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El Tapatio
3751 Ep True Parkway
West Des Moines, IA 50265
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Main Menu
Drink Menu
Specials
Main Menu
Nachos
Nachos Fajitas
$8.99
Chicken, steak, or mix, bell peppers, tomato, onion, and cheese dip
Nachos Seafood
$9.99
Shrimp, crab meat, bell peppers, tomato, onion and cheese dip
Veggie Nachos
$7.99
Tomato, bell peppers, onion, zucchini, mushroom, and cheese dip
Nachos Tapatios
$9.99
Shrimp, crab meat, steak, chicken, sausage, tomato, bell peppers, onion, and cheese dip
Beef Nachos
$6.99
Beef and cheese dip
Chicken Nachos
$6.99
Chicken and cheese dip
Nachos Fiesta
$8.99
Beef, cheese, dip, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole & sour cream
Bean Nachos
$5.99
Beans & cheese
Cheese Nachos
$5.99
Cheese sauce & cheese
Anytime
Chilaquiles Mexicanos
$8.99Taquitos Mexicanos
$8.99Chicken Soup
$7.99Huevos Rancheros
$7.99
Served with rice, beans, and tortillas
Huevos Mexicanos
$7.99
Served with rice, beans, and tortillas
Huevos con Chorizo
$7.99
Served with rice, beans, and tortillas
Appetizers
Bean Dip
$3.99Cheese Dip
$3.50Guacamole
$3.50Carne con Queso
$5.99
Ground beef with cheese sauce
Quesadilla Botana
$7.99
Two quesadillas served with lettuce, tomato, sour cream & cheese
Appetizer Sampler
$10.99
Two cheese quesadillas, two chicken taquitos Mexicanos, two flautas stuffed with shredded beef, guacamole, taco sauce and salad
Featured Items
Tacos al Gusto
$2.60
Asada, chorizo, pollo, carnitas, lengua, tripa y al pastor [Steak, Mexican sausage, chicken, carnitas tongue, tripe and seasoned pork]
- Fish / Pescado (Extra)
- $0.50
- Shrimp / Camaron (Extra)
- $0.50
Tostadas
$3.50
Asada, chorizo, carnitas, pollo asado, tinga de pollo, carne molida [Steak, Mexican Sausage, grilled chicken, spicy chicken, ground beef]
Tortas
$6.50
Servido con papas Asada, chorizo, carnitas, pollo asado, tinga de pollo, carne molida, lengua, tripa y al pastor [Served with fries, Steak, Mexican Sausage, grilled chicken, spicy chicken, ground beef, tongue, tripe and seasoned pork]
Lunch Specials
Available from 11am - 3pm (every day)
Pollo Mexicano
$7.50
Grilled chicken breast, topped with grilled vegetables, bell peppers, tomato, onion, mushrooms, zucchini, served with rice, beans, salad and tortillas
Carne Asada
$7.50
Grilled steak, served with rice, beans, salad and tortillas
Carne Zamora
$7.99
Grilled steak, topped with ranchero beans, one cheese corn quesadilla, cactus salad, guacamole, onion, pepper, and tortilla
Carne Mexicana
$6.50
Grilled steak, topped with grilled vegetables, bell pepper, tomato, onion, mushroom, zucchini, served with rice, beans, salad and tortillas
Fajita Lunch
$7.50
Chicken, steak, or mixed, grilled onion, bell pepper, tomato, served with rice, beans, salad and tortillas
Fajita Trio
$8.50Fajitas Texanas
$8.50
Steak, chicken, carnitas, bacon, chorizo, with melted cheese
Chimichanga
$6.99
