El Indio | Mexican Restaurant
19422 SE Stark St, Portland
(503) 665-4919
Customers' Favorites
Vegetarian Fajitas
Chicken Enchiladas
Sopa De Albondigas
Botana De Totopos
Flan De La Casa
Rice and Beans
Shrimp Fajitas
Chicken Fajita
Refried Beans
El Gallo Salad
Appetizers
Taquitos Rancheros
Deep-fried corn tortilla with your choice of chicken or shredded beef. Served on a bed of lettuce with guacamole, sour cream, and a mild red sauce.
Quesadilla
Large flour tortilla filled with cheddar cheese and your choice of chicken or ground beef. Topped with tomatoes, onions, guacamole, and sour cream.
Super Nachos
Chips, beans, and cheddar cheese melted with your choice of chicken or ground beef. Topped with tomatoes, onions, sour cream, and guacamole.
Potato Skins
Deep-fried potato skins topped with monterrey jack cheese. Served with a side of sour cream and guacamole.
Camarones Con Coco
Large shrimp coated in shredded coconut. Served with a special raspberry chipotle dipping sauce.
Camarones Con Tocino
Shrimp wrapped with bacon served on top of a bed of grilled bell peppers, onion, and mushrooms, then covered with melted monterey jack cheese. Garnished with avocado slices.
Chile Con Queso
Piping hot melted cheese and chiles.
Chile Poppers
Breaded jalapenos stuffed with cheese.
Spicy Buffalo Wings
Bean and Meat Dip
Mexican Pizza
Botana De Camaron
A bed of spanish rice, melted jack cheese, with six taquitos, and your choice of al mojo de ajo, or a la diablo.
Soups
Sopa De Albondigas
A delicious mexican soup made with freshly minted meatballs and seasoned vegetables. Served with diced onions, cilantro, and warm tortillas.
Sopa De Tortilla
Fried tortilla diced up into a soup garnished with monterrey jack cheese and avocados.
Campechana
Seasoned tomato juice, onions, tomatoes, cilantro, and diced avocados. All blended together with an octopus.
Cocktail De camarones
Seasoned tomato juice, onions, tomatoes, cilantro, and diced avocados. All blended together with shrimp.
Siete Mares
Combination soup with crab legs, fish, scallops, prawns, clam, and mussels.
Carne en Su Jugo
Chopped carne asada, bacon bits, tomatoes, onions, avocados, and whole beans all mixed together in a tangy green sauce.
Kids Menu
Chicken Nuggets
Chicken Strips
Kids Menu Options
Your choice of taco, burrito, enchilada, tamale or tostada. Served with rice and beans.
Platos Chicos
Tamale (1 pc)
Freshly ground corn meal filled with marinated pork, steamed in a corn husk, and topped with sauce.
Taco (1 pc)
A crisp corn tortilla filled with cheese, lettuce, tomato, and your choice of chicken or beef.
Enchilada (1 pc)
Your choice of cheese, chicken, or beef topped with enchilada sauce and cheese.
Tostada Grande (1 pc)
Crispy fried corn tortilla layered with refried beans, your choice of chicken or beef, and topped with shredded lettuce, cheese, and tomato.
Super Taco (1 pc)
Folded flour tortilla filled with your choice of chicken or beef and topped with lettuce, cheese, and tomato. Served soft or crispy.
Combos
Enchiladas Suiza
Authentic enchiladas with a choice of filling prepared with a sauce of fresh mexican tomatillos, green peppers, onions, avocado slices, and spices. Topped with sour cream.
Tostada Dlx (1 pc)
Vegetarian Burrito (1 pc)
Huevos Rancheros (3 pcs), Tortillas (3 pcs)
Cooked medium.
Enchilada (1 pc), Chile Relleno (1 pc)
Chorizo Con Huevos, Tortillas (3 pcs)
Chimichanga with Dlx (1 pc)
Pork Burrito with Green Sauce (1 pc)
Espresso Burrito
Quesadilla
Taquitos Rancheros
Traditional mexican taquitos! 3 crisp corn tortillas filled with shredded beef picadillo served with our sour cream, guacamole, and a special mild salsa.
