El Paraiso Mexican Restaurant
Columbia, SC
7260 Parklane Rd, Columbia, SC, 29223-7614143 itemsUpdated March 20, 2026
Structured menu data
A La Carte
Beef Burrito With Nacho Cheese
$3.90Beef Tostadas
$3.00With lettuce and cheese. (1) $3.00, (2) $5.00
Broccoli
$2.00Burrito - Beef or bean
$3.30(1) $3.30, (2) $5.50
Burrito - Chicken
$3.50(1) $3.50, (2) $5.75
Burrito Deluxe
$4.25With beef or chicken.
Chalupas
$3.30(1) $3.30, (2) $5.25
Chile Relleno
$2.50(1) $2.50, (3) $6.50
Enchiladas - Beef or chicken
$2.30(1) $2.30, (3) $5.25
Fajitas Quesadillas
$7.25Choice of chicken or beef. (2) Shrimp add $1.50
French Fries
$2.00Fried Burrito
$4.25With beef or chicken.
Jalapeños
$1.75One Chile Poblano
$4.50Pico de Gallo
$1.50Quesadillas - Beef, chicken, mushrooms or spinach
$2.75(1) $2.75, (2) $5.00
Quesadillas - Cheese
$2.25(1) $2.25, (2) $4.00
Quesadillas - Shrimp or steak
$4.25(1) $4.25, (2) $8.00
Rice or beans
$1.95Scallops
$4.25Shredded Cheese
$1.50Shrimp
$7.25Sour cream or lettuce
$1.50Special Burrito
$4.10With lettuce and guacamole.
Special Tostaguac - Chicken and bean
$4.00(1) $4.00, (2) $6.25
Special Tostaguac - Mixed beef and bean
$4.00(1) $4.00, (2) $6.25
Steak burrito
$5.49(1) $5.49, (2) $8.50
Steak taco
$4.25(1) $4.25
Tacos - Hard shells
$1.70(1) $1.70, (3) $5.50
Tacos - Soft shells
$2.00(1) $2.00, (3) $5.50
Tamales
$2.30(1) $2.30, (3) $5.75
Tostadas - With beef and cheese
$2.30(1) $2.30, (2) $5.25
Tostaguac
$3.75(1) $3.75, (2) $6.25
Appetizers
Bean Dip
$4.00Cheese Dip
$4.24Regular - $4.24, Large - $7.00
Cheese Sticks
$6.24Five cheese sticks.
Chicken Wings
$8.25Hot, medium or mild.
Guacamole Dip
$4.75Regular - $4.75, Large - $6.25
Guacamole Mexicano
$6.25Guacamole Salad
$3.75Nacho Fajitas
$9.25Chicken or beef - $9.25, Shrimp only - $10.24
Nachos with beans
$5.25Nachos with beef
$5.54Nachos with beef and beans
$6.04Nachos with cheese
$5.04Nachos with chicken
$5.75Queso Fundido
$7.00Melted cheese and chorizo.
Special Nacho Fajitas
$9.75Mixed nachos with beef, chicken and shrimp fajitas topped with lettuce, sour cream and guacamole.
Special Nachos
$7.25Beef, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream and guacamole.
Tossed Salad
$3.75Beverages
Aguas Frescas
$3.25Jamaica, Horchata.
Soft Drinks
$2.50Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Pibb Xtra, Barq's Root Beer, Mello Yello, Minute Maid Lemonade, Nesquik.
Caldos
Caldo de Camarón (Shrimp)
$14.50Served all day on Saturday and Sunday only.
Caldo de Res (Beef)
$13.95Served all day on Saturday and Sunday only.
Menudo
$10.50Served all day on Saturday and Sunday only.
Chicken
Arroz con Pollo
$9.25Rice over chicken, mushrooms and onions. Topped with melted cheese.
Chicken Over Rice
$10.50Grilled chicken breast cooked with broccoli, mushrooms, bell pepper and onions. Covered with melted cheese.
Chicken Tenders
$8.75Served with fries and tossed salad.
Pollo Loco
$11.24Grilled chicken breast sautéed with mushrooms, onions and broccoli, topped with melted cheeses. Served with rice, beans and flour tortillas.
Pollo Mexicano
$11.50Grilled chicken with jalapeños, tomatoes and onion. Served with rice and salad.
