This restaurant hits all the boxes in my check list. It has some good food, pleasant ambiance and very friendly staff. One thing that i must acknowledge is the service provided by the girl who waited upon my table. She was very polite and kept checking upon me from time and again to ensure that i enjoyed my meal. The chips were light, warm and crispy, which were served with three different types of salsa. i love the green one. I order a bean burrito and margarita. It was one of the best margaritas i had in sometimes. The tortilla in my dish was a little too large and folded like a package which made the skin of the burrito a little thick. Apart from this, the food was amazing. read more

The Goulds tried Mi Ranchito in Shawnee Mission, KS in December 23, 2009. As a preface to this review, Erin and I LOVE Mexican food, and the boys are inheriting our taste for it as well. We arrived at the restaurant at about 6:00 pm and did not have to wait. This may have been because of the date, so close to Christmas. Although, the place was fairly good sized so I suspect there is not much wait at other times. The ambiance was nothing special. Tex-mex art, booths and tables, TV's with sports. The first thing we noticed when we sat down was they gave us two bowls of chips, for our five people, and 10 cups of salsa. When we added the kids menus and crayons that they got, our drinks, and the silverware, the table was crowded. The salsa was good. It was mild enough for the kids and Erin. I asked for the hot salsa and they gave me one cup of that. It was spicy. For dinner we ordered the kids taco meal for Ian and Noah. This meal came with one taco, hard of soft shelled, beans and rice. For Adam we ordered the kids quesadilla meal with lots of sour cream ,since Adam loves to have quesadilla with his sour cream Erin ordered the fish tacos and I ordered the chicken enchiladas. We also ordered a few extra tacos a la cart for the kids in case the one taco was not enough. We also ordered house Margaritas, since the Wednesday special was $2 house Margaritas. They were very good. The food came fast. The tacos were large. They were just what you would expect, nothing special. The quesadilla was good sized too, and nothing special. Ian did eat two tacos but Noah only ate the one. The fish tacos were stuffed with talapia, avocado, tomatoes, lettuce...in a soft shell. They were good, although not earth shattering. The enchiladas had too much cheese sauce covering them and they did nothing for us. The kids meal came with a small ice cream dessert and Erin and I ordered the fried ice cream. This was the highlight of the meal, it was yummy. The service was attentive but nothing to write home about. The bill came to about $50 for all five of us, which I find reasonable. In comparison with other Mexican places in town, this was only average and probably will not earn a repeat meal from the Goulds. 10 thumbs sideways. read more

my friend introduced me to this place, and i love it. it is some of the best mexican food i've ever eaten, and it has a drive-thru! LOOOOVE! get the chicken enchiladas with the red sauce and the espinaca dip. yummmm. read more

Mi Ranchito is definitely better than some of the "legendary" Mexican restaurants in the Kansas City area. I had a Pina Colada for an appetizer as I searched through the menu for something that looked appealing that didn't include beans, onions, or some other surprise that would ultimately ruin the entree for me. (Yes, I'm one of those picky eaters.) I decided on the steak fajitas and snacked on the wonderful chips and salsa until my meal arrived, sizzling like bacon in a frying pan. The steak was seasoned perfectly. The rice wasn't the best I've had, and I only had a few bites, but I wasn't there for rice. Then there was dessert: fried ice cream, no, the best fried ice cream I've ever had. Maybe it was the effects of the Pina Colada, which was also the best I've ever had, but I would go there just for the fried ice cream. I was there at 1:30 on a Sunday and it was crowded but there was no wait. I did feel a bit rushed by the wait staff. read more

My family and I eat here pretty often, food is always delicious and a great value. Recently my husband and I had a bad experience with a server and I wrote the manager about it, to my surprise not only did he write me back to apologize, he also sent me two gift certificates. Very impressed by the gesture. One bad waiter wouldn't have kept me from returning, but how the manager responded to the issue was really outgoing and much appreciated. read more

Terrible experience tonight. Poorly trained server, understaffed (it happens, I know). Four fajita plates came out barely warm, including mine, and tiny basket of chips. No refills or check ins the entire time. Had to go inside to find the server and ask for our check...and that of everyone else sitting on the patio who was also sitting with dirty plates, empty glasses and no bill. Very, very disappointed. read more

