Love this place! Tuesday is 3 tacos for $6.50, and they're authentic! great margaritas too! Worth my drive!

The service was great, food and drinks were also great. Recommend it 10/10 especially on Friday with live mariachi!!!

Love this place! Friendly service , great margaritas! We usually get the fajitas and enchiladas. Portions a little on the small side but always tastes excellent. Drink prices very reasonable. read more

Great food reall Mexican food this if you want real Mexican food and culture must come there :. If you want American Mexican style food keep going those gringos Mexican restaurants and pay high price .... must try this place is going change the name and remodeling soon but still same person and food .... must try !!! No doubt it about it read more

Famous Rivera Grill - REAL Mexican food - Mexican Near Me - Hockessin, Delaware

Went here on a Sunday when most other Mexican restaurants are closed, namely Mexican Table. Got enchiladas with red sauce and fajitas. The red sauce taste like it was out of a jar. The enchiladas were small and soaked with the mediocre red sauce making the food a little slimy. If in Hockessin go to the Mexican table which is right across the street. read more

I felt absolutely compelled to right a review for the Famous Rivera Grill because I got really annoyed with some of the nit picking whiners on here who take stars away for some of the stupidest stuff. I come here often with my kids. The people are nice, the service is always good. I usually get the fajitas, quesadilla or tacos, but have tried other dishes and I've never been disappointed. The portions are big and they do something no other Mexican Restaurant I've been to does, which is give you enough tortilla (4) with your fajita so you have enough to wrap all the food on your platter!! There food is as good as any I've had anywhere. Not a fancy place but who cares, the food is very good. read more

We decided to try this restaurant for Taco Tuesday. We ended up getting shrimp tacos and a tortas. The woman took our order at the window and the wait of 40+ minutes begin. Another man was waiting for a while. Someone must have called in his order as he got his before us. The soft corn tortillas we're rubbery and had mostly chopped lettuce and tomatoes in it. Very few shrimp on the 3 small tacos. The rice was ok. Hubby had a sandwich and the bread tasted stale. The filling had very little chicken and mostly fillers. Not worth the $17 we paid. Not sure what the wait was as we saw at least 2-3 workers. Won't be going back. read more

super consistent and fresh, great sopes! always our go to family spot, especially on the deal nights!

Delicious food and very quick service. I recommend this restaurant especially for take out. They have a take out window and will bring it out to your car for a customer's connivence. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who is looking for good Mexican food. read more

This place really needs some help. The service here is probably the worst I've ever experienced. My waiter said that he had no suggestions when I asked him, apparently he doesn't eat Mexican food. Food took thirty minutes to get to the table. While I was waiting for the food they served me stale chips and salsa. I asked the waiter if I could have a new batch and he replied that everyone got the same chips so the and ste was "no." Food was really poor quality with tiny portions. I would say that this is probably the worst experience I've ever had with a restaurant. Deeply saddened by such terrible quality and service of place. Spend your hard earned money somewhere else!!!!' read more

The first time we came here was right after it had opened, and it was excellent! However, the service and quality have done a nose dive. We took some friends here because it was good the first time, and we were very embarrassed. The service was extremely slow and uninterested. In fact I had to poke my head in the kitchen to get our waitress to come back out in the dining room after 15 minutes for drinks. Half of our food was cold, and none of if was very good. I have also ordered twice from the take-out window. Both times the order was wrong when I got it home and opened it up. I will never order from here again. Mexican table across the street blows the quality and service of this place out of the water. read more

One of the better Mexican restaurants in the area. The food is really good and the Mariachi is a nice effect. Stay away from the margaritas-- expensive for 10 bucks and extremely short on tequila. read more

Ever see that show restaurant stake out? Decided to come here to celebrate my birthday with family. Our first choice had too long of a wait. Upon arrival the place was a ghost town, no employees or customers. After yelling to the back a employee magically came out and instructed us to sit anywhere. I immediately ordered a Margherita and a lemonade while I waited for everyone to arrive. I got the lemonade right away. However the Margherita did not show up until 3 inquiries and 25 min later. On my 3rd inquiry I asked about how much longer for my drink, and the server responded with "I don't know, they still have to make it". The servers were completely clueless about the menu. My son wanted a mild tamales. Their response was red or green sauce? I said the mild one, they said they did not know which one was mild because they come in frozen and never had one. My kids were getting impatient with the 30 min wait for taco salad. So when they inquired about the anticipated wait, the waitress responded she does not know because it depends on which cook is making it. Finally we got half the food. However my dad and my son did not receive their food for at least another ten minutes. This was it! We demanded a manager or the chimp that was running this place. So the response we received from the server was the manager was at another one of his restaurants. He instructed us to leave a note for him on some scrap paper. I sure hope he reads this :) read more

