El Monte Grill — Restaurant in Riverside

El Monte really stepped up their game this year compared to the last two. They haven't been doing anything drastically different as far as I can tell, but their food has been consistently fantastic throughout the entire year. In the past, it has been a gamble: you could get food that was incredibly delicious or absolutely disgusting, but more likely than not you would get something that was good, but not great. This year, everything I've ordered there has been exceptional. It has become my favorite place to eat on campus other...

El Monte is good, think Chipotle experience, that about sums it up. Assembly line style, bowl or burrito, what meat or non meat do you want, brown or white rice, vegetables, beans, great pineapple salsa, and choice of chips at the end. Get a cookie, and sit down with the other college kids. Basically on the CBU campus. Good food,...

Tastier than Chipotle 😆 it's located in the Lancer (Cal Baptist University) plaza next to the CBU bookstore. Limited hours and it gets crowded during lunch hours. It is very similar to the Chipotle type of service and food, but the meats have a richer flavor. Since it's a mile from my workplace, it is a very convenient...