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    El Rancho Mexican Restaurant

    4.4 (26 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Happy hour specials

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    Street Tacos! Excellent!
    John H.

    Great spot for really authentic Mexican dishes and tex Mex lunch! Very tasty menu, if you like Hispanic food you will love this place!

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    Olwen C.

    I originally found out about this place through the Xooker app where they are offering a $20-value certificate for $12. I thought I would give it a try because I love Mexican Street food and boy am I glad I did - it is amazing!! 5-star taqueria all around! What really stands out to me is the excellent salsa - they have little bottles of a hot green, a mild green and a very flavorful medium-spiced red salsa. Ask for all 3. Excellent. Service was great, too. My husband and i ordered 5 tacos to share and the Pozole soup to share. The bowl of pozole was larger than it looked and filled with meat and hominy. Very delicious. I would definitely order this again. I had a slight bit of a headache when I got there, and this soup was an instant cure! Parking is Easy out front and they have plenty of seating in the restaurant. This is one of the best taquerias I've been to, and trust me, I've been to ALOT!

    Mr N.

    Great little Mexican joint with authentic and awesome food. Huge selection of Jarrittos and Mexican Coke and a unique selection of ice cream flavors. Service was the winner here, the gal behind the counter was friendly and checked on us several times without being annoying. I thought she was one of the owners. Do yourself a flavor favor and stop in. Mas tacos pot favor!

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    25 days ago

    Delicious. From street tacos to the other vast menu of items. Friendly staff. Definitely worth a stop.

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    6 months ago

    Great food and service. Wait time was 15 min (not a big deal). Everything else was great. Will be back

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    10 months ago

    I tried this place on a whim. All I can say is if you want hair in your food, this is the spot to visit.

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    3 years ago

    They have really good rolled tacos! And they're carne asada tacos are good too. Love this place for a quick and healthy meal.

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    4 years ago

    Best place in this whole world for food and im not even kidding!!!! Go here u wont regret

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    4 years ago

    Food was good and plenty of it. Service was also good. An authentic Mexican restaurant. I would recommend.

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    Decent food. Great mariachi band on Friday nights. Jumbo margaritas are fantastic. Worth chekving out

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    6 years ago

    Them tacos are good. The place is the dive bar of Mexican restaurants. I thoroughly enjoyed my steak tacos.

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    6 years ago

    Awesom street tacos!!! Loved them. Very fast making my order when I called and they even brought them out to my car for curbside pick up.

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    I got this huge burrito from there of which i have left overs because it was that big, and i tried a chicken street taco and both were amazing!

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    10.2 mi
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    Well I usually think that most Mexican restaurants are the same and the food is always the same but…read morefrom time to time I am surprised by a standout. This is one of those places. I have been to dozens of Mexican restaurants in the Lexington area and there are two that stand out. This one and the me in Midway, KY. This place is like the Cheesecake Factory of Mexican -it's a big menu. If you talk to Latin American people or the employees of the restaurant, they will tell you that this place is exceptional. I had the Camarones A La Diabla and it was spicy!! Great flavor! Most Mexican restaurants don't show any heat or spice in most all of their dishes, but this is fire! Not only do they have a large menu but also have a lot seating. There are so many tables and they open another room on the weekends. They have a great patio when the weather is right and it is covered! We were there on a Tuesday night and the place was packed. They also had margaritas two for one and I don't know when they offer that but they had it when we were there. I look forward to going back and trying more dishes!

    This is probably my favorite Mexican restaurant in Lexington because of its authenticity and the…read morefood and service is always amazing. Ordered a lingua and barbacoa taco and the steak tacos with cheese sauce. Plenty of meat on the tacos and the lingua was very tender. The steak tacos are always great mostly because of the cheese sauce and good amount of steak. The chips and salsa always hit the spot also

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    El Asadero

    3.8(116 reviews)
    8.6 mi
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    I've always skipped this spot when at the mall and I'm not sure why... I finally got convinced to…read morego out for girls night with the promise of soft served margaritas. The place is beautiful from the outside and the inside. It is a very modern establishment however, they have some unique qualities I hadn't seen in Lexington. For starters, they sat us right away even though it was busy. Next, we ordered a guacamole appetizer and someone came with a cart and made it fresh in front of us! I thought that was super cool since you also get to pick your toppings. The margaritas tasted amazing... it was truly a good ice cream base; I've had nothing like it. Their food is good, they have so many options and the portions are good but it is pricey. The vibe is super fun, it's like a genuine party. Definitely recommend to anyone who hasn't been. 10/10

    Rating: (3.7/5) We…read moreabsolutely love El Asadero and have been here hundreds of times, which is why this review is tough to write. This is only my second post, and unfortunately this visit was disappointing compared to our usual experiences. Our server was very friendly and attentive, which we appreciated. However, the beer came out warm, which was a rough start. We ordered the lettuce tacos and a cheesesteak quesadilla. It seemed like the food sat in the service window a bit too long -- the lettuce wasn't crispy and we had to ask for new lettuce for the tacos. The quesadilla itself was good, but it could've used some extra flavor. We also ordered hot sauce, but it wasn't spicy at all, which was a letdown. That said, we know what this place is capable of and this visit felt more like an off night than the norm. We'll definitely be back to give it another shot, because El Asadero is usually one of our go-to spots.

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    El Rancho Mexican Restaurant - mexican - Updated September 2026

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