El Tejate Restaurant Menu – Escondido, CA

Type : Mexican restaurant

Location : Escondido, CA

Based on 434 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 3.8 stars. Price $$

✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ Delivery

El Tejate Restaurant 92025

Address:
205 W Mission Ave, Escondido, CA 92025

Phone: (760) 747-1808

Website:

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Hours

Friday 9 AM–9 PM
Saturday 9 AM–9 PM
Sunday 9 AM–9 PM
Monday

(Labor Day)
9 AM–9 PM

Hours might differ
Tuesday 9 AM–9 PM
Wednesday 9 AM–9 PM
Thursday 9 AM–9 PM

Menu

Food
Tlayuda Tasajo
Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado
$21.99
Tlayuda Cecina
Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado
$21.99
Tlayuda Chorizo
Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado
$21.99
Tlayuda Mixta
Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado
$24.99
Tlayuda Mole $21.99
Cecina Especial
Slice of pork in adobo sauce served with rice, beans, salad, and hand made tortillas
$21.99
Tasajo Especial
Slice of carne asada served with rice, beans, salad, and hand made tortillas
$21.99
Chorizo Especial
House made chorizo served with rice, beans, salad, and hand made tortillas
$21.99
Tasajo A La Mexicana
Tasajo sautéed with onions, tomatoes, garlic, and jalapeños served with rice, beans, and handmade tortillas
$21.99
Tasajo Con Hongos
Tasajo sautéed with onions, garlic, mushrooms, and jalapeños served with rice, beans, and handmade tortillas
$21.99
Moronga Especial $21.99
Torta Oaxaqueña
Torta with tasajo, cecina, and chorizó, lettuce, tomato, onions, avocado, and black bean puree
$16.99
Torta Quesillo $16.99
Parillada Regular
Family style dish served with molotes, memelitas, salad, rice, beans, Cecina, Tasajo, Chorizo, quesillo, grilled nopales/onions/jalapeños
$54.99
Parillada Familiar
Family style dish served with moronga, chicharron, quesadillas, molotes, memelitas, salad, rice, beans, Cecina, Tasajo, Chorizo, quesillo, grilled nopales/onions/jalapeños
$84.99
1/2 Order Botanas
1/2 order of appetizers
$29.99
1/2 Order Carnes
1/2 order of meats
$29.99
Botana De Chapulines
Grasshopper snack
$18.99
Botana De Gusanos
Agave worm snack
$19.99
Chile Relleno
Choice of chicken or quesllio served with rice, beans, salad, and handmade tortillas
$22.99
Mole Rojo
Red mole served with rice and handmade tortillas
$21.99
Mole Negro
Black mole served with rice and handmade tortillas
$21.99
Salsa De Chorizo
Chorizo sautéed in tomato sauce served with rice, beans, and handmade tortillas
$20.99
Salsa De Chicharron
Chicharron sautéed in tomato sauce served with rice, beans and handmade tortillas
$20.99
Mole De Olla $20.99
Mole Rojo Tamale En Hoja De Platano
Tamale wrapped in banana leaf
$6.99
Mole Negro Tamale En Hoja De Platano
Tamale wrapped in banana leaf
$6.99
Enchiladas
Enchiladas served with rice and choice of black/red mole, or green sauce
$22.99
Botana De Quesadillas
deep fried quesadillas filled with quesillo and topped with lettuce, cheese, and avocado
$12.99
Botana De Molotes
Fried corn dough filled with chorizo and potatoes and topped with black bean puree, lettuce, cheese, and avocado
$12.99
Botana De Memelitas
Small tortillas topped with lard, cheese, and
$12.99
Empanada De Quesillo
Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo
$15.99
Empanada De Mole
Large handmade corn tortilla filled chicken and your choice of black, red, or yellow mole
$18.99
Empanada De Flor De Calabaza
Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo and squash blossom
$18.99
Empanada De Huitlacoche
Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo and black corn mushroom
$18.99
Empanada De Champińones
Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo, sautéed mushroom, onions, and jalapeños
$18.99
Tacos De Chapulines
Grasshopper taco
$8.99
Tacos
Taco topped with onions, cilantro, and avocado
$6.99
Burritos
