Las Margaritas Downtown
220 S 8th St, Columbia
(573) 442-4300
Customers' Favorites
Jumbo Margarita Flavored 24oz
Chicken Fajita Plate Dinner
Steak Fajitas on Hot Plate
Tacos Al Pastor
Chips and Salsa
Street Tacos
Franzia Fries
Burrito Bowl
Chimichanga
Quesadilla
Featured items
Arroz Margaritas
Our delicious combination of fajitas (chicken, steak, and shrimp) is cooked with onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers. Covered in our famous queso dip, served on a bed of rice.
Nachos Margaritas
Crisp tortilla chips covered with beans, chicken, beef, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and sour cream.
Chimichanga
A flour tortilla stuffed with your choice of spicy chicken or marinated beef. Deep-fried and topped with queso sauce, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo.
Franzia Fries
Golden French fries topped with grilled chicken or steak and topped with queso dip and shredded cheese.
Arroz Con Pollo
A classic dish from Mexico. Tender chopped chicken breast with sauteed vegetables and melted cheese. Served with Mexican rice, lettuce, guacamole, and sour cream.
Tacos Carne Asada Especiales
Four corn tortillas stuffed with steak or chicken, onions, cilantro, avocado, and queso fresco.
Tacos
Tacos Carne Asada Especiales
Four corn tortillas stuffed with steak or chicken, onions, cilantro, avocado, and queso fresco.
Tacos Al Pastor
Four soft corn tortillas with slow-roasted pork marinated with chile ancho salsa. Topped with cilantro, onions, and grilled pineapple. Served with traditional frijoles charros soup.
Cochinita Pibil
Roasted pork with achiote. Served with beans, rice, and fresh corn off the cob.
Cheese Steak Tacos
Three steak tacos on a flour tortilla with queso sauce and grilled onions with a side of rice.
Tacos Carne Asada
Four flour tortillas stuffed with sliced steak. Served with Pico de Gallo and special sauce.
Tacos De Pescado
Four soft corn tortillas filled with lightly fried tilapia, lettuce, pico de gallo, and light chipotle sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Tacos Shrimp Especiales
Soft corn tortillas stuffed with seasoned grilled shrimp and onions topped with cilantro, avocado, and queso fresco.
Tacos Locos
Bring on the heat! These crazy tacos include four soft corn tortillas filled with spicy chicken, lettuce, tomato, avocado, and queso fresco, served with black beans and tomatillo salsa.
Burritos
Burrito Special
One beef burrito with sauce topped with lettuce, sour cream, cheese, and tomato.
Burrito Carne Asada
A grand burrito filled with sirloin steak, onions, bell peppers, and beans. Smothered with cheese and salsa Verde. Served with Mexican rice and beans.
Burrito Gonzalez
Our biggest burrito! Filled with sirloin strips or chicken, sauteed onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Topped with queso dip. Served with Mexican rice and beans.
Burrito Chile Colorado
Tender steak chunks with ranchero sauce served with rice and beans.
Burrito Mexicano
A flour tortilla stuffed with beef and sauteed tomatoes, onions, and bell peppers. Topped with queso dip, red salsa, lettuce, tomato, and guacamole.
Burrito Cochinita Pibil
Pork roasted with achiote covered in queso dip. Served with beans, rice, and Mexican corn.
Barbacoa Beef Burrito
Oversized flour tortilla filled with Mexican-style braised beef and refried beans covered in queso dip.
Nachos
Nachos Margaritas
Crisp tortilla chips covered with beans, chicken, beef, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and sour cream.
Nachos
Chips with cheese and a variety of toppings.
Fajita Nachos
Our sizzling version of our famous fajitas is served with either chicken or steak and sauteed peppers, onions, and tomatoes on top of a gigantic bed of crispy tortilla chips covered in queso dip.
Appetizers
Shrimp Cocktail Mexicana
A Mexican tradition! Fresh chilled shrimp, avocado, and Pico de Gallo in spicy tomato salsa. Served in a jumbo margarita glass with crackers.
Queso Dip
Spinach Artichoke Queso Dip
Mexican Corn
Grilled corn tossed together with mayo, lime juice, salsa, and queso fresco.
