This place is close to my neighborhood. What's so special about that? Gas is over $5.00/gal. That's what got me in. But, gas alone does not make for a happy belly. They now have Taco Monday and Taco Wednesday. Each taco is 0.99¢ This price is relevant to their chicken taco. I enjoyed the flavor and texture of the chicken taco. Compared to other Mexican restaurants in the Reno area, the tacos are noticeably smaller. But, on the flip side, these tacos are cheaper than some other places. Depending on who's cooking these yummy tacos, they can be greasy. This visit, they were not greasy. Just yummy! The food was good. I enjoyed it and I plan to be back. I will try some of their other offerings. This time, my review is just on their tacos. The service was fair and good. I gave it a dual rating since I had to wait too long for someone to come to the counter and take my order. Once my order was taken, it came out hot and fresh! They even brought it to my table! But, it still bothered me that I had to wait for an acknowledgement. There were more than enough employees working. If nothing else, someone should have acknowledged me. Another customer, that came in after me, was waiting a few minutes with no one taking his order or acknowledging him. I can understand if there was a long line in the drive through, but that wasn't the case. I counted 3 people working behind the counter. One person (manager?) should always have an eye on the front counter. If nothing else to acknowledge the customer. I worked retail long enough to know that will make for happier customer. The salsa bar good and the salsa had enough of a kick to satisfy me. Maybe another choice could be added. Jalapenos, pickled, roasted or sliced fresh would be good. The selection was small. To the point that I had to say something about it here on Yelp. Location of this location. It's where Shake & Steak used to be. Between Golden Valley and Lemmon Dr. Bottom Line ------------------ Would I eat here again? Yes. Would I suggest this location? Yes, kind of. But I wouldn't rave about it. I will review again after I try some of their other offerings. I sure hope that I don't have to wait to be acknowledged next time I decide to come here. read more

Rivas Mexican Grill - Tacos on Monday and Wednesdays are now $0.99 each. Sounds good to me and it's close to the house - Mexican Near Me - Reno, Nevada

I should have checked the reviews before I stopped here today. I have been to several other locations and enjoyed my meal. Today was a different story. I ordered a steak salad. With tax it was over $13 . The cashier was friendly and polite but let me tell you the food was TERRIBLE. Old steak, tasted funny, smelled funny and served cold. The bottom of the salad was store bought bagged shredded iceberg lettuce. They covered it with a decent spring mix but that was just to cover up the icky iceberg underneath. Overall I'm disappointed. I trashed the whole salad and left.. needless to say I won't be back to that location as I do not have money to just throw in the trash. read more

12/25/2025 merry Christmas and first time trying this place. Ordered asada fries party platter. It's HUGE and one of the best asada fries I've ever had. Not to many places open on Xmas so thank you for that. The salsa had a made and expiration date, I've never seen that before. Definitely will try again read more

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Food was terrible. We should've known since we were the only ones in the entire restaurant. Ordered steak burrito and Chile relleno burrito. Both were very undersized for the price, very salty. We asked for chips and salsa was charged $4.50 for a tiny bowl of chips. Told to get the salsa from the salsa bar. Salsa was watered down. No flavor. Food was served on a Styrofoam tray. No public restroom. Getto read more

Wow I should of read the reviews!! First off Rivas tacos are really good and for a good price on Monday and Wednesday. But when I order over a dozen, they've been cold even some have been frozen. I mention this to the supervisor and she informed me it was the lettuce, but it wasn't the taco shells where cold and the aluminum tray they come in was cold. (On a few order) When I told her this she didn't want to listen and pointed at the sign, that they have a right not serve anyone. So I guess I'm banned from this place. Which is fine. But such a shame for her rudeness. read more

