Zuni Grill
San Antonio, TX 78205
Phone: (210) 227-0864
- Price:
- $$
- Cross Street:
- Crockett Street
- Hours:
- Daily 7:30am-11pm
Editorial Review for Zuni Grill – by Lindsey Rausch
In Short
Cypress-shaded outdoor seating on multiple levels offers views of the vibrant Riverwalk scene. Brightly colored walls and Southwestern-style art, as well as visible ductwork create a contemporary ambience indoors. Serving throughout the day, the menu specialties include cinnamon-buttermilk pancakes, spinach and shrimp quesadillas, honey-coriander pork loin and Key lime mousse pie. The drink of choice is the delightfully pink Cactus Rita, but there are also other margaritas and a decent wine selection.
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Insider Tips
Where to SitDark and quiet inside, it's no surprise most people prefer to sit outside on the festive patio.
User Reviews for Zuni Grill
01/12/2008 Posted by phillycmc
If you like Chi Chi's, then this is a decent choice. It's better then Chi Chi's because of it's location on Riverwalk. As a result of that, it's also more expensive than Chi Chi's . 'nuff said.
Pros: ummm, unoriginal
Cons: bland and expensive
05/28/2007 Posted by houston1290
Sorry to say that Zuni Grill has not improved a bit since the previous reviews were posted. My fiancé and I were recently in town for a friend's wedding and picked Zuni Grill to have brunch at before we left town on Sunday morning. It was one of the few "Mexican" restaurants open and I was hoping to find some decent migas (closest thing on menu was "San Antonio style eggs" which tasted like they were made with powdered eggs and onion salt). I did the brunch buffet and she had breakfast tacos. Her tacos were pretty much the same story as everything else on the buffet - very bland and greasy. As several other users have commented, the servers themselves were inept across the board and incapable of remembering simple requests despite being reminded several times. In hindsight, the restaurant is an obvious tourist trap whose sole goal is to turn tables and churn unwitting tourists in and out as fast as possible. Every other table around us had similar complaints as we watched them try to choke down their food and pay their bills (numerous "worst meal ever" comments and terse conversations with apathetic servers). Unfortunately Zuni Grill's location in one of the busiest areas of the riverwalk and sheer volume of tourists in the area makes it unlikely they will run out of first-time customers to rip off but hopefully this and other reviews will save at least a few people from making the same mistake we did. Our experience has also led me to question the credibility of Citysearch's entire rating system. The San Antonio editors should be ashamed of the 4.5 star rating they've bestowed.
Pros: View of riverwalk
Cons: Bad food, bad service, overpriced
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