The Portal Rainforest Cafe — Restaurant in Río Grande

This restaurant is the worst restaurant my wife and I have ever eaten at. We ordered a pork plate, and an appetizer platter. On the appetizer platter were fake crab nuggets, corn sticks, yuca fries, unknown potato slice...things, and random stick things with some morsel of unknown meat inside. All items tasted like they were fried in the same old oil. The pork platter was not good either. Large fat chunks were all throughout the pork and despite our best discernment, we still bit into more fat than we would like. The rice that came on the side was hard, like it was microwaved with not enough water, the macaroni salad side that came with it tasted like JUST mayo, and the last item on the plate was some item wrapped in a leaf. It was squishy and soft like pumpkin puree, but not sweet, not spicy, and somehow also tasted like fish. I really wish we were able to get our $65 dollars back, because my wife and I both left hungry, and not feeling well, as we embarked on a day of hiking. Please go somewhere else. Save your money, save your stomach, have...

On a Monday, around noon, they had almost nothing available to eat. Tried to order a couple items, was told for each of them that they didn’t have that. After asking what they actually did have, I was referred to a menu on the counter. Twice more I picked things that they didn’t have. Had to remove myself from the situation and let my wife order. Again this was a Monday, not a weekend, around noon. The food that we finally were successful in ordering was pretty...

I can't imagine any other national forest cafe cooking better rice and beans! They were so delicious! If you didn't do the economical thing; and pack a brown sack lunch, you wont be disappointed with the options here. If being a scientist gives you the opportunity to have these rice and beans on a regular basis maybe I need to rethink my career...