On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina

10789 Westview Pkwy, San Diego
(858) 530-1130

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Create Your Own Fish Taco Shredded Beef Enchilada Spinach and Mushroom Enchilada
Sour Cream Pico De Gallo and Guacamole
Chips and Salsa Complimentary
Border Queso Beef Enchiladas
Border's Best Lunch Fajitas
Chicken Fajita Quesadilla
Grilled Chicken Fajitas
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Happy Hour Margarita
Grilled Chicken Queso

Menu

Starters & Border Dips
Border Sampler
When you can't pick just one! Chicken quesadillas, fajita steak nachos and chicken chimis.
Stacked Nachos
Chips piled high with seasoned ground beef, refried beans and queso. Topped with lime crema, pico de gallo, pickled jalapeños and guacamole.
Empanadas
Handmade pastries filled with mixed cheese & seasoned ground beef. Served with our signature queso.
Melted Queso Fundido
Melted Mexican and Jack cheeses with caramelized onions, poblano peppers and diced chicken. Enjoy by scooping warm fundido onto hand-pressed flour tortillas.
Signature Queso
Prepared in-house with tomatoes, green chiles, onions, cilantro, poblano & jalapeño peppers.
Guacamole
Freshly made in small batches throughout the day with whole avocados, red onion, cilantro, lime and salt.
Queso & Guacamole Duo
Firecracker Stuffed Jalapeños
Six handmade, tempura-fried jalapeños filled with mixed cheese and chicken. Served with our signature queso.
Guacamole Live!
Made fresh at your table with whole avocados, tomato, jalapeño, cilantro, red onion, lime and a pinch of salt.
Fajita Quesadillas
Fajita chicken or steak with poblano, onion and roasted red chile tomatillo salsa. With fresh guacamole, sour cream & pico de gallo.
Brisket Quesadillas
Brisket, sautéed onions, pickled jalapeños and side of jalapeño-BBQ sauce. With fresh guacamole, sour cream & pico de gallo.
Spinach & Mushroom Quesadillas
Spinach, mushrooms, roasted corn & jalapeño. With fresh guacamole, sour cream & pico de gallo
Grande Fajita Nachos
Tostada chips topped with refried beans, fajita chicken or steak (add $1.99) and melted mixed cheese. Guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo and pickled jalapenos served on the side
Crispy Honey Chipotle Shrimp
Crispy-fried shrimp, hand tossed on honey-chipotle sauce, sprinkled with fresh cilantro. Served with spicy avocado ranch for dipping

Entree Salads and Soups
Fajita Salad
Served sizzling on a fajita skillet. Mesquite-grilled chicken or steak (Add $1.99) and onions, topped tableside with a crisp blend of lettuce and shredded cabbage, pico de gallo, roasted corn, fresh avocado and queso fresco.
Tostada Salad
Shredded or ground beef or chicken tinga over a crisp blend of romaine, iceberg and cabbage, mixed cheese, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, and pickled jalapeños. Served in a tortilla shell.
Mexican Chicken Caesar Salad
A blend of romaine, iceberg & cabbage tossed with Caesar dressing and topped with queso fresco, avocado, tortilla strips and mesquite-grilled chicken.
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Homemade chicken broth loaded with chicken tinga, rice, zucchini and Jack cheese, topped with fresh avocado and tortilla strips.

Fajitas
The Ultimate Fajita
The ultimate combo of mesquite-grilled steak, chicken, shrimp and carnitas, with sautéed vegetables.
Monterey Ranch Chicken Fajita
Your favorite mesquite-grilled chicken smothered with melted Jack cheese, crumbled bacon, and ranch dressing.
Border Smart Chicken Fajitas
Mesquite-grilled chicken with sautéed onions and red & green bell peppers. Served with black beans, white corn tortillas, pico de gallo and guacamole. Border Smart item.
Grilled Chicken Fajita
Served with Mexican rice and your choice of beans.
Grilled Steak Fajita
Served with Mexican rice and your choice of beans.
Carnitas Fajita
Served with Mexican rice and your choice of beans.
Grilled Shrimp Fajita
Served with Mexican rice and your choice of beans.
Portobello and Vegetables Fajita
Served with Mexican rice and your choice of beans.
Pick Any 1 or 2 Classic Fajitas Combo
Choose any two classic fajita styles. Served with Mexican rice and your choice of beans.
Shrimp Skewer
Add a shrimp skewer straight from the mesquite-wood grill.