Flour tortilla, stuffed with your choice of shredded beef, pork, or chicken, fried golden brown, topped with cheese dip, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, served with rice and beans
Chimichanga Carnitas
$6.99Chimichanga Seafood
$7.50
Flour tortilla, stuffed with shrimp, crab meat, bell pepper, tomato, onion, fried golden brown, topped with cheese dip, served with rice, beans, and salad
Speedy Gonzales
$6.50
Taco, enchilada, rice or beans
Taco Salad
$6.50
Crispy flour tortilla shell with ground beef, shredded beef or chicken, topped with lettuce, cheese sauce, sour cream, and tomato
Taco Salad Fajita
$6.99Pollo Loco
$7.99
Grilled chicken breast, onion, cheese sauce served with rice, beans, salad, and tortillas
Pollo a la Creme
$7.99
Grilled chicken breast, onion, mushroom, cream sauce, served with rice, beans, and salad
Enchilada Bandera
$7.99
Two beef enchiladas topped with red, green and cheese sauce. Served with rice, beans and salad
Quesadilla Bandera
$7.50Choripollo
$7.99Carne Tapatia
$7.99Camarones Momia
$7.99Carne Patron
$8.99
Grilled steak, chicken, deep fried shrimp with bacon wrapped. Served with rice, beans, tortillas and salad
Lunch Combos
Chile Relleno, Taco, Guacamole, and Beans
$6.50Beef Burrito
$6.50
rice and beans
One Beef Enchilada
$6.50
rice and beans
Beef Burrito, Taco and Rice
$6.50Carne al Queso
$6.50
Grilled steak, bell pepper, cheese, rice, salad
Two Beef Tacos and Rice
$6.50Seafood Special-Shrimp
$7.50
crab meat, bell pepper, onion, tomato, rice, salad and tortillas
Chicken Soup
$6.50Quesadilla Rellena
$6.50
topped with cheese sauce, chicken or beef, rice and beans
Quesadilla Fajita
$7.50
chicken, steak, or mix
Burrito
$6.50
tamale, and rice
Two Beef Enchiladas and Rice
$6.50Burritos Fiesta
$6.99
two steak burritos, with lettuce, topped with melted cheese, served with rice and beans
Burrito Bandera
$6.99
Flour tortilla filled with your choice of meat, steak, chicken, carnitas, chorizo, cheese beans, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, with a side of rice. Topped with cheese sauce, burrito sauce, and green sauce
Burrito Tapatio
$6.99Burrito Seafood
$6.99Burritos Verdes
$6.99Steak & Fajitas
Carne Zamora Dinner
$15.99Carne Momia
$15.99
Grilled steak, fried wrapped bacon shrimps, served with rice, beans salad, and tortillas
Authentic Mexican
$15.99
Grilled steak, side dish of seafood shrimp, scallop in our butter sauce. Served with rice, beans, salad, tortillas
Carne Azteca
$13.99
Grilled steak, topped with grilled onion, tomato, bell pepper, one chicken enchilada, rice, beans, salad, tortillas
Carne Tapatia
$15.99Carne Asada
$10.99Carne Patron
$16.99Carne Mexicana
$13.99Fajita Dinner
- Single $11.99
- Double $20.99
Fajita Trio
$13.99Fajitas Tapatias
$14.99
Shrimp, steak, chicken, chorizo
Fajitas Texanas
$14.99
Steak, chicken, bacon, chorizo, melted cheese
Shrimp Fajitas
$14.99
Grilled shrimp, onion, bell pepper, tomato, zucchini, and broccoli
Pina Fajita
$15.99
Pineapple stuffed with melted cheese shrimp, steak, chicken, bell pepper, onion, and tomato, pineapple, served with rice, beans, salad, and tortillas
