El Chino Mexican Restaurant
Santa Cruz, CA
2525 Soquel Dr STE A, Santa Cruz, CA 95065, USA245 itemsUpdated March 11, 2026
Structured menu data
A La Carte
1 Asada Tostada
$9.651 Bean Tostada
$6.451 Beef Taco
$5.80Your choice of meet. Topped with lettuce, tomato, and cheese
1 Beef Tostada
$8.551 Chicken Taco
$5.251 Chicken Tamale
$5.451 Chicken Tostada
$7.451 Chile Relleno
$5.451 Enchilada
$5.451 Enchilada Verde with Meat
$6.351 Order Corn Tortilla
$2.001 Order Flour Tortillas
$2.201 Pork Tostada
$7.451/2 order of beans
$3.601/2 order of rice
$3.60Bean Burrito
$6.00Carne Asada Burrito
$8.55Full order of beans
$7.65Full order of rice
$7.65Appetizers
Cheese Crisp Flour Tortilla
$8.75Corn Quesadilla
$5.45Flour Quesadilla
$6.55Guacamole Dip & Chips
$10.95Mexican Pizza
$12.95A large flour tortilla covered with refired beans, shredded beef, melted cheddar cheese, and garnished with onions, green peppers, and olives.
Nachos
$8.75In house made chips topped with melted cheese and jalapeños.
Nachos Con Todo
$15.35In house made chips topped with beef, refried beans, cheddar cheese, jalapeños, and sour cream.
Nachos W/Beans
$10.95In house made chips topped with refried beans, cheddar cheese and jalapeños.
Quesadilla El Chino
$13.15Two flour tortillas(Flat), layered on top of lettuce with melted cheddar cheese, stripes of milld california chiles, spinach and topped with guacamole.
Quesadilla Vegetariano
$8.75Flour tortilla filled with cheddar cheese, spinach, and olives.
Qusadilla Con Todo
$9.85Flour tortilla filled with cheddar cheese, jalapeños, bell peppers, onions, and olives
Beer
805
$6.50Bohemia
$6.50Bud Light
$5.50Budweiser
$5.50Coors
$5.50Coors Light
$6.00Corona
$6.50DOS XX
$6.50Heineken
$6.50Lagunitas IPA
$6.50Miller Light
$6.00Modelo Especial
$6.50Negra Modelo
$6.50Pacifico
$5.50Tecate (can)
$6.50Victoria
$6.50Breakfast
1 Egg
$2.50Breakfast Burrito
$12.00Burrito stuffed with your choice of meat, scrambled eggs, and hashbrowns
Cheese Omelette
$12.50Served with hashbrowns,toast and jelly
Chilaquiles Con Huevos
$14.00Chile Omelette
$13.00Chorizo Con Huevos
$15.00Denver Omelette
$14.00Ham Omelette
$14.00Ham, Bacon, or Sausage 4pieces
$6.95Hashbrowns
$4.50Huevos Rancheros
$14.00Machaca Con Huevos
$15.00Menudo
$10.00Mexican Breakfast Burrito
$9.00Mexican style burrito with you choice of meat Machaca( Spiced shredded beef) or chorizo with scrambled eggs, and onion salsa
Mexican Style Scrambled Eggs
$13.00Mushroom Omelette
$13.00Served with hashbrown or country, toast and jelly.
Nopalitos Con Huevos
$13.00Spanish Omelette
$13.00Served with hashbrown, toast and jelly.
Steak & Eggs
$20.00Served with hash browns or country patatoes, toast and jelly.
Traditional American Breakfast
$10.00One egg cook to your liking, hashbrowns & toast, served with your choice of meat. Bacon / Sausage / Ham
Dinner Specials
Chile Verde Buritto
$18.95Chile verde burrito with salsa verde on top, served with rice and beans.
Mushroom Enchilada
$16.45Mushroom enchilada with ranchera salsa and sour cream on top, served with rice and beans.
