El Ranchero Restaurant

San Benito

I love it I just got here to celebrate my birthday with my family the food it’s very delicious Thankyou

AZona

Good service, authentic Mexican food! Parking is limited. My daughter thought the chips tasted stale. The ground beef in tacos had too much oil in it. Quesadilla were the best!

Deanna Larsen

Shredded beef chimi and a tostada with Taco. All were great. Had my first Margareta in years and it was delicious. I see why they are voted #1.

Trent River

Extremely disappointed. Needed to stop for food after a long day of driving. Checked the reviews and photos and seemed very promising. Literally right off the road but you can park in the back. Nothing fancy, just a small no frills restaurant. Service was fast even though only one server, who apologized for being solo. Chips were on par and the salsas were very good. The bean dip was different, but good. More of a bean cream sauce, but tasty Wife ordered nachos. She said they were on the bland side. Definitely could have used more cheese. The biggest fail was my dish. I ordered chicken fajitas. It was a iron skillet filled with peppers and onions, with all the normal fixings. You know, what you expect in an order of fajitas. This was part of the problem. The vegetables were plentiful but the amount of chicken was extremely disheartening. But the biggest disappointment was the presentation. One of the best parts about ordering fajitas is when can hear the sizzle of the cast iron plate on top of a wooden board as they bring it out to you from the kitchen. They place it in front of you and your stir the meats and vegetables to get them all nice, cooked and caramelized. In this case they did bring them out on a cast iron skillet in top of a wooden base. There was no sizzle. There was no heat. I shouldn't be able to touch the cast iron skillet with my bare hand, much less be able to completely grasp the handle and move it to the other side. But I was. It was warm, barely. The vegetables definately could have been cooked a lot longer. A hot fajita skillet would have fixed that. Caramelization was never going to happen with these fajitas. Sometimes fajitas aren't served on a hot skillet. But if your going to serve them on a hot skillet, do exactly that... serve them on a HOT skillet. If your not, don't bother bringing me my fajitas on the skillet. The fajitas also needed more seasoning. We were excited to try this place and we're disappointed. We won't be back.