El Metate - Knoxville's Mexican Restaurant
4225 Sam Walton Way, Knoxville
(865) 922-0867
Customers' Favorites
Two Tacos One Enchilada and One Chile Con Queso
Beef Chicken and Shrimp Fajitas
Burrito California with Chicken
Steak Fajitas and Steak Tacos
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Shredded Chicken Taco
Quesadilla Rellena
Nachos with Cheese
Pollo a La Plancha
Shredded Beef Taco
Appetizers
Mexi Egg Rolls
Three smoked chicken, black beans, corn, jalapeno jack cheese, red peppers, and spinach wrapped inside a crispy flour tortilla. Served with ranch dipping sauce.
El Camino Sampler
Four wings, cheese quesadilla, tex-mexrolls, beans, and cheese nachos. Served with guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Choriqueso
A mouthwatering cheese dip topped with chorizo.
Chicken Wings
Guacamole Casero
Chunks of avocado mixed with tomato, onion, cilantro, jalapeno, lime, and salt.
Papas Locas
Fries topped with nacho cheese, ground beef, pico de gallo, and jalapeno peppers.
El Real Dip
Steak, chicken, shrimp, and pico de gallo over cheese dip.
Shrimp Cantina
Delicious shrimp sautéed in our special red sauce.
Shrimp Ceviche-only
Shrimp cooked in lime juice mixed with tomato, onion, cilantro, jalapeno, lime, and salt.
Dips
Cheese Dip (small)
Guacamole Dip
El Camino Dip
Ground beef and pico de gallo with cheese dip
Cheese dip (large)
Bean Dip
Nachos
Nachos Supreme
Cheese nachos topped with ground beef, chicken, and beans. Covered with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
Nachos with Cheese
Nachos with Ground Beef
Nachos Carnitas with Grilled Onions
Nachos with Ground Beef & Beans
Nachos with Rice & Chorizo
Nachos with Beans and Chorizo
Nachos Pastor
Cheese nachos topped with pork cooked in our special marinated smoked sauce with pineapple and onions.
Soups
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Served with rice, pico de gallo, tortilla strips, lime, and avocado slices.
Chicken and Vegetable Soup
Healthy chicken broth with rice, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, and carrots, topped with avocado slices and pico de gallo.
Shrimp Soup
Shrimp broth with broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, carrots, and celery with a hint of chipotle to make it flavorful.
Salads
Grilled Steak Salad
Lettuce, tomato, onion, bell pepper, shredded cheese, topped with seasoned grilled chicken.
Acapulco Salad
Lettuce, sliced tomato, onion, avocado, bell peppers, and shredded cheese, topped with grilled shrimp and chicken.
Grilled Chicken Salad
Lettuce, tomato, onion, bell pepper, shredded cheese, topped with seasoned grilled chicken.
Grilled Shrimp Salad
Lettuce, tomatoes, onions, avocado slices, bell peppers, and cucumber, topped with grilled shrimp.
Seafood
Shrimp Tacos
Served with rice, and pico de gallo.
Shrimp Al Guajillo
Grilled shrimp cooked with fresh garlic and chile guajillo. Served with steamed vegetables and rice.
Shrimp Cocktail
Shrimp served in a traditional Mexican style cocktail juice consisting of a chilled shrimp broth with pico de gallo, diced avocado, and ketchup. Served with limes, saltine crackers, and hot sauce.
Grilled Filet
Grilled seasoned tilapia served with steamed vegetables and rice.
Shrimp Chimichanga
A deep-fried flour tortilla filled with seasoned shrimp, topped with cheese dip, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo. Served with rice and beans.
Shrimp and Chorizo Nachos
Cheese nachos topped with grilled shrimp and chorizo.
Fish Tacos
Served with rice, and pico de gallo.
Shrimp Chipotle
Seasoned grilled shrimp sauteéd with chipotle and onions, served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, and avocado slices.
