La Original Casa Del Taco
1635 Sweetwater Rd Ste A-B, National City
(619) 336-1730
Customers' Favorites
Chicken Mole Rice and Beans
Enchiladas Rice & Beans
Carne Asada Burrito
Hot Flour Tortillas
California Burrito
Salsa Con Chips
Combo Mexicano
Ranchero Steak
Chile Relleno
Chilaquiles
Appetizers
Guacamole Dip
Served with crisp homemade chips.
Bean Dip
Creamy dipping sauce made from beans.
Quesadilla
Cooked tortilla that is filled with cheese and folded in half.
Queso Fundido
Broiled melted cheese served with tortillas.
Ceviche Tostada
Fresh shrimp, marinated lemon and served on crisp corn tortilla.
Asada Chips
Thinly sliced and crispy.
Asada Fries
Fried potatoes.
Breakfast
Breakfast Huevos Rancheros
2 eggs, sunny side- up on a corn tortilla, covered with ranchero sauce. Served with beans and tortillas.
Breakfast Huevos a la Mexicana
2 scrambled eggs with onions, peppers and tomato. Served with beans and tortillas.
Breakfast Huevos en Salsa Verde
Scrambled eggs covered with tomatillo sauce. Served with fresh Mexican cheese, beans and tortillas.
Breakfast Migas
Corn tortillas scrambled with eggs, onions, tomatoes and serrano peppers. Served with beans and tortillas.
Breakfast Machaca con Huevo
2 scrambled eggs with shredded beef, beans and tortillas.
Breakfast Papas Rancheras
2 eggs, diced homemade potatoes cooked with onions, tomatoes and serrano peppers. Served with beans, fresh mexican cheese and tortillas.
Breakfast Chorizo con Huevo
2 eggs scrambled with Mexican sausage (tomatoes amd onions optional). Served with beans and tortillas.
Breakfast Chilaquiles Rojos
Pieces or fried tortillas covered with red sauce and cheese. Served with beans and 1 egg.
Breakfast Chilaquiles Verdes
Pieces or fried tortillas covered with green tomatillo sauce, topped with cheese, lettuce and sour cream. Served with beans.
Breakfast Chilaquiles Poblanos
Pieces or fried tortillas covered with our famous mole sauce and cheese. Served with beans and 1 egg.
Breakfast Nopales con Huevo
2 scrambled eggs with nopal, onions, peppers and tomato. Served with beans and tortillas.
Breakfast Chilorio con Papas
Shredded pork with potatoes. Served with beans, 2 eggs and tortillas.
Breakfast Omelettes
Breakfast Shrimp Omelette
3 scrambled eggs with shrimps, filled with avocado and fresh Mexican cheese, covered with ranchera salsa. Includes refried beans and homemade tortillas.
Breakfast A la Mexicana Omelette
3 scrambled eggs with onions, serrano peppers and tomatoes, filled with Jack cheese, served with avocado, boiled beans and fresh Mexican cheese. Includes homemade tortillas.
Breakfast A la Espaola Omelette
3 scrambled eggs, filled with Jack cheese and covered with our tasty spanish sauce. Include refried beans and homemade tortillas.
Breakfast Ham and Cheese Omelette
3 scrambled eggs with ham and filled with Jack cheese. Include refried beans and homemade tortillas.
Breakfast Bacon and Cheese Omelette
3 scrambled eggs with bacon and filled with Jack cheese. Include refried beans and homemade tortillas.
Enjoy Our Mexican - American Breakfast
Breakfast Bacon Eggs
2 eggs with bacon served with beans and your choice of toast and butter or tortillas.
Potatoes Eggs
2 eggs with sliced homemade potatoes. Served with beans and tortillas.
Ham Eggs
2 eggs with ham. Served with beans and your choice of toast and butter or tortillas.
Steak Eggs
Juicy carne asada steak served with papas rancheras, 2 eggs, beans, fresh Mexican cheese and tortillas.
