Verdes El Ranchero — Restaurant in San Diego

RELLENO, Chile Relleno that is! Been testing out Chile Relleno's for years all over the country and seriously, this might be the best one yet. This dish is so incredible labor intensive, many restaurants make a dozen each day then tell yo they are sold out when you go to order. It is like a loss leader to get you to come in. It was 7:30 pm when I ordered this and it was no problem. This dish had the perfect taste and texture and great flavors. You can also judge a Mexican restaurant by their tortilla chips and sales and these were excellent, all hand-made in house. The chips were a little thicker and the salsa chunky with fresh tomatoes and onions. We also had the flautas and the El Ranchero Special Cheese Crisp - a House Specialty. Everything was fresh and delicious. Make sure to have a Margarita as well. BTW, we walked in without a reservation at 8pm on a Saturday night - pretty awesome. Cannot...

My husband and I were excited to try out a new Mexican restaurant. Sadly, we were not impressed. The service was slow and my husband’s horchata didn’t come until we reminded the host and our server. I ordered a chicken taco and a chicken tamale. My husband ordered beef enchiladas. It took a long time before we got our food. My tamale was completely cold and the texture was like it had been in the freezer and microwaved (but not long enough). I told the host and she took my entire plate back to the kitchen. My husband finished his enchiladas, which were fine but nothing special, before I got my new plate of food. The tamale was hot but it was not chicken like I ordered and it was very salty. I asked the server to take the tamale off our bill because it did not taste good and was not what I ordered. My chicken taco was fine but again, nothing special.

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The restaurant had a nice vibe inside. I would say the Mexican food is not authentic and has zero fire/heat, so if you prefer American style Mexican food that is not hot/spicy this place is for you. Most of the staff are college age. Pro: I am vegetarian and this restaurant had actual plant based meat options which are hard to find. Overall having plant based products increased my vote as that is harder to find with Mexican food. I prefer spicy when I was eating Chile but this was decent overall. Con: The drinks were much smaller compared to the price of them which was disappointing. My little one was $14 and not worth the price honestly. I went to the bathroom before I left and they took away my to go box which was half my order! I even asked where bathroom was before I went and the place is tiny. I’m going to stick with...