Rancho Grande Bar & Grill — Restaurant in Eau Claire

Stopped in for a late lunch with my wife. The place smelled like they were staining wood. I'd been here for lunch before so even though my wife didn't like the smell of the stain in the air, I convinced her to stick it out. We were greeted and seated promptly and were brought chips and salsa, and he took our drink order and delivered that promptly as well. We also ordered a cheese dip appetizer that came out quickly. At that point the service went from hero to zero. My wife and I figured out what we wanted, put down our menus, and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited for him to come back. He was back at the bar and looked to be scrolling on his phone. We tried to flag him down to indicate we were ready to order, but he wouldn't look up from his phone. So we just waited until he was done and came to take our order. Our food did arrive promptly, and as I had promised my wife it was great! Then the disappointment continued. I had a coupon for our cheese dip to be free with the purchase of two entrees. When I showed it to him before he brought us the bill, he just shook his head and said "no." No other explanation, just "no." He brought us the bill, which included the charge for the cheese dip. The food was good. But I can make good food at home, typically better and cheaper than at a restaurant. When I take my wife out I want an experience that goes beyond the food, otherwise it's not worth the money to go out. This experience wasn't worth the money and I...

Just tried the New Mexican Restaurant 🇲🇽 Rancho Grande. Hands down the best tacos in town. Let me say I’ve went to other Mexican places in the area for years, Myself and my group could not believe how much flavour the Beef Tacos we ordered had. It was so good we immediately each ordered another taco. Later that day we wondered if we just had not had Mexican food in awhile, so we went to Cancun an ordered Beef Tacos, we were quite surprised on how they fell short, I took a picture of the Taco from Rancho Grande earlier which is on the left, an the one from Cancun is on the right. I’ve went to Cancun for years, an thought it was good stuff, but now trying them side by side, Cancuns beef barely has any flavor or seasonings, in fact it’s a pale watery white color, compared to Ranchos.

Absolutely thrilled to have a new place in town that has flavour, the prices were also more than fair at $2.75 each, It’s a beautiful place, with awesome food. We will be back...

I don’t even know where to start! Hands down the best food I’ve ever had at a Mexican restaurant, and a menu that’s not just the usual suspects. Tons of interesting dishes to choose from and I have no doubt they’re all amazing. They also had a pretty decent-sized vegetarian section that looked very good! I had the burrito skillet which was incredible, and my wife had the bacon burrito jalapeño (warning, the jalapeño sauce is so spicy it brought tears to my eyes but dang was it good). Huge portions, delicious margaritas. The atmosphere is awesome, really cute decor and bar area, music at a nice volume, and sparkling clean. The staff were friendly, attentive and quick, and someone who I’m guessing is either the owner or manager was walking the floor checking in with diners to make sure they were having a good experience. The only downside is that it’s not right next to my house! We will definitely be making this a...