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El Rancho Bar&Grill Menu
Explore the menu of El Rancho Bar&Grill in Albany, NY featuring traditional Mexican dishes, popular platillos, and drinks. Pricing and availability may vary.
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The full El Rancho Bar&Grill menu
Browse every dish by category — from in-table BBQ cuts to stews, sides and drinks. Prices are shown where available.
Menu - Appetizer
Corn tortilla chips topped with homemade queso, beans, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, pickled jalapeños and choice of meat.
Corn tortilla chips topped with mozzarella cheese, queso, cilantro, onions, birria meat, and guacamole.
French Fries topped with asada, homemade queso, guacamole, pico de gallo and mexican mayo.
Romaine lettuce, corn, avocado, black beans, bell peppers, and tomato
3 piece chicharron
choice of wings served with french fries, carrots and ranch
four chicken wings of any same flavored style, four mozzerella sticks and four chicken taquitos . served eith dippin ranch marinara sauce and chipotle dressing
Menu - Al Comal
Two Freshly made corn tortilla filled with your choice of filling.
3 Freshly made thick corn tortilla covered with pork lard, black bean sauce, spicy red and green sauce, Oaxaca cheese or queso fresco. Served with a choice of meat
Two freshly made oval-shaped corn tortilla covered with pork lard, one in green sauce and other in red spicy sauce and Oaxaca cheese or queso fresco. Served with a choice of meat
Menu - Sopas
Menu - Grill
Grilled skirt steak and chicken, sautéed shrimp and tilapia fillet with onion, bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, salad, avocado and corn tortillas.
12 oz. New York Steak served with El Rancho potatoes, steamed vegetables, rice and corn tortilla.
12 oz. Rib Eye served with grilled corn, cactus, grilled cambray onion and jalapeño, guacamole, rice, beans and corn tortilla.
Sirloin Steak served with fried yuca, fried plantains, white rice and beans.
Grilled tasajo, marinated pork, mexican sausage, chicken, fried pork skin, oaxaca cheese, grilled jalapeño and cambray onion, cactus, two sopes, guacamole and corn tortilla. 2 person.
Chicken breast served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, guacamole and corn tortillas
Surf and turf skewer with bell pepper, red onion, skirt steak, shrimp, scallops, octopus, chicken breast and mushrooms. Served with rice, salad, pico de gallo, guacamole and corn tortillas
12 oz. Tender marinated skirt steak with 1 stuffed enchilada verde with cheese, 1 stuffed enchilada mole with cheese, grilled jalapeño, sautéed onion, rice, beans and guacamole.
Grilled octopus marinated in our house sauce made with mayo, chipotle and spices. Served with rice and steamed vegetables.
Grilled salmon fillet marinated in butter garlic, fine herbs and paprika. Served with sautéed vegetables and white rice.
Menu - Favorites
Slow cooked beef with blended dry chili peppers. Garnished with cilantro and onion. Served with limes, radish, consome dip, rice and beans. Choice of either Quesatacos, Tacos or Quesadilla (flour or corn tortilla).
Sautéed skirt steak, chiken and shrimp, seasoned and cooked with onions, bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, corn tortillas shredded cheese, sour cream and guacamole.
Grilled Skirt Steak, sautéed shrimp, served with rice, beans and corn tortillas, side of guacamole, grilled jalapeño, queso fresco and cactus
A taste of Oaxaca! . A corn tortilla folded over and filled with black beans sauce, asiento, cabbage, avocado, grilled jalapeño, cambray onion and salsas on the side
One poblano pepper stuffed with your choice of cheese, chicken, or pork, covered with homenade tomato sauce. Served with avocado, rice, beans and corn tortillas.
Menu - Traditional Dishes
3 Enchiladas (green, red and mole) with your choice of either chicken, cheese or beef, topped with lettuce cheese and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
A traditional Oaxacan dish of a large crispy tortilla open faced covered with toppings. Blanck beans sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, Oaxaca string cheese, avocado and tasajo.
