El Toro Mexican Restaurant
1917 Nicholasville Rd, Lexington
(859) 277-2255
Customers' Favorites
Pineapple Boat Fajitas with Black Beans
Steak Tacos and Pregnant Burrito
Fajita Nachos Toro
Chips and Salsa
Tacos Al Pastor
Chicken Fajitas
Shrimp Fajitas
Rice and Beans
Super Burrito
Birria Tacos
Botanas
Ceviche
Succulent shrimp marinated in lime juice with jalapeños, tomatoes, cilantro, avocado and onions.
Amigo Appetizer Platter
A delicious combination of Buffalo wings, jalapeno poppes and chicken mini flautas. Served with ranch and sour cream.
Fajita Nacho Toro
Fresh made tortilla chips loaded with grilled peppers, onions, sour cream, tomatoes, and cheese sauce.
Nachos Grandes
Fajita steak or chicken on tortilla chips with beans and cheese, garnished with jalapenos, sour cream, and lettuce.
Botana el Toro
A wonderful sampler platter-enjoy it as a meal in itself or as a starter to share with your friends! Dig into a shrimp quesadilla, steak, bean-and-cheese nachos, chicken mini-flautas topped with sour cream and cheese, beef taco and guacamole.
Nachos
Spread with beans, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and jalapenos.
Camuch
Tortilla chips topped with refried beans, melted white cheese, and guacamole.
Chicken Tenders and Fries
Breaded or battered crispy chicken with fried potatoes.
Buffalo Style Wings
Mild or spicy wings, finger-lickin good. Served with ranch and celery sticks.
BBQ Sauce Wings
BBQ wings, finger-lickin good. Served with ranch and celery sticks.
Jalapeno Poppers
Jalapeno peppers filled with cheese.
Caldos
Frijoles Charros Caldo
Mexican bean soup with bacon, ham, cilantro, tomatoes, and onions.
Sopa Azteca
Tortilla soup. Chicken and rice simmered in a rich broth and topped with avocado slices, crisp tortilla strips and sour cream.
Caldo de Pollo
Chicken soup. Slow simmered chicken soup cooked with carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, and rice. Served with tortillas.
Caldo de Camarones
Shrimp soup. Tender shrimp in a savory broth with carrots, brocooli, cauliflower and celery. Served with rice and tortillas.
7 Mares Caldo
7 seas soup. Decidedly different and awesomely delicious. Shrimp, fish, scallops, oyster, calamari, and octopus. As they say in Mexico, muy sabroso.
Salads
Grilled Chicken Salad
Fresh lettuce topped with charbroiled fajita chicken, avocado, bell peppers, onions, tomato, and cheese.
Fajita Taco Salad Chicken
Crispy flour tortilla filled with lettuce, topped with chicken or steak grilled with onions and bell peppers, finished with tomatoes, sour cream, cheese, and guacamole.
Taco Salad
Crispy flour tortilla filled with seasoned ground beef or shredded chicken with white cheese dip. Topped with lettuce, tomato, onions, sour cream, bell peppers, cheese, and guacamole.
Tossed Salad
Salad that has been tossed with dressing.
Fajita Taco Salad Steak
Quesadillas
Spinach Quesadilla
A big flour tortilla filled with spinach, grilled onions, bell peppers and cheese. Finished with lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
Cheese Quesadilla
Grilled flour tortillas stuffed with cheese, garnished with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
Chicken Quesadilla
A big flour tortilla filled with cheese and shredded chicken. Garnished with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
Shrimp Quesadilla
A flour tortilla filled with tender grilled shrimp, cheese, bell pepper, and onions. Garnished with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
Fajita Quesadilla Chicken
Grilled chicken stuffed in a large flour tortilla with cheese, bell peppers, and onions. Garnished with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
Fajita Quesadilla Steak
Grilled steak stuffed in a large flour tortilla with cheese, bell peppers, and onions. Garnished with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream
The Dips
Bean Dip
Topped with melted white cheese.
Guacamole
Made fresh.
