Great restaurant. Authentic New Mexican food with vegetarian options.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Evan Babcock
The patio is beautiful but i feel it is feeding the bees' addictions :/
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
dsw rants
Small nice place, service and food very good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bill Barham
The food was outstanding and the service was on point. Thought the portion size was small for the 14 bucks spent. I would recommend this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Allen Herring
I've visited the location near UNM and enjoyed the food and atmosphere. This was my first visit to the Rio Grande location. Disappointed is not a strong enough word to describe the dissatisfaction with the service and food.it took 20 minutes for a second server to arrive after the first refused to serve a lone patron. The rush to get food and drink after the second server arrived compromised the quality of the food.
Is it good food? Not what I ate. The chili replenish was tough and mealy. The enchiladas burned.
Maybe this location only prefers couples and tables of three or more. DO NOT visit this location if you are single or an out-of-town visitor looking for New Mexican food.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
Stacey Mitchell
Great place.and dog friendly patio. This is a neighborhood favorite. My dog Copper also gives this place 5 stars for great water service upon arriving by caring staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Joel Deluxe
We got put at a corner table outside and hardly saw our server. Atmosphere is kinda fading, food still okay but not exquisite. Just okay
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
J. Sal
Overall, this place is pretty good. I usually eat breakfast here, and it’s usually quality. Though I will strongly caution against getting the BLT/A breakfast sandwich. That thing is the biggest ripoff on the entire menu. I kick myself for not sending it back. It’s the most pathetic thing I’ve eaten for $14 in a long time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Terry Behal
I visited El Patio today after hearing so many positive recommendations, but unfortunately, I have to say it was a real disappointment. I ordered the fish tacos, which were dry, lacking flavor, and had an almost bitter taste. The tortillas were cold. The taco salad resembled more of a tostada, with dry beef, no garnishing, and very little seasoning. The avocado slices were brown, which made the dish even less appetizing. The French fries were the frozen crinkle-cut variety — served cold, unsalted, and soggy. The overall presentation was so poor that I honestly couldn’t comprehend how this was possible, given the restaurant’s good reputation. That said, I do want to highlight one positive: our server was an absolute sweetheart. When I shared my feedback, she kindly admitted that many customers have mentioned similar concerns, particularly that the evening chefs don’t seem to hold the same standard as the morning chefs. I feel bad writing such a critical review of a small local restaurant, but I hope management takes this as constructive feedback. El Patio clearly has potential, but serious improvements are needed in food quality and consistency to match the warm and welcoming service.
Staff was shorthand so food took awhile but it was great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Mike Chavez
Service was very slow place looked dirty food portions were small for the price
Nicki Evans
The food and service were outstanding
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Justin Gossett
Was intrigued by the outside, so decided to stop and have a drink. We were asked to seat ourselves and waited for service for 15 minutes. We were never waited on so we left. Won’t be back. A bar
Atmosphere: 2
Krishna Bhavana Sivaraju
It was a great place initially but bad experiences increased with the changed staff at El Patio Rio? I like the restaurant and we frequent there. Messed up orders and overcharging has become very common these days which made our visits very less frequent. From 2-3 times a week to 2-3 times a month.
The recent incident was the cherry on the top. The waiter seemed new, never saw her before. She messed up the order but not so much and she seemed middle aged, couldn’t point it out, out of respect. She was intentionally denying us the sides that come with the order saying they ran out of them. She overcharged us and when we pointed it out her attitude changed extremely rude. I went to the back to enquire about the sides that we asked for before and the other servers said they were available and were happy to get them for us from the kitchen (Some of them have waited on us before and they were nice). She was stationed in the kitchen and made sure none of other waiters come our way and sent them the other way out. It was all visible and audible to us. The other waiters had to eventually come our way some time or the other and they were pretty dismissive of us after she made all the scene. We waited there for 20 mins just so that we can get an escalation contact which they repeatedly denied.