Guacamole Dip
Guacamole Mexicano
A bed of fresh avocados, pico de gallo, and cheese served with fresh-made flour tortilla chips.
Southwest Chicken Wings
Jumbo breaded chicken wings dipped in our buffalo sauce.
Choriqueso
Bean Dip
Mayas Dip
Fresh ground beef, Pico de Gallo and cheese.
Queso Fundido
Melted Chihuahua cheese topped with chorizo, bell peppers, tomatoes and onions served with tortillas.
Salads
Taco Salad
Huge, crispy flour tortilla filled with ground beef or shredded chicken, covered in queso dip and topped with lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, cheese, and sour cream.
Fajita Taco Salad
Huge, crispy flour tortilla filled with grilled chicken or steak sauteed with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes covered in queso dip and topped with lettuce, cheese, sour cream, pico de gallo, and guacamole.
Mexican Cobb Salad
Fajita chicken, crispy tortilla strips, eggs, black beans, cheese, crispy bacon crumbles, and avocado slices on a bed of lettuce. Served with ranch (best paired with salsa too!).
Maya's Chicken Salad
Fresh garden salad with grilled chicken, tomatoes, cheese, and dressing.
Southwest Salad
A blend of lettuce topped with grape tomatoes, green peppers, red onions, cheese, and juicy steak strips with guacamole, salsa, and tortilla chips.
New Favorites
Franzia Fries
Golden French fries topped with grilled chicken or steak and topped with queso dip and shredded cheese.
Taquitos Mexicanos
Four rolled corn tortillas stuffed with your choice of beef or chicken. Served with lettuce, guacamole, and sour cream.
Franzia Special
Fresh chicken or steak covered with queso dip served over a bed of rice.
Fajita Baked Potato
Oven-baked potato covered in your choice of chicken or steak peppers, onions, tomato, topped with queso dip.
Trash Can Nachos
Crispy corn tortilla chips topped with chicken, steak, and chorizo with refried beans, black beans, fajita vegetables, queso dip, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, and jalapeño.
Sautéed Shrimp Special
Jumbo, fresh shrimp sauteed with onions in a homemade garlic butter sauce. Served with rice and salad.
Appetizer Sampler
The perfect combination of our southwest chicken wings with celery, spinach queso dip, and a cheese quesadilla.
Molcajete Ranchero
A combination of juicy steak and chicken marinated with pasilla peppers. Served with sautéed onions, cactus, avocado, and queso fresco served in an authentic molcajete with tortillas.
Fajitas
Shrimp Fajitas
Indulge in grilled shrimp and sauteed bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes single.
Chicken or Steak Fajita Plate
Everyone's' favorite. Your choice of grilled chicken or steak with a colorful blend of peppers, onions, and tomatoes single.
Fajitas Bravas
For those who want it all. Marinated tender strips of steak, chicken, and shrimp with sautéed onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes single.
Mushroom Steak Fajitas
Tender steak strips, with Portobello mushrooms and garnished with green onions single.
Chimichangas
Chimichanga
A flour tortilla stuffed with your choice of spicy chicken or marinated beef. Deep-fried and topped with queso sauce, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo.
Chimichanga Fajita
A flour tortilla filled with steak or chicken and sauteed peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Deep-fried and topped with queso dip, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo.
Shrimp Chimichanga
A flour tortilla filled with shrimp, sauteed peppers, onion, tomatoes. Deep-fried and topped with queso dip, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo.
Quesadillas
Fajita Quesadilla
Big, big, big, big! Filled with your choice of marinated steak or grilled chicken, shredded cheese, sauteed onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes.
Shrimp Quesadilla
A huge quesadilla filled with marinated shrimp, shredded cheese, grilled onions, bell peppers, and grilled tomatoes. Topped with lettuce, sour cream, and fresh tomatoes.
Grande Cheese Only
Cheese Quesadilla Only
Quesadilla Rellena
A flour tortilla grilled and stuffed with cheese, chopped beef or chicken (shredded), and refried beans. Topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
Especialidades
Arroz Margaritas
Our delicious combination of fajitas (chicken, steak, and shrimp) is cooked with onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers. Covered in our famous queso dip, served on a bed of rice.
