Los Ranchos Latinos

I should have known better and stopped when I detected the chips were turning stale. The steak fajitas were a total abomination, but the waitress was such a nice lady I was too embarrassed tell her how bad it was. Chef, whoever you are, you need to turn in your apron. Clearly you have no business cooking.

Most authentic place I’ve been in a while.
Micheladas are amazing!
It looks like it might turn into a fun dance place at night!

My favorite place to go when I have a craving for Mexican food. Great menu variety.
Alma is the best!

It was lunchtime — and I wanted comfort food. The old Southern standby — the meat and three — was not available in this part of Norcross. But there are oodles of the New South’s replacement of the meat & 3 — the authentic taqueria. For no special reason, I picked this one.
I had two things — just two. A «watermelon» agua fresca, and a chorizo burrito.
Well — watermelon turned out to be cantaloupe, and this huge, cold drink tasted like the freshest cantaloupe evah. (On a hot, hot, day, this was extremely welcome). The chorizo burrito was not as spectacular — it was merely excellent. I doubt, ingrediant was, it was any different than the chorizo taco. It was just a bit easier to eat.
It was high quality chorizo.
As with a lot of Hispanic restaurants, the joint was a bit empty for an early lunch. The Univision cooking show made an odd counterpoint to the meal.
If you have a chance, peer into the kitchen when you pay for your meal. The little grandmother dishing out the home cooking has a large Virgin of Gaudalupe collection in there.
Go.

Great place to go for a meal overall.
The setting/​décor is really all over the place and the cleanliness of the place seems a bit questionable. Lots of open space and the place immediately feels like they’ll have some authentic cuisine once you walk in.
Foodwise… they do know how to do make a hot salsa! WOOHOO! The enchilada lunch combo overall was okay. Definitely had better, but since it came with the hot salsa, l couldn’t really argue. The tortas was pretty good as well. The only problem I ran into with the food was due to me ordering takeout. Waited a bit too long and things got a bit soggy.
Will definitely go back again for their authenticity and overall bang for the buck. Plus, after seeing their menu… you’re gonna want to experiment more things.

I gage all Mexican restaurants on a couple of criteria. Chicken Enchiladas, Margaritas, and their prices. How much care and thought put into each one of these items can tell me how much the people care about their restaurant.
Los Ranchos is a great little place to go while I am on my lunch break and I have a little cash on hand. Just a stones throw from where I work it takes no time getting there and back. Although I have never had one of their Margaritas they do score good points for their other criteria. Prices are good and their Enchiladas aren’t half bad. They do have many traditional Mexican dishes (not just tacos and burritos) that I have never tried and will probably never try.
Just the fact that most of the patrons are Mexican makes me believe the place is authentic. The wait staff does speak a little English so they will probably understand you if you don’t know much Spanglish. They also accept most major credit cards in case you don’t have cash.
They get 3 out of 5 stars right now cause I haven’t tried their Margaritas yet.