Mmmmm. Good food, good margaritas. So glad the food quality did not get lost in the changing of ownership. So very good. read more

Rancho Viejo - Mexican Near Me - Brookings, Oregon

I went there today to eat. Not very good at all my cheese enchilada wasn't cooked. The cheese was shredded cheese. I could see it wasn't even melted The chips are usually hot that they give you. They were cold today. The server guy was really nice but I don't think I'll be back there to eat again read more

This restaurant recently changed hands and the change is not good. The food is now very bland, almost tasteless. The sauce they call enchilada sauce is more like a cross between tomato sauce and barbeque sauce. There is no spice or seasoning in the sauces at all. The salsa they offer tastes like salsa from a jar. The service was good but we miss the old owners recipes. read more

Delicious and fresh Food, kind and personal service and easy parking!!! Family run business! Will return!!

We were there on new years eve...we have ate here many times before and thought it was good...it was terrible and the service was even worse...I tried to talk to the owner about it and she tried to argue with me about it...I tried to be very nice about it...there are 2 other Mexican restaurants that are much better..which are much cleaner and better service.. read more

The food most definitely needs improvement. Flavorless food they call Mexican food, is nothing more than tasteless American food they attempt to serve as Mexican food. read more

Absolutely best Mexican food anywhere near here!! Authentic food, great customer service. Comfortable seats. Good Maragritas, as well!! Love it here!! read more

Open on a Sunday *hard to find lately* The ordering process is ok, but I pointed to the Deluxe Chicken Salad $9.50 on the menu, but when I got the bill... I was charged $13.25 (with no special requests). The other order was for the Carnitas Mixta $17.95. The entree looked a lot different than the menu picture and asked if they could bring some cheese for the beans (as pictured on the menu). The waitress explained that the grated cheese pictured in the menu is "for decoration" and does not come on the plate when ordering. IF we wanted cheese for the beans like the picture.. an extra $2.25 *dead serious* Asked for some sour creme for the entree. No problem, but also no mention of the extra charge; an extra $2.25. Literally the cost of a 1 POUND container of the brand named sour cream from the grocery store *smh* The waitress tried to upsell us several times (suggesting a slightly different variation of what we specifically asked for), but never mentioning an extra cost. I thought we were pretty straight forward in our ordering, but they still managed to charge us an extra $6.00 on our bill without feeling like we made any special requests *bummer* The proteins were cooked well and the seafood protein was delicious by itself. Everything else was mediocre American "Mexican" style food and nothing to come back for. IF Pancho's is open, go there instead. read more

Rancho Viejo - Carnitas Mixta entree $17.95 - Mexican Near Me - Brookings, Oregon

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We got to Rancho VieJo at noon on Thursday for lunch. It wasn't busy. We were greeted and seated right away. menus, water, and chips & salsa were served promptly. The menu was large but we decided on a couple of the lunch specials. We could clearly overhear our waitress taking the order from the table next to us, and she could not answer the question they had about one of the entrees, and she did not bother to go to the kitchen to ask. Our food arrived in an acceptable time, the entree with the rice and beans looked okay, a little over fried. The other entree, the 'deluxe taco salad' looked bare, and stark on the plate. Not too appetizing. I ordered iced tea, the menu said including refills, but when my glass was empty, the waitress failed to ask if I would like a refill. I ordered taquitos, and the waitress asked if I wanted chicken or shredded beef, I opted for the beef. My companion ordered the deluxe taco salad, the waitress asked what kind of meat and my friend said pork. She then asked if he wanted it on a plate, or in a tortilla shell, he just assumed that in a tortilla shell was the standard way of presenting a taco salad. when we got the bill we were billed for the iced tea, the beer he ordered, my taquitos lunch special, his taco salad, then the addition of $1.00 for the shredded beef, $1.00 for the pork, and $.75 for the tortilla shell. not that these were huge amounts, but it was irritating that they were add ons that were not discussed during out order. The food was edible, but on a scale of 1-10, I'd say 3. we won't be back there. read more

Great service, wonderful food, amazing prices. We were so surprised of the value and price and selection!! Thank you!! Try the Mexican pizza!! read more

Rancho Viejo - Mexican food - Mexican Near Me - Brookings, Oregon

Authentic Mexican delicious dishes & great service in Brookings Oregon a beautiful pacific ocean town.

Not just bad... disgusting. Lettuce had a rotten edge and then cooked, and fish tacos were way undercooked and veggie components also seemed spoiled. Service was ok, dining area was clean but the cook is terrible. read more

Tried the Molcajete twice. The first time was very decent, the second time it was bad, sadly.