Chile con Queso
White cheese dip. Add chorizo for an additional charge.
El Toro Dip
Seasoned ground beef and pico de gallo blended with melted white cheese.
Queso Fundido
Melted mozzarella cheese served Mexican-style topped with your choice of chorizo or mushrooms and poblano peppers.
Chimichangas
Fajita Chimichanga
Choice of seasoned shrimp, grilled chicken or chunks of steak cooked with onions, peppers and tomatoes, stuffed 10" flour tortilla, deep-fried to a golden brown. Topped with cheese suace, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo.
Chimichanga
Choice of seasoned ground beef or seasoned shredded chicken in a 10" flour tortilla, deep-fried to a golden brown. Topped with cheese sauce, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo.
Seafood Chimichanga
A savory mix of shrimp and crabmeat cooked with onions and with lettuce, sour cream and guacamole.
Tres Marias Chimichanga
3 mini-chimichangas, 1 filled with shrimp and tomatoes, 1 with steak, tomatoes and onions and 1 with shredded chicken. Served with black beans, white cheese dip, guacamole, lettuce, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Enchiladas
Seafood Enchiladas
3 enchiladas filled with sauteed shrimp and crabmeat, topped with shredded cheese and mild creamy chipotle sauce.
Enchiladas Supremas
4 enchiladas (1 beef, 1 chicken, 1 pork, and 1 cheese). Topped with shredded cheese and ranchero sauce. Served with sour cream, guacamole, and lettuce garnish.
Enchiladas Suizas
3 enchiladas topped with ranchero sauce, melted with shredded cheese and lettuce garnish.
Enchiladas Rojas
3 enchiladas topped with melted shredded cheese and covered in a red mild sauce, lettuce on the side.
Enchiladas Verdes
3 enchiladas topped with melted shredded cheese and covered in a rich dark mole sauce.
Enchiladas de Mole
3 enchiladas topped with melted shredded cheese and covered in a rich dark mole sauce.
Enchiladas Mixtecas
3 enchiladas. 1 green, 1 red, and 1 mole sauce. Melted with shredded cheese and lettuce garnish.
Cheese Dip Enchiladas
3 enchiladas stuffed with shredded chicken, ground beef or shredded beef, covered with cheese dip.
Burritos
Burrito al Carbon
Served with black beans. Filled with grilled steak. mushrooms, and onions. Decorated like the Mexican flag with stripes of green tomatillo sauce, white cheese sauce, and red ranchero sauce. Served with black beans, salad garnish, and sour cream.
Super Burrito
Flour tortilla stuffed with your choice of seasoned ground beef, shredded chicken, or pork and topped with white cheese sauce. Served with sour cream, lettuce, and tomato.
Pregnant Burrito
The new style. Stuffed with grilled beef, chicken, cheese, sour cream, onions and bell peppers, topped with melted cheese and mild ranchero sauce.
Burritos Supremos
Grilled steak or chicken rolled in 2 flour tortillas and smothered with cheese sauce. Served with tomato, lettuce, and guacamole.
Burritos
2 flour tortillas stuffed with your choice of seasoned ground beef or shredded chicken, topped with white cheese sauce and served with lettuce, tomato, and guacamole.
Burrito Hawaiiano
1 flour tortilla stuffed with steak and chicken, pepper, and onions. Topped with cheese sauce, chorizo, and pineapple. Lettuce and tomatoes on the side.
Create Your Lunch Combination
1 Item Lunch Combo
Choose 2 Items Lunch Combo
Choose 3 Items Lunch Combo
Tacos
Steak Tacos
3 soft flour tortillas filled with tender steak and white cheese dip. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
Tacos de Carne Asada
3 soft corn tortillas filled with chunks of tender grilled steak or chicken, served with cilantro, onions, and lettuce.
Pork Tacos
Tender pork specially prepared with our authentic recipe, stuffed into soft corn or flour tortillas. Served with cilantro onions, sliced avocado, and lettuce.
