El Jardin Mexican Restaurant Menu (2025 Update)
Introducing the Menu of El Jardin Mexican Restaurant
At El Jardin Mexican Restaurant, located in the heart of Columbia, CA, the menu is a vibrant celebration of authentic Mexican cuisine. Each dish is crafted to delight the senses, highlighting bold flavors and fresh ingredients. The Taco Supreme stands out with its crispy flour tortilla brimming with choices like steak, chicken, or pork, complemented by a medley of toppings including guacamole and sour cream, all for just $17.95. Another highlight is the Famous Sizzling Fajita, where diners can savor perfectly grilled chicken or steak served with caramelized onions and peppers at $22.95.
Vegetarians will love the sizzling veggie medley, while seafood enthusiasts can indulge in the grilled shrimp option. With a welcoming atmosphere and friendly service, El Jardin promises not just a meal, but a delightful dining experience that keeps patrons coming back for more.
Appetizers
Nachos
Homemade corn tortilla chips in a layer of beans and cheese, topped with sour cream, guacamole, green sauce, purple cabbage, tomatoes, and more cheese
Guacamole Dip
A perfect blend of avocados, tomatoes, and onions
Bean Dip
Our delicious refried beans topped with green sauce, Sour cream, and cheese
Quesadilla
A large flour tortilla filled with melted jack cheese and topped with green sauce. Served with sour cream, guacamole, and a fresh salad garnish Cheese
Taquito
Four small steak or chicken taquitos, topped with green sauce and served with sour cream, guacamole, and afresh salad garnish
Super Appetizer
A large sampler platter with quesadillas, taquitos, and nachos
Shrimp Cocktail
Bay shrimp mixed in our spicy red salsa with avocado, pico de gallo, cucumbers, and a splash of lime
La Compuesta
(Our version of a taco salad) A large salad in a crispy flour shell filled with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, purple cabbage, green sauce and your choice of steak, chicken, or pork
Fajita Salad
A large salad in a crispy flour shell filled with your choice of steak, chicken or Shrimp, grilled onions and bell peppers, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole, Purple cabbages. With steak or chicken
Grilled Chicken Salad
A large salad served with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, guacamole and purple cabbage, topped with sizzling fajita flavored chicken or lemon chicken, and green sauce
Dinner Salad
A crisp green salad topped with, tomatoes, mushrooms, cucumbers, onions, bell peppers, guacamole and cheese (Flour shell is optional)
Caldo de Pollo
Homemade chicken soup with rice, pico de gallo, purple cabbage, and sliced avocado. Served with tortillas
Tortilla Soup
Crisp tortilla strips in a chicken broth with red sauce, cheese, rice, chicken, sour cream, and guacamole
Soups and Salads
Our Famous Sizzling Fajita
Veggie
A medley of grilled vegetables - yellow squash zucchini red and green bell peppers, mushrooms and onions, grilled to sizzling perfection
Chicken or Steak
Strips of steak or chicken breast, onions and red and green bell peppers, grilled to sizzling perfection
Shrimp
Grilled prawns, onions and red and green bell peppers, grilled to perfection
Burrito
A flour tortilla filled with your choice of steak, chicken, pork, or beans and cheese. Steak and chicken include tomatoes and green sauce
Enchilada
A corn tortilla filled with your choice of cheese, steak, chicken or pork, and topped with melted cheese and red or green sauce. Sour cream is included with green sauce enchiladas
Quesadilla
A flour tortilla filled with melted jack cheese and your choice of steak, chicken, or pork
Taco
A corn tortilla lightly fried, filled with your choice of steak, chicken or pork, green sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, purple cabbage, and cheese. Flour available upon request
Chile Relleno
A mild green pepper filled with jack cheese, dipped in a light egg batter, deep fried and topped with more cheese and red or green sauce
Taquito
A rolled corn tortilla filled with steak or chicken, deep fried and topped with green sauce, sour cream, guacamole, tomatoes and purple cabbage, and served on a bed of lettuce. Flow available upon request
Sope
A deep-fried masa bowl filled with beans, your choice of steak, chicken or pork, green sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, purple cabbage, and cheese
Tamale
A homemade carnitas tamale topped with your choice of red or green sauce and sprinkled with cheese
Tostada
A crispy corn tortilla topped with beans, your choice of steak, chicken or pork, green sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, purple cabbage and cheese. Flour available upon request
Fish Taco
A soft corn tortilla filled with our sauteed cod, topped with lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo, purple cabbage, and cheese
Taco Reyes
A soft corn tortilla filled with your choice of steak, chicken or carnitas, pico de gallo, purple cabbage, sliced avocado, and cheese
Lemon Chicken Taco
A Soft corn tortilla, filled with strips of chicken breast sauteed with garlic and lemon juice and topped with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, purple cabbage, and cheese
Combinations
Specialties
Enchiladas a la Parilla