I tried this location about 5 months ago and 4 months ago. It had a sewer smell and that was worrisome. So I looked it up on yelp and there were many with the same complaint for about a YEAR. Hmm...Strike 1. But maybe it is something due to the area. I work out here and there are definite issues with power, plumbing, internet... so maybe... The first try got me SLOW service with NOBODY in the place dining. Then slow food and just bad food. The second time I got the same young gal at the register and I got ignored then helped VERY slowly and I got to take my food with me back to work because the HOUR was almost up. The gal at the register was not really helpful, was distracted, missed things on my first order... And on the second order she was even curt. Strike 2 And bad old veggies and off taste... Yeah... No. Strike 3. I cannot bring myself to try again even though I love the other locations and there are so few good options for food near here. I suspect that, while I see owner following up on Yelp... There is no real work to change things. And that is sad. Perhaps change the staff up and fix the pipes and write off old product rather than serve it. Hell, at least move that slop along faster! If we know we are going to get sick and treated like crap but you are a star on FAST food... It MAY be an option! Oh and when I did try to mention some of my thoughts to the guy that seemed at the head of staff or perhaps the owner... I was avoided and got to talk to the girl that was the problem. Pass. When we, as customers say things 2 things should happen: 1: I do not want you to bow to customer entitlement. I KNOW I am being an asshole here. I have been made angry and I should not be rewarded for being such. Just listened to. Same for others. Bowing to most of the grouchy ass entitled Valleys, will send you chasing your tail and paying out free stuff to people that are trying to feel better about losing their humanity and trying to get validation of their inner princess through robbery. I do not need free stuff nor a private stroke of my ego. And I doubt it will help others whom are angry for the repeated issues. I would like change. Just listen and embrace the opportunity to connect and change. People can be a bit much out here but they are people. And feeding them good stuff will make them come back. Treating them decently, even more so... And not smelling like a food safety issue... SPARKLES! 2. Do SOMETHING. Having the same issues for years? I am glad I only tried twice and found other options. Possibilities include firing people using bad product or that are just not interested in working the register or in any work really.... OR You could sell that restaurant to someone that wants to run it well and be really successful! Feel free to try one of these. I look forward to a good food option out here. Whether it is your Rivas or a Jimmy Johns that cares more than this owner seems to. Now this probably sounds like I hate everyone. I do not. I want People to aim for BETTER. Come on Reno! We create our own problems. We need to learn to WORK to be better. read more

This was the worst experience i've ever had for my first time at a restaurant. I asked what was in the vegetarian burrito and was told: lettuce, tomatoes, tortilla strips, avocado. I got it and got home and was biting into straight lettuce. It was also lettuce with carrots. No avocado, no tomatoes, no tortilla strips.I called and asked if that was correct and they said no so I returned to get a new one. They took like 7 minutes to make it. & Then when I got home I bit into the burrito to have the exact same experience. I opened the burrito and saw there were a tiny bit of tortilla strips, some avocado (but barely any) and no tomatoes. I paid $8 for a tortilla with salad mix in it.... The only positive thing is the staff is nice. But I will never come back here and I wish I could get a refund. read more

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It was my first time coming here. I was hesitant because of all the bad reviews on social media. However, my mother ate here today and said it was great. I ordered a #2 chicken combo. Got it to go. Didn't get any silverware. Good thing I was going home to eat it and not on my lunch break. The dish size seems to be on point with what I paid. Wow, it's very salty. The tortilla is hard and chewy. I wouldn't go back. ‍ It's not the best, in my opinion. #disappointed #wontbeback read more

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They water down the sauces resulting in tacos being tasteless. They advertise 99 cent tacos on Monday and Wednesday but their quality is unacceptable. read more

Me walking in there with a lighter complexion I feel like I was instantly judged. I've always ordered from DoorDash because I've never had issues in this time. I wanted to go pick it up. I felt like the mama had walked in there. They were complaining about everything that I had bought and how I wanted it mind you I just didn't want guacamole because it hurts my stomach And gave me really bad reactions I told the woman that I spoke a little bit of Spanish enough to understand and communicate with them, and after that everything went completely quiet because how disrespectful he was being while he was cooking my food. I guess I will stay with delivery because walking in there definitely was not the vibes. read more

My husband and I have walked in here on two different occasions. Both times, it smelled like sewer and so we walked right back out to go to a different place. We'd love to actually order and eat here but the smell of sewer is extremely off putting. read more

Let's not assume people want two bites of rice when ordering a small rice side of rice. Maybe a side of rices should be 1/2 cup or a full cup. Do better Rivas. read more

Rivas Mexican Grill - Small rice next to salsa. They have taken small down to micro. Not sure when this became a small rice, ridiculous. - Mexican Near Me - Reno, Nevada

Went to Rivas today 8/9/25 to the drive thru took my order and in 12 minutes they handed me the order then took it home. Ordered ham breakfast burrito and menudo. Tastes great! I think Rivas deserves a second chance. read more

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New to the neighborhood comes Rivas! I made the mistake of calling the wrong number and had to reorder my food when I got to the restaurant after a 15 minute wait and a mix up of whose name was who, but the young lady on site seemingly running their front of house was polite and accommodating. I ordered their steak fries, a steak burrito and their Rivas burrito combo. A bit on the pricier side I'll admit when comparing them to Roberto's or Carmelitas right around the corner. Everything was absolutely delicious. The fries were crispy, the steak well done, tender and deliciously seasoned. It was raining the evening I stopped by, but regardless it didn't stop anyone from coming in or pulling up to the drive thru which is open 24 hours. The service was a good 10-15 minute wait from the time I put my order in to when the food was ready which was to be expected and I sat inside and enjoyed a fairly chill atmosphere with your usual ambient noise and aromas of chicken, steak, pepper's and such. Overall, I had a great experience minus the hiccup. I usually get names I know, but I was thrown off by having called the wrong number and being hungry. I'll stop by again soon to take another visit and give you a better look at this new spot in North Reno. - Please note the contact number on their website for the one locally in North Hills goes to an Utah number. Please use the number on the mailer instead that reached homes a few weeks ago. read more

