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Caballero Grill
Category: Restaurants Canadian (New) Canadian (New) [Edit]
1800 N Litchfield RdGoodyear, AZ 85395
(623) 935-4287
- Hours:
Mon-Thu 11 am - 1 am
Fri-Sat 11 am - 2 am
Sun 9 am - 12 am
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$$
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Wi-Fi:
- Free
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Caters:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
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25 reviews for Caballero Grill
25 reviews in English
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Review from Debbie T.
Tolleson, AZ
Updated - 4/15/2012
Okay...just over a month ago, we'd come here for the 2nd time. It was not the best experience, and was a disappointment from the 1st time we'd eaten here, when everything was so good. We decided to give it another shot, and were quite pleased with the outcome.
Firstly, our waitress, Marissa, was friendly and attentive. Having a nice waitstaff is always a plus. We chose to start with a chicken quesadilla, which was very good. I'm not big on spicy things, so Marissa recommended having the chipotle sauce on the side. I'm glad she did, my husband was able to use it, and I was much happier without it. I will warn you...it's a lot of food!
For our main courses, my husband had the green chili pork, and it was as delicious as he remembered from the 1st time we were there. I had the french dip, again. I absolutely love french dip, and will have it everywhere I can. It was juicy and tender, and this time, the horseradish cream was perfect. Also, the fries served with it were crispy and not overly salted. I'm a sucker for crispy fries, but hate when they taste too salty. These were incredibly good.
We were so full, there was no room for dessert. But, I will say, they're back on our list of enjoyable restaurants, and we'll definitely be back for more.1 Previous Review: Show all »
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3/4/2012
Today was the 2nd time we've come here. The first time, a few weeks ago, we had an incredibly… Read more »
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Review from Luciana L.
Buckeye, AZ
5/23/2012 1 Check-in Here
Typically, I give places 2 stars b'c it wasn't good. My idea of rating is 3 and up is acceptable. In this case, I just couldn't get myself to give this establishment 3 stars even though there wasn't anything wrong about it. However, it was exactly as Yelp has helped us with the ratings: "Meh. I've experienced better."
I got the eggplant parm and it was OK. the eggplant itself was good but it tasted like it was fried in "old oil" if you know what I mean. If it was fresh oil, I bet it would've been better.
The mash potato that came with it was pretty decent actually would probably give that 3 stars.
The husband had their french dipped sandwich. Again, he was like, "it was OK". Our one year old had the quesadilla and it was ok, too ... but we've had better
The ambience hasn't changed much since it used to be McGrath's. The service was decent. Our waitress was very nice to our party of 6 plus a 1 year old. -
Review from William B.
Litchfield Park, AZ
4/1/2012
It's about time for Goodyear, AZ. to get a restaurant which scores high marks across the board! My experience is now three visits deep and have traversed multiple levels of the restaurant and can truly offer it 5 star rating! Believe it people, this place is the ticket!
My review is based on three separate visits offering a greater insight to their operations and a broader picture of what they are capable of doing. Formerly McGrath's Seafood house, there has not been an overwhelming amount of a makeover needed to get the place up and running. Great for Paul Fratella and Anthony Guerriero who are the brains behind the operation!
Our first trip was last week for Sunday dinner. We arrived during their initial happy hour which is from 2-7 daily and decided to dine off of the discounted menu since it was so appealing looking.
We started off with a glass of their house Chardonnay and a Caballeros Cocktail, their version of the famous Hurricane. The wine was surprisingly good and for only $3, it was the deal of the day. The Caballeros was smooth and refreshing, reminding me of being back in Key West having cocktails at Mallory Square at sundow. Too many of these and I would have had to take a cab home! We snacked on a Cheese Burger & fries, a Fish Sandwich as well as some chips and dips. Their pricing is quite low for all that was offered and filling to boot.
