El Ranchito Restaurant & Foodmarket

My first time here today and I am skeptical of mexican restaurants in the south as I am from California and we have some of the best Mexican food aside from Mexico of course. Anyway I really loved how friendly the staff was and absolutely loved our server. I loved that the salsa came in little glasses with individual bowls as I don't like the double dip thing. The salsa was really good, nice fresh warm chips not over salted. When my meal came it looked really good but again I'm skeptical, it was better then I thought it was going to be the flavors were so good and the chicken was so tender it was really good and I just really had a good experience. I really wish y'all could open another one up in Lakeland, I would literally eat here weekly. So excited to try other things whenever I am back out that way! Definitely recommend! Ps. I got chicken and shrimp fajitas and a Jamaica. ????????????????????????

The food wasn't pricey however I was super disappointed with the Carne asada as it was gray and was dry despite my selection of medium. They also forgot the tortillas for the fajitas and we drove over 30 minutes to and from to get the take out so returning wasn't an option.

Wow! Finally... an authentic Mexican restaurant in central Florida worth recognizing. The food is delicious here. The chicken mole is the best we've had in years. The steaks were tender and the beans were seasoned perfectly. The tortillas are hand made. The staff was very friendly and inviting. We'll be back for more.