Matt's El Rancho
tex-mex
Drinks
Spicy Bob
18
Bob Armstrong Dip served with beef fajita & grilled jalapeños
Guacamole
14
Al Pastor Quesadilla
17
Pork shoulder, Monterrey Jack, fresh pineapple, onions, cilantro, and spicy
Beef Fajita
21
Chicken Fajita
18
Beef Fajita
21
Chicken Fajita
18
Brisket
19
Cheese
14
Vegan Bowl
14
Black beans and vegetarian rice served with combination salad, sliced avocado,
Beef
16
Chicken
17
Beef Fajita
20
Beef Fajita
20
Chicken Fajita
17
Salmon
29
Beef Or Cheese Enchiladas
14
Chicken Enchiladas
16
Spinach Poblanitas
17
Spinach, onions, poblanos, and mushrooms topped with suiza or tomatillo sauce and
Green Enchiladas
18
Beef, chicken or cheese enchiladas with tomatillo sauce and chile con queso or sour
Brisket Enchiladas
19
With your choice of tomatillo or chipotle sauce or chile con carne, served with
Shrimp Enchiladas
21
With ranchero sauce, served with guacamole salad
Tacos Al Carbon
21
Beef tenderloin in flour tortillas, served with Mexican rice, frijoles a la charra,
Fish Tacos
21
Grilled or fried mahi-mahi in flour or corn tortillas, served with jalapeño slaw,
Grilled Old-Fashioned Tacos
17
Grilled tacos with choice of smoked brisket, ground beef, or shredded chicken,
Smoked Brisket Tacos
19
Pecan-smoked brisket with rajas and spicy tomatillo salsa, served in flour
Tacos Al Pastor
17
Pork shoulder tacos in corn tortillas, served with fresh pineapple, Mexican rice,
Asadero Tacos
21
Named by TEXAS MONTHLY as “one of the 120 tacos you must eat before you die!” Beef
Ribeye Tacossourcing signal
28
Certified Angus Beef, grilled bell pepper, jalapeños, Monterrey Jack cheese, served
Carnitas Tacos
18
Pork shoulder. Crispy on the outside – tender on the inside on corn tortillas with cilantro,
Beef
19
Chicken
18
Cheese
16
Grilled Vegetables
18
Shrimp
22
Blackened Redfish
33
Seasoned gulf coast redfish filet with two colossal gulf coast shrimp and cilantro
Grilled Redfish
29
8oz gulf coast redfish filet served with vegetarian rice, grilled vegetables, mango
Fish A La Mexicana
29
Grilled gulf coast redfish topped with bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, ranchero
Shrimp A La Matt Martinez
31
Grilled colossal gulf coast shrimp, served with two bean and two cheese flautas
Fried Shrimp
29
Colossal gulf coast shrimp, homemade tartar sauce or cocktail sauce, steak fries,
Grilled Salmon
28
Served with cilantro garlic cream sauce, mango pico de gallo, Mexican rice, black
‘GF’ Blackened Salmon
29
Served with asparagus, vegetarian rice, and small combo salad
Gulf Coast Red Snapper
43
Gulf coast red snapper filet with two colossal gulf coast shrimp and jalapeño lime cream sauce, served with vegetarian rice, steamed broccoli and small combo salad
Steak & Enchiladas
35
9oz ribeye served with cheese enchiladas and small combo salad.
Steak Tampiqueña
34
8oz sirloin with ranchero sauce, cheese, tomatoes, onions, poblano and bell
Crenshaw Steak
35
9oz ribeye topped with grilled bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, jalapeños,
Carne Asada
46
8oz skirt steak served with lite chile relleno with cheese, avocado salad, and your
Bone-In Ribeye
56
16oz bone-in ribeye, choice of cheese enchilada or steak fries, served with small combo
Deluxe Dinner
21
Guacamole salad, chile con queso, beef taco, pork tamale, beef enchilada, Mexican
No. 1 Dinner
19
Beef taco and enchilada, pork tamale or chile con queso, Mexican rice, refried
Flautas
17
Pecan smoked brisket or chicken flautas grilled, your choice of ranchero or
Carne Guisada
20
Served with guacamole salad, bean and cheese nacho, Mexican rice, and homemade
Matt’s Special
20
Green enchiladas (beef, chicken or cheese), beef or chicken taco, chile con queso,
El Rancho Salad
15
Guacamole salad, beef taco, chile con queso and choice of beef, chicken or cheese
Chicken-Fried Steaksourcing signal
18
Hand breaded Certified Angus Beef steak with homemade gravy, served with steak fries,
Chicken-Fried Chickensourcing signal
17
Hand breaded all-natural chicken breast with homemade gravy, served with steak fries,
Soup and Salad Combo
13
A small Janie's salad with your choice of beef or chicken fajita, paired with our tortilla soup.
Taco Al Carbon Plate
14
Beef tenderloin on a homemade flour tortilla, served with frijoles á la charra, Mexican rice, a chip with queso and pico de gallo.
Al Pastor Plate
13
Tender marinated pork shoulder grilled with onions and pineapple, served with spicy tomatillo salsa, cilantro, onions, frijoles á la charra, Mexican rice, and corn tortillas.