Sauteed Shrimp
Seasoned grilled shrimp sauteéd with zucchini, mushrooms, tomato, onions, and poblano pepper. Served with rice.
Shrimp Jalisco
Seafood
Shrimp Acapulco
Seafood
Shrimp a La Diablo
Shrimp in a devilishly hot homemade chipotle sauce served with rice, refried beans.
Shrimp Al Mojo De Ajo
Shrimp sautéed with garlic and butter served with rice, lettuce, sliced tomato, onion, avocado, and lime.
Grilled Shrimp
Seasoned grilled shrimp served with steamed vegetables and rice.
Shrimp Chilaquiles
Fried corn tortilla chips topped with seasoned grilled shrimp, cooked with cheese and salsa ranchera, served with rice and beans.
Filet Tampiqueno
Grilled tilapia cooked with sautéed onion, tomato, and bell pepper, topped with cheese dip, served with rice.
Filet Veracruz
Grilled tilapia with sautéed onions, mushroom, fresh jalapeno peppers, topped with salsa ranchera, served with lettuce, tomato, onion, and rice.
Filet Al Mogo De Ajo
Grilled tilapia fillet marinated with garlic butter sauce, served with lettuce, tomato, onion, and rice.
Quesadillas
Quesadilla with Grilled Steak
Quesadilla with Cheese
Quesadilla with Meat
Quesadilla with Shrimp
Quesadilla with Grilled Chicken
Grande Quesadilla
Sizzling Fajitas
Fajitas
Fajitas Jalisco
Fajitas Texans
Shrimp Fajita Nachos
Mar and Tierra
Shrimp Fajitas
Succulent marinated grilled shrimp
Quesadilla Fajita Style
A bean & cheese quesadilla filled with sautéed onion, bell pepper, and tomato, served with rice, guacamole salad.
Steak
Sirloin Deluxe
Grilled sirloin steak topped with grilled mushrooms and onions. Served with rice and steamed vegetables.
Steak Mexicano
T-bone steak topped with sautéed onions, bell pepper, and tomatoes, served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Steak with Shrimp
with grilled shrimp garnished with onions. Served with rice and steamed vegetables.
Steak Ranchero
T-bone steak topped with hot sauce, served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Guiso Mexicano
Grilled strips of sirloin steak sauteéd with tomato, onions, and serrano peppers. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Chicken with Shrimp
with grilled shrimp garnished with onions. Served with rice and steamed vegetables.
Steak Tampiqueno
T-bone steak served with rice beans and tortillas.
Pork
Chuletas Mexicanas
Two seasoned pork chops topped with onions, jalapenos, tomatoes, and your choice of ranchero or Tapatio sauce, served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Chile Verde O Rojo
Chopped pork tips with your choice of salsa tapatia or ranchero sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Carnitas
Slowly cooked pork tips served with rice, beans, lettuce, tomato, jalapeno pepper, and tortillas.
Chicken
Pollo Con Queso
Served with rice and tortillas.
Steak Con Queso
Served with rice and tortillas.
Pollo Real
Seasoned grilled chicken breast topped with sautéed shrimp and pineapple, served with rice, lettuce, sour cream, and tomato.
Pollo Loco
Seasoned grilled chicken breast topped with sautéed onions, mushrooms, and cheese. Served with rice, lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes, and tortillas.
Pollo Chipotle
Seasoned grilled chicken breast topped with sautéed poblano pepper, mushrooms, and chihuahua cheese, served with rice, lettuce, sour cream, tomato, and tortillas.
Pollo Charro
Pollo Mexicano
Seasoned grilled chicken breast topped with sautéed onions and fresh jalapeno peppers, served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Pollo Poblano
Pollo Limon
Deliciously grilled chicken marinade in lemon and spices served with rice, lettuce, tomato, and avocado slices.
Sauteed Chicken
Sautéed grilled chicken with poblano peppers, zucchini, mushrooms, and onions. Served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, and tortillas.
