Baja California Cantina and Grill
961 Main St, Gardendale
(205) 285-8881
Customers' Favorites
Kid Enchilada Rice and Beans
Sopapilla with Ice Cream
California Fajitas
Seafood Quesadilla
Chicken with Rice
Chimichanga Dinner
Grilled Chicken
Chicken Fajitas
Buffalo Burrito
Fried Ice Cream
Fajitas
Super Fajitas
Steak, chicken, shrimp and chorizo (Mexican sauce). Consuming raw or undercooked meat, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase your risk of food-borne illness, especially if you have certain medical conditions.
Fajita Single
Steak, chicken.
Fajitas À La Mexicana
Steak, chicken and shrimp. Consuming raw or undercooked meat, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase your risk of food-borne illness, especially if you have certain medical conditions.
Flaming Cheese Fajitas
Steak, chicken, no side plate.
California Fajitas
Our premium fajita served with pork ribs, chorizo, shrimp, chicken, steak, beans, rice, lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo, sour cream and tortillas.
Mazatlan Fajitas
Grilled chicken, pineapple and cheese cooked with peppers, tomatoes and onions.
Shrimp Fajitas
Shrimp seasoned with traditional spices, served with sautéed peppers and onions, choice of single serving.
Del Mar
Shrimp with Rice
Grilled shrimp served on a bed of Mexican rice, with cheese sauce, squash and zucchini.
Seafood Quesadilla
Grilled cheese quesadilla filled with shrimp, crab meat, and grilled fish also steamed vegetables, topped with lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo and a side of rice.
Seafood Taco Salad
Crispy flour tortilla bowl field with grilled shrimp, grilled fish and crab meat, cooked with steamed vegetables topped with lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo and shredded cheese.
Baja's Fishing Trip
Our delicious combinations of grilled shrimp, crab meat, grilled fish, steamed vegetables, topped with our special house sauce, cheese sauce served with rice.
Cabo San Lucas Fajita
Grilled shrimp, crab meat, grilled fish, steamed veggies and onions served with fajita salad.
Shrimp Chimichanga
Rice, beans and salad.
La Paz Fillet
Grilled fillet, topped with our special sauce and steamed veggies, served with rice.
Fish Tacos
Three soft shell tacos filled with grilled fish, special sauce served with a side of rice, cabbage, pico de gallo and avocado.
Shrimp Chipotle Tacos
Three soft shell tacos filled with grilled shrimp cooked to perfection, sautéed with our chipotle sauce served with a side of rice and cabbage.
Camarones À La Mexicana
Shrimp grilled with onions, tomatoes and bell peppers served with rice and beans.
Camarones À La Diabla
Shrimp cooked with our special red chilli sauce served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Camarones Al Mojo De Ajo
Grilled shrimp cooked with special garlic sauce served with rice and guacamole salad.
Coctel De Camarones
Shrimp cocktail. Consuming raw or undercooked meat, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase your risk of food-borne illness, especially if you have certain medical conditions.
Little Amigos
Happy Plate. Kids
Grilled chicken on a bed of Mexican rice or French fries with cheese sauce on top.
One Taco, Rice and Beans. Kids
One Cheese Quesadilla, Rice and Beans. Kids
Chicken Fingers and French Fries. Kids
Pepperoni Pizza Kids
Burrito, Rice and Beans. Kids
Taco Salad. Kids
Beef or chicken.
Enchilada, Rice and Beans. Kids
Cheeseburger and French Fries. Kids
Baja Sincronizada Quesadilla Kids
Prepared with ham served with fries.
Corn Dog and French Fries. Kids
Desserts / Postres
Mexican Fried Cheesecake
A flour tortilla deep-fried to a golden brown, filled with cheesecake, topped with ice cream, cinnamon and whipped cream.
Churros
Sopapilla
A flour tortilla deep-fried to a golden brown, topped with honey and cinnamon.
Fried Ice Cream
Topped with cherries and whipped cream.
Sopapilla with Ice Cream
6.99.
Flan
Traditional Mexican style cream caramel, baked fresh daily.
Choco Chimi
A flour tortilla deep-fried to a golden brown, filled with chocolate topped with ice cream and whipped cream.
Appetizers
Cheese Dip
Creamy cheese blend, available in small or large sizes.
Chicken Soup
Chicken, rice, pico de gallo and slices of avocado.
Crazy Dip
A combination of steak or chicken, chorizo, onions, cheese served with tortillas.
Guacamole Dip
Guacamole dip with chunky avocado, lime, and cilantro. Available in small or large sizes.
Mexican Special Guacamole
Chopped avocado with pico de gallo in green sauce.
