El Vaquero Mexican Restaurant
1015 E 280 Byp, Phenix City
(334) 298-8009
Customers' Favorites
Fajitas De Pollo 39 Chicken Fajitas
Aderezo De Guacamole Guacamole Dip
Quesadilla Rice \u0026 Beans
Deep Fried Ice Cream
Tacos de Carne Asada
Chicken Burrito
Shrimp Fajitas
Rice and Beans
Fish and Shrimp
Burrito Vaquero
Appetizers
El Mexican Lettuce Wraps
Sweet and spicy marinated chicken served with lettuce wraps, topped with fresh feta cheese and cilantro.
64. Fajitas Chicken Nachos
Grilled onions, peppers, mushrooms and tomatoes.
64. Fajitas Sirloin Steak Nachos
Grilled onions, peppers, mushrooms and tomatoes.
58. Bean Nachos
Refried beans.
60. Carnitas Nachos
60. Beef Nachos
60. Chicken Nachos
62. Chorizo Nachos
Add lettuce, sour cream and tomato for an additional charge.
63. El Vaquero Avocado Rollitos
2 deep fried small rollitos filled with black bean corn salsa, cheese and avocado. Served with lettuce and chipotle dressing.
El Vaquero Cheese Dip
El Vaquero Guacamole Dip
El Vaquero Trio Dpis
Guacamole dip, cheese dip and bean dip.
66. El Vaquero Spinach Cheese Dip
67. El Vaquero Queso Fundido with Shrimp
Grilled shrimp, onions, mushrooms, poblano peppers and melted cheese.
82. Queso Fundido con Chorizo
Grilled Mexican pork sausage and melted cheese.
84. Bean Dip
Refried beans and cheese dip.
Salsas Tres Amigos
3 different and delicious salsas. Roasted tomatoes with roasted jalapenos, green tomatillo with onions, cilantro and jalapeno.
Shrimp Cocktail
7 boiled shrimps with avocado, lime juice, pico de gallo and homemade sauce. Served hot or cold.
Soups
83. Pozole Soup
Chicken broth, shredded chicken, pico de gallo and hominy.
Salads
2. El Vaquero Salad
Romaine lettuce, gourmet greens, black bean corn salsa, roasted green, red peppers and tortilla strips. Served with marinated chicken.
3. Ensalada Tropical Salad
Romaine lettuce, gourmet greens, pineapple, mango, black corn salsa, feta cheese and tomato with grilled shrimp and your choice of dressing.
14. Guadalajara Salad
Romaine letuce, gourmet greens, roasted green, red peppers, black bean corn salsa, Monterey Jack, cheddar cheeses, tomatoes, avocado and tortilla strips. Served with grilled chicken.
24. Fiesta Salad
Romaine lettuce, gourmet greens, black bean corn salsa, feta cheese, tomatoes and tortilla strips. Served with diced grilled chicken.
79. Taco Salad
Crispy flour shell, cheese sauce, lettuce, sour cream and tomato. Beef or chicken.
86. House Salad
Romaine lettuce, gourmet greens, pico de gallo, avocado, cheese and tortilla strips.
86. Grilled Chicken House Salad
Romaine lettuce, gourmet greens, pico de gallo, avocado, cheese and tortilla strips.
Steak
50. Steak El Cuatrero
Grilled ribeye steak and shrimp, covered with melted cheese. Served with Mexican rice, refried beans, special mango and pineapple sauce and tortillas.
43. Burrito California
1 burrito filled with slow roasted beef barbacoa, Mexican rice and refried beans with cheese sauce on top, served with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo. Signature El Vaquero dishes.
45. Steak Ranchero
Grilled ribeye steak covered with ranchero sauce. Served with Mexican rice, refried beans, pico de gallo, guacamole salad and tortillas.
46. El Vaquero Especial
Grilled ribeye steak topped with grilled onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with Mexican rice, refried beans and tortillas. Signature El Vaquero dishes.
35. Carne Asada
Grilled skirt meat. Served with Mexican rice, refried beans, guacamole salad, pico de gallo and tortillas.
Mariscos
27. Del Mar Bowl
Grilled shrimp sauteed with zucchini, roasted red and poblano peppers, on creamy red sauce over a bed of brown Mexican rice or black beans. Signature El Vaquero dishes.
54. Camarones Ranchero
Shrimp sauteed in creamy ranchero sauce. Served with brown Mexican rice or refried beans and tortillas. Signature El Vaquero dishes.
105. Shrimp Cocktail
Boiled shrimps with avocado, lime juice, pico de gallo and homemade sauce. Served hot or cold.
