El Mexicano Restaurant
3826 Hamburg Pike Ste D, Jeffersonville
(812) 283-1072
Customers' Favorites
Steak Street Taco and Chicken Street Taco
Shredded Chicken Nacho Supreme
Pozole Tacos Orchata mmmmm
Guacamole Chips Salsa
Chicken Quesadilla
Steak Quesadilla
Chips and Salsa
Rice and Beans
Pozole Soup
Chimichanga
Hearty Nachos
Nachos Al Carbon
Grilled chicken, steak, shrimp atop a bed of tortilla chips covered with shredded cheese, lettuce, and pico de gallo. Include cheese sauce.
Nachos Supreme
Crisp chips piled with ground beef or shredded chicken, topped with cheese sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, scoops of guacamole, and sour cream.
Fajita Nachos
A colorful plate of grilled peppers, onions, tomatoes, and atop a pile of crisp tortilla chips. Include cheese sauce.
Papa Nachos
French fries topped with grilled steak or chicken, pickled jalapeno, sour cream and cheese sauce
The Dips
Guacamole
Choriqueso
A generous bowl of Mexican chorizo with cheese dip.
Beef Dip
Bean Dip
Cheese Dip
Familiar Cheese Dip
12oz.
Familiar Guacamole
12oz.
Familiar Salsa
12oz.
Mexican Soups
Chicken Rice Soup
Topped with pico de gallo and avocado.
Barbacoa Soup
Authentic Mexican lamb soup, traditionally seasoned with dried chilies, and spices. Offered with cilantro, onions, and tortillas.
Menudo Soup
Traditional Mexican soup made with beef stomach in broth served with onions, cilantro, and tortillas.
Salads
Super Taco Salad
Crispy tortilla shield topped with steak, chicken, shrimp, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
Chicken Salad
Crispy tortilla shell filled with grilled chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, and fresh onions.
Shrimp Taco Salad
A crispy tortilla shell filled with grilled shrimp, lettuce tomatoes, cheese, scoops of sour cream, and guacamole.
Taco Salad
Our classic salad of lettuce in a flour tortilla shell with ground beef or shredded chicken, tomatoes, cheese sour cream, and guacamole.
Fajita Taco Salad
Steak or chicken cooked fajita style and served over fresh lettuce.
Mexican Tacos
Tacos de Carne Asada
3 steak tacos served with corn or flour tortilla. Served with rice, beans, traditionally garnished with cilantro, and onions.
Tacos de Pollo
3 grilled chicken tacos served with corn or flour tortillas. Served with rice, beans, traditionally garnished with cilantro, and onions.
Tacos Al Pastor
3 tacos filled with marinated pork with pineapple served on corn or flour tortilla. Served with rice, beans, traditionally garnished with cilantro, and onions.
Tacos de Chorizo
Three corn or flour soft tacos stuffed with our homemade Mexican sausage. Served with rice, beans, traditionally garnished with cilantro, and onions.
Tacos de Carnitas
3 tacos filled with fried pork chunks on corn or flour tortillas. Served with rice, beans, traditionally garnished with cilantro, and onions.
Tacos Campechanos
3 traditional tacos of steak with chorizo served on corn or flour tortillas. Served with rice, beans, traditionally garnished with cilantro, and onions. Served with rice, beans, traditionally garnished with cilantro, and onions.
Tacos de Pescado
3 corn or flour tortillas tacos filled with grilled tilapia. Served with rice, beans, traditionally garnished with cilantro, and onions.
Tacos de Camaron
3 grilled shrimp tacos served with corn or flour tortillas. Served with rice, beans, traditionally garnished with cilantro, and onions.
Tacos de Barbacoa
3 corn or flour soft tacos, stuffed with lamb meat, garnished with cilantro, and onions served with lamb broth.
Quesadillas
La Gringa Quesadilla
A big flour cheese quesadilla stuffed with your choice of steak, chicken, or chorizo, fresh diced onions, cilantro served with rice, and beans.
Quesadilla Tipica
Your choice chicken, steak, or chorizo. Served with rice and salad.
Quesadilla de Fajita
Your choice cooked in fajita style. Served with rice, garnished with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
Quesadilla Rellena
Choice of ground beef or shredded chicken served with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and homemade guacamole.
Quesadilla Vegetariana
Stuffed with grilled mushrooms, bell peppers, tomatoes, onions served with rice, and salad.
Quesadilla El Mexicano
A big grilled tortilla stuffed with chicken, steak and shrimp served with rice and salad.
Enchiladas
Enchiladas Verdes
3 shredded chicken enchiladas covered with green tomatillo sauce served with rice, beans, and salad.
