Came to Red river to have a quick lunch and the food and ambiance was great, it wasn't busy at the moment so it was nice to be there, our server Brad was amazing, nice, kind and attentive, he offered some options for us and help us decide and was always around checking how we were doing. Will definitely come back.
Dined in this afternoon, food was great. Austin P. Was amazing! Very attentive and friendly! Will be back soon! Ask for Austin for great service!
Food tastes good but was a small portion for beef fajitas for one, the plate was as big as a small bowl of lemons. And it was good for making two tacos. What is the point in bringing me tortillas on the side if I can only use one or two? I should have just ordered two beef tacos ale carte. ****update***** I am upping my stars and will return, management contacted me personally and since the service, food and ambiance are already great and need no improvement I shall return to this spot since I did come here over a year ago and my daughter liked her kids meal and I previously liked a different dish. I have to say management is a huge plus factor and that is A+++ in my book. Super happy that the higher ups care about their customers.
Red River Cantina serves some stellar Tex-Mex dishes in a beautiful, spacious, instagrammable space! Vibe: Everytime we pass by this place, it's always packed, and our dining experience was no different. We came on Father's day, which was an even more crowded time, and we ended up waiting 45 minutes which wasn't surprising. There's a lot of outdoor patio space to wait with tables and chairs, and a decent amount of space indoors to wait as well. The exterior and interior of the restaurant are beautifully decorated, and you may want to snap a selfie in almost every spot. Inside, each dining area has a slightly different experience and ambience, which is really cool. Lots of space and seating makes it a good place for parties- we had a party of 12 and we were seated comfortably. Service: Once we were seated, the servers were extremely attentive and kind. They got all 12 of our orders correct, kept our drinks full, and rotated out the chips and salsa regularly. Food: The table ordered a variety of things, including beef and chicken fajitas, enchiladas, taco salad, carnitas, and pollo marisco. Everyone was impressed by the food and found it incredibly delicious! The chips and salsa were standard fare, nothing special. We personally had the taco salad and carnitas. The taco salad was enormous and included some perfectly cooked steak atop a huge bed of lettuce and other veggies, and a big crunchy tortilla! It's definitely enough for more than 1 person honestly. Everything tasted fresh, and the steak was tender and flavorful. The carnitas was equally amazing. We were surprised to find that it was not shredded, but whole pieces, which was concerning at first as I thought it may be dry. Instead, it was very juicy, tender, and packed with flavor! Definitely one of the best carnitas I have ever had, and the sautéed onions were a great complement to the meat. It also comes with guac, red onions, lime, and flour tortillas so you can make some killer tacos. It's a little expensive, but standard pricing for good Tex-Mex, and 100% worth it in our opinion. Overall, Red River Cantina is an excellent Tex-Mex restaurant that is definitely worth the wait if you are looking for delicious Tex-Mex. This place is Let's Eat Houston approved!
A Plus Food and Service!! We got the Mixed Fajitas for 2. The meat was cooked perfectly and tender. The Charro Beans were very flavorful. The best tortillas around!! Cullen was our waiter and he was excellent!! Our new favorite Mexican Food Restaurant
Clean and a fun ambience with plenty of parking located in Aliana area of Richmond. A great place to hang out with friends with decent food. Friendly servers who were helpful with the menu. Rancheros chicken enchilada with baby back ribs was okay. A tad dry but the Mexican rice was delicious. I enjoyed their red fish entrees and especially their complimentary tortilla chips and dips. Dips have a slight spice but not too much.
I love this place and tried something new today! This taco salad was amazing! As always, the customer service and ambiance is top notch. I'll never coming here again many more times
After more than a year in operation, I made first visit to Red River Cantina at the Richmond location. They have a very large presence in an area of many fast food restaurants. The building is very bright, colorful and the parking lot stays full of cars. I sat in the bar area where the bartender provided great service and made excellent margaritas. My meal was Grilled Red Fish with Cilantro Rice and Black Beans. The fish was perfect, the rice and beans were delicious. Obviously the packed parking lot isn't all first timers, people are repeating and so will I.
I'd like to give this place a solid 4. But there's some minor end-to-end customer experiences that need to be addressed. Went for lunch same day as Super Bowl so bar area is packed. However, family seating was nice and quiet due to everyone want to pack in for the game. Experience 1) Short hostess when asked about outside seating said they weren't seating anyone outside today. Cool, I repeated what she said and then she murmured to hr counterpart right in front of my face: "What did he not hear what I just said?". I realize it's hard to comprehend that my kids would like to enjoy your recreational area but you would not like to over exert the wait staff (eye roll). But try your best to smile and maybe drop a few pounds. You are the first representation of the business. Great first impression (slow clap). A reason why would've been a good response vs RBF. Experience 2) We have a solid waitress. To the point, thought things ahead. She was probably busy and could've checked on us a little bit more but a a solid job. She made sure to check the detail of our order and caught the short order cook's mistake. Experience 3) Outcome of the food. Tacos Al Cabon , and Bacon Wrapped grilled shrimp. Nicely done. Pricey for a weekend for beef version but it is what it is. Kids cheese burgers though came back unfortunately burnt after they tried to add cheese to it from the first time. The better approach would've just been to nuke the slice on the bread instead of try to refire the whole bun onto the burger. The meat wasn't burnt. But I suspect it's a training thing. Experience 4) Exit 2nd co-hostess and waiter nice solid thank you and good byes definitely making up for the low energy semi negative impression from the first hostess. As others have given this place a fairly bad review; just keep in mind the collective experience vs a piece. A little more training and tuning could easily take this place to the next level. I think even on this place's worst day- it's still better than Pablo's. (Seriously, what is with people in this zip code over that place? Place is just as expensive with worse staff and the food sucks. Get your alcohol fix elsewhere)