El Jalapeno Menu (Update 2025)

El Jalapeno, a Mexican restaurant in Niles, OH, offers a wide variety of dishes that cater to every taste bud. From house specialties like Las Margaritas Special and Guadalajara Special to appetizers like Chile con Queso and Jalapeno Poppers, their menu is sure to please. Customers rave about the delicious tacos, massive margaritas, and impeccable salsas and sauces. The atmosphere is described as family-friendly, with a comfortable and inviting decor. Whether you're gluten-free or looking for a great happy hour spot, El Jalapeno has something for everyone. With great service, authentic food, and a fun bar area, this restaurant is a must-visit in the area. Don't miss out on the eight-piece special and a margarita for a truly satisfying dining experience.

House Specialties

Las Margaritas Special

A little of everything rice, beans, tamale, beef taco, chalupa, beef enchilada and chile relleno.

$15.99

Guadalajara Special

Chicken and beef nachos topped with rice, beans, cheese, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole and tomatoes served with 2 flautas - 1 chicken, 1 beef and a pork.

$14.99

Flautas

4 fried flautas. 2 shredded beef, 2 chicken served with lettuce, guacamole, sour rice.

$14.99

Quesadilla Mexicanas

2 quesadillas. 1 chicken, 1 shredded beef filled with beans, cheese, tomato and sour cream.

$14.99

Enchiladas Supremas

1 chicken, 1 beef, 1 bean and 1 cheese topped with cheese, lettuce, tomato and sour cream served with Mexican rice.

$14.99

Pollo con Crema

Grilled chicken with sauteed peppers and onions covered in creamy Mexican sauce and served with rice and beans.

$14.99

Fajita Taco Salad with Chicken

Chicken crispy flour tortilla bowl with grilled peppers, onions, tomatoes and beans topped with sour cream, guacamole and lettuce.

$16.99

Nachos Supremos

Loaded with beef, chicken, beans, cheese, lettuce, tomato and sour cream.

$14.99

Chimichangas

2 chimichangas. 1 chicken, 1 beef topped with ranchero sauce, cheese, lettuce, sour cream served with rice and beans.

$13.99

Burritos Mexicanos

2 burritos. 1 chicken, beans, 1 beef, beans topped with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream served with a side of rice.

$14.99

Carnitas

Grilled tips of pork served with rice, beans, pico de gallo and flour tortillas.

$16.99

La Bamba Nachos with Chicken

Nacho chips covered with melted cheese, grilled peppers, onions, tomatoes, chicken.

$16.99

Enchiladas Fiesta

3 enchiladas filled with cheese, beef tips and whole pinto beans topped with chile con queso served with rice.

$14.99

Ensalada Mexicana with Chicken

Grilled chicken atop bed of lettuce, tomato, red, green peppers, onions, avocado slices, shredded cheese.

$15.99

Popeye's Pollo

Grilled breast topped with grilled spinach and melted cheese served with rice, beans, tortillas.

$16.99

El Tapatio Chicken

Grilled chicken breast with chorizo and melted cheese served with rice, lettuce, sour cream and tortillas.

$16.99

El Tapatio Steak

Grilled steak with chorizo and melted cheese served with rice, lettuce, sour cream and tortillas.

$16.99

Quesadilla de Fajitas with Chicken

A quesadilla filled with chicken, peppers, onions, tomatoes, beans and topped with melted cheese and served with rice, beans and salad.

$16.99

Quesadilla de Fajitas with Steak

A quesadilla filled with steak, peppers, onions, tomatoes, beans and topped with melted cheese and served with rice, beans and salad.

$16.99

Burritos Decebrados

2 shredded beef burritos topped with chile con queso served with rice, beans.

$13.99

Fajitas de la Casa

Tender sliced beef, chicken and shrimp stir fried with bell peppers, onions and tomatoes served with rice and beans.

$18.99

Fajitas with Chicken

Tender sliced chicken stir fried with bell peppers, onions, tomatoes served with rice and beans.

$17.99

Fajitas with Steak

Tender sliced steak stir fried with bell peppers, onions, tomatoes served with rice and beans.

$17.99

Fajitas with Pork

Tender sliced stir fried with bell peppers, onions, tomatoes served with rice and beans.

$17.99

Fajitas Combo

Steak and chicken stir fried with bell peppers, onions and tomatoes served with rice and beans.

$17.99

Fajitas de Camaron

Fresh grilled shrimp. Served Mexican style with bell peppers, onions and tomatoes. Served with rice and beans.

