El Rancherito

I have never really been a fan of latin food, but I always hear something scrumptious and I’m tempted to try out. This time it is pupusas. I’ve heard enough about them from people to check it out. Tried out the pupusa from El Rancherito on St. Clair. Walked in to the place and it is a very typical latin restaurant. Bright colours with pictures and decors from El Salvador. Ordered pupusa with cheese and Bandeja Paisa. Last time I had Bandeja I could barely breathe. I thought that was isolated to that restaurant, but when I got my order I learned it was the same. The pupusa was good. Crunchy corn tortilla stuffed with cheese and locora (I think that’s what it was called). The bandeja was good too. I liked it better than Mi Terra. The chicharron was crunchy. There wasn’t too much beans. Eggs was nicely cooked and everything else was tasty. I’m not really a fan of the dish, but ordered it after the waitress recommended it. There is just too much in the plate to enjoy. Tried my sister’s taco as well. That I did not think was appetizing at all. The taco had a weird taste I did not like. This might be my last venture in latin food on St. Clair or at the least it would be my last order of bandeja.

BEST SPANISH FOOD EEEEEVER! I dunno of they switched management but they certainly moved after a couple of bad reviews here… Had the pupusas n fried fish… n BELIEVE ME… I’m an expert! :-D

Solid Colombian /​El Salvadorian restaurant. Not that many places in TO to get a fair priced pupusa. Beef soup was also pretty good. Service and décor was as expected. Considering the pricing and neighborhood, it’s very decent. Went in with no expectations but will return for my pupusa fix.

Great place to have pupusas and other salvadorean and Colombian food. Love the décor.

We ate at this restaurant over the weekend. There was a lunch buffet and I could tell you… it was nothing special. It was the most bland South American food I’ve ever had. Not only do they misrepresent Colombian food, but they also have a small Salvadoran Pupuseria on the northwest corner called El Rancherito Pupuseria. They TOTALLY misrepresent Salvadorean food too! From the pupusas, to the curtido, to the salsa. It’s all bad.
You know, I still don’t understand how restaurants can do this to customers. How do they not taste how awful their food is? There is such thing as internet and utube videos now a days, where you can pretty much learn anything, including how to perform surgery on people. You would think that the chefs would at least go to an authentic restaurant and taste the food they want to offer at their restaurants from an authentic one. ugghhh, it just bugs me.
So please El Rancherito… get a chef with better taste buds!

Rude personnel. They didn’t have a high chair for my 17 month old and we decided to leave. The pushy waitress’ answer was «you can sit her in a regular chair».
We left.