We've gone to Arribas for many years. We prefer the Goodyear location, but they're all good. The happy hour menu is second to none and the wait staff are attentive and friendly. I highly recommend Arribas :) read more

We frequent Arribas at least once a week. We love this location! It's clean, beautifully decorated, and the servers are always so nice! read more

Arriba Mexican Grill - Mexican Near Me - Goodyear, Arizona

Went on a Saturday night, expecting to wait for any kind of seating, but there was a table in the bar area, that we got seated at right away. The wait staff was amazing and helped us decide on what to get. The margaritas were tasty too and not too bad in price. Good quality sit down Mexican food. read more

The restaurant was clean. The service was great and the food was fresh and tasted so good. I highly recommend this Arribas. My family has been eating there since it opened. read more

I come here regularly and the food is ALWAYS good! The drinks are ALWAYS strong! The staff are very welcoming and friendly. Food comes out cook and is fresh. Love love love this place. read more

Arriba Mexican Grill - Mexican Near Me - Goodyear, Arizona

First, let me clarify that what I am about to describe, is not representative of the typical experience I've enjoyed at any of the various Arriba's locations I have dined at previously. Over the weekend, my girlfriend and I stopped in the Goodyear Arriba's for dinner. We weren't particularly hungry due to the heat. Unfortunately, the service we received in the bar practically made it a realistic possibility that we weren't going to eat. We arrived at dinner time, around 6, and there was a small wait. There appeared to be a few parties ahead of us waiting outside. We bypassed that and headed to the bar. We got the last two bar stools, but it wasn't particularly busy in this part of the restaurant. I didn't get the name of the male bartender, and that's probably a good thing for him. All he did was get us chips and salsa and our beers. After that, he was A.W.O.L. Thankfully, we enjoyed our cervezas (the house amber). And the Carne Asada Tacos we shared were good. But even the female bartender who got us menus and took our order was a little off. Eventually, she closed our check and we left with a little bit of a bad taste in our mouths. read more

Arriba Mexican Grill - House Amber. As good as it looks! - Mexican Near Me - Goodyear, Arizona

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Worst Mexican food and service we've ever had! Took 15 minutes for Joaquin to approach us. No smile. No hi.. it was "what can I get you". I had a prickly pear Margarita.. worst ever. All syrup. WAY too sweet.. nothing fresh about it.. no fresh lime, nothing. Doubt there was any tequila in it. I had the bacon wrapped shrimp jalapeños.. no jalapeños anywhere, burnt, crisp shrimp. COLD rice. Hubby had chili verde. Came in a bowl with about 25 jalapeños on top! Worst food ever read more

Chips, salsas (hot & regular) & bean dip are so good! Street tacos (chicken & beef) were great. The chicken chili dish (served w tortillas, rice & beans) is fantastic! A little spicy, SO flavorful and big portion. Margarita was tasty. Server was good and was nice enough too turn on the heaters for us (we were the only party outside). My only complaint is that, with an empty patio, we were seated at a small 4-top table (there were four of us) that gave us zero room for all the plates, drinks, chips, etc. read more

Went during Happy Hour. We planned on staying for dinner. Chips, salsa and bean dip were immediately brought to the table. We ordered nachos, which were 50% off and my man had 2 big margaritas and I had a mango margarita. Everything was excellent. We were too stuffed to order dinner, but we will definitely be back. Please go, enjoy so good food, drinks and support this locally owned family business. After searching for decent Mexican food since we moved here, we feel like we found it. read more

Arriba Mexican Grill - Mexican Near Me - Goodyear, Arizona

I don't care what the haters say, I thought this place was dope. Really cool atmosphere and set up with a huge bar. The bartender was helpful with choosing. There was at least 10 different lunch specials with daily special ad well, making it a cheap stop. I got the Rio Grande enchilada which had queso fundido on top. Super delicious. It was one of the cleanest Mexican places I've been to in the area as well. I'm guessing this place is a lot different when it's super crowded but if you're at a packed restaurant I don't know what you're expecting. I will definitely be back! read more

Arriba Mexican Grill - Mexican Near Me - Goodyear, Arizona

We came here for the first time for our anniversary to give it a try. The food was good, but the service was better. Jenner was our server and she was spectacular. From helping pick out what we wanted off the menu because it was our first time to the speed and accuracy of the service. She was super friendly and made sure that our drinks were always filled and our needs were taken care of. We will be back because of her smiling face and friendly personality. Thanks Jennifer for making our anniversary a good night to remember! The Jensen's read more

Food is okay. Smells like a sewer when you walk and the odor from the bathrooms oozes into the dining room. We've been coming for many years, but not anymore. If you don't respect your customers enough to service the sewer you don't care enough. read more

