The Ranchito 5 Waco

We love it here!!! Service is outstanding and the food is amazing. Tipical taqueria texmex restaurant. Has a full bar with Mexican music jukebox. Festive atmosphere here can be loud and that ok. You're here for the good with a touch of Mexican hospitality.

We love coming here and it's definitely a stop we consider when passing through WACO.

It's not on their menu but they make a good California burrito. So good I came on Sunday for brunch and then again on Monday for dinner. I wished they served Jamaica tho

The food here is incredible. Salsa and queso with steak was perfect. Had the bowl thing with chicken, beef, shrimp, cheese, cactus, red and green sauces. Couldn't eat it all had to get a Togo box. Cat believe the amount of food we got for the price.

Update 1/25/23-

So we've been here a handful of times and we usually love the service and food but tonight was different. We've been dieting since the new year but decided to go out to dinner since it was my mother in laws Birthday. She wanted Mexican and we all thought of Ranchito at the same time. This was our first cheat meal in over 3 weeks and it honestly couldn't have been more disappointing.

Ratings are as below-

The service 2/5:
Our waitress had a large table to serve all night along with our table. Understandably she spent more time with her larger group that us with our table of food. She got our orders and drinks and then we didn't see her again until our food came out. She would just hover and wait around until someone in her larger group needed something. We wanted new chips (the majority of the ones we had left were literally soggy and flimsy due to being drenched in oil), refills, and possibly order some queso but she never showed up. We finally had to ask a different waitress about our chips, salsa, and refills.

The food 1/5:
If I could do 0 stars I would for this. First time eating out in 3 weeks and I really wanted some Chicken Flautas. So I ordered those and had high hopes. Then our cups and salsa came out. The chips were stale, soggy, and cooked in old oil (you can taste it when it's old). So this made me worry my flautas would taste similarly. When they arrived, not only did they taste like that old oil, they were completely over fried, oily, and dry with ZERO flavor. I could only taste the oil. My beans were dry. The rice was dry and old tasting. The best thing I ate was the avocado and sour cream. Everyone else at the table wasn't too impressed with their food but it was edible.

Cleanliness: 3/5:
Not bad but the tables were sticky and gross when we got there. My menu had left over dried up food on it.

Overall the food and service made me had to rate this a 1 tonight. Please do better. We may try y'all again but this hurt your reputation in our eyes and could be hard to recover from. We have a lot of Mexican food places around that we can go instead of here.

We had dinner here and it wasn't the best. I had the beef fajta nachos but the fajitas were chopped pretty small and they just dumped every thing on the chips then heated it to melt the cheese. The problem with that was the cheese became a shell and it all wanted to stick together. It just made the whole meal problematic. There salsa's were good but no real spice, and there chips were also good. I should have gotten a combo plate to get a real taste for tier food, but I am a nacho junkie. I will say they tasted ok just not fun to eat. So if you stop in I would avoid the nachos.

Finally got to try breakfast! It's just as good as dinner! Let me tell you, this is one of my favorite places to eat! So delicious, quick service!

This place is fantastic. Very traditional Mexican food. It is definitely a favorite of the locals, as we were one of only a couple of non-Hispanic people eating there (and it was crowded). Chips and salsa are excellent, and they have a full bar with some great drinks and margaritas. The menu is huge with lots of combinations and options. There were four of us and we had enchiladas, tacos, queso flameado, and nachos and all were delicious.

Was in town for business and customer suggested this location for lunch. Let me tell you something blunt only is the food great, their prices are very reasonable too. This location has been added to my list of places to come back to for good food and great service.

The food was amazing and the service was excellent! Don't be fooled when you pull up, it's small but plenty of seating!

Holy smokes! This place was amazing! My husband stopped in here on our way home from vacation. After reading the reviews, we decided to give it a try, and so glad we did. The food was sooooo good!! The salsas were to die for. The queso was good, and the main dishes were just freaking delicious!
The service was incredible, as well. Our waitress, Adriana, was super sweet and attentive!
We'll definitely dine here again when passing through Waco.