Our waitress Amber was one of the best we have ever had! She answered all of our questions and accommodated our specific needs. The manager tonight was behind the bar making drinks, when asked for something special they made it so simple to order. Will absolutely be going back soon and asking to sit in Ambers section. Thanks for making a random dinner with friends unforgettable. read more

My second fave Mi Ranchito. This one is a little more cramped than the one on 95th St. This is still a great location, the servers always keep my drink full and my entrees are hot! Attentive managers too! I'm always asked how my meal was. Great location! read more

We eat frequently at this downtown OP location as well as the one at 151st and Antioch. I don't find any difference in the food between these two locations, but the 151st location is more comfortable. This is one of our two favorite Mexican food restaurants in the area (the other being Fronteras at 79th and Quivira). Everything I have had here is very good, but my favorites are the Chile Verde Carnitas, the Chile Verde Burrito (which is humongous) and the Jalisco Chimi. I absolutely love their salsa! It is fresh and very flavorful. I get the mild, but they also have a spicier version available upon request. Also, watch for coupons (Valpak) for free espinaca. read more

It took a while but I finally figured it out: - Order the No. 1 Combo. - Eat the taco, rice, beans and all the chips and salsa you can manage. - Save the burrito and enchilada (and whatever bonus chips/dip you have). - Enjoy a hearty meal the next day. Do not go into this place thinking that you can finish your plate. I've made that mistake plenty. Be smart about it, consume close to your limit - do not exceed - and save the rest of that goodness for later. Is this the highest class of Mexican food? It depends: If your idea of Mexican food is tapas and high-end atmospheres, then this is not your place. But Mi Ranchito is the quintessential Mexican family restaurant in town. And they have horchata. Check and mate. read more

I've been to every location in the metro area and this one takes the cake! The service was fantastic; our waiter was attentive, knowledgeable and friendly. The location was cozy but not overly crowded. The food was warm, cooked to order, and exactly what we asked for. Mi Ranch has the best chips, salsa and espinaca dip. You can never go wrong there. The only improvement I could offer would be better parking, but honestly the lot across the street isn't too far of a walk. We will be visiting again! read more

I've been going to Mi Ranchito for years, but felt inclined to write them a review just now as it seems to me that they just keep getting better and better! The chips and salsa are some of the best in the city and I'm yet to be disappointed by anything I've ordered off of their menu. Take that with reasonable prices and ample seating (unless you come on taco Tuesday) and you have a top notch Mexican restaurant! read more

I love this place! The food is always good and the margaritas are delicious. Never had a bad experience

The pictures looked good but the restaurant didn't live up to it. My fajitas were soggy snd the tortilla soup was just ok. Not somewhere I would visit again. The only positive thing I can say is that the service was great! read more

I love spicy spicy salsa and they have some of the best. Sometimes it is way to spicy but I force myself to eat it. You can go there with on other person and split a plate add rice and beans and only pay a dollar more than the entree price. It's cheep and good and they just expanded because of how busy they have been getting. Much better than their 95th St. Location. read more

Mi Ranchito - Chicken Con Queso Fajita Enchiladas - Mexican Near Me - Overland Park, Kansas

The Good: 1 - Service, they were really good with refilling the sodas and salsa for the chips 2- Fun vibe. Didn't try the margaritas as I had an interview the next morning but they looked tasty. 3- Warm chips and great salsas The Meh: 1 - Probably my mistake in ordering the fish tacos but the fish wasn't fresh at all. 2 - The cheese - I just can't get into the fake orange runny cheesy some Tex-Mex places serve. Tastes artificial. I would probably come back here with a big group of friends if I was more focused on the atmosphere and taking down some margaritas. read more

