Cholula's Mexican Restaurant
1500 N Illinois St, Swansea
(618) 416-8818
Customers' Favorites
Fajitas De Camarones Al Chipotle
Enchiladas Rancheras
Shrimp Chimichanga
Molcajete Caliente
Chips and Salsa
Fried Ice Cream
Carnitas Plate
Steak Burrito
Chicken Wings
Queso Cheese
Appetizers
Cheese Dip
Chicken Wings
8 pieces. Served with ranch dressing.
Chori Dip
Guacamole
Cholula Dip
Bean Dip
Soups
Caldo De Pollo
Chicken soup. Served with shredded chicken, rice, pico de gallo & 3 tortillas.
Caldo Camarón
Shrimp soup with rice, pico de gallo.
Salads
Taco Salad
Crispy flour tortilla with chicken or beef, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese & sour cream.
Salad Bowl
Grilled chicken breast served on lettuce with corn, avocado slices and black beans.
Tossed Salad
Lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, onions, green & red bell peppers.
Taco Salad Fajitas
A crispy flour tortilla with melted cheese sauce topped with your choice of chicken or steak. Sautéed with onions, bell peppers, tomatoes covered with lettuce, cheese, sour cream, guacamole & tomatoes.
Guacamole Salad
Lettuce, tomatoes, cheese & guacamole.
Grilled Chicken Salad
Bell pepper, cheese & mushrooms.
Shrimp Salad
Grilled shrimp over lettuce, tomatoes, onions, green & red bell peppers, mushrooms & cheese.
Nachos
Supreme
Topped with chicken, beef, beans, lettuce, queso, guacamole, tomatoes & sour cream.
Fajita Mix
Chicken, beef, shrimp, bell peppers, tomatoes & onions.
Fajita Cholula
Chicken, beef, shrimp, chorizo, bell peppers, tomatoes & onions.
Fajita
Chicken or steak beef, bell peppers, tomatoes & onions.
Shrimp
Tomatoes, bell peppers & onions.
Shredded Chicken
Ground Beef
Beans
Fajitas
Chicken Fajitas
Cooked onions, bell peppers, tomatoes. Served with lettuce, rice, bean, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo & 3 tortillas.
Steak Fajitas
Cooked onions, bell peppers, tomatoes. Served with lettuce, rice, bean, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo & 3 tortillas.
Fajitas Cholula
Beef, chicken chorizo & shrimp, cooked with onions, bell pepper, tomatoes. Served with lettuce, rice, beans, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo & 3 tortillas.
Mixes Fajitas
Beef, chicken & shrimp cooked with onions guacamole, sour cream, bell pepper, tomatoes pico de gallo & 3 tortillas.
Fajitas De Camarón
Shrimp cooked with onions, bell pepper, tomatoes, served with lettuce, rice, beans, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo & 3 tortillas.
Fajita Volcan
Beef, chicken and shrimp cooked with onions, tomatoes and jalapeños covered in cheese. Served with lettuce, rice, beans, avocado slices, sour cream, pico de gallo and (3) tortillas.
Special Entrees
Chimichanga
A flour tortilla deep fried filled with beef tips or chicken. Topped with nacho cheese. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream & guacamole.
Mexican Taquitos
4 deep-fried rolled corn tortillas, 2 stuffed with chicken & 2 with shredded beef, served with guacamole, lettuce, tomatoes sour cream.
Fajita Chimichanga
Grilled steak or chicken served with rice, beans, onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, lettuce & topped with cheese sauce.
Chile Verde
Choice of steak or pork cooked with green tomatillo sauce. Served with rice, beans & 3 tortillas.
Molcajete
Grilled steak, chicken, shrimp and pork chop covered in cheese, with onions, cilantro served on a hot stone bowl comes with salad & tortillas.
El Toriado
Grilled chicken, beef, shrimp & bacon. Served with a bed of rice, covered in cheese dip & 3 tortillas.
Carnitas Dinner
Pork tips topped with fried onions. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo & 3 tortillas.
Chile Colorado
Steak with red chile sauce. Served with rice, beans and 3 tortillas.
Grilled Chicken
Chori Pollo
Grilled chicken breast cooked with chorizo & topped with melted cheese. Served fried beans, guacamole salad, pico de gallo & 3 tortillas.
Pollo Sabroso
Grilled chicken breast smothered with mushroom & cheese sauce. Served with rice beans& 3 tortillas.
