El Rancho Viejo

Very good food and service. We eat here on a regular basis. The food is consistently good the services also.

Best white sauce in the area! Many choices on the menu and consistently good. Fast service and great if you’re in a hurry!

My wife and I have eaten here several times a month for years. We have always been satisfied with the variety of items in the menu and the great service we get. The salads are always fresh and the fish dishes tasty. I usually get the Texas Salad which never disappoints. My wife has several «go-​to» dishes but likes the Pollo Yucatan best. I have eaten Mexican food from DC to California to Arizona to… well, Mexico and I think Rancho is a fine example and stacks up well when you consider the prices and great service. A solid choice in the area.

The lunch menu is very reasonably priced and dinner offers some great options. All in all this is one of your best picks for mexican food around.
I’m a big fan of the tacos al pastor or the tacos al diabla.

This restaurant is right across the street from the apartment my mom rented for about 5 years in Vinton, Va.
There were a few times I simply walked across the street to eat here with my girlfriend.
I love the white sauce at this restaurant, it’s more sweet than spicy but it’s fantastic on rice and chips. They used to give you as much of this as you wanted for free but the last few times I’ve come they give you a very small amount and then charge you if you ask for any more… as someone who used to come eat here all the time I found it to be somewhat irritating but it’s only a dollar or two so it’s not the end of the world.
The service is usually pretty good, as is the sweet tea, and the food is out pretty quickly.
I typically get either the traditional fajitas (chicken, steak, shrimp) or chicken fajita salad.
It doesn’t seem like they take quite as much pride in this place as they used to, the servers are more lax, they charge more for the little stuff, and the food quality has dropped off some but it was always a good choice on a night no one felt like cooking.
The only big con is that the parking lot is small so when it gets busy there it’s a pain to get in and out of it on Hardy Road and/​or find a spot in the back.
One other thing, the wait staff leer at my friends and I whenever we come to eat here on girl’s nights which is probably a culture thing since they’re mostly all hispanic, not really a reflection on the food as much as the atmosphere but still, it’s rude.