Ixtapa Mexican Grill & Cantina
177 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington
(781) 863-8653
Customers' Favorites
Carnitas Street Tacos
Cancun Quesadilla
Chips and Salsa
Guacamole Dip
Veggie Fajita
Negra Modelo
Carne Asada
Taco Salad
SPECIALS
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Appetizers
Nachos Supreme
Choice of beef or chicken, served with beans, tomatoes, onions, sour cream and guacamole.
Fajita Nachos
Melted Jack cheese on nachos with your choice of steak or chicken served with sour cream and guacamole, fajita style.
Taquito Bites
Small crispy corn tortillas with chicken. Served with fresh lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole and Cotija cheese.
Fiesta Platter
A sampling of Ixtapa's favorites: nachos, mini-quesadillas, taquito bites, mini-flautas and Ixtapa wings. Served with guacamole and sour cream.
Chile con Queso
Rich, spicy and creamy Mexican cheese dip. A must-have for cheese lovers.
Shrimp Dip
Fresh shrimp sauteed with pico de gallo in a creamy cheese dip.
Ixtapa Wings
For those who love Buffalo wings, spice up your night! Choice of bone-in or boneless.
Tortilla Chips
Salsa
Dip made from tomatos and onions.
Tortilla Chips & Salsa
Thinly sliced and crispy.
Steak
Cantina Steak
A flame-broiled New York strip steak topped with sauteed onions, bell peppers, mushrooms and guacamole. Add shrimp for an additional charge.
Carne Asada
Charbroiled skirt steak served with guacamole and grilled green onions.
Tres Amigos
A charbroiled marinated steak with juicy, grilled chicken breast accompanied by fresh jumbo shrimp sautéed with mushrooms, onions and peppers. Served with guacamole and fresh salad.
Fajitas
Chicken Fajita
Served with rice, beans, warm tortillas, cheese, sour cream, and guacamole. Serves 1.
Steak Fajita
Served with rice, beans, warm tortillas, cheese, sour cream, and guacamole. Serves 1.
Shrimp Fajita
Served with rice, beans, warm tortillas, cheese, sour cream, and guacamole. Serves 1.
Mixed Combo Fajita with 2 Meats
Served with rice, beans, warm tortillas, cheese, sour cream, and guacamole. Serves 1. 2 meat choices.
Chicken
Chicken Flautas
Crispy hard-shell corn tortillas stuffed with chicken, Served with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole, cotija cheese, rice and beans.
Pollo a la Crema
Sliced chicken breast and mushrooms prepared in a delicious creamy sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Pollo Yucatan
2 grilled marinated chicken breasts. Served with sour cream, rice and beans.
Pollo en Mole
Grilled chicken breast with mole sauce containing red chiles and Doria Maria mole. Contains peanut butter. Seasoned with sesame seeds and spices and served with rice and beans.
Arroz con Pollo
Chicken breast sauteed in a special sauce with mushrooms, onions and bell peppers. Served over a bed of rice with melted Jack cheese on top. Add shrimp for an additional charge.
Pork Carnitas
Chile Verde
Chunks of pork loin cooked until tender in a mild green tomatillo sauce of green peppers, onions, cilantro and spices.
Puerco Adovado
Marinated pork loin steak grilled to perfection. Served with guacamole.
Pork Carnitas
A traditional Mexican dish made with boneless pork, fresh garlic and salt. Cooked until very tender. Covered with a mild red Carnita sauce and served with guacamole.
Tacos
Fish Tacos
3 soft corn tortillas with marinated, grilled Tilapia fish served with shredded cabbage, cheese, cilantro and onions in a white sauce.
Bacon Shrimp Tacos
3 soft corn tortillas with marinated shrimp topped with bacon. Served with shredded cabbage, pico de gallo and jalapeno cilantro sauce.
Tacos al Pastor
3 soft corn tortillas with a choice of marinated pork loin, steak or chicken. Served with fresh green cabbage, cilantro, onions and tomatillo sauce.
Fajita Tacos
2 soft flour tortillas with a choice of steak or grilled chicken with sauteed bell peppers and onions. Served with sour cream.
Street Tacos
3 soft corn tortillas with grilled chicken, melted Jack cheese, caramelized onions and pico de gallo. Served with guacamole.
Tacos Vallarta
2 traditional Puerto Vallarta tacos made with flour tortillas, sauteed shrimp and our special mango sauce.
Pork Carnita Tacos
3 soft corn tortillas made with traditionally slow-cooked pork and served with mild red carnita sauce, guacamole and pico de gallo.
