Reviews for El Rancho Grande Mexican

02/18/2011 - Michele
Love it! Love it!! Love it!!! The food is awesome and arrives fast. The waiters are very friendly and the prices are great. Their cheese dip is AMAZING!!!! This is by far the best Mexican restaurant I have ever eaten at!!

02/19/2010 - Peg
Well, not impressed at all. I think they forgot my order bc my husbands food arrived before mine. And we both decided to start eatin bc if we didn't it would of gotten cold. We had to ask if my item was started or not. I was brought something, um, not what I ordered. I did eat some of it, but think I was forgotten and brought what ever was ready. Took forever for our ticket and then for ever in line to pay our ticket. Sorry I suggested the restaurant, never again. I think everyone else was doing ok, bc they were drinkin!!! Hey, we did eat what was brought to us and I am guessin it was good for what ever it was!!! But beware. I think some can speak better to understand them but choose not to. Again, beware.

01/24/2010 - Mallory
I have been to over 10 states and this is the best Mexican restaurant EVER!!!!! try their taco salad-fajita

01/28/2009 - Javier
We travel 30 miles each way and pass 3 other Mexican restaurants at home eat authentic Mexican food once a week. While traveling to Iowa, we ate at this restaurant because of the glowing reviews online. I wish to set the record straight.

The service was decent and the food arrived quick, but after that it was down hill fast.
My "monster margarita" was a concerning florescent green color and had little to no tequila in it. My fajita meat was tough and burnt. The grilled onions had almost no flavor. My tortillas were paper thin and brittle. The beans were thin and runny and reminded me of store bought canned beans. The salsa picosa (hot salsa) lacked any similarities to a robust tomato based salsa. It was more like a wet paste. It wasn't very hot either. I asked for a couple roasted habaneros with my dinner and I recieved 2 greasy deep fried jalapenos.(yes the waiter spoke perfect English) The only saving grace was the queso blanco (white cheese dip) because of the extra zing it had. The quesadillas contained the smallest amount of cheese all concentrated in the middle.

This was a sad attempt at authentic Mexican food to say the least. Good Mexican food requires good ingredients, very little seasoning and propper preparation. This was bland food at best. Poor ingredients equals poor food.

01/15/2009 - MenuPix User
I've been going to this resaurant since I moved to this area- about 6 years or so. I think I can safely say that it is my favorite place in town. The food is wonderful, the wait staff is very friendly, the service is very quick and you can pick up take out in 10 minutes! I never seem to tire of the food. I'm very happy to have this establishment in my town!