El Patio Escondido Mexican Restaurant

495 W Van Alstyne Pkwy, Van Alstyne
(903) 482-5588

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Customers' Favorites

Cheese Enchiladas with Beef Fajita
Beef Taco and Guacamole Tostada
Combination Fajita Nachos
Beef Steak a La Mexicana
Delicious Chimichangas
Chips and Salsa Free
Chimichanga Dinner
Carne Guisada
Beef Fajitas
Combination

Menu

Lunch Specials
Lunch Special 1
One cheese enchilada topped with chile, one crispy beef taco with lettuce, and tomatoes. Served with rice and beans.
Lunch Special 2
One crispy beef taco, one crispy chicken taco, and one bean tostada all topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
Lunch Special 3
One cheese enchilada topped with queso, one crispy beef taco with lettuce, and tomatoes. Served with rice and beans.
Lunch Special 4
One crispy chicken flauta served over a bed of lettuce and tomatoes and served with a side of sour cream and rice and beans.
Lunch Special 5
One beef burrito topped with chilen con queso, one crispy beef taco with lettuce, and tomatoes. Served with rice and beans.
Lunch Special 6
One beef enchilada topped with sour cream sauce, one beef taco with lettuce, and tomatoes. Served with rice and beans.
Lunch Special 7
One chicken enchilada topped with sour cream sauce, one beef taco with lettuce, and tomatoes. Served with rice and beans.
Lunch Special 8
Two crispy and crunch beef tacos topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese. Served with rice and beans.
La Grandota Chalupa
An oversided oval tostada layered with beans, your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken topped with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and a side of sour cream.
Patio Bowl
A fried flour bowl filled with rice, beans, and your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken, topped with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and sour cream.

Appetizers
Chicken Flautas
Three large oval corn tortillas rolled and filled with seasoned chicken deep fried to a crisp. Served with a side of sour cream and queso.
Fiesta Queso
This party in a bowl has ground beef, queso, chile, shredded cheese, and topped off with sour cream.
Queso Flameado
Sauteed onions, tomatoes, and jalapenos with Monterrey Jack cheese. Served with flour tortillas.
Mini Tostas Compuestas
Five mini toastadas layered with beans and ground beef then topped off with lettuce, cheese, and tomatoes.

Nachos
Fajita Nachos
Tortilla chips layered with beans and your choice of beef or chicken fajitas. Served with guacamole and sour cream.
Combination Nachos
A combination of our beans, beef, and chicken nachos. Topped with a side of sour cream.
Beef Nachos
Chicken Nachos
Bean Nachos
Cheese Nachos
Cheese and cheese and topped over housemade chips served with sour cream.
Fast Nachos
A bowl with house-made crispy corn tortilla chips topped with your choice of beans, ground beef, or shredded chicken covered with our own queso.

Quesadillas
Chicken Fajita Quesadilla
Comes with three flour tortillas filled with only Monterey Jack cheese and your choice of filling then cut into halves. Served with homemade guacamole and sour cream.
Shrimp Quesadilla
Comes with three flour tortillas filled with only Monterey Jack cheese and your choice of filling then cut into halves. Served with homemade guacamole and sour cream.
Beef Fajita Quesadilla
Comes with three flour tortillas filled with only Monterey Jack cheese and your choice of filling then cut into halves. Served with homemade guacamole and sour cream.
Mushroom Quesadilla
Comes with three flour tortillas filled with only Monterey Jack cheese and your choice of filling then cut into halves. Served with homemade guacamole and sour cream.
Spinach Quesadilla
Comes with three flour tortillas filled with only Monterey Jack cheese and your choice of filling then cut into halves. Served with homemade guacamole and sour cream.
Cheese Quesadilla
Comes with three flour tortillas filled with only Monterey Jack cheese and your choice of filling then cut into halves. Served with homemade guacamole and sour cream.

Salads
Patio Bowl Salad
A large flour tortilla bowl filled with rice and beans, shredded chicken or ground beef along with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, topped off with sour cream, and guacamole.
La Grandota Salad
An oversided oval tostada layered with beans and your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken topped with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and a side of guacamole and sour cream
Fajita Taco Salad
A large flour, tortilla bowl filled with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and topped off with beef or chicken fajitas. Served with chile con queso, guacamole, and sour cream.
Taco Salad
A large flour tortilla bowl with your choice ground beef or shredded chicken topped off with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, served with queso, guacamole, and sour cream.