Seafood Fajita
$15.99
Grilled shrimp, scallops, crab meat, tilapia fillet, bell pepper tomato, onion, served with rice, beans, salad, tortillas
Grilled Chicken
Mole de Pollo
$9.50
Shredded chicken in our homemade mole sauce, served with rice, beans, and tortillas
Pollo Mexicano
$11.99
Grilled chicken breast, topped with sautéed onion, bell pepper, tomato, mushroom, zucchini. Served with rice, beans, salad, and tortillas
Pollo Loco
$11.99Pollo a la Crema
$11.99
Grilled chicken breast, topped with our homemade cream sauce and mushrooms. Served with rice, beans, salad, and tortillas
Chori-Pollo
$12.99
Grilled chicken breast, topped with chorizo and cheese sauce. Served with rice, beans, salad and tortillas
Vegetarian Plates
Veg-A
$7.99
Bean burrito, cheese enchilada, bean tostada
Veg-B
$7.99
Two mushroom quesadillas
Veg-C
$7.99
Bean burrito, cheese enchilada, cheese quesadilla
Veg-D
$7.99
Chile relleno, cheese enchilada, rice and beans
Veg-E
$7.99
Two chile rellenos
Veg-F
$9.99
Vegetarian fajitas
Veg-G
$7.99
Two bean tostadas, topped with lettuce, tomato, and cheese
Salads
Shrimp Salad
Cold or Hot Shrimp, bell peppers, tomato, onion, cucumber, orange, lettuce, and cheese
- Sm $7.99
- Lg $9.99
Chicken Salad
Grilled chicken, lettuce, bell peppers, onion, tomato, cheese, cucumber, and orange
- Sm $6.99
- Lg $8.99
Steak Salad
Grilled steak, lettuce, bell pepper, onion, tomato, cheese, cucumber and orange
- Sm $6.99
- Lg $8.99
Side Salad
Lettuce, tomato, onion, cucumber, orange, and cheese
- Sm $4.99
- Lg $6.99
Taco Salad
$7.99
Chicken or Beef
Taco Salad Fajita
$8.99Taco Salad Seafood
$8.99Veggie Taco Salad
$6.99Taco Salad Tapatio
$8.99Seafood Cuisine
Tilapia Fillets al Gusto
Filete Mexicano
$12.99
Grilled tilapia fillet, topped with grilled vegetables, bell pepper onion, tomato, mushroom, and zucchini, served with rice, salad, and tortillas
Filete Ranchero
$12.99
Topped with pico de gallo and our homemade hot sauce
Filete a la Diabla
$12.99
Made with our special sweet, hot sauce
Filete al Ajo
$12.99
Cooked in our delicious butter garlic sauce
Filete Tapatio
$12.99
Topped with our "langostino" sauce
Filete a la Crema
$12.99
Our Chef's signature creamy sauce
Filete Relleno
$14.99Fish Tacos
$7.99
Two grilled tilapia fillet flours tacos. Served with rice & cole salad
Langostinos
- Sm $17.99
- Lg $31.99
Levanta Muertos
- Lg $17.99
Crab Legs
Crab legs cooked to perfection with butter and our special homemade spicy hot sauce
- 13 ct $19.99
Molcajete Cora
Crab legs, shrimp, mussels, fish, scallops, crab meat, clam meat, cooked with butter and our special homemade spicy hot sauce
- Lg $24.99
Pina Rellena
Stuffed pineapple stuffed with-melted cheese, shrimp, scallop, crab meat, clam meat, bell pepper, tomato, onion, served with rice, salad and tortillas
- Lg $17.99
Camaron Cucaracha
- Lg $24.99
Mejillones
- 12 ct $16.99
Huachinango Al Gusto
- Lg $15.99
Mojarra al Gusto
- Lg $13.99
Pez Zarandeado
- Lg $24.99
Camarones Zarandeado
- Lg $24.99
Seafood Tostadas
Tostadas de Ceviche de Pescado
