El Jardin Restaurant Menu – Santa Cruz, CA

Type : Mexican restaurant

Location : Santa Cruz, CA

Relaxed outpost serving Mexican dishes in roomy surroundings with an outdoor dining space. Based on 633 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.1 stars. Price $$

✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ Delivery

El Jardin Restaurant 95062

Address:
655 Capitola Rd, Santa Cruz, CA 95062

Phone: (831) 477-9384

Website:

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Hours

Friday 11 AM–9:30 PM
Saturday 11 AM–9:30 PM
Sunday 11 AM–9 PM
Monday

(Labor Day)
 11 AM–9 PM

Hours might differ
Tuesday 11 AM–9 PM
Wednesday 11 AM–9 PM
Thursday 11 AM–9 PM

Menu

Main Menu
Bean Dip
Our delicious refried beans topped with green sauce, sour cream and cheese		 $5.50
Super Appetizer
A large sampler platter with quesadillas, taquitos and nachos		 $13.50
Shrimp Cocktail
Bay shrimp mixed in our spicy red salsa with avocado, pico de gallo, cucumbers and a splash of lime		 $10.75
La Compuesta
(Our version of a taco salad) A large salad in a crispy flour shell filled with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, purple cabbage, green sauce and your choice of steak, chicken or pork		 $11.50
Fajita Salad
A large salad in a crispy flour shell filled with your choice of steak, chicken or shrimp, grilled onions and bell peppers, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole, purple cabbages		 $12.50
Grilled Chicken Salad
A large salad served in a bowl with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, guacamole and purple cabbage, topped with sizzling fajita flavored chicken or lemon chicken & green sauce		 $11.50
Burrito
A flour tortilla filled with your choice of steak, chicken, pork or beans and cheese. Steak and chicken include tomatoes and green sauce
Enchilada
A corn tortilla filled with your choice of cheese, steak, chicken or pork, with onions, and topped with melted cheese and red or green sauce. Sour cream is included with green sauce enchiladas. Flour available upon request
Quesadilla
A flour tortilla filled with melted jack cheese and your choice of steak, chicken or pork
Taco
A corn tortilla lightly fried, filled with your choice of steak, chicken or pork, green sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, purple cabbage and cheese. Flour available upon request
Chile Relleno
A mild green dale filed with jack cheese, dipped in a light egg batter, deep fried and topped with more cheese and red or green sauce
Taquito
A rolled corn tortilla filled with steak or chicken, deep fried and topped with green sauce, sour cream, guacamole, tomatoes and purple cabbage, and served on a bed of lettuce. Flow available upon request
Sope
A deep fried masa bowl filled with beans, your choice of steak, chicken or pork, green sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, purple cabbage and cheese
Tamale
A homemade carnitas tamale topped your choice of red or green sauce and sprinkled with cheese
Tostada
A crispy corn tortilla topped with beans, your choice of steak, chicken or pork, green sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, purple cabbage and cheese. Flour available upon request
Fish Taco
A soft corn tortilla filled with our sauteed cod, topped with lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo, purple cabbage and cheese. Add $1 to be substituted in your Combination Plate
Taco Reyes
A soft corn tortilla filled with your choice of steak, chicken or carnitas, pico de gallo, purple cabbage, sliced avocado and cheese. Add $1 to be substituted in your Combination Plate
Lemon Chicken Taco
A soft corn tortilla, filled with strips of chicken breast sauteed with garlic and lemon juice and topped with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, purple cabbage and cheese. Add $1 to be substituted in your Combination Plate
Torta
Mexican sub sandwich – A grilled French roll with your choice of steak, chicken or carnitas pork, lettuce, tomatoes, jalapenos, cheese, guacamole. Served with rice and beans or French fries or salad		 $11.75
Chile Verde
Tender chunks of lean pork in our signature green sauce. Served with tortillas		 $14.75
Chile Colorado
Tender chunks of lean pork in our special red sauce. Served with tortillas		 $14.75
Carnitas
Tender chunks of marinated pork prepared El Jardin’s own special way. Served with tortillas		 $15.75
Steak A La Mexicana
Strips of steak prepared in a spicy red sauce with onions, Jalapenos and bell peppers. Served with tortillas		 $16.00
Polla A La Mexicana
Strips of chicken prepared in a spicy red sauce with onions, Jalapenos and bell peppers. Served with tortillas		 $16.00