Beef
Tacos al Carbon Beef
Three flour tortillas filled and rolled with nicely seasoned steak. Served with pico de gallo and guacamole along with rice and beans.
Steak a la Mexicana Beef
Sliced steak cooked with tomatoes, onions, and jalalpenos to perfection. Served with rice and beans.
Steak Flameado Beef
Sliced steak cooked with onions and jalapenos to perfection topped with Monterrey Jack cheese. Served with rice and beans and garnished with a salad
Carne Guisada Beef
Mexican style beef stew made with beef tips and chunks of potatoes, served with rice and beans, and garnished with a side salad.
Brisket Taco Dinner Beef
Two soft tacos with brisket that has been steamed and spiced to perfection, served pico de gallo, and rice and beans.
Mexican Taco Dinner Beef
Three small corn tortillas filled with chopped beef fajita. Served with chopped onions and cilantro with rice and beans.
Single Mexican Taco Beef

Pork
Napalitos Pork
Tender cactus strips mixed with asado de puerco, served with rice and beans, and garnished with a side salad.
Asado de Puerco Pork
Pork tips cooked with a sauce made from chile cascabel peppers, served with rice and beans, and garnished with a side salad
Chile Verde Pork
Pork tips cooked in a tomatillo sauce which is made with jalapenos, cilantro, and tomatillos. Served with rice and beans garnished with a salad

Chicken
Pollo a la Parilla Chicken
A chicken breast cooked to perfection, served with rice and beans, and garnished with a salad.
Pollo Flameado Chicken
Grilled chicken breast topped with delicious sauteed onions and jalapenos with Monterrey Jack cheese on top, served with rice, beans, and garnished with a salad.
Pollo con Hongos Chicken
Grilled chicken breast topped with delicious sauteed mushrooms, served with rice, beans, and garnished with a salad.
Pollo a la Mexicana Chicken
Breast cooked with tomatoes, onions, and jalapenos to perfection. Served with rice and beans and garnished with a salad.

Shrimp
Camarones a la Mexicana Shrimp
Jumbo shrimp sauteed with jalapenos, onions, and tomatoes, served with avocado on a bed of lettuce, and tomatoes with a side of rice.
Camarones Flameado Shrimp
Sauteed with onions and jalapenos topped off with Monterrey Jack cheese, served with sliced avocado over, a bed of lettuce, and tomatoes with a side of rice.
Camarones a la Diabla Shrimp
Jumbo shrimp sauteed with jalapenos and spicy sauce made up of a variety of peppers and sauces. Served with sliced avocado over a bed of lettuce and tomatoes with a side of rice.
Camarones al Mojo de Ajo Shrimp
Jumbo shrimp sauteed with lots of butter and plenty of diced garlic to perfection. Served with sliced avocado over a bed of lettuce and tomatoes with a side of rice.

Fajitas Specialties
Beef Fajitas
Served with grilled onions and bell peppers. Served with guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, rice and beans, and along with your choice of corn or flour tortillas.
Chicken Fajitas
Served with grilled onions and bell peppers. Served with guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, rice and beans, and along with your choice of corn or flour tortillas.
Shrimp Fajitas
Served with grilled onions and bell peppers. Served with guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, rice and beans, and along with your choice of corn or flour tortillas.
Beef Fajitas (For Two)
Served with grilled onions and bell peppers. Served with guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, rice and beans, and along with your choice of corn or flour tortillas.
Chicken Fajitas (For Two)
Served with grilled onions and bell peppers. Served with guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, rice and beans, and along with your choice of corn or flour tortillas.

Specialty Enchiladas
Old Fashion Enchiladas
Three delicious cheese enchiladas topped with a cascabel sauce topped with chopped onions. Served with rice and beans. Enchiladas Mexicanas comes with fried potatoes instead of onions.
Enchiladas Verdes
Three great tasting chicken enchiladas topped with tomatillo sauce and sour cream and Monterrey Jack cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Vegetarian Enchiladas
Your choice between three spinach or mushrooms enchiladas topped off with Ranchera sauce and Monterrey Jack cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas Mexicanas
Three delicious cheese enchiladas topped off with a cascabel sauce topped with diced fried potatoes. Served with rice and beans.

