Panchos Mexican Grill Menu (Update 2025)

Introducing the menu at Panchos Mexican Grill, located in El Cajon, CA, offers a wide range of authentic Mexican dishes with a modern twist. From signature burritos like the California Burrito with carne asada, fries, guacamole, and cheese to flavorful soups like Caldo De Res and Menudo, Panchos has something for everyone. Customers rave about the quality and taste of the food, with favorites like the Chile Verde Chimichanga and the Beef Chimichanga receiving high praise. The restaurant also stands out for its friendly service and vibrant ambiance, making it a great spot for lunch or dinner. Don't miss out on the opportunity to try their delicious homemade Mexican food and experience a taste of Mexico right in California.

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Caldo De Res

Beef shank and vegetable soup.

$18.25

Menudo

Beef tripe soup.

$18.25

Shrimp Soup

$18.49

Seven Seas Soup

Shrimp, fish, mussels, scallops, crab, octopus, and clams.

$19.49

Panchos Burrito

Carne asada, pico, cheese, beans, and mole.

$16.49

Surf 'N' Turf Burrito

Carne asada, shrimp, rice, cheese, and chipotle cream sauce.

$17.49

Steak Ranchero Burrito

Carne asada, ranchero sauce and beans.

$16.49

Baja Shrimp Burrito

Beer battered shrimp, pico, cabbage, and chipotle cream sauce.

$16.99

Angus Chipotle Burrito

carne asada, bacon, guacamole, cheese, chipotle cream sauce.

$16.99

Shrimp Diabla Burrito

Shrimp, rice, and spicy a la diabla sauce.

$17.29

Chile Verde Burrito

slow roasted pork, salsa verde, beans. Topped with salsa verde and cheese,

$16.49

Santa Fe Burrito

Grilled chicken, rice, cheese, and chipotle cream sauce.

$16.49

San Diego Burrito

Grilled chicken, fries, sour cream, and cheese.

$16.49

Chicken Chipotle Burrito

grilled chicken, bacon, cheese, rice, and chipotle cream sauce.

$16.79

Chukis Burrito

Carne asada and adobada, guacamole, diced onions, and cilantro.

$16.99

Flamin' Hot Burrito

carne asada, Flamin' Hot Cheetos, nacho cheese, guacamole, sour cream

$16.79

Cabo Burrito

Shrimp, Bacon, Pico, Cheese, and Chipotle crema

$17.49

cali SURF Burrito

shrimp, carne asada, fries, pico, chipotle crema.

$17.49

CHAPO burrito

adovada, fries, guacamole, cheese, chipotle crema.

$16.99

SONORA burrito

carne asada, chorizo, guacamole, onions, cilantro

$17.29

Soups

Signature Burritos

California Burrito

Carne asada, fries, guacamole, sour cream, and cheese.

$16.29

Carne Asada Burrito

Carne asada, pico, and guacamole.

$15.99

Pollo Asado Burrito

Grilled chicken, pico, and guacamole.

$15.99

Carnitas Burrito

Slow cooked pork, pico, and guacamole.

$15.99

Adobada Burrito

Adobada pork, guacamole, onions, and cilantro.

$15.99

Shrimp Burrito

Shrimp, ranchero sauce, and rice.

$16.29

Fish Burrito

Beer battered fish, cabbage, pico, and house made tarter cream sauce.

$15.99

Chile Relleno Burrito

Chile relleno, beans, cheese, and mole.

$15.49

Veggie Burrito

Rice, lettuce, pico, and guacamole.

$14.99

Mix Burrito (Beef and Bean)

Marinated shredded beef with beans.

$14.99

Bean and Cheese Burrito

$12.49

Cabeza Burrito

$15.99

California Fries

Carne asada fries, guacamole, sour cream, and cheese.

$19.49

Angus Chipotle Fries

Carne asada, bacon, guacamole, cheese, and chipotle cream sauce.

$19.99

Chukis Fries

Carne asada and adobada, guacamole, sour cream, and cheese.

$19.49

Surf 'N' Turf Fries

Carne asada, shrimp, guacamole, cheese, and chipotle cream sauce.

$19.99

Flamin' HOT fries

$19.79

Chips and Guacamole

$10.75

Chile Relleno

Chile relleno, chipotle sauce, crema, and queso fresco

$11.99

Flying Saucer (Taco Salad)

Crispy flour tortilla bowl with shredded chicken or beef, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and guacamole.

