Home of the Original Sweet Pork Barbacoa! Cafe Rio Mexican Grill brings you made-from-scratch Mexican food with fresh ingredients. Come experience for yourself why guests proclaim they would drive 47 miles for our Sweet Pork, bathe in our queso or drink our tomatillo dressing. We’re proud to craft scratch-made, chef-inspired masterpieces in our kitchens every day using fresh ingredients and a heaping of flavor. #CafeRio.
Counter-serve eatery dishing up Mexican classics including hand-rolled tortillas, burritos & tacos. Based on 139 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.0 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
26811 Aliso Creek Rd, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
Phone: (888) 660-1643
Website:
Hours
| Friday |
10:30 AM–10 PM |
| Saturday |
10:30 AM–10 PM |
| Sunday |
11 AM–10 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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10:30 AM–10 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday |
10:30 AM–10 PM |
| Wednesday |
10:30 AM–10 PM |
| Thursday |
10:30 AM–10 PM |
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Reviews
Anjelique Alexander
HORRIBLE burrito wrap. Tortilla was extremely thin and couldn’t hold the loaded burrito, feel apart SECONDS after it was in my hands. Messiest, laziest burrito and I paid $20 for it. Ridiculous! Ingredients not well mixed throughout, very disappointed.
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Tim A
Always fresh good food. On Tuesday they have a good Taco Tuesday as well with option to make a meal with sides and drink for cheap.
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Sasha P
I was excited to try. But unfortunately my pork nachos came with no meat. So $11 dollars for chips and beans …. kinda upset but it was curb pickup and didn’t even think about checking to see if my order even had meat…
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Jayden H
Our server, Dennis, was rushing all of our orders. He gives very little portions of food. Not worth the price. He did not put out a good atmosphere.
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Amber Valadez
Definitely DO NOT recommend ordering for pick up. I ended up standing there waiting for my order for an HOUR. They only focused on the in store line which I understand but my order was supposed to be ready at 6:30 and people that had walked in and got in line at 7:00 still ended up getting their food made before me. I asked a couple times if my food was almost ready and they just said almost and that they were understaffed. I completely understand that but people who got there after even for mobile pick up as well got helped before me and even when there were multiple times when there was no one left in line I still didn’t receive my food. I even had customers in shock come up to me and tell me they couldn’t believe I was still waiting because all of them came in after me, ordered, sat down and ate all before I got my food.
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Keith Arthur
Typical experience you’d expect. We went later after the lunch rush and service was fairly quick. Tried the new pollo asado and wasn’t a huge fan, was a little too sweet for my liking.
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Kirk Dube
Had Great Food and Service. Would gladly eat there again.
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Christian Cooper
The daily specials are a good deal, and the mint lemonade is great.
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Mai Temraz
Loved everything we ordered, the salad, the quesadilla and specially the tres leches it was phenomenal.
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Ronaldo Roohi
Be careful when you order for delivery or pickup. They are known to put less item in you order, why? I don’t know. I had to return the entire delivery in person after waiting for one hour for delivery. I had already paid for delivery fees and tips. First they wanted to give me the missing items but after I told them I’d call the credit card company, they replaced the cold foods with fresh items. Never any issues with other restaurants. Hope they get their act together or else their reviews will drop to less than 3.
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