Mi Rancho Restaurant

Only had an opportunity to try one thing on the menu but I would love to come back and try what else this place has to offer. Everything looks delicious and the prices aren’t expensive at all. Just from creepily looking at what everyone else had gotten for their orders, it appears the portions are pretty large.
I had a taste of the toston con desmechado (fried plantains with beef. For $ 7 and change it comes with four tostones with shredded beef. [I’ve also uploaded a picture to give you an idea of what it looks like and the portion size].
Even for a snack between me and my girlfriend, the plate of four was very enjoyable and worth the $ 7. The beef had it’s own distinct flavor and it wasn’t too salt nor was it dry. The owner [or manager] passed by our table and kindly offered us sauces to go with it. He offered a pink-​ish sauce which most closely resembles a Latin American variation of a Russian dressing; that’s probably the closest comparison. He also provided us with a spicy sauce that brought out the flavor of the beef even more.
The employees here and the owner/​manager that came by were all very friendly and helped us along. I would definitely come back and encourage others to come try out the food.

This place is truly amazing! The food is out-​of-​this-​world period, but it is the best Colombian food I’ve tasted. I used to live in Miami, and this food tasted like home… even better than home! The flavor, the technique, the variety, the love that goes into this food is just completely unforgettable. It’s like eating at someone’s grandmother’s house, but better. The prices and portions cannot be beat either.
I had the arepa con carne mechada or shedded beef in creole tomato-​based sauce with cilantro. The flavor was just ridiculous – tangy, garlicky, zesty, pure perfection over a crispy yet tender yellow arepa. An arepa is griddled corn cake made from pre-​cooked corn, so it has zero grittiness, just crispy exterior and tender interior. Arepas of this size are for breakfast. I got my husband the paisa version with rice, eggs, and yummy pork belly cracklings.
Well, as we marvelled over our food, we got distracted by a ridiculous seafood rice at the counter. It was freaking exploding with tender, juicy-​looking seafood. We caved and got what was supposedly a side portion, but it was meal-​sized in my book. Picture it, mussels, lobster, real crab leg meat, clams, shrimp, scallops, calamari, octopus, all cooked to tender perfection in an expertly-​seasoned, fluffy rice. This stuff was last meal status, and it was our last meal in Boston, and certainly one of the BEST! Stop by on your way to the airport, if you’re a visitor. If you live in Boston, go tonight! Seriously, today you MUST try this! Super short walk from the Maverick train stop, by the way.
Clean, nice service, amazing flavors, great variety of prepared hot foods (stuffed chicken looked ridiculous), great prices, the stuff of dreams is at this
neighborhood gem. The salpicon, or Colombian fruit salad, looked great too. It shall be crowned with a scoop of ice cream upon serving. Be sure to clear your table and put your plates on the far end of the counter if you eat in. Order first and pay as you leave. They’ll bring the dish to you.

Good Colombian food! Empanadas! The best! Probably one of the best Colombian restaurants in Eastie.

One of my favorite places to visit! Love the Latin atmosphere! The menu offers many choices to try! The service is great! Try the hot chocolate! And make sure you bring you appetite and a smile!

My favorite empanadas in the greater Boston area! They’re flavorful and I’m addicted to Mi Rancho’s sauce that you can dip them in.
My boyfriend introduced me to bunuelos, a Colombian pastry/​baked good. If you’ve never tried one, Mi Rancho makes them very well! They’re very moist.
Service is quick and the prices are very reasonable.

