La Bonita Mexican Grill & Cantina

6611 University Ave Suite 100, Windsor Heights
(515) 255-9411

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Cheeseburger and Fries with Tenders
Tacos Your Choice of Meat
Steak and Chicken Fajitas
Michelada Con Camarones
Side of Rice and Beans
Chorizo Taco and Sides
Birria Soup and Tacos
Enchiladas Supremas
Chips and Queso
Chips and Salsa

Menu

Appetizers

Cheese Dip
Creamy dip made from melted cheese.
Bean Dip
Creamy dipping sauce made from beans.
Chori Dip
Guacamole Dip
A creamy dip made from avocado.
Choripapas
French fries with Mexican sausage and cheese sauce on top.
Fresh Guacamole
A creamy dip made from avocado.
6 Pieces Home Made Jalapeno Poppers
Cream cheese.
Super Fries
Guacamole, pico, sour cream, beans and cheese.
Super Nachos
Guacamole, pico, sour cream, beans and cheese.
Grilled Chicken salad
Chopped lettuce mix tossed with onions tomato, cheese topped with tender grilled chicken slices.
Shrimp Salad
Chopped lettuce mix tossed with onions, tomatoes and cheese. Topped with grilled garlic shrimp.
Taco Salad
Crispy flour tortilla with chicken or ground beef, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese and sour cream.
Taco Salad Fajita
Crispy flour tortilla shell sled with your choice of steak, chicken or mix, onions, bell peppers, tomatoes with lettuce,cheese, sour cream and guacamole.
Shrimp Taco Salad
Crispy flour tortilla shell filled with shrimp, onions, bell peppers, tomatoes with lettuce, cheese, sour cream and guacamole.

Breakfast

Huevos a la Mexicana
Three fried egg cooked with onions, tomatoes and jalapeno.
Chorizo con Huevo
Mexican sausage and egg.
Chilaquiles
Corn fried tortillas chips topped with sauce and choice of topping.
Ham Omelette
Ham, pico de gallo and cheese.
Steak Omelette
Diced steak.
Steak Ranchero
Diced steak, pico de gallo, cheese and 2 over easy eggs.

Soups

Barbacoa Soup
Lamb soup. 3 tacos and broth.
Birria Soup
Beef soup. 3 tacos and broth.
Menudo Soup
Beef tripe soup with a red chili pepper base.
Pozole
Pork soup.
Chicken Soup
Served with chunks of chicken, rice, pico de gallo and tortillas.
Shrimp Soup
Shrimps soup with pico de gallo. Served with bread.
Tortilla Soup
Grilled chicken soup with cheese, sour cream with fried tortillas.

Seafood

Aguachiles
Butterflied shrimp marinated in citrus juice and your choice of green or red peppers sauce. Served cool with cucumber and avocado slices.
Shrimp Cocktail
Steamed shrimp served in a cool and sweet tomato sauce, pico de gallo and diced avocado. Served with saltine crackers.
Camaron and Pulpo Cocktail
Steamed shrimp and octopus served in a cool and sweet tomato sauce, pico de gallo and diced avocado. Served with saltine crackers.
Oysters
Camarones Diablo
Sauteed shrimp with mushrooms, simmered in a fiery red hot salsa. Served with white rice and salad.
Camarones a la Crema
Sauteed shrimp with onions, mushrooms, cream sauce with a splash of wine. Served with rice, salad and tortillas.
Camarones Empanizados
Breaded shrimp served with white rice, salad and tortillas.
Camarones Momia
Shrimp wrapped with bacon and fried to golden brown. Served with white rice, salad and tortillas.
Catfish Filet
Grilled catfish with 5 shirmp cook with pico de gallo and mushroom. Served with rice, sour cream, lettuce and tortillas.
Fajias del Mar
5 shrimps, catfish, scallops and crab meat cooked with onions, bell peppers and tomato. Served with rice and beans with pico de gallo, lettuce, sour cream with 3 tortillas.
Torre de Mariscos
Shrimp, octopus, catfish and scallops.
Arroz con Camaron
Grilled shrimp served with rice, cheese dip and tortillas.
Chipotle Shrimp
Sauteed shrimp with zucchini, mushrooms, chipotle cream sauce. Served with rice and salad.
Camarones al Mojo se Ajo
Shrimps sauteed in a garlic butter sauce. Served with rice,lettuce,pico de gallo, sour cream and tortillas.
Shrimp Ceviche
Citrus marinated shrimp mixed with pico de gallo. Topped with avocado slices. Served with tostadas and saltine crackers.
A la Cucaracha Shrimp
Whole shrimp, sauteed with fresh lime juice and hot sauce. Served with cucumber slices.
Light Seafood Dinner
2 grilled catfish filets, served with white rice, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot and lop with cheese sauce.
Mary tierra Quesadilla
Grilled steak, shrimp, onions with Spanish rice, lettuce, pico and sour cream.
Seafood Molcajete
Fried tilapia, catfish filet, octopus, head-on shrimp, cucaracha shrimp a la diabla.
Pulpo a la Diabla
Chopped octopus cooked with our special spicy sauce, served with white rice and salad.
Mojarra Frita
Whole fish tilapia fried and topped with 3 shrimps, served with white rice and salad.

