Saw this place from the road and loved the building. My boyfriend and I stopped for drinks and appetizers. Loved the atmosphere, friendly staff, and good margaritas! If ever traveling through the area again, would come back! read more

The food is mediocre at best and they fail to respect patrons with disabilities. We won't be going back. NOT CHILDREN FRIENDLY!

Great food, great drinks BUT- DO NOT come here if you have a child with special needs. They just asked a mom trying to have an evening with friends to have her happy son with autism to stop him from singing. The bar is loud anyway....it's a bar. Thanks Rio Mambo for sending my friend home in tears. read more

I don't understand the bad reviews. I've been to to this place twice in the last two months. They do follow COVID-19 protocols. They even have outdoor seating. The place is very clean. The margaritas are top notch. The food is always fresh and delicious. I've had the salmon and fish tacos. This our go to spot in Burleson for special occasions. Love it. read more

I absolutely love coming here! The service is always amazing!! The food is great! I've been for brunch , lunch and dinner and I love the atmosphere and the menu. I'm always satisfied. The inside is so nice I can't wait to come back and have a dinner party next! The place is so cute at night with all the lights too. read more

Very nice setting, very ordinary service and very ordinary food. In fact, food sub-par. Many better places for Mexican food in Burleson--one being Fresco's, much better, and LaJacaranda in Venus, much, much better. At lunch today, service was slow, and food was room temperature. Second visit to Rio Mamo, and probably last. Same experience on first visit. Too bad, because the atmosphere is very nice. read more

The restaurant was clean but that's about the best I can do. The service was lacking, took awhile just to have a server come over and get drinks (2 unsweet teas). The food was extremely bland on both dishes (shrimp tacos and a 3 enchilada plate). Neither of us finished ours. The server never asked how it was, he obviously knew. We spent $50 for both of us and to be honest I would have preferred dropping a twenty at Taco Bell and saving $30. read more

This is just plain awful food some how everything taste like Italian food. Would not recommend what's so ever.

Be careful with to-go orders. Not only will you wait well past what they quote; food won't be cooked all the way, and other food will be cold. Don't contact them via email either because they won't respond. Disappointed to say the least. Will just go to the Fort Worth location. UPDATE: contact Brent, not the email on the website. You will get an immediate response and explanation. read more

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The restaurant is upscale, But customers were dressed laid back. Service was great! Business was very busy on a Saturday night. We were sat down right away. Our waitress was sweet and attentive, we were greeted by 4 different managers and still one other waiter asked us if we were needing anything else for our table. Food was good and good proportions. House margarita was sweet and only $6.99 Overall experience was great! Date night was successful. We plan on returning soon. read more

I love this place! Love all the colors inside - vibe is great! The waiters and waitress' are so nice! I loved the lady we had last time I can't remember her name but she was so attentive and I asked for vegetarian beans and she knew all the info. She's beautiful! Rafael is so sweet!!! He helped my large party and was very kind to us and VERY knowledgable about the menu! Love the salsa and veggie enchiladas! Love this place! read more

Bad service, waited 30 min for water-food came out cold, orders were wrong. Over priced.

Poor service. Asked for limes for our Mexican beer. First time our server said no problem. Never brought lime. Asked a second time. No lime. Then ordered a other beer and asked explicitly for limes from the bar server. She said " certainly", never returned. Again asked our server for limes. Finally received after beers were consumed! Our dinner orders were mixed up and incorrect. One entree was to have blue cheese crumbles nstead of cheddar cheese. It arrived with cheddar cheese. Told the server and she brought out blue cheese dressing. The diablo salad was missing the diablo sauce! Ordered jalapenos. No jalapenos. My experience was that the servers did not care about serving the patrons. They did not enjoy their job! read more

This place is incredible!! It's our first time at this location, and it was busy. Our waitress kind of disappeared on us and that was a little confusing- after we have our drink orders but Donovan saved the night!! He was an awesome waiter and very attentive to our needs. Donovan, made our experience from pretty bad to an awesome experience!! Great recovery moment and our food was delicious! We were a party of 6! We will definitely return! Thanks Donovan read more

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Our waiter Sergio Gonalez was A1 that's all I can I say or comment. Our experience was the top limit.