A bit of a disappointment on our visit to Mi Ranchito. There are numerous 4 and 5 star reviews for this place, so I thought it would be a good place to try, since my wife loves Mexican food. We started off with the espinaca dip, at the recommendation of the server. My wife looked at me odd when I ordered it. "You realize it's a spinach dip, right?" I thought we'd at least try it. I had one taste, heavy duty spinach flavor. Couldn't get past it. My wife tried a few more. She said she couldn't get past the spice, a bit too much for her. The server switched us out for their queso dip. The queso dip was okay, not great. They advertised their queso as cheese with a 3 pepper blend of seasoning. I asked "is it too much to ask that your cheese taste like cheese?" The queso was more palatable than the espinaca dip, but still not that great. My wife did like the salsa, so that worked out at least. We then got our entrees, which was a bit of a change up for both of us. I got the chicken chimichanga. My wife got a chicken enchilada with the cream cheese sauce and a chicken taco. My chimi was pretty good. It had a red sauce on it, almost a mole. The chicken was nicely seasoned and I thought the sauce tasted fine. My wife didn't care for it. The beans were ok, but not memorable. My wife thought the rice tasted like dirt. The enchilada was interesting with the cream cheese sauce and the taco was average, but my wife was very disappointed in the rice. Overall, my wife wanted to put in a 2 star review. I upped it to a 3 star because I did like my chimichanga. read more

Sometimes it is hard to really distinguish one Mexican Restaurant from another. They are generally either good or bad with not a lot of middle ground. This is one of the good ones and has become our go-to Mexican place. We've now been a few times and I've always left full (sometimes too full) and satisfied. First, the basics. Their chips are really good. They are super thin and crispy and excellent. The salsa is pretty solid. The traditional salsa ("house" salsa, whatever you want to call it) is pretty straight forward and isn't bad. The biggest mistake one can make with this type of salsa is too much cilantro (i'm one of those people that thinks it can taste like soap) and theirs gets right on the line of being the right amount without going over. they also serve a green salsa that is avocado based. It is really mild and flavorful. I'm a fan of that salsa (though I'm not a big avocado guy). They have an espinaca dip you can get (usually can find a coupon for a free order of it in random mailings and crap) and it's pretty good. I generally prefer the green salsa though. I've had 3 or 4 different entrees and I have been happy every time. I had a sampler thing my first time (taquito, taco and chicken feliz thing) and it was all good. the feliz thing though? excellent! I absolutely loved it. Per usual, they all tend to come with rice and beans. I'm skip the beans (everywhere, not just here) so I've got nothing on those but the rice is fine. Nothing great, nothing bad. It's filler like at all Mexican joints. Also usually come with sour cream, guac, etc if you are into those things. Also comes with a little scoop of this corn pastey stuff that I don't know what it is called but I love the stuff. I've also had a couple different fajita options and I really liked the shrimp. Really, I think their grilled shrimp on anything would be great. It's straight forward grilled shrimp but it just comes out great and is excellent. It's a Mexican restaurant, so you aren't talking fine dining and all that stuff. But for Mexican, it is right up there with the best places in KC that I've had. The space is pretty typical. The parking is tight with a shared lot in front of the building and then wrapping on the side. There is also street parking. I'd guess at their peak times, parking might be a problem, but a little walking never hurt nobody. read more

I agree with a previous yelper, Mexican food is either good or bad, there's rarely an in between. Unfortunately for this restaurant, it was bad. The salsa was great! The cilantro could have been cut a little smaller, but it was still great! The chips were equally good. My kids got the taquitos and they were fine. It's very hard to mess those up. I got the fajitas. My steak was undercooked (I ordered it well), and I'm sure they would have fixed it, but just didn't mention it. The chicken and the shrimp were lack luster in the delicious seasonings that a good fajita has. My husband's fajitas were equally as underwhelming. Kansas City is home to some great BBQ and it is home to some great steaks, but we have yet to find a restaurant worthy of the "tex-mex" label. read more

First time vising Mi Ranchito and I'd say it was good but not amazing. My friend says its his favorite Mexican joint in town so I had to visit. I had the chorizo tacos and the espinaca. I think the chips and espinaca is better than Jose Peppers. I want to try out the menu more but overall the food that I did have was good. What I like the most from reading the menu was the drink selection and drink prices. I know I will be back to Mi Ranchito to drink after seeing the drink menu. read more

