No lite selections on menu, bad buy, and too spicy. Evening meal, sought enchilada and beans or other alacarte. Outrageous fee of $8.50 asked to make-up alacarte (of course drink was 2.50 more), so ordered the $9.99 meal. Received the food, too spicy, too much (so half left uneaten), I left one of two enchiladas and most of the beans untouched. Very bad waste of food dollar budget. They used to have alacarte on their menu and were cleaner inside. Additionally, the place needs redecoration, lighting, and does not appear clean. Never again. read more

I have been to the Gladstone Mi ranchito about 5 times now. So, I have seen the good and the bad. 1. Don't go at lunch - they have major issues. I have heard this from friend and then we went on Saturday. We were there around 11:45am and there were only a handful of others there, so service should have been good. The poor guy waiting on us was good, but something is really messed up in the back. First, the jalapeno poppers came out cold. Then, we waited on our food for 25 minutes. When it came out, portions of it were cold! Had to send it back. Very odd. And, the manager delivered the food and just apologized for it being so long. No offer for a free dessert, etc? Not that I wanted one, but hey, some effort could be made to make us happy. Management (who is a younger individual) really needs some training. He looked like he was brought out of the kitchen, put a nice white shirt on, and they slapped the manager tag on him and said good luck! 2. Dinner - when you arrive, be prepared the hostess situation to be a discombobulated mess. You'll see what I mean. They are poor at greeted you - even when you are at the hostess stand staring right at them saying hello - its like you have to tell them you are interested in getting a table. 3. The only bad entree I have had is the Friday night Seafood Enchilada - STAY away from this one unless you LOVE black pepper. It is way over peppered and it ruins the entire dish. Overall, we will continue to go there, but can see how some people would be turned off and never return. Hopefully their management can figure it all out. They have been open long enough to be out of the "new" stage...... read more

Excellent food. Terrible service. The staff here are largely unfriendly and slow. Usually have to wait 10-15 minutes after being seated before someone comes for your drink order. Do a pickup order or go elsewhere. read more

Went here for dinner with my family and had an absolute blast. We went on a Saturday night and enjoyed watching college football on the many TV screens. As we were seated were we presented almost immediately with hot and fresh nachos with salsa. The service was nice and friendly. I ordered Carne Assad Tacos that's were to die for. The rice was a bit dry but I'll excuse it for the taste was delicious and fresh. The food was that of an authentic Mexican restaurant and everyone in my family ate all of their food. The taco salad and chicken tortilla soup were great, and the enchiladas were amazing as well. For a nice family dinner, and to watch the big game, this is a great spot. read more

I've visited Mi Ranchito a few times and every time it has been great! I've tried the chimichanga, nachos, tamale, crispy taco, and have enjoyed a margarita or two!! The tamale was by far my favorite, it was topped with a red sauce and creamy white sauce and the grilled chicken inside was moist and flavorful! The waitstaff was incredibly friendly, and the manager came by to check on our food and order. They all seemed utterly concerned about us having a positive experience in their restaurant and made the evening wonderful!! read more

This restaurant is AMAZING. My mother and I went on 5/17/14 for lunch. We were immediately seated, chips and salsa came as we sat down. The waitress was also there as soon as we sat to get our drink order. The staff was very knowledgable about the food and even brought samples of sauce that we had questions about. The food was so fresh and delicious. I had the Burrito Del Norte and I couldn't get enough. I also really like that they serve black beans, as I'm not a fan of refried. I've told so many people about this place. You cannot beat the prices either. Very impressed! read more

