Cafe Rio Fresh Modern Mexican

5150 S Rural Rd, Tempe
(480) 500-7411

Recent Reviews

kammi harrion

Lauren helped me a lot for my first time eating cafe rios. Because of her I will definitely be back!!Vegetarian options: Great varietyKid-friendliness: Plenty space

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Guacamole

Devin Smith

Foster and Lauren are awesome. Great service awesome food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sweet Pork

E M

Food was absolutely atrocious. Rice was dry, beans were dry and old look like it had been seating all day. Had enchiladas and nachos, we took a couple bites but it was to hard to put down. Threw out 80% of the food away didnt even bother to ask for a refund, rather never come back to a cafe rio again.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

Junior Garcia

Parking: Taste of food wasn't the same

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 4

Nightshade Entertainment (Nightshade Ent.)

I live close by and I constantly come here. I understand “off days” but I’ve had multiple orders over multiple days with issues. Salads are supposed to come with guacamole but it’s constantly missing in my orders.Today I wanted to give their new bowls a try and I noticed the avocado corn salsa was missing after I left.. Food is great but check your bag before you leave!! This location is known for skipping ingredients.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Salad

Stephanie Thomas

This place is pretty good. I usually get the salad. It's pretty expensive, though. Almost $20 for salad and drink, but it's a big enough salad to make at least 2 meals for me, and I chose steak which is a $2 upcharge. They have horchata here and it's pretty good. It's a chain so expect chain quality, but good flavor. The place is clean and so is the restroom. The only thing I didn't like is the restroom has a code but no lock inside. So, there's barge-in potential.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Christine W.

Very flavorful. I enjoy the quick online order and pick up is quick. Only complaint is how soggy it gets. Staff is friendly and the place is clean and never cluttered.

cali crismon

Always love cafe Rio!

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sweet Pork, Enchilada Style

Gabriel Trigg

Great

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Rose Wade

The food was delicious and the service was great! Thank you to Michelle for her positive attitude and professionalism!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Daniel Singer

This place is amazing!!! Food and staff!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

luna

i ❤️ this cafe

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sweet Pork

Murisa Stenke

Gabriel is so friendly and helpful!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tom Foss (Thomas Foss)

Awesome staff at Tempe location!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kari

My family and I walked into this location to eat dinner. There was one girl making food and one guy in the back. There were three other employees sitting in the dining area. We got in line and she never greeted us to say she’d be right with us. She just kept making an online order. We ordered and for some reason, they had their food items on the back counter instead of in the front “case” where they normally are. I think it was because they were preparing things to close well before closing time. Our food was cold but we decided to just deal with it. As we’re eating, the partner and small child of one of the workers came in and were hanging around. The employee ran her hands through her partner’s hair and proceeded to go in the back and work with the food. The little girl was running around in the back where the food is prepared. One of the employees picked her up and was carrying her around upside down in the back running around with her. As we were leaving, I took a picture of the outside of the building. One of the employees came outside and started taking pictures/videos of me and my family. The partner (male) of the employee started confronting me (female) and asked me what the issue was. As we were driving away, he was videoing us (which is fine) but he was yelling at us and flipping us off. This was all very inappropriate and my family didn’t feel safe. I don’t recommend this location for very obvious sanitary and customer service reasons.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

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Cafe Rio Fresh Modern Mexican

5150 S Rural Rd, Tempe, AZ 85282
(480) 500-7411