Explore These 9 San Diego, CA Mexican Cuisine

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Sometimes, you just want flavorful but nutritious. Fortunately, San Diego has plenty of Mexican restaurants offering just that. Here are the 9 Mexican restaurants that won’t disappoint.

Marias Mexican Restaurant

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2 Chiles Rellenos

Includes rice, beans, and soup or salad.

Price $13.95

Chicken Salad

Includes rice, beans, and 16 oz soda.

Price $10.95

Steak Picado

Includes rice, beans, and soup or salad.

Price $14.95

Cheese Omelette

Served with rice, beans, salsa, tortillas, and coffee or soda.

Price $10.95

Jamon con Huevos

Served with rice, beans, salsa, tortillas, and coffee or soda.

Price $10.95

Breakfast Burritos

Served with rice, beans, salsa, tortillas, and coffee or soda.

Price $10.95

Chile Colorado

Includes rice, beans, and soup or salad.

Price $13.95

Fish and C… 10

Includes rice, beans, and tortillas.

Price $10.95

Chile Rell… 10

Includes rice, beans, and soup or salad.

Price $13.95

Celia’s Mexican Restaurant

Laurelwood is a restaurant serving homestyle Mexican cuisine. It is a part of Celia’s Restaurants, a family-owned business operating various restaurants in the San Francisco Bay area. The restaurant s menu includes nachos rancheros, quesadillas, fajita quesadillas, chimichanguitas, bean and cheese dip, jalapeno peppers, Celia s hot wings, and tostada, seafood, taco and Tijuana taco salads. Its menu also features tortilla soup, enchiladas, pork tamal, burritos, Spanish omelets, chimichange, New York steaks, hamburgers, grilled chicken, various side dishes, and desserts, such as flan, ice-cream, cheesecake, sopapillas and churros. It also serves various sodas, cocktails, nonalcoholic beverages and wines. Laurelwood is located in San Mateo, Calif.
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Mole Enchiladas

Two chicken enchiladas topped with melted jack cheese, mole sauce and onions. Served with rice and beans

Price $14.55

Chile Verde

Pork with green sauce. Burritos contain rice, beans and cheese and are topped with red sauce

Price $10.55

Carne Asada

Burritos contain rice, beans and cheese and are topped with red sauce

Price $11.75

Vegetarian

A giant flour tortilla filled with whole beans, rice, bell peppers, carrots, mushrooms, tomatoes, onion and cheese. Topped with lettuce…

Price $10.25

Combo Appetizer

A combination platter of quesadillas, chimichanguitas, and regular nachos. Served with lettuce, guacamole, and tomatoes

Price $10.55

Mexican Restaurant Fernandos

Search through the Mexican menu. Tasty chicken enchiladas, tortilla soup and salsa & chips may be what you need. Good margaritas, tequila or beer are worth a try here. This restaurant is well known for its great service and friendly staff, that is always ready to help you. Fernando’s offers you fair prices for yummy meals. It’s a nice place with the lovely atmosphere. This place received 4 online.
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Enchilada, Tamale, and a Tostada

Price $13.85

Fajitas Supremas

Steak, chicken, AND prawns marinated in Fernando”s secret sauce. Delivered sizzling hot over a mix of sauteed onions, bell peppers, and carrots

Price $19.45

Sopitos

Home made corn meal flat shells layered with beans, meat, lettuce, cheese, tomato, sour cream, and guacamole

Price $13.95

Carnitas de Pollo

Chunks of chicken breast sauteed with green bell peppers, and onions

Price $13.95

Filet of Sole

Breaded filet of sole served with French fries and salad

Price $13.7

Expresso Burrito

A GIANT flour tortilla filled with rice, beans, cheese, and your choice of meat. Topped with guacamole, onions, tomatoes, parmesan…

Price $12.65

Carnitas de Res

Top sirloin fried and sliced. Cooked with bell peppers and onions

Price $15.45

Tacos al Carbon

Skirt steak marinated and broiled. Chopped and served in 3 soft corn tortillas covered with melted Jack Cheese and Fernando”s…

Price $14.45

Camarones con Crema

For the sour cream lovers!! Prawns, onions, mushrooms all sauteed in Fernando”s mix of spices and delicious sour cream sauce

Price $16.95

Tia Margarita Mexican Restaurant

*Open Tuesday – Saturday at 4:00pm Sunday 3:00pm
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Taco Dorados (2)

crisp corn tortillas filled with your choice of chicken or ground beef, shredded lettuce and house dressing, garnished with guacamole….

Price $12.75

Quesadillas (2)

semi-crisp corn tortillas filled with jack cheese and garnished with guacamole.

Price $12.25

Chef”s Special Combo

one third each: carne asada, pollo asado and gambas

Price $20.75

Pollo Asada

flavorful chicken breast steaks, skinless, prepared with our “asada” spices.

Price $16.75

Carne Asada

tasty cut of top sirloin steak dressed with a special blend of spices and seasoned cooked onions on the side.

Price $17.75

Taquitos

crisp, rolled tacos with shredded beef, garnished with sour cream and guacamole.

Price $10.75

Steak Picado

strips of top sirloin sauteed with tomatoes, onions and special sauce.

Price $18.75

Enchiladas Suizas (2)

your choice of filling covered with mild red chili sauce and sour cream dressing

Price $13.25

Pollo Asada

flavorful chicken breast steaks, skinless, prepared with our “asada” spices.

