Tortas Ahogadas La Ramadita #2 — Restaurant in Lancaster

I normally don't leave reviews unless I've had a bad experience and want to warn other possible customers. I became aware of this place when I came across an article titled "The five best tacos in Lancaster". First thing first, be prepared when you come in to be welcomed with a smile and greeting by friendly staff. My wife and I ordered a few different tacos so we can get the feel of the quality of food. We ordered the chicken, asada, carnitas and taco dorado ( this was new to us and I never even heard of this Taco before). The first taco we tried was the asada. We frequent quite a few Mexican restaurants in and out of town. The asada usually tells us a lot about the quality of the food. Many restaurants use asada that not as lean, which causes the taco to have fat chewy pieces. Our asada taco was LEAN flavored meat!!! The chicken and carnitas( I know.... it's hard to mess up a carnitas taco) tacos are also great. But the real surprise was the taco dorado. This was first time eating it and that was surprisingly good. Tortas Ahogada La Ramadita also has a hidden secret that you might not even notice if you if it's not mentioned to you. They have a special secret recipe spicy sauce ( it is hot/spicy but I don't want to deteriorate the flavor of it by calling it hot sauce). This is a must and it can go on pretty much anything which includes Mexican food and beyond. Not sure if they sell it as a standalone yet but it's worth paying a lil extra and taking...

I drove past this place a couple of times before and today I decided to go try it out. Boy.. I should have never stop by what a HUGE disappointment.. I never leave reviews but I could not just let this go. First off the ambience of the restaurants was dead on a Saturday. no music,TVs turned off, and only two employees sitting down on there phones. I ordered two tortas ahogadas to go that came with there raw onion, tomato sauce and chili sauce and lime. one of carnitas and one of barbacoa and two Mexican cokes. For $34 it’s up there but maybe they are that good?.. wrong As soon as I saw her grab the bread I was surprised. They were not using bollios they use some sort of cafeteria frozen hoagie roll that were dry and stale. Not even the tomato sauce could save them. They tasted like something you get at a hospital. The carnitas were dry, and minced way to much. Traditionally it is supposed to look like pulled pork. The barbacoa had a decent flavor but again the frozen cafeteria roll was A HUGE LET DOWN! The only reason I give it a star is because I was able to wash down the bread with the Mexican coke. Worst tortas I have ever...

This is a purely authentic Mexican flavor. If you are not familiar with one of the typical dishes from the state of Jalisco in Mexico, “torta ahogada” is a gem.

Not easy to find real flavor with quality ingredients. I tried their torta ahogada and it exceeded my expectations. Their meat is high quality, no grease and freshly cooked. But what makes it so unique is their house made tomato sauce, it’s very tasty and makes their dishes taste like back in Jalisco.

I recommend you ask for extra onions, lime and tomato sauce with your torta. Their hot salsa is extremely hot so be careful.

Celina and David are the Owners and they took care of me and the other clients. They are very respectful and generous with their portions, service is a solid 5 star. You will enjoy eating here and will leave with a full belly and a great experience.

Thank you Celina and David, keep up the great work and the awesome quality in food...