Las Ranitas Dallas — Restaurant in Dallas

BEWARE!!! So this was the first time coming to this place with my family and also some friends. When we got there, it was literally just us and maybe another table of two people. We placed our order, the waitress wasn't bad but wasn't that good either. This place was basically empty and when she brought the food out she walked away not leaving or bringing back any silverware. We had to ask for it. She then went ahead and took it. So we had our meal and that was that.

What really got to us, and we should've seen the review someone else left about them charging $10 on their debit card a lot earlier. This happened to us. However, they didn't charge $10, they charged almost $25!!! We paid and when they brought the receipt apparently there was a $25 charge for tip that we didn't authorize and they NOT ONCE told us we were going to be AUTOMATICALLY charged $25 as a tip. My friend who took care of the bill brought this to their attention. And what they specifically said, and I quote, "we don't have any control over that. We input the number of parties and the register automatically charges the tip."

Now get this, here's the kicker, my friend has gone there many times before with his family and not once have they done this. So who knows why they are doing this now. He tried telling them this but they couldn't say. All they said was they didn't have control over it and that we needed to speak to the manager the following day. So my friend is planning on going to speak to the manager tomorrow.

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My love for TexMex and Mexican cuisine leads me to many places lol. Since I live north, I wanted to explore what options Oak Cliff has to offer. That is how I found Las Ranitas. I’ve been twice. Each time I have enjoyed what I ordered. I order the coolest appetizer called an Empaldito. It was pretty much a delicious 7 layer dip in a cool glass. Beans, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, ground beef, and tortilla chips make up this dish. It was very tasty I could not finish it all. They also make tasty chicken quesadillas. However, the best dish that I tried was their Pollo Verde Al Cilantro! It came with a potatoe covered in bacon and cheese. It was really tasty and different for TexMex. It was a good choice and just a wonderful combination of flavors . I really enjoyed the Fajita Bowl as well. I would order it again for sure. The presentation was nice as well. I haven’t really had anything that I didn’t like . My frozen margarita was yummy . I tried pina colada and strawberry. Both were good. I had two of them. The best part is the affordable prices! Each time that I have visited the restaurant I have enjoyed my meals. Las Ranitas is a solid choice for a date night, and grabbing a meal with family or friends. I recommend stopping by and...

My family and I had not been here in a couple of years due to a really bad experience on a valentines dinner. Decided to give it another try, but should have just stayed away. From the moment we sat down it was atleast 10min before enyone even approached us and took our drink order. Menus where given to me and my wife but no menus provided for my kids. After placing our orders with appetizers, it was another 20min before our food came out, all our orders came out at the same time but no appetizers in sight. At this point we decided to start eating our main course, very bland food by the way, and towards the end of the meal they bring out the appetizers. Bad experience all around. We had also asked for some extra salsa that never arrived and very bad...