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Our Menu

Main MenuLunchDessert Menu

Appetizers

Perfect for sharing or snacking!

Table Guacamole

$13.50
Two avocados, tomatoes, onion, cilantro, lime juice, salt, and pepper, made to order.

Las Flautas

$12.00
Two flour tortillas filled with shredded cheese and your choice of ground beef, shredded chicken, or picadillo, rolled and deep - fried. Served with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, tomatoes, and Mexican cheese.

Fiesta Appetizer

$15.00
A portion of beef and bean nachos, one chicken flauta, and one cheese quesadilla. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and guacamole.

Street Corn

$5.50
One corn on the cob drizzled with our special Mexican crema, cotija cheese, and tajin.

Chicken Wings

6 $10.00 | 12 $15.00 • Choose from: mild, hot, lemon pepper, or BBQ. Served with your choice of sauce.

Esquite

$5.00
Mexican corn in a cup!

Dips

We proudly use Land O'Lakes cheese.

Queso

Regular $6.25 | Large $9.25 • Add Ground beef, shredded chicken, picadillo, or beans +$1.00

Chori - Queso

$10.00
Our special house - made Mexican sausage and queso.

Rio Chico

$13.00
Warm queso with grilled chicken, steak, and shrimp topped with pico de gallo.

Guacamole

Regular $6.50 | Large $9.50 • House - made.

Nachos Y Papas

All nachos come with queso and melted cheese.

Nachos Deluxe

$13.00
Choice of ground beef, shredded chicken, or picadillo. Topped with refried beans, lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, and sour cream.

Rio Chico Fajita Nachos

$16.00
Choice of grilled steak, chicken, or shrimp. Topped with onions, bell peppers, mushrooms, and refried beans. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole.

Papas Locas

$13.00
Crispy French fries with your choice of grilled chicken, steak, or chorizo. Topped with melted shredded cheese, queso, pico de gallo, and pickled jalapeños • Add All 3 meats +$4.00

Quesadillas

Quesadilla del Mar

$18.00
Two 8 - inch flour tortillas stuffed with melted cheese, grilled shrimp and scallops, onions, mushrooms, and tomatoes. Served with rice and steamed vegetables smothered with queso.

Fajita Quesadilla

$16.00
A 10 - inch flour tortilla stuffed with melted cheese, onions, bell peppers, mushrooms, and your choice of grilled chicken, steak, or shrimp. Served with deluxe, rice, and refried beans • Add Scallops +$6.00

Quesadilla Supremas

$14.50
Two 8 - inch quesadillas stuffed with melted cheese and your choice of ground beef, shredded chicken, or picadillo. Served with deluxe, rice, and refried beans.

Mexican Pizza

$15.50
Refried beans and shredded cheese layered between two 8 - inch flour tortillas with your choice of ground beef, shredded chicken, or picadillo. Topped with queso, pico de gallo, grilled mushrooms, and pickled jalapeños. Served with refried beans, rice, and deluxe.

Tacos

Tacos Mexicanos

Three Tacos $15.00 | Four Tacos $20.00 • Soft corn tortillas, choice of protein(s), garnished with fresh onions and cilantro. Proteins: asada (skirt steak), carnitas (slow - cooked pork), lengua (beef tongue), pollo (chicken), chorizo (Mexican sausage), al pastor (marinated pork), pescado (fish), or camarón (shrimp). Choose from one of our homemade salsas: green tomatillo, red tomatillo, or habanero • Add Rice and beans +$5.00

Tacos Basicos

Three Tacos $9.75 | Four Tacos $13.00 • Choose from crunchy or soft tortillas with your choice of: ground beef, shredded chicken, or picadillo. Topped with lettuce and shredded cheese • Add Sour cream and tomatoes +$3.50 | Rice and beans +$5.00

Lunch Combos

Served Monday - Friday from 11am to 3pm. All combos are served with rice and beans with your choice of: ground beef, shredded chicken, or picadillo.

