I wanted to try something new, and Cafe Rio was next to the new Fry's. I decided to give it a go, and take out. The location was convenient and the exterior was inviting, with a cute patio on the south side of the business.
There were two doors in the front, and I used the north one. Not the right door. I entered into a maze of tables and shoeless children using benches like an amusement park and screaming. I should have turned around right then. The menu board was simple and self-explanatory. I ordered a shredded chicken burrito, a sweet barbacoa pork quesadilla, chips and queso, and a tres leches cake.
The service area floor was a mess. The service counters were also a mess. There were 5 employees, and they were a hot mess. Except for the tortilla dude. He was rocking it.
I am off the rice and beans, so I just had shredded chicken, tomatilla salsa and cheese. The chicken was wet, and hardly shredded. I had huge, unmanageable pieces in my burrito. Though there was salsa, I couldn't taste it. The whole thing tasted like an air burrito, with more mass. No flavor. The quesadilla was not even started, and the girl made it as I checked out. The pork was not bad. The chips weren't ready either, so I had to wait a few minutes for fresh chips. The queso was very thick and super salty. It did have a zing that got you afterward, so at least it had flavor. The tres leches cake was good. Lunchtime, and they ran out of whipped cream already. So there's that. And the fact that the leche spilled all over my bag into a sticky mess. Eh.
I don't know that I'd come back here. For 30 bucks, I'd rather go get flavorful Mexican food for 6 people at the taco truck down the street.