Pollo Tapatio
$10.25Grilled chicken breast sautéed with mushrooms, spinach and onion. Topped with melted cheese. Served with rice, beans and flour tortillas.
Children's Menu
Burrito and Taco
$4.54Children under 12 only.
Cheese Quesadilla
$5.24Served with French fries. Children under 12 only.
Cheese Sticks (3)
$5.24Served with French fries. Children under 12 only.
Chicken Fingers
$5.24Served with French fries. Children under 12 only.
Quesadilla and Taco
$4.54Served with rice. Children under 12 only.
Taco
$5.24Served with rice and beans. Children under 12 only.
Taco and Enchilada
$4.54Served with rice. Children under 12 only.
Desserts
Cheese Cake
$3.25Choco Taco
$3.50Churros
$3.75Flan
$3.99Mexican Custard.
Fried Ice Cream
$3.99Sopapillas
$2.50Fried flour tortilla with honey, butter and cinnamon.
Lunch Menu
Lunch Special #1
$5.50Chille relleno, taco, rice and guacamole salad.
Lunch Special #10
$6.75Grilled chicken salad with lettuce, tomatoes, onions and pepper cheese.
Lunch Special #11
$6.75Burrito, quesadilla, chicken or beef, and rice.
Lunch Special #12
$6.75Pollo Fundido - shredded chicken cooked with bell peppers, onions and tomatoes, with melted cheeses and sour cream. Served with rice and tortillas.
Lunch Special #13
$6.75One tostada, beef and cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Lunch Special #14
$6.75One taco, one enchilada, rice and beans.
Lunch Special #15
$6.75Chicken soup with rice, pico de gallo and avocado.
Lunch Special #16
$6.75Ranch-style eggs topped with Mexican sauce. Served with rice, refried beans and corn tortillas.
Lunch Special #17
$7.00One grilled chicken or steak quesadilla fajita served with rice and beans.
Lunch Special #2
$5.50One beef burrito, Mexican rice and fried beans.
Lunch Special #3
$5.50Enchilada, rice and beans.
Lunch Special #4
$5.75Chile relleno, rice and beans.
Lunch Special #5
$5.75Burrito, taco and rice.
Lunch Special #6
$5.75Chalupa, enchilada, rice and beans.
Lunch Special #7
$6.75Fajitas, beef or chicken and flour tortillas. Served with rice and beans. (Both meats plus shrimp add $1.50)
Lunch Special #8
$6.75One chimichanga, rice and beans.
Lunch Special #9
$6.75One quesadilla, chicken or beef, rice and chile relleno.
Speedy Gonzalez
$5.25One taco, one enchilada and choice of rice and beans.
Mixed
Burrito El Paraiso
$9.2510" burrito with ground beef, chicken, rice and beans inside. Topped with nacho cheese and served with lettuce, sour cream and tomato.
Carnitas
$10.25Fried pork cubes marinated with wine and orange juice. Served with rice, lettuce, beans, guacamole, tomatoes and flour tortillas.
Chiles Poblanos
$10.25Two whole chile peppers stuffed with cheese and your choice of shredded chicken or beef, covered with sour cream and served with rice and beans.
Chori Burrito
$9.25Chicken and Mexican sausage burrito topped with nacho cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Chuletas Rancheros
$10.25Two grilled pork chops cooked with onions. Served with rice, beans, cheese and three flour tortillas.
Enchiladas Rancheras
$8.54Four enchiladas - one chicken, one bean, one cheese and one beef - all topped with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream.
Flautas
$7.75Four fried corn tacos - two beef and two chicken. Served with lettuce, guacamole, tomatoes and sour cream.
Quesadilla Mexicana
$8.50Our stuff cheese quesadilla with your choice of ground beef, shredded beef or chicken mixed with beans. Served with lettuce, sour cream and tomatoes.
Special Dinner
$10.25One chalupa, one chile relleno, one enchilada, beef taco, burrito, rice and beans.
Yolandas
$8.54Three chicken enchiladas with rice, lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream.
Sandwiches
Black Angus Burger
$8.258 oz. Black Angus patty served with a side of French fries.
Chicken Sandwich
$7.25Steak Sandwich
$7.25Seafood
Arroz con Camarón
$10.25Grilled shrimp cooked with zucchini, squash, carrots, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers. Served with rice.
