Classic Tex-Mex fare is served in festive red & yellow interiors alongside margaritas & beer. Based on 833 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.1 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ No delivery
Address:
212 N Franklin St, Watkins Glen, NY 14891
Phone: (607) 210-4497
Hours
| Saturday | 11:30 AM–1 AM |
| Sunday | 11:30 AM–9 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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11:30 AM–9 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 11:30 AM–9 PM |
| Wednesday | 11:30 AM–9 PM |
| Thursday | 11:30 AM–9 PM |
| Friday | 11:30 AM–1 AM |
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Reviews
Dawn Cornwall
Nicely decorated, excellent food, and top notch service. The wait staff know their restaurant and take good care of their customers. The tortilla chips are hand fried in house and not from a bag.
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Shilpi Gupta
We had to wait 2 hours for food today. 1 hour standing waiting to be seated (around 7:00 PM) and 1 hour for food to arrive after ordering. The waitress was completely unavailable and we had to order drinks at the front desk. The fork was dirty and when waitress came to serve drinks, she just pushed the drinks and quickly went away, did not care to stop when we asked for a fork. We had to go to the bar to ask for fork, to – go boxes and check. Very disappointed with all the wait and lack of service. Food was okay, definitely not worth waiting 2 hours for. Even other customers waiting and many left cause they kept waiting to be seated. Horrible service, horrible staff, mediocre food.
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Vanessa Bouton
My second time visiting this place! Margarita was good. The corn salad isn’t very good. But the rest of the food was good. We went about an hour before close but the stand said they were open until 10 so we didn’t know. Service was a tad slow and she forgot a couple times to bring things out! Overall would give it one more try!
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Clark Ken
The food was very delicious, the taste of the burrito and the A La Mexicana Nachos was pretty good except for the nachos that came with the plate. But they were easily replaced with the side nachos the waiter brought us. Also, the wait for the food was a little longer than expected. Overall it was a good place to eat and I would come back again
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Abeer Mustafa
We were visiting Watkins Glen park, and after the hike wanted to eat something closby. We saw some google reviews and chose this place. It’s right beside the telephone booth.
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Robert J Smith
Very nice staff. Decor was nice as well. However, the food was bland, and the burrito I had was big, but like I said, no spice or flavor, which is what I was looking for. However, if you don’t like spicy Mexican food, this is the place to go.
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Brad Golden
I personally don’t eat a lot of Mexican, I have tried other local restaurants and have enjoyed the food even though I sometimes have know idea what I’m ordering. I was in the mood for Mexican one night and visited El Rancho for the first time. I was excited as the place is inviting. I walked in and noticed quite a few typed notes about various “rules” one was about dine and dash, the other was about the door, idk. It was kind of confusing. We placed a take out order at the bar. Staff was not overly excited and we’re kind of boring. It wasn’t overly busy either. The wait time was a little long, but no big deal, the waitress did keep us posted. I figured it would be quick otherwise I would have ordered a drink, that certainly isn’t there fault. Unfortunately when we got home to eat I found the food somewhat bland. The place seems to do a decent business, there are always people there eating when I drive or walk by. While I have had better, I will certainly give it another try.
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Santhosh George
This restaurant is in a prime location- right next to the visitor center. Overall this place is maintained well. Staff were courteous and pleasant. However prices seem to be on higher end. Example one chicken burrito costs about $15 plus tax.
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Mark Jackson
my wife and I walked over to and sat at the bar. My portion was very large. My first impression of chicken fajitas was diff. The plate was piled high with a brownish red colored chicken. My 3 tortillas were in aluminum foil hot to the touch. The beans seemed like a blended tan paste. There were no beans at all and it tasted flat and chalky. The rice was good and it was the meal as the rest was not very good. I think they dropped the ball on that one. I feel the tourist numbers are so high they never get a complaint as most people do not know what good mexican food supposed to taste like.
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Ashley Redfern
Stopped in on a weekend day, we went with the al pastor tacos and the chicken tinga tacos. The chicken had a bit of spice, which was nice.
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