$18.99

Quezadilla Chipotle with Chicken

Flour tortilla filled with grilled chicken then chipotle sauce, poblano peppers, onion, bacon, cheese served with pico gallo, lettuce and sour cream.

$17.99

Quezadilla Chipotle with Steak

Flour tortilla filled with grilled steak then chipotle sauce, poblano peppers, onion, bacon, cheese served with pico gallo, lettuce and sour cream.

$17.99

Steak a la Mexicana

Tender hand cut rib eye steak topped with grilled onions and tomatoes served with rice, salad and tortillas.

$17.99

Pollo Loco

Tender sliced grilled chicken served with rice, lettuce, sour cream and tortillas.

$16.99

Steak Ranchero

Hand cut sirloin steak cooked with ranchero sauce served with rice and beans.

$16.99

Shrimp Enchiladas

3 shrimp filled enchiladas topped with ranchero sauce served with rice and sour cream salad.

$17.99

Carne Asada

Tender grilled steak slices with beans, avocado salad, green onions and tortillas.

$18.99

Tacos al Carbon

Three soft corn tortilla tacos stuffed with tender strips of grilled steak served with fried beans, rice and de gallo. Add al pastor sauce a no charge.

$17.99

Chicken Chipotle

Strips of grilled chicken cooked in our spicy chipotle sauce with poblano peppers and bacon topped with melted cheese and served with whole pinto beans and rice.

$17.99

La Oaxaquena

Tender slices of steak, poblano peppers, bacon, ham and melted cheese served with rice, beans and flour tortillas.

$17.99

Quesadilla de Fajitas Camarones

A quesadilla filled with grilled shrimp, peppers, onions, tomatoes, beans and cheese served with rice, beans, salad.

$18.99

Cazuelada

Steak, chicken, chorizo sauteed with red bell peppers, green peppers and onions covered with cheese served with rice and charro beans.

$17.99

Enchiladas Monterrey

Three filled with chicken or beef tips topped with enchilada sauce and shredded cheese served with rice and beans.

$14.99

Camarones de Lujo

A huge portion of grilled shrimp covered in melted cheese and homemade spicy chipotle sauce served with grilled vegetables and rice.

$18.99

Enchiladas Rancheras

2 enchiladas and 2 chicken enchiladas topped with mole poblano cheese and onion. Served with rice.

$14.99

Milanesa

Breaded chicken breast or steak served rice, Mexican coleslaw and tortillas.

$14.99

Chile Colorado

Tender slices of grilled steak cooked in Colorado sauce served with rice, refried beans or charro beans and tortillas.

$16.99

Enchiladas de Carnitas

3 pork enchiladas topped with a green sauce served with rice, beans and Mexican coleslaw.

$14.99

Popeye's Enchilada

2 spinach enchiladas topped with melted cheese and served with rice, sour cream salad. Add shrimp for an additional charge.

$14.99

Molcajete

Hot stone bowl filled with sliced grilled steak, sliced grilled chicken breast, grilled shrimp, fajita vegetables and green onions topped with cheese and served with rice, beans, guacamole salad, tortillas.

$41.99

Molcajete Pasilla

Hot stone bowl filled with sliced steak, chicken pork, shrimp, onions, tomatoes topped our special pasilla sauce served with rice, beans and guacamole salad.

$41.99

Alambre

El jalapeno s special dish strips of grilled steak of chicken sauteed with bell poblano peppers, bacon, chorizo topped with melted served in a hot skillet with a side of Mexican rice, beans, salad.

$17.99

Pineapple Fajita

Pineapple filled with grilled chicken, chorizo, peppers, tomatoes, onions and pineapple topped cheese and served with rice, coleslaw and tortillas.

$17.99

Carne Asada Fries

French fries smothered with thin sliced grilled steak, cheese, sour cream and guacamole.

$16.99

T-Bone Texano

Tender hand cut steak topped with shrimp, chorizo and cheese served with rice, beans and tortillas.

$18.99

T-Bone Chihuahua

Tender hand cut steak topped with chihuahua cheese served with rice, beans and guacamole salad and tortillas.

$18.99

T-Bone California

Tender hand cut steak served with grilled onions, jalapenos, 2 eggs, 2 enchiladas chicken or beef topped in green salsa and tortillas topped with grilled onions, tomato, jalapenos.

