We make our guacamole fresh, creamy and delicious. This one's a must-try item at el cortez
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Nachos
Beans, cheese, guacamole and jalapenos loaded onto flat fried tortillas
$6.25
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Chicken Fingers
Always a popular choice. Tender battered chicken strips served golden brown with a hot sauce and french fries
$7.35
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Nachos with Beef, Chicken or Chorizo
$7.6
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Alas
Hot and spicy BBQ chicken wings served with celery and blue cheese
$7.85
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Nachos with Steak
$7.95
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Quesadillas Pacifico
Flour tortillas filled with mexican cheese, chiles poblanos and grilled shrimp, served with sour cream and avocado slices
$8.95
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Queso Fundido
Melted cheese blended with friend mexican sausage, served with your choice of flour or corn tortillas
$8.95
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Botana Suprema
Choice of steak or chicken pounded out round, sandwiched in between two flour tortillas, cut in pieces and served with sour cream and guacamole
$11.55
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Combo-Cortez
A big combo platter of popular appetizers: chicken fingers, two tamales, two quesadilllas and two chicken flautas with sour cream, quacamole, pico de gallo and cheese sprinkled on top. Great for shar
Prep time is 45-60 minutes. Whole red snapper pan-fried and served your way. Viscaina style: with onions, tomatoes and jalapenos simmered in a special sauce or mojo de Ajo: in fresh garlic butter
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Tostada De Ceviche
Shrimp finely chopped on a hard shell tortilla topped with pico de gallo, sour cream, diced avocados
$5.2
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Tostada de Ceviche
Shrimp finely chopped on a hard shell tortilla topped with pico de gallo, sour crea and diced avocados
$5.25
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Cocktel De Camaron
Shrimp in your choice of a cocktail sauce or our pico de gallo sauce
$9.7
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Cocktel de Camaron
Succulent shrimp in your choice of a cocktalk sauce or our pico de gallo sauce
$9.95
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Chimichangas Marinera
A blend of shrimp and crab meat in a flour tortilla, fried and served with a side order of rice and slices of avocado slices
$11.2
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Filete Tilapia Viscaina
Flaky fillet of tilapia lightly breaded and fried, served with white rice and corn medley with viscaina sauce on teh side
$15.75
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Camarones Empanizados
Breaded shrimp served with rice, lettuce, picca de gallo and barbeque sauce
$16.75
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Shrimp Fajita
Grilled shrimp with onions and bell peppers sizzled on a skillet, served with rice, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo on the side
$16.75
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Brocheta De Camaron
Plump shrimp sizzled up with bacon, onions, and mild poblano chiles, served with rice
$17.2
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Camarones Vallarta
Shrimp lightly breaded, seasoned with wine, served on a bed of white rice with your choice of mexican bread or tortillas
$17.25
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Camarones Diablos Deluxe
Shrimp simmered in our spicy pico de gallo sauce with bacon, served on a bed of white rice with onions and slices of avocados on the side, choice of mexican bread or tortillas
$17.3
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Camarones Ajillo
Shrimp sauteed in garlic wine served with white rice and choice of mexican bread or tortillas
Chicken, sour cream, guacamole and green sauce mixed together and rolled in two corn tortillas
$2.65
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Norteno (1)
Breaded steak served on a flour tortilla with sour cream and slice of avocado
$2.65
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Pastor (1)
Marinated pork taco served with cilantro, onions and green sauce
$3
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Ranchero (1)
Marinated steak taco with cilantro, onions and green sauce
$3
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Picudo (1)
Tender chicken breast chunks grilled with tomato onion and jalapeno peppers
$3.15
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Sombrero (1)
Your choice: tender pieces of sauteed csteak or chicken grilled with onions, cilantro, bacon and three different types of sauce, all piled on a corn tortilla
$3.15
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Steak Taco Dinner
Three corn or flour tortillas filled with tender steak and served with lettuce, tomatoes and cheese
$9.5
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Taco Dinner
Three corn or flour tortillas filled with your choice of beef, chicken, or pork, served with rice and beans
Choice of steak or chicken, cooked with bacon and rolled up with sour cream, hot sauce and cheese in a flour tortilla
$2.15
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A La Mexicana (1)
A flour tortilla rolled & filled with 5 oz. steak, sauce and cheese
$5.2
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Burrito Dinner
Flour tortilla rolled and filled with lettuce, tomatoes and your choice of beef, chicken or pork. Served with rice and beans
$5.75
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Burrito Dinner - Suizo
With red sauce and melted cheese
$6.35
