El Jefe Tacos & Sushi - Tempe

2155 E University Dr UNIT 116, Tempe
(480) 885-5333

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Build Your Own Breakfast Burrito
Carne Asada Street Taco
Al Pastor Street Tacos
Split Decision Burrito
Street Tacos Plate 1
Quesabirria Tacos
Carne Asada Tacos
Birria Quesataco
Chips and Queso
Birria Qusataco

Menu

Featured items
Horchata
4 Street Tacos Plate
Mexican Soda
Birria Quesadilla
12 inch flour tortilla filled with cheese, birria meat, cilantro and onions on side, salsa and a side of consome for dipping.
Fresh Squeeze Lemonade
Birria Burrito
Flour tortilla filled with Spanish rice, oaxaca cheese, beef birria, cilantro and onions comes with cup of consome. (rice cannot be removed)
Asada Fries
Fries loaded with cheese, carne asada or choice of protein, pico de gallo, salsa, guacamole, and sour cream.
Red Birria Taco
Tortilla filled with beef birria (priced per taco comes with consome)
Asada burrito
Flour tortilla filled with rice, beans, carne asada (steak), pico de gallo, guacamole, and salsa.

El Jefe Breakfast Menu
Bacon, chorizo, potatoes, egg and cheese burrito
Bacon, chorizo, potatoes, egg and cheese wrapped inside a flour tortilla, comes with choice of red or green salsa.
Steak, potatoes, egg and cheese
Steak, potatoes egg and cheese wrapped inside a flour tortilla
Bacon, Potatoes and Eggs Burrito
Flour tortilla filled with bacon, eggs, potatoes and Mexican cheese blend, comes with choice of green or red salsa
Papas Con Chorizo Burrito
Flour tortilla filled with potatoes, chorizo, mexican cheese blend and guacamole comes with choice of green or red salsa
Chorizo Burritos
Flour tortilla filled with eggs and chorizo, comes with choice of green or red salsa.
Egg and Cheese Burrito
Flour tortilla filled with eggs and Mexican cheese blend, comes with choice of green or red salsa.
Huevos Rancheros Skillet
Crispy potatoes bed topped with 2 sunny side up eggs smothered with cooked salsa casera.
Steak, egg and cheese burrito
Steak, egg and cheese burrito
Bacon and Eggs Burrito
Flour tortilla filled with bacon, and eggs, comes with choice of green or red salsa
Ranchero Burrito
Grilled onion, tomatoes, and jalapenos with eggs and cheese.

House Specialties
El Jefe Box
Our pizza box filled with jefe nachos, asada fries, and 3 street tacos with cilantro and onions
Asada Fries
Fries loaded with cheese, carne asada or choice of protein, pico de gallo, salsa, guacamole, and sour cream.
Small Jefe Nachos
Tortilla chips loaded with cheese, your choice of protein, pico de gallo, salsa, avocado sauce, jalapenos, and sour cream.
El Jefe Nachos
Tortilla chips in a pizza box loaded with cheese, your choice of protein, pico de gallo, salsa, avocado sauce, jalapenos, and sour cream.
Rice Bowl
Bowl filled with Spanish rice, pinto beans, choice of protein, pico de gallo, salsa, guacamole, and sour cream.
1 lb. Family Pack
1 lb. of meat of your choice or could be split into 2 types, comes with 15 corn tortillas, salsas, guacamole sauce, and cilantro or onions.
2 lb. Family Pack
2 lb. of meat of your choice or could be split between 2 types proteins, comes with 30 corn tortillas, salsas, guacamole sauce, and cilantro or onions.
Fracho Box
Pizza box filled with 1/2 asada fries and 1/2 Jefe nachos, in case you can't make up your mind on either get both.

Birria Menu
Birria Quesadilla
12 inch flour tortilla filled with cheese, birria meat, cilantro and onions on side, salsa and a side of consome for dipping.
Red Birria Taco
Tortilla filled with beef birria (priced per taco comes with consome)
Quesabirria
Two tortillas filled with cheese, birria, onions and cilantro, comes with consome
Red Birria Quesataco
tortilla filled with melted cheese and beef birria (price per taco comes with consome)
Birria Burrito
Flour tortilla filled with Spanish rice, oaxaca cheese, beef birria, cilantro and onions comes with cup of consome. (rice cannot be removed)
Birria Nachos
Tortilla chips, topped with nacho cheese, birria meat, cilantro and onions, salsa, and sour cream.
Mini Birria chimis
4 Mini birria chimis topped with cilantro and onions, choice of salsa, and served with a side of consome.
Birria Fries
Fries covered with nacho cheese, birria meat, cilantro and onions, salsa and sour cream.

