El Torito Menu

34521 Golden Lantern, Dana Point, CA 92629
  • Fiestas to Go

    • Fiesta Tacos (Build Your Own Tacos)

      Choose Two: Chicken । Steak । Carnitas. Includes: Tortillas - Soft Corn, Soft Flour or Combo, Shredded Cheese, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Sour Cream
      $45.00
    • Fiesta Carnitas (Build Your Own Carnitas)

      Slowly simmered in garlic, oranges and spices, our tender pork is served with fresh guacamole, pico de gallo, marinated cabbage and warm tortillas
      $45.00
    • Fiesta Fajitas (Build Your Own Fajitas)

      Choose From: Chicken । Steak. Includes: Tortillas - Soft Corn, Soft Flour or Combo, Grilled Veggies, Guacamole
      $50.00
    • Fiesta Combos (Make Your Own Combo)

      Select Any Two: Chicken Tamales (4), Chile Relleno (2), Enchiladas (4) - Barbacoa, Chicken or Cheese
      $40.00
  • Fiestas to Go - Add Ons

    • Wings (8 Wings)

    • Guacamole

    • Salad (Feeds 2)

    • Chips & Salsa

    • Rice

    • Beans

    • Sweet Corn Cake

    • Quesadillas

      Cheese । Chicken । Steak
    • Flan

  • Individual Entrées

    • Fajitas

      Chicken । Steak
    • Three Street Tacos

      Chicken । Carnitas । Steak
    • Enchiladas

      Enchiladas Rancheras: Cheese, Chicken or Beef. Shrimp Mazatlan । Chicken & Sour Cream । Spinach
    • Burritos Especial

      Chicken Machaca । Beef Barbacoa । Carne Asada
    • Carnitas Michoacán

      Served with fresh avocado, warm tortillas and pico de gallo
    • Combos

      Choose (2) or (3). Crispy Tacos: Chicken Machaca । Beef Barbacoa. Enchiladas: Cheese | Chicken Machaca | Beef Barbacoa. Tamale: Chicken Machaca. Chile Relleno: Roasted poblano chile filled with cheese
    • Grilled Chicken Mexican Caesar Salad

      Romaine, cotija cheese, tomatoes, roasted pepitas and crisp tortilla strips tossed in our Cilantro-Pepita Dressing. Excludes beans and rice
  • Beverages to Go

    • Soda

    • Iced Tea

      Tropical or Regular
    • Bottled Beer

      Dos Equis Ambar, Equis Lager, Corona, Bud Light
  • Kids Menu

    • Cheese Quesadilla

    • Chicken Tenders

    • Mac & Cheese

    • Pepperoni Pizza

  • Appetizers

    • Fresh Tableside Guacamole

      Prepared just the way you like it - with fresh avocados, spicy serrano chiles and a special blend of herbs and spices
      $11.99
    • Crispy Flautas

      Four crispy flour tortillas filled with grilled chicken and jack cheese. Topped with cotija cheese, crema fresca, pico de gallo. With jalapeño jelly and red pepper dip
      $9.49
    • Cheese Quesadilla

      Grilled with a hint of jalapeño butter until crisp and golden brown with pico de gallo, salsa picante, guacamole and sour cream
      $11.99
    • Mexican Buffalo Wings

      10 wings with our Mexican twist on a classic favorite served buffalo-style with ranch dip
      $9.99
    • Nachos Supremos

      Chicken on a mound of warm chips, melted cheese, refried beans and guajillo chile sauce topped with fresh jalapeños, tomatoes, green onions and guacamole
      $10.99
    • Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp

      Four large grilled shrimp wrapped in roasted pasilla chiles, manchego cheese and bacon
      $13.99
    • Grande Fiesta Platter

      Buffalo Tenders or Wings, Crispy Flautas, Nachos Supremos, Cheese Quesadilla. Served with guacamole and dipping sauces
      $17.99
    • Queso Dip

      Two cheese blend, pico de gallo, roasted pasilla peppers and cilantro. Served with warm tortilla chips
      $8.49
  • Soup & Salads

    • House-Made Tortilla Soup

      Our original recipe made fresh throughout the day! Chicken broth, tender chicken, garden-fresh vegetables, jack cheese and fresh avocado
      $7.99
    • Tableside Fajitas Salad

      Grilled chicken breast, romaine lettuce, cotija cheese, fresh avocado, roasted pepitas, fresh pico de gallo, crisp tortilla strips. Tossed tableside with serrano-grape vinaigrette
      $15.49
    • Grilled Chicken Mexican Caesar

