La Espuela Cantina & Grill
3235 NW Evangeline Thruway, Lafayette
(337) 520-2119
Customers' Favorites
Gold Special - Beef Fajita Straps over Rice with Cheese
Beef Chile Relleno with Queso Cheese Sauce
Beef Flautas with Rice and Refried Beans
Fajita Nachos Supremos
Mini Street Tacos
Nachos la Espuela
Chips and Salsa
Chimichanga
Taco Salad
Seafood
Camarones A La Diabla
14 shrimp cooked in our special tomatillo sauce. Served with rice, refried beans, salad, and tortillas.
Garlic Shrimp
14 shrimp, cooked with garlic. Served with rice, and steamed vegetables.
Shrimp Cocktail
Avocado, pico de gallo, and cucumbers in our special shrimp cocktail sauce.
Camarones Rellenos
8 jumbo shrimp wrapped with bacon stuffed with cheese, and jalapenos peppers. Served with rice and steamed vegetables.
Tilapia Limon
A grilled tilapia fillet cooked with lemon juice. Served with a bed of rice and pico de gallo on top.
Pesc Ado Vallarta
A grilled fish tender, with 6 grilled shrimp, sauteed onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, and mushrooms.
Combo Plate
Grilled or fried. 2 fillets, 4 shrimp, french fries, hush puppies, and a salad.
Fish Plate
Grilled or fried. 2 fillets, french fries, hush puppies, and a salad.
Shrimp Jalisco
14 shrimp cooked with broccoli, topped with cheese dip. Served with rice.
Mojarra
Whole bone-in tilapia lightly fried. Served with french fries, lettuce, tomatoes, and avocado slices.
Pescado Jalisco
4 pieces of grilled fish. Served with steamed veggies and a salad.
Manzanillo Special
2 tilapia fillets, 6 grilled shrimp. Served with rice and a salad.
La Espuela Specials
Fiesta Dinner
1 chalupa, 1 taco, 1 Chile-relleno, 1 tamale, 1 enchilada. Topped with red sauce or cheese dip. Served with rice and refried bean.
House Special
1 cheese, 1 beef, 1 shredded chicken enchilada, 1 tamale, 1 burrito, and 1 taco. Served with rice and refried beans, topped with ranchero sauce or cheese dip.
Chile Rellenos
2 Chile Rellenos stuffed with your choice of cheese, shredded chicken, or beef, topped with ranchero sauce or cheese dip. Served with rice and refried beans.
Chile-Verde
Slow-braised pork simmered in green tomatillo sauce. Served with rice, refried beans, and tortilla.
Carnitas
Pork. Pork tips. Served with rice, refried beans, tortillas, and a salad.
Flautas
3 flour tortillas stuffed with ground beef or shredded chicken rolled and deep-fried to a golden brown. Served with rice, refried beans, tomato, and sour cream.
Bistec Mexicano
Hot. Steak strips cooked with fresh jalapenos, onions, and tomatoes. Topped with hot tomatillo sauce. Served with rice, refried beans, and tortillas.
Tamale Plate
3 tamales topped with chili con came and shredded cheese. Served with rice and refried beans.
Chile Colorado
Steak strips cooked to perfection and topped with ranchero red sauce. Served with rice, refried beans, and tortillas.
Fajita Flautas
3 flour tortillas stuffed with steak or grilled chicken rolled and deep-fried to a golden brown. Served with rice, refried beans, tomato, and sour cream.
Gold Special
Fajita Steak Gold Special
Fajita Grilled Chicken Gold Special
Shrimp Gold Special
Shrimp imported.
Pork Gold Special
Carnitas.
Bravo Gold Special
Steak, chicken, and shrimp (shrimp imported).
Baked Potato
Fajita Steak Baked Potato
Fajita Grilled Chicken Baked Potato
Shrimp Baked Potato
Shrimp imported.
Bravo Baked Potato
Steak, chicken, and shrimp (shrimp imported).
Chicken
Pollo en Crema
Our chef's specialty is chicken breast with grilled vegetables. Topped with cream sauce. Served with rice, refried beans, and tortillas.
Pollo Asado
A grilled chicken breast cooked with onions and bell peppers. Topped with green sauce and cheese dip. Served with tortillas, rice, and refried beans.
Pollo Jalisco
A chicken breast with 6 grilled shrimp, mushrooms, and pineapple. Topped with cheese dip. Served with rice and tortillas (shrimp imported).
Pollo Ycamaron
A grilled chicken breast with 6 shrimp. Topped with cheese dip. Served with rice and refried beans (shrimp imported).
Pechuga Don Chuy
Chicken breast with grilled onions. Topped with cheese dip. Served with tortillas, rice, and refried beans.
