SignatureHandmade tortillas
“The tortillas were UNREAL.” — Alex K.
Santa Cruz · Cayo District · Belize
Slow food,
honest fire,
ranch-side welcome.
A roadside palapa where hand-pressed tortillas hit the comal, watermelon gets pressed to order, and dinner runs until the last star settles over the savannah.
Google rating
4.2370 reviews
Open until
10:30pm daily
Per person
$20–40BZD
Reservations
639-8464
The kitchen
Cooked at the pace of the countryside.
Happy Ranch sits at the edge of Santa Cruz — an open-air palapa where the light changes every hour and the tortillas keep coming off the comal. Two cooks, one grill, everything pressed and pulled fresh when you order.
We keep the menu tight because the ingredients are the point: beans slow-simmered from dry, watermelons split minutes before pressing, tortillas that guests keep telling us are unreal.
Garden-first
Local produce, vegetarian-friendly.
Handmade daily
Tortillas pressed to order.
Open fire
Comal & grill cooking.
Guest favorites
Three things people come back for.
Signature$4
GardenVeggie Burrito
Rice, beans, avocado, roasted peppers, house salsa.
Cold-pressedWatermelon Juice
Split, pressed and poured to order with mint.
4.2 · 370 reviews
“We stopped in for a quick lunch of tostadas, and came back on the return trip for dinner. This place has incredible food. Very easy to hang out here.”
Brigid H. · Local Guide · Google Reviews
Find us
Roadside, thatched roof, hard to miss.
Head into Santa Cruz on the western road. When you see the palapa and the string lights, you've arrived. Dine in the open air or the air-conditioned room — takeaway welcome too.
Happy Ranch Belize
PH3F+435, Unnamed Rd, Santa Cruz
Monday6:00 – 22:30
Tuesday6:00 – 22:30
Wednesday6:00 – 22:30
Thursday6:00 – 22:30
Friday6:00 – 22:30
Saturday6:00 – 22:30
Sunday6:00 – 22:30