Enchiladas Rojas
Same as above with red sauce.
Las Mexicanas Enchilada
3 shredded chicken enchiladas, each topped with a different sauce red, green, and cheese. Served with salad.
Enchiladas Suizas
Three cheese enchiladas topped with pork and green tomatillo sauce and served with salad.
Las Mixtas Enchilada
One shredded chicken, one ground beef, and one cheese enchilada topped with red or green sauce. Served with salad.
Burritos
Burrito Tipico
A big burrito stuffed with grilled chicken or steak, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and sour cream. Served with rice and topped with red sauce.
Burrito Grande
Same as above with shredded chicken or ground beef.
Fajita Burrito
Choose steak or chicken cooked fajita style, plus beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and sour cream. Topped with red sauce and a side of rice.
Mexicano Bowl
A generous bowl with beans, rice, choice of shredded chicken or ground beef, lettuce, tomatoes cheese, and sour cream.
Burrito Vegetariano
A big burrito stuffed with beans, grilled onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms plus lettuce, fresh tomatoes, cheese, and sour cream. Topped with red sauce and served with rice.
Burrito Tropical
Filled with beans, grilled onions, steak, and chicken topped with shrimp chorizo, pineapple, and melted cheese.
Los Tres Burritos
1 chicken burrito, 1 beef burrito, one bean burrito topped with cheese sauce, served with lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
Tortas
Cubana Torta
Sausage, ham, hot dog, and egg. A Mexican sandwich filled with your choice beans, tomatoes, avocado, fresh cheese, pickled jalapenos, and mayonnaise. Served with fries.
Mexicana Torta
Sausage, ham, and hot dog. A Mexican sandwich filled with your choice beans, tomatoes, avocado, fresh cheese, pickled jalapenos, and mayonnaise. Served with fries.
Hawaiian Torta
Ham and pineapple. A Mexican sandwich filled with your choice beans, tomatoes, avocado, fresh cheese, pickled jalapenos, and mayonnaise. Served with fries.
Milanesa Torta
Breaded chicken fillet. A Mexican sandwich filled with your choice beans, tomatoes, avocado, fresh cheese, pickled jalapenos, and mayonnaise. Served with fries.
Steak Torta
A Mexican sandwich filled with your choice beans, tomatoes, avocado, fresh cheese, pickled jalapenos, and mayonnaise. Served with fries.
Chicken Torta
A Mexican sandwich filled with your choice beans, tomatoes, avocado, fresh cheese, pickled jalapenos, and mayonnaise. Served with fries.
Carnitas Torta
A Mexican sandwich filled with your choice beans, tomatoes, avocado, fresh cheese, pickled jalapenos, and mayonnaise. Served with fries.
Egg Plates
Huevos Con Chorizo
A flavorful dish of 3 scrambled eggs with chorizo, plated with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Huevos Con Jamon
Eggs with ham, rice, and beans served with tortillas.
Huevos Rancheros
Two over-easy eggs drizzled with red sauce served with rice beans, and tortillas.
Huevos Mexicanos
2 fresh eggs scrambled with onions, tomatoes, jalapenos served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Vegetarian Combos
Two Bean Tacos with Lettuce, Tomatoes Cheese, and Sour Cream Combo
Served with rice.
Two Cheese Enchiladas, Rice, and Beans Combo
Bean Burrito with Cheese Sauce, Cheese Enchilada, and Cheese Quesadilla Combo
Two Bean Burritos with Cheese Sauce Combo
Served with rice and salad.
One Cheese and Mushroom Quesadilla, Salad, and Rice Combo
Dinner Combos
Taco and Two Enchiladas Combo
Choice of rice or beans. Ground beef or shredded chicken. Enchilada and burrito topped with red sauce. Tacos include lettuce and cheese. No substitution.
Two Enchiladas, Rice, and Beans Combo
Ground beef or shredded chicken. Enchilada and burrito topped with red sauce. Tacos include lettuce and cheese. No substitution.
Enchilada, Taco, Rice, and Beans Combo
Ground beef or shredded chicken. Enchilada and burrito topped with red sauce. Tacos include lettuce and cheese. No substitution.
Burrito, Taco, Rice, and Beans Combo
Ground beef or shredded chicken. Enchilada and burrito topped with red sauce. Tacos include lettuce and cheese. No substitution.
Burrito, Enchilada, Rice, and Beans Combo
Ground beef or shredded chicken. Enchilada and burrito topped with red sauce. Tacos include lettuce and cheese. No substitution.
Three Tacos, Rice, and Beans Combo
Ground beef or shredded chicken. Enchilada and burrito topped with red sauce. Tacos include lettuce and cheese. No substitution.
