EL RANCHO HOTEL Y RESTAURANTE — Restaurant in Cortés

We went to El Rancho to go birding with the owner, and then to have lunch at the restaurant. Alex, the owner, could not have been more helpful or more enthusiastic on our birding trip, and we found some rare and endemic species. We returned to the restaurant for lunch, very hungry after all our walking, and lunch was on the table within minutes. We had fajitas, with a delicious selection of charcoal cooked meat, lovely fresh crisp salad, a gorgeous plate of dressed avocado and freshly made pico de gallo (and of course the obligatory sour cream and cheese). We had quite a few variations on this theme in restaurants in Honduras, but this was easily the best, and I carried on eating long after I was full because it was just too...

Most birders visiting Honduras will not want to miss the country's only endemic species, the Honduran Emerald. Nowhere is this easier than at El Rancho. Alex Matute, El Rancho's owner, is an enthusiastic birder that will show you this hummingbird, as well as Elegant Trogon, Yellow-tailed Oriole, White-necked Puffbird, and the locally common Berylline Hummingbird. It's possible to see up to 100 bird species in a morning of birding in the scenic area. At the hotel, the food is high quality, the rooms are clean, spacious and comfortable, and the staff is friendly and attentive. Highly...

El Rancho is a good option to grab a bite if you are visiting the El Cajon area or Santa Cruz de Yojoa. The restaurant is located a few yards right past the guarded gate in route to the El Cajon Hidroelectrical Dam. You can plan a good trip going to see El Cajon and time your visit to either have lunch or breakfast at this restaurant.||Also Alex the owner/manager of El Rancho is a birder so he can take you out for a birding walk as well. ||The food was good and nice service. The restaurant has nice seating in a deck, outdoors, or inside. It is a...