My daughter and I came here for brunch. I got the brunch deal and frankly the only thing that was good was the fresh fruit and the huge mimosa that was heavy on the champagne. I had the huevos rancheros-their version. This is a Mexican staple. How does a Mexican place mess this up??? The ranchero sauce had absolutely no flavor. The chef must also be allergic to salt because nothing was salted. My daughters ham and cheese omelette was decent. But for restaurant quality food I expect country ham and not ham from the supermarket deli. The home fries were ehhhh ok. Needed salt and were just ok. All in all we won't be back for breakfast. I've decided this place is only good for their margaritas. read more

Best Mexican food in Burleson area hands down. GREAT Management and fantastic atmosphere. My boyfriend and I have dined there several times since they came to Burleson and we've enjoyed it every time. Beautiful decor and ambiance with nice size lobby area if you have to wait for table. The bar is a happening place with a really good happy hour menu and delicious drinks! We did a large party of 25 for my daughters 23rd birthday and the wait staff/management were absolutely wonderful! read more

I just tried this place for the first time because my wife wanted to try it. We walked in and were greeted. The staff was very friendly. Everything was fine until the food came. I order the ribeye fajitas and the wife had the grilled relleno and my son order the beef burrito of the kids menu. My wife thought the food was ok but nothing spectacular. My son's burrito was super greasy that the tortilla was soaking up the grease and turned orange. I was not going to let him eat it so he just filled up on the fries. As for my plate, I literally had 3 bites and I told myself I was not going to eat this. For $26 you figure the meat wouldn't be so bland. The rice and beans were alright. They reminded me of Pancho's. The flour tortillas tasted as if I just bought them from Walmart. Like the mission flour tortilla. Our waiter Brian, came and saw that I barely touch my plate and ask me what was wrong and I told him the meat was bland and my son's burrito was greasy as hell and I wasn't going to let him eat it. So he told his manager and the manager came over to our table and ask what was wrong and I told him the same thing I told our waiter. We went back and forth on him comping my meal. Pretty much the service and staff was excellent. In my opinion, the food is bland and not worth going. But our waiter Brian was excellent and I did give him a tip. It's not his fault the wasn't good. read more

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We are so happy they came to Burleson! Wonderful selection on the menu and delicious margaritas at the bar. Ask for Louie if you can! The shredded chicken tostadas are perfect - so much so that I have a hard time ordering anything else! My daughters live the bacon wrapped shrimp and their salsa is fresh and perfection! read more

We have been to Rio Manbo a couple of times and I always get the pork shanks. They are delicious!

Great environment, delicious food and outstanding drinks! The customer service is spot on and always enjoy coming this place!!

The food is above and beyond what we expected, Sunday brunch was delicious! They do pay gospel music in the bar, at a level hard to ignore. Personally not my favorite, but I'll live. read more

Absolutely love this place. The food is wonderful, service is great and atmosphere is amazing. We eat here once a week and enjoy being treated so well. Jose, one of the managers, is always available and treats us like his family!! Thank you Donovan our waiter is amazing, he cares about us and is such a great young man!!! Love this place read more

Sitting here for 10 minutes without my drink. Food was given to me cold. Dr pepper was extremely flat. Would give 0 stars if i could.

Really really good. The brunch is awesome with Mimosas available with one breakfast dish. Love their evening menu! Plenty of great dishes to please anyone. Long lines after 6:30 on Friday. read more

The food was pretty good. Steak fajitas were the best I have ever had but the service was down right AWFUL. We ate our entire dinner arm's length distance from a disgusting table that no one bothered to clean. It was gross. My waiter was ok but after out meal was done they finally decided to bust that table next to us. Well in doing so they dropped sour cream on the floor and it splattered all over us. My face, my shirt, and my pants. The guy didn't apologise, just kept walking. I asked to speak to the manager......we waited ten minutes.....he never showed up to our table. We confronted him at the door and complained about the dirty table and he could care less. We will never come back. Sucks because the food was yummy. read more

