Chapala Family Mexican Restaurant

900 La Porte Rd, Waterloo
(319) 287-8005

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Chicken Steak or Shrimp Fajitas for Two
Chapala Burrito with Shredded Beef
Deep-Fried Ice Cream
Shrimp Fajita Salad
Chicken Quesadilla
Enchiladas Sunrise
Steak Tampiquena
Chicken Fajitas
Chips and Salsa
Chile Colorado

Menu

Appetizers
Super Nachos
Fresh chips, and refried beans with a choice of chicken beef or shredded beef. Topped with melted cheese tomatoes and green onions sour cream and guacamole.
Cheese Crispy
Large crispy flour tortilla topped with melted cheese
Chicken Quesadilla
Large flour tortilla stuffed with cheese and chicken, garnished with lettuce sour cream and guacamole.
Cheese Quesadilla
Large flour tortilla stuffed with cheese garnished with lettuce sour cream and guacamole.
Nachos Chapala
Fresh chips, topped with beans melted cheese tomatos and green onions with your choice of chicken beef or shredded beef.
Cheese Nachos
Fresh chips topped with melted cheese.
Chicken Taquitos
Crispy flour tortilla filled with seasoned chicken topped with Parmesan cheese and garnished with pico de gayo lettuce and sour cream and guacamole.
Mexican Pizza
Large crispy flour tortilla topped with beans, cheese and fresh tomatoes. Green onions lettuce, sour cream, guacamole and your choice of meat.
Quesdilla & Chicken Taqiuto Combo
Flour tortilla stuffed with cheese served with lettuce sour cream, guacamole and Pico de gayo.
Camarones Al Natural
Shrimp in lemon juice with onions, tomato, Chiles, avocado and cilantro.
Chorizo Con Queso
Chorizo mixed with white hot cheese dip.
Cheese Dip to go
Guacamole Dip
Bean Dip
Large Chips to Go
Fajita meat
Chicken or steak.
Shrimp taquitos
Crispy flour tortilla filled with seasoned shrimp, topped with white sauce, and garnished with pico de gayo, lettuce, sour cream and guacamole.
Ostiones preparados
Langostinos
Camarones chapala
Camarones aguachile
Nachos Vallarta
Your choice of meat : chicken steak or shrimp with cheese dip. Grilled onions, jalapenos, tomatos , olives and sour cream.
Quesa birria
Shredded beef with shredded cheese inside served with consomne with tortilla topped with shredded melted cheese.
Camarones Al mojo de ajo
Shrimp sauteed in garlic butter with mushrooms and onions then garnished with sliced avocado. Lettuce and tomato.

Salads
Shrimp Fajita Salad
Fajita Salad
A fresh garden salad generously topped with your choice of steak or chicken fajita. Garnished with mushrooms avocado, tomatoes and sliced egg.
Chicken Caesar Salad
Strips of charbroiled chicken on a bed of romaine lettuce with a refreshing ceaser dressing topped with Parmesan cheese and garnished with tomato wedges.
Tostada
Traditional tostada made a crispy corn tortillas shell topped with refried beans lettuce cheese tomatoes and your choice of meat.
Dinner salad

Egg Dishes
Huevos Rancheros
Three eggs over- easy on corn tortillas covered with jack cheese and Spanish sauce garnished with lettuce and tomato.
Chorizo Con Huevos
Mexican sausage cooked with three eggs tomatoes and green onions. Garnished with lettuce and tomatos.
Machaca
A delicious mix of shredded beef, scrambled eggs, onions and bell peppers. Garnished with lettuce and tomato.