Tacos
3 crisp corn or flour tortillas stuffed with seasoned ground beef or shredded chicken, topped with lettuce and cheese.
Tacos al Pastor
3 soft corn tortilla filled with pork, served with rice and beans, pineapple, cilantro, and onions.
Shrimp Tacos
3 crisp corn or flour tortilla filled with grilled shrimp, then topped with lettuce and cheese. Served with pico de gallo and sour cream.
Quesabirria
3 birria tacos with melted cheese. Served with birria consome, cilantro, onions, and lime on the side. Delicious!
Create a Combo
Pick 2 Items Combo
Pick 3 Items Combo
The Extras
Flour Tortillas
3 tortillas.
Corn Tortillas
3 tortillas.
Lettuce
Tomatoes
Sour Cream
Tangy fermented cream.
Jalapenos
Avocado Slices 1/2 Order
Shredded Cheese
Onions
Pico de Gallo
Fresh salsa.
Nopales
2 pieces. Cactus.
Chiles Toreados
3 pieces.
French Fries
Fried potatoes.
Shrimp
Each.
Order of Grilled Onion
Order of Grilled Jalapenos
Order of Grilled Chicken
4 oz.
Order of Grilled Steak
4 oz.
Order of Steamed Vegetables
Cooked using moist heat.
Order of Chorizo
Mexican sausage.
Vegetarianas
Fajitas Vegetarianas
Grilled carrots, bell peppers, onions, broccoli, spinach, cauliflower and mushrooms served sizzling with guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, lettuce, rice, beans, and tortillas.
Veggie Quesadilla
Grilled flour tortilla stuffed with cheese, spinach, peppers, onions, and mushrooms.
Flautas Verdes
Rolled fried flour tortillas stuffed with spinach, tomatoes, beans, and cheese. Topped with creamy chipotle sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Cheese Quesadilla
Grilled flour tortilla stuffed with cheese, served with rice and beans.
Burrito de Vegetales
A flour tortilla, filled with grilled fresh carrots, bell peppers, onions, broccoli, spinach, cauliflower, mushrooms, celery, and sour cream. Topped with cheese and tomato sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Sandwiches
Mexican Sandwich Torta
You pick! Your choice of pork, birria, chicken or steak with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, jalapenos, and shredded cheese on a fresh bun.
Mexican Cheeseburger
Fabulous burger prepared the Mexican way with cheese, guacamole, lettuce, tomato, jalapenos, onion, and mayonnaise. Served with fries.
Antojitos
Teto's Mix
Grilled shrimp and chicken breast over rice with white cheese sauce. Included a salad garnish and charro beans.
Carnitas
Chunks of pork. Served with pico de gallo, tortillas, rice, and beans.
Chile Colorado
Diced broiled steak with red chile sauce, served with rice, beans and choice of corn or flour tortillas.
Chile Verde
Tender pork slow-cooked, grilled with our special green tomatillo sauce. Served with rice, beans, and choice of corn or flour tortillas.
Chiles Rellenos
2 cheese stuffed poblano peppers topped with ranchero sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Tamales
2 tamales covered with ranchero sauce, served with rice and beans.
Flautas
4 rolled, fried corn tortillas stuffed with grilled steak or shredded chicken, topped with sour cream and white cheese sauce, served with lettuce, tomato, guacamole, rice, and beans.
Milanesa
Breaded steak or chicken served with rice and beans garnished with lettuce, tomatoes, and lime.
Burrito Dinosaurio
For 2 or more people stuffed with steak, carnitas, chicken, chorizo, bell peppers, onions, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, jalapenos, rice, and beans. 1 chile toreado and chips.
Carnes
Steak Ranchero
A juice ribeye steak topped with bell peppers, onions, and our delicious ranchero sauce.
Carne Asada
Grilled beef loin served with 1 cheese enchilada, lettuce, sliced tomato, and guacamole.
Ribeye Steak
A ribeye lightly seasoned and grilled to order, served with potato rounds and garnished with lettuce and tomatoes.