Great Food! Poorly trained wait staff. --- PROS --- - Good Mexican food at a fairly good price. Drink pricing is a bit on the high side. - Food is served VERY hot. - During major sports events, most of their TVs are tuned to the event. - Staff is 'mostly' attentive. It seems like every time we go, there is a point when the waiter will disappear for a long time. I'm guessing they have cover too many tables. But on the whole, they take care of the table. - Full bar area with several tables. - Atmosphere is pleasant with plenty of wall decorations to match the theme. - Limited parking up front (really the side of the building) but plenty of parking behind the restaurant. --- CONS --- - Gladstone water is served (Gag ... Choke!) - Serves Pepsi (Gag... Choke!) (and yes I hate Pepsi... but I will drink it over Gladstone water) - Every time I go I must ask for a refill on a soft drink. It is not automatic. (why?!?) - Small waiting area inside. During crowded nights, folks will be waiting outside. - cramped seating area and large parties may flow out into the path of traffic or be split up. - Pay close attention to where you are seating, and refuse the seat if you don't like it. -- Example 1) During the winter time they wanted to seat me and my wife up front by the door. I asked if we could sit further away... so the lady smiled and took us back and seated us next to the axillary doors (which amazingly half the restaurant used to get to their cars out back). So we were seated in a worse seat than if were up front. Lesson learned! -- Example 2) Large people were seated in a row of booths... each one pushed their booth seat a little bit back expanding the distance... now we are ushered to our table at the end of the row of booths. There is about 8" clearance between the seat back and the freaking tables. This is not a comfortable seat option for even the skinniest of anorexic celebrities. Why would management even offer this to a guest?!? So... looking over my review, it seems like I really dislike the place. But I really like the food! I just have troubles with the poorly trained staff. I would still recommend this restaurant to someone to try out, but not for anyone in a hurry... or anyone with a short stupidity fuse. read more

Always tends to satisfy my appetite. Today of the many times I've been here, i had a small issue with my plate. The owner quickly fixed the issue and replaced my pleasure on the house! Great customer service and quality ingredients! I will continue to return read more

Where do I begin?! Doesn't even deserve the one star. No host at the front door with the line growing by the second. FINALLY got seated and had the worst service ever! Ordered cheese dip and didn't get it until the 2nd request several minutes later. Was served cold rice with the promise of new rice. 10 minutes later and still no hot or even warm rice. We requested 2 tabs for 2 couples and got 4 separate, inaccurate tabs. The biggest debacle ever! How do restaurants get away with this inexcusable service and unacceptable food?! read more

Not up to par with the Mi Ranchito's in Olathe. Felt like a whole deferent place food was bland.

$ 1.00 Margaritas all month long(August)!!! Excellent!! Very good appetizers. Had the chile con queso and guacamole. For ge entree we had the sampler platter. Small bit of several items. All delicious and hot! Also had vegetable enchiladas -daughter loved it. Wife had chile releno tamale and enchilada. All excellent! Almost as good as Mi Tiera's in San Antonio!!! That's a high standard! Very reasonably priced too! read more

This is my new favorite Mexican restaurant. Every time I go, I try something new and its always good! Margaritas are on point. Staff is friendly. Nicely decorated. Whats not to love?? read more

Had dinner there last night. The food was fantastic!! The service wasn't the best but the food made up for it! The chimichanga comes with a brown/red sauce - skip it and get the white cheese sauce- it is SOO much better! Also the fajita queso enchiladas are delicious!! Be prepared for a wait- table, drinks, and food- but once the food comes you will forget all about it!! read more

Pretty good menu with quite a bit of depth and accessible combos. Good solid Mexican food. Staff is above average. Seems to be a well run establishment. read more

This place used to be good, now it's just a chain Mexican restaurant got the asada plate grilled onions were spoiled sour you could smell them. Complained to waiter and all our grandson got was a cookie. Never coming here again! read more

Finally, a darn good place to eat. Chips & salsa were amazing. Read the other reviews, and decided to chance it. Really glad I did. The staff were friendly and knowledgeable. I'm uber picky, and have food allergies to boot, but the server Judy guided me to the most amazing bacon wrapped shrimp fajitas. The soupy beans (charros?) were delicious. My kids even ate them. It was busy, but our food came out quick & hot. There was a hispanic man going from table to table, asking if everything was good. When he got to us, he noticed my daughter hadn't eaten much and offered to make her something different, but I told him it wasn't the Mac n cheese, she just wasn't hungry. Nice that they care about all their guests, not just the one paying the bill. Fried ice cream was super delicious! We ate every bite. Next time I'm going to try the homemade Flan!! read more

I have tried so many different things from here, and I have never had bad food from here. The border nachos are like $7 and enough for two people. The tacos are good, but the burritos are my favorite item on the menu. read more

