El Metate
1238 Taft Hwy, Signal Mountain
(423) 886-0054
Customers' Favorites
Shredded Pork Flautas and Shrimp Cocktail
Steak Chicken or Mixed Fajitas
Grilled Shrimp Salad
L Cheese Quesadilla
Shrimp Cantina
Fajitas Texanas
Chile Relleno
Shrimp Soup
Cheese Dip
Taco Salad
Appetizers
Guacamole Casero
Chunks of avocado mixed with tomato, onion, cilantro, jalapeno, lime, and salt.
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.
Chicken Wings
El Real Dip
Steak, chicken, shrimp, and pico de gallo over cheese dip.
Choriqueso
A mouthwatering cheese dip topped with chorizo.
El Camino Sampler
Four wings, cheese quesadilla, tex-mexrolls, beans, and cheese nachos. Served with guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Shrimp Cantina
Delicious shrimp sautéed in our special red sauce.
Papas Locas
Fries topped with nacho cheese, ground beef, pico de gallo, and jalapeno peppers.
Shrimp Ceviche-only
Shrimp cooked in lime juice mixed with tomato, onion, cilantro, jalapeno, lime, and salt.
Dips
Cheese Dip (small)
Guacamole Dip
Bean Dip
Cheese dip (large)
El Camino Dip
Ground beef and pico de gallo with cheese dip
Nachos
Nachos with Ground Beef
Nachos Supreme
Cheese nachos topped with ground beef, chicken, and beans. Covered with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
Nachos with Rice & Chorizo
Nachos with Cheese
Nachos with Ground Beef & Beans
Nachos with Beans and Chorizo
Nachos Carnitas with Grilled Onions
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.
Shrimp Soup
Shrimp broth with broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, carrots, and celery with a hint of chipotle to make it flavorful.
Chicken and Vegetable Soup
Healthy chicken broth with rice, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, and carrots, topped with avocado slices and pico de gallo.
Salads
Grilled Chicken 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 Steak 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 Al Guajillo
Grilled shrimp cooked with fresh garlic and chile guajillo. Served with steamed vegetables and rice.
Fish Tacos
Served with rice, and pico de gallo.
Shrimp 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 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.
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.
Grilled Filet
Grilled seasoned tilapia served with steamed vegetables and 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.
Shrimp and Chorizo Nachos
Cheese nachos topped with grilled shrimp and chorizo.
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.
Quesadillas
Quesadilla with Cheese
Quesadilla with Grilled Steak
Quesadilla with Meat
Quesadilla with Grilled Chicken
Quesadilla with Shrimp
Grande Quesadilla
Sizzling Fajitas
Fajitas
Fajitas Texans
Fajitas Jalisco
Shrimp Fajita Nachos
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.
Mar and Tierra
Steak
Steak with Shrimp
with grilled shrimp garnished with 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 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.
Sirloin Deluxe
Grilled sirloin steak topped with grilled mushrooms and 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 Limon
Deliciously grilled chicken marinade in lemon and spices served with rice, lettuce, tomato, and avocado slices.
Pollo Loco
Seasoned grilled chicken breast topped with sautéed onions, mushrooms, and cheese. Served with rice, lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes, and tortillas.
Pollo Mexicano
Seasoned grilled chicken breast topped with sautéed onions and fresh jalapeno peppers, served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Pollo Real
Seasoned grilled chicken breast topped with sautéed shrimp and pineapple, served with rice, lettuce, sour cream, and tomato.
Pollo Charro
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 Poblano
Sauteed Chicken
Sautéed grilled chicken with poblano peppers, zucchini, mushrooms, and onions. Served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, and tortillas.
Vegetarian
Burrito Vegetarian
10-inch flour tortilla filled with grilled onions, tomatoes, bell pepper, mushrooms, and spinach, topped with cheese sauce.
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.
Fajita Salad
Lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, rice, and whole beans.
Vegetarian Fajitas
Sauteed broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, bell pepper, mushrooms, onions, and tomato. Served with whole beans.
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.
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 Combos
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, Bean and Cheese Tostada and Cheese Enchilada
Bean and cheese tostada, and cheese enchilada.
