El Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant

It really depends what day you go here, what service you’ll get. I’ve been 2x in the last week.
The first experience was great! The second experience (yesterday) was great but warm inside, they may need a new AC unit.
I always get the Pollo Bandido (no beans) and it’s soooo delicious. Chicken and rice covered in queso. It was $45 for three people during lunch hours.
I have ordered takeout in the past and sometimes it’s so busy that the wait takes forever and the host disappears. Some of the hosts are not friendly, but most of them are. A few take out orders I’ve had have been messed up in the past (2x) where they’ve given us beans when we specifically asked for no beans. This is probably because of low staffing and busy times though.
I still highly recommend El Rio Grande!!! It’s my favorite Mexican restaurant in the area! I literally crave this stuff. 😂💗✨

Food was mediocre at best. Presentation looked great but the taste, or lack of taste I should say, was disappointing. Best thing served was the French fires in the kids meal. The salsa tasted like they dumped cheap spaghetti sauce into a bowl.

We have lived in Independence for a couple of years and decided to give this place a try. We went on a Saturday around 1:30 in the afternoon, it wasn’t particularly busy. We stood by the host desk up front, and didn’t see any staff in the restaurant, just a couple of seated tables. There was a bell ringing I assume alerting the kitchen someone was there, after about 10 minutes of standing there and only seeing one waiter who came out and never acknowledged us we left, probably won’t be coming back. Not a good way to draw in new business!

First time going here, very impressed!! The inside is very clean, welcoming, and fun, and the food was incredible. Our waitress was very attentive, kind, and easy to talk to. Will be going back! The pollo de monterey was one of the tastiest dishes I've ever had at a Mexican restaurant and the strawberry margarita was very delicious as well.

Brought a large group for lunch. The staff was very accommodating. Each of our orders came out hot and perfect. The lunch portions were quite generous.Our server was cheerful throughout our entire stay!

This was an amazing find. Huge portions for your money and great flavor. I would definitely come back here again

My Father and I both enjoyed our meal here. It was an early dinner so there weren't that many guests yet. It took a few minutes for anyone to greet us. After we were seated, a few servers walked by without saying anything and I didn't appreciate that our server Chris was wearing his airpods while serving us. we also had to find someone to bring us utensils for our food. The service definitely could have been better. But,Our food came out quickly and HOT. All in all I'd recommend this Independence KY. location.