Three corn tortillas filled with cheese and your choice of steak, chicken or pork, then grilled and topped with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, jalapenos, purple cabbage, and red or green sauce
Torta
Mexican sub sandwich - A grilled French roll with your choice of steak, chicken or carnitas pork, lettuce, tomatoes, jalapenos, cheese, and guacamole. Served with rice and beans or French fries or salad
Chile Verde
Tender chunks of lean pork in our signature green sauce. Served with tortillas
Chile Colorado
Tender chunks of lean pork in our special red sauce. Served with tortillas
Carnitas
Tender chunks of marinated pork prepared El Jardin's own special way. Served with tortillas
Carne Asada
A thin fillet of steak, grilled and seasoned with our special spices and topped with green sauce. Served with tortillas
Milanesa
A fillet of carne asada or two chicken breast fillets, breaded, filled, and topped with green sauce. Served with tortillas
Steak a la Mexicana
Strips of steak prepared in a spicy red sauce with onions, jalapenos and bell peppers. Served with tortillas
Polla a la Mexicana
Strips of chicken prepared in a spicy red sauce with onions, jalapenos, and bell peppers. Served with tortillas
Polla a la Parilla
A marinated chicken breast grilled and seasoned with special spices and a splash of fajita sauce, topped with green sauce. Served with tortillas
Chicken Mole Poblano
Strips of marinated chicken breast prepared in a rich, dark sauce with a hint of peanut butter and chocolate. Served with tortillas. Award-winning Santa Cruz Mole Festival
Enchiladas de Mole
Two corn tortillas filled with chicken breast sauteed in a rich, dark sauce with a hint of peanut butter and chocolate and topped with melted cheese
Tres Favoritos
A carne asada, a pollo a Ia parilla and your choice of shrimp (salvajes, verdes, rancheros, or diablos). Served with tortillas
Quesadilla Supreme
A flour tortilla filled with melted jack cheese and topped with your choice of steak, chicken or pork, sour cream, guacamole, tomatoes, purple cabbage, red or green sauce and more cheese
Chimichanga Supreme
A large, deep-fried burrito filled with beans, cheese and your choice of Steak, chiken or pork, topped with sour cream, guacamole, tomatoes, Purple cabbage, cheese, and green sauce
Burrito Supreme
A large burrito filled with beans, rice and your choice of steak, chicken or pork, topped with sour cream, guacamole, tomatoes, purple cabbage, cheese, and red or green sauce
Taco Supreme
A crispy flour tortilla filled with your choice of steak, chicken or pork, green sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, sour cream, purple cabbage, and cheese
Enchilada Supreme
A flour tortilla filled with your choice of cheese, steak, chicken or pork, with onions, and topped with melted cheese, red or green sauce, sour cream, guacamole, tomatoes, purple cabbage, and more cheese on top of a bed of lettuce
Tostada Supreme
A crispy flour tortilla topped with beans, your choice of steak, chicken or pork, green sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole, purple cabbage, and cheese
Supreme Items
Seafood
Camarones Salvajes
Shrimp sauteed in a garlic butter sauce with mushrooms and onions. Served with tortillas
Camarones Verdes
Shrimp sauteed in our verde sauce with mushrooms and onions. Served with tortillas
Camarones Rancheros
Shrimp sauteed in our special red sauce with mushrooms and onions. Served with tortillas
Camarones Diablos
Shrimp sauteed in our spiciest red sauce. Served with tortillas
Shrimp Enchiladas
Two corn tortillas filled with garlic butter shrimp, topped with melted cheese, green sauce, and sour cream
Shrimp Quesadilla
A flour tortilla filled with melted jack cheese and garlic butter shrimp, topped with sour cream, sliced avocado, tomatoes, purple cabbage, cheese, and green sauce
Crab Enchilada
A Flour tortilla filled with Canadian snow crab sauteed in a garlic butter sauce, topped with melted cheese, green sauce, sour cream, and more crab
Burrito
Chicken, Steak, Pork or Bean, and Cheese
Enchilada
Chicken, Steak, Pork, or Cheese
Quesadilla
Chicken, Steak, Pork, or Cheese
Taco
Chicken, Steak, or Pork
Tostada
Chicken, Steak, or Pork
Taquito
Chcken, Steak, or Pork
Chile Relleno
Tamale
Carnitas
Sope
Chicken, Steak, or Pork
Fish Taco
Cad Sauteed in garlic butter
Taco Reyes
Chicken, Steak, or Carnitas
Lemon Chicken Taco
Burrito Grand
A large tortilla filed with bean, rice, your choice of steak, chicken or pork, cheese, green sauce, pico de gallo. Add one dollar to make these items flour
A la Carte-Lunch Only
Children's Plates
Taco
Tostada
Taquito
Corn Dog
Quesadilla
Chicken Strips
Enchilada
Burrito
Soda
Milk
Juice
Kids Drinks
Side Orders
Rice or Beans
Side Guacamole
12 Beans, 12 Rice
Tortillas
Side Salad
Sour Cream
Red or Verde Mole
Side Pico
2 Roasted Jalapeno
Aguas Frescas
Horchata, Jamaica
Beverages
Sodas
Pepsi
Diet Pepsi
Sierra Mist
Orange Crush
Wild Cherry Pepsi
Brisk Raspberry Ice Tea
Pink Lemonade Tropicana
Mug Root Beer
Corona
Pacifico
Dos Equis Special Larger
Michelob Ultra
Tecate
Sol
Budweiser
Blue Moon
Bohemia
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Bud Light
Coors Light
Non-Alcoholic: O'Douls
Shimmer Pills
Uncle Dave's Rye IPA
Imported Bottled Beer Domestic Bottled Beer
Draft Beer
Dark Negra Modelo, Modelo Especial
Seasonal
Cantina and Patio Only
Everyday 3-6 pm