145. Shrimp Enchiladas
3 bean enchiladas, topped with grilled shrimp and covered with cheese sauce, served with brown Mexican rice, broccoli coleslaw, lettuce, sour cream and tomato. Signature El Vaquero dishes.
172. Camarones a la Diabla
Sauteed shrimp on hot sauce. Served with brown Mexican rice, guacamole salad and tomato. Hot and spicy. Signature El Vaquero dishes.
156. Camarones Veracruz
Grilled shrimp, squash, zucchini, bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, over a bed of brown Mexican rice, topped with signature medium spicy cheese sauce. Served with guacamole salad, sour cream, tomato and tortillas. Signature El Vaquero dishes.
173. Tilapia San Lucas
Grilled fish tilapia. Served with brown Mexican rice, broccoli, coleslaw, pico de gallo, guacamole, chipotle sauce and tortillas.
Vegetariano
6. Burrito Zacatecas
1 burrito filled with Mexican mashed potatoes, grilled spinach, tomatoes, onions and cheese sauce on top. Served with your choice of 2 sides. Signature El Vaquero dishes.
136. Vegetarian Chimichanga
1 deep fried burrito stuffed with grilled red and green peppers, zucchini, fresh avocado covered with cheese sauce. Served with brown Mexican rice, black beans or refried beans, gourmet greens, broccoli coleslaw and sour cream. Signature El Vaquero dishes.
73. Vegetales Fajitas
Grilled fresh mushrooms, red, green peppers, onions, tomatoes, zucchini and squash. Served with brown Mexican rice, refried beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream and tortillas.
138. Spinach Quesadilla
Grilled spinach, onions, tomato and cheese quesadilla. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream and your choice of brown Mexican rice, black beans or refried beans. Signature El Vaquero dishes.
157. Quesadilla Vegetables
Grilled flour tortilla stuffed with onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms and cheese. Served with tossed salad and your choice of brown Mexican rice, black beans or refried beans. Signature El Vaquero dishes.
159. Burrito Grande Vegetariano
1 large burrito filled with grilled mushrooms, bell pepper, onions, tomatoes, zucchini and squash, covered with cheese sauce. Served with your choice of 2 sides. Signature El Vaquero dishes.
165. Avocadilla
Grilled flour tortilla quesadilla stuffed with grilled red and green peppers, zucchini, cheese and avocado. Served with lettuce, tomato and your choice of brown Mexican rice, refried or black beans. Signature El Vaquero dishes.
166. Spinach Enchiladas
3 cheese enchiladas topped with grilled spinach and cheese sauce. Served with brown Mexican rice, black or refried beans, guacamole salad and tomato. Signature El Vaquero dishes.
155. Enchiladas Vegetables
3 cheese enchiladas topped with grilled onions, bell peppers, zucchinis, covered with ranchero sauce. Served with lettuce, tomato, broccoli coleslaw and your choice of brown Mexican rice, black or refried beans. Signature El Vaquero dishes.
Tour of Mexico
47. Tostadas de Tinga
2 tinga tostadas with shredded meat cooked with onions, chipotle peppers, topped with lettuce, tomato and feta cheese.
83. Pozole Soup
Chicken broth, shredded chicken, pico de gallo and hominy.
36. Carnitas
Delicious roasted pork tips. Served with guacamole salad, pico de gallo, rice, beans, tortillas and a special mango and pineapple sauce.
30. Cochinita Pibil
Marinated baked pork Yucatan style. On a bed of rice and sprinkled with fresh green onions. Served with 3 flour tortillas, beans, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo and tomato. Red onions cooked with lime and habanero served on the side.
Tacos
3 corn tacos and 1 side order choose from Mexican rice, brown rice, guacamole salad with sour cream, black or refried beans.
48. Mole Poblano
Shredded chicken covered with mole poblano sauce and cheese. Served with tortillas.
35. Carne Asada
Grilled skirt meat. Served with Mexican rice, refried beans, guacamole salad, pico de gallo and tortillas.
Tacos al Pastor
Marinated pork in special sauce, onions, cilantro, lime and tomatillo hot sauce. Served with Mexican rice, brown rice, or guacamole salad with sour cream, black or refried beans.
Specialties
21. El Manjar Vaquero
1 chicken enchilada, grilled marinated chicken breast and skirt steak. Served with Mexican rice, black beans and tortillas. Signature El Vaquero dishes.
30. Cochinita Pibil
Marinated baked pork Yucatan style. Served on a bed of rice and sprinkled with fresh green onions. Served with 3 flour tortillas, beans, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo and tomato. Red onions cooked with lime and habanero served on the side. Signature El Vaquero dishes.
