El PATIO

2628 Richmond Rd, Lexington
(859) 494-3642

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Customers' Favorites

Taco and Enchilada with Rice and Beans
Chicken Fajita Quesadilla
Lunch Chicken Fajitas
Hot and Spicy Burrito
Bistec a La Mexicana
Cheesecake Burrito
Chimichangas Pibil
Chimichanga Pibil
Grilled Mushrooms
Green Enchiladas

Menu

Lunch Mains
Chimichanga
Beef or chicken with your choice of rice or beans.
Hot and Spicy Burrito
Flour tortilla stuffed with beans, beef, and rice. Topped with chile colorado and cheese.
Taco, Enchilada, and Burrito
Burrito and Taco
Served with rice and beans.
Speedy Gonzales
Enchilada and taco. Served with rice or beans.
Burrito Supremo
Topped with melted cheese, lettuce, guacamole, and sour cream.
Taco Salad
Flour tortilla bowl your choice of beef or chicken, topped with lettuce, guacamole, tomato, and sour cream.
Quesadilla
Beef or chicken with rice and beans.
Green Steak Burrito
Flour tortilla filled with steak. Covered with tomatillo green salsa and cheese, rice, and beans.
Green Enchiladas
Two corn tortillas filled with chicken. Covered with tomatillo green salsa and cheese, rice, and beans.
Taquito Flauta
Two chicken crunchy taquitos served with rice, beans, and salad.
Fajitas
Chicken or steak. Served with sauteed onion, bell peppers, tomatoes, refried beans, Mexican rice, guacamole salad, and tortillas.
El Patio Burrito
Enchilada, taco, and tostada.
Taco And Enchilada
Served with rice and beans.
Huevos Rancheros
Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Arroz Con Pollo
Grilled chicken on rice covered in melted cheese.

Appetizers
Guacamole
Bean Dip
Cheese Dip
Chicken Wings
Queso Con Chorizo
Cheese dip blended with Mexican sausage.
Grilled Mushrooms
Mixed with Mexican sausage. Covered in Monterey jack cheese. Served on a sizzling plate.

Build Your Own Nachos
1 Topping Nachos
Choose from beans, cheese, beef, or chicken.
2 Toppings Nachos
Choose from beans, cheese, beef, or chicken.
3 Toppings Nachos
Choose from beans, cheese, beef, or chicken.
Nachos Fajita
Crisp corn tortilla with beans, chicken, or fajita-style, beef, cheese, onions, and peppers.

Combinations
Choose 2 Combinations
Served with rice and beans.
Choose 3 Combinations
Served with rice and beans.

El Patio Menu Specialties
Bistec A La Mexicana
Pieces of spicy steak with onions, pepper, and tomatoes. Served with rice, beans, and guacamole salad.
Enchiladas Supremas
Four different enchiladas, cheese, beef, beans, and chicken. Topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
Fajita Quesadillas
Two grilled flour tortillas stuffed with cheese, beef, or chicken fajita meat, onions, and peppers. Served with rice, lettuce, guacamole, and sour cream.
Platos el Patio
One of each chile relleno, beef tostada, beef enchilada, taco, burrito, and flauta.
Enchiladas Dinner
Two enchiladas. Served with rice and beans, cheese, and beef or chicken.
Tacos Carne Asada
Three flour tortillas with sliced steak, pico de gallo, and special sauce.
Chimichanga
Beef or chicken topped with melted cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Burrito Supremo
Flour tortilla stuffed with beef, beans, and cheese. Topped with lettuce, guacamole, and sour cream.
Chicken Enchiladas
Three chicken enchiladas. Served with guacamole salad.
Burritos
Two burritos. Served with rice and beans.
Green Enchiladas
Two green chicken enchiladas topped with our special sauce. Served with rice, beans, and guacamole salad.
Pollo el Patio
Grilled chicken breast with rice, beans, and guacamole salad.
Spicy Burrito
Flour tortilla stuffed with beef, beans, and rice. Topped with chile colorado and cheese.
Deluxe Burrito
Large flour tortilla stuffed with steak or chicken, onions, bell pepper, rice, and beans. Topped with melted cheese.
Carnitas
Grilled pork served with rice, beans, and salad.
Chori Pollo
Grilled chicken breast with chorizo, rice, and beans smothered in melted queso.
Chef's Special
Grilled chicken or steak and rice smothered in melted cheese.
Flautas Mexicanas
Four crunchy chicken taquitos served with lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream. Rice and beans.
Chicken Tenders Meal
Four crispy chicken tenders served with rice, beans, and salad. Covered with melted cheese.
Vegetable Plate
Grilled vegetable bed of rice. Topped with melted cheese and chicken or shrimp for an additional price.
Patios Quesadilla
Large flour tortilla with your choice of steak or chicken. Served with lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, and guacamole.