Chimichangas

La Favorita Chimichanga
Flour tortillas stuffed with your choice of meat, beans, Mexican cheese blend then fried to a golden brown topped with cheese sauce, served with rice, lettuce, sour cream and guacamole.
Classic Chimichanga
Flour tortillas stuffed with of ground beef or pulled chicken, then fried to a golden brown. Topped with cheese sauce. Served with rice, refried beans, lettuce, sour cream and guacamole.
Fajita Chimichanga
Cooked with onions, bell peppers, tomatoes. Served with rice, beans and salad.

Quesadillas

Montana Quesadilla
Shrimp, mushrooms and onions covered with our cheese sauce. Served with rice, lettuce, pico de gallo and guacamole.
JC Quesadilla
Grilled chicken or steak, rice, lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole and covered with our special sauce.
Cheese Quesadilla
Served with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo.
Mar and Tierra Quesadilla
Grilled steak, shrimp and onions with Spanish rice, lettuce, pico and sour cream.

Enchiladas

Saritas Enchilada
2 flour tortilla stuffed with shirmp , crab meat and pico de gallo topped with cheese sauce, sour cream, avocado slices served with rice.
Enchiladas Verdes
3 corn enchiladas with your choice of meat topped with green sauce served with white rice and salad.
Supremas Enchiladas
4 enchiladas, 1 ground beef, 1 shredded chicken, 1 beans and 1 cheese topped with your choice of sauce served with lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes and avocado slices.
Red Enchiladas
3 corn beef or chicken enchiladas topped with red sauce, sour cream and shredded cheese, served with beans, and rice.
Mary's Enchiladas
3 flour tortillas with grilled chicken, covered in cheese dip with avocado slices. Served with white rice and salad.
Guille's Enchiladas
3 enchiladas, cheese on top with shrimp. Served with white rice. Lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream.
Mole enchiladas
3 mole chicken enchiladas served with rice,beans and salad

House Specialties

Mojito Special
Ribeye steak, 1 enchilada topped with our delicious red sauce, 1 chile relleno with cheese. Sewed with rice and beans.
Chori Pollo
Marinated grilled chicken strips cooked with chorizo topped with cheese sauce served with rice lettuce, chew, guacamole, pico de gallo and tortillas.
Chicken with Rice
Grilled chicken. Served with rice, cheese dip with tortillas.
Pollo Hawaii
Grilled chicken breast on top cheese sauce and pineapple. Served with rice, broccoli, cauliflower and carrot.
Pollo Loco
Grilled chicken breast cooked with onions and cheese sauces, served with rice, refried beans, pico de gallo, sour cream, lettuce and 3 tortillas.
Cielo, Mar and Tierra
Grilled chicken breast, rib eye, shrimp and onions. Served with rice, beans guacamole, pico de gallo and tortillas.
El Patron
Grilled rib eye steak, smoked pork chop and chicken breast. Cooked with onions. Sewed with rice.beans,pico de gallo, lettuce and tortillas.
Molcajete carnes
Grilled chicken, steak, shrimp, Mexican sausage, onions, bell peppers, with special sauces, served with rice, bean, lettuce, pico de gallo and guacamole.
Toriado
Grilled chicken, steak shrimp and bacon. Served on a bed of rice, covered and cheese dip and 3 tortillas.
Alambre
Steak, chorizo, adobada, bacon, pineapple, onions, bell peppers, cheese, jalapeno toreado and served with rice and tortillas.
Carne Asada plate
Rib rye steak with grilled onions on top. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, rice, beans and 3 tortillas.
Chile Verde plate
Pork cooked with green tomatillo sauces, served with rice, beans and 3 tortillas.
Steak Mexicano
12 oz. T-bone steak grilled to your liking. Top with grill shrimp, onions, tomatoes, serrano peppers, served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Steak Vaquero
Rib eye steak cooked with 6 shrimp, topped with mushroom, onions, grilled peppers and melted cheese on top. Served with rice, beans,pico de gallo, lettuce and tortillas.
Chile Colorado
Beef chunks with red chile sauces, served with rice and beans 3 tortillas.
Chiles Rellenos plate
2 chiles rellenos with rice, beans and tortillas.
Carnitas plate
Braised pork shoulder butts, served with rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, jalapenos and tortillas.