Bean Dip
Three Amigos
Pico de gallo, ground beef and cheese sauce.
Chicken Wings
10 piece of chicken wings.
Loco French Fries
A bed of French fries, topped with cheese and homemade Mexican chile.
Chicken Fingers
5 pieces.
Spinach Dip with Sweet Corn
Crazy Dip Shrimp
Chorizo, shrimp, onions, cheese served with tortillas.
Salads
Taco Salad
A crispy flour tortilla with melted cheese, topped with ground beef or shredded chicken, beans, tomatoes, lettuce, cheese, sour cream.
Taco Salad Fajita
A crispy flour tortilla loaded with beans, cooked with onions, bell peppers and tomatoes topped with lettuce cheese, pico de gallo and sour cream. Consuming raw or undercooked meat, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase your risk of food-borne illness, especially if you have certain medical conditions.
Chicken Finger Salad
Bed of lettuce loaded with fresh bell peppers, onions, tomatoes topped with cheese and sliced chicken fingers.
Tossed Salad
Raquel's Salad Chicken
A bed of lettuce onions, bell pepper, with grilled chicken or shrimp, cheese, steamed vegetables.
Guacamole Salad
Quesadillas
Quesadilla Rica
Served with rice and beans, chunks of beef or shredded chicken.
Quesadilla Fajita
A large grilled tortilla stuffed with grilled chicken or steak, cheese, beans, cooked onions, bell peppers and tomatoes served with lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo and sour cream. Consuming raw or undercooked meat, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase your risk of food-borne illness, especially if you have certain medical conditions.
Super Quesadilla Shrimp
A large flour tortilla stuffed with shrimp and mushrooms served with smothered in cheese sauce.
Quesabirrias Order of 3
The perfect combinationof cheese, sauce and beef meat. This dish is a kind of birria taco bathed in chili sauce and spices and stuffed with cheese.
Super Quesadilla
A large flour tortilla stuffed with grilled chicken and mushrooms served with rice smothered in cheese sauce.
Quesadilla Alegre
One flour tortilla grilled and stuffed with cheese and steamed vegetables served with cream salad and rice.
Quesadilla with Mushrooms
Two flour tortillas grilled with mushrooms and cheese served with a cream salad.
Quesadilla Spinach
Two flour tortillas grilled with spinach and cheese served with a cream salad.
Quesadilla Rellena
A flour tortilla grilled and stuffed with cheese and beans served with salad.
Vegetarian
3. One Burrito, One Chalupa and One Cheese Quesadilla
2. Two Bean Burritos with Cheese Sauce
4. One Vegetarian Chimichanga
Chimichanga filled with grilled vegetables topped with cheese sauce served with rice, bean and mexican salad.
6. Chile Poblano
2 Anaheim peppers topped with cheese and special sauce with rice and beans.
5. Vegetarian Fajita
Marinated mushrooms, steamed vegetables, onions, green bell peppers and tomatoes (with salad).
1. One Chalupa, One Cheese Enchilada, and One Bean Burrito
Drinks
Dr Pepper
Sprite
Tea
Sweet or unsweet.
Coke
Mello Yello
Milk
Orange Juice
Milkshakes
Chocolate and strawberry.
Pink Lemonade
Diet Coke
De La Parrilla
Chicken with Rice
Grilled chicken served with vegetables on a bed of Mexican rice with cheese sauce.
Cachitos
Shrimp, steak, chicken, onion, pineapple and bell peppers served with rice and cream salad.
Baja Steak
Ribeye served with shrimp, tossed salad and rice. Consuming raw or undercooked meat, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase your risk of food-borne illness, especially if you have certain medical conditions.
Carne Asada Mesquite
Ribeye steak served with rice, beans, tomatoes, onions, lettuce, sliced avocado and three flour or corn tortillas. Consuming raw or undercooked meat, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase your risk of food-borne illness, especially if you have certain medical conditions.
Chile Colorado
Strips of steak with red chile sauce, served with rice, beans and three flour or corn tortillas.
Carnitas
Pork tips served with rice, beans, salad and three flour or corn tortillas.
Pollo Rico
Grilled chicken breast, topped with cheese, served with rice and guacamole salad.
Pollo Fundido
Our special grilled chicken and cheese served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Baja Street Tacos
Made with slow cooking beef stew to perfection 3 tacos served with cilantro and onions, served with cup rice and cup of black beans and hot sauce.
Steak Ranchero
Ribeye served with two eggs topped with ranchero sauce, beans and tortillas. Consuming raw or undercooked meat, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase your risk of food-borne illness, especially if you have certain medical conditions.