Caldos
Caldo de Res
Home-style vegetable and beef soup. Served with rice and tortillas.
Caldo de Pollo
Home-style vegetable and beef soup. Served with rice and tortillas.
Menudo
The authentic red soup, beef tripe and hominy. Served with tortillas.
Sope
Chicken Sope a la carte
Beef Sope a la carte
Salads
Chicken Salad
Green Salad
Fresh salad with a variety of green vegetables typically served on a bed of lettuce.
Quesataco
Carne Asada Quesataco
Adobada Quesataco
Cochinita Quesataco
Chorizo Quesataco
Birria Quesataco
Carnitas Quesataco
Chicken Quesataco
Tortas
Cochinita Pibil Torta
Chicken asado torta
Carne Asada Torta
Adobada torta
Chicken ranchero torta
Carnitas torta
Tacos
Beef Taco
Chicken Taco
Fish Taco
Cochinita Taco
Carnitas Taco
Carne Asada Taco
Adobada taco
T.J. Tacos
Carne Asada T.J. Taco
Adobada T.J. Taco
Chicken Breast T.J. Taco
Carnitas T.J. Taco
Cochinita T.J. Taco
Birria tj taco
Chorizo tj taco
Tostadas
Beans Tostada
Chicken Tostada
Beef Tostada
Burritos
Bean Cheese Burrito
Machaca con huevo Burrito
Mixed Burrito
Shredded beef and refried beans
Bistec Ranchero Burrito
Carne Asada Burrito
Cochinita Burrito
Chicken asado burrito
California Burrito
Adobada burrito
Enchiladas
Cheese Enchilada
Chicken Enchilada
Beef Enchilada
Tamales
Chicken Tamale
Beef Tamale
Chile Relleno
Chile Relleno
Mexican Classics
5 Rolled Tacos
Rolled tacos with lettuce, sour cream, cheese and salsa.
Burrito Supreme
Beef or chicken burrito, covered with enchilada sauce, melted cheese and sour cream. Includes rice and beans.
Chimichanga
Deep fried, crispy beef or chicken burrito, covered with lettuce, sour cream, cheese, salsa and guacamole. Includes rice and beans.
Flying Saucer
Beef or chicken, covered with lettuce, sour cream, cheese, salsa and guacamole all on crisp flour tortillas with beans.
Seafood
Camarones Rancheros
Delicious shrimp, cooked ranchero style. Served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Camarones Empanizados
Deep fried breaded shrimp. Served with rice beans avocado, French fries and tortillas.
2 Fish Tacos
2 breaded fish tacos topped with cabbage, pico de gallo and tartar sauce with rice and beans.
Shrimp Burrito
Big shrimp burrito, very tasty served with rice and beans.
Regional Plates
Chicken Mole Plate
2 pieces of chicken, smothered with our special "mole" sauce.
Carnitas Plate
Fried pieces of pork, served with guacamole and nopal a la Mexicana.
Birria Plate
Traditional spicy beef seasoned with Mexican spices. Served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Chilorio Sinaloense Plate
Traditional spicy pork dish from inland sinaloa.
Cochinita Pibil Plate
Shredded pork marinated and seasoned with Mexican spices.
Combination Plates
2 Chicken Tacos Combination Plate
2 Beef Tacos Combination Plate
Soft or hard shell.
Mexican Combo Special
2 rolled tacos, quesadillas, enchilada. Served with rice and beans.
2 Chiles Rellenos Combination Plate
Served with rice and beans.
2 Carnitas Tacos Combination Plate
Served with rice and beans.
2 Enchiladas Combination Plate
Filled with your choice or either chicken, cheese or beef covered with red or green sauce, cheese and sour cream.
Tamales and Taco Combination Plate
Chicken or beef.
2 Carne Asada Tacos Combination Plate
Chile Relleno Enchilada Combination Plate
2 Sopes Combination Plate
Served with rice and beans.