Flautas
2 crisp flour tortillas stuffed with shredded beef topped with sour cream and guacamole.
Burrito Ranchero
A burrito stuffed with your choice of meat then layered with melted cheese and garnished with lettuce, tomato, and onions, then topped with guacamole and sour cream.
Burrito Asada
Premium Burrito
Tender pieces of marinated pork grilled with fresh green peppers, onions, and spices wrapped in a flour tortilla then topped with baked cheese and smothered with guacamole and sour cream.
American Dishes
Hamburger
A delicious hand-formed hamburger patty cooked to your liking and served with french fries.
Cheeseburger
A delicious hand-formed hamburger patty cooked to your liking and served with french fries.
Grilled Cheese
Served with french fries.
Chicken Burguer
Sizzling Fajitas
Chicken Fajita
Grilled with fresh bell peppers, onions, and spices. Served with refried beans, rice, fresh tortillas, sour cream, and pico de gallo. Grilled with fresh bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and spices. Served with refried beans, rice, fresh tortillas, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Steak Fajita
Grilled with fresh bell peppers, onions, and spices. Served with refried beans, rice, fresh tortillas, sour cream, and pico de gallo. Grilled with fresh bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and spices. Served with refried beans, rice, fresh tortillas, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Shrimp with Mushrooms Fajita
Grilled with fresh bell peppers, onions, and spices. Served with refried beans, rice, fresh tortillas, sour cream, and pico de gallo. Grilled with fresh bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and spices. Served with refried beans, rice, fresh tortillas, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Chicken and Steak Combo Fajita
Grilled with fresh bell peppers, onions, and spices. Served with refried beans, rice, fresh tortillas, sour cream, and pico de gallo. Grilled with fresh bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and spices. Served with refried beans, rice, fresh tortillas, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Chicken and Shrimp Combo
Grilled with fresh bell peppers, onions, and spices. Served with refried beans, rice, fresh tortillas, sour cream, and pico de gallo. Grilled with fresh bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and spices. Served with refried beans, rice, fresh tortillas, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Steak, Chicken, and Shrimp Combo
Grilled with fresh bell peppers, onions, and spices. Served with refried beans, rice, fresh tortillas, sour cream, and pico de gallo. Grilled with fresh bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and spices. Served with refried beans, rice, fresh tortillas, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Steak and Shrimp Combo
Grilled with fresh bell peppers, onions, and spices. Served with refried beans, rice, fresh tortillas, sour cream, and pico de gallo. Grilled with fresh bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and spices. Served with refried beans, rice, fresh tortillas, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Salads
Taco Salad
Deep-fried flour tortilla shell filled with your choice of chicken or beef, then layered with lettuce and topped with tomato.
Fajita Salad
A deed-fried tortilla layered with lettuce and tomato then topped with your choice of chicken or steak. Served with guacamole and sour cream.
Deluxe Taco Salad
Deep-fried flour tortilla shell filled with your choice of chicken or beef then layered with lettuce and topped with guacamole, sour cream, and tomato.
Shrimp Fajita Salad
A deep-fried tortilla layered with lettuce and tomato then topped with shrimp fajita. Served with guacamole and sour cream.
Asada Salad
Garden Salad
Bean Taco Salad
A deep-fried flour tortilla shell topped with sour cream, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
Burritos a La Carta
Chicken Burrito
Chile Verde Burrito
Pork loin "Chile Verde" cooked with green tomatillos spices, green peppers, and onions, then layered with green salsa and Monterey jack cheese.
Bean and Cheese Burrito
Large flour tortilla rolled and pulled with your choice of beans and meat then topped with sauce and cheese.
Ground Beef Burrito
Shredded Beef Burrito
Beef and Bean Burrito
Ranchero Burrito
A flour tortilla filled with chicken or beef and beans then topped with sauce and cheese.
