Delicious food and drinks. The service was amazing and the atmosphere is comfortable and trendy. Great spot for going out with friends or having a date night.
Cameron Alarcon
Incredibly tasty food and friendly staff. They were the only place open after a concert and were happy to have us. And they have a good happy hour deal. Would highly recommend.
Lucas Setterholm
The food and atmosphere was outstanding. Definitely recommend the mahi-mahi taco. The bar tender was super friendly and had great recommendations.
M C
Just not that good. Drinks were tiny, the tacos were served on dry corn tortillas (not even any oil!), and the once-amazing Basque cheesecake has become a miniature lemon-flavored nightmare. It was honestly so bad I sent it back. The rebrand of Barrio to “Bar Rio” has not changed the food or dining experience at this establishment for the better.
Emily Talbot
Great atmosphere, cordial and attentive bartender and servers. Great for an afternoon nosh with unique flavors and bevies to match. Highly recommend
Markos T
Lame to the game.
Amy Fantasy
Im really sad about how much this place has changed since the last time I was here in 2020. The paella used to be HUGE, loaded with goodies and delicious. The best paella in the PNW, I would dream about it. But now, its just a shadow of what it used to be, its mediocre at best. The drinks were very good, some of the tapas still hold up, but I don't understand why they ruined something so great like the paella recipe they once had. Probably never coming back because I was so disappointed... The new paella is dry and tasteless, barely had any ingredients, was mostly rice and very small. Picture attached is what the paella used to be like, you be the judge.
Jim T
Classy place for drinks and tapas. Very much enjoyed.
falyn young
Had a great time at Bar Rio with live music and late night happy hour! Great margs and tapas! The tamale with egg is so good, going to have to try that at home!
Hayley Guilderson
My boyfriend and I stopped in here for a quick bite while exploring downtown Bend. The service was great— the staff was on-point and attentive to our needs. It was Happy Hour, so I had the tamarind whiskey sour and my boyfriend had a margarita. Both were delicious! I especially enjoyed the whiskey sour. It was so fresh and lemony.
For food, we tried their current special: the middle earth flat bread. It was very tasty! I loved the goat cheese. I would definitely eat it again!
Amazing tapas and cocktails, highly recommend. Everything here was perfect!
Eli Biringer
Alex was amazing! Drinks were soooooo good! Highly recommend the pineapple mezcal one! Shakshuka was AMAZING!
Kimberly Stephens
Incredibly created cocktails! Beautiful and perfect to taste. The food was just as amazing! Smaller space, but a happy live environment.
Tanja Maples
Love love love love love love love love love love this restaurant came here for my birthday had the prickly pear margarita amazing
Jordan Buckley
We had such high spirits coming in, and low spirits leaving. After hearing phenomenal things about this place, we were so excited to try it out. The short haired gal that took our drink and food orders acted from the get go like it was an inconvenience to serve us. We ordered drinks, chips and dip, and our lunch. As for the drinks, I was shocked to find out at the end that each iced tea is $5, no refills so we paid $10 for my two. Maybe this is standard for the area, seemed crazy to us. We thought the chips and dip would come before our meal like any other place, but they must have forgot or something and didn’t bring them until after we were finished with our lunch. So then we had this whole plate of food we kind of didn’t want at this point and still had to pay full price for. We picked at it but left most of it behind as you can’t really take chips, guac, and salsa for later. The tacos we did get were good. I will say the second gal that came to take care of us half way through was much sweeter than the original lady. I really hate to leave anything but a positive review on a business but we really felt off put by the service in particular. Posting this so maybe the business owner can take note and try to curate a more positive and inviting environment.
Delicious food and drinks. The service was amazing and the atmosphere is comfortable and trendy. Great spot for going out with friends or having a date night.
Incredibly tasty food and friendly staff. They were the only place open after a concert and were happy to have us. And they have a good happy hour deal. Would highly recommend.
The food and atmosphere was outstanding. Definitely recommend the mahi-mahi taco. The bar tender was super friendly and had great recommendations.
Just not that good. Drinks were tiny, the tacos were served on dry corn tortillas (not even any oil!), and the once-amazing Basque cheesecake has become a miniature lemon-flavored nightmare. It was honestly so bad I sent it back. The rebrand of Barrio to “Bar Rio” has not changed the food or dining experience at this establishment for the better.
Great atmosphere, cordial and attentive bartender and servers. Great for an afternoon nosh with unique flavors and bevies to match. Highly recommend
Lame to the game.
Im really sad about how much this place has changed since the last time I was here in 2020. The paella used to be HUGE, loaded with goodies and delicious. The best paella in the PNW, I would dream about it.
But now, its just a shadow of what it used to be, its mediocre at best.
The drinks were very good, some of the tapas still hold up, but I don't understand why they ruined something so great like the paella recipe they once had. Probably never coming back because I was so disappointed... The new paella is dry and tasteless, barely had any ingredients, was mostly rice and very small.
Picture attached is what the paella used to be like, you be the judge.
Classy place for drinks and tapas. Very much enjoyed.
Had a great time at Bar Rio with live music and late night happy hour! Great margs and tapas! The tamale with egg is so good, going to have to try that at home!
My boyfriend and I stopped in here for a quick bite while exploring downtown Bend. The service was great— the staff was on-point and attentive to our needs. It was Happy Hour, so I had the tamarind whiskey sour and my boyfriend had a margarita. Both were delicious! I especially enjoyed the whiskey sour. It was so fresh and lemony.
For food, we tried their current special: the middle earth flat bread. It was very tasty! I loved the goat cheese. I would definitely eat it again!
Restaurantji Recommends
Amazing tapas and cocktails, highly recommend. Everything here was perfect!
Alex was amazing! Drinks were soooooo good! Highly recommend the pineapple mezcal one! Shakshuka was AMAZING!
Incredibly created cocktails! Beautiful and perfect to taste. The food was just as amazing! Smaller space, but a happy live environment.
Love love love love love love love love love love this restaurant came here for my birthday had the prickly pear margarita amazing
We had such high spirits coming in, and low spirits leaving. After hearing phenomenal things about this place, we were so excited to try it out. The short haired gal that took our drink and food orders acted from the get go like it was an inconvenience to serve us. We ordered drinks, chips and dip, and our lunch. As for the drinks, I was shocked to find out at the end that each iced tea is $5, no refills so we paid $10 for my two. Maybe this is standard for the area, seemed crazy to us. We thought the chips and dip would come before our meal like any other place, but they must have forgot or something and didn’t bring them until after we were finished with our lunch. So then we had this whole plate of food we kind of didn’t want at this point and still had to pay full price for. We picked at it but left most of it behind as you can’t really take chips, guac, and salsa for later. The tacos we did get were good. I will say the second gal that came to take care of us half way through was much sweeter than the original lady. I really hate to leave anything but a positive review on a business but we really felt off put by the service in particular. Posting this so maybe the business owner can take note and try to curate a more positive and inviting environment.
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