Vegetable Dishes
Vegi-Fajitas
Mushrooms, carrots, zucchini, and broccoli served sizzling hot over a bed of sauteed onions and green bell peppers. Served with lettuce, cheese and Pico de Gallo, sour cream, guacamole and corn or flour tortilla.
Vegi-Macho Burrito
Flour tortilla filled with mushrooms, carrots zucchini and broccoli. Topped with green sauce, jack cheese and garnished with lettuce and Pico de Gallo.
Vegi Enchiladas
Steamed carrots, mushrooms, broccoli and zucchini rolled in corn tortillas topped with green sauce. Monterey Jack cheese. Garnished with lettuce and Pico de Gallo.
Enchiladas de Espinaca
Spinach sauteed with mushrooms, Onion, tomato, bell peppers, cilantro rolled into two corn tortillas and smothered with green salsa topped with Monterey Jack cheese. Garnished with lettuce and Pico de Gallo.
Vegi-quesadilla
Spinach, onions, mushrooms, cilantro, bell peppers and tomatoes garnished with lettuce and sour cream and guacamole.

Enchiladas
Enchiladas Rancheras
Three corn tortillas rolled and filled with your choice of meat. With lettuce, sour cream, and Parmesan. Served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas Especial
Three beef, chicken, or shredded beef enchiladas, smothered with light red sauce topped with fresh chopped onions oregano and parmesan cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas Chapala
Three enchiladas your choice of meet served with cheese sauce and served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas Blancas
Three corn tortillas rolled and stuffed with your choice of meat, topped with delicious white cream sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas de Mole
Three corn tortillas rolled and stuffed with your choice of meat topped with delicious sweet mole sauce and jack cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas Sunrise
Three corn tortillas stuffed with cheese or your choice of meat. Covered with two over easy eggs and special sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas Suizas
Three corn tortillas rolled and stuffed with your choice of meat or cheese, covered with green sauce and jack cheese, and garnished with green onions and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Trio Enchiladas
Three corn tortillas rolled and stuffed with your choice of meat each one topped with a different sauced green tomatillo, white cream and red tomatoes with all spices then covered with melted cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Deluxe Enchiladas
Double lengethed corn tortillas filled with your choice of shrimp or crab, onions and tomatoes Served with lettuce sour cream and guacamole. Served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas Poblanas
Your choice of meat ground beef, shredded beef, or chicken. Served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas chipotle
Three corn tortillas rolled and stuffed in your choice of meat. Covered in our special chipotle sauce.
Enchiladas Verdes
Three corn tortillas rolled and stuffed with pork, covered with our light green tomatillo sauce and topped with melted cheese, garnished with sour cream and green onions.

Seafood Dishes
Camarones a la Crema
Shrimp and mushrooms sauteed with onions in a delicious cream sauce. Garnished with lettuce and tomatoes.
Camarones Chipotle
Prowns sauteed with garlic butter, mushrooms, and onions in a chipotle sauce. Garnished with lettuce and tomato.
Tacos de Pescado
Three soft corn tortillas filled with fish, served with pico de Gallo and cabbage.
Arroz con Mariscos
Shrimps or scallops sauteed in a light tomato sauce with mushrooms, carrots celery and onion. Served over rice with jack cheese. Served with salad. Not served with beans.
Whole Tilapia
Served with rice and beans and a salad.
Whole Tilapia con Camarones
Served with rice beans and a salad.
Tres Potrillos
Steak chicken or shrimp sauteed with mushrooms, onions, peppers and a special sauce. Served with guacamole Pico de Gallo, lettuce, rice and beans.
Cancun Platter
Chicken, and shrimp and crab sauteed with onions, tomatos, bell peppers, cilantro with mushrooms, served over a bed of rice with melted cheese. Not served with beans.
Camarones Cabo Blanco
Shrimp marinated with a special homeade creamy sauce sauteed with mushrooms, oregano, onions and jack cheese. Garnished with lettuce and tomato.
Camarones Monterey
Rock shrimp rolled in bacon strips covered in jack cheese, then baked with onions, tomatos and bell peppers. Served with lettuce pico de Gallo, sour cream and guacamole.
Ceviche de Camaron
Chopped shrimp with tomatos onions and cilantro, avocado and marinated in lime juice.
Tacos de Camaron
Three soft corn tortillas filled with shrimp, served with pico de gayo and cabbage.
Camarones Al mojo de ajo
Shrimp, mushrooms,and onions sauteed in a buttery sauce with garlic and chiles,mild or spicy. Garnished with lettuce and tomatos
Camarones Al Diablo
Shrimp, mushrooms, onions and tomato sauteed in a spicy or mild red sauce. Garnished with lettuce and tomato.
Camarones rancheros
Shrimp sauteed with mushrooms onions,carrots, and celery. Then smothered with our own special Mexican sauce. Garnished with lettuce and tomato.
Carne asada con camarones
Tender, flame-broiled steak and shrimp sauteed with mushrooms and onions in a buttery sauce with garlic and spices served with guacamole lettuce and Pico de gayo.
Seafood chimichanga
Sauteed shrimp, scallops, fish, celery, carrots, onions, green peppers , and mushrooms rolled in a crisp flour tortilla with special salsa. Garnished with lettuce tomatos guacamole and sour cream.
Camarones Mazatlan
Shrimp marinated with a special homemade creamy sauce, sauteed with mushrooms and onions and baked with jack cheese. Served with tomato carrots celery and bell peppers over rice and a salad.