Our server was delightful and a real treat. She was quite busy that might yet barely missed a beat when it came to her attentiveness. She seemed knowledgeable about most of the foods items and was able to make suggestions along the way.
Following the meal, the manager offered us a tour of their facilities sharing the company vision and we were most impressed.
Based on this experience, my co workers decided to try out the incredible deals on lunch items. The specials are all $5 and the variety is enough to keep us coming back. Turkey Club sandwiches, Fish Sandwiches, Cesar Salad and Beer Battered fish along with some Baked Potato Soup. We called it in and it was ready when we arrived. They must are seemingly still new at getting their to-go orders together as there were some items missed. Nothing that we could not live without, but things like plastic-ware, condiments and napkins. All in all it was still a well packaged lot and everyone at the office enjoyed it thoroughly!
This morning we round out visit #3 for their Sunday Brunch. It runs from 9-2 and believe me, you will not go away hungry! We were graciously greeted at the door and seated immediately. Our server was Sarah and was bright and welcoming from the very moment we arrived. She told us about the Mimosa & Bloody Mary Bar which was $2 a glass so we started out with a nice Mimosa. Sadly the OJ tasted a bit like frozen, but it was still delicious. Sarah invited us to begin with the buffet when ever we were ready. Once were received our drinks, it was off to the feast.
The primary food line has an expansive array of breakfast items to chose from. Perfectly poached eggs topped the Eggs Benedict. There were Scrambled Eggs, Home Fries, Plump Sausage links, Crisp Bacon as well as Biscuits and Gravy. There was also a wonderful Macaroni and Cheese, Chicken Paella, a Waffle station and Carving station with a huge slab of roasted pork. Across the aisle was an Omelet station where the selection of ingredients was seemingly endless. The Omelet Chef was friendly and working two pans at a time so the wait was limited.
From there, our next trip took us through the restaurant to the seafood station which included Peel and eat shrimp, mussels and Snow Crab Clusters. There was cocktail sauce as well as fresh lemons, all of it very inviting. In front of that set up was the Mimosa and Bloody Mary Bar. You have got to do the Bloody Mary's!! The supplies to complete the perfect drink are all there! Worcestershire sauce, Horse Radish, Gigantic Olives and a huge supply of all different hot sauces! Well done!!
The last station visited was the dessert table. It included fresh fruits, pastries, breads and muffins. There was a fresh baked apple pie, amaretto Cheese Cake and a creamy & delicious Chocolate tart served in a aperitif glass that was to die for! The morning was a huge success and this, by the way, was only their 2nd Brunch event!
Impressive? Yes! Room for improvement? Always. Nothing is flawless from the get-go. Would I recommend this place? ABSOLUTELY! Adults $20, Kids 12 and under $8. Don't miss out on this!
Enjoy!! -
Review from Irene S.
Glendale, AZ
5/7/2012
We went in on a lackluster Friday night, our server was slow and we were placed in the back corner next to a loud group of ladies despite the restaurant being empty. My water was constantly empty and the staff around was too busy talking with one another to check in on us. My husband's dish was good, a smallish bowl of meat and chili with his entree. I had the veggie plate and while the rice was great, the rest was awful, greasy and slimy. I was unhappy with the food and service, and the prices aren't great. Not coming back. A shame considering that the restaurant is in a good location and looks cool.
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Review from Eleni P.
Oxnard, CA
4/20/2012
I love this place. Today, I had lunch with a friend and were very happy! We shared the Trio appetizer and were very satisfied. The guacamole was Awesome, the salsa was spicy and very flavorful, and the chipole dip was divine. My friend had the Shrimp salad with rasberry vinagirette. She said the shrimp was flavorful and cooked to perfection. The mixture of sweet and tangy is a tasty combination. I had the Caballero Chicken salad with spicy chipole ranch. I love this salad because it's fresh, crisp, and so good. The chicken is charcol broiled and melts in your mouth.
It's the perfect place for lunch with a friend.
