Ranchero's Taqueria

Very authentic Mexican food that is made from scratch with quality ingredients. Very good dark Mole' sauce every day, and other style Mole's on occasion. The cooks (one being the owner) care about what they are serving, and it shows. Great presentation of food items. Not an elaborate building or environment, just good food. Ordering "off the menu" is encouraged. Large bowls of soup and many other items that you may not expect to see here. There is also an attached bar.

The food was good. The service.. sigh.. We sat down and were given chips salsa and cheese dip. We enjoyed this. But after 10 minutes of snacking waiting to place our order .. the waitress whisked away the cheese dip without a word.... She put it on a tray and it seems we weren’t supposed to have been given cheese dip. She brought it to the table behind us.. the second star in this rating is because the food was good... Maybe the restaurant is good but our waitress wasn’t .. maybe the cheese dip is a communal vat.. we won’t ever know.. we won’t be returning for the answers..

The problem I have with reviewing Ranchero's Taqueria is that I pretty much only order two items: tortilla soup, which comes in a lovely combination of spicy hot and temperature hot, and fish tacos - nothing in the tortilla except thick pieces of grilled whitefish, onions and cilantro. But oh my! (The photo of fish tacos shown here is not my own, but was taken by a Yelp contributor named Lisa. I will get my own photo soon, and that'll be an excuse to get those tacos again! The manager loves to talk cooking with the customers too - and that can be the most interesting part of your visit! Except maybe for a large selection of reasonably-priced margaritas. :-)

Well i was looking forward to trying something new and figured the food had to be amazing if they have been established for 20 yrs...boy was i sadly mistaken. My dinner was cold and my chorizo with cheese was watery...gross!!! I would not recommend this place to anyone...i paid $22 for two meals of steak enchiladas...and chorizo with chips...what a rip off!!!