Arroz Con Pollo
A classic dish from Mexico. Tender chopped chicken breast with sauteed vegetables and melted cheese. Served with Mexican rice, lettuce, guacamole, and sour cream.
Camarones a La Diabla
Tiger shrimp sautéed in our spicy ranchero sauce. Served with Mexican rice, lettuce, tomato, and slices of avocado.
Trios Special
Grilled chicken breast topped with queso dip and chorizo served with grilled shrimp along a side of rice, beans, and pico de gallo.
Enchiladas Rancheras
Three cheese enchiladas topped with a savory blend of tender beef, cooked tomatoes, onions, and bell peppers, then smothered in enchilada sauce. Garnished with a salad blend.
Oriental Shrimp
Large shrimp cooked with broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini squash, carrots, and our special homemade soy sauce glaze. Served with rice.
Enchiladas Suizas
Four soft corn tortillas filled with your choice of chicken or steak. Topped with authentic salsa tomatillo and covered with our famous queso dip, lettuce, queso dip, avocado, and tomatoes.
Milanesa Tradicional
A crowd favorite! Tender thin sliced steak or chicken lightly breaded and fried to perfection. Served with Mexican rice, corn with a baked potato.
Grilled Chicken Breast
Marinated chicken breast grilled and topped with a tumble of cooked onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, and queso dip. Served with Mexican rice and beans.
Catfish Plate
Catfish fillet strips served with Spanish rice, lettuce, tomato, avocado, lime, and tartar sauce. Served with French fries.
Yoli's Special
Fresh tilapia fillet breaded with secret spices, lightly fried. Served with Mexican rice, lettuce, tomato, and lime.
Vegetarian Combinations
C. 1 Bean Burrito, 1 Cheese Enchilada, 1 Bean Tostada & Queso Dip
G. Vegetarian Fajitas
Sauteed fajita pepper, onions, and tomatoes, served with rice, beans, sour cream, lettuce, guacamole, and pico de gallo.
F. Carden Taco Salad
Sautéed fajita peppers, onions, and tomatoes covered in queso dip topped with lettuce, cheese, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole.
B. 2 Bean Burritos with Red Sauce & Queso Dip
A. 1 Chalupa, 1 Cheese Enchilada & Beans
E. Garden Quesadilla
Garden vegetables and cheese in a large flour tortilla grilled and served with sour cream and tomato.
D. 1 Bean Burrito, 1 Quesadilla & 1 Chalupa
Traditionales
Chile Colorado
Tender steak chunks with ranchero red sauce. Served with Mexican rice, beans, and tortillas.
Pollo Margaritas
Grilled chicken served with artichoke hearts, mushrooms, asparagus, a squash, spinach, and red bell peppers then topped with cream sauce.
Enchiladas Supremas
Four rolled corn tortillas - one beef, one chicken, one cheese, and one bean. Topped with enchilada sauce, lettuce, sour cream, cheese, and tomato.
Margaritas Special
One chicken burrito and chicken enchilada topped with lettuce, sour cream, Pico de Gallo, and guacamole.
Fiesta Dinner
Five-way combo dinner you will love! A chalupa, taco, chile Relleno, tamale, and enchilada served with Mexican rice and beans.
Chilaquiles
Traditional chilaquiles marinated shredded chicken in anchored chile sauce, crema Mexicana, diced onion and cilantro, on a bed of tortilla chips. Served with refried beans, lettuce, sour cream, and avocado.
Tampiquena
A flavorful sirloin steak and cheese enchilada garnished with lettuce, lime, onions, and sliced avocado. Served with Mexican rice, beans, and flour tortillas.
Carnitas
Pork tips served with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, Mexican rice, beans, and tortillas.
Steak & Shrimp
A 12 oz grilled t-bone steak and jumbo shrimp marinated in our special recipe. Served with a lemon wedge, garlic butter, Mexican rice, and beans.
