Cafe Rio Fresh Modern Mexican

Aliso Viejo, CA · Mexican restaurant

Rating
4.2/5
★★★★☆ 4.2
Reviews
20
Rank in Aliso Viejo
#32
of 64 restaurants
City Percentile
32%
rating percentile
Address
Cafe Rio Fresh Modern Mexican, 26811 Aliso Creek Rd, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
Phone
(888) 660-1643
Website
www.caferio.com/locations/aliso-viejo
Status
Open · Closes 10 PM

Cafe Rio Fresh Modern Mexican is a restaurant located in Aliso Viejo, CA. It is one of 64 restaurants listed in Aliso Viejo. Its 4.2-star rating is slightly below the Aliso Viejo city average of 4.3 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

About Cafe Rio Fresh Modern Mexican

Cafe Rio Fresh Modern Mexican. Bold flavors. Authentic cooking techniques. Enjoy Sweet Pork Barbacoa, handmade tortillas, quality you can taste. No freezers. No microwaves. Delicious, fresh food.

Hours

Friday10 AM–10 PM

Customer Reviews

★★★★★ 5.0 Pro Hotel Reviewer · Mar 2026

This place is officially closed and I’ve got to say I love café Rio it’s one of the best Mexican food places I’ve ever tried down to their quesadillas their tacos and all that stuff and honestly, I live 30 minutes away from this place and this was one of my go to spots luckily they have more but this one just made me feel something and I’ve been crying nonstop me and my family because we used to stop over here almost all the time ever since it first opened. This is really sad and I really hope all of you guys see this message. I love your restaurant and you guys are one of my most favorite restaurants I’ve ever been to whether I’m getting Mexican food I’m feeling kinda munchy or I’ve just haven’t eaten anything next six hours and need a place to go ever since they’ve closed one in San Dieg

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Al Caida · Jan 2025

FILTHY! Now I love eating at Café Rio, but this particular one was disgusting! The floors were really dirty, filthy, and not mop, or only halfway mopped with clear foot prints all over the place We looked for a clean table to sit at, But we saw crumbs on all the tables. And there was even a attendant in the dining room they're supposed to clean stuff but clearly somebody was not doing their job. When we were ordering our food, it was very clear that the food had been sitting there for many hours, and was getting all dried up. What shocked me was that I saw an employee hop up and just sit on the prep table chatting with another employee, this shocked me, and this was in plain view of the dining room. What employee does that? Talk about a health code violation. In the bathroom there wa

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Sue Richards · Sep 2025

I enjoyed the tacos that I bought on Taco Tuesday. My daughter, however, was very disappointed. She always gets the chicken tortilla soup, however, Cafe Rio doesn't sell it anymore at this location. So she didn't order anything off the menu. The chicken tortilla soup has been a favorite of ours. Other changes have been made to the menu that we don't like. We will now go to Costa Vida or someplace closer to get our Tex-Mex Food. We won't travel to Cafe Rio anymore since it is further away and doesn't offer the same menu.

★★★☆☆ 3.0 Sasha P · Nov 2020

I was excited to try. But unfortunately my pork nachos came with no meat. So $11 dollars for chips and beans .... kinda upset but it was curb pickup and didn't even think about checking to see if my order even had meat...

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Rachel Lawrence-Boden · Aug 2024

I’ve been a Cafe Rio customer for years and order from this location probably 3-4 times per month for our family. Today, I ordered my normal tostada salad and was eating it when I bit down on something hard. I spit it out and discovered it was a piece of pottery. This is so unacceptable. I can still feel where my tooth bit down on it and will probably need to go to the dentist. I’ve reached out to the company via their survey but I felt others should be aware of this issue as well. My hope is that the company would take care of this issue starting with giving me a full refund of my order.

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Restroom ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Seating

Services

Mexican restaurantBurrito restaurantCatererFamily restaurantFast food restaurantRestaurantTaco restaurantTex-Mex restaurant

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