La Piñata Mexican Food Restaurant
5521 N 7th Ave, Phoenix
(602) 279-1763
Customers' Favorites
Carne Asada Shrimp and Shredded Beef Tacos
Cheese Enchilada Taco and Bean Tostada
Tio Pancho's Pollo Con Queso
Tamale with Sauce Taco & Rice
Burro Taco and Bean Tostada
Sopapilla with Honey
Sopapillas with Honey
House Guacamole Dip
Green Chili Marylu
Spinach Enchiladas
Plates To Share
Bite Size Chimis (5)
Five bite-size chimis of your choice of beef or chicken with your choice of dipping sauce on the side.
Cheese Crisp
Large open faced flour tortilla with melted cheeses.
Piñata Appetizers
A selection of miniature chimichangas, flautas, and green corn tamale covered with sauce. Served with our fiesta bean dip & topped with guacamole & cream cheese.
Queso Dip
Your choice of Original Chile Con Queso Dip or Spinach Con Queso Dip served with flour tortilla chips.
Nachos Supremos
Choice of machaca beef, chicken or ground beef. Served with our spicy bean dip on the side. Sour cream and guacamole too!
Mary Lou
An Arizona Favorite! Chile & Meat folded inside a cheese crisp. Served with sour cream on the side.
Charbroiled Quesadilla
Choice of charbroiled chicken or steak and cheese stuffed in a folded flour tortilla. Sour cream and guacamole on the side.
Taquitos (5)
Five fried rolled tacos of your choice of beef or chicken served with choice of dipping sauce on the side.
Machacadilla
Cheese tortilla stuffed with machaca beef or seasoned chicken sauteed with mild peppers, onions & tomatoes. Served with sour cream & guacamole on the side.
Bowl of Guacamole
Guac • Queso Fresco • Pico de Gallo • With flour tortilla chips
Nachos
Corn chips topped with cheese and jalapeños.
Sopas Y Ensaladas
Albondigas Soup
Mexican meatball and vegetable soup with hearty cuts of fresh vegetables. Served with a warm flour tortilla.
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Chicken and veggies in a spicy tomato broth with fried corn tortilla strips, monterey jack cheese, radishes add avocado slices on top. Warm flour tortilla too!
Taco Salad
Spring mix salad greens topped with shredded chicken, machaca beef, or ground beef with cheese, tomatoes, & green onions. Served in a fried tortilla shell with sour cream and guacamole on the side.
Salad Carbon
Marinated steak or chicken tenders grilled up & then layered over fresh salad greens & veggies. Topped with fresh red onion & cheese. Jalapeno-ranch dressing on the side.
Shrimp Tortilla Soup
In a spicy tomato broth with fried corn tortilla strips, monterey jack cheese, radishes and avocado slices on top. Warm flour tortilla too!
Egg Dishes
Chile Relleno Dinner
Whole green chile stuffed with cheese, dipped in a special egg batter deep fried and topped with green sauce and melted cheese. Served with beans, rice & warm flour tortilla.
Chorizo Con Huevos
Spicy Mexican sausage scrambled with eggs. Served with beans, rice & warm tortilla.
Especialidades De La Casa
Yucatan
Deep-fried machaca beef or chicken burro smothered in our famous spinach con queso sauce with your choice of sour cream or jalapeño cream cheese.
Piñata Chimi
Crisp burro filled with grilled seasoned cuts of steak or chicken, covered with sauce (red, green or border). Served with guacamole and sour cream on the side.
Pork Carnitas
Flavorful pork slow-cooked until tender and juicy. Served with our special avocado relish and flour or corn tortillas.
Ranchero Burro
Flour tortilla filled with your choice of prepared ground beef, machaca beef or chicken covered with our ranchero sauce, topped with green chile strips & sour cream & oven baked.
Tio Pancho's Pollo Con Queso
Tender seasoned chicken wrapped in a deep-fried flour tortilla and smothered in our special cheese sauce.
Carne Machaca Dinner
Shredded beef sauteed with tomatoes, onions and mild chile peppers served with flour or corn tortilla.
