Rivera's Restaurant

Small chain restaurant in some of the smaller towns north east on the metroplex. The building is an old bank building in downtown Princeton. Given that, the building has a lot of character but it's clean and well kept. This is our go to place for great Mexican food. We have never had anything we didn't love. Very Highly recommend.

Food came out cold and had no flavor. The chips were stale and the salsa had no taste. After finishing, we had to ask three different people to check our bill and still waited 10 minutes. Very disappointing experience.

We decided to try this place out because of good reviews from folks around Princeton. Right when we were first seated, we noticed the tables are way too close together, really cramped in there, so from the beginning it was uncomfortable. We ordered food, and my wife's taco was dripping grease like someone left the tap open. Then came out a bug from the taco. When I asked for a manager, our server came back and said theres no manager there. All they did was not charge us for the tacos. My wife lost her appetite. I usually tip 20-30% at restaurants, this is the first time in the longest time I didnt tip. I even felt bad for not leaving a tip. My daughter had to use the bathroom, she went in and said nope, I'd rather hold it and risk having an accident until we get home.

My family and I go to this establishment at about 715 at night and everything was good. We Ordered an ate salsa Then about 30 minutes later, the food came I got a burrito with a double rice no bean the burrito gets put down on the table in front of me And the rice came to the table a little bit later and the lady goes to put it down and I noticed that it’s my side order for my meal and I grab the plate from her to signify that that’s my side for my meal and one of my Family members says to the waiter “we didn’t order that” I forgot to mention the server just went into the back with my sides of rice…. So I was left with the smallest burrito without my sides I ordered the double rice was on the receipt and everything it’s not like I messed up the order or anything Also, good luck on trying

I ordered the pupusa dinner and it was delicious! My son didn't like the hard taco bc of the juices running out of it, but he still liked the flavor. Husband tried a chicken dish which he really liked. The chips and salsa were very good IMO. Light and crispy. The only downside was how long we waited to get our check at the end. Server was nowhere to be found for about 20 minutes and my husband asked 3 different people 3 different times for our check and to-go boxes. None of them came through. Then our server resurfaced and he was able to flag her down and get our check. Atmosphere was lacking just bc the tables are all so close together. I plan on visiting again. The food was delicious.