Pollo Cancun
Grilled chicken breast & shrimp, cooked with pico de gallo and mushroom. Served with rice, fried beans, guacamole salad, & 3 tortillas.
Pollo Loco
Grilled chicken breast cooked with ranchera sauce. Served with rice, fried beans, guacamole salad, pico de gallo & 3 tortillas.
Pollo Feliz
Grilled chicken breast cooked with mushrooms, onions & bell pepper, topped with melted cheese. Served fried beans, rice & 3 tortillas.
Pollo Fiesta
Grilled chicken, served with rice, carrots broccoli & cauliflower. Topped with cheese sauce.
Pollo Zarape
Grilled chicken topped with cheese dip served on bed of rice & 3 tortillas.
Pollo Suizo
Choice of chicken or steak cooked with onion, tomatoes & bell peppers. Served rice & cheese sauce on top. with shrimp for an additional cost.
Pollo À La Parilla
Served fried beans, guacamole salad, pico de gallo & 3 tortillas.
Burritos
Burrito Gordo
10" flour tortilla filled with steak, chicken, chorizo and vegetables. Served with rice, beans, sour cream, guacamole & tomatoes and cheese sauce on top.
Burrito Mexicano
A 10" flour tortilla stuffed with choice of beef, chicken or pork with lettuce, tomatoes sour cream & topped with red sauce.
Burrito Carne Asada
Filled with steak & beans. Served with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream cheese sauce on top & pico de gallo.
Burrito Fajita
Choice of chicken or steak cooked with vegetables. Served with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, rice & pico de gallo.
Burrito Acapulco
10" flour tortilla stuffed with steak, chicken, shrimp, rice & beans inside with cheese dip & red sauce on top.
Burrito Rio Grande
10" tortilla filled with beef tips, beans & rice. Topped with cheese sauce & red sauce.
Burrito Arandas
10" flour tortilla stuffed with grilled chicken, shrimp & rice. Topped with cheese dip.
Veggie Dinners
1. Beans Burritos
With cheese sauce on top & veggie, broccoli, cauliflower & carrots.
2. Cheese Enchilada
Chili, relleno, rice & beans.
3. Mushroom Quesadilla & Cheese Fries
4. Bean Taco, Cheese Enchilada & Rice
Steaks
Carne Asada
Rib eye-steak with onions on top. Served with lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo, rice, beans & 3 tortillas.
Steak Sabroso
Rib eye-steak cooked with mushrooms, topped with cheese sauce. Served with rice, beans & 3 tortillas.
Tacos De Carne Asada
3 steak tacos, beans, pico de gallo, lettuce & cheese.
Steak Mexicano
T-bone topped with cooked onions, tomatoes & bell pepper. Served with rice, fried beans & 3 tortillas.
Steak Ranchero
Rib eye-steak with ranchero sauce on top. served with rice, beans & 3 tortillas.
Steak Tapatio
Rib eye-steak with green sauce on top. served with rice, beans, guacamole, lettuce & 3 tortillas.
Steak Tampiquena
T-bone steak topped with cooked onions. Served with rice, fried beans, lettuce, guacamole & 3 tortillas.
Steak Jalisco
Rib eye-steak cooked with shrimp, topped with mushrooms, onions, bell peppers & melted cheese on top. served with rice, beans, lettuce, guacamole & 3 tortillas.
Steak Cholula
Rib eye-steak cooked with mushrooms, bell pepper, onions and tomatoes. Served with rice, fried beans & 3 tortillas.
Seafood
Shrimp Chimichanga
A flour tortilla deep-fried filled with shrimp. Topped with nacho cheese. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole & pico de gallo.
Gordo Special
Shrimp cooked with garlic & dried red pepper. Served on a bed of rice, lettuce, tomatoes & sliced avocado.
Cholula's Tilapia
Grilled tilapia with shrimp. Melted cheese on top. served with salad, rice, avocado slices & tomatoes.
Shrimp Al Mojo De Ajo
Shrimp sautéed in a garlic butter sauce. Served with rice, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream & 3 tortillas.
Camarones À La Diabla
Shrimp cooked in spicy hot red sauce. Served with rice, lettuce, avocado slices, tomatoes.
Shrimp Burrito
Grilled shrimp, cooked with onions, bell peppers, tomatoes with rice & beans inside and topped with cheese.
Quesadillas
Quesadilla Fajita
Beef or chicken, cooked with vegetables, filled with fried beans. Served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole & pico de gallo.