Pechuga Hawaiiana
Chicken breast cooked with ham, pineapple, and onion. Topped with cheese dip. Served with rice and refried beans.
Pechuga Loca
Grilled chicken breast with chorizo, and pineapple. Covered with cheese dip. Served with rice and refried beans.
Mllanesa
Breaded chicken breast served with french fries and a salad with avocado slices.
Fajitas
Seafood Fajita
Single. Crab, shrimp, fish, and scallops (shrimp and fish imported).
Pollo Fajita
Chicken.
Carne Fajita
Steak.
Carney Pollo Fajita
Steak and chicken.
Camaron Fajita
Shrimp (shrimp imported).
Brava Fajita
Steak, chicken, and shrimp (shrimp imported).
Hawaiiana Fajita
Steak, chicken, shrimp (shrimp imported), pineapple, and ham with cheese on top.
Texana Fajita
Steak, chicken, shrimp (shrimp imported), bacon, and chorizo.
La Espuel a Fajita
Chorizo, shredded pork, shrimp (shrimp imported), steak, and chicken.
Chori-Pollo Fajita
Grilled chicken with chorizo. Topped with cheese dip. Served with rice, refried beans, and tortillas.
Chori-Carne Fajita
Steak with chorizo. Topped with cheese dip. Served with rice, refried beans, and tortillas.
Pina Rodriguez
A pineapple filled with fajita chicken, steak, shrimp, and chorizo, cooked with bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Topped with shredded cheese. Served with rice, refried beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream, and tortillas (shrimp imported).
Molcajete
A heated molcajete with chicken breast, ribeye, and grilled shrimp, chorizo, and sausage, cooked with onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, a jalapeno (tornado), nopal (cactus), and shredded cheese on top. Served with rice, refried beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream, and tortillas.
T-Bones
Jalisco
T-bone steak cooked to perfection. Served with french fries and a salad.
Mexicano
T-bone steak cooked with grilled bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Topped with hot tomatillo sauce. Served with rice, refried beans, and tortillas.
Tapatio
T-bone steak cooked to perfection. Served with a baked potato and a salad.
Ribeyes
Ribeye Carencro
A ribeye with 6 grilled shrimp to perfection. Covered with cheese dip. Served with french fries and steamed vegetables (shrimp imported).
Ribeye Mexicano
A ribeye cooked with 6 shrimp and mushrooms. Covered with cheese dip. Served with rice and a salad (shrimp imported).
Ribeye and Shrimp
A ribeye cooked with 6 grilled shrimp. Covered with cheese dip. Served with rice and refried beans (shrimp imported).
Mar y Tierra
A ribeye with 6 grilled shrimp. Served with a salad and a baked potato (shrimp imported).
St. Martinville Ribeye
A ribeye cooked with 6 grilled shrimp, grilled onions, and chorizo. Served with rice and refried beans (shrimp imported).
Skirt Steaks
Steak and Shrimp
2 skirts steaks with 6 grilled shrimp. Topped with our tomatillo sauce. Served with rice, refried beans, guacamole, cheese quesadilla, and tortillas (shrimp imported).
Carne Asada
2 skirts steaks with grilled onions. Served with rice, refried beans, tortillas, guava salad, and a jalapeno tornado.
Hamburgers
Cheeseburger
Bacon Cheeseburge
Double Meat Bacon Cheeseburger
Appetizers
Cheese Dip
Guacamole
Cheese Dip with Ground Meat
Cheese Dip with Chorizo
Bean Dip
4 Layer Dip
Cheese Sticks
Papas Locas
Comes with cheese, jalapeno, cream, and fajita chicken on a bed of french fries.
To Go Appetizers
Guacamole to Go
Cheese Dip to Go
Cheese Dip with Chorizo to Go
Cheese Dip with Ground Beef to Go
Wings
Wings
Vegetarian
Garden Quesadilla
10 flour tortillas filled with bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Served with a salad (lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and shredded cheese).
Spinach Quesadilla
10 flour tortillas filled with sauteed spinach and mushrooms. Served with a salad (lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and shredded cheese).
Spinach Enchiladas
2 corn tortillas rolled with spinach and mushrooms topped with cheese dip served with rice and refried bean.
Quesadills
Cheese Quesadilla
Fajita Steak Quesadilla
Chicken Quesadilla
Quesa-Birria
3 corn tortillas filled with cheese, onion, cilantro, and shredded beef marinated in salsa. Served with a side of rice, refried beans, consume, and salsa tomatillo.
Fajita Brava Quesadilla
Fajita steak, grilled chicken, and shrimp (shrimp imported).
Fajita Shrimp Quesadilla
Shrimp imported.
