El Ranchito Restaurant & Foodmarket — Restaurant in Florida

Wow!!! We were in the mood for some Mexican and figured this one looked the most authentic. Boy were we right! This little gem was a 15 minute drive from the house and after eating in and around Orlando and Kissimmee for last two weeks was a great change from all the the big and flashy restaurants around Disney. The restaurant is inside a grocery store and looks a little sketchy from the outside but once inside you are right in the atmosphere of this place. The food on the steam line for take out looked amazing and is obviously homemade, we had no trouble getting seat even though there was a good trade going through the restaurant and grocery store. The menus are in Spanish with an English translation at the end and the waitress spoke perfect English. I ordered the meat combination plate and barely got through it, I have seen fajita platters for two with less food than what showed up fresh and sizzling at my table. It exceeded expectation in every way, food was great both quality and quantity, the staff were friendly and attentive. I highly...

Ever since moving back to Florida from New Mexico almost two years ago, I have been craving menudo. Today was the day when I decided that I would wait no longer. I looked up El Ranchito online and chose to give them a visit to try out their menudo. My first impression of the place is that it's a no frills kind of establishment, which is not an issue for me. There's a store connected to the "restaurant" that sells various foods and sundries. The service was good. My order was taken quickly and I did not have to wait long for my food. Once I got home, I dived in to the soup. I was very happy with the taste of the menudo. They included onion, cilantro and lime in a little foil packet, as should be. It was a bit different than what I am used to in that there was no hominy in it. It also came with corn tortillas. I am used to grilled bread or bolillos. Neither of these points were issues. I found it to be delicious. The tripas were sized nicely and cooked well. I'm glad I stopped in! Thank you...

My first time here today and I am skeptical of mexican restaurants in the south as I am from California and we have some of the best Mexican food aside from Mexico of course. Anyway I really loved how friendly the staff was and absolutely loved our server. I loved that the salsa came in little glasses with individual bowls as I don't like the double dip thing. The salsa was really good, nice fresh warm chips not over salted. When my meal came it looked really good but again I'm skeptical, it was better then I thought it was going to be the flavors were so good and the chicken was so tender it was really good and I just really had a good experience. I really wish y'all could open another one up in Lakeland, I would literally eat here weekly. So excited to try other things whenever I am back out that way! Definitely recommend! Ps. I got chicken and shrimp fajitas and a Jamaica....