EL MARIACHI

5825 Merle Hay Rd, Johnston
(515) 276-3887

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Camerones Al Mojo De Ajo Shrimp with Garlic
2 Enchiladas Rice & Beans
Chicken Fajitas mmmmmm
Enchiladas Rancheras
Burritos El Mariachi
Chips or Salsa to Go
Burrito California
Fried Ice Cream
Shrimp Cocktail
Fajita Chicken

Menu

Appetizers
Bean Nachos
Chips with cheese and a variety of toppings.
Beef Nachos
Chips with cheese and a variety of toppings.
Chicken Nachos
Chips with cheese and a variety of toppings.
Cheese Nachos
Chips with cheese and a variety of toppings.
Cheese Quesadilla
Chicken Quesadilla
Comes with lettuce and sour cream.
Beef Quesadilla
Comes with lettuce and sour cream.
Cheese Dip-QUESO
Creamy dip made from melted cheese.
Bean Dip
Creamy dipping sauce made from beans.
Cheese Dip with Beef
Creamy dip made from melted cheese.
Cheese Dip with Chorizo
Creamy dip made from melted cheese.
Guacamole Dip
A creamy dip made from avocado.
Fiesta Fries.
A Bed of french fries topped with grilled Steak, cheese sauce, and our chipotle sauce.

From the Grill
El Mariachi Special
A grilled tender beef steak, buttered shrimp, and mushrooms. Served with grilled onions, guacamole, salad, flour tortillas, rice, and beans.
Fajita El Mariachi
Tender strips of marinated chicken breast, beef, shrimp, and chorizo, with sauteed onion, bell pepper, and tomato. Served with flour tortillas, lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, rice, and beans.
Fajita Jalisco
Marinated tender strips of beef, chicken, and shrimp, with bell pepper, onion, and tomato. Served with flour tortillas, lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, rice, and beans.
Fajita Caribe
Marinated tender strips of beef, chicken breast, shrimp, and pineapple. Served with flour tortillas, lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, rice, and beans.
Carne Azada
Grilled skirt steak. Served with rice, bean, flour tortillas, lettuce, pico de gallo, and guacamole.
Fajita
Tender strips of marinated chicken breast of skirt steak and sauteed onion, bell pepper, and tomato. Served with flour tortillas, lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, rice and beans.
Steak Ranchero
A T-bone steak cooked on the grill, topped with ranchero sauce. Served with flour tortillas, rice, and beans.
Steak Tampiqueno
A T-bone steak cooked on the grill. Served with 1 cheese enchilada, 4 tortillas, rice, and beans.
T-Bone a la Mexicana
A T-boe steak cooked on the grill. Topped with grilled onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes.
Carnitas
Pork tips garnished with lettuce, bell pepper, tomato, and onion. Served with flour tortillas, rice, and beans.
Pollo Loco
Grilled chicken breast served with grilled onions, flour tortillas, rice, and guacamole salad.
Pollo el Mariachi
Grilled marinated chicken breast, topped with poblano pepper with cheese sauce, Served with tortillas, rice,and beans.
Chori Pollo
Grilled marinated chicken breast, topped with chorizo and cheese sauce. Served with tortillas, rice, and beans.
Pollo Carlos Special
Grilled chicken breast with shrimp and crab meat topped with cheese sauce. Served with tortillas, rice, and beans.

Our Specials
O/ Tacos Carne Azada
3 flour tortillas stuffed with slices of steak. Served with pico de gallo, hot green salsa, rice, and beans.
O/ Tacos de Carnitas
3 flour tortillas stuffed with chopped pork tips. Served with pico de gallo, hot sauce, rice, and beans.
Chile Verde Special
Pork tips cooked with green hot sauce. Served with flour tortillas, rice, and beans.
Chile Colorado Special
Slices of beef steak cooked with ranchero hot sauce. Served with flour tortillas, rice, and beans.
Huevos con Chorizo Special
4 eggs scrambled with chorizo. Served with rice, beans, and flour tortillas.
Huevos Rancheros Special
4 fried eggs with spicy red ranchero sauce. Served with rice, beans, and flour tortillas.
Chicken Poblano Special
2 chiles rellenos stuffed with cheese and chicken. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, tomato, and tortillas.
Special Dinner
A little of everything, 1 enchilada, 1 tamale, 1 taco, 1 tostada, 1 chile relleno, rice, and beans.
O/ Chile Rellenos Poblanos
2 poblano peppers stuffed with cheese, egg buttered and deep dried with tomato sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Guadalajara Special
Grilled chicken and shrimp with onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers. Topped with nacho cheese and served over rice.
Molcajete
MOLCAJETE You must see to believe it! Steak, chicken, and shrimp, grilled with bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes, topped with shredded cheese and special red sauce, served sizzling hot in an authentic Mexican molcajete, Served with rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo and tortillas.
O/ Tacos Al Pastor
TACOS AL PASTOR Three soft corn tortillas stuffed with marinated grilled pork with a hint of sweet onion and pineapple. Topped with onions and cilantro. Served with a side of hot green salsa, and rice & beans
Chicken Chipotle Taco
CHICKEN CHIPOTLE TACO. Three soft tacos stuffed with grilled chicken, lettuce, creamy chipotle sauce, tomatoes, and shredded cheese. Served with rice and beans
Chicken Rice
Grilled chicken served over rice, topped with nacho cheese and served with flour tortillas