Javier's Chicken
A grilled chicken breast cooked with grill onions, chorizo, cheese sauce, served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Tacos Carne Asada
Four flour or corn tortillas stuffed with sliced steak or pastor (pork) or grilled chicken, pico de gallo and special sauce. Consuming raw or undercooked meat, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase your risk of food-borne illness, especially if you have certain medical conditions.
Chile Verde
Chicken or pork served with rice, beans and green sauce and three flour or corn tortillas.
Pollo Lupitas
A chicken breast cooked to perfection, marinated in our special sauce, topped with steamed vegetables and cheese sauce served with rice and cream salad.
Pollo Santa Fe
Grilled chicken breast, topped with bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, mushrooms and cheese sauce served with rice and beans.
Pechuga Empanizada
A breaded chicken breast, rice, and a salad with guacamole.
Steak Mexicano
Ribeye cooked with onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, rice, beans and tortillas. Consuming raw or undercooked meat, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase your risk of food-borne illness, especially if you have certain medical conditions.
Steak on the Border
Ribeye served with loaded baked potato and salad. Consuming raw or undercooked meat, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase your risk of food-borne illness, especially if you have certain medical conditions.
Nachos
Crazy Nachos
A bed of chips, topped with beans, beef and shredded chicken, loaded with lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes and cheese.
Nachos (With Grilled Chicken or Steak)
Layered nachos topped with cheese, choice of grilled chicken or steak, jalapenos, and salsa.
Nachos Machos
A bed of crispy tortilla chips with chicken steak and shrimp cooked with onions, tomatoes and bell peppers.
Nacho Fajitas Grilled
Nacho Fajitas Grilled: Tortilla chips topped with choice of chicken, steak with vegetables, or shrimp. Served with melted cheese, guacamole, and salsa.
Super Nachos
A bed of crispy tortillas chips topped with beans, grilled steak or grilled chicken cooked with onions, bell peppers and tomatoes topped with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo.
Nachos (Cheese and Beans)
Nachos (Beef or Chicken)
Nachos Chorizo
Barbecue Nachos
Strips of grilled barbecue chicken on a bed of tortilla chips.
Nachos (With Grilled Shrimp)
Combination Dinner
10. Two Tacos with Rice and Beans
14. One Burrito, One Taco Served with Rice and Beans
1. One Taco, Two Enchiladas and Rice
18. One Burrito, One Enchilada Served with Rice and Beans
5. One Beef and One Cheese Enchilada Served with Rice and Beans
2. One Taco, One Enchilada and One Chalupa
3. One Taco, One Enchilada, One Chile Relleno
6. One Taco and One Enchilada Served with Rice and Beans
7. One Enchilada, One Chile Relleno and Mexican Rice and Beans
8. One Enchilada, One Tamale and Mexican Rice and Beans
9. One Chile Relleno, One Tamale Served with Rice
11. One Burrito, One Taco and One Enchilada
12. One Burrito, One Enchilada and One Tamale
20. Two Beef Tacos and Two Cheese Enchiladas
4. One Taco, One Enchilada and One Beef Tostada
15. One Taco, One Chile Relleno and One Burrito
16. One Chalupa, One Burrito and One Taco
17. One Burrito, One Chile Relleno Served with Mexican Rice
13. One Chalupa, One Chile Relleno and One Enchilada
19. One Chile Relleno and One Taco Served with Rice and Beans
Especialidades
Burrito Bandido
A burrito filled with steak, or grilled chicken and cheese topped with cheese dip, guacamole and sour cream served with rice and beans.
Burrito Tapatio
A large flour tortilla filled with grilled chicken, steak, shrimp, bell peppers, onions and tomatoes served with rice and cheese sauce on top.
Chimichanga
Stuffed flour tortilla with your choice of beef or shredded chicken, deep-fried to a golden brown topped with cheese sauce, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo with Mexican rice and beans.
Mexican Tour
One burrito, one taco, one enchilada, one chalupa, one tamale served with rice and beans.
Baja Burrito
Chicken, steak and shrimp, rice and beans, guacamole, sour cream, chorizo and cheese sauce.
Chilaquiles
Shredded chicken stuffed corn tortilla cooked with our spicy sauce served with rice and a small salad.
Chimi Deluxe
A chimichanga made with spinach, grilled chicken corn black beans, green onions and cheese served with rice and guacasalad.
Enchiladas Rancheras
Two cheese enchiladas topped with pork, cooked with tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, served with rice and guacamole salad.