Fajitas
Steak Fajita
Fajitas served over a bed of sauteed onions and green peppers with Mexican rice and choice of refried beans or rancho beans ( cholesterol free ) also served with lettuce, pico de Gallo, sour cream, guacamole, shredded cheese, and your choice of flour or corn tortillas.
Chicken Fajita
Fajitas served over a bed of sauteed onions and green peppers with Mexican rice and choice of refried beans or rancho beans ( cholesterol free ) also served with lettuce, pico de Gallo, sour cream, guacamole, shredded cheese, and your choice of flour or corn tortillas.
Pork Fajita
Fajitas served over a bed of sauteed onions and green peppers with Mexican rice and choice of refried beans or rancho beans ( cholesterol free ) also served with lettuce, pico de Gallo, sour cream, guacamole, shredded cheese, and your choice of flour or corn tortillas.
Shrimp Fajita
Fajitas served over a bed of sauteed onions and green peppers with Mexican rice and choice of refried beans or rancho beans ( cholesterol free ) also served with lettuce, pico de Gallo, sour cream, guacamole, shredded cheese, and your choice of flour or corn tortillas.
Fajita Sampler
Fajitas served over a bed of sauteed onions and green peppers with Mexican rice and choice of refried beans or rancho beans ( cholesterol free ) also served with lettuce, pico de Gallo, sour cream, guacamole, shredded cheese, and your choice of flour or corn tortillas. With steak chicken and shrimp.
Fajita Fundida
Chicken or steak covered with jack cheese and tomato
Fajita Sampler for 2
Fajitas served over a bed of sauteed onions and green peppers with Mexican rice and choice of refried beans or rancho beans ( cholesterol free ) also served with lettuce, pico de Gallo, sour cream, guacamole, shredded cheese, and your choice of flour or corn tortillas. Srrved family style
Shrimp Fajita Burrito
Fajita Quesadilla
Crispy, flour tortilla filled with cheddar and jack cheese and Pico de Gallo, your choice of steak or chicken with lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole.
Carne Asada Quesadilla
Shrimp Fajita Quesadilla
Fajita Burrito
Soft flour tortilla with rice and beans, grilled onions, and green peppers, your choice of steak or chicken fsjits with arroz con pollo sauce. Garnished with pico de Gallo, lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole.
Fajita sampler platter
Steal chicken and shrimp Fajitas served over a bed of sauteed onions and green peppers with Mexican rice and choice of refried beans or rancho beans ( cholesterol free ) also served with lettuce, pico de Gallo, sour cream, guacamole, shredded cheese, and your choice of flour or corn tortillas.
Fajita chimichanga
Chicken or steak with onions, peppers, and tomatoes. Served deep fried and topped with cheese sauce.
Fajita chapala
Steal, chicken, shrimp, and chorizo, with onions, peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms, fresj cheese and avacado. Served with rice and beans.