Service is ABSOLUTLEY terrible. I decided to come here on a tuesday for some tacos & margaritas one night. Our waitress came to our table a total of two times. We didn't even get the chance to order a margarita. There was a large party that was sitting next to us. When the waitress brought out the food.. someone had helped her with some of the plates. The other lady started an argument in front of us all which made everyone super uncomfortable. I've been to the other two locations and had great service. But this location is awful. We won't be back. read more

Coming from Texas, I needed some good Mexican food, and I needed it NOW! We stopped in at Mi Ranchito based on Yelp! reviews and welp............it's freakin' amazing. They don't have some of the typical fare you get in Texas, but the food was AH-MAZZZZ-ING. The cheese dip, unmatched. I just happened to be in on $1 taco night, so that's what I had. I figured they'd be whimpy little guys and ordered 5. They let me get chicken for no upcharge. I could only eat 3 and they were better than most tacos you get in the area. Needless to say, I'll be back.....maybe every week. read more

I'm digging the molé! Reminds me of #puertovallarta oh and be sure to start with some guacamole. It will set you right.

I love this place. I always eat too much, but that's because it's so good. Be aware: this is mostly Tex Mex, but it's done really well. If you're looking for authentic Mexican, you'll want to try somewhere else. read more

I enjoy mi ranchito each time I come to this location. The food is consistent and the staff is always friendly. It is never too busy, even during the lunch rush. I've never had to wait for a lunch table. They recently started bringing out some sort of green sauce with the chips and salsa that is really good. It's kind of like a creamier spicy ranch. I really like their mango salad and they have good queso as well. read more

Me and my daughter went to Mi Ranchito (7148 W 80th St, Overland Park, KS 66204) on Sat. Sept. 25, 2021. We arrived at 12:15pm & a young waiter came to our table. I asked if they could have the air conditioning turned down a little because it was freezing in there. He said "no, no, no" I asked if he had coffee since it was so cold. He said "no, no, no" Then we said "can we please go ahead and order we are starving" The waiter did not answer us he just walked away without taking our order. He finally came back a few minutes later and we gave him our order. It was 12:20pm. I asked him for a grilled chicken sandwich with nothing on it but lettuce and tomato with a side salad instead of fries and my daughter asked for a chicken taco. Right after he took our order the manager came out to ask me about my sandwich he said to make sure they get it correct. Several people were seated around us after we ordered and they placed their orders. By 10 minutes to 1pm all the people who had arrived after us had received their food but we had not. One of the staff could see we were irritated and we heard him say something to our waiter as he looked our way. The waiter looked at us with a surprise look on his face. Seems like he forgot our order all together. Then about 1:10pm, almost 1 whole hour after we ordered the waiter brought our food. My food was completely wrong, not one thing right. He brought me a fried chicken sandwich with cheese and bacon and french fries. I had asked for grilled chicken with lettuce & tomato only and a side salad. I was so mad by this time that me and my daughter got up and left. I will never go back there again and believe me I will and have told all my friends and contacts about how awful the service was here. read more

I ordered the white queso and salsa with chips to pick up curbside. The queso was spicy and the salsa was salty. The dips gave all three of us indigestion. I'm glad that I didn't order food. read more

NO MORE!!!! I've been a patron of the downtown OP Mi Ranchito's off and on over the years. It's okay in a pinch if Taco Naco is closed. I'll NEVER return after my recent experience. What a disappointment. A couple of us took a colleague who is retiring and that's the restaurant she picked. She ordered fajitas and they came out hard and ice cold. The guac had turned brown and the tortillas were cold as well. I asked our server to please remake her meal because she was too shy to ask herself. 20 minutes later after my friend and I had finished our lunches, the fajitas came out but they were clearly the same ones that they had removed from the table. They denied that it was the same plate and the steak was merely warmed up. Basically, it had turned into shoe leather. I asked for the manager and he refused to take the fajitas off of our check. He said he would give us a discount. The check arrived and that had not happened. So, we had to ask once again to have the bill adjusted. Unbelievable. Never again read more