31. Enchiladas Cazerola
3 enchiladas (choose from shredded chicken, pork, beef, cheese or beans) with special red sauce, sour cream and green onions. Served with your choice of 2 sides.
4. Burritas Tapatias
2 burritos filled with shredded pork, cooked with sun-dried red pepper sauce, covered with sour cream, lettuce, avocado slices and tomatoes. Signature El Vaquero dishes.
32. Flautas
4 rolled fried corn fried tortillas, mashed potatoes, refried beans, beef tips or shredded chicken. Topped with lettuce, sour cream, tomato, feta and red sauce. Your choice of Mexican rice or beans.
33. Quesadilla Mexicana
A grilled flour tortilla, spread with refried beans, cheese, stuffed with beef tips, shredded chicken or pork carnitas, comes with 2 sides.
36. Carnitas
Delicious roasted pork tips. Served with guacamole salad, pico de gallo, rice, beans, tortillas and a special mango and pineapple sauce.
42. Burritos Deluxe
2 burritos, 1 shredded chicken and 1 ground beef spread with refried beans, topped with lettuce, tomato and sour cream.
34. Molcajete Ranchero
Grilled shrimp, sirloin steak, grilled chicken and Mexican sausage cooked with onion, mushrooms, bell peppers, tomatoes, zucchini and a special red sauce with melted Monterey cheese. Served with 2 sides, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, tomato, pico de gallo and 3 flour tortillas. Signature El Vaquero dishes.
38. Enchiladas Supreme
Supreme combination of 4 enchiladas, 1 chicken, 1 beef, 1 cheese and 1 bean, covered with ranchero sauce, lettuce, sour cream and tomato.
52. Nachos Supreme
Cheese nachos with chicken, beef, beans, lettuce, sour cream and tomato.
144. Burro Grande
Large burrito filled with Mexican rice, refried beans, cheese sauce on top, served with lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo and guacamole on the side. Signature El Vaquero dishes.
146. Burrito San Diego
Signature El Vaquero dishes. 1 burrito filled with Mexican pork sausage, mashed potatoes, covered with cheese sauce. Served with Mexican rice or refried beans, lettuce, tomato and sour cream.
149. Fajita Quesadilla
Grilled flour tortilla stuffed with cheese, grilled bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and mushrooms. Served with Mexican rice or refried beans, sour cream, guacamole salad and tomato.
151. Enchiladas Suizas
3 enchiladas: 1 beef tips, 1 shredded chicken and 1 cheese, covered with fresh green tomatillo sauce. Served with Mexican rice, lettuce, sour cream and tomato. Signature El Vaquero dishes.
152. Chimichanga Supreme
2 soft or deep-fried burritos, with cheese sauce on top, served with Mexican rice or refried beans, sour cream, tomato, guacamole salad. Beef tips or chicken.
Chicken
26. El Vaquero Bowl
Grilled chicken strips, sauteed with zucchini, roasted red and poblano peppers on creamy red sauce or green tomatillo and cheese sauce over a bed of Mexican rice or black beans. This dish does not include a side order.
9. Pollo Margarita
Grilled marinated chicken breast, cooked with black bean corn salsa, in tortilla strips, served with melted Monterey Jack cheddar cheese. Evaporated with El Vaquero original margarita, served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
8. Pollo Adobe
Grilled chicken breast with grilled onions, poblano peppers, mushrooms and melted cheese. Served with tortillas.
11. Tacos de Pollo Marinado
3 marinated chicken soft tacos, topped with feta cheese and cilantro. Served with lettuce, broccoli coleslaw and sour cream. Served with 1 side.
19. Pollo Chipotle
Chicken strips sauteed on medium chipotle sauce. Served with tortillas.
37. Pollo a la Diabla
Chicken strips sauteed on hot diablo sauce. Served with tortillas. Hot and spicy.
170. Pollo Marinado
Grilled marinated chicken breast cooked with onions and mushrooms, covered with Monterrey mixed cheese.
171. El Morro Special
Grilled chicken strips cooked with pineapple and Mexican pork sausage, topped with shredded cheese served over a flour tortilla.
41. Marias
3 chicken enchiladas covered with mole poblano sauce and cheese.
40. Chicken Burrito and Chicken Enchilada
1 burrito and 1 enchilada topped with lettuce, sour cream
and tomato.
48. Mole Poblano
Shredded chicken covered with mole poblano sauce and cheese. Served with tortillas.
148. Pollo Nayarit
Grilled chicken strips over a bed of Mexican rice, covered with melted cheese. Served with guacamole salad, sour cream, tomato, broccoli coleslaw and tortillas. This dish does not include a side order.
