Cocina El Ranchito Mexican Food

Wow...so stoked we tried Cocina El Ranchito.
We hav been back atleast once a week since...lol
Enjoyed the juices and paletas a lot this week cuz of temps of August 2025. Biggest variety ever seen. Nieces luvd all the choices. The soups actually helped cool us down 2. Great trick! The horchata is incredibly fresh & has quality flavor no matter the temp.

Wonderful Hole-in-the-Wall Gem 💎 in Villa Park Center CA. Next 2 Wayne's.
Super Authentic Mexican 🌮🌯 food big time.
Staff is attentive and kind.
Has over dozen flavors of Paletas!👌
Great Frig with cultural beverages has so many awesome rare options. They even make there own juices 🧃
Amazing how such delicious food is cooked in Pretty Epic lil spot!
Wet Shrimp 🦐 Burrito 🌯 is stellar.
Daily soups r always delicious.tje ingredients taste so fresh. The big quesadillas r extremely tasty.
Al Pastor everything is absolute favorite!
Also the shrimp tacos are great go2 item.
If you like carnitas this is Bucket List level🪣
Staff is extremely friendly and upbeat.
Has some Patio Seats
Lots of free close parking spots & great value.
Very Authentic in all the tastiest of ways!
We still can't believe all the different kinds of Paletas:)) Highly Recommend 👍 👍
Enjoy 🤙

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Fajitas Combo, Wet Burrito, Fish, Shrimp Tacos, Cabeza Soft Taco, Taco, Shrimp Wet Burrito, Asada, Soup of the Day, Ice Pop

I live in Perris but when in city of Orange have to stop here.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food is delicious, I would definitely recommend

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Wow nice hidden gem, its a hole in the wall place, however, the food is so good homemade corn tortillas and ice cream. I highly recommend this place. it may be small, but the food is so good and lots of it we ordered almost a little bit of everything. lol we will be coming back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Their veggie burrito is legit! Good quality ingredients and a variety of veggies- best I’ve had in a while!

Food: 5

Service: 5

Awesome machaca burrito! 🌯 Go here for an authentic hole-in-the-wall Mexican food experience, you won’t be disappointed. One of the best Mexican food experiences I’ve had in Orange County. Oh, and they’ve got killer fries too!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

It was a lovely experience. The restaurant felt homey.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Best torta in oc! Best aqua frescas ever ....food is always amazing and service is great!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Pretty epic lil spot!
Their breakfast sausage burrito comes with fries.
They also give you tortillas chips with cheese and beans while you wait.
Their drinks are made fresh and they give you free refills.
They also have Mexican ice cream bars.
This was my first time coming here, and I really enjoyed it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great food great service quaint environment. My first time here and it was a wonderful experience. The food is great and they know it but they aren’t charging an arm and a leg. Fresh aguas home made tortillas. Bruh! It’s bussin!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amazing food and experience. Will definitely be going back

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Good food.

This place serves menudo and parzole 7 days a week, small place but the menu is huge.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food is very delicious and they give you a selection of drinks!! Super recommended 👌

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We definitely found a hole in the wall! A wonderful gem that sells some of the most bomb pozole! Truly hit the spot! Their aguas frescas are delicious. We ordered to go and the service was fast and friendly! Truly we have found our pozole place 100!!

Kid-friendliness: They have all kinds of paletas to choose from!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Soup of the Day