Burritos
Asada burrito
Flour tortilla filled with rice, beans, carne asada (steak), pico de gallo, guacamole, and salsa.
Munchies Burrito
Flour tortilla filled with fries, pastor. carne asada, nacho cheese, pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream, and choice of salsa.
Birria Burrito
Flour tortilla filled with Spanish rice, oaxaca cheese, beef birria, cilantro and onions comes with cup of consome. (rice cannot be removed)
Chicken Burrito
Flour tortilla filled with rice, beans, grilled chicken , pico de gallo, guacamole, and salsa.
Al Pastor burrito
Flour tortilla filled with rice, beans, Al Pastor (marinated pork), pico de gallo, guacamole, and salsa.
Carnitas burrito
Flour tortilla filled with rice, beans, Carnitas (marinated pork), pico de gallo, guacamole, and choice of salsa on the side.
Cali Burrito
Flour tortilla filled with , choice of protein, pico de gallo, guacamole,sour cream, cheddar cheese and choice of salsa on the side.
Split decision burrito
When you can"t select only one protein, flour tortilla filled with rice, beans, pico de gallo, guacamole, and salsa.
Bean and cheese burrito

Tacos
4 Street Tacos Plate
Tacos
Flour or corn tortilla filled with choice of protein, salsas, guacamole sauce, and cilantro or onions.
Red Birria Taco
Tortilla filled with beef birria (priced per taco comes with consome)
Rolled taquitos (flautas)
4 rolled taquitos of your choice topped with lettuce, pico de gallo and cotija cheese, served with choice of salsa, sour cream and our avocado sauce.
Red Birria Quesataco
tortilla filled with melted cheese and beef birria (price per taco comes with consome)
Baja Fish Taco
Beer battered fish covered in our slaw and topped with our cilantro lime sauce or chipotle aioli.
Baja Shrimp Taco
Beer battered shrimp covered in our slaw and topped with our cilantro lime sauce or chipotle aioli.
Grilled Adobada Shrimp Taco
Grilled Adobada Fish Taco
Beer battered cod in a corn tortilla, topped with our slaw and choice of chipotle aioli or cilantro lime sauce.
Carne Asada Street Taco
4.5'' corn tortilla filled with carne asada, salsas, guacamole sauce, and cilantro or onions.
2 Taco Plate with Rice and Beans
Rolled taquito plate (flautas)
Taquito plate with rice, beans and 4 rolled taquitos of your choice topped with lettuce, pico de gallo and cotija cheese, served with choice of salsa, sour cream and our avocado sauce.
Al Pastor Street tacos
4.5'' corn tortilla filled with Pastor meat (marinated pork) , salsas, guacamole sauce, and cilantro or onions.
Quesatacos
6 inch tortilla filled with melted cheese, choice of protein, cilantro, onions and choice of salsa.
Chicken Street Tacos
4.5'' corn tortilla filled with chicken, salsas, guacamole sauce, and cilantro or onions.(optional)
Carnitas stree tacos
4.5'' corn tortilla filled with carnitas (pork) choice of salsa, guacamole sauce, and cilantro or onions.

Quesadillas
Quesadillas with Meat
Flour tortilla filled with melted cheese, choice of protein, pico de gallo, served with salsa and guacamole.
Quesabirria
Two tortillas filled with cheese, birria, onions and cilantro, comes with consome
Quesadillas
Flour tortilla filled with melted cheese served with salsa, and guacamole sauce.
Loaded Corn quesadilla
2 Corn tortillas filled with our Mexican blend of cheese and choice of meat, comes with salsa and avocado sauce.
Corn quesadilla
2 Corn tortillas filled with our Mexican blend of cheese, comes with choice of salsa and avocado sauce.

Fajitas
Fajita burrito
Choice of meat with green peppers, onions, mozzarella cheese, sour cream, pico de gallo, guacamole, rice, beans, and choice of salsa.
Fajita Bowl
Choice of meat with green peppers, onions, mozzarella cheese, sour cream, pico de gallo, guacamole, rice, beans, and choice of salsa.
Chicken Fajitas
Chicken with green peppers, onions,mozzarella cheese, sour cream, tortillas, rice, beans, and choice of salsa.
Carne asada Fajitas (steak)
Angus carne asada with green peppers, onions, mozzarella cheese, sour cream, tortillas, rice, beans, and choice of salsa.
Fajita combo
Angus carne asada, chicken, shrimp sauteed with green peppers, mozzarella cheese, onions, sour cream, tortillas, rice, beans, and choice of salsa.
Shrimp fajitas
Sauteed shrimp with green peppers, mozzarella cheese, onions, tortillas, rice, beans, sour cream and choice of salsa.