This is my favorite new place! I called ahead and Miss Kim greeted me. I had never been, but wanted the fresh green chilis they were roasting. She had them prepared and ready to go for me, sat with me to go over the menu, made sure my meal was delivered quickly. The food is amazing, authentic, just great. If you want the best Mexican food around come.to Aribas! read more

Arriba Mexican Grill - Mexican Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Goodyear, Arizona

WTH? I'm a part time delivery driver. Got a delivery order for this restaurant and as soon as I walked in. A stench hit me so hard that I'm almost gagged. This place smelled really bad. It smelled like dirty mop water. It smelled like a dirty bathroom. It was so bad that I almost asked the hostess to let me know when my delivery is ready because I'll be outside waiting because I couldn't take that smell. As soon as I got up to ask the hostess had my order ready and I ran out of there as fast as I could. Couldn't tell you how good it felt to get fresh air. I don't know anything about the food there. All I know is that I won't be eating there anytime soon. read more

Food is always delicious, drink are always chilled, and the staff is always friendly. Shout out to Andrew and all the servers !!

Stay away from this place. The food took forever to come out and tasted like it was several days old. My entire family had a stomach ache after dinner. The waiter couldn't care less. Terrible experience. read more

Stopped in for lunch with my employees for one of their birthdays today. We were seated really quickly. (We arrived about 1115 on a Thursday, just for perspective.) We had a group of 6 and they sat us at a round table just for 6 checking people - it was a little crowded at the table. The waitress was really nice and accommodating checking on us several times and making sure our glasses were full. The food came out pretty quick. Most at the table ordered the daily (Chimichangas special), but I opted for the 2 cheese enchilada plate from the normal menu. (The only lunch special with a cheese enchilada included a taco - which I was not interested in.) The enchiladas were decent. VERY cheesy - I was literally trying to cut the cheese hanging from my mouth each bit because there was too much. The beans and rice were decent, but nothing to spectacular. I will say the option of salsa and a bean type salsa with chips as a starter was a nice touch. The food overall was decent, but nothing earth shattering. If my employees wanted to go again I would probably tag along, but I probably wouldn't pick this as my first choice for Mexican food. The inside was nice and the waterfall wall right behind me was neat (except for being so close my shirt got a little damp.) read more

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Their happy hour prices are nothing to complain about. The free chips and salsa are appreciated, and not bad at all. The actual food though, the shredded beef quesadilla and beef taquitos we ordered, left much to be desired. They weren't terrible, but also far from good. I can honestly say that Taco Bell does it better. If not for the happy hour prices, I perhaps wouldn't have left feeling as content as I did - or perhaps it was the margaritas (also on happy hour). Next time I'll probably just go just for those and the chips, and just leave the food out of it. The server was friendly enough, but we didn't see her very much, and did a lot of waiting around for refills. The rainforest art on the outdoor patio wall is nice to look at, but the tables are small and look a little dated. Arriba could make a few updates to the look and menu and start drawing in crowds comparable to Oreganos next door. read more

Arriba Mexican Grill - Very o.k. Mexican. - Mexican Near Me - Goodyear, Arizona

Great experience, as always. This is our family's favorite Mexican food restaurant. Every experience has been positive and we will continue coming back for more. read more

Arriba Mexican Grill - Double chocolate mini chimis - Mexican Near Me - Goodyear, Arizona

Arriba is by leaps and bounds my favorite Mexican food restaurant so far. I mean.....they give you bean dip with your chips, which is huge for a person who loves chips, but does not like tomatoes/salsa. Their chicken mini chimis are made with all white meat and are served with jalapeño cream cheese!!! SO DELICIOUS!!!! Plus the bean dip!!!! Service has been a little slow lately, but I 100% understand the difficulty in hiring staff after the pandemic. Plus....the bean dip makes up for it. Did I mention they had bean dip?!? will definitely be back again and again!!! Have that bean dip ready will ya!!! read more

It's been years since we've been here, definitely deserved an updated review. Giving them 4 stars for great and prompt service. I was very satisfied with the Arriba sampler, substituted the refrained beans for black beans. Also enjoyed a modelo especial draft. We'll definitely return soon. read more

Arriba Mexican Grill - Mexican Near Me - Goodyear, Arizona

Disappointed with this location. I was in the area and wanted to get a drink and get some food to go. As I came in I was told that I couldn't go to the bar and I had to order at the front entrance. I asked for a menu and they we rude about it and said I had to decide outside. Arribas has great food but I was not happy how I was treated at this location. I'll just stick to the one I've been going to for over 20 years. At camelback. Hopefully they are able to have a better attitude at the entrance. read more

