El Capricho Restaurant

827 E Main St, Santa Paula
(805) 420-9542

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Costillas De Cerdo En Salsa Roja
Chilaquiles Verdes O Rojos
Enchiladas Suizas De Pollo
Chilaquiles Con Huevo
Costillas De Puerco
Camarones Rancheros
Chile Verde Omelet
Tostada De Ceviche
Enchiladas Verdes
Pancake Breakfast

Appetizers (Caprichitos)
Nachos
Beans, cheese, pico de gallo, and pico de gallo.
Chicken Quesadilla
Chicken with onion, bell pepper, and guacamole.
Quesa Birria
Birria, cheese, guacamole, and sour cream.
Quesadilla Gobernadora
Shrimp quesadilla. Served with guacamole and sour cream.

Salads (Ensaladas)
Local Salad
In a flour tortilla bowl with black beans, spring mix, jicama, mango, cherry tomatoes, avocado, and jack cheese choice of steak or grilled chicken.
Garden Salad
Iceberg lettuce, tomato, cucumber, broccoli, and croutons.

Seafood (Mariscos)
Caribbean Salmon
Grilled salmon with mango salsa. Served with white rice, french fries, and salad with house dressing.
Mojarra Encabronada
Fried red snapper with shrimp on top ala diabla salsa or mojo de ajo. Served with white rice, french fries, and salad with house dressing.
Las 3 Diablas
Grilled shrimp and sauteed in our house red sauce. Served with white rice, french fries, and salad with house dressing.
Ajo Chile Ajo
Grilled shrimp sauteed garlic. Served with white rice, french fries, and salad with house dressing.
Camarones a La Plancha
Grilled shrimp. Served with white rice, french fries, and salad with house dressing.
Camarones Rancheros
Sauteed in a house sauce with bell peppers and onions. Served with white rice, french fries, and salad with house dressing.

House Specials (Especiales de La Casa)
Enchiladas Suizas
Chicken enchiladas with green sauce and sour cream on top.
Chile Verde Enchiladas
Two enchiladas with pork, rice, and beans.
Molcajete
Carne asada, grilled chicken, shrimp, chorizo, beans, guacamole, and pico de gallo.
El Toro Rib Eye
Grilled rib eye, rb, pico de gallo, tortillas, jalapeno, and onion.
Carne Asada
Ranchera marinated rice, beans, pico de gallo, and jalapeno.
Birria
Beef stew in consumed with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Costillas de Puerco
Tender pork ribs pieces in our red sauce with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Carnitas
Slow-cooked pork with rice, beans, pico de gallo, and tortillas.
Chile Poblano
Chile pasilla smothered in chile verde sauce and rb.
Cheese Enchiladas
Green or red sauce with rice and beans.
Mole Enchiladas
Cheese or chicken with rice and beans.
Chimichanga
Fried burrito with beans, chile verde, a side of rice lettuce, and pico de gallo.
Fajitas
Rice, beans, pico de gallo, and tortillas.
California Burger (1/2 lb)
Patty (1/2 pound), avocado, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and onion with french fries.

Tacos & Burritos
Sp Burrito
Choice of asada, chicken or chile verde, rb, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole.
Classic Burrito
Choice of asada, carnitas, chile relleno, chile verde, pastor, birria, grilled chicken, or shredded chicken. Served with rice and beans inside a flour tortilla.
Shrimp Burrito
Shrimp, rice, pico de gallo, guacamole, and chipotle aioli coleslaw.
Veggie Burrito
Grilled vegetables wrapped with spinach tortilla, rb, and guacamole.
Salad Burrito
Spring mix, pico de gallo, guacamole, and choice of meat.
Tacos Ensenada
Shrimp or salmon rice, pico de gallo, guacamole, and chipotle coleslaw.
Tacos (2 pcs)
Choice of pastor or birria pico de gallo, rice, beans, and guacamole.

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Recent Reviews

I love this small restaurant. The servers are pleasant and efficient the food is so good. Comforts of Mexican home cooked meals. The chilé Verde breakfast burrito is excellent and the restaurant is quaint they offer patio seating also. Give them a try.
August 2025
We had El Capricho cater our son's graduation lunch. The food was amazing, the price was more than reasonable, and Liz and her crew were incredible. They handled set up, serving, and packaged up the leftovers for us to enjoy later...It's also worth mentioning that our gradution event itself ran late so lunch had to start an hour later than we had planned with Liz...and she was gracious and flexible and assured us it wasn't a problem. I'm so grateful... And...
May 2025
Cozy setting, top-notch food!

Came in close to closing time (my bad!), but they were happy to seat us & didn't make us feel rushed. (HUGE thing if you've ever worked in service, that's extremely kind.) The server was kind & helpful.

The food was fresh, delicious, & plated beautifully! The kitchen was fast & the plates are big enough for multiple meals.

Proximity to the coast meant that the...
April 2025

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El Capricho Restaurant

827 E Main St, Santa Paula, CA 93060
(805) 420-9542