One Item

$8.25
Choose from: enchilada, tamal, chimichanga, taco, tostada, quesadilla, burrito, or chalupa • Add Deluxe (lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole) +$5.00

Two Items

$10.25
Choose from: enchilada, tamal, chimichanga, taco, tostada, quesadilla, burrito, or chalupa • Add Deluxe (lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole) +$5.00

Lunch

Served Monday - Friday from 11am to 3pm.

Fajita Burrito

$14.00
10 - inch flour tortilla stuffed with rice, refried beans, grilled onions, bell peppers, and mushrooms. With your choice of grilled chicken, steak, or shrimp. Topped with burrito sauce and melted cheese. Served with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo.

Rio Chico Burrito

$12.25
10 - inch flour tortilla filled with your choice of grilled chicken or steak. Stuffed with white rice and black beans and topped with burrito sauce, melted cheese, tomatoes, and sour cream.

Burrito Supremo

$12.25
10 - inch flour tortilla filled with your choice of ground beef, shredded chicken, or picadillo, rice, and refried beans. Topped with burrito sauce, melted cheese, lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream.

Fajita Quesadilla

$14.00
8 - inch flour tortilla stuffed with melted cheese, grilled bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, and your choice of grilled chicken, steak, or shrimp. Served with rice, refried beans, and deluxe.

Two Mexican Tacos

$12.25
Soft corn tortillas with your choice of grilled chicken, steak, al pastor, lengua, carnitas, chorizo, shrimp, or fish. Topped with cilantro and onions. Served with rice and beans.

Two Baja Tacos

$12.25
Soft flour tortilla filled with grilled fish or shrimp, topped with lettuce, pico de gallo, and Baja sauce. Served with rice and refried beans.

Fajitas

$14.00
All served with corn or flour tortillas. Our fajitas are grilled with bell peppers, onions, and mushrooms with your choice of grilled steak, chicken, or shrimp. Served with refried beans, rice, and deluxe.

Arroz con Pollo

$12.25
Sliced grilled chicken smothered with queso and red sauce. Served with rice and refried beans.

Huevos a la Mexicana

$12.25
Three scrambled eggs with grilled tomatoes, onions, and jalapeños. Served with rice and refried beans • Add Chorizo +$2.00

Huevos con Chorizo

$12.25
Three scrambled eggs mixed with our house - made Mexican chorizo. Served with rice and refried beans.

Los Niños Kids Menu

Ages 10 and under only. Drink not included. All meals served with one side. Sides: fries, rice, beans, or fruit.

Item Meal

One Item Meal $8.00 | Two Item Combo $10.00 • Choose from: enchilada, taco, quesadilla, or burrito. Choice of ground beef, shredded chicken, or picadillo (all items made with a 6 - inch tortilla).

Chicken Fingers

$8.50

Cheeseburger

$8.50

Grilled Chicken

$9.50

Pepperoni Pizza

$8.50

Meat and Cheese Nachos

$8.50
Does not include side.

Corn Dog

$7.00

Sides

Rice or Beans

$5.00

Deluxe

$5.00
Lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole.

Steamed Vegetables

$5.00
Smothered with queso.

Sautéed Vegetables

$5.00

Salads

Taco Salad

$11.00
A crispy flour tortilla bowl layered with refried beans, lettuce, tomatoes, shredded cheese, guacamole, sour cream, and your choice of ground beef, shredded chicken, or picadillo.

Fajita Taco Salad

$14.00
Crispy flour tortilla bowl layered with refried beans, lettuce, bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, shredded cheese, and your choice of grilled steak, chicken, or shrimp. Served with pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole.

Spanish Salad

$8.50
Fresh cut romaine lettuce, cucumbers, avocado slices, and pico de gallo • Add Grilled chicken, steak, or shrimp +$5.00 | Salmon +$10.00

Favorites

Quesabirria (3)

$19.00
Made with corn tortillas. Served with rice, beans, and consomé.