Burrito Vallarta
Flour tortilla filled with Dungeness crab, prawns, chicken, onions, and tomatoes sautéed with a mild red sauce. Covered with melted Monterey jack cheese, sour cream, avocados, and tomato.
Expresso Burrito
A flour tortilla filled with rice, beans, and your choice of meat. Covered with green sauce and melted Monterey jack cheese, then garnished with onions, tomatoes, sour cream, and guacamole and sprinkled with parmesan cheese.
Burrito Asada
Chopped skirt steak rolled into a flour tortilla covered with melted cheese and topped with guacamole.
Fajita Burrito
Marinated piece of chicken or beef with green bell peppers and onions all wrapped in a large flour tortilla then covered with melted cheese. Garnished with pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole.
Premium Burrito
Tender pieces of top sirloin or chicken. Grilled with fresh green peppers, onions, and spices. Wrapped in a flour tortilla with beans, then topped with sour cream and guacamole.
Vegetarian
Tostada
A flat crispy corn tortilla shell topped with sour cream, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese. Items come with your choice of whole pinto beans, black beans, or refried beans.
Enchilada De Espinaca
Fresh spinach chopped and mixed with onions and tomatoes then sautéed in butter and a creamy sauce. Served with rice and your choice of beans. Items come with your choice of whole pinto beans, black beans, or refried beans.
Vegetarian Fajitas
Grilled bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and spices. Served with rice, your choice of beans, fresh tortillas, sour cream, and pico de gallo. Items come with your choice of whole pinto beans, black beans, or refried beans.
Vegetarian Burrito
Beans, rice, cheese, and lettuce are wrapped in a flour tortilla. Smothered with guacamole and sour cream, tomatoes, and onions, then sprinkled with parmesan cheese. Items come with your choice of whole pinto beans, black beans, or refried beans.
Indio Burrito
Flour tortilla filled with rice, beans, and sautéed onions, green peppers, mushrooms, and tomatoes, then covered with melted cheese. Items come with your choice of whole pinto beans, black beans, or refried beans.
Quesadilla Vegetarian
Flour tortilla filled with rice, beans, and sautéed onions, green peppers, mushrooms, and tomatoes, then covered with melted cheese. Items come with your choice of whole pinto beans, black beans, or refried beans.
Meats
Carne Asada
Premium skirt steak, flame-broiled to customers' preference. Served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, and guacamole.
Carnita De Res
Tender sliced top sirloin grilled with fresh green peppers, onions, spices, and our special sauces.
Carne Al Mojo
Grilled carne asada and shrimp in mojo al Ajo, served with beans, and rice, garnished with tomato and avocado.
Chicken
Pollo Asado
Butter-fried boneless skinless chicken breast grilled and placed in a special spicy tomato sauce.
Arroz Con Pollo
Our signature item! Tender sliced chicken breast specially prepared with fresh mushrooms, onion, and green peppers. Served on a bed of rice, melted Monterey jack cheese, smothered with our special mild sauce, and garnished with avocado and tomato. Served with warm tortillas.
Pollo Con Crema
Tender chicken strips cooked in an authentic Mexican sour cream sauce with onions and bell peppers. Delicious!!!
Pollo Macho
Tender sliced chicken breast sautéed in butter with spicy sauce.
Pollo a La Diabla
Chicken in red spicy sauce.
El Indio Specials
Tres Amigos
Carne asada charbroiled chicken breast and tilapia fillets topped with Monterey jack cheese.
Ranchito Plate
Shrimp scallops, chicken, and mushrooms, cooked in a special sauce served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Seafood Chimichanga
Filled with prawns, crab garnished with special sauce, sour cream, and guacamole.
Los Aztecas
Chicken breast, carne asada bacon wrap, shrimp with rice, beans, pico de gallo, and avocado slices.
Camarones Con Tocino
Shrimp wrapped in bacon served on top of a bed of grilled bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, and jalapeño, then covered with melted Monterey jack cheese. Garnished with avocado slices and lime.
Tacos Al Carbon
Three corn tortillas filled with tender skirt steak.
