El Charro Mexican Food & Cantina Menu (2025 Update)
Welcome to El Charro Mexican Food & Cantina, a gem nestled in Livermore, CA, offering a delightful journey through authentic Mexican cuisine. The menu showcases a robust selection of traditional dishes that go beyond the typical burritos and tacos.
- A la Carte: Indulge in Flautas for just $5.00 or savor a Chile Relleno for $10.00.
- Small Plates: Don't miss the SP Enchiladas, praised for their rich flavors from award-winning sauces.
- Soups & Salads: The Taco Salad with its crispy shell and fresh toppings is a must-try favorite among patrons.
With rave reviews highlighting the quality and consistency, El Charro is your go-to spot for fantastic meals and refreshing margaritas, ensuring a vibrant atmosphere perfect for gatherings.
Beverages
Fountain Drinks
Bottled Drinks
Coffee
Iced Tea
Choose black green or raspberry
Prawn & Crab Enchiladas Plate
Three corn tortillas stuffed with prawns and smothered with our cream sauce and melted the cheese.
Pollo En Mole Plate
Fresh chicken simmered in a very rich house-made mole sauce.
Pollo Asado Plate
Mexican style marinated and char-broiled chicken breast served with guacamole and sour cream.
Chile Rellenos Plate
Two pasilla peppers stuffed with lots of cheese dipped in a light egg batter and fried till golden and crisp. We serve them topped with our sauce and cheese.
Chile Verde Plate
Pork simmered in a house-made spicy green tomatillo sauce.
Enchiladas Verdes Plate
Three corn tortillas stuffed with chicken and covered in our special green tomatillo sauce and melted cheese.
Carnitas Plate
Tender seasoned pork, deep-fried until the succulent meat is fork-tender served with guacamole and sour cream.
Bistec Ranchero
Strips of juicy steak grilled and served with sauteed onion, tomato, and jalapeno in a spicy sauce.
Milanesa Plate
Your choice of steak or chicken breaded and fried, served either dry or with our award winning red mole and melted cheese.
New Enchiladas In Sour Cream Sauce Plate
A new favorite. Three corn tortillas stuffed with your choice of chicken, beef, or cheese and smothered with our new sour cream sauce and melted the cheese.
Steak Fajitas
Steak strips sauteed with onions and bell peppers served with guacamole and sour cream.
Carne Asada Plate
A house favorite. Mexican style marinated, char-broiled steak served with guacamole and sour cream.
Enchiladas Plate
By far our most popular dish! Three corn tortillas stuffed with your choice of chicken, beef, or cheese and smothered with our award-winning red mole and melted cheese.
Flautas Plate
Four corn tortillas stuffed with shredded chicken rolled and fried until golden and crispy. We top them with sour cream, lettuce, cheese and our house-made pico de gallo.
Chicken Fajitas
Chicken strips sauteed with onions and bell peppers served with guacamole and sour cream.
Vegetarian Fajitas
Potatoes with sauteed onions and bell peppers served with guacamole and sour cream.
Chile Colorado
Succulent chunks of beef simmered in our house-made spicy chile colorado sauce.
Entrees
Mariscos
Coctel De Camaron
Large cocktail goblet filled with prawns, avocado, onion, tomato, cilantro and cucumber.
Fajitas De Camaron
A must-have! Large prawns sauteed with onions and bell peppers. We serve them with rice, beans, tortillas, guacamole, and sour cream.
Camarones Or Filete De Pescado A La Diabla (Prawns)
Your choice of sauteed prawns or fillet of fish in our secret spicy sauce and served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Fish And Prawn Ranchero
Tilapia fish and prawns sauteed in onion, tomatoe and jalapeno in a spicy sauce. Served with rice beans and tortillas.
Camarones Or Filete De Pescado Al Mojo De Ajo (Prawns)
Large prawns or fish sauteed in garlic butter and served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Fajitas Steak Or Chicken & Prawn Combo
Fish Or Prawn Taco & Enchilada
Crispy Taco & Chile Relleno
Crispy Taco & Enchilada
Enchilada & Chile Relleno Plate
Two of our most popular items together!
Fajitas Steak & Chicken Combo
Fish Or Prawn Taco & Chile Relleno
Carne & Pollo Asada Plate
Soft Taco & Chile Relleno
Soft Taco & Enchilada
Combo Plates
Kids Plates
Kids Chicken Fingers With French Fries
Kids Chicken Or Beef Taco With Cheese
Kids Mini Bean & Cheese Burrito
Served with rice and beans.
Kids Cheese Quesadilla
Served with rice and beans.
Kids Chicken Or Cheese Enchilada
Chilaquiles Verdes
Tortilla chips mixed with eggs, tomalito sauce and melted cheese.
Chilaquiles Rojos
Tortilla chips mixed with eggs, chipotle sauce and melted cheese.
Breakfast Burrito
Choice of meat, eggs, cheese and pico de gallo.
Huevos Con Chorizo
Eggs scrambled with Mexican sausage.
Desayunos (Breakfast)
Soups & Salads
Caldo De Camarones Y Pescado
Our house made soup with lots of fish, prawns and chunks of fresh vegetables.
El Charro's Taco Salad
An El Charro favorite! A crispy fried flour tortilla shell layered with your choice of grilled chicken or steak, romaine lettuce, whole beans, our house-made guacamole, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Menudo Or Pozole De Puerco
Family recipe menudo or pozole available only on weekends.
House Salad
Crisp Romaone lettuce topped with fresh garden vegetables and crotons. Served with your choice dressing.
Chicken Tortilla Soup
House made chicken broth with shredded chicken, pico del gallo, cheese and tortilla chips. 14 one size
Caldo De Camaron Con Vegetales
Shrimp soup wiith vegetables made from scratch.