Mama Goyas Specialties
Delicious Chimichangas
Traditional chimichanga two pre-fried flour tortilla shells filled with beans, your choice of beef or chicken fajita topped with a dash of tomatillo sauce and Monterrey Jack cheese. Served with guacamole and sour cream.
Flautas
Three large oval corn tortillas rolled and filled with seasoned chicken, deep fried to a crisp, served with guacamole, sour cream, and rice and beans..
Chile Relleno
A poblano pepper, stuffed with your choice of Monterrey Jack cheese, beef, or chicken. Battered and fried topped with salsa Ranchera, served with rice and beans, and garnished with a side salad
Tex-Mex Chimichangas
Each of the two will be filled with beans, a dash of tomatillo sauce, Monterrey Jack cheese, and your choice of beef or chicken fajita then topped off with queso. Served with rice and beans.
Single Chimichanga

Combo Dinner
Maria's Special
Two chicken enchiladas covered with sour cream sauce with rice and beans.
Joshua's Tamale Dinner
Three handmade tamales topped with chile con carne served with rice and beans.
Escondido
One crispy beef taco, one guacamole chalupa, one cheese enchilada topped with chile con carne, one cheese taco, and one tamale topped with chile con carne. Served with rice and beans.
Juaquin's Jack Special
Two crispy beef tacos, one guacamole chalupa, and one cheese enchilada topped with chile con carne, and one cheese taco. Served with rice and beans.
Emilio's Burrito Special
Burritos topped with chile con carne served with rice and beans.
Cheese Taco Dinner
Two cheese enchiladas topped with chile con queso served with rice and beans.
Enchilada Dinner
Two cheese enchiladas topped with chile con carne served with rice and beans. Beef enchiladas by request.
Emily's Special
One beef taco, one guacamole chalupa, one cheese enchilada topped with queso sauce, and one cheese enchilada topped with chile con carne.
Juans's Special
Two beef enchiladas topped with sour cream sauce served with rice and beans.
Sofia's Special
Enchilada topped with chile con carne, one cheese taco served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas Rancheras
Two cheese enchiladas topped with salsa Ranchera sauce served with rice and beans.
Santa's Taco' Dinner
Two crispy and crunch beef tacos topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese. Served with rice and beans. Available soft or with shredded chicken, by request.
Memo's Special
One crispy beef taco, one guacamole chalupa, one sour cream chicken enchilada, one cheese taco, and one beef enchilada topped with chilie con carne. Served with rice and beans.
Lopez Brothers
Two enchiladas with your choice of beef or chicken covered with delicious creamy sour cream sauce along with a crispy beef taco and one guacamole chalupa.
Jaime's Tostada Special
One beef tostada, one bean tostada both topped with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and one tostada bowl filled with queso.
Bobby's Special
Two cheese enchiladas topped with chile then topped off with beef fajita served with rice and beans and a side of pico de gallo.

Sides
Taco al Carbon
Enchilada
Rice
Beans
Brisket Taco
Crispy Taco
Sour Cream
Guacamole
Diced Tomatoes
Chopped Onions
Corn Tortillas (4 pcs)
Grated Cheese
Pico de Gallo
Chile Torreado
Flour Tortillas (4 pcs)

Beverages
Soft Drinks
Coke, diet coke, sprite, dr. Pepper, diet dr. Pepper, or root beer.
Bottled Drinks
Tea
Sweet or unsweet.
Fresh Lemonade
Coffee
Milk

Kids Menu
Enchilada
Your choice of a single cheese, chicken, or beef enchilada topped off with your favorite sauce. Choose between chile, queso, or sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Taco
One crispy beef or chicken taco with a side of grated cheese. Served with rice and beans. Lettuce and tomatoes available by request.
Burrito
Choose between beans, beef, or chicken for your burrito. Each meal will come with just a side of grated cheese along with a side of rice and beans.
Quesadilla
A flour tortilla filled with Monterrey Jack cheese cut in half. Served with rice and beans.
Chicken Tenders
Freshly hand-battered chicken tenders fried to perfection served with home-style French fries.

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Recent Reviews

Amazing food and fantastic service! The first time my husband and I went to this restaurant we fell in love with it. We love the taste of the food, the service from the wait staff, and the family vibes. My son is 2 years old and sometimes difficult to take out to eat. The waitress we had interacted with him and laughed at his silliness, which made lunch more enjoyable for everyone.
February 2026
What a great, little restaurant!

I was in the area for something else and wanted to support a local business that had been affected by the recent winter storm. A quick search led me to El Patio Escondido and I'm glad it did!

Despite my strict diet, I was able to find something that fit though the entire menu looked like it would have tasted great.

I settled on combination beef and fajita chickens and opted for a side...
January 2026
Whoever left a one star review is a HATER! This family owned restaurant is serving up flavor every day of the week except Sundays. The first time eating there I ate 10 tacos! I literally went there next morning as soon as they opened and had 26 more tacos! The rice and beans are some of the best I’ve had in the entire state of Texas! The food is so good it makes me wanna slap my own mother for not cooking me food like this! The service is fantastic as well, these people cater...
January 2026

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El Patio Escondido Mexican Restaurant

495 W Van Alstyne Pkwy, Van Alstyne, TX 75495
(903) 482-5588