Decent food, although the steak I ordered was very overcooked. Shrimp was tasty. Our server was excellent.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
billie aistrup
Nice place!
Alicia Franks
Always great food, great service!!!!
Jon
Great food and staff. Extremely busy, packed house but tremendous service at the same time
sandie park
Slow service but food
Ham Sandwich
Some of the better Mexican food available in town. The owner is very involved and keeps everything very consistent.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Quesabirria Tacos
Rick Copeland
Great food .very Friendly staff and super clean
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jaime A Hernandez
Good ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Saffer Odds and Ends
The food and service is always top rate from this long time patron!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Morgan Young
We like this location because they have stronger drinks than the 37/Kansas location. It’s also closer to where I live.
We came during dinner rush on a Friday night, party of 2. Parking lot was full so I was skeptical but went inside and after standing for a minute with no greeting a server came by and said “just 2?” And we said yes, he let us pick our table so we sat down at one of the few empty ones. A lady came up and handed us chips and salsa, I said Hi— no hi back. And she walked off, but okay. We proceeded to look at the menu for a few and then wait 20 minutes without a single server asking us for our drink order. Multiple servers walked past our table and didn’t look at us twice. Matter of fact, a table next to us, party of 8, sat ten minutes after us and not only did they have a server approach them but they received their drinks before we even had a chance to order ours.
It was very loud and very busy, we had to basically yell across the table to hear each other, but the restaurant is not huge, it’s not like we were hidden where nobody could see us— just nobody came to ask us if we wanted at least waters or anything.
Finally, a waitress asks us if we’ve been helped after 20 minutes and we say no, we order two margaritas. 15 minutes later we get our drinks and mine is wrong but at this point I’m so thirsty from eating chips I don’t even care what she hands me. So I insist it’s fine. She walks off without taking our order even though our menus are closed and not in front of us anymore. 10 minutes later, the party of 8 next to us has their food in front of them and we finally are asked for our order. We order a burrito and quesadilla, nothing extra special.
The bartender walks up to me and hands me my correct drink order, and apologizes. Which is the only reason I am giving 2 stars instead of 1.
We get our food 20 minutes after we ordered it, which was what we expected. We are sitting, eating, talking, done with the food— which the server grabbed both our plates. We are mid conversation so I’m not necessarily watching the time but she doesn’t come back to give us our ticket until…. We had been there for 90 minutes at this point. She comes to give me the tab, I have my card out in hand, and walks away before I can even give it to her. By this point, half the restaurant is empty and the waiters are just cleaning or talking amongst themselves. We wait another 10ish minutes before deciding to get up and go stand by the bar to pay. Nobody looks at us in the eyes, I’m standing within 5 feet of the server who helped us, my ticket and card is up in the air and nobody offers to help us close our tab.
I could have walked out and I doubt they would have noticed. At this point we are so frustrated that the tip I considered giving the bartender was no longer a viable option. Although he was the person who came to take my payment. I left zero tip and wrote on the receipt why I didn’t leave a tip.
I am very disappointed with the service and although I love the location on 37th and Kansas, I will not be returning to the fairlawn location. I see posts online about not tipping waiters, and how it’s their income, but I shouldn’t have to wait on them when they are supposed to be waiting on me. I tip based on service.
Maaaaan, I've loved this place for a long time. Apparently it's been a while since we've been there though. Decided just some cheese dip sounded good with dinner tonight and instead of going to the usual El Mez, came here for a change. Apparently deflation/inflation has hit them harder than I expected. $10 for this "large size" and one bag of chips. El Mez's large is double this size plus a large salsa and two bags of chips. I even double checked that he gave me a large, and he confirmed this is the size of their large queso. Just a letdown, I guess.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jim McNeece
You feel right at home. The food is always delicious. Service is great. folks are always friendly. You have to try EL RANCHITO!!
Excellent food however, service leaves alot to be desired. Greeting customers when they come in, at a minimum, and checking in periodically goes a long way.
Food: 5
Service: 2
William Wells
It was okay, but I felt that it could be better.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Winona Kegin
Love the food but today there was a big long black hair in my burrito. Carry out order.