From the Mesquite Grill
Grilled Queso Chicken
Simple and delicious, this perfectly seasoned mesquite-grilled chicken breast is topped with our signature queso and fresh sliced avocado. Served with sauteed vegetables and cilantro lime rice.
Carne Asada
A 9 oz. marinated and seasoned mesquite-grilled steak served on a skillet with seasoned butter, sautéed vegetables and Mexican rice.
Mexican Grilled Chicken
Mesquite-grilled chicken breast topped with pico de gallo and house-made salsa. Served with sautéed vegetables and cilantro lime rice.
Chimichurri Chicken and Shrimp
Mesquite-grilled chicken breast brushed with lime-cilantro chimichurri, topped with pico de gallo and melted Jack cheese, plus a skewer of grilled chimichurri shrimp. Served with cilantro lime rice and sauteed vegetables.

Burritos, Chimis & Enchiladas
The Big Bordurrito
A HUGE serving of fajita chicken or steak wrapped in a seared flour tortilla with Mexican rice, mixed cheese, black beans, caramelized onion & red pepper, pico de gallo and sour cream sauce.
Grilled California Burrito
A seared flour tortilla stuffed with fajita steak, Jack cheese, seasoned fries, pico de gallo, and avocado-ranch.
Three-Sauce Fajita Burrito
Fajita steak or chicken, Jack cheese, pico de gallo, sautéed onion, and poblano topped with ranchero sauce, sour cream sauce, and our signature queso.
Classic Burrito
Shredded or ground beef, chicken tinga or carnitas, pico de gallo and cheese rolled in a flour tortilla smothered with red chile sauce, sour cream sauce, green chile sauce, ranchero sauce or queso.
Chimichanga
Shredded or ground beef, chicken tinga or carnitas, pico de gallo and cheese rolled in a flour tortilla smothered with red chile sauce, sour cream sauce, green chile sauce, ranchero sauce or queso.
Enchiladas Suizas
Three hand-rolled chicken tinga enchiladas with tomatillo cream sauce and melted Jack cheese inside and out.
Border Queso Beef Enchilada
Two savory shredded or ground beef enchiladas topped with our Border Queso. Made with Corn Tortillas
Ranchiladas
A 9 oz. mesquite-grilled steak topped with ranchero sauce and melted Jack cheese, plus two hand-rolled cheese enchiladas smothered in red chile sauce.
Chiles Rellenos
Two green chile peppers stuffed with cheese, lightly fried ans topped with roasted red-tomatillo salsa

Border-Style Tacos
Fish Tacos
Dos XX® beer-battered fish or mesquite grilled whitefish, creamy red chile sauce, shredded cabbage & carrots, mixed cheese and pico de gallo in two yellow corn tortillas.
Brisket Tacos
Two warm hand-pressed flour tortillas with shredded beef brisket, Jack cheese, fried onion strings and jalapeño-BBQ sauce.
Street-Style Mini Tacos
Three mini corn tortillas with chicken or steak, Jack cheese, pico de gallo, fresh guacamole and roasted red chile tomatillo salsa.
Southwest Chicken Tacos
Two warm hand-pressed flour tortillas with mesquite-grilled chicken, cheddar cheese, creamy red chile sauce and fried onion strings.
Honey-Chipotle Shrimp Tacos
Two hand-pressed flour tortillas with crispy-fried shrimp, hand tossed in honey-chipotle sauce with cilantro, spicy avocado ranch and shredded cabbage
Birria Quesa Tacos
Two beef barbacoa, Mexican cheese, diced onion and cilantro in crispy flour tortillas, served with hot consomme for dipping