They keep messing up on our to go orders. Rarely get the same consistent customer service for to go orders.

first time eating here. Very good food, nicely prepared. good size portions, and very reasonable. . my wife can't eat anything spicy, and the cook came out and said he can prepaid anything without hot peppers. service was very attentive. will be back read more

Authentic Mexican cuisine. We tried a few of the tacos and tamales over a few visits and all were good including carnitas (pork) and lengua (tongue). They do serve special soups on the weekends, including the shrimp soup which was pretty good. If you eat in the meals come with pre-made chips and salsa but neither were all that good. In addition to the convenient take out window they have a rather large dining room and bar area with television sets. I kind of prefer doing take-out though because the restaurant is enormous, a bit drabby and outdated, and invariably empty. It's much better than the Mexican place across the street but a notch below Dona Rosa up the street (where they seem to make their own chips and serve them with warm bean dip). The employees seem friendly though and it's very reasonably priced. read more

See all

A favorite to satisfy the cravings I get for Mexican food. Order up a Modelo Negra or 2 to go with your meal!

We stopped here on our back home after a particularly difficult day. Best thing that has happened to us in a long time! Very local, very authentic, great service, wonderful food. There was even a Mariachi band. read more

Very authentic and awesome food, we had margarita and I personally had fried fish mojarrarita. Beautiful place and ambience, will definitely revisit again. read more

Famous Rivera Grill - a plate of fish and french fries - Mexican Near Me - Hockessin, Delaware

The food is very good. Almost everything is very spicy so if you do not like spicy food be careful of what you order. The chips and salsa are good. They have 3 kinds of salsa and all are very spicy. They do not have a full time bartender but do have a liquor license and a full bar. If you ask for a margarita they make them to order and have yet to figure out that people like to drink before they eat the food. BE CAREFUL: They do not have a drink list with the prices marked. I was here 4 times and charged 4 different amounts for a house margarita. It depended on the server I guess. They do not have happy hour specials. So be sure to ask ahead of time what the drink prices are. It should really be illegal and they should have to have a drink list with the prices but maybe this makes it more authentic. They do more of a take out business i believe. There were a few reviews under Riviera Famous Grill. I had my review there, so this is the same review. With all the positive reviews maybe I will go back and give them another try. read more

Amazing tacos, good drinks, great friendly service and super convenient walk up window for takeout keeps me coming back weekly!

Great food great service. Food was fresh and tasty. The princes are very reasonable also. They even had drink specials at 12pm! Loved it.

We were there Friday 5/29 with a party of four and we all enjoyed our dinner and drinks. They started us off with chips and 3 kinds of salsa, all of which were very good, hot and fresh tasting. The Camarones a la Diabla were suburb as were the beef tacos. A mariachi band was playing adding to the authentic feel. It was our first visit. Follow-up visit was not as good. One person waiting on all the tables plus the take-out window. Very slow service and they were out of many menu items. Drinks took forever too. read more

A bad review of the Famous Rivera Grill in Hockessin. Do not and I repeat do not go to this restaurant. On 12/28/18 we went when there were only a few tables that were seated. We waited over 50 minutes for our food only to be told repeatedly that it was coming. Despite the fact that the tables that came after us were served before us and yes, we did notice. Our waitress did not check on us for over 15 minutes and yes we timed it. Close to an hour after we arrived we left leaving money for our drinks and a tip However when I called to tell them about the service I was told that the manager was too busy to talk and that if we were there we should've realized how busy they were. I was also told that we could have left the restaurant and gone to the walk up window to get our food. " don't you know we have a take out window " and then told " i told you five times we are too busy" I also heard the conversations between the girl Who answered the phone and the manager and needless to say I am shocked by what I heard. They could care less about customer service and were rude despite the fact they clearly forgot our order. The fact that that they are so comfortable in talking to their customers in a demeaning and non caring manner tells you all you need to know. Do no give this business any of your money. They do not care for their customers and allow staff to be belligerent and rude. read more

We just moved around here and bought groupons to try some new places! This was one of them. It would have been worth full price.... their prices are great and the food is AMAZING. I had the shrimp tacos and my husband had a chicken burrito especial. We did take out but next time we will definitely try eating in!!! read more

All the food was really good and the service was great as well. If one waiter was busy another would assist, the waitress was very helpful with selections and explaining was some of the dinner items were. I had enchiladas and my wife hade the burritos. The chips and salsa kept coming until dinner arrived. We enjoyed the night out. read more

Food was good but the service was terrible. Waited 15 minutes to place our drink and food order. Then no one came back to refill our drinks for another 20 minutes. read more