Decent food, although the steak I ordered was very overcooked. Shrimp was tasty. Our server was excellent.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Nice place!
Always great food, great service!!!!
Great food and staff. Extremely busy, packed house but tremendous service at the same time
Slow service but food
Some of the better Mexican food available in town. The owner is very involved and keeps everything very consistent.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Quesabirria Tacos
Great food .very Friendly staff and super clean
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food and service is always top rate from this long time patron!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We like this location because they have stronger drinks than the 37/Kansas location. It’s also closer to where I live.
We came during dinner rush on a Friday night, party of 2. Parking lot was full so I was skeptical but went inside and after standing for a minute with no greeting a server came by and said “just 2?” And we said yes, he let us pick our table so we sat down at one of the few empty ones. A lady came up and handed us chips and salsa, I said Hi— no hi back. And she walked off, but okay. We proceeded to look at the menu for a few and then wait 20 minutes without a single server asking us for our drink order. Multiple servers walked past our table and didn’t look at us twice. Matter of fact, a table next to us, party of 8, sat ten minutes after us and not only did they have a server approach them but they received their drinks before we even had a chance to order ours.
It was very loud and very busy, we had to basically yell across the table to hear each other, but the restaurant is not huge, it’s not like we were hidden where nobody could see us— just nobody came to ask us if we wanted at least waters or anything.
Finally, a waitress asks us if we’ve been helped after 20 minutes and we say no, we order two margaritas. 15 minutes later we get our drinks and mine is wrong but at this point I’m so thirsty from eating chips I don’t even care what she hands me. So I insist it’s fine. She walks off without taking our order even though our menus are closed and not in front of us anymore. 10 minutes later, the party of 8 next to us has their food in front of them and we finally are asked for our order. We order a burrito and quesadilla, nothing extra special.
The bartender walks up to me and hands me my correct drink order, and apologizes. Which is the only reason I am giving 2 stars instead of 1.
We get our food 20 minutes after we ordered it, which was what we expected. We are sitting, eating, talking, done with the food— which the server grabbed both our plates. We are mid conversation so I’m not necessarily watching the time but she doesn’t come back to give us our ticket until…. We had been there for 90 minutes at this point. She comes to give me the tab, I have my card out in hand, and walks away before I can even give it to her. By this point, half the restaurant is empty and the waiters are just cleaning or talking amongst themselves. We wait another 10ish minutes before deciding to get up and go stand by the bar to pay. Nobody looks at us in the eyes, I’m standing within 5 feet of the server who helped us, my ticket and card is up in the air and nobody offers to help us close our tab.
I could have walked out and I doubt they would have noticed. At this point we are so frustrated that the tip I considered giving the bartender was no longer a viable option. Although he was the person who came to take my payment. I left zero tip and wrote on the receipt why I didn’t leave a tip.
I am very disappointed with the service and although I love the location on 37th and Kansas, I will not be returning to the fairlawn location. I see posts online about not tipping waiters, and how it’s their income, but I shouldn’t have to wait on them when they are supposed to be waiting on me. I tip based on service.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
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Maaaaan, I've loved this place for a long time. Apparently it's been a while since we've been there though. Decided just some cheese dip sounded good with dinner tonight and instead of going to the usual El Mez, came here for a change. Apparently deflation/inflation has hit them harder than I expected. $10 for this "large size" and one bag of chips. El Mez's large is double this size plus a large salsa and two bags of chips. I even double checked that he gave me a large, and he confirmed this is the size of their large queso. Just a letdown, I guess.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
You feel right at home. The food is always delicious. Service is great. folks are always friendly. You have to try EL RANCHITO!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salsa and Queso, Enchiladas, Taco Salad, Fajita, Sauce, Chicken Fajitas
Excellent food however, service leaves alot to be desired. Greeting customers when they come in, at a minimum, and checking in periodically goes a long way.
Food: 5
Service: 2
It was okay, but I felt that it could be better.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Love the food but today there was a big long black hair in my burrito. Carry out order.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
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