Mushroom Quesadilla
$15.35Traditional quesadilla stuffed with mushrooms served with rice and beans.
Shrimp and Mushroom Enchilada
$19.95Flour shrimp and mushroom quesadilla served with rice and beans.
Two Fish Tacos
$18.45Two fish tacos covered with cabbage, avocado slides and salsa fresca, served with rice and beans.
Two Sopes
$17.95Two Sopes served with rice and beans
Drinks
Apple Juice
$2.50Bootle Soda
$3.50Coffee
$3.25Decaffeinated Coffee
$3.25Fountain Soda
$3.501 free rerill
Hot Chocolate
$3.25Iced Tea
$3.251 free refill
Jarritos (Mexican Soda)
$3.50Milk
$2.75Orange Juice
$3.90Tea
$3.25El Chino Combos
#1 Enchilada
$13.50One corn tortilla wrapped around your choice of shredded beef, chicken, or cheese.
#10 Enchilada & Tamale
$17.95One corn tortilla wrapped around your choice of shredded beef, chicken, or cheese. Ground corn meal filled with pork, steamed till tender, then smothered with enchilada red sauce. Served with rice & beans.
#11 Enchilada & Relleno
$17.95One corn tortilla wrapped around your choice of shredded beef, chicken, steak, or cheese. A mild chile stuffed with cheddar cheese dipped in egg batter and grilled. Served with rice & beans.
#12 Tamale & Relleno
$17.95Ground corn meal filled with pork, steamed till tender, then smothered with enchilada red sauce. A mild chile stuffed with cheddar cheese dipped in egg batter and grilled. Served with rice & beans.
#13 Enchilada, Tamale & Taco
$20.95#14 Enchilada, Relleno & Taco
$20.95#15 Enchilada, Tostada & Tamale
$20.95#2 Taco
$12.95Crisp corn tortilla with your choice of chicken, shredded beef with cheddar cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes
#3 Tamale
$14.50Ground corn meal filled with pork, steamed till tender, then smothered with enchilada red sauce.
#4 Relleno
$14.50A mild chile stuffed with cheddar cheese dipped in egg batter and grilled. Served with rice & beans.
#5 Burrito
$14.50Traditional burrito with your choice of carnitas (Pork), shredded beed, or shredded chicken. Includes onions and red hot sauce. Served with a side of rice & beans
#6 Taquitos
$15.95Two fried corn taquitos filled with shredded beef and topped with guacamole and sour cream. Served with rice & beans
#7 Tostada Rice & Beans
$15.95Tostada topped with your choice of meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and a mild red sauce. Served with a side of rice & beans.
#8 Enchilada & Taco
$17.95One corn tortilla wrapped around your choice of shredded beef, chicken, or cheese. One crisp corn tortilla with your choice of chicken, shredded beef with cheddar cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes. Served with rice & beans.
#9 Two Cheese Enchiladas
$17.95Two corn tortilla wrapped around your choice of shredded beef, chicken, or cheese. Served with rice & beans.
El Chino Specials
Ajo Tilapia
$19.75Tilapia filet pan seared in garlic served over salad bed. Served with rice and beans.
Bacon Guacamole Burger
$20.85Mexican-style 1/2lb 100% angus beef burger toped with two strips of bacon and a scoop of guacamole and monterey/cheddar cheese mix served with lettuce, raw onions, pickles, tomatoes and jalapeños. French fries included.
Burrito Ranchero
$15.95Shredded Beef or Chicken and refried beans wrapped up in a fresh flour tortilla and covered with ranchera sauce, topped with melted cheese and garnished with sour cream.
Caldo De Res (Beef Soup)
$10.95Vegetable beef soup made with fresh carrots, zucchini, green beans, chayote, and tender beef. Garnish with cilantro. Served with rice and corn tortillas.