Meat Dishes
Carne Asada
9 oz think sliced teneder skirt steak, flame-broiled and garnished with tomatoes, guacamole, lettuce and Pico de Gallo.
Carne Adobada
9 oz thin sliced tender skirt steak marinated, flame-broiled and garnished with tomatoes, guacamole, lettuce, and Pico de Gallo.
Tacos al Carbon
Three tacos with tender flame-broiled and chopped steak or chicken breast, served in warm corn tortillas with " salsa fresca ", lettuce and topeed with Parmesan cheese and guacamole.
Steak Carnitas
Strips of tender steak sauteed with green peppers, onion, tomatoes, cilantro and green onions. Garnished with lettuce guacamole and Pico de Gallo.
Steak Tampiquena
Strips of beef tenderloin, onion, and bell peppers sauteed in Mexican sauce. Garnished with letuce and tomatoes.
Taquitos Rancheros
Three corn tortillas filled with seasoned shredded beef or chicken, then folded and deep fried. Served on a bed of lettuce and topped with Parmesan cheese. Spanish sauce, guacamole, sour cream, and Pico de Gallo.
Rib Eye y Mas
A delicious 10 oz. Rib eye steak. Flame-broiled to your order and served with your choice of a tamale, enchilada, of Chile relleno with lettuce and tomatoes.
Rib Eye Jalisco
A delicious 10 oz rib eye steak, flame-broiled shrimp, rixe and beans, served with lettuce and tomatoes.
Chile Colorado
Chunks of beef cooked in a dark sauce with tomatoes, onions, mild pepper and spices. Garnisjed with lettuce and tomatoes.
Chile Verde
Chunks of lean pork cooked In mild tomatillo sauce and garnished with lettuce and tomatoes.
Tres Amigos
Chile Verde, Chile Colorado, and Chile relleno, with lettuce and tomatoes.
Carne Asada y Mas
Thinly sliced steak, charbroiled with your choice of tamale, enchiladas, or Chile relleno. Garnished with lettuce,Pico de Gallo, and guacamole.
Tacos de Carne Asada
Three soft corn tortillas filled with ohr special tender steak. Sedved with cilantro and onions, rice and beans.
Tacos Al Pastor
Served with rice, beans, cilantro, and onions.
Tacos De Carnitas
Served with rice beans, and cilantro and onions
Birria Tacos
3 tacos stuffed with birra served with rice and beans and cilantra and onions, with consomne.
Street Tacos
Carne asada and chorizo serbed with rice and beans cilantro and onions and lettuce.
Pork Carnitas
Pork strips cooked with bell peppers, cilantro, onions, mushrooms and tomatoes. Served with lettuce guacamole and Pico de Gallo.
Steak Jalisco
Rib eye steak topped with sauteed onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, and mushrooms, cooked in a mild red sauce, garnished with lettuce guacamole and Pico de Gallo.
Plato Mexicano
Combination of four traditional items, carne asada, Chile relleno, chicken taquitos, and cheese enchiladas, served with lettuce, Pico de Gallo anf fresh guacamole.
Rib eye con camarones
A delicious 10 oz rib eye steak flame-broiled shrimp to your order and served with lettuce and tomatoes.

