Avila's El Ranchito

24406 Muirlands Blvd, Lake Forest
(949) 855-4989

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Customers' Favorites

Street Tacos De Carne Asada
Mexican Rice Beans Chips
Quesadilla Eggcelente
Pollo Cuernavaca
Chicken Fajitas
Chips with Salsa
Shrimp Fajitas
Chips and Salsa
Azteca Burrito
Tacos & Caldo

Menu

Antojitos
Small Bag of Chips
Feeds 5-8 people
Pint of House Salsa
Our famous Avila's house table salsa. Feeds 4-6 people
Avila's Appetizer Special
A combination of bite-size taquitos, flautas, tacos, nachos, and a quesadilla, garnished with guacamole and sour cream.
Quesadilla
A flour tortilla filled with Monterey jack and cheddar cheeses then grilled until it's ready to melt in your mouth. Served with guacamole and sour cream.
Guacamole Ole
A blend of ripe avocados, tomatoes, and onions brought to life with a touch of garlic and fresh lime.
Nachos Especial
Shredded beef or chicken topped with guacamole and sour cream.
Large Bag of Chips
Feeds 10-15 people
Ceviche
Fresh diced shrimp or fresh fish (Swai) marinated in a garlic-lime sauce, mixed with pico de gallo, and laid on a bed of lettuce on top of a crispy corn tortilla with fresh avocado and tomato slices.
Quart of House Salsa
Our famous Avila's house table salsa. Feeds 8-10 people.
Chingolingas Appetizer
A flaky pastry stuffed with shredded chicken or beef. Served with sour cream and guacamole.
Nachos Ranchera
Freshly made corn tortilla chips smothered with salsa ranchera then topped with a blend of melted cheeses.
Sal's Quesadilla (4 pcs)
4 veggie quesadilla pieces made with corn tortilla, served with chile negro and sour cream.
Coctel de Camarones
Succulent shrimp, freshly squeezed lime juice, spicy cilantro, and ripe avocado tossed in a tasty Mexican cóctel.

Caldos
Mama's Avila Soup
Delicious fresh chicken broth soup with chicken breast and rice garnished with cilantro, onion, tomato, avocado, lime, and fresh tortillas. Large Soup
Tacos and Caldo
A cup of our delicious Mama Avila's soup served with two crispy tacos, choice of shredded beef or shredded chicken.
Albondigas Soup
A vegetable meatball soup served with tortillas.
Tortilla Soup
Mixed vegetable soup with chicken breast and melted cheese. Topped with tortilla strips.

Ensaladas
Cilantro Lime Chicken
Charbroiled chicken breast on a bed of greens, celery, cucumbers, and sliced tomatoes with cilantro lime dressing on the side.
Grande Taco Salad
A flaky flour tortilla filled with fresh lettuce, beans, and your choice of shredded beef, ground beef, shredded chicken, char-broiled chicken, or grilled veggies topped with pico de gallo, cheese, guacamole, and sour cream.
Tostada
Shredded beef, chicken, carnitas, or grilled veggies on a crispy corn tortilla with beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, cheese, guacamole, and sour cream.
Azteca Salad
Charbroiled chicken breast strips tossed with black beans on a bed of crispy salad greens topped with cheese, chopped bell pepper, corn kernels, and tortilla croutons with cilantro lime dressing on the side.
Guacamole Tostada
Guacamole, refried beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, and cheese on top of a crispy corn tortilla.

Enchiladas
Cheese Enchilada with Sour Cream
Shredded Chicken Enchilada with Sour Cream
Asada Enchilada with Sour Cream
Veggie Enchilada with Sour Cream
Mushrooms, carrots, and zucchini.
Carnitas Enchilada with Sour Cream
Shredded Enchilada Beef with Sour Cream

