provide seating.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

Aadhithya Rajesh

Carsen did an amazing job! Quick, reliable, and professional the whole way through. Couldn’t ask for better service!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 5

Kimberly Erickson

Always understaffed, missing items from order and cold food.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

Brittany Holland

If you get Greg as server you will be provided with an amazing meal. He doesn't just put your meal together in a half a second and move on to the next customer. He will make sure your food fresh. Tonight was one of the best experiences I have had at a restaurant in a long time!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Troy Holland

Customer service was amazing. Food was fresh and very good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Daniel Noble

ordered Chicken enchiladas and I'm not sure how but they were cold as walking away from the counter. Judging by the 2 upset customers in front of me, this is was a regular occurrence. New management is clearly needed, you can't blame the workers at this point. I'm not going back.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

Tanya Hofmeister

Cafe Rio is going downhill fast. Nothing like when it first opened. Dirty tables, drinks taste like water, food isn't hot.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

Rusty Rubio

I Love CAFE RIO

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Reed Higgins

This Cafe Rio isn't perfect but I just moved and the Cafe Rio next to my new house made me appreciate this one much more.
This one is miles better than the one on Power

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 3

Jordan Schmidt

I don't know why there are so many bad reviews; this location is fantastic. It was very clean inside (the outdoor patio could use more frequent cleaning though). The employees are friendly and the food was delicious.
Right off the main road, so couldn't be easier to get to.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Hey Its Watson

Probably one of the worst burritos I've ever had at a service spot. you're better off going to the Fry's next door and buying some frozen burritos and microwaving them at home this place has okay service but God dang the burritos are absolutely not worth 15 dollars, at all.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 3

hannah mae

Limes weren’t squeezable, and they put the wrong type of beans on my bowl. I ordered pinto beans (pickup order) and they gave me black beans which I don’t like. They were nice enough to fix it for me though, so 5 stars for service. Unfortunately the women’s bathrooms were disgusting enough to make me want to leave a 1 star review.

Dietary restrictions: They have great options but don’t guarantee no cross contamination

Parking: Lots of parking available

Kid-friendliness: Good kid friendly foods

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Burrito Bowl

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Cafe Rio Fresh Modern Mexican

1515 N Higley Rd, Gilbert, AZ 85234
(480) 597-1515