Birria Pizza

$19.00
Two 12 - inch flour tortillas layered with cheese and birria. Served with onions, cilantro, and consomé.

Rio Chico Bowl

$9.50
A hearty bowl layered with white rice, black beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, shredded cheese, and avocado. Choose your favorite protein • Add Ground beef, shredded chicken, picadillo, or vegetables +$3.00 | Birria, carnitas, grilled steak, chicken, or shrimp +$5.00

Combinations

All combinations are served with rice and refried beans. Filled with your choice of: ground beef, shredded chicken, picadillo, beans, or vegetables. Choose from: enchilada, tamal, chimichanga, taco, tostada, quesadilla, burrito, or chalupa.

One Item

$9.75
Add Deluxe (lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole) +$5.00

Two Items

$11.25
Add Deluxe (lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole) +$5.00

Three Items

$12.50
Add Deluxe (lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole) +$5.00

Fajitas

All grilled with bell peppers, onions, and mushrooms on a hot skillet. Served with fajita salad: refried beans, rice, romaine lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo.

Uno

Regular $17.00 | Large $27.00 • Choice of chicken, steak, or shrimp.

Dos

Regular $19.00 | Large $31.00 • Choice of 2 proteins above.

Rio Chico

Regular $21.00 | Large $34.00 • All 3 proteins above.

Parrilla Mexicana

Regular $23.00 | Large $37.00 • Steak, chicken, shrimp, chorizo, and carnitas.

Vegetarian

Regular $15.00 | Large $24.00 • Mixed vegetables.

Enchiladas

De Asada

$16.00
Three enchiladas filled with grilled steak. Topped with red sauce, melted cheese, and Mexican cheese. Served with rice, refried beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, and sour cream.

Verdes

$14.25
Three shredded chicken enchiladas topped with green tomatillo sauce, melted cheese, and Mexican cheese. Served with rice, refried beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, and sour cream.

La Doña

$16.00
Three enchiladas filled with grilled chicken and topped with queso. Served with rice, refried beans, lettuce, sour cream, and pico de gallo.

Rio Chico

$14.50
Three enchiladas: one ground beef, one shredded chicken, and one picadillo. Topped with red sauce, melted cheese, Mexican cheese, and avocado slices. Served with rice, refried beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, and sour cream.

De Camaron

$17.00
Three flour tortilla enchiladas filled with grilled shrimp, tomatoes, onions, and cilantro with our special a la crema sauce. Topped with green tomatillo sauce, melted cheese, and sour cream. Served with rice, refried beans, lettuce, and pico de gallo.

Chicken

All dishes come with flour or corn tortillas.

Arroz con Pollo

$17.25
Sliced grilled chicken served on a bed of rice, smothered with queso and red sauce, and served with rice, refried beans, and deluxe.

Pollo Adobe

$17.25
Marinated grilled chicken breast served on a hot skillet with grilled onions, bell peppers, and mushrooms. Topped with queso. Served with fajita salad.

Choripollo

$17.25
Marinated grilled chicken breast topped with our house - made chorizo, smothered in queso. Served with rice and refried beans.

Pollo a la Crema

$17.25
Strips of chicken breast sautéed with green peppers, onions, and mushrooms in a sour cream sauce. Served with rice and refried beans.

Pollo con Mole

$17.25
Authentic mole recipe from Oaxaca! Grilled chicken strips, Oaxaca mole sauce, rice, and refried beans.

Pollo Asado

$17.25
Marinated grilled chicken breast served with rice, refried beans, sautéed tomatoes, spinach, and mushrooms. Served with a Spanish salad • Add Shrimp +$6.00

Pollo Tulense

$17.25
Sliced chicken grilled with mushrooms, onions, and bell peppers served on a bed of rice. Topped with melted shredded cheese and smothered with our special red sauce. Served with a Spanish salad.

