Agave & Rye - Covington

I've been by this place many times, decided to try it. The restaurant is nicely decorated, and the noise level is reasonable. I came during happy hour, and ordered a flight of 3 tacos, and birria nachos. It was a whole lot of food.The birria "nachos" were excellent. Tender meat, lots of cheese and jalapeños. I've never had nachos that used fries rather than chips before, but I enjoyed them. The tacos were....interesting. they do really weird combinations of things on their tacos. Not a lot of meat, but rather good creativity. The house salsa was great.Courtney gave me amazing service, attentive and friendly.This is most definitely not "Mexican" food, but it's interesting. I'll eat here again.

After trying the A&R branches at Hamilton OH and Louisville KY, we had to dine at the location closest to us in NKY. This was one of the very few places open on Jan 1 and starting a new yr with tacos can never go wrong! The menu at all 3 locations is pretty much the same, so we knew what to expect. We started off with the Trio Dip with Chips appetizer. I think A&R makes the best Queso ever! The Guac was fresh and the Ghost Pepper Salsa was exceptional! I got the flight of all 3 vegetarian tacos. My Fav of them was the one with Cauliflower. I suspect it's cuz of the queso sauce in it. Also got to try the veggie quesadilla which was pretty average. We tried the zero proof Pina Colada and it's really good if you don't want to consume alcohol. Also had a strawberry lemonade kind of drink which was pretty good.All in all a good experience, the staff was friendly as the place was pretty empty on a Wednesday night. We found some street parking in the adjoining lane. Plan to walk a couple of blocks if you are here on a weekend.

Great tacos paired with a Little Red Corvette. I tried the "Just swipe right, the rooster and the filthy fajita" all were excellent tacos. My wife had the pick 3 chips and dip so the salsa, guacamole and queso were amazing. Portion sizes are very generous. Biggest downfall is the mixed drink prices, $14-15 each is a bit much. Only other strange part is the light fixtures, they don't really fit the vibe and are very dirty. All in all the wait staff was great and would definitely go back.

This is such a fun restaurant! I love all the creative takes on tacos. The flights are a great idea and the chips are huge which is fun. The queso is amazing and the salsa and guacamole is good too. It was so much fun!

Some places reach a level of perfection in their food and service unmatched by others. These places usually stay hidden, preserved for a special crowd to enjoy them in secret. Once in a while though, those places are smack in the middle of the city, not far from some of the major attractions, and all you have to do is enter their doors and sit down to enjoy some of the best food you'll ever have in a region. Such is the case with Agave & Rye in Covington. Our discovery of Agave & Rye was incredibly fortuitous. I had just landed from South Florida, here to celebrate my niece and nephew's birthday. Half of my family was set to arrive in a hour and a half and we needed something to eat. It was late at night, we looked for a highly recommended spot for food, and lo and behold, Yelp always comes in clutch! But when we arrived at the location suggested they had just closed their kitchen and were solely focused on drinks. Hungry and disappointed, we ventured the streets of Covington once more. And as we were passing by Agave & Rye we couldn't help but notice people still sitting outside enjoying their meals.Luckily for us, there was a waitress passing by at the moment who told us we'd just arrived in time. Her name was Taylor. When it comes to customer service, Taylor's is unmatched. Not only was she in charge of serving the customers in the outside sitting area, but also training a new employee. We asked her for recommendations, and she guided us brilliantly. And so, under her guidance, we proceeded to order. One of the orders was for an Epic Taco - The Bomb taco. I decided for the Grilled Birria Burrito. And Oh My God! What a great decision that was! The burrito was perfect. There was flavor and deliciousness in every bite. Next time I promise to try one of the Epic Tacos. And how can you not. Besides the aforementioned one, you also have on the menu, the Jedi Taco, the Alderman taco, the Bang Bang, the Rooster, the Green Goddess, and the Love Shack 2.In conclusion, we truly ran into a gem. I can't wait to go back and continue enjoying the wonderful food and the great service at Agave & Rye.

I forgot to take a picture of my tacos, I had the flight of fish tacos. The crown jewel with lobster and Mac and cheese was my favorite, followed by the naughty Nola which had shrimp and crab jambalaya. The Wave rider with fried salmon was good but a little sweeter than I prefer, I'll sub it out with a different taco next time. Wife had the Birria egg rolls, also good. We agreed the filling would go really well with the Mac and cheese. Service was prompt and a checked in frequently. Music was not over loud, and the art on the walls was cool.

This is the third time this week I've gotten the chips & queso (I absolutely love the queso!) & the chips have been stale. It's very upsetting. I come on my lunch so I can't come back to tell them. Do they reuse the same chips all week.? Maybe give fresh chips would be great, I've wasted $30+ this week alone on chips I can't eat. I keep coming back because I did come 'once' two weeks ago & the chips were great! Please do better because I love your queso!

I've heard this place was the hot place to visit here in Indy but hadn't gotten the chance to try it yet. When I was visiting in Cincy I figured it would be the perfect time to try. My visit was a little soured when we got in and had to wait quite a bit of time to be even greeted when we were seated. The waitress walked around a long time before another waitress finally saw us waiting and decided to take it upon herself to help us even though we were not in her section. I appreciated her for doing so. I really don't have much to say except that this reminds me of a lot of other specialty taco places where there's a lot of "extra" in the choices. It's bougie, if you will. If you're not looking for choices out of the ordinary, this isn't for you. I wasn't pleased with the option I chose because the flavor combo just was too weird for me. I just was looking for my basic options and chips and salsa even alongside the fancier choices. I'll probably skip coming back again.

Strolling around in Covington on a Monday, there's nothing open downtown..really..at 9:00 pm. We just came back from Smale park walking around for damn near 4 hours visiting my FIL. The man can walk. My thing is we meet up and go eat, but nah. I ain't never met someone that just wanted to walk. Anyway.Listen, I'm not gonna lie. I was 100% prepared to not like these tacos. So much, in fact, I didn't even take a picture. Being in Kentucky/Ohio, tacos are the last thing I want coming from Texas. The last thing I put in my mouth was a damn omelette from Frisch's 10 hours ago. I was hot and thirsty, so I was double teaming water and a pepsi like I was dying of thirst. We got queso and my family are queso snobs. They all enjoyed the queso.Bro, $9 for 1 taco? 3 street tacos for $16? If I wasn't dying of hunger and thirst and dripping of sweat cuz up here I was fine one minute from the breeze and then drench in sweat the next, I probably would've gone somewhere else. I'm glad we didn't though!!I was damn near full from my drinks and queso and I regretted not being able to eat all this taco. I got the filthy fajita which was carne asada, mushrooms, caramelized onions, cheese, and rice. It comes with both a corn and flour tortilla... yes, double teamed. and then you can add stuff between the tortillas. We all enjoyed our tacos, surprisingly, but not. We've talked about these tacos every damn day and now in search of our Agave in DFW.... or I guess we can always catch a flight.

The food was amazing! I could eat there once a week! Agave &Rye gives a whole new meaning to tacos!