Combination Dinners
1. 2 Enchiladas Combination Dinner
Rice and beans.
2. 1 Enchilada and 1 Taco Combination Dinner
Rice and beans.
3. 1 Tostada and 1 Enchilada Combination Dinner
Rice and beans.
4. 1 Enchilada and 1 Chile Relleno Combination Dinner
Rice and beans.
5. 1 Enchilada and 1 Tamale Combination Dinner
Rice and beans.
6. 2 Tacos Combination Dinner
Rice and beans.
7. 1 Burrito, 1 Enchilada, and 1 Taco Combination Dinner
8. 1 Burrito and 1 Taco Combination Dinner
Rice and beans.
9. 1 Burrito and 1 Enchilada Combination Dinner
Rice and beans.
10. 2 Tacos, 1 Enchilada, & 1 Tostada with Nacho Cheese Combination Dinner
11. 2 Tacos, 1 Enchilada Combination Dinner
Rice and beans.
12. 2 Enchiladas and 1 Taco Combination Dinner
Rice and beans.
13. 1 Enchilada, 1 Chile Relleno, and 1 Taco Combination Dinner
Rice and beans.
14. 1 Burrito, 1 Enchilada, and 1 Taco Combination Dinner
Rice and beans.
15. 1 Tostada, 1 Enchilada, and 1 Taco Combination Dinner
Rice and beans.

Burritos
Burrito Califonia
Caranba! the biggest burrito. Choice of grilled chicken or beef steak. With rice, beans, lettuce, tomato, jalapenos, sour cream, and cheese.
Burritos El Mariachi
2 burritos, 1 beef and bean, 1 chicken and bean. Topped with lettuce, sour cream, cheese, and tomato. Served with rice and beans.
Burrito Deluxe
A flour tortilla filled with seasoned ground beef or spicy chicken. Topped with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Burrito Special
Beef burrito, topped with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
Burrito Mexicano
A pork burrito cooked with onion, bell pepper, and tomato. Topped with cheese sauce, lettuce, tomato, and guacamole.

Enchiladas
Enchiladas el Mariachi
4 enchiladas, 1 beef, 1 cheese, 1 chicken, and 1 bean, topped with cheese enchilada sauce, lettuce, tomato, and sour cream. Served with rice and beans,
Enchilada Verdes
3 chicken enchiladas, topped with cheese and green mild sauce. Served with rice, lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
Enchiladas Rancheras
2 cheese enchiladas, topped with cheese, pork cooked with onion, bell peppers, tomato, and enchilada sauce. Served with rice and guacamole salad.
Enchiladas Mexicanas
4 enchiladas, 1 beef, 1 cheese, 1 chicken, and 1 bean, topped with cheese, red sauce, lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.

Child Plates
PN. Kids Taco, Rice, and Beans
Soft or hard shell.
PN. Kids Taco, Rice, and Burrito Combo Special
Includes soft drink.
PN. Kids Enchilada, Rice, and Beans
PN. Kids Enchilada, Rice, and Beans Combo Special
Includes soft drink.
PN. Kids Quesadilla, Rice, and Beans
PN. Kids Quesadilla, Rice, and Beans Combo Special
Includes soft drink.
PN. Kids Burrito, Rice, and Beans
PN. Kids Burrito, Rice, and Beans Combo Special
Includes soft drink.
PN. Kids Taco and Enchilada
PN. Kids Taco and Enchilada Combo Special
Includes soft drink.
PN. Kids Burrito and Taco
PN. Kids Burrito and Taco Combo Special
Includes soft drink.
PN. Kids Cheese Quesadilla and Fries
PN. Kids Cheese Quesadilla and Fries Combo Special
Includes soft drink.
PN. Kids Chicken Strips and Fries
PN. Kids Chicken Strips and Fries Combo Special
Includes soft drink.
PN. Kids Cheese Burger and fries
PN. Kids Cheeseburger Combo Special
Includes soft drink.

Quesadillas
Quesadilla Rellena
A flour tortilla grilled and stuffed with cheese, beef chunks, and beans. Served with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
Quesadilla Chicken Tips
A flour tortilla stuffed with cheese and grilled chicken strips. Served with lettuce, sour cream, tomato, and rice and covered with cheese sauce.
Quesadilla Fajita Grande
A grilled flour tortilla, folded with cheese and slices of chicken or beef grilled with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.

Salads
Grilled Chicken Salad
Fresh lettuce, onion, tomatoes, bell peppers, topped with grilled chicken and cheese with dressing.
Grilled Shrimp Salad
14 pieces. Fresh lettuce, onion, tomatoes, bell peppers, topped with grilled shrimp and cheese with ranch dressing.
Guacamole Salad
Fresh lettuce, topped with guacamole, cheese, and tomato.
Tossed Salad
A bowl of fresh lettuce, topped with tomato, onions, bell peppers, and cheese.
Taco Salad
Crispy flour bowl, with your choice of spicy chicken or beef with cheese sauce. Topped with lettuce, tomato, sour cream, and tomato.
Taco Salad Fajita
Crispy flour bowl with your choice of chicken or beef slices, grilled with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes with cheese sauce. Topped with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.

