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Riobamba Latin Kitchen

Restaurant Taco restaurant Latin american restaurant

One of the Top rated Taco restaurants in Glenview


Address

1869 Waukegan Rd, Glenview, IL 60025, United States

Website

www.riobambakitchen.com

Contact

+1 847-834-0174

Price rating

$ $$$

Rating on Google Maps

4.60 (328 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Friday: 11 am to 8 pm
  • Saturday: 11 am to 8 pm
  • Sunday: Closed
  • Monday: 11 am to 8 pm
  • Tuesday: 11 am to 8 pm
  • Wednesday: 11 am to 8 pm
  • Thursday: 11 am to 8 pm

Featured Reviews


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  • 5/5 Alen D. 2 years ago on Google
    Best kept secret in Glenview, I'm so happy I found this place, great service and even better food. Excellent tacos, such authentic flavors cooked to perfection, the lamb taco and steak taco are a must try. Yuca fries are so delicious I recommend to order 2. I will definitely be coming back
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Victoria M N. 1 year ago on Google
    The staff are friendly, the place is clean, and the service is fast. But the food very much lacks any flavor. The attached photo of the rights and beans should say enough. The rice is probably instant rice and the beans right from the can with no treatment. The tacos were all very bland. Luckily, they didn’t overcook the lamb, but it was very bland. The carnitas and Al pastor were super dry and bland. The only thing worth eating is the fish taco. Sadly, won’t be coming back.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Farhan S. 1 year ago on Google
    What a hidden gem this place turned out to be! Tony knows his stuff and has passion for cooking amazing, authentic, and fresh food. He had me try smoke Brisket that he cooked/smoked for 15 hours with yucca fries and homemade sauces - WOW!!! Definitely coming back to try Tacos and different meat options very soon
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Jair R. 6 months ago on Google
    Nice little restaurant! The food is good. I was expecting it to be Ecuadorian food given the name of the restaurant and the name of the plate "hornado", but it's more Mexican than anything else. Great place for tacos and good service. I LOVED the tostones!

  • 4/5 Aimi 5 months ago on Google
    It is a really nice place, I used to go here when I had my driving classes, and the staff always do their work fast and nice. Love their french fries here, one of the best in my opinion. The only thing that I don’t like is the interior, it feels kinda empty and intimidating because of that, it would be perfect if they would change it.

  • 2/5 Hannah B. 10 months ago on Google
    Stopped here a few weeks ago for dinner. We got it to go and went to a nearby park to enjoy. Unfortunately it was really lacking. Tacos were bland. Something weird was in my Al pastor. Tamales were so flavorless. Loaded tamale also so flavorless. Salsas were good. Not sure if it was an off day or if other reviews aren’t accurate? We were bummed and had higher hopes since reviews are so good. Definitely a waste of money. We got an array of food and nothing was really great (or good). Two stars because the staff was kind and food was packaged well. I hate to leave bad reviews to small restaurants but I felt like I needed to so others know what they might be getting.

  • 2/5 Fatima de la V. 5 months ago on Google
    If you're Ecuadorian, don't be fooled by the VERY Ecuadorian name. This is not an Ecuadorian restaurant, you will not find a menu overflowing with ecuadorian dishes. The menu is 95% mexican food, and then patacones, yuca and one ecuadorian special of the day. The food wasn't impressive. Just a heads up to mi gente ecuatoriana!

  • 2/5 Cal F. 9 months ago on Google
    Been here a handful of times cuz it’s a convenient place to grab lunch during the workday. $8 lunch special is hard to beat. Sure the food could be seasoned a bit more but hey, $8, plus the habanero sauce puts in a lot of work. Unfortunately I don’t think I’ll be going back. I’m starting to suspect someone in the kitchen either doesn’t wash the veggies, doesn’t wash their hands, or both. I got seriously ill (suspect it was norovirus) the day after eating here a few months ago. Could’ve been caused by a lot of things, so I thought nothing of it until yesterday when I was hitting the Pepto Bismol again after getting the lunch special the day before. I’ve usually got a pretty strong stomach and have been fine with food that is, let’s be frank, substantially more savorous than Riobamba, so I’m starting to suspect food-borne pathogens. Now, I know that kind of evidence wouldn’t hold up in a court of law, but I don’t think I want to risk finding the third data point to establish a pattern. Service is good but if I had a nickel for every time etc etc I would not be looking for a third nickel.


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Free parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Quick bite
    • ✓️ Comfort food
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Healthy options
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Popular for
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Solo dining
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ Kerbside pickup
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery

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