Chicken Fajitas
$23.95Combo Fajitas For Two
$42.95Marinated strips of skirt steak & chicken, grilled with fresh bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and special spices. Served with guacamole, rice, beans, and warm tortillas.
El Chino Super Burrito 1 1/2 LB
$13.95Flour tortilla fill with rice, beans, cheese, onions, hot sauce, and your choice of meat.
La Big Tostada
$16.95Big tostada shell layered with your choice of meet, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese, topped with guacamole and sour cream.
La Chimichanga
$14.45Your choice of meat, beans and cheese, wrapped in a flour tortilla and deep fried. Topped with guacamole and sour cream. Rice and Beans not included.
Lime Chicken Sandwich/Torta
$19.75Chicken infused with our lime/red wine vinegar marinade grilled and topped with lettuce, salsa fresca, avocado, and cheese on a toasted butter roll lather with sour cream. French fries included.
Menudo
$10.95Freshly served daily with oregano, onions, fresh jalapeños, and corn tortillas.
Mushroom-Onion-Bell Pepper Steak Sandwich/Torta
$20.85Grilled skirt steak topped with mushroom-onion-bell peppers saute, with melted cheese, avocado, on a toasted buttered roll lathered with sour cream and served with french fries.
Steak Fajitas
$25.25Marinated strips of skirt steak or chicken, grilled with fresh bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and special spices. Served with guacamole, rice, beans, and warm tortillas.
Tilapia Enchiladas
$19.75Your choice of enchiladas, rancheras, verdes or rojas stuffed with tilapia and topped with sauce, melted cheese, sour cream and avocado. Served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas
2 Carnitas Enchiladas
$17.95Two carnitas enchiladas topped with our savory mild red sauce, melted cheese, and sour cream. Served with rice & beans.
2 Enchiladas Rancheras
$17.95Two corn tortillas filled with melted cheese and smothered in ranchera sauce. Topped with guacamole and sour cream. Served with rice & beans.
2 Enchiladas Suizas
$17.95Two corn tortillas dipped in green tomatillo sauce. Stuffed with chicken and topped with cheese and sour cream. Served with rice & beans.
2 Mole Enchiladas
$17.95Two corn tortillas filled with chicken or beef, topped with melted cheese. Served with rice & beans.
Hamburgers
Grilled Cheese Sandwich
$8.75Hamburger Deluxe
$14.951/2 pound burger patty served with lettuce, pickles, tomatoes, and onions. Served with fries.
Kids Hamburger
$10.95Kids Menu
Kids Bean Burrito Rice/Beans
$9.00kids Quesadilla
$9.50Kids Rice & Beans
$6.50Liquor Cocktails
Absolute
$7.00Ameretto D Sorano
$7.00B & B
$8.00Bacardi Dark
$7.00Baileys
$8.25Barcadi Light
$7.00Beef Eater
$7.00Black Russian
$8.00Bloody Mary
$7.50Bloody Premiun
$8.00Bombay
$7.00Bombay Sapphire
$8.00Bravel Bull
$8.50Canadian Club
$7.00Captain Morgan
$8.00Chamboard
$8.00Contreaw
$8.50Cosmopolitan
$7.50Courvoisier
$9.50Crown Royal
$8.00Cutty Shark Whiskey
$7.00Grand Manier
$8.75Hennesey
$8.50Jack Daniels
$7.50Jameson
$9.50Jim Bean
$7.00John Collins
$7.00Kahlua
$7.50La Paloma
$7.00Long Island
$9.50Malibu Rum
$8.00Martini Gin
$6.50Martini Vodka
$6.50Mexican Coffee
$8.50Micheladas
$8.50Mimosa
$7.50Miyers Rum
$8.00Modori
$8.50Mojito
$9.00Piña Colada
$8.00Presidente
$7.00Rum Coke
$6.50Screwdriver
$7.00Seagrams 7
$7.00Seagrams VO
$7.00Smirnoff seagram
$7.00Southenoon Forty
$7.00Stoli
$7.00Tequila Sunrise
$7.50Tom Collins
$6.50Triple C
$6.00Vermouth Dry
$6.50Vermouth Sweet
$6.50Whisky Sour
$8.00White Russian
$8.50Los Huevos
Huevos Con Chorizo
$15.95eggs scrambled with chorizo (mexican sausage). Served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Huevos Rancheros
$15.50A crisp tortilla with two fried eggs, topped with salsa ranchera. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Machaca Con Huevos
$17.55Sautéed shredded beef scrambled with eggs, tomatoes, onions, and bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Nopalitos Con Huevos
$15.35Tender cactus spears, scrambled with eggs, tomatoes, onions, and jalapeños. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Los Platos Mexicanos
Carnitas Plates
$20.95Braised pork and deep fried. Served with rice, refried beans, and guacamole.