Chicken Dishes
Torta
Choice of chicken, Al pastor, or steak with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and avacado, and jalapenos, serbed wirh fries.
Arroz con Pollo
A mild Mexican specialty of chicken breast sauteed with mushrooms, and onions, served on a bed rice covered with cheese and smothered wotj our special sauce, garnished with tomatoes, and a salad. Served with rice no beans.
Pollo Ranchero
Strips of chicken breast sauteed in a buttery sauce with onions, peppers and cilantro, topped with Spanish sauce. Garnished with lettuce and tomatoes. Served with rice and beans.
Pollo Adobado
9 oz think sliced tender chicken marinated and flame-broiled garnished with guacamole, lettuce, snd pico de gallo. Served with rice and beans.
Pollo a Parrilla
9 oz of boneless, skinless chicken breast marinated with herbs and spices then flame-broiled with onions and mushrooms. Garnished with " salsa fresca " guacamole, lettuce and guacamole. Served with rice and beans.
Polla a la Crema
Boneless chicken breast marinated with homemade creamy salsa and parmesan cheese, gstnished with lettuce and tomatoes. Served with rice and beans.
Flautas
Three flour tortillas filled with seasoned chicken or shredded beef, then rolled and deep fried. Served on lettuce then topped with pico de Gallo, parmesan cheese and sour cream.
Chicken Chipotle
Strips of chicken breast sauteed with bell peppers and onions, cooked in a mild creamy chipotle sauce. Garnished with lettuce and tomatoes. Served with rice and beans.
Pollo en Mole
Chunks of chicken breast cooked ina delicious sweet-spicy mole sauce, onions and garnished with lettuce and tomatoes. Served with rice and beans.
Sopitos
Corn " masa " patties covered with beans, chicken or beef, lettuce, Pico de Gallo, parmesan cheese, guacamole, and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Pollo Mazatlan
Grilled chicken breast sauteed in our special creamy sauce with green peppers, onions, carrots, celery, and mushrooms. Served on a bed of rice and melted cheese. Served with a salad. Not served with beans.
Pollo con Queso
Strips of chicken breast sauteed with onions, bell pepper and cheese sauce. Garnished with lettuce and tomatoes
Pollo Cabo Blanco
Boneless chicken breast marinated with homemade creamy salsa, sauteed with mushrooms, oregano, onions and them baked with jack cheese, lettuce and tomatoes.
Pollo El cardenal
5 oz skirt steak and 5 oz boneless chicken breast served with onions and mushrooms. Garnished with lettuce pico de Gallo and guacamole
Pollo fundido
Rolled crispy flour tortilla filled with seasoned chicken and smothered with creamy chipotle sauce and American cheese. Garnished with lettuce, guauand sour cream.
Chicken carnitas
Chicken breast sauteed with green peppers, onions, tomatoes, cilantro and green onions. Garnished with lettuce, guacamole and Pico de Gallo.
Chori pollo
Strips of chicken breast and chorizo with and cheese sauce. Garnkshed with rice and beans.

Dessert
Deep Fried Ice crean
Amazingly delicious! A venilla ice cream ball deep fried with crunchy coating, served with chocolate, strawberry or honey,
Flan
Homeade vanilla custard with a burnt sugar topping. Topped with whip cream and s cherry.
Sopapilla
Deep fried, lighr flour tortilla puffs topped with honey whipped cream and cinnamon sugar.
Churros
Churros topped with whip cream and chocolate.

Combinations
1. Three Tacos
Three hard shell tacis eitj your choice of beef, chicken, or shredded beef. Served with rice and beans, garnished with sjredded cheese tomatos and lettuce.
2. Three Enchiladas
Three enchiladas with your choice of beef chicken or shredded beef. Served with rice and beans.
3. Two Chiles Rellenos
Served with rice and beans.
4. Two Enchiladas and One Taco
Served with rice and beans.
5. One Enchilada, One Taco and One Tostada
Served with rice and beans.
6. Two Beef and Bean Burritos
Served with rice and beans.
7. One Enchilada and One Chalupa
Served with rice and beans
8. One Enchilada and One Burrito
Served with rice and beans
9. One Enchilada and Two Tacos
Served with rice and beans
10. One Burrito and One Tamale
Served with rice and beans
11. One Chile Relleno and One Burrito
Served with rice and beans
12. One Chile Relleno and One Chalupa
Served with rice and beans
13. One Chimichanga and One Enchilada
Served with rice and beans
14. One Chimichanga and One Burrito
Served with rice and beans
15. One Enchilada and One Taco
Served with rice and beans
16. One Enchilada and One Tostada
Served with rice and beans
17. Two Tacos
Served with rice and beans
18. Two Enchiladas
Served with rice and beans
19. One Tamale and One Taco
Served with rice and beans
20. One Tamale and One Enchilada
Served with rice and beans
21. One Tamale and One Tostada
Served with rice and beans
22. One Chile Relleno and One Taco
Served with rice and beans
23. One Burrito and One Taco
Served with rice and beans
24. One Grilled Chimichanga
Served with rice and beans
25. One Chimichanga
Served with rice and beans
26. Taco Salad
Served with rice and beans