Overwrought by the options on the menu above the counter, I didn’t know what to get when the lady motioned that it was my turn. She kindly handed me a pictorial menu and I snuck off to the side to give it a once over.
We ended up sharing an order of the Toston con Pollo Desmechado $ 6.50 (fried plantain with shredded chicken) and the Arepa con Camarones $ 6.75 (corn cake with shrimp), as well as a mango juice $ 2.
You order at the counter, but they bring your food over to you along with a basket of silverware. Yes, semi-​table service. Hmmm… but now that I think of it, I wonder if we were supposed to tip? There wasn’t any place to stack your plates when you bus your own table, and the table was unbussed when we sat down…
Yup, I’m confused.
But the food was satisfying and interesting to this untrained tummy of Colombian cuisine. Of the two, I preferred the Arepa con Camarones, although I suspect a bit of false advertisement as the photo of the dish showed shrimp twice (if not thrice) the size of the creatures speckling our arepa. But it was hot and tasty and loaded with cheesy goodness. The Toston con Pollo arrived room temperature, and the toston themselves were a bit hard to cut in spots, but the flavors were good.
Mi Rancho is rather small — the counter area takes up perhaps a third of the footprint of the restaurant. Eight tables seating parties of 2 or 4 take up the bulk of the remainder of the floor space, and there are two counter seats stuffed into the corner behind the door.
They take Visa and Mastercard, but have no public restroom.

Great place for takeout, and to go and have breakfast. Coffe is awesome! Staff is very nice!

I found myself at this place during my empanada hunt in the greater Boston area and decided to try some of their other dishes. The menu is really affordable which encouraged me to try their shrimp arepas. It was very tasty and flavorful. If it didn’t make me so full I would have had another one. I didn’t make it for breakfast but on a Saturday afternoon it wasn’t full. The empanadas though cheap were a bit too doughy for my taste and I don’t really care for corn shell empanadas but they were good as well. Even though the lasting impression was made by their arepas.
Most of the people coming in got takeout and there were maybe 2 – 3 people dining in.
It’s a very casual restaurant which was nice because I went into 2 other Latin places around here and they were a bit more dark and subdued lighting. And had waiter service which I really just didn’t want a formal meal, aka didn’t want to have to tip.
But the staff at Mi Rancho was friendly gave me a good meal and left me satisfied. Great place for anytime and it didn’t burn a hole in my wallet.

Best Colombian breakfast around!!!
Five stars because:
— Coffee is fresh and delicious; I swear they must put drops of dark chocolate in there! I love how they make it for you, unlike other restaurants where they give you the sugar and cream separate from the coffee. Quite honestly I suck at mixing my own coffee, so Mi Rancho thank you for doing it for me!
— Arepas are hot and delicious. They don’t overdue the cheese or the butter. I like how the cheese is inside the corn cake, unlike other places where the cheese is given to spread on the arepa.
— Empanadas are bomb! Hot, delicious, crunchy on the outside, packed with wonderful spices. I strongly recommend you eat this with the «pink sauce» because it is damn good.
Aaaand, they’re open real early for all you early birds. But breakfast is just as good at 7am or at 11am.

This is my favorite Colombian takeout. My fiancé prefers El Jardin but I hate them and always try to steer him here. The empanadas and papas rellanas are the best I have ever had and HUGE. They don’t speak a lot of English here but they are nice and they do their best. They always assume I don’t speak Spanish so I usually just let him order for me haha. They do have a good sized menu on the wall with pictures but I would never sit down and eat there. I consider this a takeout only kind of joint.

A doc at East Boston Neighborhood Health Center recommended this establishment for some fast, cheap, authentic food. I’m not in East Boston very often, but I think I should come out here more to taste the ethnic food.
Small place, maybe 10 tables, cheery Latin music playing, with easy to read menus in Spanish and English and with photos of the food. They serve breakfast, lunch, appetizers, kids’ meals, and various fruit juices and (virgin) pina coladas. I tried the grilled steak with tomatoes and onions served with rice, salad, and a fried plantain. Quick, tasty, less than $ 12, but the steak was a bit tough. The empanadas were pretty good, too.
They take credit cards and I think they do take-​out, too. Solid fast Colombian food!

Since no one has reviewed this place…
This place had good Colombian fast food and many entrees to choose from.
This is a good place if you want to get something quick and tasty in and out. If you want a sit down Colombian meal that will blow your sox off … there are better options in the area.
Good: Empanadas, Batidos, Plato Tipico, Papa Rellena