Tio Mateos Mexican Grille & Greenwich Bay Gourmet — Restaurant in East Greenwich

While the tacos may have looked a little messy, they were quite tasty. I've been here a bunch of times now, and the food is always consistent and well-made. I've never been particularly wow'd but I've also never left disappointed. (update below for sandwich month)

It's got the feel of an Americanized taco place, but that is not in any way a bad thing. The bass flavors are classically Mexican, but they feel like they're customized to a more American pallet.

The dining room is comfortable, and well set up. I love when they have one of the walls open to the outside during warmer weather.

Every time I have been in the staff have been incredible, kind, and attentive. It may not be the absolute shining star of Taco places, but it is 100% worth a visit.

3/14/25 - Sandwich month was oddly better than taco month. Still not perfect, but delicious nonetheless. I wish I'd gotten the thankgiving turkey sandwich, but decided to split the ham&cheese and truffle BLT with my boyfriend. They were both delicious, the only complaint was that the ham was a little light on the fixings (could have used lettuce + tomato to make it pop) and the BLT just needed a little more bacon. Still, I'll always be back since they're a genuinely decent place to eat and still reasonably priced for what...

I have no idea what these glowing reviews are about. Picked up food for the first time with some excitement: a vegetarian quesadilla and the chile rellenos. The persons at the payment counter are very nice and the service was great BUT the food was really very poor. The refried beans were as tasteless as cardboard, the rellenos had a giant hunk of unmelted cheese in the middle. The vegetables in the quesadilla were also tasteless and there was hardly any cheese in a dish named for cheese. Perhaps the meat dishes are better, or they were having an off day, but we simply couldn't finish our meals. They looked like they'd been put together without any care by someone whose tastebuds are dead. I don't think we will revisit. It's going to take many a Mexican meal at other places to wipe the memory of this...

I’m shocked by all these positive reviews. I must have went on an off day. I went on Black Friday after my brother recommended it a few times. I ordered the chili relleno (a cheese stuffed plablano pepper). It’s my favorite and have eaten it from Tijuana to NYC. The rice had way too much tomato sauce and with the peas and carrots looked like a red fried rice with ZERO flavor. I threw the rice away. The refried beans needed hot sauce and salt to taste anything, SO BLAND. IVE TASTED CANNED BETTER. The peppers where a great size but the cheese wasn’t melted. I only ate one pepper from my plate and took one home for later. After putting the stuffed pepper in the microwave for 90 seconds it DID NOT MELT??? Two words...