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I came back after a year, I wanted a meaty burrito and remembered my previous experience. Filled with optimism at a second chance for some redemption I made my order and to my surprise I was presented with what I believe to be a microwaved burrito. Surely that can't be true but I eat a lot of burritos and this example really felt microwaved or at the very least premade and reheated in some fashion from the moist, tight wrapper and mailable tortilla to the homogeneous filling. Gotta be a reheat right or I must be trippin. We'll just bet that I'm trippin cuz I really thought everything was made to order. Anyway I ordered the daily combo with drink for a slightly better deal but still had to pay extra $1.50 in addition to the posted deal price because horchata is an upgrade apparently but it is tasty. read more

No... dude. Keep it real bro. Your so-called Agua fresco is canned pineapple juice and water. Worst ive ever tasted

We recently went to the Rivas North Hills Blvd location (the old Steak & Shale building) to pick up a couple orders of rice, an order of fries and menudo. It took the restaurant about 30 minutes to fill the order, the first gal that took our order was indifferent but the young man that gave us our order was at least courteous. The food was reasonably priced and tasted good bit customer service and the speed of service definitely leaves room for improvement. read more

Rivas Mexican Grill - Menudo - Mexican Near Me - Reno, Nevada

Found a thick black hair in my burrito. Yum Also got the asada fries 2/10 they taste as if they were smothered in olive juice read more

Rivas Mexican Grill - Rivas Burrito with hair - Mexican Near Me - Reno, Nevada

The food was excellent, the service was great and it really impressed me on how clean it was as a local restaurant.

Ordered online 3 Steak burritos $57.13 plus $5.00 tip.for delivery on 1.14.26, through Uber Eats. Sorely disappointed with Rivas #20 in North Valleys Reno NV. When the order arrived, they were 3 different sizes. Contacted Uber Eats. Bottom line Uber Eats said via text, they would advise the managerial department, and due to their guidelines, no compensation would be given. This is the second time I've had issues with Rivas #20. The 1st time issue was resolved, this time, no resolution. I would suggest to anyone, not to order online. read more

Rivas Mexican Grill - 3 different sized steak burritos - Mexican Near Me - Reno, Nevada

My husband, son and his best friend wanted the Rivas Carna sada burritos on Saturday night, but I wanted their street tacos! We all loved my food and this is the second time I have had their Saturday special! At least this time it didn't become a huge pile of food all mixed together when we got home! The service at the speaker and window was helpful, which sometimes is a problem to understand! One day we will eat in the restaurant read more

Rivas Mexican Grill - Rivas tacos - Mexican Near Me - Reno, Nevada

Tasty food n great green salsa. Service was nice. And overall look inside the restaurant was very nice. read more

Rivas Mexican Grill - First time having tacos from Rivas, glad to say they were very tasty, green salsa was great. I will definitely be coming back. - Mexican Near Me - Reno, Nevada

Disappointed. I ordered Pozole today. The taste was good but we didn't see much meat.

I love the el pastor and the chicken taco Wednesdays for $1. The horchata and the jamaica is decent but not the best ive ever had. Prices are too high for my liking and they serve lemons instead of limes which I find odd. The food is fast though and the staff is pretty nice but can be hard to flag down sometimes. The green hot sauce is good as its not too hot just the right amount of spice. I think I would go there more if the prices were better. read more

DON'T GO HERE!!! The food was just horrible I don't know what they call food but it wasn't worth the money and the insulting punch to my tastebuds. I don't think anyone should eat anything from there unless you want to go to the bathroom for a while afterwards. My son was sick as soon as we got home and we only live 5-8 away and then a little after that chaos happened afterwards, We were all lined up sick to our stomachs. Also There's no flavor to the food or the salsas and the burritos are ridiculously small!! And I mean like almost home made regular tortilla small. What a joke of a restaurant. Just save your money and drive past this place and eat somewhere else! read more

Takes your money and then cancels your order then you get to wait a week. I already thought they used too much cinnamon in the al pastor but theft is worse read more

Towards the beginning--when Rivas Mexican Grill first opened--the food was genuinely great. Unfortunately, the quality has gone downhill fast. They're skimping on meat across the entire menu, and it's honestly frustrating as a regular customer. The dollar tacos have noticeably less chicken, the steak burritos are stuffed with more veggies than actual steak, and the Rivas burrito is basically 90% beans with barely any meat at all. Even the asada fries and other specialty fries have way less meat than they used to. It's disappointing, especially considering they've increased their prices. If they were adding more meat or improving anything, the higher prices would make sense--but instead we're paying more and getting less. To be honest, the flavor has declined too. They used to be good, but now everything tastes bland and thrown together. Even the agua frescas are hit or miss, and definitely not worth the cost. With the high prices and the tiny portions--especially the lack of meat--it's just not worth it anymore. I won't be coming back until they fix their quality and value, because right now it's nowhere near what it used to be. read more

Love your chicken tacos, and chili relleno burrito. But I would really like to see a calorie count for everything.