Fried corn tortillas smothered in our homemade sauce green or red, topped with queso fresco, sour cream, garnished with cilantro, red onion. Served with beans and salad
Traditional Mexican Soup with Chicken or Pork. Garnished wih letucce and radishes. Served with three tostadas, onion, cilantro and limes on the side. Flavor Avaible: Green, Red and Mole Sauce.
3 fried empanadas with your choice of filling. Topped with sour cream, lettuce, pico de gallo and queso fresco.
Menu - Platillos Tipicos
Fresh made corn tortilla, layered with black beans sauce, lettuce, pico de gallo, avocado, queso fresco, sour cream and choice of meat.
Fried corn tortilla layered with black bean sauce, letuce, pico de gallo, avocado, queso fresco, and sour cream and choice of meat.
Fresh made corn tortilla tacos with your choice of meat, garnished with cilantro and onion. Served with rice, beans, limes and radishes on the side
Fresh made oval-shaped corn tortilla layered with black bean sauce, lettuce, pico de gallo, avocado, queso fresco, and sour cream and choice of meat.
A 12" flour tortilla filled with rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, queso fresco, sour cream and choice of meat. Served with french fries or Home Fries.
Flour or Corn tortilla filled with cheese and choice of filling (listed below). Served with a side of pico de gallo, sour cream, rice and beans.
4 Fried corn tortillas, rolled and filled with either chicken or potatoes, topped with black bean sauce, queso fresco, lettuce, pico de gallo and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Mexican Sandwich with Mexican mayo, black beans, avocado, tomato, onion, pickled jalapeños, Oaxaca cheese, and your choice of meat or vegetarian. Served with french fries.
Fried flour tortilla filled with bell peppers, onion, shredded cheese and choice of filling, served with guacamole on the side, rice and beans
Menu - Mariscos Seafood
Grilled shrimp with skin marinated in our house sauce made with mayo, chipotle and spices. Served with rice, salad and french fries.
Sautéed shrimp, cooked with onions, jalapeños and tomatoes. Served with rice, Rancho Potato, salad and corn tortilla.
Shrimp or strips of fresh fish, marinated in lemon, serrano chili, black pepper and salt. Garnished with red onion, cucumber, cilantro, chili powder and avocado.
3 Tacos with fresh made corn tortillas or flour tortillas, fish or shrimp coated in our homemade batter and fried. Garnished with coleslaw , avocado, cilantro and chipotle dressing.
Shrimp, octopus & diced fish marinated in lemon juice with mango, onion, tomato, serrano pepper, cilantro & avocado. Seasoned with salt & ground black pepper
Shrimp, scallops, crab meat, sautéed with mushrooms, tomatoes, garlic and onion. Served with rice, beans and corn tortillas.
Cooked shrimp served in a citrus and ketchup based sauce, with onion, tomato, cilantro, and jalapeño. Garnished with cilantro and avocado
Spicy seafood soup with tilapia, mussels, shrimp, scallops, crab and octopus cooked with vegetables with corn tortillas on the side.
Spicy seafood soup with Red Snapper, carrots, celery and potatoes. Served with corn tortillas, onion, cilantro, limes and rice on the side.
Menu - Tex Mex
Menu - Sides
Menu - Postres
Menu - Antojitos
Menu - Caldos
Appetizer
Corn tortilla chips topped with homemade queso, beans, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, pickled jalapeños and choice of meat.
Corn tortilla chips topped with mozzarella cheese, queso, cilantro, onions, birria meat, and guacamole.
French Fries topped with asada, homemade queso, guacamole, pico de gallo and mexican mayo.
Romaine lettuce, corn, avocado, black beans, bell peppers, and tomato
3 piece chicharron
choice of wings served with french fries, carrots and ranch
four chicken wings of any same flavored style, four mozzerella sticks and four chicken taquitos . served eith dippin ranch marinara sauce and chipotle dressing
Al Comal
Two Freshly made corn tortilla filled with your choice of filling.