Quesadilla, Taco, Rice, and Beans Combo
Ground beef or shredded chicken. Enchilada and burrito topped with red sauce. Tacos include lettuce and cheese. No substitution.
Enchilada, Burrito, Taco, and Rice Combo
Ground beef or shredded chicken. Enchilada and burrito topped with red sauce. Tacos include lettuce and cheese. No substitution.
Two Tamales, Rice, and Beans Combo
Ground beef or shredded chicken. Enchilada and burrito topped with red sauce. Tacos include lettuce and cheese. No substitution.
Fajitas
Steak Fajita
Indulge in one of our fajitas filled with your favorite items sizzled up with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with our Mexican salad of lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream. Includes rice, beans, and three tortillas.
Chicken Fajita
Indulge in one of our fajitas filled with your favorite items sizzled up with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with our Mexican salad of lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream. Includes rice, beans, and three tortillas.
Shrimp Fajita
Indulge in one of our fajitas filled with your favorite items sizzled up with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with our Mexican salad of lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream. Includes rice, beans, and three tortillas.
Fajitas Texana
Steak, chicken, and shrimp. Indulge in one of our fajitas filled with your favorite items sizzled up with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with our Mexican salad of lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream. Includes rice, beans, and three tortillas.
Chicken and Steak Fajita
Indulge in one of our fajitas filled with your favorite items sizzled up with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with our Mexican salad of lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream. Includes rice, beans, and three tortillas.
Fajitas Cozumel
Steak, chicken, shrimp, chorizo, and pineapple. Indulge in one of our fajitas filled with your favorite items sizzled up with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with our Mexican salad of lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream. Includes rice, beans, and three tortillas.
Fajita El Mexicano
Steak, chicken, pork, and chorizo. Indulge in one of our fajitas filled with your favorite items sizzled up with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with our Mexican salad of lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream. Includes rice, beans, and three tortillas.
Fajitas de Carnitas
Indulge in one of our fajitas filled with your favorite items sizzled up with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with our Mexican salad of lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream. Includes rice, beans, and three tortillas.
Vegetariana Fajita
Mushrooms, zucchini carrots, broccoli, and cauliflower. Indulge in one of our fajitas filled with your favorite items sizzled up with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with our Mexican salad of lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream. Includes rice, beans, and three tortillas.
Beef
Chile Verde
Beef tips simmered in our special green sauce and offered with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Chile Colorado
Same as above with red sauce.
Chimichanga Carne Asada
A fried steak chimichanga topped with red sauce and cheese sauce. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and guacamole.
Beef Chimichanga
Same as above with ground beef.
Pork
Carnitas Pork
A traditional dish of fried pork, rice, beans served with pico de gallo, pickled jalapenos, and tortillas.
Pork Chile Verde
Chunks of pork cooked in our homemade green salsa. Served with rice beans, and three tortillas.
Steaks
Carne Asada
Grilled skirt steak topped with onions and jalapeno pepper. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Steak a la Mexicana
Grilled skirt steak topped with sauteed onions, tomatoes, and jalapeno peppers. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
El Mexicano Special
Your choice plus grilled chorizo accompanied with sauteed onions and jalapenos peppers topped with shredded cheese. Served with rice, beans, salad, and tortillas.
Chicken
Arroz Con Pollo
Grilled chicken strips over a bed of Mexican rice topped with cheese sauce and served with three tortillas.
Pollo Special
Grilled chicken breast, ham, pineapple topped with melted cheese, served with rice, sautéed broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and tortillas.
Chori Pollo
Grilled chicken breast and chorizo covered with cheese sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Chicken Chimichanga
Shredded chicken rolled into a flour tortilla, topped with melted cheese, and red sauce. Served with rice beans, lettuce tomatoes, sour cream, and guacamole.
Pollo A La Plancha
Grilled chicken with onions and topped with jalapeno pepper. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Pollo Chipotle
Grilled chicken breast topped with shrimp and chipotle sauce. Served with rice, beans, and three tortillas.
Pollo Monterrey
Grilled chicken topped with sautéed bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and mushrooms. Finished with melted Monterrey Jack cheese. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Chicken Flautas
4 crisp fried corn tortillas filled with chicken and garnished with shredded lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream, and guacamole.
Fried Taquitos
3 fried taquitos served with rice, beans, and a mini cheese sauce cup.
Milanesa
Breaded chicken fillet. Served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, and tortillas.
Seafood
Coctel de Camaron
Chilled shrimp swimming in a super glass with our special cocktail sauce accented with avocado and pico de gallo.
Camarones A La Diabla
Grilled shrimps and onions cooked in our spicy sauce. Served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, avocado slices, and tortillas.