Burritos
Ixtapa Burrito
Your choice of pork, chicken, or ground beef with rice and beans in a flour tortilla. Topped with enchilada style sauce, tomatoes, onions, cotija cheese, sour cream, lettuce and guacamole.
Burrito Bowl
Grilled chicken, steak or shrimp bowl served with white rice, black beans, pico de gallo, shredded cheese, lettuce and sour cream.
California Pork Burrito
Pork chile verde in a flour tortilla topped with a special green sauce and melted jack cheese.
Asado Burrito
Slices of grilled steak or chicken breast with whole black beans and rice in a flour tortilla. Topped with red sauce, Cotija cheese and sour cream.
Atlantic Burrito
Served with our special blend of shrimp, crab, fish and scallops in a flour tortilla. Covered with a fresh green tomatillo sauce. Garnished with sour cream and slices of avocado.
Fajita Wrap Burrito
Your choice of tender pieces of marinated steak, chicken or shrimp sauteed with Jack cheese, onions and bell peppers wrapped in a flour tortilla. Garnished with sour cream.
Enchiladas
Enchiladas Suizas
Two corn tortillas with your choice of chicken, ground beef, pork or cheese. Topped with green tomatillo sauce and garnished with sour cream.
Mole Enchiladas
2 corn tortillas stuffed with chicken sauteed in our authentic Mexican Mole sauce. Contains peanut butter.
Enchiladas Trio
Combination of 3 corn tortilla enchiladas: 1 chicken, 1 Jack cheese and 1 shredded beef with 3 different sauces. Served with sour cream.
Enchiladas Mazatlan
2 corn tortillas filled with a blend of shrimp, crab, scallops, fish and fresh vegetables. Garnished with sour cream and avocado slices.
Enchiladas Rancheras
2 corn tortillas with a choice of chicken, ground beef, shredded beef or cheese.
Chimichangas
Fajita Chimichanga
Fajita chicken or steak wrapped in a large flour tortilla with Jack cheese. Served with guacamole and sour cream.
Mexicali Chimichanga
Choice of chicken, ground beef, or pork in a large flour tortilla. Topped with Chile con Queso sauce.
Baja Chimichanga
Choice of chicken, ground beef, or pork in a large flour tortilla with cheese. Topped with lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole and sour cream.
Cancun Chimichanga
Our blend of fresh shrimp, crab, scallops, fish and vegetables in a large flour tortilla. Garnished with sour cream and avocado slices.
Combinations
Santa Fe Combo
Durango Combo
Combo Laredo
Combo Ixtapa
Quesadillas
Cancun Quesadilla
Choice of chicken, ground beef, cheese, or spinach with melted Jack cheese in a flour tortilla. Served with tomatoes, guacamole and sour cream.
Grilled Quesadilla
Choice of charbroiled chicken strips, steak or shrimp with melted Jack cheese in a grilled flour tortilla. Served with sour cream and guacamole.
Fajita Quesadilla
Fajita style chicken, steak or shrimp sautéed with bell peppers and onions with melted Jack cheese in a flour tortilla. Served with guacamole and sour cream.
Seafood
Shrimp Ixtapa
Traditional seaside shrimp de Ajo sauteed with fresh garlic, butter and spices. Served with mixed vegetables, Spanish white rice, lettuce, tomatoes sour cream and avocados.
Camarones a la Mexicana
Sauteed shrimp with butter, fresh garlic, onions, tomatoes and Ixtapa's red cilantro sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Shrimp Monterey
Shrimp sauteed with mushrooms, fresh garlic, butter and spices. Served with rice and beans.
Pescado Veracruz
Grilled tilapia fish with a garlic and lime juice marinade. Served with rice, beans, grilled onions, mushrooms and bell peppers.
Pescado Vallarta
Tilapia fish fried to perfection and topped with garlic butter and mango sauce. Served with refried beans and fresh Ixtapa salad.
Vegetarian
Veggie Fajita
A platter of mixed vegetables prepared fajita style. Served with rice, black beans, cheese, sour cream and guacamole. Served with warm tortillas.
Spinach Enchiladas
2 soft corn tortillas with spinach and cheese, covered with green tomatillo sauce and garnished with sour cream. Served with rice and whole black beans.
Veggie Ixtapa
Combo of 1 spinach enchilada, 1 Chile Relleno and 1 cheese enchilada. Served with whole black beans.
Burrito Verde
A flour tortilla filled with rice, whole black beans, grilled onions, peppers, mushrooms and lettuce. Covered with green tomatillo sauce, tomatoes, sour cream and Cotija cheese.