3 Freshly made thick corn tortilla covered with pork lard, black bean sauce, spicy red and green sauce, Oaxaca cheese or queso fresco. Served with a choice of meat
Two freshly made oval-shaped corn tortilla covered with pork lard, one in green sauce and other in red spicy sauce and Oaxaca cheese or queso fresco. Served with a choice of meat
Sopas
Grill
Grilled skirt steak and chicken, sautéed shrimp and tilapia fillet with onion, bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, salad, avocado and corn tortillas.
12 oz. New York Steak served with El Rancho potatoes, steamed vegetables, rice and corn tortilla.
12 oz. Rib Eye served with grilled corn, cactus, grilled cambray onion and jalapeño, guacamole, rice, beans and corn tortilla.
Sirloin Steak served with fried yuca, fried plantains, white rice and beans.
Grilled tasajo, marinated pork, mexican sausage, chicken, fried pork skin, oaxaca cheese, grilled jalapeño and cambray onion, cactus, two sopes, guacamole and corn tortilla. 2 person.
Chicken breast served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, guacamole and corn tortillas
Surf and turf skewer with bell pepper, red onion, skirt steak, shrimp, scallops, octopus, chicken breast and mushrooms. Served with rice, salad, pico de gallo, guacamole and corn tortillas
12 oz. Tender marinated skirt steak with 1 stuffed enchilada verde with cheese, 1 stuffed enchilada mole with cheese, grilled jalapeño, sautéed onion, rice, beans and guacamole.
Grilled octopus marinated in our house sauce made with mayo, chipotle and spices. Served with rice and steamed vegetables.
Grilled salmon fillet marinated in butter garlic, fine herbs and paprika. Served with sautéed vegetables and white rice.
Favorites
Slow cooked beef with blended dry chili peppers. Garnished with cilantro and onion. Served with limes, radish, consome dip, rice and beans. Choice of either Quesatacos, Tacos or Quesadilla (flour or corn tortilla).
Sautéed skirt steak, chiken and shrimp, seasoned and cooked with onions, bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, corn tortillas shredded cheese, sour cream and guacamole.
Grilled Skirt Steak, sautéed shrimp, served with rice, beans and corn tortillas, side of guacamole, grilled jalapeño, queso fresco and cactus
A taste of Oaxaca! . A corn tortilla folded over and filled with black beans sauce, asiento, cabbage, avocado, grilled jalapeño, cambray onion and salsas on the side
One poblano pepper stuffed with your choice of cheese, chicken, or pork, covered with homenade tomato sauce. Served with avocado, rice, beans and corn tortillas.
Traditional Dishes
3 Enchiladas (green, red and mole) with your choice of either chicken, cheese or beef, topped with lettuce cheese and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
A traditional Oaxacan dish of a large crispy tortilla open faced covered with toppings. Blanck beans sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, Oaxaca string cheese, avocado and tasajo.
Fried corn tortillas smothered in our homemade sauce green or red, topped with queso fresco, sour cream, garnished with cilantro, red onion. Served with beans and salad
Traditional Mexican Soup with Chicken or Pork. Garnished wih letucce and radishes. Served with three tostadas, onion, cilantro and limes on the side. Flavor Avaible: Green, Red and Mole Sauce.
3 fried empanadas with your choice of filling. Topped with sour cream, lettuce, pico de gallo and queso fresco.
Platillos Tipicos
Fresh made corn tortilla, layered with black beans sauce, lettuce, pico de gallo, avocado, queso fresco, sour cream and choice of meat.
Fried corn tortilla layered with black bean sauce, letuce, pico de gallo, avocado, queso fresco, and sour cream and choice of meat.
Fresh made corn tortilla tacos with your choice of meat, garnished with cilantro and onion. Served with rice, beans, limes and radishes on the side
Fresh made oval-shaped corn tortilla layered with black bean sauce, lettuce, pico de gallo, avocado, queso fresco, and sour cream and choice of meat.
A 12" flour tortilla filled with rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, queso fresco, sour cream and choice of meat. Served with french fries or Home Fries.
Flour or Corn tortilla filled with cheese and choice of filling (listed below). Served with a side of pico de gallo, sour cream, rice and beans.
