Reviews for Gaby’s in Rhinebeck, NY
So my wife and I tried this Mexican restaurant several years ago and found the food to be mostly bland and tasteless. In my... words, we wrote this one off. However, my wife decided to give it another try. After all, they are still in business,right? My wife and her sister sat at the bar area (not getting drinks) to wait for their takeout order. 30+ minutes later (therestaurant wasn't busy) she tracked down her server (for lack of a better term) and discovered her order had been sitting aroundgetting old (not a typo). Hungry and tired, paid cash and left for the 15 minute drive home. We got: calamariappetizer Chicken burrito Enchilada de espinaca Steak taco $71.36 I couldn't believe how awful it was. My wife, who usuallygoes with the flow called the restaurant only to have the manager, Delpino (sp) blame the wait and drive home for the poorquality. To his credit, he offered to replace the food, but given that not one item out of four was really edible, we opted topass. By that point we had already tossed the food in the trash. Delpino offered to refund us if we routed through the garbageto return to uneaten portion. Not my idea of fun. Ultimately he refunded us 20%. The advice I would give is to pass on thisone. It would have been different if just one item wasn't good or if the manager didn't blame us for the food's taste because itwas take out or telling us everyone else likes their food. There are lots of restaurants to choose from and it makes no sense toput up with being treated poorly. Read more
Some friends of ours who are from the area wanted to go get margaritas after they wrapped up at a local harvest festival. they... said that they usually go to this place for margaritas and though neither my sister nor I drink, we were excited to have somegood guacamole. When we arrived we stood around for a little bit before anyone seated us but it was kind of busy. When thewaitress came our friends explained that they would be ordering drinks to drink here and then they would be ordering their foodto go. I explained that though we were not ordering food or margaritas, I understood that we were taking a table and would betipping accordingly. They ordered a pitcher of margaritas and we ordered two bottled sodas and some very expensive guacamole. Myfriend, who has a fair number of food allergies, was trying to ask the waitress about various items on the menu but the waitresswasn?t really giving her much in the way of answers (she asked about the chicken soup and the answer was ?it?s chicken soup??)our other friend asked about refried beans and was given a very snarky response as though it was insane to suggest they mighthave a refried beans at this establishment. I understand that they didn?t have these beans but the answer this woman gave myfriend was incredibly rude. The guacamole was OK, the chips were not good. It took her friends a while to drink their margaritapicture but I assumed that our waitress would be antsy to hustle us out of there. Instead she disappeared, essentially never tobe seen again. Someone finally had to get up to find an employee to ask for the check. When the check was brought to our table,there was a gratuity included in the total. Nothing on the receipt or menu suggests that this is a standard thing that they doand when I asked the waitress about it she kind of stared at me blankly and shrugged her shoulders and walked away. Then took usanother almost 30 minutes to get somebody to take the check and credit card from the table. I Read more
Not a great experience but not a horrible one either. The food is pretty solid. We sat down at 7:00. By 8:20 our food was still... not out. No one even asked to refill our drinks. This was very disappointing service. It?s unlikely I would return I think, morethan once during the meal I caught myself thinking ?I should have just gone to Taco Bell? but also, I love Taco Bell so maybe Iam biased. Read more
Food was delicious and high quality. Service was excellent. Love the atmosphere!
We?ve been to this restaurant multiple times and have had decent experiences. But tonight I Noticeably Chipped my front tooth on... something in the vegetarian fajitas.. brought this up to clearly the manager, as they had a different outfit on. I even went asfar as to put the hard, non water soluble material in her hand, which was hard in her hand and didn?t smush, or disappear. Shesaid if they took money off the money will come out of her pay. To fix this chip in my tooth it?ll cost hundreds if not athousand dollars. The least they could do is comp our bill or at least our drinks. Nothing was offered, just to replace the mealthat lead to the chip in my tooth. Situations like this only occur with slave labor. I?m absolutely appalled that a restaurantin a town like Rhinebeck would operate like this. Read more
Came for father's day and I made a great choice. The restaurant is lovely, bright and clean. The food was amazing! I had the... enchiladas mixtecas and it was so flavorful. The shredded pork inside had such a wonderful, smoky flavor. My wife's quesadillacamarone was wonderfully seasoned and the shrimp split in half so you really good a full grilled shrimp in every bite. Finishedwith the fantastic tres leches cake that tasted so fresh. Definitely coming back. Read more
Venue was bright and charming. Service was average. Chips and salsas were homemade and very good. The pork was tender and juicy... and delicious. The rice and beans were flavorless. Usually my favorite part of a Mexican meal. Finding a dish without cheesewas difficult here.. testing flavors on their own was disappointing. Read more
Gabys is one of our go to restaurants when we make the 1-1/2 drive to this, one of the best foodie towns in New York. The... portions are always generous, the cuisine incredibly delicious, the dishes appealingly presented, service always friendly andattentive, and the restaurant well decorated and spotlessly clean. Our favorite Mexican restaurant anywhere! Read more