Since this restaurant opened in Goodyear it has been plagued with poor customer service. From the hostesses to the servers and warm house beer. This is unfortunate since the food is good... Today's experience was no different. We arrived on a Saturday about 2 pm and there was a large party in the lobby waiting to be seated. There was a female employee washing the front window that saw us arrive and didn't acknowledge us in any way so we assumed she wasn't a hostess. We continued to stand uncomfortably at the hostess counter, even going so far to see if there was seating at the bar since the counter was unattended. At no point did any employee acknowledge we even existed. Finally a employee came to talk to the party of 9 to clarify their numbers. She also passed us by without even a "I'll be right with you" acknowledgement. The girl that had been cleaning the front windows slowly made her way to the hostess counter to put her supplies away. Still saying nothing, she grabbed 2 menus and silverware set ups and glanced up at us. At no point did she say one word, look like she was more than a cleaning person, or ask if we were a party of two or more. We departed the restaurant without one staff acknowledging us. The lack of customer service is consistent with this restaurant. Just when we think we will try it again... read more

Had dinner with close friends. First time to this restaurant. Margaritas were EXCELLENT! And service & food was pretty good. No complaints from me... read more

Only reason I'm giving 2 stars is because TWO managers working did try to make it up to us after being treated poorly in the beginning, & I appreciate them for doing that, but honestly won't be returning to this location. Husband, myself and our son decided to stop in last night for dinner. My husband walked in and out our name on the list, was told it would be about 15 minutes which was fine. 3-4 parties of same size checked in after us, and one by one each of those parties AFTER us got called to be seated, while we continued waiting. My husband decided to go on and ask how much longer and they said we'd be seated next. Well, literally right after being told that, a party of 2 that came after us got seated at a table that would've worked just as well for us, so my husband walks up again to ask what the issue is and looks down at their list and notices the hostess didn't even mark his name down on the list, but on a PIECE OF PAPER NEXT TO THE LIST. We had been waiting probably about 20-30 minutes by this point and the hostess than tries to lie and say we've only been waiting for 7 minutes. Seriously?! Had we not been seated in a section mainly to ourselves and served by one of the managers who was sincerely trying to make it up, we would've left. As a business owner myself, I understand a lot of situations, But lying to a customers face and trying to put it on us for their mistake? That a no go. read more

We were so disappointed. It started out good. Waitress was friendly. Got our chips, salsa, bean dip, and drinks. Seemed like it took awhile for the food to come out even though it was slow. Then the food came out. First plate had the wrong beans. Black beans but should of been refried beans. The enchiladas were luke warm. I had ordered a burrito plate with queso but got someone else's white sand with green and red sauce and queso. When I finally got the correct plate it was cold. I actually wished I had kept the white sand. So disappointing. Oh read more

This was our first visit and most likely our last. The atmosphere and staff were nice. The food not so much. We received chips and three salsas, one mild, one hot and spicy bean dip. The chips and hot salsa were good. We ordered a guacamole dip and it was tasteless. When our dinner arrived all plates were Luke warm. Like they've been sitting and waiting to come out. The tacos were fried nice, and ok. My husband 's chili verde was not good at all. It didn't look like chili verde and they threw sliced pickle jalapeños on top, like what?? Terrible, don't order it. My daughter enchiladas with ground beef were blah. They do not season their food at all. Only thing they did right was my little ones cheeseburger kids meal. Definitely need a new cook. read more

I love this place! I've been here 4 times in the last few months, during the pandemic conditions which are irritating. Love this place, the staff and the food. I'm not a margarita gal but my family and friends rave about these. We had a fun girl's day out lunch and everyone enjoyed their choices. My favorite thing besides the generous chips and delicious salsa, is the availability of regular old fashioned hamburger tacos with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese and onions!!! If you remember these, you'll know what I mean. Not the "street tacos" everyone makes... the original beauties. Great food, great waiters. read more

Arriba Mexican Grill - Girls day out lunch! - Mexican Near Me - Goodyear, Arizona

I'm glad I didn't let the bad reviews scare me away! Visiting from TN and was recommended this place. Our meals were excellent! I ordered fajita steak on my burrito and the meat was so tender and juicy. Not like any other fajita meat I've had before. Our waitress did a great job! read more