$14.99

Regular Burritos

California Fries

Huevos Rancheros

Two eggs, ranchero sauce, cheese. All breakfast plates come with rice, beans, queso fresco.

$15.79

Huevos A La Mexicana

Scrambled eggs with onions, tomatoes, cilantro . All breakfast plates are served with rice, beans, queso fresco

$15.79

Machaca con Huevo

Scrambled eggs with shredded beef chuck, onions, and bell peppers. All breakfast plates come with rice, beans, queso fresco.

$15.79

Chorizo con Huevo

Scrambled eggs with chorizo sausage. All breakfast plates are served with rice, beans, queso fresco.

$15.79

Red Chilaquiles

Scrambled eggs with crispy corn tortilla squares, mole, cheddar-jack cheese, queso cotija, sour cream. All breakfast plates are served with rice and beans.

$15.99

Green Chilaquiles (verde)

Scrambled eggs mixed with crispy tortilla squares, salsa verde, cheddar-jack cheese, crema. All breakfast plates are served with rice, beans, and queso fresco.

$15.99

Ham Burrito

Ham, eggs, beans, and cheese.

$13.89

Bacon Burrito

Bacon, eggs, potatoes, and cheese.

$13.89

Sausage Burrito

Sausage, egg, potatoes, and cheese.

$13.89

Big Breakfast Burrito

Ham, bacon, sausage, eggs, potatoes and cheese.

$14.49

Steak and Egg Burrito

Eggs, carne asada, pico, and cheese.

$14.49

Chorizo Burrito

chorizo sausage with eggs and potatoes.

$13.89

Machaca Burrito

Scrambled eggs with shredded beef chuck, onions and bell peppers.

$13.89

Sunrise Burrito

eggs mixed with salsa mexicana, hash browns, cheese.

$12.99

Breakfast Torta

ham, eggs, cheese, beans.

$13.99

Breakfast Plates

Breakfast Burritos

Carne Asada Taco

Carne asada, guacamole, diced onions and cilantro.

$9.49

Pollo Asado Taco

Grilled chicken, guacamole, diced onions and cilantro.

$9.49

Carnitas Taco

Slow cooked pork, guacamole, diced onions and cilantro.

$9.49

Adobada Taco

Pork marinated in a guajillo chile sauce, guacamole, diced onions and cilantro.

$9.49

Cabeza Taco

With diced onions and cilantro.

$9.49

Fish Taco

Beer battered fish, cabbage, pico, and our house made tarter cream.

$8.99

Shrimp Taco

Beer battered shrimp, cabbage, pico, and chipotle cream.

$9.49

Shredded Beef Taco

Fried beef taco with lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.

$8.49

Three Rolled Tacos

Three rolled tacos with guacamole and cheese. You can add lettuce at no charge.

$8.99

Five Rolled Tacos

Five rolled tacos with guacamole and cheese. You can add lettuce at no charge.

$10.99

SONORA taco

carne asada and chorizo, guacamole, onions, cilantro

$9.99

3 tj Carne Asada Tacos

Carne asada, guacamole, diced onions, and cilantro.

$13.39

3 tj Pollo Asado Tacos

Grilled chicken, guacamole, diced onions, and cilantro.

$13.39

3 tj Carnitas Tacos

Slowly cooked pork, guacamole, diced onions, and cilantro.

$13.39

3 tj Adobada Tacos

Marinaded pork, guacamole, diced onions, and cilantro.

$13.39

3 tj Cabeza Tacos

Topped with diced onions and cilantro.

$13.39

3 tj Sonora Tacos

3 tj Sonora Tacos - asada with chorizo, guacamole, onions, cilantro

$13.49

Tacos

3 tj Tacos

Shrimp Ceviche Tostada

$9.99

Carne Asada Tostada

$9.99

Pollo Asado Tostada

$9.99

Bean Tostada

$9.49

Adobada Tostada

$9.99

Carne Asada Torta

Carne asada, salsa fresca, lettuce, guacamole, and beans.

$15.99

Pollo Asado Torta

Grilled chicken, salsa fresca, lettuce, guacamole, and beans.

$15.99

Especial Torta

Carne asada, ham, lettuce, salsa fresca, guacamole, and beans.

$16.99

Adobada Torta

$15.99

Tostadas

Tortas

Two Beef Enchiladas

Two beef enchiladas topped with sour cream, diced onions and cilantro.