      Romaine lettuce, cotija cheese, tomatoes, roasted pepitas and crisp tortilla strips tossed in our Cilantro-Pepita Dressing™
      $14.99
    • Grilled Chicken Taco Salad

      Homemade tostada taco shell filled with romaine lettuce, refried beans, pico be gallo, cotija and jack cheese. Topped with grilled chicken, roasted pepitas, sour cream, guacamole and your choice of dressing
      $15.99
  • Flame-Grilled Fajitas

    • Ignited Fajitas Supremas

      Our premium fajitas with citrus-chile ancho marinated grilled steak*, chicken breast and sautéed shrimp, sizzling together and flamed right at your table with 1800 Silver Tequila
      $22.99
    • Grilled Chicken Fajitas

      Citrus-chipotle marinated chicken
      $18.99
    • Shrimp Fajitas

      Tender shrimp sautéed in jalapeño-garlic butter and guajillo chile sauce
      $21.99
    • Seafood Fajitas

      Succulent sautéed shrimp and mahi-mahi
      $21.99
    • Grilled Steak* Fajitas

      Citrus-chile ancho marinated steak*
      $19.99
    • Fajitas Combo

      Grilled chicken breast fajitas, grilled steak* fajitas and a cheese enchilada
      $19.99
    • Veggie Fajitas

      Fresh vegetables, rosemary and mint leaves with a grilled chile relleno
      $18.99
  • Fajitas Duo

    • Grilled Chicken Breast

    • Grilled Steak

    • Sautéed Shrimp

  • El Torito Presents Family Style Fajitas

    • Family Style Fajitas

      Steak*, Large Shrimp, Chicken and Carnitas Fajitas, served with rice, refried beans, guacamole, sweet corn cake and choice of tortillas
      $64.99
  • Create Your Own Combo

    • Tacos

      Chicken Machaca, Crispy Taco, Beef Barbacoa, Crispy Taco
    • Enchiladas

      Cheese Enchilada, Beef Barbacoa Enchilada, Chicken Machaca Enchilada
    • Classics

      Chicken Tamale, Chile Relleno, Crispy Chicken Flautas
  • Combo Classics

    • Macho Combo

      Four of our most popular items on one platter: a fire-roasted pasilla chile relleno, a chicken and sour cream enchilada, a beef barbacoa crispy taco and a hand-made chicken tamale. Served with refried beans and rice
      $17.99
    • Sizzling Combo

      Shrimp sautéed with fajita vegetables and a grilled chicken enchilada served on a sizzling skillet with a grilled steak* soft taco, frijoles de la olla, rice and warm tortillas
      $17.99
    • Baja Combo

      Two bacon-wrapped shrimp, a mahi-mahi fish taco and a shrimp Mazatlán enchilada. Served with rice
      $18.99
  • Specialties

    • Carne Asada And Cheese Enchilada

      Tender grilled skirt steak* marinated in chile de árbol adobo, topped with nopalitos salsa, with a cheese enchilada and tomato-jalapeño sauce. Served with rice, frijoles de la olla, fresh guacamole and warm tortillas
      $21.99
    • Slow-Roasted Carnitas

      Slowly simmered in garlic, oranges and spices, our tender pork is served with fresh avocado, frijoles de la olla, rice, pico de gallo, marinated cabbage and warm tortillas. Make your Carnitas Chile Verde or Chile Colorado Style
      $18.99
    • Pollo Fresco En Adobo

      Chicken breast marinated with chile de árbol adobo, grilled and served atop sautéed fresh spinach. Served with a grilled stuffed pasilla chile and rice
      $16.99
    • Carne Asada And Shrimp

      Skirt steak* and sautéed shrimp topped with nopalitos salsa. Served with frijoles de la olla, rice, fresh guacamole and warm tortillas
      $23.99
    • Salmon Veracruz

      Grilled filet of salmon in jalapeño butter with salsa Veracruz, served atop fresh spinach and sautéed vegetables. Served with rice and pico de gallo
      $17.99
  • Enchiladas

    • Chicken & Sour Cream Enchiladas

      Tender chicken simmered and smothered in a savory sour cream sauce topped with jack cheese. Served with refried beans and rice
      $14.99
    • Shrimp Mazatlán Enchiladas

      Sautéed with tomatoes, pasilla chiles, onions and jack cheese with fire-roasted tomatillo and tomato-jalapeño sauces. Served with frijoles de la olla and rice
      $15.99
    • Spinach Enchiladas

