Jimenez Ranch Market

This store is clean, well-​organized and their produce is great. Their deli is awesome too, with ready-​to-​go Mexican staples like tacos, carnitas (delicious) and the like. Their bakery items, particularly the flan, are superb. You can eat at the location or take stuff to-​go.
Eso mercado es limpia, organizado, y ellos productos son buenos. Tienan tacos, carnitas (muy deliciosa) y otras artículos de Mexico. Tienan pasteles de Mexico con mucho sabor. En particular, el flan es muy rico. Poden comer en el lugar o para llevar.

Great place for lunch, you can get your delicious homey food and also tour munchies haha. Their arroz con leche is
and their tacos are really good too.

Surprisingly, the food is fairly decent. The prices are good. Cool thing about this location is the market, which if you’re thirsty, you can pick up something while you wait.

This store has a little of everything. Grocery items, produce, made to order cakes and lunch specials! I have enjoyed the Chicken combo here several times. I have never been dissatisfied. Nice size portions too. I usually have enough left over for dinner! The ladies who work the counter are extremely nice and try not to make me feel like an idiot when I order. It’s just across the street from work so it’s a win win for me!

I enjoyed coming in in the mornings. They have fresh bolillo bread I’m the mornings right around 8am. They have these delicious bolillos stuffed with cream cheese and jalapeños. They have a small but good selections of produce and the butchers are very friendly and helpful. There’s a little restaurant with fast Mexican food ready to serve. The prices are great and the food isn’t bad. I would recommend this place if you have a short lunch break and have a craving for Mexican food.

Bomb but gritty burritos can be found here. Fight your way in the front, err back door, snake your way to the right rear of the market, there you will find the hot offerings. This is rugged and raw, but alas the taste is real!

I wasn’t that hungry, but I came in for a bite anyway.
I decided on the tacos de carne asada and they were delicious. :)
I chased my tacos with a piece of sweet bread (okay… I had two!!!) and I was very pleasantly surprised. I had the custard empanada and the cinnamon roll (I know, not very Latin but yummy nonetheless).
I will definitely be back. :)

Viva Jimenez Ranch Market. I come from Monterrey where we pride on good Mexican food. My friend suggested it on the 4^th of July for lunch. Yes, Mexican on 4^th of July. As I walked up to the store and realized that it was actually a grocery store I knew I would not be disappointed.
I ordered the Beef in Green Salsa and my friend got the Liver (I don’t like liver) but he says it was great and he had never had it Mexican style.
I was impressed with the 6 tortillas and the slices of cheese over the beans. The beans and rice were tasty and full of flavor, I dare compare them to my Mother’s!!!
All that food plus a piece of sweat bread was the best 4^th of July lunch ever. I will come back, I’m gonna visit my friend even when he isn’t home!
Take it from this Mexican, prueba la rica comida en Jimenez Ranch Market!!!
(try the tasty food)

good mexican food, at some days their meat may be a bit too salty, but most of the random days I come, its been good.

This place is a small Mexican market, bakery and deli all in one. I come here for lunch because it’s quick and close. It really helps if you speak Spanish. I usually order their combo which comes with 3 tacos (like the carne asada best), rice, beans and a drink for $ 5. I also ask for their grilled jalapenos which are pretty good.
The main server is a bit stingy on the salsa and condiments but oh well, it’s inexpensive for a full meal. I’m a regular here. Each time I come, I ask for extra lemon and salsa but they always seem to ignore the request.

This place is very convenient for quick lunch dashes from my work. I have always had friendly service BUT the food wavers. There have been times when the arroz mexicano was DELISH. and times that it tasted like it was from last week. The carnitas and tripas are my favorite but there have been times when the foods seems real good, and others the food tastes like it has been prepared by a different cook and therefor, eeww. I will agree with some of the other raters, the burritos, especially are VERY drippy greasy. The burritos are made smaller than previous and do have alot of beans, of course you can request easy on the beans, but your burrito will be on the small side. Like I said, I used to go often to Jimenez alot for lunch, but it has in my opinion gotten sloppy. I guess it is ok for the person that really hasnt tasted GOOD mexican food! Can anyone tell me where to go for some GOOD Enchiladas de Queso? MMMMM

Eh… it’s 2 ½ stars. They were friendly… but the food was just ok. I ordered the Huevos Mexicana and Roo ordered the lengua tacos and menudo. I thought my dish was not bad… the refried beans were very good. Roo really liked the menudo… I tried it… for the 5^th time… and I still haven’t acquired a taste for it. But the lengua tacos were kind of bland.

The restaurant/​deli at Jimenez Ranch Market is not what it use to be. Before their Burritos were a Monstrosity of Meat, rice & beans and all that wrapped in a huge flour tortilla for $ 2.50. Now their burros are half the size but cost twice as much. =-(
Best time to go is between 11am-​1pm.
Now I only go there for the Mexican pastries which are some of the best in the area. Their Flan (custard) & Pastel De 3 Leches (cake) is Da-​Bomb-​y0 =-D

I spied the take-​out resturant attached to the market from the corner of my lane and immediately changed my course – safely of course.
I ordered my impromptu lunch: a birria and cabeza taco, a watermelon juice, and a bottle of water and it only came to $ 6.04. Both meats were moist and flavorful (probably due to the fat!). You can also order breakfast and other entrees include burritos and tortas.
I was quite happy and went back on my trip although I ended up Mapquest-​ing the wrong address but at least I had a tasty lunch and practiced my extremely rusty Spanish. When it Rome… do as the Romans do, or at least try!

This is great grocery store/​restaurant. Prefect for lunch if you are in downtown Santa Ana. However, it is a definite plus if you can speak Spanish as most of the employees don’t speak English that well. They have everything that you would imagine: tacos, burritos, tortas, and yummy specials.
Just be prepared to wait in line if you get there between 12 – 1. The service is fast but you might have trouble finding a place to sit.
The parking is in back.

Jimenez is a fully stocked Mexican grocery store in the heart of downtown Santa Ana. The best part, however, is the fact that it has a small take-​out eatery in the back where they serve some delicious and lardy Mexican food including breakfasts with fresh squeezed orange juice and somehow involve chorizo. They also serve fresh fruit like papaya and melon with the chili and lime just like Mexico!
And of course, just like Mexico everyone here speaks Spanish. It can be a little hard pointing and gesturing sometimes but it’s worth it. They have great tortas, carne asada tacos, burritos, and daily specials. You’ll catch the lunch crowd if you go during prime time and see a bunch of business people in the joint which is awesome! The best part is that it’s inexpensive and fills that love of greasy taco stand food that I so adore. I also recommend their fries, yes French fries. I think the secret is that they fry it in the same oil that they fry their chicharrones (pork rinds) in, giving it some extra flavor and lard factor.