My husband and I went to Barrio on a Saturday night based on our hotel recommendations. We arrived and was told the wait was an hour. No problem at all. We ended up waiting for 45 minutes which was great.
We were escorted to our seat and our waiter arrived. It started to go downhill from there. Our waiter was extremely dry and I take it he must have been overwhelmed.
We started with the table side guacamole at $14. At first I was like nope to $14 guacamole but then I saw the portions and we went with it. The guacamole was really good and it was topped with pomegranate. I thought it wasn't going to be good but I was pleasantly surprised. That's what earned them 2 stars.
We also ordered 2 house margaritas at $8 each. Once it arrived I took about 3 sips and it was gone. Definitely overpriced for the oz received.
By now our waiter hasn't come back and I have to flag him down for napkins and to let him know we are ready to order. I ordered the Queen Enchilada add shrimp and my husband had the Carne Asada Burrito. We also had the corn as well.
Before our meals arrived my husband ordered a sangria and more chips to finish the guacamole. Our meals arrived and my food was cold. Not luke-warm but cold. The cheese had settled and it just wasn't good. Not to mention the shrimp was put on top of the enchilada, the 5 shrimp I must say. Now my husbands meal was hot and very good. The waiter came back and I explained what happened. The manager came over and offered to remake my meal and put the shrimp inside. By now it's late and after eating off my husband's meal
I'm not hungry. Plus my husband never received his sangria or our chips. My order came out and I took a couple of bites and was done.
I had high expectations for this place after reading the reviews and the recommendations but was disappointed during our stay in Scottsdale.