$3.99Ceviche Camaron
$3.99Camaron-Pescado Mix
$3.99Pulpo
$4.99Shrimp Dishes
Camarones al Gusto
Camarones Mexicanos
$13.99Camarones Rancheros
$13.99Camarones a la Diabla
$13.99Camarones a la Crema
$13.99
Grilled shrimp, topped with our mushroom cream sauce, served with rice, beans, salad, and tortillas
Camarones al Ajo
$13.99Camarones Botana
$13.99
served with onion, and tomatoes
Camarones Momia
$13.99Camarones Tapatios
$13.99Shrimp Tacos
$8.99
Two grilled shrimp flour tacos served with rice & cole salad
Caldos / Seafood Soup
Caldo Camaron
$13.99Caldo Langostinos
$15.99Caldo de Pescado
$13.99Caldo 7 Mares
$15.99Oysters - Ostiones
Ostiones
- (6) $9.99
- (12) $15.99
Ostiones Tapatios
Pulpo, camaron, pico de gallo, limon
- (6) $14.99
- (12) $18.99
Ostiones Gratinados
Ostiones con queso derretido
- (6) $12.99
- (12) $17.95
Cocktails / Cocteles
Coctel de Camaron
Cocktail sauce, shrimp, tomato, onion, avocado, cilantro
- Sm $7.99
- Lg $10.99
Coctel de Pulpo
- Sm $8.50
- Lg $11.50
Vasito Loco
- Lg $12.99
Vuelve a la Vida
- Lg $13.99
Cocktail Ostion
- 6 CT $14.99
Appetizers - Botanas
Empanadas de Camaron
Shrimp pastries
- Sm (4) $6.99
- Lg (8) $12.99
Ceviche de Pescado
- Sm $7.99
- Lg $11.50
Ceviche Camaron
- Sm $8.50
- Lg $11.99
Ceviche Mix, Camaron y Pescado
- Sm $8.50
- Lg $11.99
Ceviche Pulpo
- Sm $8.99
- Lg $12.50
Camaron Aguachiles
Rojos o Verdes
- Lg $15.99
Botana Mixta
- Lg $15.99
Botana Playa y Mar
- Lg $17.99
Botana Camaron y Pulpo
- Lg $14.99
Chef's Cuisine
Tapatio Dinner
$12.99
Chile relleno, chicken enchilada, beef taco, bean tostada, beef, burrito, rice, and beans
Carnitas
$10.99Chimichanga
$8.99Carnitas Chimichanga
$8.99Seafood Chimichanga
$8.99Chile Verde
$10.99Chile Colorado
$10.99Pollo Fundido
$8.99Flautas
$8.99Tapatio Special
$8.50
Chicken burrito, chicken enchilada, topped with cheese sauce, lettuce, sour cream, and tomato
Carne al Queso
$8.99
Grilled steak and sauteed bell pepper, melted cheese, served with rice, beans, and salad
Seafood Special
$9.99
Grilled shrimp, crab meat, bell pepper, onion, tomato, and melted cheese. Served with rice, beans, and salad
Dinner Combinations
2 items $8.99; 3 items $9.99. Served with rice and beans. Choose your items:
Chile Relleno Cheese
Enchilada Chicken or Beef
Burrito, Chicken or Beef
Hard Taco, Chicken or Beef
Soft Taco, Chicken or Beef
Tostada, Chicken, Beef or Beans
Beef Tamal
Quesadilla, Cheese, Chicken or Beef
Burritos
Burritos Seafood
$8.99
Two burritos stuffed with shrimp, crab meat, sauteed bell pepper, onion, tomato, topped with cheese sauce, served with rice and beans
Burritos Fiesta
$8.99
Two steak burritos stuffed with melted cheese and lettuce, topped with cheese sauce. Served with rice and beans
Burrito Tapatio
$8.99
One big burrito stuffed with your choice of steak, chicken, carnitas, ol chorizo, stuffed with lettuce, beans, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, and a side of rice
Burrito Fajita
$8.99
Grilled steak, chicken, or mix, sauteed onion, bell pepper, tomato, topped with cheese sauce, served with rice and beans