      Sautéed fresh spinach, pasilla chiles, onions, pico de gallo, melted jack cheese and fire-roasted tomatillo sauce. Served with frijoles de la olla and rice
      $12.99
    • Sizzling Enchiladas

      Served sizzling on a skillet! Grilled chicken with fire-roasted tomatillo sauce and jack cheese. Served with frijoles de la olla, rice and fresh guacamole
      $13.99
    • Enchiladas Rancheras

      Melted jack cheese with ranchera sauce served with guacamole, refried beans and rice
      $12.99
  • Tacos & Burritos

    • Street Taco Trio

      Three chicken or carnitas street tacos served with frijoles de la olla and rice
      $12.99
    • Seafood Taco Trio

      Three grilled or Dos Equis beer battered mahi-mahi or shrimp tacos served with frijoles de la olla and rice
      $15.99
    • Tacos Al Pastor

      Three guajillo-citrus marinated pork tacos served with frijoles de la olla and rice. Served in a cast iron pan
      $13.49
    • Burrito Especial

      Chicken machaca or beef barbacoa, jack cheese and ranchera sauce. Served with refried beans and rice
      $13.99
    • Grilled BBQ Burrito

      Shredded BBQ carnitas, rice, frijoles de la olla, roasted pasilla chiles and corn. Topped with BBQ sauce and grilled onions
      $14.99
    • Carne Asada Burrito

      Grilled steak* rubbed with chile de árbol adobo, roasted pasilla chiles, onions, frijoles de la olla, guacamole, jack cheese and salsa picante. Served with refried beans and rice
      $14.99
  • Daily Dining Deals

    • Mondays - Fajita Fiesta

      Choose chicken or steak* fajitas for only. Served with frijoles de la olla, rice & warm tortillas
      $13.99
    • Tuesdays - Taco Tuesdays

      All-You-Can-Eat Tacos. Choose steak*, chicken or carnitas. Served with frijoles de la olla and rice. Available in the dinning room only
      $13.99
    • Wednesdays - Kids Eat For $1

      Get a kid's meal from the kid's menu for $1 with the purchase of an adult entrée. Offer applies to kids 12 and under
    • Thursdays - All-You-Can-Eat Enchiladas

      Choose from chicken machaca, cheese or beef barbacoa only. Served with refried beans and rice
      $13.99
    • Fridays - All-You-Can-Eat Dos Equis Beer Battered Tacos

      Mahi-mahi or shrimp. Served with frijoles de la olla and rice
      $14.99
  • Desserts

    • Home-Style Flan

      A traditional house-made favorite. Rich vanilla custard topped with decadent golden caramel sauce and cinnamon whipped cream
      $5.99
    • Sopapillas

      Mexican pastry tossed in caramel sauce and topped with vanilla ice cream and cinnamon whipped cream
      $5.99
    • Chocolate Volcano Cake

      Rich chocolate cake served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, chipotle-chocolate sauce and cinnamon whipped cream
      $9.99
    • Deep-Fried Ice Cream

      Vanilla ice cream in a cinnamon-sugar coating with chipotle-chocolate sauce, caramel sauce and cinnamon whipped cream
      $6.99
  • Refreshing Sips

    • Agua De Jamaica

    • Strawberry-Cilantro Soda

    • Cucumber Cooler

  • Main

    • All-You-Can-Eat Tortilla Soup & Mexican Caesar Salad

      Our signature Mexican Caesar Salad served with our House-Made Tortilla Soup
      $7.99
    • Burrito Especial

      A smaller portion. Chicken machaca or beef barbocoa, jeck cheese and ranchera sauce. Served with Sautéed fresh spinach and rice
      $9.49
    • Fajitas Chiquitas

      Fresh grilled chicken or roasted carnitas over Sautéed vegetables on a sizzling skillet. Served with frijoles de la olla, rice, fresh guacamole and warm tortillas
      $10.49
    • Chicken & Sour Cream Enchilada And Beef Crispy Taco Combo

      Two of our guests' favorites with refried beans, rice and salsa picente
      $10.49
    • Dos Tacos

      Made with soft corn tortillas - choose grilled chicken breast or roasted carnitas. Served with frijoles de la olla, rice and salsa picante
      $9.49
    • Mexican Caesar Salad & Quesadilla

      These combos featured our signature Mexican Caesar Salad with your choice of quesadilla
      $10.49
  • Create Your Own Combo

