El Rio Grande

160 E 38th St, New York, NY 10016

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+1 212 949 4907

Website:

www.arkrestaurants.com

Email:

elrio@arkrestaurants.com

The Tex-Mex food here is filling, and the atmosphere is festive. This place is also inexpensive, ... more on Yahoo! Travel

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63 reviews

100% of guests recommend this place.

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El Rio Grande is a pretty large Tex-Mex restaurant in a fairly dead area of Midtown. more on Yahoo! Travel

All the previous reviews were right: the food is great, and the drinks are powerful. more on CitySearch

The Rio Grande has acquired something of a reputation in certain circles in New York for being the place to obtain highly powerful margaritas on the cheap. more on igougo

The service was incredible and we got loads of free salsa chips and guac for free. more on Yahoo! Travel

In all the times that I have been here, I have never had a poor experience. more on TripAdvisor

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What a place....great choice...great staff..chips and dip included in price. Main meals large and ... more on TripAdvisor

Per la verità la recensione dovrebbe avere una data precedente, ma vado talmente spesso, quando sono a New York è praticamente irrinunciabile, che spero valga lo stesso.. Atmosfera rilassata, in qualc ... more on TripAdvisor

Had never been to this restaurant before and really enjoyed it...the service and food were both very good. Probably a lttle pricey for a mexican ... more on TripAdvisor

I love Mexican food, especially brunch. I have had mexican brunch in many places all over Manhattan and Brooklyn and El Rio Grande is my favorite. Its not cheap but they give you a TON for your money. ... more on TripAdvisor

Potent margaritas and top knotch gaucamole. Best happy hour place during summer months. more on TripAdvisor

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18 reviews

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If you like guacomole, this is a place you must try. A member of the waitstaff will bring a guacamole cart to your table and prepare it right in front of you. Other than guacamole, all the food ... more on Yahoo! Travel

The El Rio`s atmosphere is the best, speacially any on the two outside seats area. Great staff, great service. more on Yahoo! Travel

Love the Margaritas and very friendly service. more on Yahoo! Travel

They have the best drinks, food is delicious and in large portions. You have to try "Nachos de fajita", ... more on Yahoo! Travel

We've dubbed this place "The Devil's Den" based on the Strength of their Magaritas. Outings to the "Den" occur every few months because ... more on Yahoo! Travel

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$7 margaritas guaranteed to do the trick. Free chips with very tasty cilantro-y salsa as well as guacamole salsa. I ordered the cheese enchiladas. I think they were good but after two margaritas ... I admit it's kinda up in the air. ... more on CitySearch

Appallingly bad service and food; they substituted romaine lettuce for spinach on the mushroom/spinach quesidilla; when brought to thr manager's attenetion ... more on CitySearch

This place is great if you are looking for strong margaritas and awesome queso. Not too many places have this Texas delicacy. As for the rest of the food, it is ... more on CitySearch

I have been going to El Rio for well over ten years and I love this place. The frozen margaritas are excellent and strong. The green tomatilla sauce that is offered free at the table is DELICIOUS and not offered at any other Mexican ... more on CitySearch

went here for just drinks after work midweek and sat outside. place was packed. drinks were really weak and everything comes in plastic solo cups - even wine and martinis - for some reason its just not the same. i actually had to ... more on CitySearch