Combinations
6. Beef or Chicken Tacos (2)
With rice and beans.
1. Enchiladas (2)
Two red or green cheese enchiladas served with rice and beans.
2. Cheese Enchilada, Taco And Bean Tostada
Cheese enchilada, hard shell taco with your choice of protein, and a bean tostada.
8. Cheese Enchilada, Tamale With Sauce & Taco
Cheese enchilada, your choice of tamale with sauce, and your choice of hard shell taco with rice and beans.
4. Burro, Taco And Bean Tostada
Your choice of a red or green chile burro, hard shell taco of your choice, and a bean tostada.
5. Chicken Enchilada, Chicken Taco
With rice and beans.
9. Propietario Especial (Landlord's Special)
"Tamale de la Calle"
Our version of the popular street corn. We plate our sweet green corn tamale with our suiza sauce & top it with mild chili powder, mayo, queso fresco, pico de Gallo & pickled red onions. Served with beans and rice.
7. Cheese Enchilada (1)
Served with sour cream, with rice and beans on the side.
3. Chile Con Carne
Rice, beans & flour tortilla.
Specialty Tacos
Grilled Steak Taco
Served on a soft corn tortilla.
Baja Taco
Beer battered fried fish served on a warm corn tortilla.
Grilled Chicken Taco
Served on a soft corn tortilla.
Shrimp Taco With Melted Cheese
Served on a corn tortilla.
Carnitas Taco
Served on a soft corn tortilla.
Chimichangas
"The Mexican Version Of The Banana Split"
Deep fried burro stuffed with your favorite filling with sour cream, guacamole, cheese, tomatoes, and onions.
Burros
Bean Burro (With Cheese)
Carne Asada Burro
(Steak, guacamole & pico de gallo).
Red Or Green Chile Burro
Fajitas Burro
Ground Beef Burro
Machaca Beef Or Chicken Burro
Pork Carnitas Burro
(With a smear of guacamole & pico de gallo).
Tostadas
Bean Tostada
Guacamole Tostada
Ground Beef Tostada
Machaca Beef Or Chicken Tostada
Tacos
Ground Beef Taco
Hard shell taco topped lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
Chicken Taco
Hard shell taco topped lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
Machaca Taco
Hard shell taco topped lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
Enchiladas
Cheese & Onion Enchilada
Beef (Shredded or Ground) or Chicken Enchilada
Spinach Enchilada
Spinach and cheese enchilada
Tamales (Home Made)
Green Corn Or Red Tamale
Green corn or red (Our red tamales are made with both beef & pork meat).
Sides
Side Spanish Rice
Side Beans
Refried beans topped with melted cheese.
Side of Guacamole
3.5 oz
Small (#6) Corn Chips & Salsa
#6 size chip bag with 3 1/4oz salsa
*Complimentary chips and salsa given with every order, add this item for extra chips and salsa at a cost*
Side of Sour Cream
3.5 oz
Large (#12) Corn Chips & Salsa
Large #12 corn chips with 1/2 pint of Salsa
*Complimentary chips and salsa given with every order, add this item for extra chips and salsa at a cost*
Side of Queso Dip
Side of Jalapeno Cream Cheese
3.5 oz
Chile Relleno
Side of Pico de Gallo
Bowl of Red or Green Chile
Your choice of red or green chile served with tortilla.
Side of Corn Tortillas (4)
Side of Flour Tortillas (2 small)
Side of Flour Tortilla (1 large)
Machaca Beef or Chicken Flauta (1) (corn only)
with guacamole or spicy cream cheese
Luncheon Specials Tuesday-Friday 11am-3pm
C. Burro Of Your Choice
(Red, green, bean, machaca, ground beef or chicken) enchilada style, rice & beans.
G. Tacos (2)
Two tacos of your choice with rice & beans.
F. Pollo Con Queso
Tender seasoned chicken wrapped in a deep-fried flour tortilla and smothered in our special cheese sauce with rice & beans.
H. Chimichanga (Chicken Or Beef)
Sauce, rice & beans, sour cream garnish.