    • Cheese Enchilada

    • Chicken Machaca Or Beef Barbacoa Crispy Taco

    • Chicken Tamale

  • Desserts

    • Chocolate Volcano Cake

      Rich chocolate cake served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, chipotle-chocolate sauce and whipped cream
      $9.99
    • Home-Style Flan

      A traditional house-made favorite. Rich vanilla custard topped with decadent golden caramel sauce and whipped cream
      $5.99
    • Deep-Fried Ice Cream

      Vanilla ice cream in a cinnamon-sugar coating with chipotle-chocolate sauce and whipped cream
      $6.99
    • Sopapillas

      Mexican pastry tossed in caramel sauce and topped with vanilla ice cream and cinnamon whipped cream
      $5.99
  • Refreshing Sips

    • Agua De Jamaica

    • Strawberry-Cilantro Soda

    • Cucumber Cooler

    • Coca-Cola

    • Diet Coke

    • Barq's Root Beer

    • Sprite

    • Fresca Sparkling Citrus

    • Minute Maid Lemonade

    • Fanta

  • Main

    • Made-To-Order Omelets

    • Hand-Made Tortillas

    • A Decked-Out Taco And Burrito Bar

    • Housemade Soups

    • Build-Your-Own Salad Station

    • Fresh Seafood

    • Waffles

    • Other Breakfast Items

    • Chef's Signature Dishes

    • Authentic Mexican Pastries

    • Desserts

  • Main

    • Food And Drink Specials

      $4.00
    • Featuring A New Happy Hour Combo!

      $10.00
  • Main

    • Breakfast Combo

      Two eggs any style with your choice of bacon or sausage and two churro pancakes. Served with roasted breakfast potatoes
      $13.00
    • Monterey Omelette

      Avocado, bacon, mushroom and jack cheese omelette. Served with roasted breakfast potatoes
      $13.00
    • Vegetable Omelette

      Spinach, bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, mushrooms and jack cheese omelette. Served with roasted breakfast potatoes
      $12.00
    • Eggs Benedict

      Two poached eggs and ham on an English muffin topped with savory sour cream sauce. Served with roasted breakfast potatoes
      $13.00
    • Carne Asada And Eggs

      Citrus-marinated skirt steak* topped with relleno sauce, two eggs any style and refried beans. Served with choice of tortillas
      $16.00
    • Breakfast Burrito

      Eggs, choice of bacon, sausage or ham, relleno sauce, pico de gallo, and jack cheese wrapped in a flour tortilla. Served with roasted breakfast potatoes
      $11.00
    • Huevos Rancheros

      Layers of refried beans and crispy corn tortillas smothered in cheese and relleno sauce. Topped with two eggs sunny-side up and sliced avocado. Served with roasted breakfast potatoes
      $11.00
    • Chilaquiles

      Tortilla strips tossed in red chile sauce, topped with two eggs sunny-side up, cotija cheese and sliced avocado. Served in a cast iron skillet with a side of refried beans
      $11.00
    • Loaded Breakfast Fries

      French fries topped with carnitas, bacon, pico de gallo, jalapeños, jack cheese, tomatillo sauce and a sunny-side up egg. Served in a cast iron skillet
      $10.00
    • Bagel Sandwich

      Savory ham steak, avocado, eggs and jack cheese sandwiched between a toasted bagel. Served with roasted breakfast potatoes
      $11.00
    • Waffles

      Warm, fluffy and buttery waffles. Served with honey-butter, maple syrup, fresh fruit and a side of bacon or sausage
      $11.00
    • French Toast

      Two large slices of fresh toast, topped with powdered sugar. Served with maple syrup, fresh fruit and a side of bacon or sausage
      $11.00
    • Churro Pancakes

      Five pancakes stacked high and sprinkled with cinnamon-sugar and topped with strawberries and blueberries. Served with maple syrup
      $11.00
  • Kids Breakfast

    • Combo

      Two eggs any style, choice of bacon or sausage and a churro pancake
      $8.00
    • Churro Pancake

      One large churro pancake topped with strawberries
      $5.00
  • Sides

    • Roasted Breakfast Potatoes

      $4.00
    • Eggs (2)

      $4.00
    • Churro Pancakes (2)

      $4.00
    • Sausage (3)

      $4.00
    • Bacon (3)

      $4.00
    • Fresh Fruit

      $4.00
    • Toast (2)

      $4.00
  • Bottomless Mimosas & Marys

    • "Mix + Match" Bloody Marys & Mimosas

      $12.00
    • Mimosa

      $5.00
    • Bloody Mary

      $5.00

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