The food was average but the service was terrible! We came on a Tuesday night so it wasn't busy at all. Our waitress didn't know how to use their computer tablet for orders so we had to order twice. We then had to hunt her down to get drink and chip refills both times. They brought out three tortillas with an order of fajitas and after waiting 15 minutes for our waitress to come back to our table, she took another 15 minutes to bring extra tortillas so the fajita meat was cold by then. She then took 20 minutes to show herself again and when I asked for our tab she just read the total off of the computer tablet and acted annoyed when I asked her to print it out for me. After she brought our printed tab I discovered that she was charging us for extra drinks that weren't ordered and then took another 20 minutes to get a revised tab. I spent 1 hour and 20 minutes in this restaurant for two adults and two kids on a Tuesday night and did not enjoy the experience at all. read more

The food was fantastic, hence the two stars. The service was probably the worst I've had in a very long time. We had to wait ages for a server and the server we did end up getting got our orders wrong 3 times. We waited a very long time for the food and once we got it, one of our dishes was an entirely different dish than we requested. We did not want to wait another 45 minutes for the food, so we kept the dish. The server would not offer us a discount. I've heard similar stories from others whom have been to this restaurant as well.. it's a great atmosphere with fantastic food but the service and price are not equivalent. There are other Mexican restaurants in town. read more

Foods and drinks are always good when we come here! Normally pretty friendly too. Try the mango frozen Rita!

I'm not giving it one star because the staff was friendly. Really cool decor, but was allot of loud chattering going on. Wait time was very long. Weird taste in the grilled brisket burrito plate. Too high priced for the quality of food. Presentation could have been allot better. read more

Top notch food. Friendly staff and great service. Went with the chicken enchiladas and was not disappointed. Will definitely be back.

I know this location hasn't been open very long, but I have been a patron of the location off of Bryant Irving for a bit. This Burleson location is very nice but, to put it nicely, lack of ethnic diversity, makes the place seem dull and "unauthentic." I ask the bartender if they had Mango and chamoy margaritas and she just looked at me like I was crazy. She had no idea what chamoy was and she works at a Tex-Mex place. Also when I got the margarita it wasn't filled to the adequate level. A little disappointed with that aspect of the service. This prevents me from giving them a good rating. Sorry. read more

Absolutely had a fantastic experience for dinner. Even on a Friday around 5, we got seated immediately. It was very busy but our drinks and food came out promptly. The house margarita is delicious. The brisket grilled relleno with sour cream sauce was divine. And the combination plate of enchiladas and a pork tamale was wonderful. So much food though that I needed to take some home! Which is never a problem. And Barry was a great server. Ask for Barry. read more

Well it's as great as ever!!! Welcome to Burleson Rio Mambo we will be back!! Food was great, Service was on point if you go ask for George!!! Manager came to table to makes sure everything was ok!! Oh yeah this is there first night and no liquor license so two free drinks with each entrée!! We will be back!!! read more

Horrible service . We arrived at 5:30 for our reservation. They didn't have the table ready and were not even busy. We were seated and they took our drink order. When all of our group were seated the waitress took our food order and it took forever to get our food and they bring out our food order my son and I didn't even get what we ordered. They did go back and prepare what we did order and when they brought it out the waitress told me that I had told her that I wanted something else than what I had told her. Evidently she needs to study the menu. Oh we will never be back and will always go to frescoes in burleson if we want Mexican food read more

Greatly enjoying a beautiful restaurant that serves delicious food with a well trained staff. I had the brisket nachos for my birthday, and the pineapple pico de gallo was an exquisite touch. And the deep fried ice cream is really really good. read more

I have no idea why this place doesn't have a better rating. I go all the time and the food, drinks and service are all great.

I had hopes this would be a great place but it was not. The fajita meat was salty and the sides were awful. The queso tasted like melted velveeta. Their Mexican style risotto was so bad. It was the wrong rice for risotto, it seemed to be reg rice and not creamy. It had mushy carrots and peppers. The corn was gross. It tasted squishy and brown like it came from an can and browned in a skillet. The pork shank was good but I don't think we'll be back. read more

Excellent service every time I dined in here. My entree was the spinach and chicken enchiladas. They were very good. I loved the interior of the restaurant, especially their restroom. read more

Eating out with bad service just leaves you feeling like you wasted your money. I've been her 4 times over the last year with my family and service is slow, nonchalant and unapologetic. I'm sitting here right now and it sucks. Thinking about getting up and leaving. The Fort Worth location is much more service oriented. Not coming back. read more