Veggie Bowl
Bowl of white rice, black beans, cheese, pico de gallo, lettuce, sour cream, avocado, and grilled bell peppers and onions.
Relleno Chimichanga
A flour tortilla stuffed with Chile Relleno and fried 4 until golden brown and crispy. Topped with Chile Verde and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Veggie Quesadilla
A flour tortilla with spinach, mixed vegetables and Jack cheese. Served with sour cream.
Salads
Taco Salad
House blend of lettuce with choice of ground beef, chicken, or pork. Topped with cheese and tomatoes. Served on a taco shell.
Fajita Salad
Sizzling chicken, steak or shrimp sauteed with bell peppers and onions. Served with cheese and tomatoes.
Ranchero Avocado Salad
House blend of lettuce with a choice of chicken or shrimp tossed with ranchero cheese, tomatoes, sliced avocados, whole black beans and tossed with ranch dressing.
Chicken Caesar Salad
Grilled chicken on top of made to order Caesar salad.
Caribbean Salad
Iceberg lettuce with fresh pineapple, mandarin oranges, dried cherries, green onions, fresh cilantro and sesame seeds. Tossed with a honey-lime dressing.
Baja Avocado Salad
Iceberg lettuce, diced tomatoes, avocados and croutons topped with a spicy Thousand Island dressing and garnished with Julienne red peppers.
Mexican Caesar Salad
A Mexican twist on the traditional. Fresh romaine lettuce tossed with croutons, shredded Cotija cheese and cilantro chili caesar dressing. Garnished with fried tortilla strips and julienne red peppers.
Soups
Tortilla Soup
A spicy Mexican soup with grilled chicken, crisp tortilla strips, avocado and cheese.
Sopa Azteca
A large bowl of fresh seafood soup made traditionally with shrimp, scallops, mussels, fish and spices. A seafood lover's "Must Try!".
Burgers
Build Your Own Burger
1/2 lb. of ground beef, served with mayonnaise, lettuce and tomato on a soft roll. Served with french fries.
BBQ Baja Burger
8 oz. Black Angus beef with cheddar cheese, crisp bacon, lettuce, tomato and BBQ sauce on a soft roll. Served with french fries.
Fajita Burger
8 oz. Black Angus beef, Jack cheese and garlic peppers and onions. Served on a soft roll. Served with french fries.
Sandwiches
Chicken Torta Sandwich
Charbroiled chicken breast with mayonnaise, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, cheese and avocado slices on a toasted roll.
BBQ Chicken Sandwich
Charbroiled chicken breast basted in BBQ sauce, topped with. Jack cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onions and bacon on a toasted roll.
Fajita Melt Sandwich
Grilled steak Jr chicken fajita with Jack cheese, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers and lettuce on a toasted roll.
Desserts
Flan
A caramel custard, made with egg, milk, and coffee liquor. Glazed with a hint of caramel.
Churros
A traditional Mexican crispy pastry coated with cinnamon sugar.
Sopapillas
A warm Mexican pastry dusted with cinnamon sugar.
Brownie Sundae
A warm fudge brownie topped with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce.
Deep Fried Ice Cream
Vanilla ice cream in a crispy coating topped with chocolate sauce and whipped cream.
Dessert Burrito
Choices of apple cinnamon or creamy cheesecake rolled in a flour tortilla, lightly fried, then covered with caramel sauce and whipped cream.
Sides
Side of beans
Side of rice
Side of tortillas
Side of sour cream
Side of jalapeños
Side of pico de gallo
Side of cheese
Side of french fries
Side of vegetables
Side tamale
Side of chile relleno
Side of onions
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Recent Reviews
This is one of the only places in the Boston area that serves white cheese dip! I know, white cheese dip is not a culinary marvel or even anything authentic but man I love it and I've been missing it since moving here from the south. The food was solid and reasonably priced. Also, you get chips and salsa when you sit down - big plus on my book. The menu has draft beer listed, but it wasn't available when I visited.
July 2025
I’ve stopped by Ixtapa quite a few times over the past two years while living in Bedford, and it’s been a consistently great experience. The food is always delicious, the waitstaff is friendly and attentive, and the atmosphere just puts you in a good mood. Whether it was dinner with friends or the occasional lunch, I always left happy.
I’m moving out of the area soon, but I’m really glad Ixtapa was part of my time here—it helped make some great nights...
I’m moving out of the area soon, but I’m really glad Ixtapa was part of my time here—it helped make some great nights...
June 2025
Located in an area with few Mexican restaurants. We just snacked on nachos which were good. They have a good assortment of Mexican cervasas including Negra Modela, one of the world's best beers.
June 2024
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