Flautas Deluxe
Four flour tortillas wrapped around (2) shredded chicken and (2) chunk of beef deep-fried served with lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole and sour cream.
Taquitos Mexicanos
Four rolled corn tortillas stuffed with shredded beef or shredded chicken, deep-fried, served with lettuce, guacamole, tomatoes and sour cream.
Enchilada À La Mexicana
Four rolled corn tortillas, one ground beef, one shredded chicken, one cheese and one beans, topped with enchilada sauce, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream.
Enchiladas Suizas
Three grilled chicken enchiladas, topped with cheese, green sauce served with rice and cream salad.
Buffalo Burrito
Marinated grilled chicken, rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream, cheese sauce and yellow cheese.
Enchiladas Verdes
2 cheeses enchiladas covered with green sauce serve with rice, beans, chorizo and purple onion.
Fried Burrito
One large flour tortilla with steak or grilled chicken fried burrito topped with cheese sauce served with cream salad.
Burrito Del Rio
One large flour tortilla, ground beef or shredded chicken burrito stuffed with beans, sour cream, lettuce and tomatoes topped with red sauce and cheese sauce.
Burrito Tijuana
A large flour tortilla stuffed with grilled steak or chicken, beans, pico de gallo and lettuce topped with cheese and green sauce.
Burrito California
A large flour tortilla stuffed with grilled steak or chicken, rice and beans served with lettuce, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Burrito Macho
A flour tortilla stuffed with grilled chicken or steak, onions, peppers topped with a spicy sauce and cheese served with pico de gallo and cream salad.
Mexicano Spaghetti
Grilled chicken or steak cooked with onions, bell peppers and tomatoes topped with cheese sauce.
Burrito Supreme
A flour tortilla filled with ground beef or shredded chicken, topped with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, Mexican rice and beans.
Spinach Enchiladas
Three spinach enchiladas topped with cheese sauce, served with rice and cream salad.
Burrito À La Mexicana
Large grilled tortilla wrapped in rice and beans with your choice of grilled steak or chicken, topped with cheese sauce and pico de gallo.
Papa Fajita
Large potato with steak or grilled chicken onion, tomato, bell pepper sour cream salad and yellow cheese.
Baja Soup Combo
2 hard tacos, lettuce, shredded chicken, and small bowl soup (original recipe).
Tortilla Soup
Homemade original recipe made with chicken, avocado, sour cream, cilantro and chips.
À La Carte
Regular Salsa and Chips. A La Carta
Crispy chips served with homemade salsa. Options for small or large size.
Quesadilla. A La Carta
Shredded chicken, chunks of beef, grilled chicken or steak for an additional charge.
Chimichanga. A La Carta
Beef, shredded chicken, steak or grilled chicken for an additional charge.
Taco Crispy or Soft. A La Carta
Beef, shredded chicken, grilled chicken, or steak for an additional charge.
Mexican Rice. A La Carta
Refried Bean. A La Carta
Enchilada. A La Carta
Beef, shredded chicken, cheese, beans, grilled chicken or steak for an additional charge.
Tamale. A La Carta
Tender wrapped in an authentic soft corn shell and topped with our ground beef and mild sauce served with rice and beans.
Cheese Quesadilla. A La Carta
Grilled Shrimp. A La Carta
Burrito. A La Carta
Beef, shredded chicken, cheese or beans.
3 Tortillas. A La Carta
Corn or flour.
Tostada Beef. A La Carta
Pico De Gallo. A La Carta
Burrito. A La Carta
Grilled chicken or steak.
Flautas. A La Carta
Beef or shredded chicken.
French Fries. A La Carta
Grilled Veggies. A La Carta
Steak. A La Carta
Jalapeños. A La Carta
Side of Avocado. A La Carta
Sour Cream. A La Carta
Baked Potato. A La Carta
Grilled Chicken. A La Carta
Grilled Onion. A La Carta
Pineapple. A La Carta
Tostaguac. A La Carta
Beans and beef.
Shredded Cheese. A La Carta
Chalupa Beans. A La Carta
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Recent Reviews
I went to Baja California a few times for lunch and the service is very friendly but the food was somewhat lacking. It had great ratings for food, but maybe the ratings referred to dinner food. I went twice and it was about the same both times. Meh.
March 2026
Here on business and this place did not disappoint. My coworker took us here and it was very good. Huge menu 😋. Every time I opened the menu I changed my mind d on what to get. The house margaritas was also very good.
January 2026
Was a decent experience and understand the waitstaff was having a rough evening with 2 large parties going on. My order was not what I expected. Ordered a fajita taco salad unaware it does not come with lettuce like other restaurants
November 2025
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