The customer service was amazing from the minute we stepped in the door to the time we sat down. The food was a whole different story. I got three carne asada tacos with rice and my friend got a pork burrito and cheese enchilada. The tacos were very unsatisfactory in the flavor department. My friend's enchilada was great but the pork burrito was extremely salty. Lastly we got a berry margarita and it was okay. Overall I wouldn't come back but I'm glad I got to try it. read more

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Great food, great staff, great service! You won't be disappointed!! Two thumbs up....

Super friendly! Salsa was fresh and delicious. Tamale was perfect and relleno was also super fresh with a good sized chili pepper inside. Will be back! read more

Reasonable prices and really good food, I'm so glad our hotel happened to be near this gem! Enchiladas were great and exactly how I like them, the salsa is really really good (I think it might be house made), the taco was a little dry, but nothing some salsa or enchilada sauce can't fix. My friend got the small house margarita, he said it was lovely. We cannot wait to come back to lunch. Our waitress was so wonderful we actually left a 50% tip. This place is on our list now forsure! read more

Rancho Viejo - Tacos with rice and beans (he forgot to ask for no veggies so they are out of the taco) - Mexican Near Me - Brookings, Oregon

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It does look a little messy, the screen at the check out could've been a little cleaner, to be honest. I just went here for take-out. Super friendly service. Had to wait approx 10 minutes for the super nachos order. At $11 a reasonable price for the amount of food that could easily feed 2 for dinner and 3 for generous snacks with an ice cold beer. I ordered shredded beef, wasn't available so I chose pork. Pork was on the dry side but with the toppings still good. Would order again. read more

Great food and the friendliest owners. We love coming here for great Mexican food. Reasonable prices

We've tried a few Mexican restaurants in the Brookings area. By far this was the best. Prompt service and the food was good. I had a beef shredded taco and a cheese enchilada. Both were very good. My husband had the chili relleno which he raved about. Try this place, you can't go wrong. read more

First off the service here is terrible. The music is annoying as heck, it cuts on for 2 seconds then disappears for 20 seconds. We waited a long time to order our lunch...actually had to go hunt someone down. Now the food, ugh. Paper thin, dry chicken, dry and spicy tamal and that tortilla chicken soup was salty and full of nothing but tomatoes, soggy chips and tons of cheese, hardly no chicken! Food is disgusting, service is terrible and definitely not worth any money. read more

While driving through this town we were very hungry and decided to stop here due to the good Yelp reviews. The staff was friendly and we were seated in a short few minutes. As someone else mentioned in their review the chips were fresh and warm. The salsa had good flavor with a small kick to it. We ordered our food right away since we looked at the menu while waiting for a table. Sadly, we never got our food. We waited for about 45 min and it never showed up at our table. We even had to flag someone down to give us more chips, which took SEVERAL attempts . We tried getting several staff members attention to find out about our food, to just be ignored every time. Finally we saw our waitress again and was able to get her to come to our table. She wouldn't tell us why our food was taking so long or when it would be ready. Just that it would be out soon. We waited a little longer before finally walking out. We walked right past our waitress on the way out the door and she didn't even acknowledge that we were leaving. If we ever drive through this town again we will be driving right by this establishment. WE DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PLACE THE END! read more

We got into town late and this place was open. I looked at the reviews and we decided to try. The food was mediocre. It was very fast and the plate was super hot from them microwaving our food. We had crispy tacos that were soft and not crunchy from microwaving. The rice tasted ok but was crunch on top. read more

Ordered to go. Prices are great. $30 for 2 of us which included a side. My husband loved his burrito. And he really liked the salsa. It was a tad hot for me. Loved my tostada. But my cheese enchilada was too salty for me. Beans and rice were good and the chips were crispy. We would go here again when passing through. read more

This was our second visit to this establishment on our travels through Brookings. I strongly recommend you go there! The atmosphere is cheery, the service is friendly,quick and attentive. AND the food is the best Mexican food I have ever eaten. The frosting on top of the cake were the $3 margaritas from 3-6. read more

We stopped here going home and it was yummy food. The plates were big, good prices, and friendly staff. They gave us chips and salsa twice. read more

Rancho Viejo - Chicken carnitas - Mexican Near Me - Brookings, Oregon

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We have enjoyed this restaurant for years. Today we went back for the first time since the start of the pandemic. It was still very, very good. Prices have gone up. I'm okay with that as long as the employees get some of that increase. Probably the he best tamale I've ever been had. The Chile Relleno was excellent too. Thanks for being a great restaurant all these years. read more

We are total fans of the *other* Mexican restaurant well within sight of Rancho Viejo; but we love Rancho Viejo too. Large portions. Excellent dishes. Recently I had the asada burrito: maybe the best I've had in seven years. My wife orders an appetizer, what is basically a lot of cheese melted on a tortilla and served blazing hot. Very tasty. The wait staff is very friendly. It's nice to be smiled at and talked to. That doesn't happen often enough. These folks care that you're there. Definitely take the time and treat yourself. You'll walk away full, satisfied, and smiling. read more