The service is friendly and quick. -
Review from Travis H.
Flagstaff, AZ
4/18/2012
Great food, great service...we will be back!
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Review from m p.
Goodyear, AZ
3/29/2012
The worst thing about this place is its name. I think even the hostess mispronounced it and it really has nothing to do with the menu or ambiance of the restaurant. Goodyear needs another Mexican restaurant to go out of business 2 months after opening like it needs another pizza place. So I was pleasantly surprised to find that although it has a Latin flair, Caballero Grill is not another Mexican restaurant.
We went for a late lunch which meant we were there for happy hour. I had a great, big cheese burger and fries for 6 dollars. Quality ingredients through out. My wife ordered a couple of their specialty drinks which were a bargain at $4.
There were some other misses though. The trio dip, while good was not worth the $5 happy hour price much less the $7 regular price. Our neighbors had the mini chimichangas and they barely looked worth the $4 happy hour price. My wife had the club sandwich sliders which were just too much bread and not enough flavor. Domestic drafts are 50% off at happy hour but micro-brews are only 20% off which does not make me very happy.
Overall though it was a pleasant surprise and not a complete fleecing. -
Review from Misty G.
Phoenix, AZ
1/7/2012
Fantabulous! That's the best way I can describe the food here.
I really wanted to get a photo of my dish, because it was a work of art, despite just being pasta et al piled onto a plate. Unfortunately, between my hunger and the amazing aroma wafting off the plate, the camera never made it out. This dish, by the way, was the Pasta De Parilla. I could go on about how wonderful it was, but I'll spare the reader. Oh, there were also the calamari. I nearly bit the waiter's hand off when she tried to remove the plate!
The service was great, very nice, on top of everything... Can't wait to go back again and try out some more of what they have to offer! (And of course, have more calamari...) -
Review from Christo O.
Avondale, AZ
2/25/2012
This was our second visit to the restaurant.
We had the Trio Dip for a starter. The 3 dip options was a good choice. The Chicken Phoenix is really good and we will definately eat that again. The Club Sliders were a nice size and tasty.
We will definately go back to try some other dishes.
Thanks Paul -
Review from Roy R.
Morristown, AZ
2/25/2012
My family had a great time here, food was fantastic staff was great
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Review from Tim C.
Litchfield Park, AZ
1/9/2012
After reading glowing reviews of Caballero Grill, we chose to make it our late Sunday lunch. Big mistake. Since this is a new restaurant, we expected some things to not be right. But not all of the food. The service was acceptable if not a little slow, especially for a nearly empty restaurant. The food was terrible.
First, let me be clear, we do not use much salt at home when we cook and we do not like salty food and even avoid certain restaurants (Black Angus, Olive Garden, etc.) because the food is always too salty. We started with the dip trio. The guacamole was not bad but a little bland, we added salt and it was somewhat better but still needed spices. The tomato salsa was little more than water. There was no "dippable" substance to it and very little flavor. The mango salsa was their tomato salsa with a little bit of mango cut up and placed on top. The salsa itself had no mango flavor at all.
We received our entrees. I got the Pasta De Parilla, due to the great reviews on here, and my dining partner ordered the Top Sirloin. Let's start there. The top sirloin was supposed to come out on top of mashed potatoes with a grilled portabello mushroom on top of those and then the pan fried steak on top of the mushroom. It came out without the mushroom. When the waitress came by to check on us, he pointed it out and she said it was supposed to come on there, that she missed it. Then she asked if he was good or if he actually wanted the mushroom. He said that he did want the mushroom. She left and had the kitchen grill up the mushroom. A few minutes later she returned with a plate of grilled mushrooms. They were not portabello mushrooms and were not cooked well. They were hard to chew, almost leathery. Then there is the issue of the steak. It came out with a chipotle sauce and butter on top. The butter would not melt because the chipotle sauce was cold. Cold sauce on a hot steak? That wasn't the worst of it. All he could taste with the zucchini was what he described as "cooking fuel" like a can of sterno would make food taste. He did say that he felt like the meat was prime as was claimed, it just was not prepared properly. The mashed potatoes did not have any salt or spices in them...at all. Nothing on the plate was salted. There was just no flavor.