They have a very interesting concept in this restaurant where they serve you "home-made style" Mexican food, but with the idea of making it fast food. I had the shrimp torta, which was good. We had a taco Al Pastor, and we had a beef taco. I kept missing my chips and salsa to go with my meal. The self-serve station had no pico de gallo, which I love at Mexican restaurants. I wish them good luck. I found it interesting that there was no access to drink and sodas, and the restrooms are locked due to the fact that they have homeless people in the area. The place was not busy at all, but they were fast and courteous. read more

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Ordered the steak nachos, chips did not seem homemade, are they Tostitos? Very disappointing. The beans dead ass taste like canned Rosarita beans. I wanted to like this but I just could not finish it. Such a let down, especially for $17. Just seemed a bit lazy to cut corners read more

The location on N Hills Blvd is new and having a few growing pains. We had dined at the location in Sparks and loved it, so as soon as they opened we went. So did everybody else in the north valleys. A Friday evening visit was a bit hectic. The beef tacos were chicken but good and I didn't take it back. The serving size of the rice and beans was too small. Don't disappoint someone with small portions of the least expensive items you offer. Wait time was not too bad considering how many people had flooded the place. The salsa bar is a treat. Red or green or both. So jump forward a couple of weeks and try Tuesday about 2 and you have a completely different story. Beef enchiladas, rice and beans. The size of the ride and beans was what it should be and the beef in the enchiladas was tender. Way too often beef is full of gristle but not here. Because we are in the north valleys and the issues on our first visit had been resolved Rivas will continue to be one of our choices for dine in or pick up. read more

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Rivas occupies the old Steak N shake. So the 50's vibe seems off as soon as you enter. The next thing you notice is the really high prices. $11.50 for vegetarian fries and $11.99 for an average size burrito? The food was fine when it finally arrived. Except the chicken tacos which were cold and incredibly dry. We didnt even eat them. They just opened so maybe they are trying to work out the kinks. But unless I hear from someone that they got things worked out and adjusted their prices, we probably wont be back. read more

I love Wednesday's $.99 taco night. They are quick getting the order out. And their burritos are very tasty. I haven't gotten much other than that because I am a taco or burrito girl. So every Rivas Grill I've gone to is pretty consistent and quick to make the order. Check them out. read more

Way over priced, 36 bucks for 3 burritos, and small ones at that. You've lost repeat business here. read more

Bruh what the fuck.... It's metal in my menudo..... I'm hungover an I see that. I'm sorry. But come on do better about clean and what happens. The last time I got food there I ordered just rice. And they didn't understand me. And gave my carne Asada fries. Come on mannnn. Made me want to throw up. read more

Rivas Mexican Grill - Menudo. - Mexican Near Me - Reno, Nevada

I find it odd that a place that asks for tips feels it's ok to put $0 tip on a delivery order to Jasmin that works here. Please remove tip option from your store since your employees don't believe in returning the favor. I will not ever be going here again read more

There food used to be good but recently my wife went to go get some and the food was bland and the meat was old i don't know what happen but they don't care read more

Worst 26 bucks I've spent ordered steak fries bland ahh hell no flavor messy work. Also ordered a steak taco worst f- taco I had, 2.5% of the taco was steak and the remainder was pico de gallo for 5 dollars just for them to be stingy with the steak. 100% wont recommend straights buns never ordering from there again. read more

The food has never been great but I went there last week and ordered a sausage breakfast burrito. When I started eating it I noticed it was mostly potato AND bland sausage links, not real Mexican sausage. $I paid about $12 for something I would prefer to feed my dogs. read more

I stopped at Rivas fairly new location on North Hills Blvd, I ordered 1 plain french fry 2 small cokes & what turned out to be two very small Enchiladas 1 tiny scoop of refried beans & 1 tiny scoop of rice.. was suprised at $2700. Ok was a bit expensive but the food was HORRIBLE! Steak meat was very fatty lots of pieces of fat kept having to spit out, the rice & beans also had a awfull taste to them. Lets talk about service, we were the only ones there & there was 4 girls working who were more concerned about whatever it was they were talking about then getting our overpriced food together.. Overall?? Never eat there again. read more