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Burrito Dinner with Steak
$7.35
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Burrito Dinner - Steak Suizo
With red sauce and melted cheese
$7.85
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Supremo Dinner
Choice of beef, chicken or pork with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, ilantro, cheese, sour cream and guacamole in a nine-inch flour tortilla. Served with rice and beans
Two flour tortillas stuffed with chicken and cheese. Includes lettuce, tomato, sour cream, rice, and beans
$6.85
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Beef Burrito Suizo and Beef Taco
Burrito stuffed with beef, lettuce and tomato, topped with red sauce and cheese. Soft taco with beef, lettuce, tomato and cheese. Served with rice and beans
$7.85
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Two Tacos
Both filled with beef, chicken or pork, both made with flour or corn tortillas, served with rice and ebas
$7.85
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Enchiladas Suiza
Two enchiladas, both beef, chicken or pork, served with rice and beans
$7.85
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Enchilada Suiza & Tostada
Both made with beef, chicken or pork. Tostada also has beans, lettuce, tomato and cheese. Includes rice & beans
$7.85
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Chicken Fajita Tacos
Two soft tacos flour tortillas served with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour crea, guacamole, rice and beans
$8.45
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Cheese Chile Relleno Tacos
Two tacos flour or corn tortillas served with rice and beans
$8.45
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Steak Fajita Tacos
Two soft tacos, lettuce, pico de callo, sour cream guacamole, rice and beans
Two pieces of bread topped with grilled onions, peppers mild or hot, tomatoes and melted cheese
$7.35
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Guacamole Tostada
Three flat tortillas topped with guacamole, lettuce, tomatoes and cheese. Includes rice and beans
$8.95
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Veggie Burrito Supremo
Nine-inch burrito stuffed with grilled bell peppers, tomatoes, onions and mushrooms with guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, lettuce and cheese. Served with rice and beans
$9.75
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Veggie Quesadillas
Three tortillas filled with cheese, grilled tomato, onion, bell peppers and mushrooms. Served with mexican rice and refried beans
$10.25
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Veggie Burrito Supremo with Suizo Sauce and Cheese
$10.75
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Veggie Fajitas
A sizzling mix of carrots, bell peppers, tomatoes, onions and mushrooms served with rice, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream and guacamole
$13
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Chiles Rellenos
Two cheese-stuffed peppers served with mexican rice and refried beans
Two pork tamales in the husk, served with rice and beans
$7.85
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Tamales Cortez
Two pork tamales without the husk, topped with sour cream and hot sauce, smothered with melted cheese and served with a side of rice
$8.45
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Quesadilla Dinner with Cheese
$8.95
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Quesadilla Dinner
Three of a kind tortillas flour or corn filled with your choice of beef, chicken or pork and plenty of cheese, served with sour cream, rice and beans
$9.45
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Quesadilla Dinner with Steak
$9.95
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Chimichangas
Your choice of seasoned shredded beef or chicken rolled in flour tortillas, fried, covered with tomatoes, lettuce, sour cream and guacamole. Served with a side order of rice
$10.55
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Enchilada Aguascalientes
A tender breast of chicken dipped in red sauce, three mexican cheese enchiladas and red cubed potato sprinkled with cheese
$12.15
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Chiles Rellenos
Two stuffed cheese peppers served with rice and beans
$13.2
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Cooks Especial
Chunks of steak with slices of poblano peppers, covered with melted cheese, pico de gallo, guacamole and sour cream on the side. Served with beans and rice
$14.25
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Manny
Grilled chicken breast smothered in poblano peppers, onions and tomato sauce served on a bed of rice with three slices of avocado
$15.25
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Parillada
Tender skirt steak served with zesty chorizo, grilled jalapenos and onions
$15.8
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Steak Campesino
New York strip steak simmered in a special sauce topped with carrots mushrooms upon request and served with rice and refried beans
Three of a kind corn tortillas hard or soft rolled up and filled with choice of beef, chicken or pork. Includes guacamole and sour cream on the side. Served with rice and beans
$8.95
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San Marcos Dinner
Three of a kind corn tortillas rolled up and friend, filled with your choice of beef, chicken or potato and covered with cabbage, cheese, sour cream and red sauce. Served with rice and beans
Three of a kind corn tortillas hard or soft rolled up and filled with choice of beef, chicken or pork. Includes guacamole and sour cream on the side. Served with rice and beans
$8.95
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Flauta Dinner with Steak
$9.95
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Speciality Tostadas