Went for espinaca an hour before close on a sunday night ( i typically only get espinca dip from here) it was good as always...BUT.. Sunday night its still about a medium crowd, none around the bar, and as im stand there waiting for the chips and queso to come back, the manager an older blonde lady (WILLIE) is eating chips & salsa right in front of me! Once she see's me watching and giving her a dirty look she then tries to kinda casually chew? as if i didnt see her (lol)..Anyone whos worked in a restaurant knows you do not want to eat in front of customers, its gross. with no other workers around, and with me staring at her she then goes behind a slim pole in plain site and takes a shot of tequila, RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME! how did i know it was tequila?? be cause she bit the lime afterwards! i was disgusted after this.. if this person was so blatantly careless, how was my food prepared? At this point if i wasn't hooked on there espinaca i would just leave, but my chips were coming. i also started looking around and saw other shot glasses and cups of soda near each other as if a group was taking them. maybe she was just catching up? Im not a stickler and i dont leave reviews allday, if i worked i worked there i would prob eat the chips as well, and if i was closing late night and could, i'd have a shot or two..but if your going to do that at least do it in the back witch was 2 feet away or when customers are gone . if management is doing this, who knows how low of service standards she is setting for everyone else there, i made a point to ask the yound lady if the older blonde was her manager and her name when she brought my food. I will go elsewhere from no on. read more

Mi Ranchito is easily my favourite place in town to get Mexican food. I love Tex Mex (no surprise, I'm Texan) and have had a hard time finding a restaurant that is as good as what I'm used to in San Antonio, but Mi Ranchito comes close. The only thing I didn't care for when I went was the frozen margarita. Otherwise, chips, salsa, queso, and main dishes have been really good. They have a gluten-friendly section of the menu and all vegetarian offerings are clearly marked, which is always nice. Over all I'd recommend them and Abuelo's for decent Mexican food in SA, with Mi Ranchito being less pricey and more of a mom and pop place. read more

I will make this short and simple. Waitress forgot my soup (apparently she thought that comes after your entree); specifically stated NO ONIONS - food had onions in it; poured water into our soda glasses for refill; waitress asked if we wanted to use $5 promotion/coupon, she did not put it on final check - had to redo; forgot the take-out order that we ordered (thankfully); and to top it all off, no apology for the horrible service whatsoever. I guess that's what you get when an establishment has 12 year old's working as server's who can't differentiate from their a** from their elbow. Never going back there. read more

The long, Friday-evening wait was worth the delicious food and margaritas! I wasn't terribly impressed with the chips/salsa options served before the meal, but our actual dinners were awesome. I had shrimp tacos and my boyfriend has a deep fried chimichanga with steak and cream cheese inside. We both had a couple of $2 12 ounce margaritas and they were very tasty! We are already planning our next trip back to capitalize on this margarita deal of the month! :) read more

While I have eaten here a couple of times and can say I've had pretty good luck with the food being equal to the other Mi Ranchito locations, I have to say that the service at this particular location has always been lacking when we have stopped in. It's hard to tell which side of the restaurant you are supposed to come in at to wait to be seated. If you come in the wrong side, nobody directs you to the other end, you just have to figure it out. We have spent plenty of time (upwards of 20 minutes) waiting for a table here when there are numerous empty tables in plain view. Service has been extremely awkward two of the three times we have visited. I believe in the future we will plan to visit other Mi Ranchito locations when the craving hits us. read more

I've visited this restaurant now a few times. The chips and salsa are wonderful, especially the avocado salsa. Food has always been amazing and served hot and the portions quite generous. Our service has been consistently good. The restaurant looks clean and well maintained and there's plenty of parking. They also have a nice patio area. Surprised by the other reviews because we love this place! read more

Tasty, authentic food and very friendly service. food came put hot and was what we were looking for to satisfy our hungry tummies. The garlic and cream cheese based suave they brought out with the chips was delicious. Will come again. read more

We ate there the other night because it was close and we had coupons. Wait was 30 minutes but 30 minutes on a Saturday night in KC is the norm. Boy, we were all blown away. For the price we paid , the portions and tastes of the food were outstanding. This is definitely a place I'll come back to if I don't feel like going all the way to zona rosa to eat. read more

Food was delicious and served quickly. The service was friendly and helpful. There is endless chips and salsa, there is a dip with avocado that my girlfriend loves. read more

Everything is great! Basically you can't go wrong. You will leave very happy and very full. This is my favorite Mexican In kc!