Camarones y Carne
Shrimp and steak. A tender ribeye steak lightly seasoned and cooked to your liking, teamed with succulent shrimp prepared with chipotle sauce. Served with lettuce and tomato.
Costa Brava
Grilled carne asada, jumbo shrimp stuffed with cheese, poblano peppers wrapped in bacon basted with special sauce. Served with grilled onions, serrano peppers, tossed salad, rice and beans.
Presidente
A delicious homemade slow cooked tortilla casserole topped with shredded cheese and your choice of green tomatillo sauce or red sauce, two eggs, strips of grilled steak, rice, black beans or refried beans
Pollo
Pollo Hawaiian
Marinated chicken breast grilled with mushrooms, pineapple, and melted white cheese. Includes your choice of 2 rice, black beans, guacamole salad or steamed vegetables. Add shrimp for an additional charge.
Pollo Loco
Chicken hot off the grill served over a bed of rice, covered with white cheese sauce.
Pollo Chipotle
Served with black beans. A fresh chicken breast covered with spicy chipotle sauce, onions, mushrooms, and peppers. Served with rice and beans. Spicy.
Pollo a la Cacerola
Tender strips of chicken seasoned and grilled with bell pepper, onions, and mayonnaise. Then topped with melted cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Pollo Monterrey
Grilled chicken breast topped with white cheese dip. Served with lettuce, tomato, rice and beans. Add chorizo, onion or jalapenos for an additional charge.
Pollo Bandolero
Grilled chicken strips topped with cheese dip. Served with rice, beans, and flour tortillas.
Sizzling Fajitas
Pineapple Boat Fajita
This fabulous fajita served with black beans. Comes to your table in fresh pineapple 1/2 scooped out and filled with grilled shrimp, chicken, and steak, onions, bell peppers and chunks of fresh pineapple. Add chorizo for an additional charge.
Fajita Molcajete for 1
A delicious combo fajita of steak, chicken, shrimp, and scallops. Includes quesadillas and nopales (cactus leaves) served in a molcajete (hot stone bowl).
Fajita Molcajete for 2
A delicious combo fajita of steak, chicken, shrimp, and scallops. Includes quesadilla and nopales (cactus leaves) served in a molcajete (hot stone bowl). Served sizzling in the skillet with our own combination of spices.
Parrillada el Toro
Serves 4 people. Our fantastic fajitas featuring grilled shrimp, steak, chicken, carnitas, chorizo and scallops. Served sizzling in the skillet with our own combination of spices.
Steak and Chicken Fajitas for 1
Served sizzling in the skillet with our own combinations of spices, fresh onions and green peppers.
Steak and Chicken Fajitas for 2
Served sizzling in the skillet with our own combinations of spices, fresh onions and green peppers.
Steak, Chicken and Shrimp Fajita for 1
The finest quality of meat and seafood is served sizzling in the skillet with our own combinations of spices, fresh onions and green peppers.
Steak, Chicken and Shrimp Fajita for 2
The finest quality of meat and seafood is served sizzling in the skillet with our own combinations of spices, fresh onions and green peppers.
Steak, Chicken, Shrimp and Mexican Chorizo Sausage Fajita for 1
Served sizzling in the skillet with our own combinations of spices, fresh onions and green peppers.
Steak, Chicken, Shrimp and Mexican Chorizo Sausage Fajita for 2
Served sizzling in the skillet with our own combinations of spices, fresh onions and green peppers.
Shrimp, Scallops, and Fish Fajita for 1
Steak Fajita for 1
Served sizzling in the skillet with our own combinations of spices, fresh onions and green peppers.
Steak Fajitas for 2
Served sizzling in the skillet with our own combinations of spices, fresh onions and green peppers.
Chicken Fajita for 1
Served sizzling in the skillet with our own combinations of spices, fresh onions and green peppers.
Chicken Fajitas for 2
Served sizzling in the skillet with our own combinations of spices, fresh onions and green peppers.
Shrimp Fajita for 1
Served sizzling in the skillet with our own combinations of spices, fresh onions and green peppers.