Steaks

All dishes come with flour or corn tortillas.

Rio Chico Steak

$20.00
A grilled 8 oz choice rib - eye steak with grilled onions, bell peppers, and mushrooms. Served with rice and refried beans • Add Shrimp +$6.00

Rio Chico Trio

$25.00
Grilled outside skirt steak, marinated chicken breast, and sautéed shrimp with vegetables. Served with rice, refried beans, and deluxe.

Carne Asada

$23.00
Grilled thin - sliced outside skirt steak with cambray onions and a grilled jalapeño. Served with rice, refried beans, lettuce, guacamole, and pico de gallo • Add Shrimp +$6.00

Bistec con Mariscos

$25.00
8 oz choice rib - eye steak, grilled shrimp, and scallops topped with queso. Served with rice and refried beans.

Bistec Mexicano

$20.00
Chopped grilled rib - eye steak with onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers or jalapeño. Served with rice and refried beans.

Arrachera

$25.00
8 oz grilled marinated outside skirt steak, cambray onion, and a jalapeño. Served with black beans, cotija cheese, grilled zucchini, yellow squash, and mushrooms.

Especialidades de la Casa

Sopa de Pollo

$11.00
Our house - made chicken stock, shredded chicken, rice, spinach, pico de gallo, and avocado slices. Garnished with lime.

Sopes

$15.00
Asada | Carnitas | Lengua | Pollo | Chorizo | Al pastor | Pescado | Camarón • Two house - made thick masa tortillas fried and topped with refried beans, lettuce, Mexican cheese, cilantro, onions, green tomatillo sauce, and sliced avocado.

Torta

$15.00
Al pastor | Carnitas | Chorizo | Grilled chicken | Grilled steak • A classic Mexican sandwich served on toasted telera bread, mayo, beans, your choice of protein, lettuce, onions, tomatoes, jalapeños, and avocado.

Milanesa

Chicken $18.00 | Steak $20.00 • Butterflied chicken breast or thin - sliced outside skirt steak, hand - battered and fried to perfection. Served with rice, refried beans, and deluxe.

Carnitas Dinner

$16.00
Slow - cooked pork chunks simmered in beer and spices, then grilled with onions. Served with rice, refried beans, pico de gallo, and tortillas.

Chilaquiles

$14.00
Totopos (fried tortilla) simmered with salsa (roja or verde), and topped with black beans, queso fresco, crema, onions, and two fried eggs.

Burritos

Rio Chico

$16.00
12 - inch flour tortilla filled with your choice of grilled chicken or steak. Stuffed with white rice and black beans. Topped with burrito sauce, melted cheese, tomatoes, and sour cream.

Asado

$16.00
10 - inch flour tortilla filled with your choice of grilled chicken or steak. Topped with queso, sour cream, and pico de gallo. Served with rice and refried beans.

Fajita

$16.00
12 - inch flour tortilla stuffed with rice, refried beans, grilled onions, bell peppers, and mushrooms, and your choice of grilled chicken, steak, or shrimp. Topped with burrito sauce and melted cheese. Served with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo.

El Jefe

$16.00
10 - inch flour tortilla stuffed with grilled poblano peppers, onions, and mushrooms with your choice of grilled chicken or steak. Topped with queso and red sauce. Served with rice, refried beans, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo.

Juan's

$16.00
Chicken | Steak | Al pastor | Pork carnitas • From the West Coast to the Lowcountry! A 14 - inch flour tortilla filled with rice, beans, guacamole, shredded cheese, and pico de gallo, with choice of house - made salsa.

Cheesesteak

$16.00
Two burritos filled with refried beans and your choice of grilled steak or chicken with onions and mushrooms. Topped with queso, sour cream, and pico de gallo. Served with rice and refried beans.

Del Mar

$18.00
10 - inch flour tortilla stuffed with grilled onions, mushrooms, zucchini, squash, shrimp, and scallops. Topped with green tomatillo sauce and queso. Served with rice, refried beans, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo.

