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Rancho Viejo - La Paz
This has been one of our favorite places in La Paz. The arrachera is the best we've found in town. Don't know why I ordered the chilaquillas for lunch
last week, but I was sorry I did. The sauce was not very good. Tasted and looked like red chili sauce straight from a can.
The main reason I am posting this is their new policy of adding a tip to the bill. The tip is 15% of the food portion of the bill. The waiter told us
that this was a tip for the cooks. He said that this tip was not for him.
I think the world is run by C- students.
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This has also been one of my favorite places in La Paz. I have taken many people there over the last 10 years. I have always tipped well but I do
not like the idea of the tip being added for me. I will be there in two weeks and will address this before we sit down to eat. May have to go to
other places that have been written about on this site!
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Steve,
Maybe the owner was in Europe, where adding 15% tip to a bill is customary. Of course this doesn't mean they, after you get the bill, they expect a
20% minimal gratuity. And , sorry to say, after a while you get used to this.
Was at Rancho Viejo last week, and their arrachero is indeed still the best in La Paz. You just have to learn how to order. Get the kilo for larger
groups and the 1/2 kilo for 2 or 3 people. It comes with the sauce and condiments, plus tortillas and you will not be dissappointed, guaranteed.
The help is not very good at suggesting favorites, and I've known of several folks who were very dissappointed.
They do have an extended menu, but their arrachera is were most people go for.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by morgaine7
Was this the original restaurant on Marquez de Leon (now a "Hacienda", apparently  ) or the little annex on the Malecon near 16 de Septiembre? I ask because I had chilaquiles at the latter that were pretty good,
and I'm sorta fussy about them.
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The original Rancho Viejo with the new addition. (Maybe they're trying to pay for it.) I've ordered the chilaquiles for breakfast a couple of times
and they were pretty good. Don't know why they would make them differently for lunch, but they were pretty poor this time.
| Quote: | Originally posted by fixtrauma
I have always tipped well but I do not like the idea of the tip being added for me. |
I think it's a bad idea that will cost them customers. I expect it to go away before too long.
I think the world is run by C- students.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BMG
I think it's a bad idea that will cost them customers. I expect it to go away before too long. |
No it wont, that place serves about ther worst Tacos in La Paz, and its always full of locals and tourists. They wouldnt last a month in Tijuana with
that nasty quality.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
nasty quality. |
| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
facts, not just cheap talk. |
C'mon back over here, JESSE........We arn't done.
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Maybe the problem is as simple as the fact that chilaquiles are a breakfast item. Lunch is something altogether different.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
nasty quality. |
| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
facts, not just cheap talk. |
C'mon back over here, JESSE........We arn't done. |
Check the proper thread Dennis, i already made my move
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Maybe the problem is as simple as the fact that chilaquiles are a breakfast item. Lunch is something altogether different. |
Who says? Chilaquiles is one of the items on the lunch menu they have painted on their wall.
| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
No it wont, that place serves about ther worst Tacos in La Paz, and its always full of locals and tourists. They wouldnt last a month in Tijuana with
that nasty quality. |
If you're talking about the arrachera tacos, that's the first time I've heard anyone complain about them. We usually do like vandenberg and order a
1/2 or full kilo and make our own tacos.
| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
Maybe the owner was in Europe, where adding 15% tip to a bill is customary. Of course this doesn't mean they, after you get the bill, they expect a
20% minimal gratuity. |
The waiter was clear that the tip was for the cooks. Normally we tip 15% so in this case the waiter would only get 15% on the drinks, nothing on food.
I'm not ready to go to a 20%-30% tip on ordinary service.
I think the world is run by C- students.
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A few months ago the ladies luncheon was held at Rancho Viejo and the waiter was running around all upset because everyone was stiffing him. We
figured the tip was added because we were a large crowd (over 35 women). If you go there, it appears on your bill on the top line as "servicios".
Mala forma.
•Life is just one damned thing after another
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they have adequate food, but there are many better and cheaper places in La Paz without propina added. it's an old standby. get off the beaten
tourist path and experience something different than tired old standards.
won't begin to suggest all the decent alternative restaurants, too many to count, but if you are adventurous and open to street food, try Taco's
Samuel...on the side street by Elecktra...5 peso tacos. make a meal of two of three while sitting on rickety stools or a plastic chair on the
sidewalk. two or three tacos, and a refresco costs less than you'd tip at Rancho Viejo!
reality\'s never been of much use out here...
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Excellent advice Roberta.
However, most tourist are reluctant to take a chance on roadside stands, and with good reason. Had a good friend/customer of mine, during a 80's
fishing trip, come down with hepatitis, which almost did him in.
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