Burritos
Bean and Cheese Burrito
California Burrito
Grilled steak, French fries, and cheese wrapped in a flour tortilla.
Fiesta Burrito
Grilled chicken, steak, Chile Verde, or carnitas with fresco beans, pico de gallo, and rice.
Fajita Steak Burrito
Chicken and Rice Burrito
Carnitas Burrito with Beans
Fajita Shrimp Burrito
With bell pepper, grilled onions, tomato, and rice.
Steak Picado Burrito
Steak prepared in bite-size chunks with bell peppers, onions, and garden-fresh.
Beef and Beans Burrito
Nothing But Meat Burrito
Meat only burrito with choice of shredded chicken or shredded beef.
Grilled Chicken Burrito
Grilled Veggie and Rice Burrito
Mushrooms, carrots, and zucchini.
Chile Verde Burrito with Beans
Chile Relleno Burrito
Our traditional style Relleno, rice, and beans.
Chicken Picado Burrito
Chicken breast prepared in bite-size chunks with bell peppers, onions, and garden-fresh.
Fajita Fish Burrito
With bell pepper, grilled onions, tomato, and rice.

Combinaciones Frescos
Potato Tacos
Two crispy tacos stuffed with Mama's potatoes, lettuce, cheese, and pico de gallo.
Pollo Asado
Charbroiled chicken breast cooked to perfection, topped with a grilled poblano chile ranchera or tomatillo salsa, and served with fresh handmade tortillas.
Quesadilla Vegetarian
Flour tortilla grilled with jack and cheddar cheeses, filled with grilled veggies (mushrooms, carrots, zucchini), served with guacamole and sour cream.
Natalie's Special
Grilled veggies (mushrooms, carrots, and zucchini), grilled potatoes, bell peppers, and onions, served with black beans and salad, topped with cilantro lime dressing and avocado slices.

Create Your Own Combination
Create Your Own Combination (2 Items)
Create Your Own Combination (1 Item)

Tradicionales
Sizzling Fajitas Skillet
Served on a colorful medley of garden-fresh vegetables (bell pepper and onions).
Carne Asada
Choice IBP flat steak (cooked well) authentic Mexican style topped with two grilled whole green onions.
Mixed 2-Item Combo Sizzling Fajitas Skillet
Served on a colorful medley of garden-fresh vegetables (bell pepper and onions).
Mixed 3-Item Combo Sizzling Fajitas Skillet
Served on a colorful medley of garden chunks of pork marinated and sautéed in a light sauce with bell pepper and onion fresh vegetables (bell pepper and onions).
Carnitas
Delicious chunks of lean pork marinated with lime and garlic. Tender and juicy inside, slightly crispy outside. Served with our famous chile negro salsa.
Chile Verde
Chunks of pork marinated and sautéed in a light sauce with bell pepper and onion.
Camarones
Large wild-caught Mazatlán shrimp sautéed in your choice of sauce.
Chicken and Mole
Chicken breast simmered in Mama Avila's mole sauce. Served with sour cream. Absolutely delicious.
Steak Picado
Steak prepared in bite-size chunks with bell peppers, onions, garden-fresh tomatoes, and our special seasoning.
Pepe's Special (Asada Encebollada)
Tender strips of Asada served on a skillet of grilled onions, then accented with Mama Avila's own chile negro salsa. Served with rice, beans, and handmade corn tortillas.
Tampiquena
Carne asada IBP choice flat steak (cooked well) topped with two grilled whole green onions, served with a cheese enchilada with red or green salsa.
Chicken Picado
Chicken breast prepared in bite-size chunks with bell peppers, onions, and garden-fresh tomatoes and our special seasoning.