$13.49

Two Chicken Enchiladas

Two chicken enchiladas topped with sour cream, diced onions.

$13.49

Two Cheese Enchiladas

Two cheese enchiladas topped with sour cream, diced onions, and cilantro.

$12.99

Panchos Quesadilla

Carne asada, guacamole, lettuce, sour cream, and pico de gallo.

$16.99

Carne Asada Quesadilla

$15.99

Pollo Asado Quesadilla

$15.99

Shrimp Quesadilla

$16.29

Shrimp Diabla Quesadilla

$16.49

Cheese Quesadilla

$12.49

Cabo Quesadilla

Shrimp, Bacon, Chipotle, and Cilantro.

$16.99

Adobada Quesadilla

$15.99

Enchiladas

Quesadillas

Combo #1 Beef Taco and Cheese Enchilada

Served with rice and beans.

$16.99

Combo #2 Chile Relleno and Cheese Enchilada

Served with rice and beans.

$16.99

Combo #3 Enchiladas

Two cheese, chicken, or beef enchiladas. Served with rice and beans.

$16.99

Combo #4 Beef Taco, Cheese Enchilada, Bean Tostada and Rice

Served with rice and beans.

$17.29

Combo #5 Beef or Chicken Chimichanga (or Flautas)

Chimichanga or Flautas. Served with rice and beans.

$17.29

Combo #6 Choose any Two Tacos

Served with rice and beans.

$17.79

Combo #7 Steak or Chicken Fajitas

Steak or Chicken Fajitas. Served with guacamole, sour cream, rice and beans.

$17.79

Combo #8 Carnitas

Carnitas (shredded pork) served with guacamole, fresh pico salsa, rice and beans.

$17.79

Combo #9 Chile Verde Plate

Cooked pork in our house made chile verde salsa. Served with rice and beans.

$17.79

Combo #10 Carne Asada Plate

Carne Asada plate. Served with guacamole, fresh pico salsa, rice and beans.

$18.49

Combo #11 Steak Ranchero Plate

Carne asada cook in our house made ranchero sauce. Served with rice and beans.

$18.49

Chipotle Shrimp Plate

8 large shrimp sauted in our chipotle crema sauce served on a bed of rice, beans and salad.

$19.99

Shrimp Ranchero Plate

Seven large shrimp cooked in our house made ranchero sauce served on a bed of rice, beans and salad.

$19.99

Shrimp A La Diabla Plate

8 large shrimp cooked in our house made diablo sauce (very spicy) served on a bed of rice, beans and salad.

$19.99

Shrimp in Garlic Sauce (Scampi) Plate

Seven large shrimp cooked in garlic and butter served on a bed of rice, beans and salad.

$19.99

Combination Plates

Seafood Plates

Shrimp Coctel

Mexican shrimp coctel served chilled.

$19.99

Campechana Coctel (Shrimp and Octopus)

Mexican shrimp and octopus mix served chilled in our house made coctell sauce.suace

$19.99

Kids #1 - Two Rolled Tacos with Fries

Two rolled tacos with fries.

$12.99

Kids #2 - Quesadilla with Fries

Kids quesadilla with fries.

$12.99

Kids #3 Bean and Cheese Burrito

Kids bean and cheese burrito with a side of fries.

$12.99

Seafood Cocteles

Kids menu

8oz Rice or Beans

$6.49

French Fries

$7.99

8oz Guacamole

$7.79

8oz Crema Guacamole

Sour cream infused with avocados.

$6.99

8oz Sour Cream

$6.49

Order of Chips

$7.99

Spicy Jalapeo Carrots

$4.99

8oz Salsa

Choices include chile de arbol, salsa verde, habanero salsa, creamy California, Chunky Salsa

$5.49

Churros

Churros served with your choice of dipping sauces. Mexican caramel, Sweet Cream, or strawberry.

$6.99

Bunuelos

$3.99

Sides

Desserts

Can Soda

Coca Cola, Diet Coke, Sprite, Dr Pepper

$3.25

Aguas Frescas

Horchata, jamaica, tamarindo, orange bang, or raspberry iced tea.

$4.79

Soft Drinks

Coca-Cola, diet coke, sprite, orange fanta, or Dr. Pepper.

$4.79

Jarritos

$4.99

1/2 L Mexican Coca Cola

Mexican Coke, Sweetened with Sugar Cane

$5.99

Bottled Water

$3.25