El Rancho Restaurant & Bar

I go up to Trinidad Colorado for work and EL Rancho has the best Mexican food out there. Staff is nice the owners were there she's nice best place to go with your going through Trinidad Colorado.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I love the frito pie, but anytime I try to order one they never have fritos and my boyfriend says the chicken tacos are dry with no flavor.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 3

Being from Texas, I have a pretty high bar for Mexican food. This place is as good as any I've tried in Colorado. Attentive service. Outstanding sopapillas! Nothing that wasn't at least pretty good. Lots of cheese! Deserves 3 1/2 stars.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

It's the restaurant on the hill with all the cars in front. The food is delicious, their beef is quality & my favorite are the tacos. Chewy/crispy shells with extra-lean ground beef seasoned to perfection, order a 5 pack and take a couple home. I bet that what the locals do...

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Limited hours of operation, but great retro vibe

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

El Rancho served our Mother’s funeral dinner and the food was excellent! Our guests from out of town loved it The owners and staff are kind and did a great job with our dinner! Thank you so much.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Really good food. Best I've had in a long time. Definitely

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

3 Taco dinner was great. Very good price for large portions!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

I think that this one of the best Mexican restaurants here in Trinidad the only thing keeping them from being the best is the green chili it doesn’t have any taste and there isn’t any pork or beef in it. It’s pretty spicy which is the only thing I like about it.I never tasted the red so can’t tell you anything about that. I worked in Colorado Springs at the el sombrero on Nevada I was the head cook there when I first started there there green chili was like this place no flavor no meat no spice so I asked the owner if I could make him a little pan of green chili and he loved and ever since then. I made the green chili for that place for years until I left so yeah if the el rancho Wants a different green Chile I would love to make them my Chile to sample for them selves.

What Mexican restaurant doesn’t have guacamole? (Or a bar with no white wines)? While our server was attentive, the wait time for truly awful food was too long. The salsa tasted like it come from a can, the “chips” were fried something; definitely not corn. My chili relleno looked more like a big eggroll. I could go on about the dried up crunchy ground beef in my husband’s taco…we left most of this “food” on the table.
Hopefully there are other “real” Mexican restaurants to try on our next stay in Trinidad…

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 5

Super friendly fast service and great food

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Wonderful variety of delicious meals

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Combination Plate, Green Chilli

Loved everything about the place. Had the Flaco Tacos. Delicious and plenty! ?

Parking: We had no stress parking in the parking lot, it’s a different story if we eat downtown.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa, Combination Plate

Decent food but positively absurd hours. And even if they are open, they don't answer the phone for take out orders. We called for an hour straight and nobody bothered to answer.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1

Some of the best food and some of the best service i've had Since leaving Las Vegas Nevada.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sopapilla Burger, Enchilida Plate