Burritos Verdes
$8.99
Two shredded chicken burritos, topped with cheese sauce and green sauce, served with rice and beans
Casa Burritos
$7.99
Two beef or shredded burritos, topped with red burrito sauce, served with rice and beans
Burrito Bandera
$8.99
One big burrito stuffed with steak, chicken, carnitas, or chorizo, lettuce beans, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, rice, topped with cheese sauce, green sauce, and burrito sauce
Enchiladas
Enchiladas Seafood
$8.99
Shrimp, crab meat, topped with cheese sauce, served with rice and beans
Enchiladas Tapatias
$8.99
Three cheese enchiladas, topped with shredded beef and enchilada sauce, served with rice and beans
Enchiladas Jalisco
$8.99
Beef enchilada, chicken enchilada, cheese enchilada, and bean enchilada. Topped with lettuce, cheese and sour cream
Enchiladas Verdes
$8.99
Three chicken enchiladas topped with green tomatillo sauce, served with rice, beans and salad
Enchiladas Bandera
$8.99Quesadillas
Quesadilla Fajita
$8.99Quesadilla Seafood
$8.99
Flour tortilla stuffed with shrimp, crab meat, with melted cheese sauce, served with rice, beans, and salad
Quesadilla Rellena
$7.99
Flour tortilla stuffed with melted cheese, beef, and topped with cheese sauce, served with rice, beans, and salad
Quesadilla Verde
$7.99
Flour tortilla stuffed with melted cheese, chicken, topped with green tomatillo sauce, served with rice, beans, and salad
Quesadilla Bandera
$8.99Side Orders
Taco, Beef or Chicken
$2.50Enchilada, Beef or Chicken
$2.50Quesadilla, Cheese, Beef or Chicken
$3.50Burrito, Beef or Chicken
$3.99Tostada, Beef or Chicken
$3.99Tamal, Beef
$3.50Chile Relleno, Cheese
$3.99Chile Relleno
$4.50Beef, Chicken, Shredded Beef, Rice or Beans
$2.50Jalapeños, Sour Cream
$1.25Pico de Gallo, Cheese
$1.25Tortilla Flour (3)
$1.25Corn Tortillas (6)
$1.25Rice / Arroz
$1.99Beans / Frijoles (Order)
$1.99French Fries / Papas Fritas
$1.99Tortillas (Order)
$0.99Guacamole / Avocado Dip
$3.50Bread Order / Orden de Pan
$0.99Jalapeños
$0.99Pico de Gallo
$0.99Sour Cream
$0.99Tostadas (Order)
$0.99Cheese Dip
$3.50Drinks
Frozen or on the Rocks Margaritas
Limo, Strawberry, Peach, Mango, Kiwi, Banana, Watermelon and Raspberry
- 10oz $2.99
- 16oz $4.99
- 28oz $7.99
- 40oz $10.99
- 60oz $14.99
Margarona
- 28oz $9.99
- Pitchers $16.99
Blue Margarita
- 16oz $6.99
Volcano Margarita
- 16oz $6.99
Sangaria Margarita
- 16oz $6.99
Grape Margarita
- 16oz $5.99
Cantaritos
$6.99Cazuelas
$8.99Pina Colada
$5.99Daikiris
$5.99Sunrise
$4.99Fuzinable
$5.99Cerveza Botana
$7.99Cerveza Playera
$8.99Six Botana
$44.99Six Playero
$47.99Michelada
$6.50Featured Drinks
Cerveza Botana
$7.99Cerveza Playera
$8.99
Camarones, Salsa Huichol, Limon, Pepino, Cebolla, Tomate y Aguacate
Gold Margarita
$8.99Cazuela
$8.99
The original from Guadalajara, Mexico
Cantarito
$6.99
Tequila, grapefruit soda, lime juice & fruit.
Michelada
$6.99Jarritos
$2.50
Toronja, Piña, Sidral, Mandarin, Fresa, Punch, Sangaria, Limon
Teqilas
Tequilas always available. Ask server