Supremo

$16.00
12 - inch flour tortilla filled with rice, refried beans, and your choice of grilled chicken or steak. Topped with burrito sauce, melted cheese, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole.

Seafood

All dishes come with flour or corn tortillas

Ceviche

$19.00
Fresh fish or shrimp marinated in lime juice and mixed with
cilantro, onions and tomatoes. Topped with cucumber and
sliced avocado. Served with tostadas or crackers

Ceviche Mixto

$21.00
Choice of two (shrimp, fish or octopus) marinated in lime juice
with cilantro, onions and tomatoes. Topped with cucumber and
sliced avocado. Served with tostadas or crackers.
Choice of all three (shrimp, fish & octopus) +5

Coctel de Camarón

$19.00
Mexican shrimp cocktail, shrimp broth, pico de gallo and
sliced avocados. Served with crackers. Add Octopus +$6.00

Caldo De Mariscos

$26.00
Seafood lovers soup! Shrimp, fish, scallops, clams, mussels and crab legs in its own broth simmered with zucchini, squash, broccoli, tomatoes and onions. Served with fresh onions, cilantro, jalapeños and lime on the side.

Mojarra Frita

$21.00
A whole tilapia fish fried to perfection. Served with Spanish salad and white rice. Add Shrimp +$6.00

Filete De Pescado

$19.00
Two 4oz. Grilled fish fillets with grilled zucchini and squash, spinach and mushrooms. Served with white rice and a Spanish salad.

Salmon Zarandeado

$24.00
Faroe Islands North Atlantic salmon, marinated in house-made zarandeado adobo, served with Spanish salad and white rice.

Camarones al Mojo de Ajo

$19.00
Sautéed shrimp with mushrooms and onions in a garlic sauce. Served with rice and refried beans.

Camarones Chipotle

$19.00
Sautéed shrimp simmered with our special creamy chipotle sauce. Served with rice and refried beans.

Camarones a la Diabla

$19.00
Sautéed shrimp with mushrooms and onions simmered in our diabla sauce. Server with rice and refried beans.

Arroz con Mariscos

$19.00
Sautéed shrimp and scallops smothered with queso and red sauce. Served on a bed of rice with refried beans and deluxe.

Mariscos Tulense

$19.00
Sautéed shrimp and scallops with mushrooms, onions and bell peppers. Served on a bed of rice and topped with melted shredded cheese. Smothered with our special red sauce and served with a Spanish salad.

Baja Tacos

$17.00
Three flour tortillas with your choice of grilled tilapia or grilled shrimp. Topped with lettuce, pico de gallo and Baja Sauce. Served with rice and refried beans.

Served Monday - Friday from 11am to 3pm

Menu

Fajita Burrito photo

Fajita Burrito

$14.00
10-inch tortilla stuffed with rice, refried beans, grilled onions, bell peppers and mushrooms. With your choice of grilled chicken, steak or shrimp. Topped with burrito sauce and melted cheese. Served with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo.

Río Chico Burrito

$12.25
10-inch flour tortilla filled with your choice of grilled chicken or steak. Stuffed with white rice and black beans and topped with burrito sauce, melted cheese, tomatoes and sour cream.
Burrito Supremo photo

Burrito Supremo

$12.25
10-inch flour tortilla filled with your choice of ground beef, shredded chicken or picadillo, rice and refried beans. Topped with burrito sauce, melted cheese, lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole and sour cream.
Fajita Quesadilla photo

Fajita Quesadilla

$14.00
8-inch lour tortilla stuffed with melted cheese, grilled bell peppers, onion, mushrooms and your choice or grilled chicken, steak or shrimp. Served with rice, refried beans and deluxe.
Two Mexican Tacos photo

Two Mexican Tacos

$12.25
Soft corn tortillas with your choice of grilled chicken, steak, al pastor, lengua, carnitas, chorizo, shrimp or fish. Topped with cilantro & onions. Served with rice and beans.