Quesadilla Grande
1 beef & 1 chicken fajita quesadillas. Served with lettuce, sour cream & guacamole.
Quesadilla Jalisco
Cooked with shrimp, filled with beans. Served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream & guacamole with cheese sauce on top.
Quesadilla Mexicana
A flour tortilla stuffed with cheese, beans, beef tips. Served with guacamole, lettuce, tomatoes & sour cream.
Quesadilla Ranchera
Large quesadilla filled with mushrooms, served with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream and tomato.
Enchiladas
Enchiladas Supreme
Supreme combination of one chicken enchiladas, one bean enchiladas, one cheese enchiladas & one beef enchiladas. Topped with ranchero sauce, lettuce, tomatoes & sour cream.
Yolandas
Order of three chicken enchiladas topped with ranchero sauce. Served with rice & guacamole salad.
Enchiladas Verdes
Order of three chicken enchiladas topped with green sauce. Served with rice & guacamole salad.
Enchiladas Rancheras
2 cheese enchiladas, topped with pork, (pork cooked with tomatoes, onions & bell peppers) with ranchero sauce on top. Served with rice & guacamole salad.
Enchiladas Cholula's
Order of 3 enchiladas with shrimp. Served with rice, lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes, cheese sauce on top & guacamole.
Combinations
3 Piece Create Your Own
Pick 1, 2 or 3 items.
2 Piece Create Your Own
Pick 1, 2 or 3 items.
1 Piece Create Your Own
Pick 1, 2 or 3 items.
Street Tacos
Street Tacos
3 pieces. Corn tortilla with your choice of meat cilantro, onions, lime & hot sauce.
À La Carte
3 Piece Tacos
Beef, chicken (lettuce, cheese).
2 Piece Quesadilla
2 Piece Burritos
Chicken, beef, beans.
2 Piece Enchiladas
Chicken, beef, cheese or pork.
Supreme Tacos
Tomatoes and sour cream.
2 Piece Tamales
1 Piece Chiles Rellenos
2 Piece Tostadas
Beef or chicken.
To Go Salsa & Chips
12 oz. Cheese Sauce To Go Salsa & Chips
20 oz. Cheese Sauce To Go Salsa & Chips
12 oz. To Go Salsa & Chips
20 oz. To Go Salsa & Chips
5 oz. To Go Salsa & Chips
Kids' Menu
Kids Chicken Finger with Fries
Kids Mexican Cheese Hamburger with Fries
Kids Enchilada with Rice & Beans
Kids Taco with Rice & Beans
Kids Zarape Grilled Chicken Rice & Cheese Sauce
Kids Cheese Quesadilla
With choice of rice or beans.
Kids Hot Dog with Fries
Side Orders
Rice
Beans
12 Piece Side Order Grilled Shrimp
Side Order Grilled Chicken
Side Fries
Sour Cream
Pico De Gallo
Order of Shredded Cheese
3 Piece Flour Tortillas
Jalapeño
Side Order Mushrooms
Side Order Lettuce
3 Piece Corn Tortillas
Side Order Onions
Side Order Tomatoes
Side Order Shredded Chicken
Side Order Grilled Beef
Side Order Ground Beef
Desserts
Xangos
Churros with Ice Cream
Sopapillas with Ice Cream
Fried Ice Cream
Flan
Cheesecake
Mexican Bottled Sodas
Horchata
Jarritos
Coke De Mexico
Milk
Chocolate Milk
Soft Drinks
Dr Pepper
Fanta
Coca-Cola
Diet Coke
Sprite
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Recent Reviews
Nice atmosphere kinda loud but in a normal restaurant way. The chips and salsa are very yummy.All of the food was very yummy!! Would recommend! Favorite Mexican restaurant in the area 😎🔥
May 2025
Fajitas for two were AMAZING! Great flavor. Chips and salsa were spot on authentic. Salsa Roja had a kick that makes ya write home to momma! Nice cozy atmosphere. Price was certainly acceptable. Definitely coming back.
Dietary restrictions: They have corn and flour tortillas and gluten free water.
Parking: Convenient location
Kid-friendliness: Kids menu available
Wheelchair accessibility: Wheelchair accessible
Dietary restrictions: They have corn and flour tortillas and gluten free water.
Parking: Convenient location
Kid-friendliness: Kids menu available
Wheelchair accessibility: Wheelchair accessible
December 2024
This is an awesome Mexican restaurant. It's right off the road in a neat little old school area. The food was delicious and the service was top notch. Will definitely be coming back.
November 2024
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