Nachos
Beef and Cheese Dip Nacho
Refried Bean and Cheese Dip Nacho
Shredded Chicken and Cheese Dip Nacho
Refried Beans, Beef, and Cheese Dip Nacho
Nachos La Espuela
Bed of crispy tortilla chips, topped with shredded chicken, refried beans, ground beef, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and cheese dip.
Cheese Nachos
Fajita Nacho Brava
Grilled chicken, and shrimp (shrimp imported).
Fajita Nachos
Grilled chicken or steak.
Nachos Hawaiianos
Steak, chicken, shrimp, ham, and pineapple (shrimp imported).
Fajita Nachos Texanos
Grilled chicken, steak, shrimp, chorizo, and bacon (shrimp imported).
Fajita Shrimp Nachos
Shrimp imported.
Salads and Soups
Grilled Chicken Salad
Our special salad with grilled chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, and shredded cheese.
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Caldo Mariscos
Comes with fish, shrimp, scallops, crab, potato, carrot, and corn. Served with a side of onion, lime, cilantro, and corn tortillas (fish, shrimp imported).
Shrimp Salad
Our famous shrimp salad with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, and shredded cheese (shrimp imported).
La Espuela Salad
Grilled chicken and shrimp with lettuce, tomato, pineapple, fresh grilled jalapeno, avocado slices, and shredded cheese (shrimp imported).
Guacamole Salad
A salad with lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, and cheese.
Side Orders
Rice and Refried Beans
Shredded Cheese
Pico de Gallo
Mexican Rice
Refried Beans
Charro Beans
Sour Cream
Tomatillo Sauce
Jalapenos
Diced Onions
Diced Tomatoes
Tortilla
Chiles Toreados
French Fries
Desserts
Sopapilla
Fried Ice Cream
Chimi Cheesecak
Raspberry Chimi Cheesecake
Soft Drinks
Soda
Coffee
Mexican Soda
1/2 litter.
Jarritos
Horchata
Tacos
Tacos Texanus
3 corn tortillas filled with steak and chorizo. Comes with grilled onions side of refried beans, rice, cilantro, and tomatillo sauce.
Tacos Mariscos
Fish or shrimp. 3 flour tortillas with lettuce and cheese on top. Served with a side of rice and refried beans, (fish and shrimp imported).
Tacos al Carbon
3 flour tortillas filled with your choice of fajita chicken or steak. Served with rice, refried beans, guacamole salad, pico de gallo, and a tomatillo sauce.
Tacos Pastor
3 corn tortillas with onion, and cilantro on top. Served with a side of rice, refried beans, and salsa tomatillo.
Mini Street Tacos
5 mini steak tacos on a corn tortilla, onion, and cilantro on top. Served with a side of charro beans and tomatillo sauce.
Burritos
Burrito Loco
10 flour tortillas stuffed with your choice of fajita steak or fajita chicken cooked with bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Served with rice refried beans inside covered with cheese dip. Served with a side of lettuce, pico de gallo, a sour cream.
Burrito Special
A10 flour tortillas filled with your choice of fajita steak or fajita chicken cooked with bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Covered with cheese dip. Served with rice, refried beans, guacamole, and sour cream.
Burrito Grande
Aio flour tortilla filled with ground beef, shredded chicken, rice, refried beans, lettuce, and sour cream. Covered with cheese dip.
Burrito Texano
A10 flour tortilla filled with fajita steak, chicken, shrimp, or chorizo, cooked with bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Covered with cheese dip. Served with rice and refried beans (shrimp imported).
Burrito La Espuela
A10 flour tortilla filled with shrimp cooked with bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Covered with cheese dip. Served with rice and refried beans (shrimp imported).
Burrito Verde
A10 flour tortillas stuffed with carnitas (pork) covered in salsa verde. Served with rice and refried beans.
Taco Salad
Taco Salad
A crispy flour tortilla bowl, filled with your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken. With lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole, shredded cheese, and cheese dip.
Taco Salad Shrimp
Shrimp imported.
Fajita Taco Salad
Your choice of steak or chicken.
Aco Salad La Espuela
Comes with fajita steak, chicken, and shrimp (shrimp imported).
Chimi's
Chimichanga
A stuffed flour tortilla with your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken. Deep-fried to a crispy golden brown. Covered with cheese dip. Served with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, rice, and refried beans.
Fajita Chimichanga
A stuffed flour tortilla with your choice of fajita steak or fajita chicken cooked with bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Deep-fried to a crispy golden brown. Covered with cheese dip. Served with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, rice, and refried beans.
Shrimp Chimichanga
A flour tortilla stuffed with shrimp cooked with bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Deep-fried to a crispy golden brown. Covered with cheese dip. Served with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, rice, and refried beans (shrimp imported).
Chimichanga Brava
A flour tortilla stuffed with fajita steak or chicken and shrimp cooked with bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Deep-fried to a crispy golden brown. Covered with cheese dip. Served with rice, refried beans, lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, and guacamole (shrimp imported).
