El Ranchito

539 River Dr, 40336-1252 - Irvine
★★★★★ ★★★★★
95/100
466 recommendations

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95/100
Sluurpy Score
466 total reviews
Tripadvisor
4.5/5
6 reviews
Google
4.7/5
381 reviews
Facebook
4.9/5
25 reviews
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4.8/5
54 reviews

Contact Information

📞 Phone: +1 606-726-0428
📍 Address: 539 River Dr, Irvine

🕐 Opening Hours

Closed
Monday1 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Tuesday2 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday3 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Thursday4 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday5 11:30 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday6 Closed
Sunday7 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM

Google Reviews (8)

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David Kravetz

3 months ago
★★★★★ 5/5
This place was surprisingly really good. We always visit Mexican Restaurants on the road and this one was well worth the stop. Many vegan options, large portions too. Staff was friendly and helpful. Prices were good! Clean restrooms and plenty of seating!
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Vanessa Elle

2 weeks ago
★★★★★ 5/5
The best Mexican restaurant around. We have a multi million dollar Mexican restaurant locally, but we drive over an hour to get El ranchito because it's so much better.
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Mollie Wilson

a month ago
★★☆☆☆ 2/5
We normally rather enjoy eating there as we have a favorite server who always treats us really well. The food hurts our stomachs sometimes, but oh well it's mexican food, sometimes people aren't used to it. We still enjoy the food. We go in recently and the host takes our drink orders and brings them and chips and salsa to us. After about 10 minutes, a server comes to our table, not who we usually get but that's okay. He snaps at me when I ask for no onion and pretends not to hear my boyfriend. He leaves and we wait for another 15 or 20 minutes for our food. He thumps it down and leaves promptly. We start eating and a couple women come in and sit a few booths behind us. The server we have atp is talking to them nicely and laughing and teaching them spanish. After a bit, we place our empty cups on the edge of the table and wait for him to come around. He's still standing there with the ladies, talking. My boyfriend tries to flag him down and he turns his back to us. My boyfriend gets up with our cups and goes to the counter to ask for refills himself. He sits back down, we finish eating, and our usual server that is always really nice brings us our check. We talk to him for a few moments then he leaves again while we finish our drinks. We wait for someone to come around to collect our check and nothing. We finally just go up to the counter, pay and leave. Atp, it isn't worth it to endure the food anymore as the service is just rude now I guess.
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Tiffany Tomson

a month ago
★★★★★ 5/5
They have great food. And I always get great service.
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Funnybones

6 months ago
★★★★★ 5/5
We are new to the area and this is one of the first restaurants we have tried. We've been there now at least a half dozen times since! Great food, great service, above and beyond friendliness! The prices are reasonable and you will get full! Great guacamole and rellenos! We need an online menu, so we can order ahead and drive into town to fetch it!
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Benika Spencer

2 years ago
★★★★★ 5/5
Great food and cheap prices!! And the service was excellent!!
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Tessney Merritt

3 months ago
★★★★★ 5/5
Out of Irvine, Richmond, Berea area (and any area honestly) it is the best! It's always good and you get a good size portion for the price. The owners are super nice also.
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Kentucky Cal

a month ago
★★★★★ 5/5
Always great food here. Looking forward to when the new location opens.
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