El Rancho

Excellent! This was a random choice on our drive back to NYC, and we’ll definitely return if we’re the the area again. Food is fresh and tasty. Service is warm and friendly. Prices can’t be beat. We shared the (corn) quesadilla and the molcajete entrée. The complimentary, homemade chips and green salsa also get a big thumbs up.

Great place to try the authentic Guatemalan food.
The authentic plates.
Some original plates .
You will not find in a typical restaurant.

Truly a Great place. Tremendous service with attention to detail. The food is unbelievable as well, so many dishes to try and haven’t found a bad one.

Marion T
After reading the past two five star reviews I was looking forward to eating here. Boy what a let down! The place was empty except for a gentleman who was on the phone the whole time we were there. Everything looked clean which is a plus. An order of Especial Grande was ordered. It consisted of black beans, rice and two pieces of steak, two pieces of chicken and three pieces of pork. The beans and rice were the best part. It was all down hill after that! The meat portions were extremely tough to cut and very dried out. Shoe leather comes to mind. Surprising since it took so long to get the food, I thought it was being cooked from scratch. It tasted as if it was a three day old left– over. My husband’s chicken and onion dish was OK. That’s what the one star is for.

Saw tiny sign for this place from the street. Came in for lunch. Owner (woman) was very friendly and the food was great! I was full, but kept eating because it was so good. Food came out quick. Place is very authentic!

So far the experience has been great! Very friendly staff and they even gave me salsa as I waited for my take out. I got the Carne adobada… will follow up with review after I feast. Shenster APPROVED!
The dish was quite tasty. Very well seasoned. Really like the cilantro to add a fresh crispness to the spice to balance things out. The meat was slightly over cooked but it’s take out and not a 5 star restaurant so it didn’t ruin my meal. It also came with black beans which were savory and not mushy. The meal was probably 4 star but I pushed it to 5 for friendliness and service.

Stay away! This place survives on the Spanish-​speaking locals and it was abundantly clear when I sat down to eat here. Nobody other than me and my dining guest spoke English except for the waitress. I thought it just may be a good sign of authentic food, but I was sorely mistaken. I ordered chicken quesadillas with only chicken and cheese… they came out with peppers and onions. When I questioned this, the waitress had attitude and reluctantly asked me if she’d like for the kitchen to remake them. I accepted the offer to have them remade the way I wanted them. They came out literally 4 minutes later and my initial reaction was «wow…that was quick!» Then I looked more closely at the quesadillas and it turns out that they weren’t remade at all. Somebody in the back had gone in and picked out some (not all) of the onions and peppers with their fingers… DISGUSTING!!! If I knew that’d be the case, I would have taken them off myself rather than have a stranger in the kitchen poking all around my food with their fingers. Needless to say, I won’t be back. Only go if you want to be the only English-​speaking customer in the place and don’t mind having somebody poking around your food with their fingers. Also, the owners kids were running around back and forth between the restaurant and the kitchen area.

Came here for lunch recently & the place was empty. We ordered Especial El Rancho & fried fish.
The steak & pork was dry & tough & bland, not sure where the pork crackling was because I didn’t get any? The fried fish was tasteless & fishy to me, not sure how fresh it is so make sure you use the lemon generously? Overall not a good experience & will not return, the food quality & taste is nothing remotely close to Holy Cow that used to occupied the same spot until they closed.