A. Taco Salad
Spring mix salad greens topped with shredded chicken, machaca beef, or ground beef with cheese, tomatoes, & green onions. Served in a fried tortilla shell with sour cream and guacamole on the side.
J. Spinach Enchilada Suiza
With rice and beans, and sour cream garnish.
E. "There's A Taco In My Burro"
Ground beef, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese & onions all rolled together in a large flour tortilla.
D. Tamale With Sauce, Taco & Rice
Your choice of a red or green corn tamale with sauce on top, your choice of hard taco, and rice.
K. Tamale
(Red or green, no sauce) with beans & rice.
B. Enchilada
One enchilada of your choice (Cheese & Onion/Machaca Beef/Ground Beef/Chicken) with rice & beans.
I. Black Bean Tostada Especial
Sour cream garnish.
L. Flauta (Beef Or Chicken)
(Corn Only)
Plates To Share
Bite Size Chimis (5)
Five bite-size chimis of your choice of beef or chicken with your choice of dipping sauce on the side.
Cheese Crisp
Large open faced flour tortilla with melted cheeses.
Piñata Appetizers
A selection of miniature chimichangas, flautas, and green corn tamale covered with sauce. Served with our fiesta bean dip & topped with guacamole & cream cheese.
Queso Dip
Your choice of Original Chile Con Queso Dip or Spinach Con Queso Dip served with flour tortilla chips.
Nachos Supremos
Choice of machaca beef, chicken or ground beef. Served with our spicy bean dip on the side. Sour cream and guacamole too!
Mary Lou
An Arizona Favorite! Chile & Meat folded inside a cheese crisp. Served with sour cream on the side.
Charbroiled Quesadilla
Choice of charbroiled chicken or steak and cheese stuffed in a folded flour tortilla. Sour cream and guacamole on the side.
Taquitos (5)
Five fried rolled tacos of your choice of beef or chicken served with choice of dipping sauce on the side.
Machacadilla
Cheese tortilla stuffed with machaca beef or seasoned chicken sauteed with mild peppers, onions & tomatoes. Served with sour cream & guacamole on the side.
Bowl of Guacamole
Guac • Queso Fresco • Pico de Gallo • With flour tortilla chips
Nachos
Corn chips topped with cheese and jalapeños.
Egg Dishes
Chile Relleno Dinner
Whole green chile stuffed with cheese, dipped in a special egg batter deep fried and topped with green sauce and melted cheese. Served with beans, rice & warm flour tortilla.
Chorizo Con Huevos
Spicy Mexican sausage scrambled with eggs. Served with beans, rice & warm tortilla.
Especialidades De La Casa
Yucatan
Deep-fried machaca beef or chicken burro smothered in our famous spinach con queso sauce with your choice of sour cream or jalapeño cream cheese.
Piñata Chimi
Crisp burro filled with grilled seasoned cuts of steak or chicken, covered with sauce (red, green or border). Served with guacamole and sour cream on the side.
Pork Carnitas
Flavorful pork slow-cooked until tender and juicy. Served with our special avocado relish and flour or corn tortillas.
Ranchero Burro
Flour tortilla filled with your choice of prepared ground beef, machaca beef or chicken covered with our ranchero sauce, topped with green chile strips & sour cream & oven baked.
Tio Pancho's Pollo Con Queso
Tender seasoned chicken wrapped in a deep-fried flour tortilla and smothered in our special cheese sauce.
Carne Machaca Dinner
Shredded beef sauteed with tomatoes, onions and mild chile peppers served with flour or corn tortilla.
Combinations
6. Beef or Chicken Tacos (2)
With rice and beans.
1. Enchiladas (2)
Two red or green cheese enchiladas served with rice and beans.
2. Cheese Enchilada, Taco And Bean Tostada
Cheese enchilada, hard shell taco with your choice of protein, and a bean tostada.
8. Cheese Enchilada, Tamale With Sauce & Taco
Cheese enchilada, your choice of tamale with sauce, and your choice of hard shell taco with rice and beans.
