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El Ranchito Taco Truck

4.3 (29 reviews)
InexpensiveFood Trucks, Tacos
Open • 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

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2 carne asada and 1 carnitas sopes
Claire C.

Great lunch option! El ranchito is walking distance from my office. Large selection food burritos, tacos, and sopas. Everything is made to order so you end up waiting around 20 min for food, but the cheese will be perfectly melted in your super burrito.

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Dean N.

This El Ranchito taco truck deserves more love. I've been coming here for lunch ever since the start of the pandemic. Not only their tacos are mouthwatering delicious (I really love that they offer more than the regular meat choices, and if you're into it, their lingua, cabeza, and tripa tacos are to die for, seriously! must try!) AND their prices are sooo kind to my wallet. $3/taco, and 3-4 tacos are just perfect for lunch... with the ridiculous prices other food trucks are charging where else can you get a decent lunch for under $15 nowadays? Do yourself and your tastebuds a favor, drop by and try the best tacos in the Peninsula. Don't let the truck exterior deter you from checking it out. There's an old school charm to the truck I must say. I haven't tried many of their offerings, my son loves their burritos, and today I tried their sopes for the first time, and they were very good, nice crispness to the masa shell, but it's all about the tacos, they had me at "tripa taco for $3" Take note that they are located on Murchison to 3pm, but then relocates to the Millbrae train entrance from 3pm to 9pm.

Raquel Y.

YUM such juicy tacos for only $2.50!! Got lengua and cabeza (beef tongue and cheeks) and wish I got more. But I will be back!! The guys working are very friendly and nice too. Reminded me of when I went to Mexico City in Jan and haven't had these cuts in tacos sinxe then. Thanks for delicious, scrumptious tacos!!

There were 3 chicken tacos on the plate  one went fast
Steve L.

Conveniently located on the corner where there is parking right behind the truck. Friendly and fast service. Be careful that if you order your tacos with hot sauce, they are indeed hot. The street tacos are made with two corn tortillas and whatever meat you ask for. Also fresh chopped onions and cilantro. Expected a little more meat for the $2 tacos but nevertheless tasteful.

Lengua, pastor, cabeza tacos
Jada J.

Taco truck by my job. If a place closes early, it's because they sell out too quickly to stay open late. They close at 2 or 3pm so you know the food is fire. Had lengua, cabeza, and pastor. The pastor was the best one, wish I had gotten more!

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Joe G.

The tacos here are fantastic. The salsa is just the right level of spice--hot but super flavorful. The best part is the friendly service. Highly recommend!a

Regular carnita burrito
Nathan A.

$6 for regular and $7 super. Value is non existent. There was a ton of rice and beans in the burrito. Which was already small. The amount of meat was also hard to tell since the burrito was nearly 70% beans. Salsa had no flavor and did not help the overall experience. If you want a burrito fix and nowhere else is close. This can work if you are super hungry and can't wait. Otherwise I'd suggest you avoid this place.

The Barbacoa tacos
Christopher X.

Great service, great food! I love the guys here they always treat customers with the upmost respect. The tacos? Delicious! The Barbacoa and Lengua are almost worth dying for, cause if you died, you wouldn't be able to try these tacos! Please give this place a try, not a waste of time or money at all.

Quesadilla is too bomb yall.

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3 chicken quesadillas for 12$ ! There is no a better deal than that ! Good quality and tasty food . I'll definitely be coming back to them .

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This taco truck is the bomb. Tacos for a dollar and tasty, too! I know, I'm a Texan.

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Went here because our usual spot was closed. Best veggie tacos ever. So much flavor and owner was super nice! This is def my new spot now.

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4.5
(619 reviews)
4.8 mi
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24k burrito was gas... It def wasn't a typical burrito! rice was replaced w tater tots but so yum…read more Loved the garlic prawn! Quesabirria was yummy! loved all the fillings. Not the absolute best one l've had but still good taquitos were delicious!!! Chicken inside was so tender Guac was yummy! Wish it was a bit chunkier but that's just personal preference. The chips were rly good. Horchata was def my fav drink! Sooo good and I feel like alot of places make it so grainy Service was fantastic and great open space.

Summary: Flavorful, but HEAVY…read more Details: They just opened up a new branch in SF, but we wanted an excuse to hit up San Mateo, and Latin American is always a good enough excuse. While photos of their SF location suggest some seeing, this OG location is pretty much pickup/delivery only: a fairly literal hole in the wall, located along a random quiet street. Most folks would probably opt to take home or eat at one of the "nearby" parks, but we've gotten in the habit of just eating in the car, which... not so great for something as messy as birria lol. I'll say that for most folks, this would probably easily be more a 4 star spot, while for us, it's more a 2 star since we're unlikely to come back. That's not to say the food was bad: on the contrary, the flavors were quite good, and the consomme was less salty than some of the others we've tried. But their food is HEAVY. Not just the birria itself, but also the burrito we got, and heavier than other places we've been for some reason, with the birria sitting in a pool of oil soon after we picked it up. This probably isn't a deterrent for most people though, so take this as you will. Accessibility: Not too relevant since this is really just a pickup spot, with the pickup window being at the usual height you'd find elsewhere.

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The lights and the huge food truck drew me in bookmark this. So I finally had time to come here a…read morefew weeks ago to satisfy a late night taqueria craving. My wife got the super burrito and I decided on the super quesadilla. There was about 3-4 people in front of me waiting for food. Waited for about 5 minutes before I got my food. After the drive home, my food was still hot as if it was just served. Chips still crunchy and salsa still chilled. My super quesadilla had really good taste and flavor, but the portion for me just didn't do it. Looked small, felt small and weighted much less compared to my wife's super burrito. The outside slices held together but the middle slices fell apart fast despite using Dos manos (two hands). Basically same price as the super burrito but less food. The super burrito however, this is one of the better tasting burrito's I've had. Cheesy, flexible but crunchy tortilla, flavorful carne asada. Freshness from the pico de gallo, slight kick from the salsa. Overall just a really good burrito. Highly recommend. I definitely will try other things on their menu next time. The question I always ask myself after trying a new place is "would I come back here?". For the super quesadilla, no. For the burrito and to try other things, definitely.

I'll be honest--I never liked Mexican food, even when I lived in the Mission in SF. But this food…read moretruck's quesabirria completely changed my mind. The beef is unbelievably juicy, and the consommé is so rich and flavorful that I always end up drinking the leftover dip like soup. It's that good! Even my 7-year-old picky-eater can eat three of these in one sitting! The truck used to park by Safeway in Millbrae but moved because of construction. One day I was seriously craving their birria, so I drove up and down El Camino until I finally found them in San Bruno, about half a block from the Arco gas station near Santa Lucia Avenue. (Address on Yelp is correct. Google Maps is wrong.) Totally worth the hunt!

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