Rancho Escondido Mexican Grill

Clean

Beautiful venue

Guacamole is on point!

Best chicken in Alabama.

Good portion of food on each plate.

Great value.

Can’t wait to return.

We took a small group for lunch thanks to a recommendation. The food was fabulous! Everything was really fresh. I love their dark salsa and my pork carnitas were very tender. They offer corn tortillas, which is not what a lot of places do. Our server was very kind and thorough, making sure she understood everything we were ordering. The portions are huge but everyone cleaned their plates. I will definitely go back. If you like Mexican, you'll enjoy this place.

I’ve eaten in authentic Mexican restaurants all over the state from fancy ones, to gas station ones. This one is hands down my FAVORITE!! The atmosphere is so pleasant and the staff are so kind, friendly, and prompt. The food is so fresh and off the charts DELICIOUS. I decided to make a picture of my chicken fajita quesadilla after I had already started eating. Sorry. But, as you can see, they aren’t skimpy with the size. The plate is full!! It’s stuffed with chicken, cheese, bell pepper, and onion and comes with all the trimmings for only 7$. The prices are as awesome as the food!!! It’s off the beaten path in Alabaster and worth the drive from across town!!! I eat here at least twice a month!!! It’s one of the best restaurants I’ve eaten in. 😋

Excellent service. Delicious food.
We visited Rancho Escondido on a Saturday around 2pm and wasn't busy.
Our waitress was nice and helpful, the place was clean and organized.
Our food didn't take long to be served and it was tasty and fresh. We will definitely visit this place again.
Highly recommended.

Had great food and great service. We really enjoyed our meal. I had the chimichanga, and my wife had the chicken fajitas. Their massive 48oz. Texas margarita wasn't too bad either. My wife enjoyed their peach margarita.

I went in for lunch today with my co-worker and the food and service were excellent! I had the steak fajitas with corn tortillas and queso with chips and salsa. All the food was very tasty and fresh. The waitress checked on us multiple times throughout the meal to make sure everything was good and filled our sweet teas twice as well as giving us a to go tea and boxes for the left overs. I will definitely be going back again. The prices were also very reasonable for lunch and the servicing sizes were large.

Very good food , very well seasoned better than most local Mexican food restaurants.

One of our favorite places. Food is great. Portions are large. Prices are good, and there is never a wait to be seated even on a busy holiday. Lunch Specials are available 7 days a week from 11-3 pm.

Highly recommend the chile rellenos and the black beans.

I ordered for my first time ever through DoorDash. I had the panchos special, the cheese dip, and the xango. Everything was absolutely DELICIOUS!!! I will definitely be ordering more and dining in!

Food was great and inexpensive! Our server made sure we were taken care of, definitely going back!

Great prices, great food and great service. They’ve got the best cheese dip, salsa and guacamole. This is the only Mexican restaurant that you should eat at.

Steak lunch fajitas are awesome. Service is awesome. Best bang for the buck as far as Mexican food goes in the area.

Great Mexican food at a reasonable cost. Service is good too.

Food is always nice and hot. I have enjoyed everything I have ordered. Staff is friendly and quick with service. The salsa and nachos they stock the tables with are good too, they aren’t the flimsy chips many places serve, salsa has a nice little bite. Draft is served in a thick-wall frosted mug. Great little place.

Wasnt much going on as far as atmosphere and our waitress passed us off to another older lady whos english wasnt great, but she got all our orders correct and all the food was great....

Very nice place to go eat nice people and the food was delicious..

C5 salon loves having meetings here. The food is delicious!

When we moved down here, we tried many Mexican restaurants before we tried Escondido Mexicano. It's definitely our place now. Their guacamole is THE best. I was really pleased with the fajitas as the vegetables tasted freshly cooked and crisp. Not mushy like they'd sat in a pot all day like so many other places. They also give you an option for black beans vs. mushy refried beans.

Have had 3 BIRTHDAY parties there with at least 10 people each time. They allowed us to reserve time/day and large table. Service and food are great. Make a great peach margarita

This is a true hidden gem. While traveling on the back roads to avoid traffic of I65 we passed this little place and noticed it looked interesting. We decided a week later to go back and try it out. Trust me it is worth the drive from 280. To start the chips and salsa were fresh and unique. The prices were reasonable for what we got and the portions were very large. We split the fajitas for two and there was more then enough. We also split a pitcher of margaritas thinking for the small price listed it would be a smaller then average pitcher. Wrong it was a huge pitcher, delicious and really more then two people could finish, but we sure tried. I was so impressed with this place I would make the drive from 280 just to eat here again. Please give them a try and you will be hooked too.