Brisket Taco
13
Pecan-smoked brisket garnished with rajas and spicy tomatillo salsa, served with frijoles á la charra, and flour tortilla.
Chile Relleno
13
Choice of beef, chicken, or whole bean with ranchero or tomatillo sauce, and garnished with Texas pecans, raisins, sour cream, and onions, served with Mexican rice and refried beans.
Fajita Platesourcing signal
16
Choice of Certified Angus Beef or chicken fajita, served with grilled onions, peppers, pico de gallo, sour cream, Mexican rice, refried beans, and flour tortillas.
Fish Taco Plate
13
Grilled or fried mahi-mahi in flour or corn tortilla, served with jalapeño slaw, vegetarian rice, choice of chipotle ranch or cilantro vinaigrette.
Carne Guisada
13
Served with a bean and cheese nacho, onions, jalapeños, Mexican rice, and flour or corn tortillas.
Beef Combination
13
Beef enchilada topped with chile con carne and cheese with one crispy beef taco, served with refried beans and Mexican rice.
Matt's Footlong Enchilada
13
Beef enchilada with chile con carne and cheese, served with Mexican rice and refried beans.
Carnitas Taco
14
Pork shoulder. Crispy on the outside - tender on the inside. Served in a corn tortilla with cilantro, onions, queso fresco, Mexican rice and a side of frijoles á la charra.
Ribeye Tacosourcing signal
17
Certified Angus Beef, grilled bell pepper, jalapeños, Monterey Jack cheese, served with ranchero sauce in a flour tortilla with Mexican rice and side of frijoles á la charra.
Tres Leches
11
Flan
11
Sherbet
1
Praline
2
Matt's Knockout Martini
20
Milagro Reposado, fresh lime juice & Cointreau
Bevo's Skinny
14
Dulce Vida Organic Reposado, fresh lime juice, agave & Cointreau. On the rocks or frozen.
Cambio Hibiscus Margarita
15
Cambio Blanco & Hibiscus, fresh lime juice & agave
Altos Frozen Margarita
16
Altos Blanco, fresh lime juice & Cointreau
Janie's Margarita
14
Herradura Silver, fresh lime juice & Cointreau
El Rancho Water
13
Socorro Silver, fresh lime juice & El Rancho Sparkling Water
Silver Coin Margarita
16
Carabuena Blanco, fresh lime juice & Cointreau
Matt's Mezcal Margarita
14
Calenda Mezcal & Cointreau, fresh lime & grapefruit juices
Budweiser
5
Bud Light
5
Coors Light
5
Michelob Ultra
5
Lone Star
5
Miller Lite
5
Tecate
5
Matt's Michelada
7
A Bartender Favorite made with Local Twisted X Lager
Menu as captured Sep 1, 2026 · source ↗
Tied with 1 other venue on equal evidence.
We hold 222 venues in Austin, TX and could score 68 of them. Positions are counted against those 68.
v1.7.4 1.2/100 = sourcing 1.2/50 (named-farm 0 distinct, named-region 0 distinct, attribute 2 distinct of 3 [class=certification-word x1.00, class=graded-spec x0.00], buzzword 1 distinct) + farm partners 0.0/20 (none scored) + registry 0.0/12 (none listed) + press 0.0/18.
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Certified Angus Beef
Attribute“with grilled asadero cheese, onions, rajas in corn tortillas, served with frijoles a la charra and guacamole salad Ribeye Tacos 28 Certified Angus Beef, grilled bell pepper, jalapeños, Monterrey Jack cheese, served in flour tortillas with Mexican rice and frijoles a la”
on the menu · source ↗
Angus
Attribute“grilled asadero cheese, onions, rajas in corn tortillas, served with frijoles a la charra and guacamole salad Ribeye Tacos 28 Certified Angus Beef, grilled bell pepper, jalapeños, Monterrey Jack cheese, served in flour tortillas with Mexican rice and frijoles a la charra and”
on the menu · source ↗
sourcing
Non-GMO
Attribute“Fajita 18 Brisket 19 Bean & Cheese 14 Matt Jr. Fries 12 Spicy fries grilled with jalapeños & onions Soup & Salad We use Non-GMO corn in all our house-made corn tortillas & chips Tortilla Soup 8/15 Sliced Avocado Salad 6 Vegan Bowl 14 Black beans and”
on the menu · source ↗
all-natural
Buzzword“Chicken-Fried Chicken Hand breaded all-natural chicken breast with homemade gravy, served with steak fries,”
on the menu · source ↗
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| Sunday | 11am – 9pm |
|---|---|
| Monday | 11am – 9pm |
| Tuesday | Not listed |
| Wednesday | 11am – 10pm |
| Thursday | 11am – 10pm |
| Friday | 11am – 11pm |
| Saturday | 11am – 11pm |
“Not listed” means the day was absent from the schedule we read — usually closed, but we never saw it stated, so we don’t claim it.
Hours checked Aug 28, 2026 · source ↗ · checked 36 days ago, so we're not calling it open or closed — anything over 14 days can have changed · Always worth confirming with the restaurant.
Book on OpenTable ↗link checked Aug 28, 2026