Originally Posted By boydisney When it was hosted by Frito's I remember it tasting WAY better. Am I on an island with this belief or do others agree?
Originally Posted By TP2000 You aren't alone. The food at Disneyland has gone downhill at most locations over the last five years, but the drop has been pretty bad at Rancho. The CM's there are also not good. Again, the CM's working at restaurants in Disneyland have declined the worst out of the general CM decline of the last 3-5 years, but Rancho CM's are some of the most noticeably inferior. Lazy, sloppy looking, careless, bored, grumpy about sums up the average Rancho CM. Some Disneyland CM's almost seem like street-thugs now, and the Rancho CM's play up that sterotype the worst with their baggy clothes and sullen expressions on their face. Try eating at Catal; that's where I go for lunch at Disneyland now. It's dramatically better than the slop and sullen service you get from most Disneyland restaurants.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ Catal is in Downtown Disney. Don't bother order appetizers, though. Some of them literally come served on a spoon!
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA While I think the architecture and ambience of Rancho Del Zocalo is improved, the food is not nearly as good. It's a great example of taking a simple concept and making overly complicated. The old menu -- reasonably priced tacos, enchiladas, beans and rice was served fresh, hot and fast -- gets replaced with pseudo-sophisticated expensive Mexican entress, that take too long to get prepared, and by the time you get to your table are cold. New concept -- customer loses.
Originally Posted By boydisney Jim in Merced CA - - you nailed it! They did make it look nicer and tried to make the food nicer, but in return...they missed the mark on the food!
Originally Posted By friendofdd They do have a couple of nice salads. I enjoy the mexican caesar and the taco salads. Large enough for two. However, I don't go there often as I like the cobb salad at Plaza Inn even better.
Originally Posted By dresswhites i really like rancho. the food is good and the atmosphere is wonderful. i disagree with TP2000, the cms i have encountered there are generally pretty good.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight I like Rancho as well and have never had any kind of problem there. As for Catal in DTD,they make a good Creme Brulee', but the coffee is absolutely lousy there.
Originally Posted By dlkozy Catal is not a favorite of mine. But, I do like the cinnamon chips and the chicken at Rancho Z. Used to like the corn salad too-but they took that off the menu.
Originally Posted By fkurucz What really gets to me is the glacial speed of service. Each station only serves 2-3 different choices. You would think that they could whip them out fast, but no. Lousy service and lousy food is one of the reasons that we eat few meals inside the parks. But the all time champ in sloooowwww service (IMHO) is the Tortilla Jo's takeout window. Why can't they be quick like Chipotle or QDoba?
Originally Posted By crazycroc I love Rancho. When I die, I hope that heaven has a Rancho there. DEEEE-LIC---IOUS!!! I'd eat the food of the floor there.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 DH really likes Rancho. I think it's a carry over from always eating at Casa de Frito when the kids were little. I enjoy the setting, so with him liking the food and me being happy just being in DLR we tend to eat at Rancho at least once every trip. We've never had an issue with the CM's at Rancho.
Originally Posted By bravebrother I used to eat their because they took over Big Thunder BBQ's menu....but it sure wasnt the same...
Originally Posted By Sweeper We like the Rancho but I agree that the quality of all table service/buffeteria food has declined and in some cases dramatically. The food was better when it was sponsored by Lawry's.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice While the food isn't what it used to be and we can get MUCH better Mexican food here in Las Vegas, Mr. Alice and I usually eat lunch there at least once during every trip. It satisfies the craving for Mexican food (can't go too long without!) and I love the atmosphere - especially the Big Thunder Mountain side. It's just fun.
Originally Posted By ni_teach The food quality at "Rancho" is not as good as it used to be. I hope that it come back to it's old quality.
