El Rancho Restaurant

Reviews

• Jessica H.

  star star star star_border star_border 15 July 2026

  I am a fan for their breakfast  great stuff and super good deals.
  
  You can get eggs hashbrowns toast for about 3.00 and if you want to add bacon its about 75 cents more.
  
  Their coffe is great and they have homemade bagels all kinds that are super yummy.
  
  As far as lunch goes Im not the biggest fan.
  
  The people who work there are super nice and I have never got bad service.

• Chris R.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 15 July 2026

  The wife and I received an Entertainment book and have been using that, along with Yelp, to find new places to try. One night we randomly opened to the page featuring an El Rancho BOGO coupon. It's right down the road from the house, so why not?
  
  We walked in, saw there was only one other table and were greeted and seated before the door closed behind us. Our drink order was taken and filled quickly too. After the chips and canned salsa came out, we placed our order and waited patiently for our food.
  
  The other table was getting ready to leave about the time we were running out of drinks and chips. No problem, once the one front of house employee is done cashing them out, he will come refill our glasses. Or, maybe he would just ignore us. Our drinks sat empty, the chips were long gone and only a partially full dish of flavorless, straight from the can salsa kept us company.
  
  Sitting within line of sight (and about 5 feet) from the drink machine, I was tempted to just refill our glasses myself. About that time, the server guy decided to stop by and refill our water.
  
  Shortly thereafter, our food came out. I gave the tacos and enchilada plate a try. I was pleasantly surprised to see that there was a hidden cheese enchilada hidden in the sauce next to my chicken enchilada. The taco was tasty, nothing magical, but it wasn't as bad as others that I have had. The enchiladas were also not bad, but nothing too amazing. The sauce seemed to also have come from a can, it didn't have any individuality.
  
  The restaurant used to be an American restaurant/cafe with an ice cream bar that made waffle cones fresh. There is still a strong smell of waffle cones in the air, which makes for a weird combination with Mexican-style dishes.
  
  Also, it would seem that they are trying to save money on electricity by not having a strong A/C presence and keeping the air moving with box fans, industrial strength wire frame fans and the like. A boom box sitting on the counter plays Mariachi music too loudly throughout the dining area too.
  
  Having only one table can lead to servers either spending too much time checking on the customers or completely ignoring them. While the gentleman was very nice when he interacted with us, he was a little too absent while our drinks were empty. He was not even in view, so we could flag him down either.
  
  If we're in a pinch, don't want to travel far and I am craving tacos, we may hit El Rancho up again, it won't be a go-to place though.

• Jay A.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 2 July 2026

  Great for breakfast. Bad for lunch.
  
  Breakfast items tend to be good (though, oddly, bagels seems to be an afterthought). I like the Huevos Rancheros. My friend likes the Western Omelet. Lots of free refills on drinks. Quick and friendly service.
  
  However:
  Lunch/Dinner items are heavy on the pre-fab, deep fried side.
  
  Example: I ordered the special of the day "Fish and Chips".
  The fish was two processed squares of what you might get in a McFood Filet-o-fish. The "chips" were standard frozen french fries (not even steak fries). Bleh..
  
  Another example: the Chicken Parmesan was little deep-fried, battered chunks of Chinese fast-food style chicken served on watery pasta. Really not good.
  
  I would like this place to do well because it is a convenient place for me to get a quick and hearty breakfast - but they'd better get their lunch game up to speed.

• Matthew C.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 25 June 2026

  Steer clear, this place is terrible.  They would not honor a coupon I tried to use that was clearly valid.  When I asked to see the manager, he was very rude.  I told him I would never go back there, and he didn't care one bit.  Absolutely terrible service from start to finish.

• Jerry G.

  star star star star star_border 24 June 2026

  Great little restaurant with mainly Mexican fare.  Though they have items not expected like 1/2 lb hamburgers.
  Friendly wait staff.