El Ranchito Specialties
Enchiladas Suizas
Two chicken enchiladas made with flour tortilla topped with a tomatillo sour cream sauce and melted cheese. Served with Mexican rice, beans, and avocado slices.
Mexican Pizza
Fried flour tortilla lavished with beans, salsa ranchera, and melted cheese. Your choice of shredded beef or chicken. Topped with sour cream and guacamole.
Jacob's Street Tacos
Three small steak or charbroiled chicken tacos made with corn tortillas, grilled onions, and fresh cilantro, garnished with pico de gallo. Served with black beans and a side of our diablo sauce (medium hot).
El Surfer's Wrap
A fresh flour tortilla wrapped and filled with grilled onions, fresh avocado, jalapeño, cheese, sour cream, and crispy corn tortilla croutons and your choice of tender charbroiled chicken or Asada. Served with a fresh salad with cilantro lime dressing.
Fresh Baja Style Mahi Mahi Tacos
Two soft mahi-mahi fish tacos grilled, topped with cabbage and pico de gallo, served with rice, fresco beans, and cilantro lime salad.
Quesadilla Cuernavaca
Large flour tortilla filled with charbroiled chicken, cheese, and Ortega chiles, topped with a touch of tomatillo salsa.
Ensenada Style Mahi Mahi Fish Tacos
Two soft tacos with Mahi-mahi battered and flash-fried then wrapped in a fresh homemade corn tortilla and topped with pico de gallo, creamy chipotle salsa, cabbage, and a slice of lime. Served with Mexican rice and cilantro-lime salad. Muy sabroso.
Shrimp Enchiladas
Two shrimp enchiladas topped with salsa ranchera and melted cheese. Served with Mexican rice and beans.
Pollo Cuernavaca
Charbroiled chicken served on a skillet with fire-roasted strips of Ortega chiles, grilled onion, and tasty green tomatillo salsa. Served with rice, beans, and handmade corn tortillas.

Botanas
Shrimp Botana
Large wild-caught Mazatlán shrimp sautéed in a garlic butter sauce.
Carnitas Botana
Delicious crispy chunks of lean pork marinated in lemon and garlic, grilled to perfection.
Fiesta Botana
A local favorite large wild-caught Mazatlán shrimp sautéed in a garlic butter sauce, delicious crispy chunks of lean pork, and grilled chicken.
Charbroiled Chicken Botana
Carna Asada Strips Botana

The Avila Family's Favorites
Baja Bowl
Your choice of grilled chicken breast, steak, or grilled mahi-mahi over a layer of rice and frijoles frescos, served with pico de gallo, avocado, cheese, and tomatillo salsa. Served with corn or flour tortillas.
Chimi-Changas
A crispy burrito stuffed with seasoned ground beef, chicken or chile Verde, and beans and topped with sour cream.
Quesadilla Avila
A grilled flour tortilla filled with a blend of cheeses and your choice of shredded beef, chicken, or seasoned ground beef. Garnished with guacamole and sour cream.
Azteca Burrito
Filled with your choice of shredded chicken, beef or Chile Verde, and beans. Smothered with salsa ranchera and melted cheese. Garnished with guacamole and sour cream.
Chingolingas
A flaky pastry filled with shredded chicken or beef served with rice and beans, garnished with guacamole and sour cream. Absolutely delicious.
Fresco Burrito
Filled with your choice of grilled chicken or carne asada and shredded lettuce, pico de gallo, rice, guacamole, and a blend of cheeses, and with salsa tomatillo.
Mayan Treasure
Chicken and rice burrito smothered in our tasty green tomatillo sauce, melted cheese, and sour cream.

Extras
Extra House Salsa/Chips
Guacamole
Spicy Salsa
Rice and Beans Combo
Sour Cream
Rice
Flour Tortillas (3 pcs)
Beans
Fresh Homemade Corn Tortillas (3)
Cheese
Cilantro
Plastic Ware
Jalapenos Slices
Chopped Onion
Avocado
Dinner Salad
Monkita's Chiles
Grilled serrano chiles and onion with spices.
Chopped Tomatoes

Ninos
Kids
For kids under 10. We make it with little tortillas. Served with choice of 2: rice, refried beans, french fries, watermelon slices, or orange slices.
Nino Bowl
Shredded chicken, rice, and black beans
Baby Rice
Our famous rice with chicken broth. Get 'em started young.

A La Carta
Tacos
Topped with lettuce, cheese, and pico de gallo. Ground beef, shredded beef, shredded chicken, or grilled veggies.
Taquitos (3 pcs)
Corn tortillas filled with shredded chicken or beef. Served with guacamole.
Flautas (2 pcs)
Flour tortillas filled with shredded chicken or beef. Served with guacamole.
Chile Relleno Traditional
California chile with jack cheese in egg batter topped with ranchera salsa.
Tamales
Shredded chicken or pork covered in our tomatillo green salsa and cheese. Shredded beef covered in our red enchilada salsa and cheese.
Fresco Style Relleno
An open poblano pepper with grilled veggies (mushrooms, carrots, zucchini) with melted cheese. (Beware. Sometimes spicy hot).