Vegetarian
Chimichanga Vegetarian
A deep-fried flour tortilla filled with grilled spinach, mushrooms, bell peppers, and tomatoes, topped with cheese dip, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo. Served with rice and whole beans.
Burrito Vegetarian
10-inch flour tortilla filled with grilled onions, tomatoes, bell pepper, mushrooms, and spinach, topped with cheese sauce.
Nachos Vegetarian
Cheese nachos topped with sauteed broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, bell pepper, mushrooms, onions, and tomato.
Spinach Enchiladas
Three spinach and cheese enchiladas served with rice and whole beans.
Fajita Salad
Lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, rice, and whole beans.
Vegetarian Taco Salad
Our vegetarian taco salad is topped with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream. | grilled onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, and mushrooms
Quesadilla Rellena
A bean and cheese quesadilla filled with your choice of two toppings: mushrooms, spinach, onions, tomatoes bell peppers. Served with lettuce, sour cream, tomato, and rice.
Vegetarian Fajitas
Sauteed broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, bell pepper, mushrooms, onions, and tomato. Served with whole beans.
Vegetarian Combos
Bean Burrito, Bean and Cheese Tostada and Cheese Enchilada
Bean and cheese tostada, and cheese enchilada.
Cheese Enchilada, Quesadilla and Rice
Quesadilla, and rice.
Two Bean Burritos
Topped with cheese dip and burrito sauce.
Chalupa, Cheese Enchilada and Beans
Bean Burrito, Quesadilla and Chalupa
Quesadilla and chalupa.
On the Grill
Parrillada
Strips of marinated chicken, steak, shrimp, pork tips, chorizo, and beef ribs. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Carne Asada
Thin slices of grilled steak served with rice, beans, tomato, onions, lettuce, guacamole, and tortillas.
Grilled Quesadilla Rellena
A bean and cheese quesadilla filled with grilled chicken or steak served with rice and guacamole salad.
Chile Colorado
Chopped steak, with salsa ranchera, served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Alambres
Tender strips of marinated chicken, steak, or shrimp sautéed with onions and bacon topped with cheese. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Burritos
Burrito California
A 10-inch flour tortilla filled with your choice of grilled chicken or steak, rice, beans, sour cream, tomato, and lettuce, topped with cheese dip.
Burrito Hawaii
A 12-inch flour tortilla stuffed with rice, beans, grilled chicken, steak, and shrimp, topped with cheese sauce, chorizo, and grilled pineapple.
Burrito Real
A flour tortilla filled with your choice of ground or chunks of beef, pastor, shredded chicken, or shredded beef, topped with burrito sauce, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, and cheese, served with rice and beans.
Burrito Verde
A flour tortilla stuffed with shredded pork, topped with cheese sauce and green sauce, served with rice lettuce and pico de gallo.
Burrito Fajita
Grilled chicken, steak, mix. A 10-inch flour tortilla filled with your choice of meat, bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, rice, and beans, topped with cheese sauce.
Burritos Deluxe
Two flour tortillas filled with beans and chicken topped with cheese, lettuce, tomato, burrito sauce, and sour cream.
Burrito Del Mar
A 10-inch flour tortilla filled with grilled shrimp and tilapia cooked with bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes, topped with cheese sauce.
Tacos
Tacos Mexican Style
Three corn or flour tortillas filled with your choice of steak, chorizo, carnitas, grilled chicken, shredded beef. Served with cilantro, onions, tomatillo sauce, and a side of beans.
Tacos De Pastor
Three corn or flour tortillas filled with our marinated pork with onions and chunks of pineapple served with onions, cilantro, and tomatillo sauce.
Antojitos Tradicionales
Chimichanga
Enchiladas Tapatias
Three chicken enchiladas topped with salsa tapatia served with rice and beans.
Chimichanga Supremas
Enchiladas Supremas
One beef, one chicken, one cheese, and one bean enchilada topped with enchilada sauce, lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
Enchiladas Rancheras
Entomatadas
Three corn tortillas stuffed with grilled chicken topped with tomatillo sauce served with rice, lettuce, guacamole, and tomatoes.