Price $16.75

Zendejas Mexican Restaurant

Zendejas Mexican Restaurant & Sports Grill offers a variety of dining and entertainment options to guests. The restaurant serves Mexican-style cuisine and features a sports bar and night club. It offers a range of fajitas, appetizers and burritos. Zendejas Mexican Restaurant & Sports Grill’s lunch menu includes cheese enchilada, carne asada and grilled chicken tacos, chicken and beef taquitos, and Caesar and chicken tender salads. The restaurant also features big-screen televisions that screen a variety of sports events. It organizes live entertainment programs for guests. The restaurant serves pork tenderloin, sirloin steak, chilli relleno and grilled chicken breast. Zendejas Mexican Restaurant & Sports Grill offers its facilities for hosting birthday parties and weddings.
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Top Menu Items

Chile Colorado

Pork​ tenderloin cooked in a medium spicy red chile sauce served with tortillas

Price $10.95

Camarones Costa Azul

Succulent shrimp, bacon wrapped, sauteed in butter, served with rice and bean and tortillas

Price $16.95

Camarones … 10

Succulent shrimp, and thin sliced steak, served with rice and bean and tortillas

Price $17.95

Tony Special

Grilled chicken bumito smothered with chile verde sauce and melted cheese topped with guacamole and sour cream

Price $12.95

Camarones Rancheros

Succulent shrimp, sauteed with tomatoes, bell peppers and onions, served with rice and bean and tortillas

Price $15.95

Botana Especial

Cheese nachos cheese quesadilla (1) taquitos (2) flautas chicken strips (2) sour cream guacamole and ranch dressing

Price $14.5

Camarones Al Mojo De Ajo

Succulent shrimp, sauteed in garlic and butter, served with rice and bean and tortillas

Price $17.95

Chile Verde

Pork tenderloin in cooked in a medium spicy green chile sauce served with tortillas

Price $10.95

Two Carne Asada Tacos

Sirloin steak cubes, with chopped bell peppers and onions in a soft com tortilla, served with salsa fresh and guacamole

Price $11.95

El Chorlito Mexican Restaurant

El Chorlito Mexican Restaurant, San Simeon: See 400 unbiased reviews of El Chorlito Mexican Restaurant, rated 3.5 of 5 onlineAdvisor and ranked #6 of 11 restaurants in San Simeon.
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Top Menu Items

Grilled Chicken Breast

Served with rice and nopales

Price $14.95

Chimichanga

Our beef, chicken or pork, deep fried & served with sour cream and guacamole

Price $10.95

Pork – Verde or Colorado

Tender chunks of choice pork in our delicious green or red chili sauce

Price $14.95

New Mexico… 10

Two corn tortillas stacked and layered with cheese, green onions, and red chili sauce then topped with a fried egg, rice and beans

Price $14.25

Chorlito Omelette

Crab meat, cheese, green chili and sour cream

Price $14.25

Beef Short… 10

Braised, then slowly baked in a sumptuous sauce served with rice and nopales

Price $18.95

Jody”s Wrap

Beans, tofu, herbs & spices with cilantro sauce

Price $10.5

Tilapia (Whole Fish)

Deep fried – served with rice and beans

Price $15.75

Enchiladas Rancheras

Two cheese enchiladas, topped with verde sauce & sour cream served with rice & beans

Price $13.75

Tito’s Mexican Restaurant

* Family Owned Since 1957 * Over 50 Years In Business * We Prepare Everything on Our Menu Fresh Everyday * Call for Take Out Orders * Reservations Accepted
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Top Menu Items

Chilaquilles Verdes

Sliced comn tortilla, tomatillo sauce, lettuce, sour cream, your choice of meat

Price $10.95

Tijuana Tacos

Six soft shell taco: two with roasted pork, two with al pastor, two with marinated chicken

Price $13.95

Pescado Al Mojo De Ajo

Fresh sole or snapper fish breaded and deep fried golden with garlic butter, lemon and cantro

Price $13.95

Huevos Con Chorizo

Three scrambled eggs with mexican spiced sausage chorizo

Price $11.95

Tito”s Pollo

Boneless chicken breast sautéed with mushrooms and red and green peppers in titos sour cream sauce.

Price $12.95

Chile Colorado

chunks of beef simmered in a mild red sauce and topped with cheese.

Price $12.95

Enchiladas Mole

2 enchiladas (cheese, chicken, or beef) smothered in a dark, thick mole sauce topped with jack cheese

Price $11.95

Tito”s Pollo

boneless chicken breast sauteed with mushroom and red and green peppers in titos sour cream sauce.

Price $12.95

Yucatan Adventure

A platter for all, boasting a chicken quesadilla, chicken picaros and breaded shrimp, complimented with guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo

Price $13.95

El Molcajete Mexican Restaurant

Good take out Mexican food
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Top Menu Items

Camarones Rancheros

Tomato Sauce, Bell Pepper & Onions

Price $15.99

4 Cheeseburger Special

4 Cheeseburger with 4 Drinks (14 oz) & 4 Fries

Price $19.99

Tampiquena

Carne Asada, Cheese Enchilada with Guacamole

Price $16.99

Camarones a la Diabla

Shrimp smothered in a spicy red sauce

Price $15.99

Camarones Costa Azul

Filled w/ Jaiva* wrapped in Bacon

Price $16.99

Pechugas de Pollo

Chicken breast with Avocado, Cheese, & Spanish Sauce

Price $12.99

Pescado al Mojo de Ajo

In a Delicious Garlic Butter Sauce

Price $14.99

Mexican Omelette

With Carne Asada, Onions, Tomato & Jalapeno

Price $10.99

Carne Asad… 10

With Grilled Onions, & pico de gallo

Price $16.99

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