Desserts
Churros
Cinnamon-sugar-covered pastry sticks.
Flan
Rich caramel custard.

Beverages
Horchata
Fountain Drinks
Coca-Cola in a Bottle
Plastic Ware
Perrier Natural Carbonated Spring Water
Jamaica
Fresh Brewed Iced Tea
Hibiscus Iced Tea
Ginger Ale
Juice
Agua de los Dioses
(Water of the gods) Soda water, cucumber, lime juice, salt, and Tapatío hot sauce. It's refreshing.
Milk

Margaritas to go
Cadillac Margarita
100% Agave Respososado tequila, triple sec, sweet and sour with a shot of Grand Marnier. Local alcohol rules prohibit merchants from fulfilling orders that contain more than 2 cocktails or non-factory-sealed wines/spirits per substantial food item. Restaurants may cancel or refund orders that do not comply with these rules.
Liter Caddillac Margarita
liter of our Cadillac margarita made with 100% agave Reposado tequila , triple sec and sweet and sour and we add two shots of grand mariner. Local alcohol rules prohibit merchants from fulfilling orders that contain more than 2 cocktails or non-factory-sealed wines/spirits per substantial food item. Restaurants may cancel or refund orders that do not comply with these rules.
House Margarita
Agave Tequila ,triple sec and sweet and sour served on the rocks. Local alcohol rules prohibit merchants from fulfilling orders that contain more than 2 cocktails or non-factory-sealed wines/spirits per substantial food item. Restaurants may cancel or refund orders that do not comply with these rules.
Liter of house Margarita
A liter if our house Margarita made with agave tequila ,triple sec and sweet and sour. Local alcohol rules prohibit merchants from fulfilling orders that contain more than 2 cocktails or non-factory-sealed wines/spirits per substantial food item. Restaurants may cancel or refund orders that do not comply with these rules.
Cinco House Margarita
traditional tequila , sweet and sour ,cointreau.Local alcohol rules prohibit merchants from fulfilling orders that contain more than 2 cocktails or non-factory-sealed wines/spirits per substantial food item. Restaurants may cancel or refund orders that do not comply with these rules.
cinco Cadillac Margarita
Traditional Tequila , sweet and sour , cointreau and a shot of Gran Marnier Local alcohol rules prohibit merchants from fulfilling orders that contain more than 2 cocktails or non-factory-sealed wines/spirits per substantial food item. Restaurants may cancel or refund orders that do not comply with these rules.
Cinco spicy watermelon margarita
Tanteo Jalapeño tequila, watermelon juice, sweet and sour Local alcohol rules prohibit merchants from fulfilling orders that contain more than 2 cocktails or non-factory-sealed wines/spirits per substantial food item. Restaurants may cancel or refund orders that do not comply with these rules.
Cinco Skinny Margarita
traditional tequila, fresh lime juice agave nectar.Local alcohol rules prohibit merchants from fulfilling orders that contain more than 2 cocktails or non-factory-sealed wines/spirits per substantial food item. Restaurants may cancel or refund orders that do not comply with these rules.
Cinco Spicy Mango watermelon
tanteo Jalapeno tequila, Mango Juice ,sweet and sour.Local alcohol rules prohibit merchants from fulfilling orders that contain more than 2 cocktails or non-factory-sealed wines/spirits per substantial food item. Restaurants may cancel or refund orders that do not comply with these rules.

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Recent Reviews

We came across this El Ranchito by chance when we were at an event nearby a couple years ago. It became our favorite location and have come back many times and will continue to do so. Food is always great and margaritas even better
November 2025
Went for a work lunch and ordered the Mayan Treasure, which is the friday lunch special, without even looking what was in it! The gamble paid off, it was spectacular. A chicken burrito smothered with cheese and gree sauce,seasoned just right and the green sauce was super yummy. Need to go back every day of the week to try all the other lunch specials.
August 2025
Absolutely phenomenal food and service. The best Mexican restaurant we have been to and keep going to. David Rojas always provides incredible service and is always upbeat. Andrea and Blanca are always awesome also.
October 2024

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Avila's El Ranchito

24406 Muirlands Blvd, Lake Forest, CA 92630
(949) 855-4989