Shrimp Fajita for 2
Served sizzling in the skillet with our own combinations of spices, fresh onions and green peppers.
Seafood
Camarones a la Mexicana
Served with black beans. Spicy shrimp cooked with your choice of bell pepper or jalapeno, onions, ranchero sauce, served with Mexican rice, beans and garnished with lettuce, avocado slices and tomato. Spicy.
Camarones a la Diabla
Served with black beans. Devilishly spicy delicious shrimp in a chipotle creamy sauce with rice, beans, and garnish of lettuce, avocado, slices and tomato. Spicy.
Camarones al Mojo de Ajo
Shrimp cooked in a fresh garlic butter sauce, with vegetable medley, Mexican rice, bean soup, and garnished with lettuce, avocado slices, and tomato.
Camarones a la Cacerola
So good. Shrimp cooked in a special sauce and topped with melted cheese. Served with vegetable medley, Mexican rice and refried beans. Garnished with lettuce and mayonnaise.
Camarones a la Plancha
Grilled jumbo shrimp sauteed in a smooth garlic sauce. Served with Mexican rice, charro beans, and a garnish of lettuce, avocado slices, and tomato.
Camarones el Toro
Served in natural pineapple. Succulent shrimp in a mild creamy chipotle sauce. Served in pineapple boat with Mexican rice and refried beans, garnished with lettuce, avocado slices, and tomato.
Camarones Nortenos
Jumbo shrimp stuffed with cheese and poblano pepper, wrapped in bacon, fried and basted with our special BBQ sauce. Served with avocado slices, rice, charro beans, and tossed salad.
Shrimp Cocktail
Made with fresh shrimp, avocado, pico de gallo, and our spicy homemade tomato sauce. Mexican style or American style.
Fish Tacos
3 soft flour tortillas filled with grilled tilapia, lettuce, tomato, and avocado slices. Served with Mexican rice and charro beans.
Mojarra Frita
Enjoy this Mexican tradition. A whole queen tilapia fish perfectly fried and served with pico de gallo, and charro beans, garnished with lettuce, avocado slices, and tomato.
Filete de Pescado
Catfish fillet lightly breaded marinated in a smooth garlic olive oil sauce, grilled to perfection and served with rice and charro beans, garnished with lettuce, avocado slices, and tomato.
Postres
Pastel Tres Leches
Three milks cake.
Chimi Cheese
Rich and creamy cheesecake wrapped in a pastry tortilla, deep-fried until flaky and golden, dusted with cinnamon sugar, garnished with ice cream, drizzled with rich caramel, chocolate syrup, and whipped cream.
Fried Ice Cream
Rich vanilla ice cream rolled in crispy flakes and deep-fried. Served in a tortilla shell with chocolate syrup, whipped cream, and a cherry.
Churros
Sticks of Mexican pastry served with ice cream.
Sopapilla
Flour tortilla deep-fried to a golden brown and topped with honey, cinnamon sugar, vanilla ice cream, and chocolate syrup.
Flan
Homemade caramel creme custard.
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Recent Reviews
I went on a date to El Toro! I was blown away by their service, and I loved the food we ordered! I had talapia fish tacos, cooked perfectly and well seasoned! We shared the jalapeno poppers as our appetizer. I enjoy spicy food, and the spice and freshness of this appetizer was perfect! My date had the steak tacos with rice and beans. Everything was a 10/10 I highly recommend this spot here in Lexington.
June 2025
I have been going to El Toro's since they opened years ago. It has always been a nice, friendly atmosphere. They have outdoor seating that is under roof with TVs and fans. So it is a nice space to enjoy the outside with your food. Their food is always good and what you would expect. Their lunch specials are reasonable. It is a little more expensive than what you would anticipate paying for Mexican food, but it is good. They are very friendly and offer to go drinks. It is...
October 2024
Food is hit and miss. Margs are too good. Servers are nice but manager seems mad at them always low key doesn't help tho
Vegetarian options: They have a selection
Vegetarian options: They have a selection
August 2024
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