Two Baja Tacos

$12.25
Soft flour tortilla filled with grilled fish or shrimp, topped with lettuce, pico de gallo and Baja sauce. Served with rice and refried beans.

Fajitas

$14.00
Our fajitas are grilled with bell peppers, onions and mushrooms with your choice of grilled steak, chicken or shrimp. Served with refried beans, rice and deluxe. Served with corn or flour tortillas.

Arroz con Pollo

$12.25
Sliced grilled chicken smothered with queso and red sauce. Served with rice and refried beans. Served with corn or flour tortillas.

Pork Carnitas

$12.25
Slow-cooked pork chunks simmered in beer and spices, then grilled with onions. Served with rice and refried beans. Served with corn or flour tortillas.

Huevos Rancheros

$12.25
Three over medium eggs served over a corn tortilla with red salsa, melted cheese, lettuce and tomato. Served with rice and refried beans. Served with corn or flour tortillas.

Huevos a la Mexicana

$12.25
Three scrambled eggs with grilled tomatoes, onions and jalapeños. Served with rice and refried beans. Served with corn or flour tortillas. Add chorizo +$2.00

Huevos con Chorizo

$12.25
Three scrambled eggs mixed with our homemade Mexican chorizo. Served with rice and refried beans. Served with corn or flour tortillas.

Lunch Combos

All combos are served with rice and beans with your choice of: ground beef, shredded chicken or picadillo. Add deluxe (lettuce, sour cream & guacamole) +$5.00

One Item

$8.25
Choose from: Enchilada | Tamal | Chimichanga | Taco | Tostada | Quesadilla | Burrito | Chalupa

Two Items

$10.25
Choose from: Enchilada | Tamal | Chimichanga | Taco | Tostada | Quesadilla | Burrito | Chalupa

Desserts

Fried Ice Cream

$7.00
Vanilla ice cream coated with crispy flakes cereal then deep fried. Topped with honey, sugar, cinnamon, whipped cream, chocolate drizzle and sprinkles. Served in a fried flour tortilla bowl.

Churros

$7.00
Fried dough filled with dulce de leche, coated with sugar and cinnamon. Served with chocolate syrup, caramel syrup and whipped cream.

Churro Cart

$10.00
Churros and vanilla ice cream. Served with chocolate syrup and caramel syrup.

Flan

$7.00
Baked creamy custard infused with tequila, layered with caramelized sugar. Topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

Choco~Flan

$7.00
Also known as the impossible cake! Baked flan layered on top of chocolate cake and topped with caramelized sugar. Served with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

Cheesecake Chimichanga

$7.00
Cheesecake wrapped in a flour tortilla and deep fried. Topped with honey, sugar, cinnamon, chocolate syrup, raspberry syrup and whipped cream.

Sopapillas

$7.00
Fried flour tortillas topped with honey, sugar, cinnamon and whipped cream.

Dessert Cocktails

Churro Martini

$16.00
Jack Daniel’s Fire, Stoli Vanilla Vodka, Butterscotch Liqueur, Vespertino Tequila Cream.

Carajillo Mexicano

$14.00
Arette Tequila Reposado, Licor 43 Sweet Liqueur, espresso, orange bitters.

Café Mexicano

$12.00
Freshly brewed coffee. Herradura Reposado Tequila, cinnamon, whipped cream.

Fresas Con Chocolate Martini

$14.00
Komos Rosa Tequila, Baileys Strawberries and Cream, Licor 43 Chocolate Liqueur, Vespertino Tequila Cream.

La Fogata

$14.00
Mijenta Reposado Tequila, Baileys Irish Cream, Licor 43 Chocolate Liqueur, evaporated milk, roasted marshmallows.

Beso Frances

$16.00
Komos Rosa Tequila, Baileys Strawberries and Cream, coconut cream, grapefruit juice, agave nectar, pina colada purée.
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