El Ranchero IV — Restaurant in Emporia

Visited here a few weeks ago -- entirely disappointing especially after reading so many positive reviews here.

The raspberry margarita was obviously premade and poured from a plastic bottle. Nothing wrong with that when you're at home, but not what you expect when you're in a place that promotes "authentic" food and drinks. It was also warm despite having ice in the glass. Reminded me of underage kids trying to be fancy but failing.

The steak fajita quesadilla was about 15% steak and 85% veggies. It was more of an open-faced sandwich though as there was so little cheese it wasn't actually melted together.

The guacamole wasn't fully brown, but wasn't exactly green. It was that in-between stage where you wouldnt serve it to guests at your home, but given the proper slightly-tipsy situation on a late Friday night, you yourself may have just one more bite before throwing it away.

We were seated in a booth, and I was next to the wall. Wearing flip-flops, I kept expecting a roach or a mouse to run over my feet --- it's that kind of place.

On a positive note, there were no less than three police cruisers keeping watch within 50 yards of the building ... So...

If you love authentic Mexican food you will hate this place. I’m only giving it two stars because there were plenty of happy customers so I’m assuming some of the food is decent. Otherwise I would give this a 1 Star.

They messed up my order and gave me the wrong bill. I ordered a Alcopoco burrito, they gave me chimichangas but denied that the order was wrong. He insisted that this was how burritos come. Fine. I’m only subtracting half a star for the mixups. I’m glad I checked my bill because there were two alcoholic drinks on there, I didn’t have any.

The real reason this place gets a low rating is that the food is disgusting. The shrimp and crab burrito smelled fishy. They didn’t wrap it like a burrito, instead it looked like a giant Taquito. And to make things worse they poured this watery white cheese all over the food, flooding the plate. It was flavorless at best.

Oh and for some reason they give you chips, Salsa and...

This place was okay. It's located inside a Days Inn but there's no mention of that online until you actually get to the place (this was a halfway meet up spot ) The food is bland. After we walked in and got seated by the host, I turn around and he's at the host stand picking his nose 😒

Something in the food or drink made my boyfriend very sick (ended up throwing up twice) He had only eaten a couple bites from his plate and when I told the waiter about it and suggested they remove the meal from the bill, they argued and stated that "we serve this all the time and no one else had any problems" , gave my very nauseous boyfriend some sparkling water and did not remove the meal. We paid our bill and left, will not...