Border Bowls
Grilled Chicken Border Bowl
Grilled Steak Border Bowl
Grilled Portobello Border Bowl
Grilled Shrimp Border Bowl

Create Your Own Combos
Superior Dinner
One crispy seasoned ground beef taco, one chicken enchilada with sour cream sauce, one cheese and onion enchilada with red chili sauce, and a mini chicken chimi. Served with a side of queso.
Create Your Own 2-Item Combo
Create Your Own 3-Item Combo
Create Your Own 4-Item Combo

Desserts
Border Brownie Sundae
Rich chocolate and walnut brownie topped with vanilla ice cream and drizzled with chocolate sauce.
Sopapillas
Five Mexican pastries coated on cinnamon-sugar. Served with honey and chocolate sauce for dipping
Two Sopapillas
Served with honey or chocolate sauce
Tres Leches Cake
A Mexican tradition. A light cake soaked in three kinds of sweet milk, topped with whipped cream and strawberry

Beverages
Fountain Drink

Family Meals

Classic Fajita Combo Family Meal
Served with chips and salsa, Mexican Rice and choice of beans.
Taco and Cheese Enchilada Family Meal
Five soft or crispy seasoned ground beef or chicken tinga tacos topped with lettuce, mixed cheese and tomato, and five cheese & onion enchiladas.
Taco Family Meal
Ten soft or crispy seasoned ground beef or chicken tinga tacos topped with lettuce, mixed cheese and tomato.
Enchilada Family meal
Ten hand-rolled enchiladas. Choose from seasoned ground beef, chicken tinga, cheese & onion or spinach & mushroom.

Party Platters
Dozen Tacos Catering
Dozen Brisket Tacos Catering
Fresh flour tortillas with smoked beef brisket, jack cheese, crispy fried onions and jalapeno BBQ sauce.
Dozen Southwest Chicken Tacos Catering
Fresh flour tortillas with mesquite grilled chicken, cheddar cheese, creamy red chile sauce and crispy fried onion strings.
Dozen Enchiladas Catering
Chicken, Beef, Cheese or Spinach & Mushroom
Fajita Wraps Platter Catering
Serves 8-12. Flour tortillas stuffed with chilled, mesquite grilled chicken or veggie, steak (add $10.00) , chopped romaine, mixed cheeses and pico de gallo.
Dozen Mini Chicken or Beef Burritos
Dozen Brisket Mini Burritos Catering
Warm flour tortillas filled with slow smoked brisket and pico de gallo.
Mini Chimis Catering
Serves 6-8. Served with cheese and rolled in miniature tortillas and fried olden brown. Served with original queso.
Mini Quesadillas Catering
Serves 6-8. Mini cheese quesadillas with melted mixed cheese between grilled flour tortillas. Served with guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo.
Create Your Own Any 2 Catering
Serves 6-8.
Create your Own Any 3 Catering
Serves 6-8
Create Your Own Any 4 Catering

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Recent Reviews

This place is usually always good. Went there with my daughter's today for lunch. It appeared they were under staffed. It took us a while for our server to come over, the food was not that hot or that good. It wasn't very busy or otherwise I would have took that into consideration.
September 2025
We came here for the fajitas.
We got the two meat family meal
W/ chicken and steak.
The chicken was good and plentiful, as was the 2 or 3 lbs of onions/ peppers.
BUT the steak was very tough and grisselly and on top of the we were only served about 1/3 of the beef vs the chicken.
What's w/ the 3.5% surcharge?!!!
Another think I dont understand, is why isn't salt and pepper on every table?!
September 2025
This was our first time dining here. It was a busy Friday evening. It was better than we could have imagined. We had the three sauce burritos (I highly recommend). Our server (Yanet) was amazing. She perfectly timed everything. She kept our drinks full and provided plenty of chips and salsa. We will be back soon!!!
August 2025

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On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina

10789 Westview Pkwy, San Diego, CA 92126
(858) 530-1130