Burrito Fajita De Camarones
Flour tortilla filled with rice, beans, and large shrimp that is sautéed in butter with garlic, onion, and red pepper flakes, covered with red sauce and Monterey jack cheese. Served with bell peppers, onions, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo on the side.
Seafood
Campechana a La Diabla
Served with shrimp, scallops, octopus, mushrooms, salsa, rice, and white cheese. Spicy.
Camarones Con Coco
Large prawns covered in shredded coconut served with one shrimp enchilada and our raspberry chipotle dipping sauce.
Burrito Vallarta
Flour tortilla rolled with crab meat, large prawns, chicken, onions, and tomatoes. Topped with white and a special sauce, then garnished with avocado, sour cream, and tomato.
Ceviche De Camaron
The traditional recipe is made with raw shrimp.
Camarones Al Mojo De Ajo
De Ajo large prawns sautéed with garlic butter, mushrooms, spices, and covered with a "Special" mojo de Ajo sauce.
Crab Enchiladas
Two flour tortillas filled with sautéed crab meat, onion, and tomato topped with a white cheese sauce, sour cream, and avocado.
Camarones Vallarta
Large Braised Prawns Wrapped in Bacon with Grilled Onion, Mushroom, and Green Peppers.
Enchiladas De Camaron
Two corn tortillas stuffed with our special recipe topped with white cheese, sour cream, and avocado.
Camarones a La Diabla
Black tiger shrimp with rice, cheese, mushrooms, and your choice of a la diablo or al mojo de Ajo. Shrimp comes with a shell or without a shell.
Camarones Con Crema
Six shrimp in a poll of special cream. Served with rice and beans, garnished with bell peppers and onions.
Camarones Macho
Special spicy salsa.
Side Orders
Refried Beans
Taco
Chile Relleno
Selected anaheim chiles stuffed with cheddar cheese, then folded into a fluffy egg omelet.
Chimichanga
Flour tortilla rolled and stuffed with your choice of chicken or beef, fried, and topped with lettuce, tomato, guacamole, and sour cream.
Tamale
Fresh corn "Masa" filled with shredded pork, wrapped and steamed in a corn husk, covered in enchilada sauce.
Guacamole
Fresh ripe avocados blended with tomatoes, onions, spices, fresh lime juice, and cilantro.
Enchilada Small
Enchilada Large
Corn Tortilla
Flour Tortilla
Spanish Rice
Rice and Beans
Chiles Fritos
Sour Cream
Fries
Avocado Slices
Dessert
Fiesta Flan
Six scoops of chocolate or vanilla, served with six sopapillas and a flan, garnished with chocolate and strawberry and whipped cream.
Deep Fried Ice Cream
Your choice of chocolate or vanilla ice cream in a crisp crumb coating. Topped with honey, cinnamon, chocolate, strawberry sauce, and whipped cream.
Churros
A specially prepared dough, deep-fried in pure vegetable shortening. Churros are similar in taste to doughnuts and may be used as spoons. Served with vanilla ice cream.
Flan
Our homemade jello-base custard with caramelized sugar topping.
Beverages
Fresh Water (Aguas Frescas)
Soft Drinks
Coke, diet coke, sprite, and root beer.
Strawberry Lemonade
Lemonade
Chocolate Milk
Milk
Coffee
Iced Tea
Kids Soft Drinks
Virgin Margarita
Virgin Pina Colada
Shirley Temple
Rob Roy
Recent Reviews
Love this spot for authentic Mexican. They always get it right and the tortillas come out in original tortilla warmer pouches. There’s enough room here for the entire family so being everyone!
June 2025
We love this dive of a restaurant. It's nothing fancy, but the food is always good and service is excellent.
Parking: Plenty of open parking
Kid-friendliness: Good kids menu options!
Parking: Plenty of open parking
Kid-friendliness: Good kids menu options!
December 2023
I tried this place for the first time about 4 years ago after moving to the area. I've been a regular customer since. The food is great. Love their refried beans and their tortilla chips. I can always count on them for continued food quality and taste.
October 2023
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