$18.99

Victor's Nachos

Nacho chips topped with grilled chicken, chorizo, grilled onions, jalapenos, chile con queso, pico gallo, lettuce and sour cream. Substitute shrimp at no charge.

$16.99

Chicken Cilantro

Grilled chicken with onions and red pepper covered with cilantro, green chili salsa. Includes rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream.

$16.99

Burrito Tropical

Chicken smothered in cheese dip with pineapple, shrimp, chorizo. include rice, beans.

$16.99

Super Burrito with Steak

Add zuiso (melted cheese & salsa ranchero) for an additional charge.

$15.99

Super Burrito Vegetarian

Add zuiso (melted cheese & salsa ranchero) for an additional charge.

$14.99

Super Burrito with Shrimp

Add zuiso (melted cheese & salsa ranchero) for an additional charge.

$16.99

Super Burrito with Chicken

Add zuiso (melted cheese & salsa ranchero) for an additional charge.

$15.99

Super Burrito with Carnitas

Shredded pork. Add zuiso (melted cheese & salsa ranchero) for an additional charge.

$14.99

Shrimp Burrito

A flour tortilla filled with grilled shrimp and spinach topped with melted cheese and served with rice, lettuce and sour cream.

$16.99

California Burrito

A flour tortilla filled with steak, french fries, pico de gallo and cheese served with tomato salad.

$16.99

Texas Burrito

12" tortilla filled with steak, chicken, peppers, tomatoes and onions with a side of rice topped with 6 shrimp covered in cheese.

$17.99

Barbecue Burritos

2 burritos filled with pork or grilled chicken covered in barbecue in and out served with a side of rice.

$15.99

Pollo Acapulco

Grilled chicken with jalapenos and pineapple in our al pastor sauce topped with fresh cilantro and served with rice, beans and tortillas.

$16.99

Mole Poblano

Grilled chicken covered in mole sauce served with lettuce, tomato, sour cream, Mexican rice and tortillas.

$14.99

T-Bone Americano

Tender hand cut steak topped with shrimp, broccoli and corn.

$18.99

Pablos Special

Grilled steak, chicken and shrimp on top of a bed of rice covered with cheese sauce.

$16.99

Chile con Queso

Cheese dip.

$4.99

Cheesy Rice

Mexican rice smothered in melted queso. Add chicken or steak for an additional charge.

$7.50

Cheesy Rice with Steak

Mexican rice smothered in melted queso topped with steak.

$12.99

Queso Fundido

Melted cheese with chorizo and tortillas.

$9.50

Quesadilla Grande

A grilled flour tortilla served with pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream and lettuce.

$12.50

Cheesy Rice with Chicken

Cheesy rice smothered in melted queso topped with chicken.

$12.99

Guacamole

$4.99

Sampler Azteca

A cheese quesadilla, shredded beef flauta and chicken beef nachos served with sour cream, guacamole and diced tomatoes.

$13.99

Jalapeno Poppers

Cheese stuffed jalapenos served in a bed of lettuce.

$8.50

Tamales

4 pieces. Homemade pork tamales in their husk served with tamale sauce.

$12.99

Shredded Chicken Nachos

$9.99

Shredded Beef Nachos

$9.99

Nachos Shrimp & Cheese

$13.99

Nachos Cheese

$8.50

Bean Dip

Bean dip 1 of 1 context: a16 bean dip c16 creamy dipping sauce made from beans..

$7.50

Bean and Cheese Nachos

$8.50

Jalapeno Toreados

Fresh grilled jalapenos with lime and salt.

$7.99

Grilled Chicken Nachos

$12.99

Grilled Steak Nachos

$12.99

Appetizers

Soup & Salad

Burrito Bowl with Steak

Bowl of romaine lettuce, pico de gallo, black beans, corn, avocado.

$12.99

Burrito Bowl with Chicken

Bowl of romaine lettuce, pico de gallo, black beans, corn, avocado.

$12.99

Burrito Bowl with Shrimp

Bowl of romaine lettuce, pico de gallo, black beans, corn, avocado.

$14.99

Chicken Tortilla Soup

Homemade chicken broth with shredded chicken, rice, pico de gallo, tortilla and avocado slices.

$9.00

Chipotle Chicken Soup

Homemade chicken broth with spicy chicken, rice, pico gallo and avocado slices.

$9.00

Seafood Burritos

2 burritos filled with crab scallops and shrimp topped with cheese dip and served with rice and coleslaw.

