Burrito del Rio

I love my burrito bowls, so it was no surprise that I ended up ordering their naked burrito.
My naked burrito was piled high, which I loved. No one likes to be skimped out on their food. They have a range of meat to choose from, including the typical carnitas (slow braised pulled pork), pollo achiote (marinated roasted chicken), camarones (sauteed chile lime shrimp), and barbacoa (slow-​cooked beef braised in ancho chipotle adobo sauce), which I ended up getting. It also comes with mexican rice, the choice of either black or refried pinto beans (I got the black beans, because I prefer to have the beans whole), cheese, and salsa. I also added lettuce, corn, sour cream, green onions, lime juice, and their hottest sauce, plus one other sauce I forgot the name of.
Since it was piled so high, it was somewhat difficult to mix everything up. Overall, it was really delicious, and I enjoyed the barbacoa. It was a lot saucier than I wanted, but I guess that is to be expected, since I did have sour cream and other sauces in it.

Amazing. Winnipeg doesn’t have a Chipotle and this place surely makes up for that.
Foods is amazing and I have no complaints about it.
¹⁰⁄₁₀. This place rocks.

Update: headed down on my lunch hour and stood in line for 10 minutes just to be completely ignored by the staff. In fact, they started serving the people behind me (TWICE!). I left after angrily pointing out that I was not being served.
Will not return.

Awesome Mexican food at a great price. Loved the shrimp tacos made by hand in front of you. Great staff, great flavour.

Not sure if I just ordered wrong, but I did not enjoy my meal here and felt that it was not quality and not worth the money. Sorry Winnipeg, I don’t mean to hate. I just find that a lot of food does not equal a good experience. However, I feel like I may be the only one since I have a hunch this place is popular.
On the most positive side, I did really enjoy my margarita. The food, not so much.
I really didn’t enjoy my bare burrito (without the tortilla). The guacamole was tasteless which never helps and I guess I asked for too much hot sauce, but this meal ended up just being mushy. If I was effing up my order, homegirl behind the glass making it, hook a sister up and let me know. The shrimps were miniscule, clearly frozen and not delicious at all.
My fellow Unilocaler Michelle V enjoyed her burrito and it was ginormous, so there’s that. I however just didn’t think the ingredients were looking so fresh and so good.
Highlight of the meal: the homeless guy who asked if I was going to finish my meal and then took my plate to go.
Also, they were playing A Tribe Called Quest. I like people that play A Tribe Called Quest.

Why not have a Mexican Fiesta lunch or dinner at Burrito Del Rio?! Your freshly made burrito starts out with your choice of protein (or none for you veggie lovers). My protein of choice was chicken.
You can layer that with some beans (black, retried or both), and some Spanish rice.
Next comes the cheese — yes, please!
Lettuce? If I must.
Choice of homemade fresh salsa — mild, medium or HOT! My tastebuds are weak, I always go with mild.
Other options are guacamole and sour cream to cool down that heat.
Sprinkle on some cilantro and green onions.
Add some jalapenos for the heat lovers.
And somehow… like magic… they will make everything fit and wrap it tight.
Lastly, stuff that bad boy in between a grill press and your massive burrito is ready.
Don’t forget to grab a Margarita to wash it all down with.

Wow that’s a big burrito! I had the carnitas burrito, medium. The burrito was tasty but a little bit to spicy for me, so I couldn’t really taste the marination on the meat, unless it was just marinated with peppers. Their salsa could use a little bit more taste, besides tomatoes. The place was clean and it does get busy. You must try it!

So this was my first time here. It was good without being great. The lack of a queso dip and topping choices hold it back a bit. I had the chicken burrito and was happy with it. The medium size is like a qdoba or Chipotle. Plenty big for one man.

It’s hard to judge a food like tacos and burritos. The ideal burrito should present a balance of flavour, fill you up and leave you licking your fingertips. Burrito Del Rio delivers on all fronts.
I’m not a huge fan of the Subway approach to food preparation. I’d rather that the restaurant owner decide how they want to present their cuisine and maybe give me a choice of spice level. If I wanted to build my own burrito I would just make one at home. I go to a restaurant to have someone else do the preparation for me.
Despite that I dream about burrito del rio. I crave their burritos like a drunk frat boy at spring break chasing coeds in bikinis. Come to me pork burrito. Let me taste and experience you with my lips and tongue. I will consume you…
errr… I mean… The food is good. You should eat here.

I love this place! Great ambience, big portions, delicious burritos. I have been here before and will come back again.