Burritos

Carne asada burrito
Skirt steak, refried beans, and Mexican rice topped with a special sauce, cheddar cheese, green peppers, onions, lettuce, Pico de Gallo, guacamole and sour cream.
Carnitas burrito
Choice of chicken or steak, with onions, bell peppers, rice, and beans. With burrito sauce, cheddar cheese, lettuce, Pico de Gallo, guacamole, and sour cream
Seafood burrito
Sauteed shrimp, scallops, fish, carrots, onions, green peppers and mushrooms. With a special creamy sauce. Topped with cheese, served with lettuce, guacamole and sour cream.
Chorizo burrito
A huge burrito filled with Mexican sausage and eggs, tomatoes and green onions. Smothered in burrito sauce. Topped with melted cheddar cheese.
Chicken chipotle burrito
Strips of chicken, with green peppers, onions and out mild spicy sauce.
Chapala burrito
Flour tortilla stuffed with beef, chicken, or shredded beef. Rice and beans, with burrito sauce. Garnished with lettuce tomatoes, sour cream, parmesan, and guacamole.
Burrito California
Rice, rancho beans, onion and cilantro. Topped with shredded cheese. Served with sour cream and guacamole. Everything inside!
Burrito dos amigos
A huge burrito 1/2 filled with Chile Verde and the other 1/2 filled with Chile Colorado. The Chile berde portion is topped with jack cheese and the Chile Colorado portion is topped with cheddar. Both have onions, green peppers, Pico de Gallo, avocado, beans and rice.
Fredys burrito!
Carne asada with rice, beans, and french fries, served with lettuce and sour cream.
Burra burrito
Sheedded beef, with rice, onions, cilantro, and shredded cheese, served with consomne with tortilla topped and shredded cheese.

Hamburger

Sergio burger
Double beef burger grilled with bacon and American cheese. Serbed with lettuce, tomatoes, onions amd fries.
Cheese burger
Beef burger topped with American cheese, served with lettuce tomatoes onions and fries.
Chicken sandwich
6 oz charbroiled, boneless, skinless, chicken breast, served with lettuce, tomatoes and onions and fries

Sopas

Sopas siete mares
Catfish, shrimp, crab , octopus, scallops, clams and vegetables.
Sopas de Camaron y pescado
Lots of rock shrimp, catfish, vegetables in spicy red sauce with avacado, cilantro, onions, and tomatoes.
Coctel de Camaron
Shrimp cocktail served cold or warm served with cilantro and onions tomatoes and avocado.
Coctel campechana
Octopus, and shrimp served cold or warm, served with cilantro, tomatoes, onion and avocado.
Menudo
Caldi de res
Birra

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Recent Reviews

Had dinner with family there last night and we all enjoyed it. The food was delicious , drinks were great Our waitress was super nice and friendly Overall our service was great
April 2026
My first observation was the chips are from a box. Salsa likely from a can. Could improvement those easily. Food was hot, rice was yummy and beans were pretty good. I had chicken enchiladas and a beef hardshell taco . Enchiladas were good. Taco was ok. Great atmosphere! Nice staff!
February 2026
Wonderful people. Excellent food. We had the Carne Adobada and Carne Asada tacos and they were excellent. Thanks again for a lovely experience. If we happen to be on another trip closeby/passing through we'll be sure to drop in!
September 2025

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