$18.50

Tacos

3 hard or soft tacos filled with fresh grilled fish or shrimp served with pineapple salad rice and Mexican coleslaw.

$17.99

Seafood Chimichanga

2 chimichangas filled with shrimp, scallops, crab topped with our special ranchero cheese sauce served with rice.

$17.50

Seafood Quesadilla

10" tortilla filled with cheese crab scallops shrimp grilled peppers tomatoes and onions topped with cheese and served with side of rice and coleslaw.

$18.50

Arroz con Mariscos

Crab, shrimp and scallops served over a bed of Mexican rice covered with melted cheese served with salad and sour cream.

$18.50

Seafood Nachos

Nacho chips smothered with grilled shrimp, crab, grilled vegetables and melted cheese topped with lettuce coleslaw and pineapple salsa.

$18.50

Garlic Shrimp

A generous portion of grilled shrimp covered with a garlic onion served with rice, beans, sour cream, salad and tortillas.

$18.50

Camarones Del Pacfico

8 jumbo wrapped shrimp stuffed with cheese and sliced jalapeno served on a bed of mixed vegetables with rice and beans.

$17.99

Seafood Chipotle

A mix of grilled shrimp scallops and pineapple marinade with chipotle sauce served with rice Mexican coleslaw and tortillas.

$18.50

Fajitas Seafood

Fresh grilled shrimp, scallops, crabmeat, bell peppers, tomatoes and onions served with rice beans.

$18.99

Seafood Molecajete

Hot stone bowl filled with grilled shrimp, fish, scallops, crab, peppers, onions, tomatoes topped with our cheese dip served with 2 sides of rice and coleslaw tortillas

$41.99

Seafood Enchiladas

3 enchiladas filled with shrimp, scallops, crab, spinach topped with enchilada sauce and cheese served with rice and salad.

$17.99

Camarones a la Diabla

Grilled shrimp marinated in our spicy diablo hot sauce served with rice, sour cream, tortillas.

$18.50

Seafood

Vegetarian

Bean Burrito, Cheese Quesadilla & Chalupa

$12.50

1 Cheese Enchilada, 1 Bean Enchilada

Served with rice and beans.

$12.99

Las Margaritas Nachos

Loaded with beans, cheese, guacamole and sour cream.

$12.50

Bean Burrito, Bean Tostada & Cheese Enchilada

$12.50

Cheese Quesadilla & Cheese Enchilada

Served with rice.

$12.50

Chalupa & Cheese Enchilada

Served with rice.

$12.50

Chile Relleno & Cheese Enchilada

Served with rice and beans.

$12.50

Vegetarian Fajitas

A light combination of fresh zucchini, bell peppers, squash, onions, tomatoes, mushrooms, rice and beans.

$15.99

2 Spinach Enchiladas

Topped with queso served with rice and beans.

$12.50

Combination Plate

Choose 2 items.

$12.99

Combinations

Kids Menu

Kids Quesadilla & Rice

A grilled flour tortilla filled with shredded beef and cheese. Served with Mexican rice and salad.

$6.99

Kids Chicken Nuggets and Fries

$6.99

Kids Burrito & Rice

$6.99

Kids Taco & Rice

$6.99

Kids Hamburger & Fries

$6.99

Kids Chicken & Fries

$7.50

Kids Hot Dog & Fries

$6.99

Kids Grilled Steak & Fries

$7.50

Kids Enchilada & Rice

$6.99

Side Taco

3 pieces. Hard or soft beef or chicken.

$7.75

Rice

$2.99

3 Side Enchilada

Choice of protein.

$9.50

Side Cheese Quesadillas

$4.50

2 Piece Side Burritos

Choice of protein.

$5.25

Refried Beans

$2.99

Tortillas

3 corn or 3 flour.

$1.50

1 Piece Burrito

$5.25

Grilled Shrimp & Cheese

$9.50

Cheese & Shredded Chicken

$6.99

Side Chile Relleno

$4.99

Side Cheese & Bean Quesadillas

$5.99

1 Side Tostada

1 piece. Beef or chicken.

$4.50

Charro Beans

$2.99

Cheese & Beef

$6.99

1 Enchilada

Choice of protein.

$3.25

Broccoli

$3.99

Side Chalupa

$4.99

Side Pork Tamale

$4.25

Side Cheese & Spinach Quesadillas

$4.50

Side Grilled Steak

$7.99

Side Grilled Chicken

$7.99

Ensalada Chica

Small garden salad with bell peppers, onion, tomato, queso blanco with dressing.