Chile Colorado
$21.95Tender diced pork with mild red salsa served with rice & beans, and tortillas.
Chile Verde
$20.95Tender diced beed steak cooked with mild green salsa. Served with rice, refried beans, and tortillas.
Flautas
$20.95Two rolled flour tortillas fired crisp with shredded beef, topped with guacamole, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream. Served with rice & beans
Mole De Pollo
$22.95Pieces of chicken cooked with the tastiest Mole sauce around. Served with rice & beans, and tortillas.
Skirt Steak & Cheese Enchilada
$24.95Skirt steak cooked to your liking, served with a cheese enchilada, rice & beans, guacamole and tortillas.
Steak Picado
$22.95Cubes of beef steak sautéed with fresh tomatoes, bell peppers, and onions. Served with rice, bean, and tortillas
Lunch Specials
Avocado & Chicken Salad
$12.95Avocado & Grilled Chicken Salad
$15.35Beef Enchilada - Rice & Beans
$11.95Carne Asada Burrito - Rice & Beans
$15.35Cheese Enchilada - Rice & Beans
$11.95Chile Relleno - Rice & Beans
$11.95Crunchy Taco - Rice & Beans
$11.95Enchilada and Salad
$11.95Cheese enchilada served with a side house salad
Enchilada Verde - Rice & Beans
$12.95Mexican Pizza
$11.95Tamale-Rice & Beans
$11.95Two Taquitos - Rice & Beans
$12.95Margaritas
1800 Silver
$8.50Cazaderos Anejo
$10.00Cazaderos Reposado
$9.50Corralejo
$9.50Don Julio
$10.00Herradura Anejo
$10.00Herradura Silver
$9.50Hornitos
$9.00House Tequila
$7.00Patron Anejo
$10.50Patron Silver
$10.00Salads
Avocado Chicken Salad
$15.35Tossed lightly with mayonnaise, diced pieces of chicken, slices of avocado, tomatoes, olives, onions, bell peppers, and shredded jack & cheddar cheese on top.
Avocado Grilled Chicken Salad
$16.95Grilled chicken with slices of avocado and tomato over a bed of mixed green lettuce, carrots, red cabbage and red bell peppers.
Avocado Shrimp Salad
$16.95Slices of avocado and baby shrimp over a bed of mixed green lettuce and tomatoes.
Dinner Tossed Salad
$6.50Fresh mixed salad greens, carrots and red cabbage.
Seafood
2 Enchiladas de Camarones
$23.95Two corn tortillas filled with shrimp, and topped with our savory red sauce, melted cheese, and sour cream. Served with rice & beans.
Camarones al Mojo de Ajo
$24.95Sauteed prawns in garlic and butter with a blend of fine mexican spices. Served with rice, beans, and a small side salad.
Camarones Rancho Style
$24.95Prawns sautéed in a ranchera sauce with fresh tomatoes, onions, and bell peppers. Served with rice & beans.
Red Snapper Rancho Style
$23.95Red Snapper sautéed in ranchera sauce with fresh tomatoes, onions, and bell peppers. Served with rice and beans.