4 Fried corn tortillas, rolled and filled with either chicken or potatoes, topped with black bean sauce, queso fresco, lettuce, pico de gallo and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Mexican Sandwich with Mexican mayo, black beans, avocado, tomato, onion, pickled jalapeños, Oaxaca cheese, and your choice of meat or vegetarian. Served with french fries.
Fried flour tortilla filled with bell peppers, onion, shredded cheese and choice of filling, served with guacamole on the side, rice and beans
Mariscos Seafood
Grilled shrimp with skin marinated in our house sauce made with mayo, chipotle and spices. Served with rice, salad and french fries.
Sautéed shrimp, cooked with onions, jalapeños and tomatoes. Served with rice, Rancho Potato, salad and corn tortilla.
Shrimp or strips of fresh fish, marinated in lemon, serrano chili, black pepper and salt. Garnished with red onion, cucumber, cilantro, chili powder and avocado.
3 Tacos with fresh made corn tortillas or flour tortillas, fish or shrimp coated in our homemade batter and fried. Garnished with coleslaw , avocado, cilantro and chipotle dressing.
Shrimp, octopus & diced fish marinated in lemon juice with mango, onion, tomato, serrano pepper, cilantro & avocado. Seasoned with salt & ground black pepper
Shrimp, scallops, crab meat, sautéed with mushrooms, tomatoes, garlic and onion. Served with rice, beans and corn tortillas.
Cooked shrimp served in a citrus and ketchup based sauce, with onion, tomato, cilantro, and jalapeño. Garnished with cilantro and avocado
Spicy seafood soup with tilapia, mussels, shrimp, scallops, crab and octopus cooked with vegetables with corn tortillas on the side.
Spicy seafood soup with Red Snapper, carrots, celery and potatoes. Served with corn tortillas, onion, cilantro, limes and rice on the side.
Tex Mex
Sides
Postres
Antojitos
Caldos
Lunch Menu - Lunch Menu
A 12" flour tortilla filled with rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, queso fresco, sour cream and choice of meat. Served with chips and salsa
A bowl filled with rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, queso fresco, sour cream and choice of meat. Served with chips and salsa
Flour or corn tortilla filled with cheese and choice of filling. Served with a chips and salsa.
3 Enchiladas (green or red) with your choice filling, garnished with sour cream and queso fresco. Served with chips and salsa
Lunch Menu
A 12" flour tortilla filled with rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, queso fresco, sour cream and choice of meat. Served with chips and salsa
A bowl filled with rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, queso fresco, sour cream and choice of meat. Served with chips and salsa
Flour or corn tortilla filled with cheese and choice of filling. Served with a chips and salsa.
3 Enchiladas (green or red) with your choice filling, garnished with sour cream and queso fresco. Served with chips and salsa
Prices & availability
Menu categories and item availability at El Rancho Bar&Grill may change seasonally or without notice. While the overall price range is $20 to $30, item-level prices are not listed here and may require confirmation upon ordering. Seasonal specialties and menu selections can vary.
Dining fit
This menu is good for
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Lunch
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Drinks & Cocktails
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Groups
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Comfort Food
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45 min to 2 hr Visit
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Good for Kids
About this menu
What to know before you order
El Rancho Bar&Grill offers a varied menu emphasizing traditional Mexican cuisine, including platillos típicos like burritos, sopes, and chimichangas, alongside seafood specialties and classic dishes such as enchiladas and carne asada. The menu is organized into clear categories including appetizers, sides, and favorites, suitable for diners seeking authentic Mexican flavors in a casual, cozy setting.
Guests often mention popular items such as birria nachos, homemade chips and tortillas, and traditional desserts like tres leches cake. The menu fits well for lunch or dinner occasions, and guests can choose from dine-in, takeout, or delivery services. The establishment’s accessibility features and family-friendly options, including a kids’ menu and high chairs, make it welcoming for a broad range of diners.
El Rancho Bar&Grill
Restaurant
- 1133 Central Ave, Albany, NY 12205, United States
- +1 518-512-4300
- · 11:00 AM - 09:00 PM
- $20 to $30
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