4. Burro, Taco And Bean Tostada
Your choice of a red or green chile burro, hard shell taco of your choice, and a bean tostada.
5. Chicken Enchilada, Chicken Taco
With rice and beans.
9. Propietario Especial (Landlord's Special)
"Tamale de la Calle"
Our version of the popular street corn. We plate our sweet green corn tamale with our suiza sauce & top it with mild chili powder, mayo, queso fresco, pico de Gallo & pickled red onions. Served with beans and rice.
7. Cheese Enchilada (1)
Served with sour cream, with rice and beans on the side.
3. Chile Con Carne
Rice, beans & flour tortilla.
Specialty Tacos
Grilled Steak Taco
Served on a soft corn tortilla.
Baja Taco
Beer battered fried fish served on a warm corn tortilla.
Grilled Chicken Taco
Served on a soft corn tortilla.
Shrimp Taco With Melted Cheese
Served on a corn tortilla.
Carnitas Taco
Served on a soft corn tortilla.
Chimichangas
"The Mexican Version Of The Banana Split"
Deep fried burro stuffed with your favorite filling with sour cream, guacamole, cheese, tomatoes, and onions.
Burros
Bean Burro (With Cheese)
Carne Asada Burro
(Steak, guacamole & pico de gallo).
Red Or Green Chile Burro
Fajitas Burro
Ground Beef Burro
Machaca Beef Or Chicken Burro
Pork Carnitas Burro
(With a smear of guacamole & pico de gallo).
Tostadas
Bean Tostada
Guacamole Tostada
Ground Beef Tostada
Machaca Beef Or Chicken Tostada
Tacos
Ground Beef Taco
Hard shell taco topped lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
Chicken Taco
Hard shell taco topped lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
Machaca Taco
Hard shell taco topped lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
Enchiladas
Cheese & Onion Enchilada
Beef (Shredded or Ground) or Chicken Enchilada
Spinach Enchilada
Spinach and cheese enchilada
Tamales (Home Made)
Green Corn Or Red Tamale
Green corn or red (Our red tamales are made with both beef & pork meat).
Sides
Side Spanish Rice
Side Beans
Refried beans topped with melted cheese.
Side of Guacamole
3.5 oz
Small (#6) Corn Chips & Salsa
#6 size chip bag with 3 1/4oz salsa
*Complimentary chips and salsa given with every order, add this item for extra chips and salsa at a cost*
Side of Sour Cream
3.5 oz
Large (#12) Corn Chips & Salsa
Large #12 corn chips with 1/2 pint of Salsa
*Complimentary chips and salsa given with every order, add this item for extra chips and salsa at a cost*
Side of Queso Dip
Side of Jalapeno Cream Cheese
3.5 oz
Chile Relleno
Side of Pico de Gallo
Bowl of Red or Green Chile
Your choice of red or green chile served with tortilla.
Side of Corn Tortillas (4)
Side of Flour Tortillas (2 small)
Side of Flour Tortilla (1 large)
Machaca Beef or Chicken Flauta (1) (corn only)
with guacamole or spicy cream cheese
Sopas Y Ensaladas 2
Albondigas Soup
Mexican meatball and vegetable soup with hearty cuts of fresh vegetables. Served with a warm flour tortilla.
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Chicken and veggies in a spicy tomato broth with fried corn tortilla strips, monterey jack cheese, radishes add avocado slices on top. Warm flour tortilla too!
Taco Salad
Spring mix salad greens topped with shredded chicken, machaca beef, or ground beef with cheese, tomatoes, & green onions. Served in a fried tortilla shell with sour cream and guacamole on the side.
Shrimp Tortilla Soup
In a spicy tomato broth with fried corn tortilla strips, monterey jack cheese, radishes and avocado slices on top. Warm flour tortilla too!
Salad Carbon
Marinated steak or chicken tenders grilled up & then layered over fresh salad greens & veggies. Topped with fresh red onion & cheese. Jalapeno-ranch dressing on the side.
Plates To Share
Bite Size Chimis (5)
Five bite-size chimis of your choice of beef or chicken with your choice of dipping sauce on the side.