153. Pollo Tlaxcala
Grilled chicken strips cooked squash, zucchini, bell peppers, onion and tomatoes, over a bed of Mexican rice, topped with cheese sauce. Served with guacamole salad, sour cream, tomato, broccoli coleslaw, and tortillas. This dish does not include a side order.
141. Pollo Ranchero
Grilled chicken strips sauteed on creamy red sauce. Served with tortillas.
47. Tostadas de Tinga
2 tinga tostadas with shredded chicken cooked with onions and chipotle peppers, topped with lettuce, tomato and feta cheese.
Fajitas
Chicken Fajita
Pork Carnitas Fajita
Delicious roasted pork.
Sirloin Steak Fajita
Vallarta Fajita
Sirloin steak, chicken and shrimp.
Shrimp Fajita
#1 Tacos El Vaquero Style
Tacos de Calabazitas
Cooked zucchini, onion, tomato, corn, and creamy sauce tacos wrapped in lettuce leaf. Topped with feta cheese and cilantro. It comes with chipotle sauce and lime.
Tacos al Pastor
Marinated pork in special sauce, onions, cilantro, lime and tomatillo hot sauce.
Tacos de Pescado
Fish tacos, broccoli coleslaw, chipotle sauce and lime.
Tacos de Carne Asada
Grilled sirloin steak, onions, cilantro, lime and tomatillo hot sauce.
Tacos de Barbacoa de Res
Slow roasted beef BBQ with guajillo sauce, onions, cilantro, lime and tomatillo hot sauce.
Tacos Roberto
Signature El Vaquero dishes. Sweet and spicy marinated chicken, topped with feta cheese, cilantro, lime and tomatillo hot sauce.
Tacos de Tinga
Shredded chicken cooked with onions, chipotle peppers, topped with lettuce, tomato, and feta cheese, served with tomatillo sauce and lime on the side.
Tacos de Carnitas
Roasted pork with special mango and pineapple sauce, lime and tomatillo hot sauce.
Tacos de Barbacoa de Cochinito
Pork BBQ with special mango and pineapple sauce, lime and tomatillo hot sauce.
Tacos de Pollo Marinado
Marinated chicken, onions, cilantro and feta cheese.
Tacos de Chorizo
Homemade Mexican sausage, onions cilantro, hot sauce and lime.
Grilled Shrimp Tacos
3 shrimp per tortilla, broccoli coleslaw, chipotle sauce and lime.
Create Your Own Combo
Pick 1 Combo
Pick 2 Combo
Pick 3 Combo
Almuerzos
33. Quesadilla Mexicana Lunch
A grilled flour tortilla, spread with refried beans, cheese, stuffed with beef tips, shredded chicken or pork carnitas.
6. Burritos Zacatecas Lunch
1 burrito filled with Mexican mashed potatoes, grilled spinach, tomatoes and onions, topped with cheese sauce.
79. Taco Salad Lunch
Crispy flour shell, cheese sauce, lettuce, sour cream, tomato, beef or chicken. This dish does not come with 2 sides.
126. Chimichanga Lunch
Soft or deep fried burrito with cheese sauce on top. Served with sour cream, tomato, and guacamole salad. Beef tips or chicken.
127. Speedy Gonzales Lunch
1 taco and 1 enchilada.
133. Enchiladas Verdes Lunch
2 chicken enchiladas topped with fresh green tomato sauce.
128. Chile Relleno and Taco Lunch
Green poblano pepper stuffed with mozzarella cheese or mashed potatoes or ground beef, coated with eggs, topped with tomato red sauce.
129. Burrito Lunch
Chicken or beef.
130. Enchilada Lunch
Chicken or beef.
132. Burrito and Taco Lunch
Chicken or beef.
134. Burrito and Enchilada Lunch
1 chicken burrito, 1 chicken enchilada with your choice of mole sauce or red sauce.
135. Huevos Rancheros Lunch
2 over easy eggs over corn tortillas, topped with mild red sauce and served with tortillas.
140. Flautas Lunch
2 rolled corn fried tortillas, 1 beef tips 1 shredded chicken, served with guacamole salad sour cream and tomato.
137. Fajitas Express Lunch
Grilled fresh mushrooms, bells pepper, tomatoes, and onions. Served with guacamole salad, sour cream, pico de gallo and tortillas.
157. Quesadillas Vegetales Lunch
A grilled flour tortilla stuffed with onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms and cheese.
159. Burrito Grande Vegetariano
1 large burrito filled with grilled mushrooms, bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, zucchini and squash, served with cheese sauce.