Taco Salad
Flautas Mexicanos
Flour tortillas filled with your choice of ‘shredded beef, chicken, or pork and served with lettuce, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
Chiles Poblanos Reales
Two poblano peppers filled with steak, chicken & shrimp cooked with onions, tomatoes, topped with melted cheese.
Trio Tamales
One filled with veggies topped with cheese sauce, one with chicken and tomatillo sauce, and one with pork and red sauce.
Special Dinner
Nachos Real
Mexican Hamburger
Grilled hamburger with lettuce, tomato, onions, cheese, jalapeno, and avocado slices, served with fries.
Quesadilla Rellena
Chiles Poblanos
Chilaquiles Mexicanos
‘fried corn tortilla chips topped with chicken, cooked with cheese and salsa ranchera, served with rice, lettuce, and sour cream.
Guadalajara
One chicken burrito. One chicken enchilada, topped with red sauce, lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, and guacamole.
Fajita Taco Salad
A La Carte
Taco
Beef Taco
Enchilada
Chimichanga a La Carte
Served only with cheese dip on top.
Chicken Taco
Tamale
Chile Poblano
Stuffed poblano pepper with chihuahua cheese, covered with egg whites and deep-fried, topped with ranchero salsa.
Burrito
Tostada
Bean Burrito
Side Orders
Mexican Rice
Refried Beans
Cheesy Rice
Sour Cream
Grilled Onion
Tomatillo Sauce
Jalapenos
Shredded Cheese
Chiles Tornados(3 Pcs)
Grilled Shrimp(8 Pcs)
1 Avocado
Lettuce
Tomato
Pico De Gallo
Grilled Chicken
Grilled Steak
Kids Menu 12 and Under
Kids Quesadilla, Rice and Beans
Includes soft drink for kids 10 years and under only.
Kids Hotdog and Fries
Includes soft drink for kids 10 years and under only.
Kids Cheeseburger and Fries
Includes soft drink for kids 10 years and under only.
Kraft Macaroni and Cheese
Includes soft drink for kids 10 years and under only.
Pizza Bites
Includes soft drink for kids 10 years and under only.
Kids Tenders and Fries
Includes soft drink for kids 10 years and under only.
Mini Corn Dogs and Fries
Includes soft drink for kids 10 years and under only.
Kids Enchilada, Rice and Beans
Includes soft drink for kids 10 years and under only.
Kids Taco, Rice and Beans
Includes soft drink for kids 10 years and under only.
Kids Burrito, Rice and Beans
Includes soft drink for kids 10 years and under only.
Kids Grilled Chicken, Rice
Includes soft drink for kids 10 years and under only.
Kids Grilled Chicken, Fries
Includes soft drink for kids 10 years and under only.
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Recent Reviews
We always love coming here and getting amazing food. It's always fresh and hot. The wait time is not long either and the wait staff and owner are always so nice. We will always come to el metates.
December 2024
Just ok.
Salsa had a good consistency and flavor, poblano chicken was decent- chicken tough, rice no flavor, ceviche was HORRIBLE- pretty sure it was just boiled shrimp tossed with tomato juice and onions.
Service was nice and quick.
No plans to return
Salsa had a good consistency and flavor, poblano chicken was decent- chicken tough, rice no flavor, ceviche was HORRIBLE- pretty sure it was just boiled shrimp tossed with tomato juice and onions.
Service was nice and quick.
No plans to return
November 2024
This is my families favorite Mexican dining spot. We always get great service and food. We like many items on the menu but our favorites include Guiso Mexicano, Shrimp Soup, and the Grilled Shrimp. The guacamole dip is excellent, and we like the salsa as well.
Parking: There are always plenty of free parking spots as it shares a lot with many other businesses including a Wal-Mart.
Parking: There are always plenty of free parking spots as it shares a lot with many other businesses including a Wal-Mart.
October 2024
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