La Cantina Mexicana
709 Van Houten Ave, Clifton
(973) 567-5111
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Authentic Mexican Style Tacos
Mega Margarita Cantinera
Margarita 2 Coronitas
Molcajete Parrillada
Pina Colada Regular
Camarones Al Ajillo
Taco Three Ways
Grilled Chicken
Fried Ice Cream
Quesadillas
Featured items
MARGARITA BULL DOG
MARGARITA COCO
Mojito Mini Botella
PINA COLADA REGULAR
MARGARITA MANGO CHAMOY
Margaritas
MARGARITA COCO
MARGARITA MANGO CHAMOY
MARGARITA BULL DOG
CADILLAC
MARGARITA CASAMIGOS
MARGARITA 1800
MEGA MARGARITA CANTINERA
BOTELLA MAGICA
SUPER MARGARITA CANTINERA
MARGARITA TRADICIONAL
PATRON MARGARITA
MARGARITA Regular
SANGRIA MARGARITA
MARGARITA CANTINERA
MARGARITA DE LA CASA
MARGARITA 2 CORONITAS
MARGARITA TO GO
TAVERN MARGARITA JALAPENO
PERFECT MARGARITA PATRON
SPICY YAVE PALOMA
MARGARITA TOGO MINIBOTELLA
Mojitos
Mojito Mini Botella
Mojito Regular
Mojito Henny
Coladas
PINA COLADA REGULAR
BACARDI COLADA
La Empoderada
COLADA 1800
La Feminista
AMARETTO COLADA
HENNY COLADA
La Religiosa
De Piña Virgen
BAILYS COLADA
MALIBU COLADA
REMY COLADA
Cocktails
MEXICAN MUDSLIDE
MEXICAN SUNSET MINI BOTT
CLIFTON TAVERN FIESTA MINI B
CHAPULIN
CORONITA SUNRISE
LONG ISLAND ICED TEA
CIELITO LINDO
MEXICAN MICHELADA
PATRON TEQUILA SUNRISE
BLUE LONG ISLAND ICED TEA
CHELADA
LA CRUDOTA
MARIACHI LOCO
SPICY PATRON TEQUILA SUNRISE
CIELITO LINDO MINI B
FRIDA MARTINI
MEXICAN SUNSET R
CHILINDRINA
MARGARITA CAZAMIGOS
MARGARITA PATRON
CLIFTON TAVERN FIESTA R
MARGARITA PERFEC PATRON
DAIQUIRI FROZEN
LONG ISLAND ICED TEA MINI B
BLUE LONG ISLAND ICED TEA MINI B
Sex on the beach
Cuba libre
Malibu bay breeze
Tequilas
DON JULIO1942
Tres Generaciones
1800
Casamigos
Clase Azul
Herradura
Hornitos
El Jimador
Patron
DON JULIO
JOSE C UERVO
Vodkas
Tito's shot
Grey goose
Ciroc
Absolut
Ketel one
Smirnoff
Titos rocas
Whiskey
Buchanans 12 años shot
Black Label shot
Dewars
Hennessy shot
Jack Daniel's
Jameson
Marker's Mark
Black label rocas
Hennesy rocas
Buchanans rocas
VASOS CALAVERA
CALAVERA OPTION
SANGRIA
FULL PITCHER
HALF PITCHER12
GLASS SANGRIA
WINE
WINE BOTTLE
GLASS WINE
Margaritas
Frozen
On The Rock
Sándwich cantina
Sandwich mexicana
Sandwich tinga
Sandwich grill chicken
Sandwich steak
Sandwich pastor
Featured items
Tacos
Freshly made with cilantro and onions in three soft tortillas.
Quesadillas
Monterey jack cheese between two fresh flour tortillas topper with sour cream guacamole, and pico de gallo. Load it up with the your favorite toppings.
Burrito
Large stuffed flour tortilla smothered in burrito sauce and cover with melted cheese, served with rice, beans, sour cream and pico de gallo.
Nachos
Tortilla Chips layered with melted monterey jack cheese and refried beans topped with jalapeño, pico de gallo, guacamole and sour cream.
Flautas
Four fried corn tortillas, rolled and filled with steak of chicken inside, served with sour cream, rice and beans
Enchiladas
Two corn tortillas filled with cheese and your choice of veggies, chicken, steak , or shrimp, served with rice, beans, pico de gallo & sour cream.
Fajitas
Fresh onions and peppers sautéed with your choice of add-ons, served with rice, beans, sour cream, pico de gallo, guacamole and tortillas.
Buffalo Wings
Delicious fried chicken wings!
Guacamole
Guacamole is a dip made of gently mashed avocados, lime, onion, and other fresh ingredients.
Pollo al Grill
Fresh homemade marinade grilled chicken with our famous cantina taste.
Elotes
Elote is made with corn on the cob, slathered with mayonnaise, seasoned with chili powder and fresh lime juice, sprinkled all over with salty Cotija cheese.
Maduros
Churrasco
Our famous homemade marinade grilled steak, served with your choice of rice and beans, or salad and tostones.
Tostones Playa del Carmen
Fried tostones with any meat sautéed with onions, tomatoes topping with melted Cheese.
Apps
Nachos
Tortilla Chips layered with melted monterey jack cheese and refried beans topped with jalapeño, pico de gallo, guacamole and sour cream.
Flautas
Four fried corn tortillas, rolled and filled with steak of chicken inside, served with sour cream, rice and beans
Tostones Playa del Carmen
Fried tostones with any meat sautéed with onions, tomatoes topping with melted Cheese.