163. Carnitas Express Lunch
Delicious roasted pork tips, guacamole salad, pico de gallo, tortillas with mango and pineapple.
170. Pollo Marinado Lunch
Grilled marinated chicken breast cooked with onions and mushrooms, covered with Monterey mixed cheese.
165. Avocadilla Lunch
1 grilled flour tortilla quesadilla with grilled red and green peppers, zucchini and squash, cheese and avocado.
161. Burrito Jalisco Lunch
1 burrito filled with grilled bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, mushrooms with cheese sauce on trop.
160. Huevos con Chorizo Lunch
Scramble eggs with Mexican pork sausage. Served with tortillas.
171. El Morro Special Lunch
Grilled chicken strips cooked with pineapple and Mexican pork sausage topped with shredded cheese, served over a flour tortilla.
47. Tinga Tostadas Lunch
2 tinga tostadas with shredded chicken cooked with onions and chipotle peppers, topped with lettuce, tomato and sour cream. This dish does not come with 2 sides.
A la Carte
87. Chimichanga
Deep fried burrito beef or chicken with cheese sauce on top, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole and tomato on the side.
88. Tortilla
Flour or corn.
89. Cheese Quesadilla
90. Cheese Quesadilla with Beef
90. Cheese Quesadilla with Chicken
90. Cheese Quesadilla with Mushroom
90. Cheese Quesadilla with Shrimp
91. Chicken Tamale
92. Hard Taco
Beef or chicken.
93. Soft Taco
Beef or chicken.
94. Enchilada
Beef, chicken, bean or cheese.
95. Tostada
Beef or chicken.
96. Burrito
Beef, chicken, bean or cheese.
98. Chile Relleno
Cheese, mashed potatoes or ground beef.
99. French Fries
108. Beans
Refried or black.
109. Mexican Rice
Yellow or brown rice.
Kids Meals
70. Kids Mini Corn Dogs Meal
6 pieces with french fries.
72. Kids Mac N Cheese Meal
Served with french fries.
80. Kids Pizza Meal
Served with french fries.
74. Kids Taco, Mexican Rice and Beans Meal
75. Kids Enchilada, Mexican Rice and Beans Meal
76. Kids Burrito, Mexican Rice and Beans Meal
77. Kids Quesadilla and Mexican Rice Meal
Cheese, beef or chicken.
78. Kids Chicken Fingers with French Fries Meal
3 pieces.
Meal Over 12
Mini Corn Dogs Meal
6 pieces with french fries.
Mac N Cheese Meal
Served with french fries.
Pizza Meal
Served with french fries.
Taco, Mexican Rice and Beans Meal
Enchilada, Mexican Rice and Beans Meal
Burrito, Mexican Rice and Beans Meal
Quesadilla and Mexican Rice Meal
Cheese, beef or chicken.
Chicken Fingers with French Fries Meal
3 pieces.
Postres
Churros
Sweet strip of fried dough dusted with sugar and cinnamon, covered in chocolate syrup and whipped cream.
Flan
Creamy caramel sauce over a silky custard with a taste of Mexican tradition.
Sopapilla
Fried flour tortilla, with honey, butter and cinnamon.
Xangos Cheesecake
Creamy cheesecake wrapped in a pastry tortilla fried golden dusted with cinnamon and sugar.
Fried Ice Cream
Ice cream rolled in corn flakes and cinnamon. Served with your choice of strawberry syrup, chocolate or honey and whipped cream.
Flavored Lemonades and Mexican Bottles
Lemonade
Mexican Bottle
Vaquero Water Bottle
Fountain Drinks
Soda
Green Tea
Iced Tea
Sweet and unsweetened.
Raspberry Tea
Lemonade
Soda Water
Coffee
Hot Tea
Aqua de Horchata
Milk
Juice
Fresh Iced Tea
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Recent Reviews
Every time I come here the servers are absolutely amazing . Never have I ever had to send back an order ... The drinks are cold, service is great, and the food is always fresh fantastic.... Definitely the best place to get Mexican food in Phenix city !!!! I'd give them a ten but it will only let me give five stars 🤩
May 2026
This food was the most spectacular meal I have put in my mouth In a while !! I was passing by while traveling, and wow just wow am I glad we stopped . Even down to the rice and beans being the best rice and beans I’ve quite literally ever had. 10,000 out of 10 would recommend. The service was so fast and the tables and floors were so clean I could smell sanitizer in the menus . I hope this business forever thrives , and may they have many more franchises as good as this one...
February 2026
It is not one of my favorite places, its natural waters are very delicious but their dishes have a lot to like, for everything they want to put beans, rice and guacamole ? and in zason it is not very appetizing to be honest.
September 2024
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