Best Mexican food in the Gladstone area (Margaritas is 2nd). Always fast service, courteous staff and great food. My wife and I always come here when we want to eat Mexican food in the Northland. read more

This is my favorite Mexican restaurant in KC! Good and service both great. The food is always fresh and seasoned great. They are kid friendly and have wonderful dips!! read more

Get the shredded beef chimi. So good! Downside is eating here in the summer- prepare to eat in the heat. Their AC sucks or they don't understand to crank that sucker long before dinner. Either way, the place is packed so clearly people will eat despite the AC drama. read more

Love this place. The Las Perlas enchiladas are the best in KC. I also like the light and crispy chips and the fact that the salsa has good flavor without being too hot is really a great bonus. I usually eat at the store in Olathe but i was driving by this one today and had to get my fix! read more

My wife and I have been driving by for a week now and had noticed that the parking lot was always full, so we decided to check it out. The food was really good but needed a little more kick for my tastes. It did have a lot of flavor. Our waitress Jasmine did an outstanding job and we will be sure to ask for her the next time we go their. If you are looking for some excellent Mexican cuisine give this place a look. read more

Love the food and the choices! We always walk away very stuffed and happy. The service has always been very friendly. The only downside is it gets very loud in the restaurant, a bit difficult to have dinner conversation (not sure how you would fix that though). I always try to ask for "Mama" as the waitress when we go, she is the best (very attentive, fabulous waitress). read more

The cream cheese enchilada is amazing! Staff is friendly, margaritas are tasty and food comes out in a timely manner. Remember to always tip your waiter/waitress at least 20% -25% because they work their butts off!!! read more

Barfarito! The worst place in town for Mexican food! Poor service- they forget about you and screw up your order bringing exactly what I did NOT WANT! Unimpressed. I even gave it another try ., and still disappointed! Terrible terrible and mgr/ owner didn't care when I said something! Actually shrugged his shoulders and offered me a free meal coupon! Seriously! ? Your food is nasty and you want me to come back for more barfarito nasty? Never no way. Gave 2 chances and blew it both times. Ugh!! read more

Good food, good service, everything fresh so why 4 stars because we were offered refills for our drinks and they charged us for the refills, at 2,50 a pop it added up. We always enjoy this place just won't let the refill our drinks. read more

The food was delicious! I recommend the tamales, tacos, and Espinosa dip- my 3 year old loved the Mac and cheese. The problem I had was the service.. We had four different servers, our dip wasn't brought until after our meal, and then the final server was asking about boxes and our check as I was taking my second bite of my taco! One would think he would have walked away as it took me about a minute to finish my bite, but instead he stood there staring at me. He then came back about every two minutes, seemingly trying to rush us out. I tipped 15% because I'm not a tool, but yeesh! read more

We dined here late Friday night. The restaurant was not busy, but the service was terrible. The food was okay, but VERY bland. It i had to go here with a group, I would, but I certainly wouldn't choose it. read more

Have been going to this location since they opened up in t h e Northland. Don't know what is going on with management and the staff but is slowly going downhill. The only server I trust is Miguel. Not always is he there or if he is does he have availability. The food is still good when they get your order right. read more

Went to the N Oak location on a whim with family in town, given it was a Friday night and it took FOREVER to get seated I did not understand why. After eating here I know why its too damn good you dont want to leave! The staff was nice to us and very respectful to our kids that were with us, A+ for them! The food Oh...My... GOD I ordered the Carne asada Tacos and for two of them they were ultra filling. The presentation was welcoming and made me feel right at home the food looked fresh and tasty. The flavor was amazing the cut of beef was perfectly soft and melted in my mouth with each flavorful bite. The veggies were fresh and clean which adds to the amazing flavor! This will become a regular location for our family as we all enjoyed the atmosphere and food! Thank you all for a wonderful night out! read more