Julio's Barrio Mexican Restaurant

Definitely need improvement on handling allergies. Was served flour tortillas despite informing my server of a gluten allergy and requesting to be swapped to corn tortillas. When I informed my server of the mistake she said they were corn, I asked her to double check and sure enough they were not corn. As a server you should be able to spot the difference and do a double check before the food comes to the table.

Three friends traveling form southern Alberta decided to choose this spot. It was very busy so we had to wait but only about ten minutes and there is lots to see in Whyte Ave. The barrio is pretty big so it was a bit noisy. Our waiter offered us drinks - of course margaritas were ordered. I had a frozen strawberry that wasn’t very good. Is should have chosen lime 🙃. They had a QR code in the menu that took me to a complete gluten free menu so it was easy to find something. I chose shrimp tacos with mango salsa and rice and beans. The dis has three small tacos but they were good. One friend had a chimichanga that was huge so she ate half and boxed half. The other ordered the steak fajitas because we guessed that is what smelled so good as we walked by. She said they were amazing and it was a large portion with five soft tacos and all the fixings so you could make them the way you like them. I would recommend it especially for a friends meal.

Adore this place! It has an amazing Mexican atmosphere with decorations and music, food is really tasty and I extremely like the fact that they have gluten-free options of taco. Really recommend this restaurant!