Family meals
1 lb. Family Pack
1 lb. of meat of your choice or could be split different proteins , comes with 15 tortillas, salsas, guacamole sauce, and cilantro or onions.
2 lb. Family Pack
2 lb. of meat of your choice or could be split between different proteins, comes with 30 tortillas, salsas, guacamole sauce, and cilantro or onions.

Sides
Side of Rice
Spanish rice.
Side of Beans
Pinto beans.
Side of Guacamole
House-made guacamole.
Side of Salsa
half a pint of our made from scratch salsa, choose either red or green.
Chips and queso
Tortilla chips with our Queso Dip
Chips and Salsa
Tortilla chips with choice of green or red salsa.
Chips and Guacamole
Tortilla chips with housemade guacamole.
Side of Queso
Half a pint of our Queso Dip
Habanero House Salsa
Half a pint of our habanero salsa for those feeling adventurous our the brave ones.

El Jefe sushi
Vegas Roll
salmon, cream cheese, and crab mix , topped with eel sauce
Spicy tuna roll
spicy tuna and cucumber 6.99
California Roll
Crab mix, avocado, and cucumber, topped with toasted sesame seeds
El Picoso
salmon,crab,habanero,avocado cream cheese rolled in panko and deepfried topped with jalapeno eel sauce spicy mayo
Split Decision roll
California roll, topped with spicy tuna, eel sauce, spicy mayo, and wasabi mayo
Shrimp Tempura Roll
5 piece roll Shrimp tempura, crab mix, cucumber, and avocado
Ceviche roll
cucumber, avocado, crab mix topped with salmon, lemon and house made ceviche, drizzled with habanero ponzu, and wasabi mayo
El Jefe Roll
California roll, topped with salmon, spicy mayo, eel sauce, green onion, and seared for a smoky finish
Alaska Roll
California roll, topped with salmon
Rainbow Roll
california roll topped with tuna, salmon, yellowtail, shrimp, and avocado.
Philly Roll
salmon, cucumber, and cream cheese
El Poke roll
california roll topped with tuna avocado and poke sauce
Surf and turf roll
Avocado, cream cheese, cucumber, asada and shrimp tempura, rolled in rice and fried in tempura and panko for extra crunchy roll. Topped with eel sauce and house sauce.

Drinks
Horchata
Mexican Soda
Fresh Squeeze Lemonade
Water Bottle
Monster Energy Drink

Desserts
Churros
3 leches strawberry cake
3 Leches vanilla cake
Vanilla banana cream cake
Chocolate Oreo Cake
3 Leches chocolate cake
Choco flan
chocolate cake covered with flan for a delicious combination
Carrot with cream cheese cake
Pina colada cake
3 Leches cheescake

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Recent Reviews

Food was exceptionally flavorful and seasoned well. We ordered the ramen, tacos, and the Phoenix roll. We went to here as they were one of the late night spots still open.
*This along with a hibiscus drink (large) and a cola! Approximately 50$. *

Service was simple, kind, order at the register- type of spot.

Ambiance wasn't busy for a Sunday night but the vibes were there, and I can imagine they get busy and can handle a lot...
January 2026
El jefe tacos has always been my favorite, I love the variety of food the taste and the cakes!!! I highly recommend it specially the customer service Sergio, Santiago omg I spaced out his name it starts with S …was very accommodating and very knowledgeable and great customer support via phone! I usually go in person this time I uber eats it, and he made sure he met my requests as needed. Thank you oh and spend a little more to get that 🔥 🌶️ salsa habanera very delicious...
January 2026
Few months ago, while down with COVID I had a food delivery from this restaurant that was amazing. Today I realized I was in the neighborhood, so I stopped in to order take out.
Friendly staff, nice open floor space. Very clean. The young man at the counter politely explained the menu and answered all my questions.

I ordered four speciality soft tacos, two side along with chips and salsa. We had four different sauces and sauces. Total before tip was...
January 2026

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El Jefe Tacos & Sushi - Tempe

2155 E University Dr UNIT 116, Tempe, AZ 85281
(480) 885-5333