Combinations
7. 2 Tacos, Mexican Rice, Beans
23. 1 Burrito, 1 Taco, 1 Enchilada
19. 1 Burrito, 1 Enchilada, Mexican Rice, Beans
5. 1 Chalupa, 1 Chile Relleno, Beans
14. 1 Enchilada, 1 Burrito, 1 Chile Relleno
13. 2 Enchiladas, Mexican Rice, Beans
15. 1 Beef Burrito, 1 Enchilada, 1 Tamale
17. 1 Chalupa, 1 Burrito, Mexican Rice
26. 1 Taco, 1 Burrito, Mexican Rice, Beans
3. 2 Tacos, 1 Enchilada, 1 Chile Con Queso
16. 1 Chalupa, 1 Chile Relleno, 1 Tamale
4. 1 Taco, 2 Enchiladas, Mexican Rice
2. 1 Enchilada, 1 Taco, 1 Chile Relleno
6. 1 Chile Relleno, 1 Taco, Mexican Rice, Beans
8. 1 Beef Enchilada, 1 Chalupa, Mexican Rice
9. 1 Tamale, 1 Chile Relleno, Mexican Rice, Beans
10. 1 Enchilada, 1 Tamale, Mexican Rice, Beans
12. 1 Enchilada, 1 Taco, Mexican Rice, Beans
18. 1 Chalupa, 1 Chile Relleno, 1 Burrito
21. 1 Chalupa, 1 Taco, 1 Tostada
24. 1 Taco, 1 Burrito, 1 Chalupa
20. 1 Chalupa, 1 Burrito, 1 Enchilada
1. 1 Taco, 1 Enchilada, 1 Chalupa
11. 1 Enchilada, 1 Chile Relleno, Mexican Rice, Beans
22.. 1 Chile Relleno, 1 Burrito, Mexican Rice
25. 1 Burrito, 1 Chile Relleno, 1 Taco
A La Carte
Hard Beef Taco A La Carte
Soft flour tortilla filled with ground beef, lettuce and cheese!
Soft Beef Taco A La Carte
Soft flour tortilla filled with ground beef, lettuce and cheese.
Chicken Enchilada A La Carte
Cheese Enchilada A La Carte
Bean Burrito A La Carte
Grilled Chicken Taco A La Carte
Soft flour tortilla filled grilled chicken, lettuce and cheese.
Tamale A La Carte
Hard Chicken Taco A La Carte
Crispy corn shell filled with shredded chicken, lettuce and cheese.
Chicken Burrito A La Carte
Order of Grilled Shrimp A La Carte
Chicken/Beef Fajita A La Carte
Beef Burrito A La Carte
Chalupa A La Carte
Soft Chicken Taco A La Carte
Soft flour tortilla filled with shredded chicken, lettuce and cheese.
Sides
Fries
Mexican Rice
Refried Beans
Extra Cheese Dip
Salsa
Flour Chips
Flour or Corn Tortillas (3)
Sour Cream
Tomatillo Sauce
Extra Guacamole
Pico De Gallo
Jalapeños
Onions
Cilantro
Grilled Jalapenos
Habanero Salsa
Lettuce
Camaron Orden
Pollo/Carne Orden
Shredded Cheese
Desserts
Churros
Lava Chocolate Cake
Sopapilla
Xango
Flan
Beverages
Iced Tea
Soft Drinks
Pepsi Products
Flavored Tea
Lemonade
Coffee
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Recent Reviews
We went to Las Margaritas and it was so delicious. The lady serving us was kind and gave us refills without asking. The food was amazing and the best Mexican restaurant I’ve been to in Columbia.
June 2025
Las Margaritas Downtown in Columbia is a great spot for anyone craving delicious Mexican and Tex-Mex fare. The staff is consistently friendly and welcoming, creating a comfortable dining atmosphere. The food portions are generous, and both meals and drinks are tasty and satisfying—all for a fair price.
Update: I recently visited there again and was dining with my family. While dining, one of the employees was cleaning the bar area adjacent to our table. The...
Update: I recently visited there again and was dining with my family. While dining, one of the employees was cleaning the bar area adjacent to our table. The...
April 2025
I had never been to this restaurant before. My son attends Mizzou and I came down to have dinner with him. We walked in and there was no host/hostess. It was moderately busy. We waited and waited because we didn't know if we were supposed to be seated or if we could seat ourselves. After 10 minutes a guy named Silverio walks in and goes behind the counter and doesn't even look at us or acknowledge us. So I asked him if we should seat ourselves. Well he snaps back...
November 2024
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