Seafood Chimichanga
A flour tortilla stuffed with crab and shrimp. Deep-fried to a crispy golden brown. Covered with cheese dip. Served with rice, refried beans, lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, and guacamole (shrimp imported).
Enchiladas
Enchiladas Supremas
4 rolled corn tortillas. 1 cheese, 1 beef, 1 shredded chicken, and 1 bean. Topped with cheese dip, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and shredded cheese.
Enchiladas Verdes
2 flour tortillas with your choice of fajita steak or fajita chicken. Covered in green tomatillo sauce and shredded cheese. Served with rice and refried beans.
Chili Enchiladas
2 com tortillas filled with your choice of beef, shredded chicken, or cheese. Topped with chili sauce and shredded cheese. Served with rice and refried beans.
Seafood Enchiladas
2 flour tortillas filled with crab and shrimp. Covered with cheese dip. Served with rice and a salad (shrimp imported).
Sour Cream Enchiladas
2 com tortillas filled with your choice of beef, shredded chicken, or cheese. Topped with our special sour cream sauce. Served with refried beans and rice.
Shrimp Enchiladas
3 com tortillas filled with shrimp topped with cheese dip. Served with rice and guacamole salad (shrimp imported).
Enchiladas La Espuela
3 corn tortillas filled with your choice of fajita steak, fajita chicken, or pork carnitas cooked with vegetables. Topped with cheese dip. Served with rice and refried beans.
Kids Menu
Kids 6 Chicken Nuggets and French Fries
Kids Pizza Plate
Kids Quesadilla Plate
Small cheese quesadilla with rice and refried beans. Add fajita chicken for an additional chicken.
Kids Mini Nachos
Crispy tortilla chips and cheese sauce. Add ground meat for an additional charge.
Kids 3 Chicken Tenders with French Fries
Kids Taco Plate
1 taco, with refried beans, and rice.
Kids Hamburger
A hamburger with fries. Served with cheese for an additional charge.
Kids Enchilada Plate
1 enchilada with refried beans and rice.
Kids Burrito Plate
Served with rice and refried beans.
Kids Mini Fajita Chicken Gold Special
Combination Dinners
1. Three Tacos, 1 Enchilada, and Refried Beans
2. One Taco, 2 Enchiladas, and Rice
3. One Chile-Relleno, 1 Taco, Rice, and Refried Beans
4. Three Taco, Rice, and Refried Beans
5. One Enchilada, 1 Tamale, Rice, and Refried Beans
6. One Enchilada, 1 Chile-Relleno, Rice, and Refried Beans
7. One Enchilada, 1 Taco, Rice, and Refried Beans
8. Three Enchiladas, Rice, and Refried Beans
9. One Burrito, 1 Enchilada, 1 Tamale
10. One Burrito, 1 Enchilada, Rice, and Refried Beans
11.One Burrito, 1 Taco, and 1 Enchilada
12. One Enchilada, 1 Burrito, and 1 Chile-Relleno
A la Carte
Shredded Chicken Burrito
Beef Burrito
Bean Burrito
Enchilada
Shredded chicken, beef, or cheese.
Fajita Enchilada
Steak or grilled chicken.
Quesadilla
3 Meat Quesadilla
Chimichanga
Shrimp Chimichanga
Shrimp imported.
Fajita Chimichanga
Steak or grilled chicken.
Taco
Fajita Taco
Steak or grilled chicken.
Tamale
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Recent Reviews
I had been bragging about this place for a month to a group of ladies. We went there for lunch today. I am sorry to say that it must have been an off day in the kitchen as I'm not sure if it was the lettuce or chicken, but something was full of water! Two of the ladies sent their Taco salads back and did not order anything else. First time that I have been disappointed there.
June 2025
Mixed emotions. The queso was watery, the salsa was pretty good, and the guacamole was very chunky (fine) but very generic.
Our server took our drink order, and appetizers and came back fairly quickly.
But never took our order. She stood up against the counter and we waited for about 20+ minutes before she came to our table and asked if we were ready.
The band they had was playing country music (weird choice but ok) and she could barely hear us and...
Our server took our drink order, and appetizers and came back fairly quickly.
But never took our order. She stood up against the counter and we waited for about 20+ minutes before she came to our table and asked if we were ready.
The band they had was playing country music (weird choice but ok) and she could barely hear us and...
May 2025
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I've been twice. Both times for dinner on a Friday, which is when they do live music. The artists are local and some have incredible talent. People line-dance to the music. The staff know customers by name. The entire vibe is happy.
The food is Tex-Mex. Lots of queso and fajitas on the menu and I recommend sticking to those parts of the menu as thats where the food shines.
The first time I went I ordered a...