Cafe Del Rio

Fabulous food & service. Will definitely be coming back. Fish Tacos = YUM! Beautiful atmosphere & attentive wait staff just enhances the great and affordable cuisine. We will be checking ming back when we are in town.

Place was packed e people waiting, but I guess there is no accounting for taste and people can be forgiven because they’ve never had quality Tex-​Mex food. Service was great, waitress very nice and efficient. I had a Monterrey and a cup of tortillas soup. Free tortilla chips and salsa were brought almost immediately and the chips were thin, fresh and warm. The salsa looked promising w a few springs of cilantro, but was too sweet for me. I don’t understand the need to add sugar to tomatoes products. Food arrived in a timely manner and was fairly attractive despite the corner black olive slice on top of the sour cream w a miniature Mexican flag – people this is not Mexican food. The tortilla soup had almost zero flavor. I added a little salt and a little tobasco hoping to make it more palatable, but failed – sent it back immediately because the friendly waitress stopped to ask how every thing was. The Monterrey left a lot to be desired, The VFW in Independence has them beat when the 60 – 80 year old vets, all Caucasian men offer this dish. Pretty dull but w some salt and tobasco, I ate most of it and was full. Waitress brought check and I was disappointed that the cop of soup was still on it. Totals all without a drink was $ 10.90, so not outrageous, but not a great price for this area either. I don’t know if I will visit this place again; as chains go it is pretty sub-​par j would just as soon have Taco Bell.

Having lived in Texas a bit after graduating college, this is not the best mexican or tex-​mex I’ve ever had. But it is really solid and in my opinion, better than 95% of the mexican restaurants in the entire KC metro area. That it is in Pittsburg Kansas (and Joplin Missouri) is remarkable.
I’ve enjoyed every meal I’ve had here. Service is generally good, though it has been spotty at times.
Salsa has excellent flavor and consistency. Queso blanco is good. Tacos are good. Refired beans and rice are slightly better than typical, but not outstanding. I’d much prefer a good ranchero style bean if they offered one. But if I can get good tacos and salsa, I’m happy.
Aall in all, I try to eat here about 50% of the times I visit Pittsburg and I always enjoy it.

Probably my favorite queso is from this place. Awesome atmosphere, foods always fresh.

This is a really good tex-​mex place to eat! They have god lunch specials at fairly good prices. Their queso is amazing! I often get the lunch pasta in queso sauce with grilled chicken. You can also call in and get to go orders. Check for a free copy of the Collegio before going in. The paper often has a coupon that can be used at Del Rio’s in it.

Do not call this a Mexican restaurant? Do not get the beef fajitas either. More like roast beef in a plastic tortilla! Gross!

Service was great. I ordered a Mexican Lunch Pasta which was probably not the wisest choice at a Mexican restaurant. The environment was festive, food just ok this time. If I go again I will try mexican food!

I really don’t get why so many people dislikes Del Rio in Pittsburg. I think Del Rio has fresh good tasting food. I always order their tacos and they always taste fresh and good. When my boyfriend comes to visit me, we always eat at Del Rio and he enjoys it too. If you look in the the Collegio, the University newspaper, you can usually find a coupon for a free cup of queso.

Beans were so dry they were cracked. Rice was flavorless. When server asked how everything was, I told her. She responded, ‘oh, sorry. here’s your check.’ Don’t waste your time & money. Go to Mall Deli.

Yummy, I had tortilla soup starter and it was amazing and then had fajita combo platter. Steak was a bit dry and the rice was not good. They really need a new recipe for that. But I will go back for a big bowl of soup and chicken fajitas. The décor was every cool and unexpected.