Tierrasanta Mexican Restaurant Menu
Tierrasanta Mexican Restaurant in San Diego offers a diverse menu with a range of appetizers, soups, salads, and specialties. Customers rave about the great service, delicious margaritas, and solid food quality. The Carne Asada Plate and Fajitas are popular choices, showcasing marinated and grilled meats with flavorful accompaniments. The Chicken Fajitas Salad and Ensalada del Chef provide lighter options packed with fresh ingredients. Reviewers mention the attentive staff and welcoming atmosphere, making it a top choice for Mexican cuisine in the area. The casual ambiance and varied menu options cater to groups, families, and individuals looking for a satisfying dining experience. With vegan options available and a full bar offering, Tierrasanta Mexican Restaurant stands out as a go-to spot for authentic Mexican flavors.
Appetizers
Sample Plate
Most popular. Flauntas, taquitos, nachos, quesadillas, guacamole, and sour cream.
Fish Ceviche
Fresh fish cooked with lime juice, tomatoes, onions, and peppers.
Buffalo Wings
Roast and smothered in a house recipe with peppers and garlic barbeque sauce.
Taquitos
Eight mouth size pieces of rolled tacos served with guacamole and sour cream.
Guacamole Dip
Fresh avocado mixed with tomatoes, onions, cilantro, and spices.
Shrimp Ceviche
Fresh shrimp cooked with lime juice, tomatoes, onions, and peppers.
Tostada Loca
A flat crispy flour tortilla with shredded beef or chicken with cheese, onions, tomatoes, and sour cream.
Shrimp Cocktail
Shelled prawns served with a cocktail sauce.
Super Nachos
Fresh tortilla chips topped with refried beans, cheese, sauce, sour cream, and guacamole. Add meat for an additional charge.
Camarones Apretados
8 bacon-wrapped shrimp sauteed in butter served with cocktail sauce.
Queso Fundido
Cheese mixed with our delicious homemade chorizo.
Quesadillas
Your choice of a quesadilla.
Chicken Fajitas Salad
Chicken salad with vegetables, onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers.
Ensalada de la Casa
House green salad.
Ensalada de Camaron
Served with bay shrimp on a bed of salad garnished with an avocado slice.
Ensalada del Chef
Served with eggs, chicken breast, shrimp, tomatoes, and avocado slices.
Pollo a la Parrilla Salad
Chicken Caesar Salad
Traditional Caesar salad topped with grilled chicken breast strips with avocado slices.
Mexican Shrimp Caesar Salad
Traditional Caesar salad topped with bay shrimp, whole beans, shredded cheese, tomatoes, and avocado.
Sopa de Pollo
Mexican soup made with fresh boneless chicken and vegetables served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Sopa de Albondigas
Mexican meatball soup served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Sopa de Tortilla
Soup with crispy tortilla strips, avocado, cheese, and sour cream served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Soups and Salads
Especialidades De la Casa
Carne Asada Plate
Marinated and grilled beef. Served with one enchilada, rice, beans, guacamole and tortillas.
Fajitas
Steak or chicken with fresh bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, and special spices served with rice, beans, tortillas, and guacamole.
Enchilada Suizas
2 chicken enchiladas covered with green sauce garnished with sour cream and served with sweet corn and rice.
Taquitos Rancheros
4 rolled shredded beef tacos, garnished with guacamole, and sour cream served with rice and beans.
Milanesa
Breaded top sirloin served with salad and french fries.
Pollo Asado Plate
Broiled chicken marinated with special seasoning served with one enchilada, rice, beans, and tortillas.
Bistecitos Rancheros
Tender strips of top sirloin sauteed in our ranchero sauce served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Carnitas
Tender pork served with cilantro and onion. Accompanied with salsa fresca, guacamole, rice, beans, and tortillas.
Enchiladas Rancheras
2 cheese enchiladas covered with ranchera sauce, garnished with sour cream and guacamole served with rice and beans.
Flautas
2 rolled flour tortillas deep fried with shredded beef, garnished with guacamole and sour cream served with rice and beans.
Chile Colorado
Tender cubed beef in red sauce served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Chile Verde
Tender cubed pork in green sauce served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Carne Asada Taco
Served with rice, whole beans, and guacamole.
2 Piece Asada Tacos
Served with rice, whole beans, and guacamole.
Pollo Ranchero
Tender strips of chicken sauted in ranchera sauce served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Camarones Rancheros
Succulent shrimp prepared with delicious ranchero sauce served with rice and beans.