Camarones A La Mexicana
Grilled shirmp with sliced jalapenos, onion and tomatoes. Served with rice, lettuce, avocado and tortillas.
Camarones Al Mojo De Ajo
Grilled shrimp with garlic served with salad and rice tortillas.
Ceviche de Camaron
A dish made with cooked shrimp marinated in citrus lime juice with pico de gallo. Served with avocado slices and tostadas.
Mojarra Frita
Whole deep-fried tilapia served with rice, fries, and salad.
Tilapia
Tilapia fillets on the grill served with rice, salad, and tortillas.
Specialities
Molcajete
An authentic volcanic stone molcajete loaded with grilled nopal, chicken, steak, shrimp chorizo jalapeno pepper, and fresh cheese. Served with rice beans, and three tortillas.
Chiles Poblanos
2 poblano peppers filled with cheese, deep-fried with egg white batter. Topped with red or green sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Arroz Texano
Strips of grilled steak, chicken, shrimp with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes over a bed of rice. Topped with cheese sauce and served with three tortillas.
Papas de Lujo
French fries topped with steak or chicken pickled jalapenos, sour cream, and cheese sauce.
A La Carte
Enchilada
Ground beef, shredded chicken, or cheese.
Burrito
Your choice of ground beef, shredded chicken, or bean topped with red sauce.
Grilled Quesadilla
Chicken or steak.
Tostada
Your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken topped with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and sour cream.
Hard Taco
Ground beef or shredded chicken includes lettuce and cheese.
Chile Poblano
Topped with red sauce and green sauce and shredded cheese.
Tamale Pork
Topped with red sauce and shredded cheese.
Cheese Quesadilla
Quesadilla
Ground beef or shredded chicken.
Traditional Tacos
Steak Traditional Taco
Corn or flour tortillas. Include cilantro and onions. Except supreme.
Chicken Traditional Taco
Corn or flour tortillas. Include cilantro and onions. Except supreme.
Pastor Traditional Taco
Corn or flour tortillas. Include cilantro and onions. Except supreme.
Chorizo Traditional Taco
Corn or flour tortillas. Include cilantro and onions. Except supreme.
Carnitas Traditional Taco
Corn or flour tortillas. Include cilantro and onions. Except supreme.
The Extras
Rice
Pico de Gallo
Shredded Cheese
Toreados
Three grilled jalapenos with onions.
Beans
Rice and Beans
Avocado Slices
Sour Cream
French Fries
Grilled Shrimp Order
6 pieces.
Fresh Cheese
Tomatoes
Lettuce
Onions
Tortillas
Pickled Jalapenos
Green Tomatillo
Red Tomatillo
Kids Menu
Kids Grilled Shrimp Rice and Beans
Kids Sincronizada with French Fries
Ham and cheese quesadilla.
Kids Pizza with French Fries
Pepperoni or cheese.
Kids Chicken Nuggets with French Fries
Kids Taco Rice and Beans
Kids Taco and Burrito
Kids Quesadilla Rice and Beans
Kids Burrito Rice and Beans
Kids Enchilada, Rice, and Beans
Kids Taco and Enchilada
Desserts
Sopapillas
A classic dessert of fried flour tortilla sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar. Topped with whipped cream, chocolate, and cherries.
Churros
Crispy fried sticks of sweet dough dusted with cinnamon, and sugar. Topped with whipped cream and chocolate.
Flan
Mexican custard made fresh in our kitchen.
Soft Drinks
Coke Products
Fountain.
Iced Tea
Mexican Coke 1/2 Liter
Fresh Mexican Waters
Horchata
Jamaica
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Recent Reviews
Best restaurant in town I didn't say best Mexican restaurant I said best restaurant The staff is wonderful the food is excellent prices are reasonable I go there about twice a week.
September 2025
My daughter and I visited El Mexicano on Friday evening. We were promptly seated and server took our order for drinks and then brought us chips and salsa along with a queso sauce we ordered. The soft drink cups were very large and they kept them filled for us. The chips and salsa along with the queso was delicious 😋. I ordered the Birria burrito and a Chili Pablano. Both of these were delicious and spot on. My daughter ordered the Ceviche de Camaron which is a chilled shrimp...
July 2025
This is the BEST Mexican restaurant in the region! Generous portions, fair prices and authentic choices that cater to a wide array of palates. Have gone here for several years now and never disappointed. The staff is always friendly and expeditious. Recently had a carne asada torta and tried their pozole rojo. The torta was massive and properly assembled. The steak was perfectly seasoned and grilled as always. Only regret not having gotten a lengua torta. Found out after ordering...
January 2025
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