After all the humiliation, we came out and called their other branch at Harvard. The staff member that picked up was apologetic and promised he would pass on my contact information to the owner. I am glad for the response but never got a call back for follow up from anyone from the restaurant side.
Great food, great atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great restaurant. Authentic New Mexican food with vegetarian options.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The patio is beautiful but i feel it is feeding the bees' addictions :/
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Small nice place, service and food very good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was outstanding and the service was on point. Thought the portion size was small for the 14 bucks spent. I would recommend this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
I've visited the location near UNM and enjoyed the food and atmosphere. This was my first visit to the Rio Grande location. Disappointed is not a strong enough word to describe the dissatisfaction with the service and food.it took 20 minutes for a second server to arrive after the first refused to serve a lone patron. The rush to get food and drink after the second server arrived compromised the quality of the food.
Is it good food? Not what I ate. The chili replenish was tough and mealy. The enchiladas burned.
Maybe this location only prefers couples and tables of three or more. DO NOT visit this location if you are single or an out-of-town visitor looking for New Mexican food.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
Great place.and dog friendly patio. This is a neighborhood favorite. My dog Copper also gives this place 5 stars for great water service upon arriving by caring staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We got put at a corner table outside and hardly saw our server. Atmosphere is kinda fading, food still okay but not exquisite. Just okay
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
Overall, this place is pretty good. I usually eat breakfast here, and it’s usually quality. Though I will strongly caution against getting the BLT/A breakfast sandwich. That thing is the biggest ripoff on the entire menu. I kick myself for not sending it back. It’s the most pathetic thing I’ve eaten for $14 in a long time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
I visited El Patio today after hearing so many positive recommendations, but unfortunately, I have to say it was a real disappointment.
I ordered the fish tacos, which were dry, lacking flavor, and had an almost bitter taste. The tortillas were cold. The taco salad resembled more of a tostada, with dry beef, no garnishing, and very little seasoning. The avocado slices were brown, which made the dish even less appetizing. The French fries were the frozen crinkle-cut variety — served cold, unsalted, and soggy. The overall presentation was so poor that I honestly couldn’t comprehend how this was possible, given the restaurant’s good reputation.
That said, I do want to highlight one positive: our server was an absolute sweetheart. When I shared my feedback, she kindly admitted that many customers have mentioned similar concerns, particularly that the evening chefs don’t seem to hold the same standard as the morning chefs.
I feel bad writing such a critical review of a small local restaurant, but I hope management takes this as constructive feedback. El Patio clearly has potential, but serious improvements are needed in food quality and consistency to match the warm and welcoming service.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
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Staff was shorthand so food took awhile but it was great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Service was very slow place looked dirty food portions were small for the price
The food and service were outstanding
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Was intrigued by the outside, so decided to stop and have a drink. We were asked to seat ourselves and waited for service for 15 minutes. We were never waited on so we left. Won’t be back. A bar
Atmosphere: 2
It was a great place initially but bad experiences increased with the changed staff at El Patio Rio? I like the restaurant and we frequent there. Messed up orders and overcharging has become very common these days which made our visits very less frequent. From 2-3 times a week to 2-3 times a month.
The recent incident was the cherry on the top. The waiter seemed new, never saw her before. She messed up the order but not so much and she seemed middle aged, couldn’t point it out, out of respect. She was intentionally denying us the sides that come with the order saying they ran out of them. She overcharged us and when we pointed it out her attitude changed extremely rude. I went to the back to enquire about the sides that we asked for before and the other servers said they were available and were happy to get them for us from the kitchen (Some of them have waited on us before and they were nice). She was stationed in the kitchen and made sure none of other waiters come our way and sent them the other way out. It was all visible and audible to us. The other waiters had to eventually come our way some time or the other and they were pretty dismissive of us after she made all the scene. We waited there for 20 mins just so that we can get an escalation contact which they repeatedly denied.
After all the humiliation, we came out and called their other branch at Harvard. The staff member that picked up was apologetic and promised he would pass on my contact information to the owner. I am glad for the response but never got a call back for follow up from anyone from the restaurant side.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
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