This place seems like it’s trying to be a local alternative to Q’Doba. The ingredients at the time of my visit looked like they’d been sitting out for a bit.
The refried beans had bacon in them, which really annoyed me as I don’t eat meat and love refried beans. That kind of undoes most of my reason for coming there.
What they referred to as salsa options (mild, medium, hot) didn’t quite make sense to me. The mild looked like a bruschetta (pico de gallo), the medium didn’t look like a tomato based salsa and the hot while of the right consistency to be called «salsa», was obviously too spicy for me to want!
I tried the pico de gallo but it utterly ruined my meal. Too oniony and not my personal thing.
The panini press was cute and an interesting touch, I think it can stay. The people serving me were crabby and disorganized however.
How could this place be fixed?
— Take the bacon out of the refried beans
— Offer proper salsa selection, especially if you’re offering it as a dip for your nachos
— Cheer up!
I think until I try some of the other places in the city, La Fiesta is still a better mexican option. Drive to Grand Forks and check out Q’Doba for a cleaner implementation of this concept.

Great chicken burrito, probably couldn’t finish a grande, they’re way too big! Only downside to the place is long lines, and stuffy atmosphere.
Besides the improper ventilation the food is well worth the wait!

My step-​daughter discovered this place and I keep going back. Finally a place to have a delicious burrito similar to Mexican restaurants in California. When I first came to Winnipeg from Northern California eight years ago I was disappointed about the lack of decently priced Mexican restaurants. Long live Burrito del Rio!

For a Winnipeg restaurant it doesn’t get much better than this! Great flavor, fairly quick service and just something you can’t really find much of in Winnipeg. I’d highly recommend you give it a try.

There’s not much wrong with Burrito del Rio. i had a shrimp burrito and it was delicious. The chef came to the front and put six shrimp directly from the pan onto my burrito! The tortilla is quickly steamed to make it soft, they put lime juice into their sour cream, they have fresh salsa, and the staff was super friendly.
Just to update everyone, they have added a vegetarian bean option, black beans, and the girl serving us said «Our refried beans are made with bacon but we also have black beans which are vegetarian». I guess they must have picked up on the fact that vegetarians are left out (my mom is a vege so she was happy about that)
My only note is the girl was making my sister and my burritos at the same time and we had almost identicle burritos except my sister asked for no chipotle and the girl put it on both burritos by accident. The girl was super apologetic and offered to make a whole new burrito but my sister said it was A-​OKAY and even liked the chipotle in the end!
The staff came out to eat while we were there since it was around 2:30pm. They sat directly behind us but we barely noticed. They were very quiet and had appropriate conversation (I didn’t have to hear about their friday night) and were really respectful. I was impressed by the food and the service.

What a great tiny little restaurant that surely packs in a punch!
This Osborne Village gem is just on the main level of an apartment building on River Avenue (just off of Osborne Village in Winnipeg, Manitoba).
I have to say it does get quite busy (line up sometimes goes out the door) so plan ahead of time if you need to get back in a hurry to work.
The portion sizes are massive. I always get a medium size in chicken and boy am I stuffed ¾ of the way through it. Come HUNGRY!
Everything tastes really fresh.
I highly recommend this joint. You will LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!

I’ve been here three times now and can’t get enough of it. I had tried Chipotle for the first time last spring in Minneapolis and loved that, really wish we had it in Winnipeg but we don’t yet. Burrito Del Rio would be the closest thing we have so I will keep going back.
Actually wish their hot salsa was even hotter than it is though. One other «beef» I have with them is that my girlfriend is a vegetarian and they use bacon in their refried beans. Too bad so many places do that since it’s not necessary.
Definitely recommend checking this place out, at least until we get a Chipotle.

Not sure what I think of this place yet, I am giving it the benefit of the doubt right now and giving it a 3, it could do better. We stopped by for a quick bite. It started with one of the staff showed up and started to help us, and the rest shuffled out after being call a few time they looked like they did not want to be there. Most of the ingredient used seemed fresh, however the corn was overheated and in some cases hard. Overall ignoring the corn the meal was good. Will try to make it back to try it again, from what I am reading here they sound hit and miss never a good thing.

I love this place and always enjoy the food here because it tastes fresh and it’s quick! But recently I learned that their refried beans is made with BACON!!! I eat pork but I know others who don’t and know that they would be very annoyed to learn that there’s pork in the beans. I learned the bacon info from a friend so when I asked staff at the restaurant if there is bacon in the refried beans they said «yes, but we’re not allowed to tell people that.» I asked why and they said the owner doesn’t want people to know the recipe. Um, here’s the thing, I make my refried beans with no meat products in there and I assume most people would not even consider asking if the refried beans are vegetarian based. But I find it very off putting that the owner would tell their staff to purposely not to tell people that there’s bacon in there.
So lesson learned for all those who are vegetarian or avoid pork for other reasons — make sure you specifically ask the items you assume are vegetarian are actually meat free!

Great neighbourhood spot for a quick bite. I am no expert on authentic Mexican food or even Tex-​Mex. All I know is that the salsas are freshly made and there’s lots of cilantro involved in the proceedings, which is authentic enough for me.
Gluten-​free folks can enjoy the corn tortilla tacos or my favourite — a «naked» burrito, where the burrito is served in a bowl sans flour tortilla.
The staff can be hit and miss; sometimes they’re cool and friendly, other times they’re space cadets.
They also serve Jarritos soda.