2 Enchiladas Poblanas Combination Plate
Covered with mole sauce, cheese and sour cream.
Chicken Taco Chicken Enchilada Combination Plate
Combos For 2
Chicken Fajita Combo for 2
Tender marinated pieces of bone chicken seasoned with Mexican spices and cooked with bell peppers, tomatoes and onions. Served with rice, salsa, guacamole and tortillas.
Taco Party Combo for 2
Carne asada, cochinita pibil served with boiled beans, salsa and tortillas.
House Specialties
Shrimp Enchiladas Specialty
2 green red enchiladas filled with shrimp cooked with bell peppers, onions and tomatoes.
Ranchero Steak Specialty
Pieces of beef cooked with tomatoes, onions and bell peppers. Served with rice and beans.
Grilled Chicken Breasts Specialty
Tender marinated boneless chicken breast seasoned with Mexican spices and served with rice, beans, nopal a la Mexicana and tortillas.
Matambre Specialty
Carne asada steak folded and filled with avocado, salsa ranchera, boiled beans and fresh cheese. Served with rice, nopal a la mexicana and tortillas.
Carne Asada Specialty
Juicy beef "carne asada" steak. Served with rice, beans, guacamoles, nopal a la Mexicana and tortillas.
Pollo en Salsa Chipotle Specialty
Tender marinated boneless chicken breasts, seasoned with Mexican spices with special chipotle sauce. Served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Kids menu
Kids 1 Egg Ham and Rice
Kids 1 Egg Bacon and Rice
Jr Chimichanga with Rice Beans
Kids Enchilada Chicken with Rice and Beans
Kids Enchilada Cheese with Rice and Beans
Jr Quesadilla with Rice
Jr Quesadilla with Beans
Jr Burrito Bean and Egg
Jr Burrito Bean and Cheese
Kids Carne Asada J Burrito
Jr Chicken Soup
Kids Carne Asada Tj Taco
Extras
Side Order Of Rice
Side Order Of Beans
Side 8 oz. Guacamole
Side 12 oz. Guacamole
Chips Order
Side 12 oz. Rice
32 oz of Rice
Side 32 oz. Beans
8oz Of Salsa
12 oz. Of Salsa
32 oz. Of Salsa
Desserts
Homemade Flan
Bunuelos
Pineapple Tamale
Chocolate Cake
Cheese Cake
Fruit Paradise
Agua del Dia
Lemonade
Orange Juice
Strawberry Smoothie
Other Drinks
Hot Chocolate
Coffee
Ice Tea
ChocoMilk
Champurrado
Soft Drink
Coke
Diet Coke
Sprite
Orange Fanta
Tropical Drinks
Horchata
Jamaica
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Recent Reviews
They invited me saying that it was a little place that served delicious homemade food. And they were right. We ordered 3 different dishes and all 3 were delicious. I listened to the customers arrive, greeting Valentin very happy and asking for their dishes before sitting down: "a beef broth, very hot, please." Another customer: "My mole enchiladas." Very quiet atmosphere, they treated us very well, Valetin was very attentive. And the food was excellent, very...
January 2025
This is a really cool little Mexican sit-down restaurant in the corner of a strip mall on Sweetwater. It’s tucked in the corner behind the Super Sergio’s. It’s called “La Original Casa del Taco,” or “Casa del Taco” for short. They offer a wide range of dishes, from tamales to enchiladas to menudo.
I ordered three TJ-style tacos: carne asada, adobada, and birria. They also served complimentary chips and salsa. The salsa was really good—super fresh...
I ordered three TJ-style tacos: carne asada, adobada, and birria. They also served complimentary chips and salsa. The salsa was really good—super fresh...
January 2025
The cook in the kitchen, who you never see, is cooking home style Mexican food and a few of his family favorites from the Yucatan peninsula. Their red and green salsas are so perfected that few can match theirs. I would rate them with the top destinations in America for authenticity.
August 2024
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