This place is a wonderful place to eat. they have good food and the chips and sauce are the best! They are always hot and fresh. I have the chicken tortilla soup a lot. It's got avocados in it and a bowl has tortillas with it. The shrimp enchiladas are great too. It has parking across the street at the Rio and a lot there too. thanks for the wonderful food. The people are friendly and good servers too. read more

Went to the location on 80th last night and it was fantastic, I ordered the ground beef Nuevo with cheese sauce on top. The other location on 119th not so much, so The consistency at all locations would be great. read more

Love. This place is delicious and good prices. Live the fajitas and the fajita burrito. Great cheese dip. Great with kids, always bring them balloons Ns cookies. read more

Pretty typical tex-mex, very cheesy mexican food. We got our food very quickly on this visit. I would come back.

Love this place! Have come multiple times alone and been seated to a quiet area and given the best customer service. Never disappointed by my food or service! They have SO many menu options I want them all!! read more

Review of Mi Ranchito in Downtown Overland Park: We thought we'd give Mi Ranchito a try tonight. It started out great. Quick service in the beginning, but then a table behind us started complaining about something, so our server and manager kind of forgot about us. We ordered a second round of margaritas, but after 15 minutes, the waitress came by to ask if we wanted more margaritas -- oddness, since we had ordered another round but didn't receive it 15 minutes earlier. We said yes, but another 10 minutes went by and they were more concerned about the table behind us (who by the way had been complaining), and we never received the margaritas. We decided we were done after waiting 25 minutes and we saw them paying a lot of the attention to the complaining table. We just told the waitress that we didn't need the additional order and we were ready for a ticket. She was kind, but never apologized for not getting our margaritas two times. Food was just okay. Won't be visiting again. (PS--not sure why it says I am Terry B from California, because I'm from Kansas.) read more

We have been a consistent diner at the Overland Park restaurant especially on Taco Tuesday nights and always enjoyed the experience dining inside. This was the first time we have tried their carryout and unfortunately we caught them on a bad night. In the past the food was excellent, served quickly, and priced right. Tonight, the food was so greasy/oily that we couldn't finish it. The bag of chips was soaked 3/4 of the way up with grease. We haven't written them off as yet and will try again another time hoping for it to be back at their normal high quality of food. Like I said, was probably just a bad night for them. read more

Love, love, love this place! The cream cheese chicken enchiladas are soooooo yummy. They are the best thing in this place, not that I have tried anything here that I didn't like, they are just my favorite. They have great lunch specials and nightly specials too. Sunday kids eat free, Monday free cheese dip, Tuesday 99 cent tacos, and it keeps going and going and so will I. read more

I was so pleasantly surprised by this little gem in my own backyard! I will definitely be going back because their salsa is stinkin' goooood! It all starts and ends there for me. If you put tomato sauce-like goop in front of me, I will not be back. This was just-right spicy, we got an extra little cheesy dip that was so yummy, the chips were warm and crisp, and then the taco was so good!! The establishment could you a little updating but the staff was also so nice! Our waitress was so nice, joked with us, stayed on top of the water and chips, and was just an overall delight! read more

Food is really really good, service is really really bad. $2 Margs on Wednesday

I had the enchiladas which were really good. They also serve a scoop of masa dough with your food which is also really good. The only down side is the service is a little in your face. read more

We eat at Mi Ranchito around 3-4 times a month. It is the closest and most reasonably priced good Mexican restaurant in our area. Their chips and salsa are amazing, their menu is vast with something for everyone, the portions are very generous. The service is usually fantastic and if you have a bad experience they are so happy to fix it for you. If I had to fault the place it would be their margaritas. The regular version is weak at best. But their largest margarita is served with fresh in season fruit and is very good . I'm not a fan of drenching plates in cheese or sauce. Personal preference and they are very accommodating in putting these things on the side when asked. They even remade a plate once when I forgot to ask...that is some good service! I really like the owners and staff who are quick to greet us as old friends even though we are simply regulars. I've tried other up and coming or trendy or popular Mexican establishments in town and, yet, we keep coming back to our old favorite. We'd love to find some place else that measures up to Mi Ranchito just for a change of pace now and again. Can't seem to find one. Will keep looking. read more