Rio Bravo II

Rio Bravo II is some tasty, cheap, and no frills Mexican. The setup is spacious and festive, with plenty of sombreros to go around. The booths are vinyl and squishy and the wood floors look like they’ve seen plenty of dance parties. Service is friendly but a little sporadic. Since so few tables were occupied the night I went, the guys would go about some other tasks in the back and would not be around for me to flag down. But they were chummy about me ordering in Spanish and being helpful about what they liked best on their menu, which reads like the Yellow Pages.
As for the food, don’t think about cilantro, fresh jalapeño, or frijoles. This place has a lot of refried beans and tomato purée. The food is better than average in terms of execution, but just had less fresh produce than I am used to in my Tex Mex. I ordered the chiles rellenos and soon after received a bath of warm tortilla chips and red salsa. The salsa was more tomato purée than anything else but adding some hot sauce made it pretty tasty regardless. The chiles were fried and stuffed and really tasty, and came with two warm tortillas. I didn’t finish the rice and refried beans that came as a side — the dish was just so huge.
On top of it all, the entire meal was incredibly cheap — less than $ 10. They also import several Mexican beers (but no Jarritos or Jumex). For corporate travelers, AMEX is okay.

Good food,
Good service
Decent value
Clean place

This was an OK TexMex place, nothing knocked my socks off. Bona fides: I’m a native Houstonian, lived for years in Austin. I know TexMex.
My go-​to for determining a good Texmex place is their Carne Asada. That is a staple for those who ARE TexMex people, its what they eat when they are eating well. It should be the best dish on the menu. And the classic of TexMex home cooking is the pork tamale.
The Carne Asada at Rio Bravo had a different, and not that pleasant, flavor. The tamale was way too big, lots of masa but little filling. And the rice was salty. Frijoles were very good, however.
I don’t live in Charleston, so it may be true that this is the best TexMex in town. But when I had to ask for refried beans as a substitute for their standard French fries with my Carne Asada, I knew something was off.

Rio Bravo II, South Charleston WV.
Authentic Mexican food at very reasonable prices. I had the beef fajitas, and my dad had the Beef & Chicken burritos. To start off the tortilla chips were warm, and fresh. Salsa had a decent heat, and a decent flavor. The guacamole was a little processed, but I doubt they can get good avocados here this time of the year, but I won’t drop points for that. On Mondays any beer is .99, I went on Sunday so damn… But, I still had two ice cold Coronas. The Portions were HUGE! The place was clean, including the rest rooms. Wait staff was courteous, and although everything seemed to be prepared fresh, it seemed like only five minutes before our meal was on the table. Fajitas were legendary. I’ll be back on a Monday next time amigos. Oh, and if you have rug rats, today’s special kids eat for .99!
Do it, try this place if you like Mexican food. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.

This is probably my favorite Mexican restaurant in the Charleston, WV area.
The wait staff is incredibly friendly and their food is a step above the rest. I highly recommend their Chile Rellenos, as they are always a stunning full stuffed pepper, rather than at other places, where it’s little bits of pepper chopped up in beef and cheese.

This Mexican is great, staff are friendly, and the 2.99 lunch special is an incredible deal. Highly recommended.

Possibly the best authentic/​Texmex I’ve ever put in my mouth! And that’s comming from someone who spent the first 42 years of his life in Tx, so I’ve eaten a bit of Texmex in my time. You have to try the carnitas! The staff is always pleasant and accomodating. If you’re not counting callories try the Chori Pollo…
Can’t wait to get back there!