La Carreta
400 Jefferson St #7014, Lafayette
(337) 706-7799
Customers' Favorites
Three Regular Tacos
Grilled Chicken
Chips and Salsa
Steak and Eggs
Tortilla Soup
Street Tacos
Beef Fajitas
Chimichanga
Quesadilla
Taco Salad
Appetizers
Queso Dip
Served with chips.
Guacamole Dip
Served with chips.
Ceviche
Pico, cucumber, pineapple, mango, and avocado.
Nachos
Beans, cheese, lettuce, pico, jalapeños, sour cream, and your choice of protein.
Loaded Carreta Fries
Fries, queso, sour cream, pico, guacamole, and jalapeños.
Chipotle Shrimp
Pico, avocado, chipotle sauce, and queso.
Quesadillas Appetizer
Cheese, sour cream, pico, lettuce, and guacamole.
Duck Quesadillas
Flautas Appetizer
Shredded chicken, lettuce, sour cream, pico, and guacamole.
Esquites
Yellow corn, butter, queso fresco, mayo, lime, and tajin.
Soups & Salads
Tortilla Soup
Your choice of size. Chicken broth, cheese, tortilla strips, avocado, and pico.
Black Bean Soup
Your choice of size. Black beans, sausage, bacon, chorizo, jalapeños, tomatoes, and cheese.
Avocado Salad
Romaine lettuce, spring mix, avocado, cucumbers, tomatoes, and cilantro-lime vinaigrette.
Caesar Salad
Romaine lettuce, parmesan, red onions, and croutons.
Strawberry Salad
Romaine lettuce, spring mix, strawberries, feta cheese, candied pecans, and balsamic vinaigrette.
Taco Salad
Lettuce, cheese, sour cream, pico, pinto beans, and guacamole in a tortilla bowl.
Carreta Bowl
Lettuce, cheese, sour cream, rice, black beans, tomatoes, red onions, corn, and fajita veggies.
Tacos & Burritos
Three Regular Tacos
Corn tortillas, cilantro, and onions. Served with rice and black beans.
Three Mexican Seafood Tacos
Corn tortillas, cabbage, pineapple, cilantro, cheese, and onions.
Three Baja Tacos
Fried red fish wrapped in a flour tortilla with cabbage salad, pico, chipotle mayo, and avocado sauce.
Wrap
Your choice of protein wrapped in a wheat tortilla and dressed with rice, refried black beans, lettuce, guacamole, and queso.
Supreme Burrito
Flour tortilla, ground beef, refried pinto beans, lettuce, pico, sour cream, and cheese.
Grill
Fajitas
Your choice of protein. Served with bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, pinto beans, rice, lettuce, sour cream, pico, guacamole, and corn tortillas.
Carne Asada
Skirt steak, sautéed onions, jalapeños, rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream, pico, guacamole, and corn tortillas.
Ribeye
(12 oz.) Ribeye served with (2) cheese enchiladas topped with green sauce. Served with bean soup.
Grilled Chicken Monterrey Dinner
Served with rice, steamed vegetables, and cheese dip.
Shrimp Monterrey Dinner
Served with rice, steamed vegetables, and cheese dip.
Red Snapper Monterrey Dinner
Served with rice, steamed vegetables, and cheese dip.
Brochetas
Stuffed shrimp wrapped in bacon. Served with queso, fresh hand-cut veggies, and rice.
Burger
Cheese, avocado, tomatoes, lettuce, and onions. Served with fries.
Enchiladas
Patron Enchiladas
(2) Grilled chicken and (2) cheese enchiladas with green sauce, sour cream, and cheese. Served with and cup of bean soup.
Potosinas Enchiladas
(2) Cheese enchiladas with green sauce and cheese. Served with steak, rice, pinto beans, lettuce, pico, and avocado.
Supreme Enchiladas
(2) Ground beef enchiladas with red sauce, lettuce, sour cream, pico, and cheese. Served with a side of steak and a cup of bean soup.
Favorites
Quesabirrias
(3) Corn tortillas, birria, cheese, cilantro, onions, and consome.
Alambres
Your choice of protein served with sautéed onions, cheese, lettuce, sour cream, pico, guacamole, corn tortilla, and bean soup.