Camarones Tierrasanta
Succulent shrimp marinated in special seasonings wrapped in bacon served with rice and sweet corn.
Cielo, Mar y Tierra
Marinated chicken, shrimp, and beef grilled with fresh peppers, tomatoes, onions, and special sauce served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Pescado al Mojo
Fish sauteed in garlic and butt served with rice and beans.
Camarones al Mojo de Ajo
Most popular. Succulent shrimp sauteed in garlic and butter served with rice and beans.
Camarones Empanizados
Breaded shrimp served with rice and sweet corn.
Enchilada del Mar
Chipotle Shrimp
Shrimp sauteed in chipotle sauce served with beans and tortillas.
Camarones a la Diabla
Shrimp.
Camaron Fajitas
Marinated shrimp grilled with onions, fresh peppers, tomatoes, onions, and special spices served with rice, beans, and 3 tortillas.
Pescado Ranchero
Whitefish filet cooked with ranchero sauce served with rice and beans.
Fish Taco
Served with rice and beans.
Fish and Chips
2 breaded fillets of fish served with french fries and salad.
Baja Fish Tacos
Two breaded fish tacos, cabbage, salsa fresca, cheese, tartar sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Seafood
Combinaciones Tierrasanta
Tamale
1 Piece.
Chile Relleno
1 Piece.
Enchilada
1 enchilada. Chicken, beef or cheese
Taco
1 Piece.
Burrito
1 Piece.
Quesadilla
1 Piece.
Burritos
1 Piece.
Tacos
2 Piece.
Enchiladas
2 Piece.
Enchiladas and Tamale
Stuffed tortilla topped with chili sauce. Dough wrapped around a filling and steamed in a corn husk or banana leaf.
Enchilada and Chile Relleno
Stuffed tortilla topped with chili sauce.
Tamale and Chile Relleno
Dough wrapped around a filling and steamed in a corn husk or banana leaf.
Chile Relleno and Taco
Folded tortilla with a variety of fillings such as meat or beans.
Enchilada and Taco
Stuffed tortilla topped with chili sauce. Folded tortilla with a variety of fillings such as meat or beans.
Enchilada and Burrito
Taco and Tamale
Folded tortilla with a variety of fillings such as meat or beans.
Carne Asada Burrito
Grilled steak chopped with salsa Fresca, guacamole, whole beans, wrapped in a flour tortilla, rice, and beans.
Pollo Asado Burrito
Grilled chicken breast with salsa Fresca, guacamole, whole beans, wrapped in a flour tortilla with rice and beans.
Hamburgersa Tierrsanta
Hamburgesa served with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and french fries.
Tremendous Trio
Any 3-item combo.
Seafood Burrito
A delicious blend of real lobster and lobster flavor seafood wrapped in a flour tortilla served with cheese and salsa Fresca.
Shrimp Burrito
Shrimp prepared with ranchero sauce, sour cream, rice, and beans.
Chimichanga
A beef or chicken deep fried burrito served with sour cream, cheese, guacamole, lettuce, rice, and beans.
Burrito de Picadillo
Ground beef cooked with vegetables served with rice and whole beans.
Burrito Ranchero
Most popular. Chicken or beef served with ranchera sauce, cheese, guacamole, and sour cream.
Mains
Tierrasantas Favorites
Enchiladas a la Crema
2 enchiladas filled with grilled chicken breast and smothered in a sour cream sauce and cheese served with rice and whole beans.
Barbacoa
Shredded beef cooked in spicy red sauce served with rice, whole beans, cilantro, and tortillas.
Arroz con Pollo
Sliced chicken breast prepared with onions, mushrooms, and green peppers served on a bed of rice with jack cheese and garnished with avocado and tomatoes.
Tamales Tierrasanta
2 pork tamales cooked with green tomatillo sauce, covered with cheese, and green sauce served with rice and beans.
Pollo a la Mostaza
A tender breast of chicken topped with our own honey mustard dressing served with rice, corn or vegetables and a house salad.
Taquitos a la Crema
4 rolled crispy corn tortillas filled with chicken topped with sour cream sauce, red, and green sauce and cheese. Served with rice and whole beans.
Carne Asada con Camarones
A flame-broiled top sirloin steak and three jumbo shrimp wrapped in bacon served with rice, whole beans, guacamole, and tortillas.
El Comal
Most popular. Grilled carne asada, chicken, and shrimp served on a bed of grilled onions, avocado, and salsa Fresca served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Bean Tostada
A fried flour tortilla with fillings.