Seafood
Fish Tacos
Grilled white fish with our special sauce. Served with black beans.
Camarones Al Mojo De Ajo
Jumbo shrimp sauteed in garlic and butter sauce, served with rice, beans, and salad.
Camarones A La Diabla
Jumbo shrimp covered in red spicy chile pepper sauce.
Seafood Chile Relleno
Poblano pepper filled with shrimp, crabmeat, scallops, and whitefish. Served with white rice.
Patio Salmon
Served with white rice and California vegetables.
Patio Tilapia
Grilled tilapia served with black beans and California blend vegetables.
Coctel De Camaron
Shrimp with vegetables with tomato cocktail juice.

Sizzling Fajitas
Fajitas Texanas
Marinated tender strips of beef, chicken, and shrimp. Served with sauteed onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, refried beans, Mexican rice, guacamole salad, and flour tortillas.
Shrimp Fajitas
Sizzling shrimp with sauteed onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, refried beans, Mexican rice, guacamole salad, and flour tortillas.
Steak Fajitas
Steak strips with sauteed onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, refried beans, Mexican rice, guacamole salad, and flour tortillas.
Chicken Fajitas
Strips of grilled chicken breast with sauteed onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, refried beans, Mexican rice, guacamole salad, and flour tortillas.
Patio Fajitas
For two. Your choice of steak or chicken with sauteed onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, refried beans, Mexican rice, guacamole salad, and flour tortillas.
Parrilla Patio
For two. Chorizo sausage, shrimp, chicken, carne asada, carnitas, pico de gallo, beans, rice, and tortillas.

Kids Menu
Taco
Served with Mexican rice and refried beans.
Chicken Nuggets
Enchilada
Served with Mexican rice and refried beans.
Hot Dog
Served with fries.
Arroz Con Pollo
Served with Mexican rice and cheese.
Chicken Tenders
Served with fries.
Cheese Quesadilla
Served with fries.
Hamburger
Served with fries.
Burrito
Served with Mexican rice and refried beans.

Desserts
Flan
Our version of a Mexican classic.
Churros
Caramel filled and rolled in cinnamon sugar. Served with chocolate sauce.
Cheesecake Burrito
Smooth cheesecake in a pastry tortilla with a chocolate dipping sauce.
Fried Ice Cream
Premium ice cream dipped in honey. Covered with corn flakes, sugar, and spices.
Brownie Bites
Moist brownies coated in rich semi-sweet chocolate. Served with vanilla ice cream.

Salads
Chipotle Salad
A delicious blend of romaine, chilled grilled chicken, black beans, pico de gallo monterey jack cheese, and crunchy cabbage. All tossed with our signature chipotle ranch. Topped with crispy tortilla strips.
Fajita Salad
Fresh garden greens. Topped without fajita seasoned chicken.
Guacamole Salad
Bed of lettuce, cheese, and a scoop of guacamole.
Seafood Salad
Wonderful flaky crab meat and grilled shrimp. Tossed with Mexican seasoning.
Tossed Salad
Bed of lettuce, cheese, tomato, and fresh onions.

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Recent Reviews

Many websites mark this as the top ranked Lexington Mexican restaurant.

I have been trying to hit every Mexican restaurant in town over the past five years.

I would give this #1.

Food is great, but service was spectacular.
January 2026
My husband and I went out for dinner looking for a New Mexican restaurant to try. We looked on line and found El Patio. Their reviews were excellent. The El Patio lived up to all of their excellent reviews. The service: was excellent, very attentive, very respectful. The food was excellent. We ordered the fajitas for two. Positively one of the best restaurants here in Lexington. A must try!
January 2026
10/10 All across the board ! We’ve been looking for a new favorite mexican place on this side of town and this one takes the CAKE. It smelled and looked so clean, and EVERY one of the workers were so so nice from the moment we walked in the door throughout our time there. Our actual server Brandon was beyond amazing. Comp’ed something he absolutely didn’t have to (it was my mistake not asking for no beans lol) and welcomed us warmly to the area. We (being my girlfriend and...
December 2025

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El PATIO

2628 Richmond Rd, Lexington, KY 40509
(859) 494-3642