Now, we will move on to the Pasta De Parilla. Bland. If it wasn't for the southwest black beans (most likely from a can) that are in the dish, there would have been no flavor to the garlic cream sauce. The beef that was on the dish was dried out and tough. The grilled chicken was dried out but still tender and the fish of the day (whatever it was, I was never told) was extremely fatty but yet still was dried out and was actually crispy. The only flavor to any of the meats came from the gas from the grill that they were cooking it on. The pasta itself was cooked well but each piece of the rigatoni was so big that it was a bite to itself. In other words, you couldn't have a piece of the pasta with a piece of meat, it was one or the other.
When we were done trying eat, we looked over the dessert menu, it was just a list of a few desserts, some alcohol coffee drinks, cognac, and port. There were no descriptions of the desserts themselves, just the names like, Big Cheese Brulee. We could tell that they were probably just packaged desserts brought to them by the Sysco truck. We were told that they only decorated them there. We passed on the desserts. We also made sure to pick up the business cards of the Chef and Sous-Chef on our way out. We will avoid any restaurant where they work.
We live a little less than 10 minutes from the restaurant. By the time that we got home, I had to run to the bathroom. Not a good ending to a bad meal. We will not be back to this restaurant and will not be recommending it to anyone. -
Review from Jason V.
Litchfield Park, AZ
2/5/2012 1 Check-in Here
Very tasty! Beats the hell out of McGraths hell hole of a fish house!!!! Service was excellent, music was killer 80s rock... I was rockin the entire meal. We loved it. Food was great! Had had the chicken Phoenix!!! Very good. Avocado chimichangas for appetizer! Yum! And a refreshing blood orange sorbet! Def will be back!
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Review from Ashley B.
Mesa, AZ
4/14/2012 1 Check-in Here
I moved away from the west valley about a year ago. So last I knew, this place was McGrath's. My grandma had mentioned that she went there with some friends, and thought the food was good, and had her next 2 meals taken care of with left-overs! Needless to say, I was majorly disappointed. The menu was very cheap looking and absolutely tiny. Maybe 4 salads, and 5 entrees? I got the vegetarian entree which wasn't bad, but over priced, just like the rest of the menu. I checked in on Yelp and got a free dessert, which is my FIRST check in offer! So I asked the waitress, I don't think she knew what I meant when I told her, I offered to show, but she just walked away and came back with the dessert menu. We did get to choose whatever dessert we wanted. We got the hazelnut espresso cheesecake, it was very good, but tiny. I would have been upset if we paid for it. The service was decent, but it was about 3 o'clock on a Thursday afternoon. The waitress was nice, and being in the service industry, I know people depend on tips, but you're not supposed to make it so obvious about it.
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Review from Pam C.
Alpine, WY
3/20/2012
Celebrated St. Paddy's in the bar with corned beef & cabbage, green chili pork and car bombs. Great time and food. Corned beef was good, but the green Chile pork is fabulous. My husband had the carne adovada which was also excellent. Waitress was great and owners joined us for a car bomb. Nice folks, nice bar and we will be back.
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Review from Rustico T.
Avondale, AZ
2/22/2012 5 Check-ins Here
Quick and friendly service.
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Review from Darrell S.
Bishop, CA
2/24/2012
The menu is not very big. I showed up for happy hour and they had some food and drink specials. I had a very good angus beef cheeseburger with fries for $6. It was very good. Glass of wine for $3 and it was good also.
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Review from Lesley C.
