La Mexicana Menu (2025 Update)
La Mexicana is a vibrant Mexican bar offering a diverse menu of appetizers, salads, burritos, and chimichangas. Located in Gaithersburg, MD, this restaurant provides a cozy atmosphere with options for outdoor seating and live music. The grilled shrimp and shrimp fajita salad stand out as delectable choices. Customers praise the friendly staff, fair prices, and complimentary chips and salsa. However, some reviews mention inconsistencies in order accuracy. With a strong focus on community involvement through charity events like the Give a Hoot Comedy Club, La Mexicana showcases its commitment to both authentic cuisine and social responsibility. Despite mixed feedback on certain dishes, the overall experience at La Mexicana promises a fun evening with delicious Mexican fare.
Appetizers
Grilled Shrimp Limon
Jumbo shrimp grilled with our special seasoning and served with la mexicana signature sauce.
Chili Con Queso
Multi-Layered Bean Dip
Mini Chimichanga
2 mini chimichangas. Ground beef or chicken.
Taquitos
Flautas
Stuffed Jalapenos
Choice of stuffing cheese, spinach or chicken.
Guacamole
Made fresh to order.
3 Cheese Nachos
Topped with jack, cheddar and mozzarella cheeses.
Chicken Wings
Served with choice of dressing.v
Yuca con Chicharron
Yuca with fried pork.
Yuca With Char-Grilled Chicken
Nachos Especial
3 cheeses nachos topped with your choice of chicken or ground beef.
Fajita Nachos With Chicken
Taco Salad
Crispy flour tortilla shell layered with lettuce, rice, cheese, tomatoes, red and green bell peppers. choice of filling-ground beef, grilled chicken, mixed vegetables or beans, sour cream on top.
Fajita Taco Salad With Chicken
Crispy flour tortilla shell with lettuce, grilled onions , red and green bell peppers, cheese, and sour cream.
Shrimp Fajita Salad
Iceberg lettuce with grilled onions, tomatoes, red and green bell peppers, cheese and topped with grilled shrimp. black or refried beans and sour cream served on request.
Salads
Burrito & Chimichangas
Wet Burrito Platter
Topped with enchilada sauce.
Chimichanga Platter
Hand rolled and fried chimichanga.
Shrimp Burrito Platter
Topped with enchilada sauce.
Chorizo And Egg Burrito Platter
Grilled Fajita Chicken Taco
Ground Beef Taco
Mixed Vegetables Taco
Beans Taco
Carnitas Taco
Pork.
Grilled Tilapia Taco
Grilled Fajita Steak Taco
Grilled Shrimp Taco
Grilled Salmon Taco
Taco Dinner
Create Your Own Burrito
Create Your Own Chicken Burrito
Create Your Own Spinach Burrito
Create Your Own Vegetable Burrito
Vegetarian.
Create Your Own Ground Beef Burrito
Create Your Own Grilled Steak Burrito
Special-Sizzling Fajita Combination Platter
Combination of grilled steak, grilled chicken and shrimp.
Sizzling Fajita Platter
Pork Chops-Chuletas De Puerco
House specialty-2 bone-in marinated pork chops. grilled to perfection.
Grilled Tilapia
Pollo Asado Platter
Grilled chicken breast.
Carne Asada
Seasoned char-grilled steak.
Salmon Asado
Carnitas
Shredded pork.
Grilled Pork Fajita Platter
Char-Grilled Platter
Enchiladas & Chili Relleno
Tres Amigos Enchiladas
3 enchiladas with your choice of filling, topped with three grilled shrimp.
Enchilada Platter
2 enchiladas with your choice of filling.
Shrimp Enchilada
2 enchiladas with grilled shrimp and your choice of sauce.
Chili Relleno Platter
1 Home Made Rellenos filled with cheese.
Tamale Platter
2 tamales of your choice chicken pork or corn topped with cheese
Chicken & Sour Cream Enchilada Platter
Char-Grilled Chicken And Rice
Specially seasoned chicken breast. served over rice, with flour or corn tortillas.
Grilled Shrimp And Rice
Topped with melted jack and cheddar cheese, bell peppers and tomatoes.
Chicken Sampler
Combination of grilled chicken and rice, chicken enchilada, chicken fajita taco. served with sour cream.
Texas Platter
Steak burrito, cheese enchilada, crispy taco with beef, rice, beans and sour cream.
Combination Platters
Dinner Quesadilla
Spinach And Cheese Quesadilla
3 Cheese Quesadilla
Jack, cheddar and mozzarella cheeses.
Grilled Steak Quesadilla
Grilled Tilapia Quesadilla
Shrimp Quesadilla
Grilled Chicken Quesadilla
Create Your Own 1 Item Combo
Create Your Own 2 Items Combo
Create Your Own 3 Items Combo
Create Your Own Combo
Vegetarians
Veggie Nachos
Crispy corn chips with your choice of refried or black beans topped with jack and cheddar cheese, sour cream, bell peppers and tomatoes.
Veggie Burrito Platter
A mixed vegetable burrito topped with enchilada sauce. served with rice, beans (black or refried) and sour cream.
Veggie Chimichanga Platter
Hand rolled chimichanga with mixed vegetables. served with rice, beans and sour cream.
Cheese Pupusa Platter
2 cheese pupusas with rice and beans.
Veggie And Spinach Quesadilla Platter
Served with sour cream, lettuce and pico de gallo.
Veggie Enchiladas
2 enchiladas with your choice of mixed vegetables, cheese and onions, spinach and cheese, refried or black beans. served with rice, beans and sour cream.
Sour Cream
Refried Beans
Rice
Fries
Black Beans
Plantains
Small Salad
Sides
A La Carte
Tamale a la Carte
Pupusa a la Carte
Enchilada a la Carte
1 piece.
Grilled Fish Taco a la Carte
Tilapia.
Grilled Fajita Chicken a la Carte
Chicken taco.
Grilled Fajita Steak a la Carte
Steak taco.
Chili Relleno a la Carte
Grilled Shrimp Taco a la Carte
3 Jumbo Shrimp a la Carte
Chimichanga a la Carte
Wet Burrito a la Carte
Kids 2 Chicken Fingers With Fries
Regular fries.
Kids Quesadilla With Fries
Kids Quesadilla With Rice
Kids Burrito With Fries
Childs size burrito.
Kids Burrito With Rice
Childs size burrito.
Kids Taco With Fries
Kids 3 Cheese Nachos
Jack, cheddar and mozzarella.
Children's
Desserts
Chimichanga Sundae
Delicious cheese cake, apples or bananas hand rolled into a flour tortilla and then deep fried to a crispy golden brown and served with vanilla ice cream. drizzled with your choice of topping.
Flan
Caramel custard.
Sopapillas
2 pieces. Fried puff pastries sprinkled with cinnamon and your choice of topping.
Tres Leches Cake
Sponge cake made with 3 kinds of milk.
Fried Ice Cream
Vanilla Ice Cream with Crunchy Cinnamon coating, served on crispy flour tortilla shell and whipped cream with your choice of topping Chocolate, Strawberry or Honey.
Hot Chocolate
Coke
Diet Coke
Sprite
Ginger Ale
Lemonade
Ice Tea
Horchata
Creamy milk drink with a cinnamon flavor.
MaranOn
Cashew fruit juice.