As a transplant from California, I consider myself a bit of a Mexican food snob. This place doesn't disappoint--its as authentic as it gets. Their pork pastor has a great tang, and their carnitas and carne asada are moist and flavorful. I've dined in the restaurant and ordered through the take-out window many times, and the food has been excellent every time. read more

This place is wonderful. I came here with my wife multiple times in the last few months and have had an excellent experience every time. The food has been great and the service has been perfect. Even though we knew it would be busy, we went here a couple of days ago on Cinco de Mayo. The restaurant was packed and some of the servers were literally running, trying to keep up with the demand. We were warned when we ordered that the food might take a while (and it did) but expecting that this would be the case due to the Mexican holiday, it was fine. Our waiter was quick to bring us drinks while we enjoyed the mariachi band. If you happen to go to an Irish pub on St. Patty's Day (or Mexican restaurant on Cinco de Mayo), patience may be required. read more

Still feel this serves the best authentic mexican food around. Prices are especially good during mon -thur lunch specials. Friday night mariachi band is exceptional. Lots offun. I will admit that the service is slow but this isnot to be held against the establishment. I think the servers are being extra diligent is making sure the orders are correct. But the food is so delicious that it's worth the wait. read more

Not very good and the place was understaffed. Everything took forever. Fajitas were lacking veggies beyond peppers (if I wanted shrimp and peppers I would've ordered it). The only sauce served with the Fish tacos was sour cream. Gross.... read more

4 major things: 1) The food is excellent! Aside from the choriqueso that had little chorizo and used American cheese, the rest of the food was very flavorful and delish! The coctel de camarones is almost as good as the ones I had growing up in CA, except they don't use diced cucumber in theirs. 2) The liquor is FAR TOO WATERED DOWN! I had 8 shots of patron and 2 24 oz margaritas. I should've been bumping into walls, or at least staggering out of the place. Instead, I drove home and didn't even have much of a buzz. Ridiculous! I know many places water down the liquor, but adding a little liquor to water is pretty much like defrauding someone. STOP IT! 3) The service was deplorable. Our server was confused, food was ordered and not delivered, drinks had to be ordered multiples times, etc. It also took quite some time to get food. And the place wasn't packed. There was far too much confusion for this woman, and not enough help to cover the number of people there. 4) The restaurant was far too warm. It's summer. There's heat. And with people in a restaurant, that means more heat. I understand you want to sell your booze and delicious frozen margaritas (they have passion fruit!!!), but don't make customer wish they wore shorts and tank top to eat there! STOP THAT! For reasons 2 and 3, and a touch of 4, considering they're major issues, I can't give this place more than 2 stars. For 2 people, our bill was almost $240 -- a large chunk of it from water mixed with a touch of Patron; the margaritas were flavorful, but lacked any taste of alcohol. Hopefully they get it together, cuz that's a great way for one to ruin their own business. read more

Recently read a review of Rivera in DE Today or another local magazine and gave it a try last weekend. We didn't love the food -- we had taquitos with guacamole to start and tacos. We wanted tamales but they were out, they were also out of posole (which was what I wanted on a snowy Saturday). read more

A lot of taco varieties and very tasty. They serve some dishes on weekends like menudo that my hubby likes. Overall 4 stars but kids eat free Sundays and for a growing family that's worth another star! read more

I had the tacos. Found them quite tastes and a great value. I Oder steak as well as chorizo. Defiantly a nice change from the other local food in Hockessin. read more

We ordered two appetizers and they were fresh and authentic! The table salsas were fresh as well with three distinct tastes. Atmosphere was relaxed and friendly. Will be going back for the great food and service! read more

Love the mariachi band that plays here on Fridays; so fun! My husband said the chicken enchiladas were the best he'd ever had. My son enjoyed his quesadilla, and they both wolfed down the "fried" ice cream dessert. Yes, the service is slow, but maybe they can't afford to hire more help...? It was worth the wait, and there is a friendly vibe to the place, especially when the band is playing. I've been here before and look forward to coming back. read more

Best Mexican place in Delaware... and I've been to them all! Very nice employees.. and excellent food!!! Chips & Salsa are delicious! Kristin J. read more

I will say that I really do like their food. But, the one star is for my service this evening. My husband & I get there place our order have a seat in the outside takeout area & Damn near 15.minutes later the waitress rings her bell for us to come over to tell us they do NOT have the majority of what vwe ordered. Now, mind you we specifically asked this person ( not what I really want to call her right now) when we first walked up if they had it & she said YES. I ask the bright one why didn't she tell me that when I ordered & CRICKETS!!! I then ask her how much longer for the tacos she said 20 more minutes!!!, read more

Famous Rivera Grill in Hockessin satisfies our need for authentic Mexican food. $2 tacos and tamales are terrific and a great value, as is the $10 burrito especiale. This is authentic Mexican fast food. Delicious and a real value. read more