$6.99

Guacamole Salad

Lettuce, guacamole and tomato.

$6.50

3 Pieces Tostada

$13.50

Side Orders

Desserts

Churros

5 pieces.

$5.99

Flan Napolitano

Homemade Mexican custard.

$5.99

Bunuelo

Fried tortilla covered with sugar cinnamon and whipped cream.

$4.99

Fried Ice Cream

Ice cream rolled over corn flakes topped with honey, cinnamon, chocolate and whipped cream.

$5.99

Xango

Creamy cheesecake wrapped in a pastry fried tortilla.

$5.99

Pepsi

The bold, refreshing, robust cola.

$2.75

Dr Pepper

$2.75

Raspberry Iced Tea

$2.75

Jarritos

$2.75

Diet Pepsi

A crisp tasting, refreshing pop of sweet, fizzy bubbles without calories.

$2.75

Sierra Mist

$2.75

Coffee

$2.75

Milk

$2.75

Orange Juice

$2.75

Cranberry Juice

$2.75

Fruit Shoot Juice

$2.25

Diet Dr Pepper

$2.75

Unsweetened Iced Tea

$2.75

Soft Drinks

Lunch

Chimichanga with Chicken Lunch

A fried flour tortilla filled with chicken and topped with cheese, lettuce, tomato, cream and served with Mexican rice and fried beans

$8.50

Chimichanga with Beef Lunch

A fried flour tortilla filled with beef and topped with cheese, lettuce, tomato, cream and served with Mexican rice and fried beans

$8.50

Burrito Mexicano with Chicken Lunch

A tortilla filled with chicken topped with cheese lettuce, tomato, sour cream and rice.

$7.99

Burrito Mexicano with Beef Lunch

A tortilla filled with beef topped with cheese lettuce, tomato, sour cream and rice.

$7.99

Huevos con Chorizo Lunch

3 eggs scrambled with chorizo served with Mexican rice, fried beans and tortillas.

$8.50

Huevos Rancheros Lunch

3 over easy eggs topped with ranchero and served with Mexican rice, fried beans and tortillas.

$8.50

El Matador Lunch

1 chile relleno, 1 taco, refried beans and guacamole salad.

$8.50

Burrito Mojado Lunch

1 ground beef burrito with rice and beans.

$8.50

Numero Siete Lunch

Beef burrito taco and rice.

$8.50

Chile Poblano Lunch

Chile relleno with rice and beans.

$8.50

Burrito de Espinacas Lunch

Spinach burrito topped with cheese dip served with rice and beans.

$8.50

Burrito Enchilada Lunch

A beef burrito and a beef enchilada topped with lettuce sour cream and tomato.

$8.50

Chile Verde Burrito Lunch

A flour tortilla filled with pork tips and green sauce served with Mexican rice or beans.

$8.50

Quesadilla Special Lunch

A grilled flour tortilla filled with shredded beef and cheese served with Mexican rice and salad.

$8.50

El Burrito Grande with Chicken Lunch

A flour tortilla stuffed with chicken, rice and beans topped with melted cheese, lettuce, tomato, sour cream and pico de gallo.

$9.99

El Burrito Grande with Beef Lunch

A flour tortilla stuffed with beef, rice and beans topped with melted cheese, lettuce, tomato, sour cream and pico de gallo.

$9.99

Fajita with Chicken Lunch

Grilled chicken served with beans, rice, sour cream, guacamole salad and tortillas.

$10.99

Fajita with Beef Lunch

Grilled beef served with beans, rice, sour cream, guacamole salad and tortillas.

$10.99

Taco Salad Lunch

A crisp flour tortilla filled with ground beef beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese and sour cream.

$8.99

Flautitas Lunch

2 flautas. 1 chicken, 1 shredded beef served with Mexican rice, beans and salad.

$8.50

Speedy Gonzales Lunch

1 taco, 1 enchilada, Mexican rice, beans.

$8.50

17A. Burrito de Fajitas with Chicken Lunch

A flour tortilla stuffed with chicken fajitas topped with chile con queso and served with Mexican rice and charro beans.

$10.99

L18. Enchiladas Verdes Lunch

2 chicken enchiladas topped with salsa verde served with rice and guacamole salad.

$9.99

L19. Pollo en Mole Lunch

A chicken burrito and chicken enchilada topped with mole sauce served with rice.

$9.99