Columbus, OH
3/16/2012
Loved it! Can't understand where the bad reviews came from. I'm insanely picky and loved this place. Our server, Jason, was very friendly and knowledgeable. He asked that we let him order the ceviche his way and boy we were glad we did. It was delicious. I had the pasta, my bro had the burger, and my boyfriend had the filet. We were all very pleased. I really appreciated the restaurants "yes" attitude. For example I wanted a chocolate martini and they didn't have baileys so he offered up a mudslide milkshake style...fabulous. I forgot my to go box and Jason stopped my brother to make sure I got it. We will definitely be back. Did I mention they serve food until 1am, which is awesome since its hard to find a bite to eat after 9pm in the west valley.
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Review from Rae G.
Goodyear, AZ
1/9/2012 8 Check-ins Here
Excellent! Great food, service atmosphere. Went there with the family and we tried all sorts of dishes. Everything was great! We will definitely go back!
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Review from Jake V.
Goodyear, AZ
1/28/2012 11 Check-ins Here
1st time here and I had the Cuban sandwich which is huge for lunch. Not quite like any Cuban sandwich I've ever had but it was ok and plenty of it. I will probably not get this again but there were other things on the menu that seem promising one is the pasta de Parilla which I will try on next visit. Service was good and fast for lunch and the inside was nice.
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Review from Cody L.
Goodyear, AZ
1/4/2012
Went in and tried the Pasta De Parilla and it was unlike anything I've ever tried. It had a great garlic sauce with black beans in addition to the pasta. To top it off it has great grilled steak and chicken as well. The whole family enjoyed their visit. We'll definitely be back to support this local restaurant!
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Review from Matt W.
2/12/2012
When I check out brand new restaurants I try to stray away from the bad initial reviews and form my own but this place is far from making the cut in my opinion but I do see hope if they fix a few errors. First off, the food does not taste authentic and seems like many ingredients are from a can and is way too "tex-mex" for my palate. The design and cleanliness is above average but many of of the dishes fell short of my expectations weighed against the cost of our meal. The plates do seem to mimic fine dining where you order the sides for a cost, usually included at places like Macayos or Garcias. The triple dip appetizer had burnt chips with little salt and bland guac. The spicy shredded adovada pork was tasty but the meat was dry and stiff, and the desert menu was weird and lacked descriptions. The service was rushed and for the last half of the meal she completely forgot about us. A young man came to our table and asked if everything was alright and if we needed anything and I said no seeing that I was in the middle of a conversation when he interrupted. Our waitress finally came with the check with a flustered look on her face like we were not going to tip her. We did, but this is probably not a place we will try again unless the bulk of reviews turns a 180.
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Review from RYAN R.
Goodyear, AZ
1/22/2012
Started with the ceviche with fish and shrimp with added mangoes, corn, and avocado. It was DELICIOUS!!! We will go back just for that!
For entrees- One of us had the park green chili which was also DELICIOUS! The other entree was the Pasta de Parilla. It was so-so. I wasn't a huge fan of the combination of fish, chicken, steak, black beans AND a garlic cream sauce with parmesan.
Service was a 4/5 as well. Our waiter had a great personality, but he took too long in between his check-ins.
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Review from Linda W.
Avondale, AZ
3/9/2012
Wow..we tried it for the first time for Happy Hour. The Ceviche is fantabulous!!! So fresh. Will definitively go back.
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Review from John B.
Goodyear, AZ
2/9/2012
From the moment we entered the building we knew it was a mistake. The staff was a bunch of kids that didn't appear to be the least bit concerned with offering genuine customer service. The menu was extremely limited and the food was marginal.
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Review from Maria S.
Avondale, AZ
1/2/2012
Went for Grand Opening.. Had a Pomegrante Limon Mojito, that was yummy. As an appetizer I had shrimp ceviche that was fresh and tasty... my main entree was the Chicken Phoenix (macadamia crusted) with Mashed potatoes and grilled Zucchini, that put me over the top..I will most definetly be back and let everyone no that this is the place to go..