Camarones a la Diabla
$10.75Shrimp in our spicy red diabla sauce. Served with rice, pico de gallo and guacamole salad.
Camarones al Mojo de Ajo
$11.74Shrimp sautéed in butter and cooked in garlic sauce. Served with rice and salad.
Camarón Fundido
$10.75Shrimp cooked with bell peppers, broccoli, tomatoes, onions, melted cheeses and sour cream. Served with rice and tortillas.
Fish Tacos
$7.25Three tacos stuffed with grilled tilapia, cilantro and onions.
Shrimp Cóctel
$11.25Boiled, peeled shrimp mixed with pico de gallo, avocado blend and tomato juice.
Shrimp Tacos
$8.75Three tacos stuffed with grilled shrimp and cilantro.
Sizzling Fajitas
Fajitas
$10.74Tender-sliced beef or chicken with bell peppers, onions and tomatoes. Served with beans, cheese, guacamole and flour or corn tortillas.
Fajitas del Mar
$12.74Scallops and shrimp cooked with mushrooms, onions and tomatoes. Served with beans, cheese, guacamole salad, sour cream and flour or corn tortillas.
Parrilla Fajitas
$12.24Chicken, steak, shrimp, pork and Mexican sausage cooked with onions and mushrooms and topped with shredded cheese. Served with rice, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo and two flour tortillas.
Shrimp Fajitas
$12.04Tender shrimp with bell peppers, onions and tomatoes. Served with beans, cheese, guacamole and flour or corn tortillas.
Taco Salad Fajitas
$8.75Chicken or steak with beans, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, shredded cheese and vegetables. Shrimp add $2.00
Texas Fajitas
$11.24Tender beef, chicken and shrimp with bell peppers, onions and tomatoes. Served with beans, cheese, guacamole and flour or corn tortillas.
Soups & Salads
Chicken Soup
$7.25With rice, pico de gallo and avocado.
Grilled Chicken Salad
$7.75Grilled Shrimp Salad
$8.75Taco Salad
$7.00Crispy flour tortilla shell with ground beef or chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream and guacamole.
Specialties
Burrito California
$8.25Large 10" burrito with strips of beef or chicken filled with onions and covered with cheese and red sauce with rice, tomatoes, lettuce and guacamole.
Burritos Deluxe
$7.75Two burritos - one chicken and bean, and one beef and bean. Topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
Carne Asada
$9.25Tender grilled steak with beans, guacamole, salad and corn or flour tortillas.
Chimichangas
$7.75Two flour tortillas filled with shredded beef or chicken and deep fried. Served with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, nacho cheese and guacamole.
Pollo Asado
$8.25Grilled and seasoned chicken breast (skinless and boneless). Served with rice, guacamole, salad and tortillas.
Pollo Fundido
$7.04Shredded chicken cooked with bell peppers, onions and tomatoes, with melted cheese and sour cream. Served with rice and tortillas.
Tres Amigos
$11.24Grilled chicken breast with steak and shrimp, topped with onions, shredded cheese and pineapple. Served with rice, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo and flour tortillas.
Steaks
Steak Americano
$10.748 oz. rib-eye with fries and tossed salad.
Steak and Shrimp
$12.54Grilled steak and shrimp served with rice.
Steak Mexicano
$11.24T-bone steak cooked with bell peppers, onions and tomato. Served with rice and beans.
Steak Ranchero
$11.24Grilled rib-eye steak served with rice, bean, flour tortillas and guacamole salad.
Vegetarian
Chile Poblano
$8.50Whole poblano pepper with cheese, rice and guacamole salad.
Vegetarian Fajitas
$8.50Served with rice, salad lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo and two flour tortillas.
Vegetarian Option A
$7.54One bean burrito, one cheese enchilada, one tostada with beans and nacho cheese.
Vegetarian Option B
$7.54One chalupa, one cheese enchilada, rice and beans.
Vegetarian Option C
$7.25One bean burrito, one quesadilla, and one chalupa.
Vegetarian Option D
$7.25Bean tostaguac, cheese enchilada and rice.
Vegetarian Option E
$7.25Bean burrito with nacho cheese, cheese enchilada and quesadilla.
Vegetarian Quesadilla
$8.20Grilled onions, peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms, spinach and broccoli. Served with lettuce, sour cream and tomatoes.