Bean Burrito, Quesadilla and Chalupa
Quesadilla and chalupa.
On the Grill
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.
Alambres
Tender strips of marinated chicken, steak, or shrimp sautéed with onions and bacon topped with cheese. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Parrillada
Strips of marinated chicken, steak, shrimp, pork tips, chorizo, and beef ribs. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Chile Colorado
Chopped steak, with salsa ranchera, 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 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 Hawaii
A 12-inch flour tortilla stuffed with rice, beans, grilled chicken, steak, and shrimp, topped with cheese sauce, chorizo, and grilled pineapple.
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.
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.
Burrito Verde
A flour tortilla stuffed with shredded pork, topped with cheese sauce and green sauce, served with rice lettuce and pico de gallo.
Burritos Deluxe
Two flour tortillas filled with beans and chicken topped with cheese, lettuce, tomato, burrito sauce, and sour cream.
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 Rancheras
Chiles Poblanos Reales
Two poblano peppers filled with steak, chicken & shrimp cooked with onions, tomatoes, topped with melted cheese.
Nachos Real
Enchiladas Supremas
One beef, one chicken, one cheese, and one bean enchilada topped with enchilada sauce, lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
Quesadilla Rellena
Chimichanga Supremas
Entomatadas
Three corn tortillas stuffed with grilled chicken topped with tomatillo sauce served with rice, lettuce, guacamole, and tomatoes.
Mexican Hamburger
Grilled hamburger with lettuce, tomato, onions, cheese, jalapeno, and avocado slices, served with fries.
Chiles Poblanos
Taco Salad
Special Dinner
Trio Tamales
One filled with veggies topped with cheese sauce, one with chicken and tomatillo sauce, and one with pork and red sauce.
Enchiladas Tapatias
Three chicken enchiladas topped with salsa tapatia served with rice and beans.
Chilaquiles Mexicanos
‘fried corn tortilla chips topped with chicken, cooked with cheese and salsa ranchera, served with rice, lettuce, and sour cream.
Flautas Mexicanos
Flour tortillas filled with your choice of ‘shredded beef, chicken, or pork and served with lettuce, pico de gallo, 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
Beef Taco
Chimichanga a La Carte
Served only with cheese dip on top.
Enchilada
Burrito
Bean Burrito
Tamale
Taco
Chile Poblano
Stuffed poblano pepper with chihuahua cheese, covered with egg whites and deep-fried, topped with ranchero salsa.
Tostada
Chicken Taco
Side Orders
Mexican Rice
Refried Beans
Cheesy Rice
Pico De Gallo
Tomatillo Sauce
Sour Cream
Grilled Steak
Jalapenos
Shredded Cheese
Grilled Onion
Chiles Tornados(3 Pcs)
Grilled Shrimp(8 Pcs)
1 Avocado
Lettuce
Tomato
Grilled Chicken
Kids Menu 12 and Under
Kids Quesadilla, Rice and Beans
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.
Kids Cheeseburger and Fries
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 Enchilada, 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 Hotdog and Fries
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.
Mini Corn Dogs 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.
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Recent Reviews
We've had good food at this restaurant, but not as good lately. Carryout orders are usually always missing something. Today, the Chimichanga we ordered was not in our bag, and was substituted with a dish we didn't recognize (open faced shell with fixings and a slice of tomato on top?). The cheesy rice was just rice with no cheese. The other items were good. The cashier checked the order twice in front of me before saying it was okay, then gave me the wrong change when...
May 2025
I was excited to try this Mexican spot on Signal Mountain, as we were up there for a class and were hungry. Firstly, I will say that the service was top notch. Our waitress was lovely and very attentive. However, the food was subpar. Perhaps we just ordered the wrong things. Everyone else at the restaurant seemed to be enjoying their meals, and I think I could smell the fajitas, which smelled divine. However, I don’t recommend the grilled chicken salad or the chicken tortilla...
January 2025
Our absolute FAVORITE restaurant for over 10 years now! The staff is incredible (and the same crew has been here forever!), and the food comes out immediately, and is always perfectly prepared. We LOVE El Metate!!!
December 2024
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