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    El Ranchero Mexican Grill

    4.2 (123 reviews)
    InexpensiveMexican
    Closed 7:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Outdoor seating
    Good for kids

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    Asada Fries
    Rick K.

    Very kind service and great food very filling . Great atmosphere you really felt welcome

    Darbi A.

    Everything about this place is a 5 star. The people, family restaurant, that makes you feel like family. The food... amazing. So good and will definitely be back and tell everyone about it. If you want a good family vibe with delicious food this is the spot. My boyfriend and I got pozole and rolled beef tacos and it was amazing. The pozole is our weekend morning go to and now we know the place to go.

    Steak Breakfast Burrito
    John G.

    It is very tough to get an authentic home made experience! Today we stopped in for breakfast burritos based on reviews! So here is how we ordered! Enchilada style smothered in green chile! Wow yummy! I highly recommend coming to this little gem family owned local business!

    Chile relleno plate
    Karen W.

    We were in the plaza and were hungry so we decided to stop here for El Luncho. El Ranchero is nestled behind the Can't Stop Smokin' BBQ restaurant and is between the Sherwin Williams paint store and a barber shop. The menu offers all your favorite burritos, tacos, and plates in many different proteins as well as some good vegetarian options. It's nice to see a place that offers nopales/cactus and I'll definitely have to try that next time. The restaurant is smallish but has a decent number of tables and chairs inside, as well as a couple of 2-top tables outside in the shade. We decided to eat outside around noon and it wasn't too bad with our beverages to cool us down. I did start getting a little too hot towards the end of our meal though. I had the chile relleno plate and a large horchata. I also had a bite of the carnitas burrito. While we waited for our meals we made use of the very nice salsa bar. It's probably the most health-safe salsa bar I've seen since it has a hood/cover on it so that everything isn't out in the open when not in use. When we were here there were 2 types of green salsa, a red salsa, pickled jalapenos, red onions, and some sort of coleslaw looking condiment, just to name a few items! The chile relleno plate was pretty good! The green chile was large, stuffed with ooey gooey cheese and I liked the light batter. It was a tad bit oily but it wasn't too bad. It came with a plentiful portion of beans and rice, along with 4-5 tortillas. You have your choice of corn or flour, I chose corn. They were super hot which was perfect since corn tortillas don't taste that great when they're cold. The carnitas burrito was about average in the realm of meaty burritos. It had the carnitas pork, refried beans, rice, and chopped cilantro+ onion. The horchata was cool, sweet and refreshing. Service was friendly. If you're in the area this is a good option for Mexican food!

    Street tacos and cheese enchilada

    This is probably the worst Mexican food I've ever had. The meat tasted old and the cheese enchilada was little a hard tortilla with cold shredded cheese-they didn't even bother to toss it in the microwave to melt the cheese. Rice was bland beans were canned. All around horrible. 0/10 do not recommend.

    Chilaquiles Breakfast with carne asada
    Jackie T.

    I got the chilaquiles with green sauce, scrambled eggs and carne asada. It came with the rice and beans and it was delicious! I got it to go so next time I might ask for sauce on the side so it's still crispy when I get home but I would 100% recommend and will be going back!

    Carne Asada Tostada
    Cara T.

    This is a small, hole in the wall breakfast and lunch place.in a strip mall that always is crowded to that was a good sign. Owner operated, he is friendly, talkative and makes authentic food. . Small salad bar to the right of the counter. Has fresh and bolt led salsas, hot carrots $ slaw. Both bottled salsa I took to the table were good. I had a Carne Asada tostada. Meat was flavorful ingredients fresh. For a delicious, non chain, small business supporting, Mexican food experience, this is the great fast place.

    Front of Store
    Scott C.

    Very homestyle, Mexican restaurant. Obviously a family owned place. The prices were decent for the food that you were getting. The Torta was definitely the star of our breakfast, even though the rice and beans tasted as if they were basically from a can or a box. The huevos rancheros were cooked nicely. However, the sauce tasted as if it was just standard tomato sauce.

    Lunch was so delicious tod
    Andy D.

    Lunch was so delicious today! Happy Anniversary! Service was very good and friendly. Try them today.

    Outside
    Elvia A.

    I work across the street from this small restaurant & their tacos are seriously delish! So far Ive only tried the tacos from here because we order them for lunch pretty often. Today I didnt feel like cooking so we picked up some tacos to go, 4 birria, 4 asada, 4 pastor & we split them, while ordering ahead of time i found out that they have TACO TUESDAY $1.00 tacos! Glad to know moving forward because we will be ordering from here for dinner more often. The woman that came to take the payment & the man that brought out the food were so sweet, they reminded me of my parents, so welcoming & helpful. Also, they gave us so much salsa, usually restaurants are cheap about it but not this place! If you live around the Chandler area, give them a shot, because incase you didnt know its hard to find tacos with just cilantro & onion in the valley, and they got them! Supporting small business!

    Cheese Quesadilla and Carne Asada Combination Plate
    Rachel S.

    Ordered delivery for Cinco De Mayo, because, tacos! We were excited to try this place, as it's super close to our house and got decent reviews. I got the pastor mini taco place, hubs got the carne asada mini taco plate, and we split a quesadilla and order of chips and salsa. The food was decent, I prefer my pastor spicy and this was not, but the seasoning was still good. The salsas were tasty, I loooove a good green salsa, and the beans and rice were ok, nothing special. I will say the flavor might have been off a bit because everything was a little cold when we got it (downside to delivery) so I'd Iove to try this place again when we can dine in! We also got 2 large orders of horchata and it was soooo good! We love horchata, and this was definitely up there as one of the better ones we've had!

    Excellent small taqueria in a strip mall. Great choices and full salsa bar to complement your order.

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    3 years ago

    Street taco combo 8/10 highly recommend. So good n fresh the steak is seasoned well. I always get cilantro, onion and cheese... mmmm so good

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    Been there 3 times and every time they messed my order.they must be deaf. They don't listen.

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    3 years ago

    Great service and great food! Their pozole was amazing! Will definitely be coming back

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