Bean and Beef Tostada
A fried flour tortilla with fillings.
Bean and Chicken Tostada
A fried flour tortilla with fillings.
Chile Colorado and Bean Tostada
A fried flour tortilla with fillings.
Chile Verde and Bean Tostada
A fried flour tortilla with fillings.
Picadillo and Bean Tostada
A fried flour tortilla with fillings.
Tostadas
Enchiladas
Beef Enchilada
Stuffed tortilla topped with chili sauce.
Chicken Enchilada
Stuffed tortilla topped with chili sauce.
Cheese Enchilada
Stuffed tortilla topped with chili sauce.
Shrimp Enchilada
Stuffed tortilla topped with chili sauce.
Picadillo Enchilada
Stuffed tortilla topped with chili sauce.
Beef Taco
Folded tortilla with a variety of fillings such as meat or beans.
Chicken Taco
Folded tortilla with a variety of fillings such as meat or beans.
Asada Taco
Served with guacamole.
Picadillo Taco
Folded tortilla with a variety of fillings such as meat or beans.
Tacos
Burritos
Beef and Bean Burrito
Flour tortilla with a savory filling.
Chicken and Bean Burrito
Flour tortilla with a savory filling.
Machaca and Bean Burrito
Flour tortilla with a savory filling.
Chorizo con Papa Burrito
Flour tortilla with a savory filling.
Bean and Cheese Burrito
Flour tortilla with a savory filling.
Chile Verde and Bean Burrito
Flour tortilla with a savory filling.
Chile Colorado and Bean Burrito
Flour tortilla with a savory filling.
Carnitas Burrito
Flour tortilla with a savory filling.
Picadillo Burrito
Vegetable Fajitas
Prepared with green peppers, onions, and tomatoes served with rice, whole beans, guacamole, and tortillas.
Tacos de Papa
2 crispy corn tortillas filled with potatoes, lettuce, cheese, and taco sauce served with rice and whole beans.
Espresso Vegetarian Burrito
Rice, whole beans, and cheese, wrapped in a flour tortilla, and covered with ranchera sauce, guacamole, and sour cream.
Vegetarian Tamale
Moist and tender tamale stuffed with seasoned vegetables, topped with cheese, and ranchera sauce served with rice and whole beans.
Garden Fresh Burrito
Grilled vegetables with rice, mushroom, and whole beans wrapped in a flour tortilla.
Burrito de Papa
Burrito filled with potatoes, onions, and tomatoes, served with rice and whole beans.
Veggies
Sides
Beans
Rice
Guacamole
A creamy dip made from avocado.
Sour Cream
Tortillas
For 3 tortillas.
Cheese
1 Pint
Pint of salsa red or green.
1/2 Pint Red Salsa
Red salsa.
Flan
Egg custard.
Cheesecake
Rich creamy cake.
Apple Burrito
Served with ice cream.
Cinnamon Burrito
Served with ice cream.
Deep Fried Ice Cream
Bunuelos with Ice Cream
Churros with Ice Cream
2 Scoops of Vanilla Ice Cream
Desserts
Aguas Frescas
Jamaica
Tamarindo
Horchata
Rice water.
Coffee
Tea
Milk
Mexican Chocolate
Soft Drinks
Drinks
Sunday Breakfast
Sunday Breakfast 1
2 eggs any style, 2 strips of bacon, and country potatoes.
Sunday Breakfast 2
2 eggs any style, 2 strips of bacon, 2 slices of cinnamon french toast, and country potatoes.
Sunday Breakfast 3
2 eggs any style, 2 strips of bacon, 3 buttermilk pancakes, and country potatoes.
Stack of Buttermilk Pancakes
4 pancakes.
Side of Country Potatoes
Side of Bacon
For four strips.
Side of Toast
Hot, browned sliced bread.
Pollo a la Parrila Salad
Sunday Breakfast Soups and Salads
Sunday Breakfast Especialidades De la Casa
Carne Asada
Marinated and grilled beef.
Pollo Asado
Broiled chicken marinated with special seasoning served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Pollo Tierrasanta
Specially seasoned deep-fried chicken served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
2 Fish Tacos
Served with rice and beans.
Sunday Breakfast Seafood
Sunday Breakfast Veggies
Vegetarian Tamales
Moist and tender tamales stuffed with seasoned vegetables, topped with cheese, and ranchera sauce served with rice and whole beans.