Burrito with choice of tasajo, cecina, or chorizo filled with beans, rice, avocado, and pico de gallo
$14.99
Burrito De Pollo
Chicken burrito filled with rice, cheese, and lettuce
$13.99
Burrito Mixteco
Tasajo burrito filled with beans, quesillo and pico de gallo
$16.99
Burrito De Mole
Choice of black or red mole filled with chicken and rice
$16.99
Burrito De Camarones $18.99
7 Mares
Seafood soup
$25.99
Coctel De Camarones
Shrimp cocktail
$21.99
Coctel Campechana
Shrimp and octopus cocktail
$23.99
Camarones A La Mantequilla
Shrimp sautéed in butter sauce served with rice, beans, and side salad
$23.99
Camarones Al Mojo De Ajo
Shrimp sautéed in butter/garlic sauce served with rice, beans, and side salad
$23.99
Camarones A La Valencia
Shrimp sautéed in our special house hotsauce served with rice, beans,
$23.99
Tostada De Camarones
Shrimp ceviche tostada
$12.99
Mojarra Frita
Whole fried tilapia served with rice, beans, and side salad
$21.99
Camarones Cucaracha
Fried head-on shrimp
$29.99
Aguachile Verde
Raw shrimp cooked in lime juice with hot green salsa
$31.99
Fajitas Tasajo
Tasajo fajitas served with rice and beans
$21.99
Fajitas Pollo
Chicken fajitas served with rice and beans
$21.99
Fajitas Camarones
Shrimp fajitas served with rice and beans
$24.99
Fajitas Mixtas
Tasajo, chicken, and shrimp fajitas served with rice and beans
$26.99
Caldo Tlalpeño
Chicken soup with avocado, onions, cilantro, rice , chile chipotle, and handmade tortillas
$16.99
Menudo $19.99
Huevos Rancheros
Fried eggs on crispy tortillas covered with spicy sauce and served with rice and beans
$16.99
Huevos Revueltos Con Chorizo
Scrambled eggs with chorizo served with rice and beans
$18.99
Enfrijoladas
3 fried tortillas dipped in black bean puree served with rice and choice of quesillo, chorizo, tasajo, cecina or pollo
$19.99
Entomatadas
3 fried tortillas dipped in our spicy tomato sauce served with beans and rice with your choice of quesillo, cecina, tasajo, chorizo or pollo
$19.99
Chilaquiles
Red or green chilaquiles served with beans and 2 fried eggs
$16.99
Salsa De Huevo
Eggs topped with our tomato spicy red sauce served with rice and beans
$16.99
Huevos A La Mexicana $16.99
Kids Chicken Nuggets
Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
$11.99
Kids Quesadilla
Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
$11.99
Kids Memelita
Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
$11.99
Kids Pollo Asado
Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
$11.99
Kids Bbq Chicken Wings
Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
$11.99
Aguacate $4.99
Arroz(Rice) $3.99
Carnes Extra $6.99
Cebollitas $3.99
Chiles De Agua $5.99
Chiles Toreados $3.99
Chips $3.99
Crema $2.99
French Fries $6.99
Frijoles(Beans) $3.99
Guacamole $12.99
Huevos $4.99
Mole Negro $6.99
Mole Rojo $6.99
Nopales $3.99
Quesillo Extra $6.99
Salsa $5.99
Side Chicharron $10.99
Side Moronga $10.99
Tortilla Harina $2.99
Tortillas De Maiź $2.99
Drinks
Atole Blanco
Hot drink made from corn
$4.99
Atole De Panela
Hot drink made from corn sweetened with brown sugar
$4.99
Champurrado
Hot drink made from corn with Oaxacan chocolate
$4.99
Chocolate
Hot Oaxacan chocolate served with sweet bread
$4.99
Café De Olla
Oaxacan coffee brewed with cinnamon sticks
$3.99
Agua Fresca
Ask waiter for available options
$3.99
Horchata Con Nieve De Tuna
Horchata topped with pecans, cantaloupe, and prickly pear ice cream
$5.99
Agua De Chilacayota
Fresh water made from chilacayota squash
$4.99
Tejate
Our house special drink made from the cacao plant
$5.99
Water Bottle $1.99
Juice $2.99
Sodas Mexicanas $3.99
1/2 Liter Sodas
Mexican coke or fanta
$4.99
Coka Lata $2.00
Postres
Flan $3.99
Arroz Con Leche $3.99
Gelatina. De Leche $3.99
Gelatina De Agua $2.99
Platanitos Fritos $6.99
Nieves $6.99
Market
Cecina $14.99
Tasajo $14.99
Chorizo $14.99
Quesillo Libra $15.99
Mole Rojo Libra $15.99
Mole Negro Libra $15.99
Chocolate Libra $15.99