Cheese Crisp
Large open faced flour tortilla with melted cheeses.
Piñata Appetizers
A selection of miniature chimichangas, flautas, and green corn tamale covered with sauce. Served with our fiesta bean dip & topped with guacamole & cream cheese.
Queso Dip
Your choice of Original Chile Con Queso Dip or Spinach Con Queso Dip served with flour tortilla chips.
Nachos Supremos
Choice of machaca beef, chicken or ground beef. Served with our spicy bean dip on the side. Sour cream and guacamole too!
Mary Lou
An Arizona Favorite! Chile & Meat folded inside a cheese crisp. Served with sour cream on the side.
Charbroiled Quesadilla
Choice of charbroiled chicken or steak and cheese stuffed in a folded flour tortilla. Sour cream and guacamole on the side.
Taquitos (5)
Five fried rolled tacos of your choice of beef or chicken served with choice of dipping sauce on the side.
Machacadilla
Cheese tortilla stuffed with machaca beef or seasoned chicken sauteed with mild peppers, onions & tomatoes. Served with sour cream & guacamole on the side.
Bowl of Guacamole
Guac • Queso Fresco • Pico de Gallo • With flour tortilla chips
Nachos
Corn chips topped with cheese and jalapeños.
Sopas Y Ensaladas
Albondigas Soup
Mexican meatball and vegetable soup with hearty cuts of fresh vegetables. Served with a warm flour tortilla.
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Chicken and veggies in a spicy tomato broth with fried corn tortilla strips, monterey jack cheese, radishes add avocado slices on top. Warm flour tortilla too!
Taco Salad
Spring mix salad greens topped with shredded chicken, machaca beef, or ground beef with cheese, tomatoes, & green onions. Served in a fried tortilla shell with sour cream and guacamole on the side.
Salad Carbon
Marinated steak or chicken tenders grilled up & then layered over fresh salad greens & veggies. Topped with fresh red onion & cheese. Jalapeno-ranch dressing on the side.
Shrimp Tortilla Soup
In a spicy tomato broth with fried corn tortilla strips, monterey jack cheese, radishes and avocado slices on top. Warm flour tortilla too!
Egg Dishes
Chile Relleno Dinner
Whole green chile stuffed with cheese, dipped in a special egg batter deep fried and topped with green sauce and melted cheese. Served with beans, rice & warm flour tortilla.
Chorizo Con Huevos
Spicy Mexican sausage scrambled with eggs. Served with beans, rice & warm tortilla.
Especialidades De La Casa
Yucatan
Deep-fried machaca beef or chicken burro smothered in our famous spinach con queso sauce with your choice of sour cream or jalapeño cream cheese.
Piñata Chimi
Crisp burro filled with grilled seasoned cuts of steak or chicken, covered with sauce (red, green or border). Served with guacamole and sour cream on the side.
Pork Carnitas
Flavorful pork slow-cooked until tender and juicy. Served with our special avocado relish and flour or corn tortillas.
Ranchero Burro
Flour tortilla filled with your choice of prepared ground beef, machaca beef or chicken covered with our ranchero sauce, topped with green chile strips & sour cream & oven baked.
Tio Pancho's Pollo Con Queso
Tender seasoned chicken wrapped in a deep-fried flour tortilla and smothered in our special cheese sauce.
Carne Machaca Dinner
Shredded beef sauteed with tomatoes, onions and mild chile peppers served with flour or corn tortilla.
Combinations
6. Beef or Chicken Tacos (2)
With rice and beans.
1. Enchiladas (2)
Two red or green cheese enchiladas served with rice and beans.
2. Cheese Enchilada, Taco And Bean Tostada
Cheese enchilada, hard shell taco with your choice of protein, and a bean tostada.
8. Cheese Enchilada, Tamale With Sauce & Taco
Cheese enchilada, your choice of tamale with sauce, and your choice of hard shell taco with rice and beans.
4. Burro, Taco And Bean Tostada
Your choice of a red or green chile burro, hard shell taco of your choice, and a bean tostada.