Guacamole
We use fresh 100 percent Hass avocados, tomato, onion and cilantro. We served it with our fresh made tortilla chips.
Ceviche Bowl
A Mexican classic. Delicious fresh white fish marinated in lime juice, combined with chopped tomatoes, onion and cilantro. This succulent dish is then topped with fresh avocado slices.
Super Quesadilla
A large flour totilla grilled and filled with meat and melted cheese, We serve this with a side of house-made guacamole, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Regular Nachos
Our tortilla chips layered with refried beans and melted cheese, topped with guacamole, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Bean & Cheese Dip
Our house-made refried beans topped with melted cheese.
Quesadilla
A large grilled flour tortilla filled with melted cheese.
Super Nachos
Our tortilla chips layered with refried beans and melted cheese, topped with guacamole, pico de gallo and sour cream. Choice of meat, carnitas, grilled chicken, grilled beef, ground beef
Prawn Quesadilla
A large tortilla grilled and filled with melted cheese, sauteed prawns, onions and bell peppers. Served with our sour cream.
Appetizers
A la Carte
Side Salad
Choice of dressing.
Enchilada
Choice of meat.
Side Of Rice
Vegetarian Taco
Cheese beans guacamole cream onions cilantro and salsa.
Flauta
Soft Taco
Choice of meat.
Side Flour Tortillas
3 Tortillas
Side Of Sour Cream
Side Corn Tortillas
3 Corn Tortillas
Prawn Taco
Prawns lettuce and salsa.
Side Of Beans
Crispy Taco
Choice of meat.
Fish Taco
Grilled fish lettuce and salsa.
Side Mole Sauce
Chile Relleno
SP Flautas
Three chicken flautas topped with sour cream, lettuce, cheese and pico de gallo. Yum!
SP Carnitas Plate
Tender seasoned pork, deep fried until succulent meak is fork tender served with guacamole, sour cream, choice of flour or corn tortillas.
SP Chile Rellenos
A traditional Mexican dish one pasilla pepper stuffed with cheese dipped in a light egg batter and fried until golden brown. We serve them topped with our home-made tomato sauce and melted the cheese.
SP Enchiladas
An El Charro classic! Two corn tortillas stuffed with chicken or cheese and covered with our award-wining red mole auce or sour cream sauce and melted cheese.
SP Chile Verde
Pork simmered in a house-made spicy green tomatillo sauce.
SP Chile Colorado
Succulent chunks of beef simmered in our house-made spicy chile colorado sauce.
Small Plates
Tortas, Tacos & Burritos
Vegetarian Burrito
A large flour tortilla stuffed with rice, beans, cheese, our house-made guacamole, sour cream, lettuce and pico de gallo.
Regular Burrito
A large flour tortilla stuffed with choice meat, rice, beans and pico de gallo.
Super Burrito
A super-sized flour tortilla stuffed with your choice of meat, rice, beans, cheese, sour cream, lettuce, our house made guacamole and our pico de gallo.
Torta De Milanesa Chicken
Torta de milanesa toasted Mexican roll stuffed with breaded chicken milanesa, cheese, fresh avocado, lettuce, tomato, jalapeno and mayonnaise.
Bean & Cheese Burrito
A large flour tortilla stuffed with refried beans and melted the cheese.
Mini Chimi
Our smaller version of the chimichanga. We serve it along side rice, beans, and top it with our house made guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
El Charro's Torta
Toasted Mexican roll stuffed with your choice of meat, cheese, fresh avocado, lettuce, tomato, jalapeno, and mayonnaise.
Soft Taco Plate
Two soft corn tortillas stuffed with your choice of meat and pico de gallo. Served with rice and beans.
Super Mojado Burrito
A large flour tortilla stuffed with your choice of meat, rice, beans, cheese, sour cream, lettuce, guacamole and pico de gallo. We then smother it with our award-winning red mole or white sour cream sauce and melted cheese.
Fish & Prawn Burrito (Fish)
A large flour tortillas stuffed with your choice of sauteed prawns or sauteed fish, onion, bell peppers, lettuce and pico de gallo.
Torta De Milanesa Steak
Torta de milanesa toasted Mexican roll stuffed with breaded Steak milanesa, cheese, fresh avocado, lettuce, tomato, jalapeno and mayonnaise.
Surf & Turf Burrito
A large tortilla stuffed with your choice of deliciously sauteed prawns or fish, onion, bell peppers along with a generous portion of carne asada steak, rice, refried beans and pico de gallo.
Fish Or Prawn Burrito (Prawns)
A large flour tortilla stuffed with your choice of sauteed prawns or sauteed fish, onion, bell peppers, onion, rice, whole beans, and our house-made pico de gallo.
Crispy Taco Plate
Two of our house-made crispy taco shells stuffed with your choice of meat, cheese lettuce, sour cream, and pico de gallo. Served with rice and beans.
Fish Or Prawn Taco Plate (Prawns)
Soft corn tortillas stuffed with your choice of sauteed prawns or sauteed fish, onion, bell peppers, lettuce and pico de gallo. Served with rice and beans.
Regular Burrito Mojado
An El Charro favorite. A large flour tortilla stuffed with your choice of meat, rice, beans and pico de gallo. We the smother it with our award winning red mole and melted cheese.
Chimichanga
A delicious crispy Chimichanga. We serve it along side rice, beans, and top it with our house made guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.he c
Vegetarian Taco Plate
Vegetarian taco plate a vegetarian classic. Two soft corn tortillas stuffed with cheese, whole beans, our house made guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo. Served with rice and beans.
Fish Or Prawn Taco Plate (Fish)
Soft corn tortillas stuffed with your choice of sauteed prawns or sauteed fish, onion, bell peppers, lettuce and pico de gallo. Served with rice and beans.