Fajitas

Steak Fajitas
Chicken Fajitas
Shrimp Fajitas
Steak, Chicken and Shrimp Fajitas
Steak and Chicken Fajitas

Tacos

Tacos
Served with rice or beans or fries. 3 tacos corn or flour topped with onion, cilantro and your choice of meat.
Fish Tacos
3 tacos breader Catfish with pico de gallo, lettuce and ranch Served with rice.
Shrimp Tacos
3 tacos with lettuce, pico de gallo and ranch served with rice.

Vegetarian

1 .Fajitas
2. Garden Quesadillas
3. Two Cheese Quesadillas with Mushroom and Rice
4. Bean Burrito
Served with cheese enchilada and cheese quesadillas.
5. Two Cheese Enchilada with Rice and Beans

Quick Options

Plate #1
Tostada and taco, beef or chicken.
Plate #2
2 tacos, beef or chicken.
Plate #3
2 enchiladas.
Plate #4
Tostada and enchilada, beef or chicken.
Plate #5
Enchilada and taco, beef or chicken.
Plate #6
Burrito and enchilada, beef or chicken.
Plate #7
Burrito and taco, beef or chicken.

Burritos
Texas Burritos
Two small burritos with your choice of meat topped with cheese sauce served with rice.
Diablo Burrito
Stuffed with steak and grilled shrimp cooked with onions, bell peppers, french fries, rice and spicy chipotle sauce.
Carne Asada burrito
Stuffed with diced steak with guacamole, rice, beans and pico.
California Burrito
Diced steak, french fries, pico and cheese.
Carnitas Burrito
Stuffed with shredded pork, guacamole, pico, rice and beans.
Ground Beef Burrito
Stuffed with beef, beans, cheese, rice, beans and sour cream.
Adobada Burrito
Stuffed with marinated pork, guacamole, pico, rice and beans.
Arizona Burrito
Stuffed with diced steak, potatoes, grilled pico and cheese.
Chile Verde Burrito
Stuffed with pork with green sauce and rice.
Pollo Asado Burrito
Stuffed with grilled chicken, guacamole, pico, rice and beans.
Camaron Burrito
Stuffed with shrimp, pico, ranch and rice.
Cabeza Burrito
Stuffed with beef cheek, beans, rice, cilantro and onions.
Lengua Burrito
Stuffed with tongue beef, beans, rice, cilantro and onions.
Fajita Steak Burrito
Fajita Chicken Burrito
Shrimp and Crab Burrito

Side Orders

Pico de gallo
Jalapenos
Fried Jalapenos
Sour Cream
Spanish rice
White rice
Refried beans
French Fries
Tortillas
Tomato
Lettuce
Rice and Beans

Desserts

Chocoflan
Churros (3)
Your choiceof flavor
Cheese cake chimi

Drinks
Fountain Soda Drink
Pepsi products
Juice

Kids

Kids cheese quesadilla
Your choice rice,beans or fries
Kids taco
Your choice
Mac and cheese
Your choice of
Chicken nuggets
Cheese burger

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Recent Reviews

What a wonderful restaurant! It used to be a Mojitos I believe, but the new owners renamed it La Bonita. The owner(I think) was out on the floor making rounds, greeting customers. The food was delicious, and we were moved inside after the owner noticed the temperature dropping. They have a couple of TV around the place that were playing sports. Very friendly, very attentive, very delicious!
October 2025
The food was absolutely amazing, and the margarita was great. The atmosphere is perfect for a date night! We were well taken care of by staff they made sure we had everything we needed!
September 2025
Went in around 2:30 at a slow time for the restaurant with only one other table when I got there. Seated right away and had my drink ordered and a menu in front of me. They have an extensive menu with the classics, and I was given chips with a fantastic salsa. The chips were fresh! I ordered the carne asada torta that came with fries. The bread was amazing, and that first bite was as well. First one I've had with beans on the bun, but it was nice. The fries did not have salt,...
May 2025

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La Bonita Mexican Grill & Cantina

6611 University Ave Suite 100, Windsor Heights, IA 50324
(515) 255-9411