We have dined at Arribas in Goodyesr for over 8 years. We have brought many guests to enjoy their delicious Mexican food. And they have all come back becoming regulars themselves! The staff is wonderful. All of the servers are excellent, friendly, efficient, and they always greet us with a welcoming smile. The bartenders remember our drink orders and offer a welcoming smile and great attitude. The folks that bring our food ask what else we might need, from extra napkins to additional sauces to smaller dishes. Everyone is friendly and so very helpful. The food is absolutely the best whether it's ordering one of their combinations, appetizers or their incredible desserts. And they are more than happy to make changes at our request. The GM goes out of her way to try to make customers have a great dining experience. She personally takes time to chat with her customers. And when she sees an extra pair of hands would be helpful, she happily pitches in to do whatever she can. It wouldn't be a good week if we couldn't eat at Arribas at least twice a week. Great food, good service and a very enjoyable atmosphere. Our only choice for Mexican! read more

A Poem. I was feeling really lousy and thought it was because I hadn't eaten in over 24 hours since my stomach had yet to recover from yesterday's disaster of a lunch. So I ate a light salad now I feel even worse. It's possible the disgusting meal I forced down at Arriba yesterday which left my dining companion and me with what we thought was severe indigestion has actually spurred a mild case of food poisoning read more

Filled the void, but so does dog food... for a gringo, I can make better Mexican food! Took a couple of photos and posted. The margarita... Watered down, and it's National Margarita Day with no specials... And the customer service.... Eh! Slightly better than the donkey show in Tijuana. Paid $68 for overpriced horrible food. Ordered the taco al carbon and carnitas.. More dry than the desert, not to mention the fillers rather than garnish. Seriously, Taco Bell can do better!!! Now... I'm all about process improvement, so we mentioned the poor quality of the food and they give us a coupon for a free dessert.... WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I WANT TO RETURN!? Left the coupon and leftovers... I wouldn't ruin my garbage can with their food! So... Now I'm at the grocery store getting stuff for my own margaritas on National Margarita Day... Thanks GOD for the chips and salsa or else I would have left hungry. My margarita.... 2 shots of silver tequila 1 shot triple sec 1 shot Grand Marnier 2 oz simple Limeade 1 juiced lime Cost to make at least 30 of theses drinks; $30 The cost to leave this crappy review; PRICELESS!! read more

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Not So Good... Half star ... What can I say about Arribas Mexican Grill. Let's start on a positive note. The staff is warm, friendly, and extremely personable, which is why I feel horrible for saying their Mexican Food is bland and tasteless. I really wanted to like Arribas Mexican Grill. After all I had been to the Phoenix location and the food wasn't bad. However, the way to begin a meal is not with a watery tomato salsa and a puny bowl of broken chips. I have to give Arribas props for their cheese crisp. The cheese crisp was loaded with cheese and extra crispy. However, the enchiladas were soggy and brunt on the ends. Followed by the overcooked rice and flavorless refried beans. Not the worst Mexican food on earth, but it is a contender. read more

Waited over 10 minutes at the bar and they didn't even bring a menu. Place wasn't even busy. You need to hire some staff that has better awareness. read more

To start, the people slamming this or any establishment during COVID is a complete idiot. Arribas has great food, an amazing atmosphere and the staff is awesome. ESPECIALLY considering they have to deal with personally wearing "masks", a consistently changing state mandate for "safety", regulation and not being able to run their business the way they normally do. Luis is always ALWAYS great and remembers me when I walk in. Everyone is always really nice and attentive. They serve beans and two types of salsa with their chips! They make their own beer and have private label Patrón!! Anything with the Hatch chilies is great. read more

Dinner was great. Food good...hot and Priscilla was a pleasant, attentive, and a pleasure. Highly recommend!

This is our regular Mexican food place. I'm surprised the Yelp rating is so low--we've never had any problems here. The food is good, not gourmet by any means, but good. We visited on a Sunday. We could have gotten a free kids meal for our son, but when we informed our waiter that our son only eats tortilla chips, he made sure our tortilla chip bowl stayed full. That was greatly appreciated! I always get the tacos al carbon, usually with beef. The leftovers are great the next day. My husband enjoys the flaming beef fajitas with rice. A very pleasant clown visited our table and made our son a balloon archery set. That was a nice surprise! read more

Great food and great service every time we come in. Very happy with Maria are server, she was prompt and curious. Good experience when we come here. read more

Arriba Mexican Grill - Let's get it - Mexican Near Me - Goodyear, Arizona

Overall, not a bad dining experience... but nothing was exemplary about it either. I'll go back. I am fairly consistent with what I order when trying new places that are similar to other places that I have previously been to. What I mean by that is that unless something is highly recommended by other Yelpers, then I will typically get the steak tacos at a Mexican restaurant... and that way I can, in my own way, compare each restaurant to the others. Anyway, there was only a very brief wait to get seated... and the service was really attentive, coming back to check on our meal, and filling up our waters often (always a big plus in my book). read more

Omg! The food is absolutely AMAZING! I've been 3 times and the service is always great!