Elotes
Elote is made with corn on the cob, slathered with mayonnaise, seasoned with chili powder and fresh lime juice, sprinkled all over with salty Cotija cheese.
Guacamole
Guacamole is a dip made of gently mashed avocados, lime, onion, and other fresh ingredients.
Quesadillas
Monterey jack cheese between two fresh flour tortillas topper with sour cream guacamole, and pico de gallo. Load it up with the your favorite toppings.
Buffalo Wings
Delicious fried chicken wings!
Queso Fundido Combo
Nachos Supremo
Queso Fundido
Melted Monterrey jack cheese and tortilla chips for dipping.
Viva Mexico
Our Sample platter offering cheese quesadilla, flautas, fried calamari chicken wings, and grilled shrimp with chipotle sauce.
Garlic Shrimp
Fried Calamari
Nachos Mixto
MINI EMPANADAS
Guacamole con Chicharron y Tostones
Soups & Salads
Tortilla Soup
Tomato Base, And Chipotle.
Taco Salad
Crispy taco shell filled with romaine lettuce, avocado, beans, fresh cheese, tomato, and sour cream.
House Salad
Chicken Soup
Seafood Soup
Tomato, Shrimp, Calamari, Crab, Meat, And Fish.
Avocado Salad
Avocado, peppers, and red onions and our homemade Mexican style Dressing.
Cazuela de Mariscos
Topped with Onions and Cheese.
Kids Menu
Mozzarella Sticks
Mini Cheese Quesadilla
Chicken Tenders
Delicious fried chicken tenders!
Antojitos Mexicanos
Tacos
Freshly made with cilantro and onions in three soft tortillas.
Burrito
Large stuffed flour tortilla smothered in burrito sauce and cover with melted cheese, served with rice, beans, sour cream and pico de gallo.
Enchiladas
Two corn tortillas filled with cheese and your choice of veggies, chicken, steak , or shrimp, served with rice, beans, pico de gallo & sour cream.
Fajitas
Fresh onions and peppers sautéed with your choice of add-ons, served with rice, beans, sour cream, pico de gallo, guacamole and tortillas.
Chimichanga
Flour tortilla grilled with cheese stuffed with chicken or steak lightly fried with rice beans sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Fajitas Mixtas
Tostadas
Crunchy tortilla with refried beans, Cantina style chicken served on a best of lettuce and our famous green house sauce.
Chilaquiles
Fajitas Supreme
Chicken Enmoladas
Gringas
Entree
Churrasco
Our famous homemade marinade grilled steak, served with your choice of rice and beans, or salad and tostones.
Pollo al Grill
Fresh homemade marinade grilled chicken with our famous cantina taste.
Pollo Mole
Chicken breast infused with a chocolate Puebla sauce made with chile and spices, served with rice and beans.
Bistec a la Mexicana
Molcajete
Authentic Mexican stone dish heated and filled with grilled skirt steak, chicken breast, jumbo shrimp, onions, jalapeño and chorizo, served with fresh flour tortillas.
Pollo Al Chef
Lightly breaded and fried chicken, with fresh cheese on three jumbo shrimp, and special homemade pink sauce, served with pico de gallo.
Mar y Tierra
New York Steak
Spicy Pechuga Cantina
A sample platter offering nachos, chorizo, quesadillas flautas, sour cream, guacamole and jalapeños.
T-Bone Steak
Seafood
Shrimp Cocktail
Mariscada en Crema Mexicana
Red Snapper
Camarones a la Diabla
Jumbo shrimp and small shrimp MP with peppers, onions and cheese sauteed in our house sauce, served with infused rice and pico de gallo on Top.
Camarones al Ajillo
7 jumbo Shrimp sauteed in homemade garlic sauce.
Grilled Salmon
Ceviche
Marinated fish, shrimp, calamari, red onion, jalapeños, tomatoes & cilantro.
Grilled Shrimp
Tilapia
Lightly breaded and sautéed in a garlic sauce, served with your choice of rice and beans, or salad and tostones.
Desserts
Tres Leches
Churros
Vanilla Ice Cream
Flan
Happy Birthday
Fried Ice Cream
Lava Cake
Sides
Maduros
Chiles Toreados
Guacamole Side
Chips & Salsa
Sour Cream
Rice
Tostones
Pico de Gallo
French Fries
Beans
House Dressing
Sauce Mojo
Cheese
Tortillas
Jalapeños
Avocado
Blue Cheese
Beverages
Coca Cola Botella
Limonada Cantina
Jarrito
Agua
Soda
Red Bull
Apple Juice
Cafe
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Recent Reviews
Diego is an amazing server and bartender!! love the food here and the atmosphere is such a good vibe! good music, decorations are so cute, and the service is great! the drinks are amazing as well
October 2025
Diego is an outstanding bartender! From the moment I sat down, he made me feel welcome and taken care of. He’s personable, attentive, and really knows how to make a great drink.
If you’re at La Cantina Mexicana definitely ask for Diego. He’ll make sure you have an amazing experience!
If you’re at La Cantina Mexicana definitely ask for Diego. He’ll make sure you have an amazing experience!
September 2025
The food was decently priced, good portions. The food was decent. The classic margarita was good. We got the flautas, was crispy, i felt it was too dry. The burrito my bf ate he said it was good. The taco was good and good portion but got charged $3 extra for sour cream. No chips brought to the table. The place and food just needs a little more TLC. The staff was nice.
September 2025
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