Cafe Rio Fresh Modern Mexican

Seems to be a well run establishment. I am happy with how they made my lunch.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I ordered 2 kids quesadilla meals they counted the pieces of steak that went into the quesadilla and the manager who fixed the sides only put 1 orange slice that was super thin in each box. Being that stingy really makes me not want to return. Its not going to break the bank to give 2 orange slices or even one that isnt super thin.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 5

Service: 1

Please don’t come to a Cafe Rio expecting that they get your order right, because they never will. After the fourth try tonight, at this location instead of Lake Forest, our online order was completely incorrect. Go spend your money somewhere where you know what is actually going into your food, because it’s fairly clear that none of their employees care to pay attention to detail.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Love eating at Cafe Rio. The atmosphere, staff, food, and prices are all great.

Went 95 soda was out of order
,took away shreedded beef offer , and wouldnt include asada with special
Also took away all other daily specials
Also ask women for manager and she smiled and refuse to get them

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

Love this place!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This location is extremely clean and it's not overly crowded Lindsay was so helpful she made all of the food super fresh and delicious and was very kind. They have deals everyday of the week for different food items I was able to get a salad on sale for $11 instead of $16. I got the Pollo asado which was very delicious with black beans and everything else. The food tastes so good the tacos are also good but they are a little pricey.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Grilled Chicken Salad

The new menu is not worth it. I saw another review about this and I was also disappointed to see that I can’t order half the items I usually get on my food. If they keep this menu in place and I have to pay like $2 to add sides to my order I am gonna stop eating here. Guess I gotta drive farther to eat at the other locations. I hope this is temporary.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

They just made a new menu at this location. No other location has it, they took off half of the options of things you can put on your bowl and if you want to add anything other than 5 sides (including salsa,cheese,lettuce, limes, veggies, litterally everything that makes the price worth it) then you have to pay like $2 extra per side you want to add. I love cafe rio, hate these changes. Hoping that they will see this post and stop doing this new menu, I can't rationalize eating here anymore if they keep these changes. I know all my friends and family feel the same. Please don't change the menu to this permanently.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 4

It’s not that hard to actually wrap a burrito… flavor was okay but the whole thing fell apart after I took a bite, don’t recommend

Food: 2

Service: 3

This specific location was awesome. We walked in, got in line to order our food. As we got to the first part of our order, standard procedures and service was as usual. The second part of the process, the young woman behind the counter was extremely apologetic and courteous. She explained that she was putting fresh stuff out and she was just cleaning the station up a bit. She apologized profusely and over and over again, but did it so quickly! She made it sound like she was inconveniencing everyone, but really did such an amazing job and fast! The restaurant was clean and in good order.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I won't go again when they first open. The pinto beans were not fully cooked. I am usually very impressed with this location. Everyone can have a bad day. I wanted to eat my burrito by hand so I ordered nothing on the side and no wet. 4 items were on the side instead of inside the burrito and the burrito was swimming in juice. This place is usually 5 stars.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Very much like Chipotle, but really better. Also, costs less than Chipotle.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Taco Tuesday is the best

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sweet Pork Barbacoa Nachos

This was honestly disgusting. I ordered from Cafe Rio in Lake Forest and got barely any meat, just huge blobs of fat and veins. Meat smelled bad, and made me feel sick. I had to throw the whole thing away. The vegetables looked all dead, completely wilted and lifeless. I felt nauseous the rest of the day knowing I had eaten a few bites before seeing how bad it really was. I’m never ordering from here again.