Tequila Rio: Mexican Cantina

The food and drinks are expensive for the quality of food. The shrimp Al aljillo did not come with beans or any additional side or avocado just shrimp and rice.

Good server, bad management.

Waitress was very nice. However manager wasn't very attentive and friendly and food was overpriced.

Went back since our last experience which we rated 5 stars and when we arrived it looked like they were closed. We went up to River and they told us Tequila Rio has an indoor location and the manager walked us over to the indoor location which was small but very nice. We sat at the bar and the bartender Max was so nice and had a very vast knowledge of everything the bar could serve. He introduced a couple of “Fall Drinks” to my wife that were not only very good but very seasonal in taste. He is very creative and will make anything or give you his professional opinion on request. The Barilla Eggrolls are so good and need no explanation. Just order them!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great for date night. Very low traffic. We were sat down right away on a Saturday evening and food was out fairly quick

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mckenzie was amazing, got all of our orders perfectly correct the first time, was sweet and accommodating, and resolved any issues with dignity and aplomb.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We celebrated our 12-year wedding anniversary! We enjoyed all the dishes we ordered: the Birria Eggrolls, Wild Mushroom Quesadilla, Rio Caesar Salad, Carne Asada, Slow Roasted Chicken, & the Half Chicken A La Parilla. The Caesar Salad was yummy! A little too much cheese though. Our daughter enjoyed the Taco's, My wife loved her Half Chicken Dish. My Wild Mushroom Quesadilla was yummy but again a tad too much cheese.

Way overpriced for bland food. A small street taco costs around $8 (2 bites). Nothing special here. The waitstaff is inexperienced. When the server came around, which was seldom, we had to remind the server 2x about what we ordered. Then we had to ask about the status of our food and our drinks, and finally we canceled our drinks given they never came. Apparently they were made but sitting at the bar. A party of five mingling over a couple rounds of drinks, apps, and tacos, left with a bill ~$460. The party joked around about it with the server because they also knew that for what they got, it was not worth the price. The food is made in a food truck (nothing wrong with that, just slightly limiting) and they have outdoor seating on the CT River. The seating is the best thing going for it.

The food is outstanding. A little pricey but worth it. The service could be better. It's a bit slow and they only seem to have 2 servers working busier shifts.

Nice outdoor seating by the CT river

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 4

I will start by saying that the server was horrible. Maybe she’s new to being a server but should get trained before attending customers. Approached us quickly and took our drink orders. Drinks came quick and that’s where it ALL went bad. Took a while to check in on us again (30 minutes later). No utensils or napkins. Cups with no water. We basically had to hunt her down to get her attention, after patiently waiting. Mind you, place was not busy at all. We were able to place our order. Requested water which was never served. Skirt steak came back undercooked when it was requested medium-well. Another order was wrong and had to bring the original order. Once he received his food (cochinita pibil ) the braised pork was cold. I ordered half chicken a la parilla. Rice was undercooked and very salty on my plate and everyone else’s. Seems the chef has zero taste buds because food was super salty. Tostones had small pouches of salt on each one. Like we don’t have enough salt with the rest of the food. Presentation of the plates were very nice but the product was horrible. By the way, we still didn’t have utensils to eat with. We had to ask for them again. We requested to speak to the manager and he didn’t charge us for the food or the drinks ordered. We didn’t eat our food and just got up and left to another restaurant around 9PM. They cook out of a food truck. We were there since 7:30PM with reservations to celebrate two birthdays. I would never give this place another chance. Thought this place would be better under new management and new chef. If you like salty food and bad service then this is the place for you. Otherwise, there’s plenty of other Mexican places to go to eat.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

A shockingly bad experience — unfriendly staff from the start, extremely slow service, cold and poorly prepared food with missing ingredients, and rude responses to complaints. The restaurant was unprofessional, inattentive, and unhygienic, with loud music and no effort to fix issues. Not worth the time or money.

The service is incredible, everyone is so nice and fast. The drinks are yummy and presented well. The food….. the food is unreal. Everything I’ve had is so yummy and I’ve tried a lot of the plates. I would come here again and again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Such great service, staff was so nice! Food was amazing, 10/10 experience.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The service was great, the food was even better.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5