5. Chicken Enchilada, Chicken Taco
With rice and beans.
9. Propietario Especial (Landlord's Special)
"Tamale de la Calle"
Our version of the popular street corn. We plate our sweet green corn tamale with our suiza sauce & top it with mild chili powder, mayo, queso fresco, pico de Gallo & pickled red onions. Served with beans and rice.
7. Cheese Enchilada (1)
Served with sour cream, with rice and beans on the side.
3. Chile Con Carne
Rice, beans & flour tortilla.
Specialty Tacos
Grilled Steak Taco
Served on a soft corn tortilla.
Baja Taco
Beer battered fried fish served on a warm corn tortilla.
Grilled Chicken Taco
Served on a soft corn tortilla.
Shrimp Taco With Melted Cheese
Served on a corn tortilla.
Carnitas Taco
Served on a soft corn tortilla.
Chimichangas
"The Mexican Version Of The Banana Split"
Deep fried burro stuffed with your favorite filling with sour cream, guacamole, cheese, tomatoes, and onions.
Burros
Bean Burro (With Cheese)
Carne Asada Burro
(Steak, guacamole & pico de gallo).
Red Or Green Chile Burro
Fajitas Burro
Ground Beef Burro
Machaca Beef Or Chicken Burro
Pork Carnitas Burro
(With a smear of guacamole & pico de gallo).
Tostadas
Bean Tostada
Guacamole Tostada
Ground Beef Tostada
Machaca Beef Or Chicken Tostada
Tacos
Ground Beef Taco
Hard shell taco topped lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
Chicken Taco
Hard shell taco topped lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
Machaca Taco
Hard shell taco topped lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
Enchiladas
Cheese & Onion Enchilada
Beef (Shredded or Ground) or Chicken Enchilada
Spinach Enchilada
Spinach and cheese enchilada
Tamales (Home Made)
Green Corn Or Red Tamale
Green corn or red (Our red tamales are made with both beef & pork meat).
Sides
Side Spanish Rice
Side Beans
Refried beans topped with melted cheese.
Side of Guacamole
3.5 oz
Small (#6) Corn Chips & Salsa
#6 size chip bag with 3 1/4oz salsa
*Complimentary chips and salsa given with every order, add this item for extra chips and salsa at a cost*
Side of Sour Cream
3.5 oz
Large (#12) Corn Chips & Salsa
Large #12 corn chips with 1/2 pint of Salsa
*Complimentary chips and salsa given with every order, add this item for extra chips and salsa at a cost*
Side of Queso Dip
Side of Jalapeno Cream Cheese
3.5 oz
Chile Relleno
Side of Pico de Gallo
Bowl of Red or Green Chile
Your choice of red or green chile served with tortilla.
Side of Corn Tortillas (4)
Side of Flour Tortillas (2 small)
Side of Flour Tortilla (1 large)
Machaca Beef or Chicken Flauta (1) (corn only)
with guacamole or spicy cream cheese
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Recent Reviews
This is a true neighborhood restaurant. The loyalists have been coming here for decades. It's a great family hang, and the food is terrific. The portions are very large and the prices are moderate. I really enjoy this joint.
June 2025
Me & my Mexican Wife have been coming to Lapinata @ least 3 times a week for the last few years. Service is 10 out 10
Drinks 10 of of 10, and the Food is a 10 out of 10. Making La pinata our go to Mexican Restaurant in Phoenix. Jose and Maggie
make some of the the best Margaritas - If you Like Mexican food and dont try this restaurant 😋 then im very sad for you....Some Very delicious dining 🌯
Drinks 10 of of 10, and the Food is a 10 out of 10. Making La pinata our go to Mexican Restaurant in Phoenix. Jose and Maggie
make some of the the best Margaritas - If you Like Mexican food and dont try this restaurant 😋 then im very sad for you....Some Very delicious dining 🌯
June 2025
We go to this restaurant every time my brother comes to visit us from out of town. The food is consistently great, and the Service is consistently great. The atmosphere is inviting. It's always a good all-around experience. Been comming here since 2017.
January 2025
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