Three of a kind crispy flat tortillas covered with your choice of beef, chicken or pork, topped with your choice of sauce and melted cheese. Served with rice and beans
Three corn tortillas rolled and filled with your choice of one of the following: cheese, ground beef, chicken or pork, topped with your choice of sauce and served with rice and beans
$9.5
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Cortez Enchiladas Dinner
Three red enchiladas filled with cheese, mexican sausage and potato, sprinkled with more cheese and served with sour cream, rise and beans on the side
Chicken thigh served in mole sauce with rice and beans
$10.55
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Milanesa De Pollo
Breaded chicken breast served with rice, beans and fries
$11
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Pollo En Salsa
Prep. time 25 minutes. Half of a grilled chicken simmered in our molcajete sauce, served with salad and beans
$11.55
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Milanesa De Pollo - Suizo
$12.15
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Pollo Carbon
Strips of chicken breast marinated in two types of sauce, grilled and served over rice with sour cream, guacamole and a small dinner salad
$12.65
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Pollo Rojo
Pieces of tender chicken breast sauteed in a red sauce and mixed with cubed potatoes and onions, served with a side of rice, pico de gallo and avocado slices
$12.65
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Chicken Fajita Dinner
Chicken breast chunks seasoned and sizzled up with onions and green peppers served with refried beans, pico de callo, sour cream and guacamole
$13.65
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Pollo A La Parilla
Prep. time 45 minutes. Half of a grilled chicken served with salad and beans
$13.65
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Whisky Chicken
Tender pieces of chicken grilled with bacon, chiles poblano, onions, tomatoes, served with rice, beans, slices of avocados, and cheese sprinkled on top
$13.65
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Pollo Estrella
Chicken breast pounded out and topped with melted cheese, covered with molcajete sauce, served with rice
Succulent chunks of skirt steak simmered in a Mexican sauce, served with rice and beans
$12.65
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Bistec A La Mexicana - Breaded Steak
Served with rice and beans. Suizo melted cheese
$12.65
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Steak Tampiquena
A flavorful tradition. Tender skirt steak, a cheese Mexican enchilada and a cheese quesadilla served with fries and a touch of guacamole
$13
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Carne Asada
Skirt steak served with rice and beans
$13.25
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Bistec A La Mexicana - Suizo
Melted cheese
$13.65
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Steak Fajita Dinner
Chunks of tender steak seasoned and sizzled up with onions and green peppers. Served with beans, pico de gallo, sour cream and guacamole
$14.2
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Carne Asada - Suizo
Melted cheese
$14.25
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Puntillas
Your choice of skirt steak, chicken or shrimp with onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, hot banana peppers, poblano peppers, bell peppers and chroizo. Served with rice and beans
$14.95
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Filete Estrella
Thin pounded tenderloin topped with melted cheese and covered in green salsa, served with refried beans
$15.75
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Steak Cortez
New York steak served with beans, cubed potatoes and side salad
$16.75
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Rickys Especial
Incredibly tender 8 oz. filet mignon cut into delicious chunks and topped with bacon, delivered to your table on a sizzling skillet with grilled onions and refried chorizo beans with melted cheese
$17.2
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Steak Laredo
Broiled strip steak with sauteed onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, bell peppers and a special sauce. Served with refried beans
$17.75
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About El Cortez
El Cortez offers Appetizers, Seafood & Side Orders across 176 menu items, with prices from $1.25 to $20.20. Browse the full El Cortez menu with current prices — budget picks like the $0.65 4 Individual Tortillas — updated September 2026. Rated 4.0/5 by diners.
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questions about the menu, pricing, and dining options.
What is on the El Cortez menu?
El Cortez offers 176 menu items across Other and other categories. Browse the full menu above to see everything available, including portion sizes and category breakdowns.
How much does El Cortez food cost?
Menu prices at El Cortez range from $1.25 for the most affordable options up to $20.20 for premium items. The full price breakdown is shown in the menu table above. Looking for the cheapest options? Visit the El Cortez cheapest items guide.
What are the cheapest items at El Cortez?
For the lowest-cost meal options at El Cortez, visit the dedicated El Cortez cheapest menu items guide — every item sorted from the lowest to highest price so you can quickly find budget-friendly food starting at just $1.25.
Is El Cortez good value for money?
El Cortez holds a customer rating of 4/5 based on 105 reviews. To judge value more accurately, compare El Cortez side-by-side with similar restaurants: El Cortez vs Honey Baked Ham or El Cortez vs Winebar.
How does El Cortez compare to similar restaurants nearby?
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