Rio Lerma Mexican Restaurant — Restaurant in Forney

Update: This is an update to my previous review that is now a year old, I have just recently returned to Rio Lerma for another meal whilst in Forney and I had the Brisket Chimi Changa and my Wife had the Cheese Enchiladas with Veggies and an Avocado sauce, we were not disappointed at all fantastic quality/taste and service all at a reasonable price.. I do not know what Teddy Churchill ordered to only give them 2 stars, when I looked his Google+ profile up he had given Whataburger 5 stars and Schlotzsky's 5 Stars.. I can understand Schlotzsky's but seriously this is a great restaurant compared to a Burger fast food chain.. I guess you can't please the pallet of everyone.. But I will return for sure.

I have eaten at many of the Mexican restaurants in the area of Forney and the surrounding areas and have found Rio Lerma to be one of the best for food taste and quality. The decor could do with some updating, but I do not go somewhere to eat to look at the decor it is the food that interests me and the owner Hugo makes sure that you as a customer are always happy. This is more authentic Mexican rather than Christina's or Los Hermanos which are both decent places to eat, but I think that they have spent more money on the decor than on the chef that prepares the food, my wife and I have tried many dishes on the menu and have not found one dish that we dislike yet.. I would highly recommend that you give Rio Lerma a try if you normally frequent Los Hermanos or Christina's to compare the food quality and the service. They also have a loyalty card system that allows you to get a discount after eating their regularly and specials on certain days like Fatitas for only $9.99 or 99 cent Frozen...

Very disappointed as I am a regular here. I came on a Wednesday just for margaritas. I was unaware, but they have a special that if you buy a meal, you can get up to two margaritas for one dollar. I wasn’t hungry, but my fiancé decided he was. So we were like OK we’ll get margaritas and we’ll just pay full price for my margaritas. He had gotten quesadillas. I took a piece of his quesadilla and the waiter had even brought us an extra plate and she saw I took a piece. But not once was it mentioned that because he gave me a piece of food that the deal was null and void. I didn’t feel that this was fair as the waiter never explained that to us, but continued to offer us more drinks and bring out plates to share the food. If she had mentioned that if we shared food it would void it, we would’ve stuck with our original plan to just drink. The manager was brought over and she was very unsympathetic, unapologetic, and very unwilling to hear our sides of the story. The waiter also LIED and said she told us, but it was never once mentioned. I would've appreciated if the manager would’ve been apologetic, listened, and explained the deal to us, but it never was. She was just very rude, and...

We’ve become regulars here since moving to the area but that has changed as of tonight.

I had the Hugo enchiladas and found a stick, a literal piece of wood, in my enchilada. I showed the waitress and she said it was seasoning…. I asked what kind but she just kept saying it was seasoning. She took the stick back near the bar where about 5 other employees looked at it and obviously didn’t know what it was. When the waitress came back I asked again and she said the same thing. Then the manager came out with a tub of bay leaves and told me thats what it was. I cook with bay leaves and have never seen a wooden stem on them, yet she insulted my intelligence and refused to acknowledge the error.

No discount was offered, no apology was made. They wouldn’t even give me back the stick so I could take a picture. They could have easily apologized, admitted the error but they did nothing. The right thing to do would have been to comp my meal along with the above actions. I could have choked or been injured and that may still happen to someone else since they aren’t concerned at all.

I’m actually in shock. I won’t be back and I...