RanchonGrill Restaurante — Restaurant in Panajachel

We ate here spontaneously when we were hungry and didn’t have time to look around much or at ratings. First the positives: the servers were kind. There was a cream of asparagus soup that was brought as a starter that came with it that I wasn’t expecting and it was good. The pesto pasta was good, I liked the guacamole, I really liked the seasoned chips that came in the side of guacamole, and the chicken breast filet was really flavorful. We don’t have much cash and they took card which was convenient. For negatives: I ordered the al pastor tacos and they were the worst I’ve ever had. Very dry and not flavorful. There was a red sauce that came with it that was really bland. And some things that were on the negative side but I think is the same everywhere here is that I was approached by vendors twice while sitting with my kids (my husband had to step away) to see if I wanted to buy something. Also, there are a lot of flies (open air seating!).

As a note, the location is slightly off, the front entrance is right on that...

We ordered three different kinds of beers, but they were all warm, almost room temperature. I'm not sure if they're not rotating the drinks when stocking the fridge, trying to save on electricity by keeping the fridge temperature low, or if the fridge simply isn't working properly. When we brought it to the staff's attention, they handed us a glass of ice almost as if it were a joke. I won't be returning here and wouldn't recommend it to anyone. There are better and more affordable places...

Instead of eating here, look for something else. We randomly chose this place for dinner, ordered ceviche and tacos and what did we get? Ceviche was a goblet of a terrifyingly sour and salty set of a few small prawns and pieces of fish with a significant amount of surimi sticks in it. Surimi in ceviche? Jesus... On the other hand, meat in tacos was very poorly seasoned and quite tough, which didn't satisfy us either. I do...