Seafood Dishes
Enchiladas Acapulco
3 enchiladas, 1 cheese, 1 shrimp, and 1 crab, topped with cheese sauce. Garnished with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream. Served with rice.
Angel Special
A cheese quesadilla stuffed with shrimp and grilled onions and topped with cheese sauce. Served with guacamole salad and rice.
Camaron Fajitas
Grilled shrimp, onion, bell pepper, and tomato. Served with flour tortillas, lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, rice, and beans.
Coctel de Camaron
Large. Shrimp cocktail.
Camarones Rancheros
20 pieces of large shrimp cooked with ranchero sauce. Served with flour tortillas, rice, and beans.
Camarones al Mojo de Ajo
20 pieces of large shrimp grilled with garlic. Served with rice, guacamole salad, and flour tortillas.
Seafood Chimichanga Meal
A flour tortillas stuffed with shrimp and crab, deep-fried to a golden brown. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, rice, and beans.
Camarones a la Diabla
Hot. 20 pieces of large shrimp, sauteed with hot tomato sauce, served with rice, beans, and tortilla.
Camarones Chipotle
20 large shrimp cooked with creamy chipotle sauce. Served with flour tortillas, rice and beans.

Los Doraditos
O/ Flautas Meal
4 rolled flour tortillas with your choice of filling, chicken, or beef, and deep fried. Served with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
Nachos el Mariachi
Cheese and bean nachos topped with your choice of grilled chicken strips or beef steak with cheese sauce. Topped with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
Nachos Supreme
Cheese and bean nachos topped with ground beef, chicken, and cheese sauce. Topped with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
O/ Taquitos Mexicanos
4 rolled corn tortillas stuffed with your choice of spicy chicken or beef, and deep-fried. Served with lettuce, tomato, sour cream, rice, and beans.
Chimichanga Meal
A flour tortillas stuffed with your choice of filling, beef chunks or spicy chicken, and deep-fried to a golden brown. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, rice, and beans.

Vegetarian Combinations
A. Bean Burrito and Cheese Enchilada Combination
Rice and beans.
B. Bean Chalupa and Cheese Enchilada Combination
Rice and beans.
C. Cheese Enchilada and Chile Relleno Combination
Rice and beans.
D. Bean Burrito, Bean Chalupa, and Cheese Quesadilla Combination
E. Bean Chalupa and Chile Relleno Combination
And rice.
F. Vegetarian Fajitas Combination
G. Mushroom Quesadilla Combination
Grilled flour tortilla with mushrooms, onion, bell pepper, and cheese dip on top. Served with rice and guacamole salad.

A la Carte
ALC Burrito
ALC Taco
Soft or hard shell.
ALC Enchilada
ALC Tostada
ALC Bean Chalupa
ALC Nacho Cheese Tostada
ALC Chile Relleno
ALC Flauta
ALC Tamale
ALC Chimichanga
ALC Taco de Azada
ALC Taco de Carnitas
ALC Chimichanga Sea Food
ALC Quesadilla Chicken Tips

Side Orders
Tortillas
Sour Cream
Rice
Beans
Rice and Beans
Pico de Gallo
Jalapeno Peppers
Shredded Cheese
Chips to go
Salsa To Go
French Fries
Tomato
Cilantro
Hot Sauce
8 oz.

Desserts
Fried ice Cream
Vanilla ice cream with corn flakes, fried, and topped with chocolate and whipped cream.
Flan
Mexican custard.
Sopapilla
Fried dough tortilla with honey, butter, and cinnamon.
Sopapilla with Ice cream
Vanilla Ice Cream
Fry Cheesecake Chimi
FRY CHEESECAKE CHIMI Creamy cheesecake wrapped in a flour tortilla, deep fried to a golden brown, topped with chocolate, whipped cream, and rolled in cinnamon and sugar. Served with vanilla ice cream.

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Recent Reviews

My friend and I meet every few weeks here for lunch. Service is always friendly and quick, the restaurant is always clean and the decor fun and the food...the food is simply amazing. I always get the lunch Chimichanga special with seafood. The tortilla is FILLED with seafood, fried perfectly and topped with queso. The beans and rice are always tasty, along with fresh sour cream, lettuce and tomatoes. The price for my meal with a generous tip is under $15. No wonder we go...
March 2026
Very good service from start to finish .
Food was good not “oh my god” but leaning more towards “we will be back eventually “
It was packed and our food was ready quickly.
The parking was a little goofy but nothing major.
February 2026
I'm just not impressed with the food, I guess it depends on what you like for Mexican food but it just seemed really bland to me. The service and atmosphere were just average too
January 2026

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EL MARIACHI

5825 Merle Hay Rd, Johnston, IA 50131
(515) 276-3887