Pollo Loco
Grilled chicken breast topped with mushrooms, spinach, pico, and cheese. Served with a side of steamed vegetables and bean soup.
Dinner Combo
Served with rice, pinto beans, guacamole, and sour cream.
Chimichanga
Your choice of protein served with rice, pinto beans, lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, and guacamole.
Flautas
(4) Shredded chicken flautas over a bed of lettuce and topped with sour cream, cheese, and salsa verde. Served with bean soup.
La Mexicana
Shredded chicken quesadilla, cheese enchilada with red sauce, rice, and beans.
Chile Relleno
Roasted poblano pepper stuffed with cheese and covered with rice. Served with a side of avocado salad.
Quesadilla Dinner
Served with rice, pinto beans, sour cream, and guacamole.
Tamales
(2) Tamales topped with green sauce and cheese. Served with bean soup.
Sides
Side Rice
Side Salsa
Your choice of size.
Side Pinto Beans
Side Hard Taco
Beef hard taco.
Side Enchilada
Your choice of protein.
Side Quesadilla
Shredded chicken quesadilla.
Side Burroqueso
Beef burroqueso.
Side Chimichanga
Shredded chicken chimichanga.
Side Black Beans
Desserts
Churros
Sopapillas
Raspberry Burrito
Flan
Brownie & Ice Cream
Vanilla.
Beverages
Coke
(20 oz.) To-go cup.
Diet Coke
(20 oz.) To-go cup.
Sprite
(20 oz.) To-go cup.
Root Beer
(20 oz.) To-go cup.
Hi-C Pink Lemonade
(20 oz.) To-go cup.
Coke Zero
(20 oz.) To-go cup.
Mr. Pibb
(20 oz.) To-go cup.
Mexican Coke
Glass bottle.
Topo Chico
Glass bottle.
Tamarind Jarritos
Glass bottle.
Lunch Specials
1. La Carreta Special (Lunch)
Beef burrito, cheese enchilada, and a chicken tostada.
2. Flautas (Lunch)
Chicken flautas served with rice, crema, and queso fresco.
3. La Bamba (Lunch)
Beef burrito, taco, and a cheese enchilada.
4. La Mexicana (Lunch)
Chicken quesadilla, cheese enchilada, and rice.
5. Burrito Wrap (Lunch)
Wheat tortilla with grilled chicken, rice, lettuce, avocado, cilantro, queso, and a cup of black bean soup.
6. El Mariachi (Lunch)
Chicken flauta, beef burrito, and taco.
7. Lunch Combo
Served with rice, beans, guacamole, and crema.
8. Chimichanga (Lunch)
Rice, pinto beans, sour cream, pico, and guacamole.
(2) Lunch Tacos
Carne asada taco, barbacoa taco, carnitas taco, or steak taco drossed with black beans, rice, onions, and cilantro. Al pastor taco dressed with.
(2) Lunch Mexican Seafood Tacos
Shrimp or fish taco both dressed with cabbage, pineapple, queso fresco, crema, chipotle, cilantro, black beans, and rice.
Monterrey Lunch
Served with veggies, rice, and queso.
Fajitas (Lunch)
Your choice of protein. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Saul's Favorite (Lunch)
Black bean enchiladas, steak, and eggs.
Steak & Eggs (Lunch)
Served with cup of a black bean soup and rice.
Quesadilla Lunch
Served with rice, beans, sour cream, and guacamole.
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Recent Reviews
I recently visited this Mexican restaurant, and overall, I had fine experience ! The chimichangas was good — they were prepared just right and tasted good. The portion sizes were generous, especially for the price. The service was also good — the food arrived incredibly fast, which really impressed me! However, while the food tasted good, I did feel that the quality could have been better. I felt the quality was not good and didn’t like the after-food experience. Also it...
October 2024
La Carreta is a good atmosphere; however, it's not authentic Mexican food. It's more of an Americanized place. We got the flank steak. The steak was good, but the onions got pretty burnt.
July 2024
This place was delicious ?, from the chips and dip to the carne asada.. We were a party of 8 and I got to taste everyone's dish.. You can tell the cook loves what he's doing!
July 2024
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