We came here with a few friends last night. We were able to make a reservation. When my friends arrived they however did not have the table clean or ready for the group. They quickly accommodated us and cleaned it. The seating was a bit awkward for our group but we made do. We ordered drinks as we waited on a few from our party. They have some flavors or margaritas, beer and non alcoholic choices as well. The margaritas came out fairly fast. I myself tried a blackberry peach. It was fun but far too sweet for me. For peoples who like the sweeter cocktails it would be perfect. I ordered just a plain shot after that. Their shots come in the smallest shot glass I have ever seen as a fellow bartender. I wish they would put them in bigger glasses even if they are going to do the same pour. That way you have an appropriate amount of alcohol and room for a lime, this way the lime does not take up any of the volume of the liquid. We then ordered food. They were out of a few things but let us know within a suitable amount of time. My husband got a steak dish and it actually looked very good. I was surprised cause you never know with steak anywhere. I got the basically two cheese enchilada meal. It was good. The rice was my favorite part. Everyone seemed to enjoy their food. The prices seemed fair. Everyone was able to pay their bill separately without any fuss. read more

Rancho Viejo - Steak plate - Mexican Near Me - Brookings, Oregon

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AMAZING. We would eat here for breakfast lunch & dinner if we could. Just drove through town & stopped here to grab lunch & it was the best decision we've made all trip. Super friendly. We hope to come back soon! Muchísimas gracias! read more

We were very happy to find good Mexican food while camping near Brookings! Less than two miles from the Harris Beach State Park, you could walk or ride your bike here. They are doing indoor dining and staff were wearing masks . I didn't see an outdoor dining area . We elected to do takeout as we had our dog with us. Our main dishes were steak ala chicano and chalupa. Dishes came with rice and beans and portions were plenty. We were also given fresh chips and salsa-not store bought. The serving containers were sturdy. We called in the order and it was ready within 10 minutes. Staff were very helpful and friendly- I had three servers ask if they could help me! Menu is extensive and available online. read more

Ate here after the reopening( after the pandemic) ...the food was excellent and our server was amazing!! Highly recommend eating there!

Such friendly service! The lady was super sweet and the food portions here are huge! I was surprised the tacos were hard shell though because everything else seemed authentic and home cooked. It was like a maze getting to the bathroom so don't be surprised! haha read more

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Hands down, the most disgusting bathroom ever. I especially feel sorry for the Dragon Palace next door who are forced to share this facility. Evidently, the Rancho Viejo owners maintain the shared bathroom. If they maintain bathrooms like this, imagine what their kitchen looks like. Flee! read more

So I like the service and most of all the food. The moly enchiladas were superb very chocolatey. I had a combination plate with taco enchilada and tamale very fresh and tasty almost too much food to eat. Let me say that I think the prices were fair. Clean with a large menu I will go back again. read more

Worse Mexican food I have ever had. Reviews are correct about customer service, very slow. Weird food items, pineapple quesadilla and Parmesan cheese on everything. Customer found razor blade on the floor and employee wanted nothing to do with it. Pretty sure meth sales were going on in the casino area in the back. Would never eat there again. Staff were nice. read more

I am a quarter Hispanic and have a long line of family members that are versed in cooking authentic Mexican food. This is the absolute worse place I have ever been in my entire life. Not only does the food taste horrible the staff are also rude, and the bathrooms smell terrible. The prices are outrageous and I don't know how it has so many positive reviews. I would run far, and fast away from here. I have had better food in the street carts of Mexico after they were already closed. read more

Wow! This place was so good! We had two types of fajitas, enchiladas suizas, and a burrito mixto, and everything was amazing. We tried several other Mexican restaurants in Brookings and this place was our favorite, hands down. We will be returning! read more

Very good service and very good food, they have the best Carne azada from Brookings.

While traveling thru Brookings again a friend and I stopped for dinner at Rancho Viejo and were greeted right as we entered by a very friendly young woman. We were taken to a booth (which I always prefer) and given menus, chips and salsa arrived very soon after, which tasted fresh and spicy, the way I like. We read thru all the great dishes and loved to be able to see pictures on the menu of what there menu items look like. I ordered a prawn/bacon wrap burrito and my friend had a creme seafood dish, sorry I did not remember the actual names, only description. His creme seafood was out of this world fantastic....I tried some. My bacon wrap prawn burrito was prepared very well, but I didnt love the bacon and carmelized onion flavor in my mexican food. But I ate it all lol! I also as usual ordered a margarita ($6) and that was hella good! I will be back again to try more dishes, food was really good over all and service was so fantastic! We were never left alone more than 10 minutes, waters, chips, napkins they really covered all our needs and made us feel very welcome. read more

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