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Reviews

Alonzo Martinez
It’s definitely great to see and feel a little bit of Oaxaca here in Escondido. The restaurant reminds me a lot of visiting my parents’ homeland and the rancho of all things. Overall, the colors and the food options look fantastic on their menu. I’ve had a few things over the years from their options, tho was disappointed with my last visit. The meats seemed overcooked, and there was a hair found in the dish as well, which pretty much ruined my appetite that day. Services was a bit slow, but it was a breakfast dine in visit so I could understand why. The chips were a bit stale, tho the salsa provided was what saved it. Overall not the best visit I’ve had there, and I won’t attempt to try them again. But who knows, maybe your experience could go better.

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tuntu Orrahood
Food is home made and fresh. It is from Oaxaca , so is a little bit different from the usual Mexican food . It is more authentic. Chile relleno was one of the best i had. Tortillas are hand made . Tacos are big a super good. Just wish they have a mild salsa. But definitely worth to try it. Waitresses was nice and friendly, little slow service because it was only one waitresses for all the tables. Love this place we will come back!!❤️

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Blanca Machado
Just had a Tlayuda, recommended by the super friendly waiter. Delicious

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Carlos Tejada
This store is awesome. There are so many products here. I was in heaven when I walked in. I had never been to a chemical guys store. I am glad this was the first one I walked into. It was so neat and organized. I was surprised by the huge selection they have. The prices surprised me as well. They had so many items and they were not overpriced. I was surprised. Usually when you go to a store site where they specialize in one brand, things are overpriced, not here. They even had a really large section of discounted merchandise. Up to 50%. Wow! I was pleasantly surprised. I check amazon for prices and the site was cheaper. This is an awesome store to visit. I definitely will come back when I get a chance and when I finish the product I bought. I am so excited to try the products. The staff here was super great and informative. They know their stuff and know what they’re doing. Thank you guys for making this first time visit fun and informative. I asked a lot of questions regarding a lot of products. They did not get fed up. They walked with me and answered all of my questions. Thanks to their help I was able to finally decide on a product I wanted to take home and try. Next time I go I definitely plan on asking a lot of questions and I am sure they will have no problem answering all of my questions and concerns just as they did on my first visit. Thank you guys so very much for all of your help and being so patient and informative.

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Rafael Buelna (Rafael)
One of those places that is far away from home but so good that you are willing to go get some more once in a while. Everything was great and fresh. Service was excellent. We will be back !!

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Daisy Arroyo
Food is great, tastes amazing.

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Stewart Wright
The only place in San Diego for Tlayuda. By default, the best Tlayuda in San Diego! I joke, but it’s honestly good food and you should eat here.

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Federico Torres
Came to eat with my family and had the carne asada with rice and beans plate it was very good with freshly made tortillas, would definitely recommend

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Eddie Reveles
Really good food!!

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Lou G
My wife and I go to this restaurant often and I would recommend them. If your are looking for a cultural food experience this is the place! They just open a new location in Carlsbad, can’t wait to go there!

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