Chicken Mole Poblano
Strips of marinated chicken breast prepared in a rich dark sauce with a hint of peanut butter and chocolate. Served with tortillas		 $16.75
Quesadilla Supreme
A flour tortilla filled with melted jack cheese and topped with your choice of steak, chicken or pork, sour cream, guacamole, tomatoes, purple cabbage, red or green sauce and more cheese		 $14.75
Chimichanga Supreme
A large deep-fried burrito filled with beans, cheese and your choice of steak, chicken or pork, topped with sour cream, guacamole, tomatoes, purple cabbage, cheese and green sauce		 $14.75
Burrito Supreme
A large burrito filled with beans, rice and your choice of steak, chicken or pork, topped with sour cream, guacamole, tomatoes, purple cabbage, cheese and red or green sauce		 $14.75
Taco Supreme
A crispy flour tortilla filled with your choice of steak, chicken or pork, green sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, sour cream, purple cabbage and cheese		 $14.75
Enchilada Supreme
A flour tortilla filled with your choice of cheese, steak, chicken or pork, with onions, and topped with melted cheese, red or green sauce, sour cream, guacamole, tomatoes, purple cabbage and more cheese and top of a bed of lettuce		 $14.75
Tostada Supreme
A crispy flour tortilla topped with beans, your choice of steak, chicken or pork, green sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole, purple cabbage and cheese		 $14.75
Camarones Salvajes
Butter fried shrimp sauteed in a garlic butter sauce with mushrooms and onions. Served with tortillas		 $16.75
Camarones Verdes
Butter fried shrimp sauteed in our verde sauce with mushrooms and onions. Served with tortillas		 $16.75
Camarones Rancheros
Butter fried shrimp sauteed in our special red sauce with mushrooms and onions. Served with tortillas		 $16.75
Camarones Diablos
Butter fried shrimp sauteed in our spiciest red sauce. Served with Tortillas		 $16.75
Shrimp Quesadilla
A flour tortilla filled with melted jack cheese and garlic butter shrimp, topped with sour cream, sliced avocado, tomatoes, purple cabbage, Cheese and green sauce		 $16.75
Crab Enchilada
A flour tortilla filled with Canadian snow crab sautéed in a garlic butter sauce, topped with melted cheese, green sauce, sour cream, and more crab		 $19.75
Specialty Cocktails
El Jardin Paloma
Sauza Hornitos Reposado tequila, fresh grapefruit and orange, lime juice		 $10.00
Classic Vodka Martini
Ketel One vodka and dry vermouth with lemon twist and an olive		 $9.00
Bulleit Manhattan
Bulleit bourbon, sweet vermouth, bitters, maraschino cherry		 $8.00
Bloody Mary
Ketel One vodka, House Bloody Mary mix, celery stalk		 $8.00
Mary’s Mango Mojito
Myers’s Platinum rum, simple syrup, mango mix and mint		 $8.00
El Jardin Mai Tai
Myers’s Platinum rum, Myers’s Dark rum, Triple Sec, pineapple juice, orange juice and a float of grenadine		 $8.00
El Jardin Sangria
A blend of sweet red wine and fresh fruit		 $6.00
Jorge’s Agua Fresca
Belvedere Vodka, fresh lime, strawberries and soda		 $11.00
French 75
Tanqueray No. Ten, Chandon Brut, fresh lemon juice, simple syrup		 $12.00
Tequila Sunrise
Don Julio Reposado, orange juice, grenadine, fresh lime		 $11.00
Raspberry Collins
Beefeater Gin, muddled raspberries, fresh lemon juice		 $9.00
Razzletini
Ciroc Vodka, cranberry, muddled raspberry and lime		 $10.00
Pina Loca
Grand Marnier GM Titanium Cognac, pineapple juice, bitters		 $9.00
Gluten Free Margarita
Sauza Hornitos Plata, fresh lime, Stirrings Pomegranate Liqueur		 $8.00
1800 Silver $6.00
Cazadores Silver $7.00
Cazadores Reposado $8.00
Cazadores Anejo $9.00
Chinaco Silver $9.00
Chinaco Reposado $10.00
Chinaco Anejo $12.00
Claro Anejo $12.00
Corazon $7.00
Corralejo Blanco $8.00
Corralejo Reposado $9.00
Corralejo Anejo $10.00
Don Julio Blanco $8.00
Don Julio Reposado $10.00
Don Julio Anejo $11.00
Don Julio 70th Anniversary $12.00
Don Julio 1942 $18.00
Don Julio Real Extra Anejo $49.00
Espolon Silver $7.00
Espolon Reposado $8.00
Frida Kahlo Blanco $10.00
Herradura Silver $8.00
Herradura Reposado $9.00
Herradura Anejo $10.00
Jose Cuervo Tradicional Silver $7.00
Jose Cuervo Platino $10.00
Jose Cuervo Reserva De Familia $13.00
Milagro Silver $7.00
Milagro Reposado $8.00
Milagro Anejo $9.00
Patron Silver $9.00
Patron Reposado $10.00
Patron Anejo $11.00
Sauza Hornitos Reposado $7.00
Sauza Hornitos Plata $7.00
Tres Generaciones Plata $10.00
Tres Generaciones Reposado $11.00
Tres Generaciones Anejo $12.00
Deep-Fried Ice Cream
A large scoop of vanilla ice cream, coated and lightly fried to a crispy golden brown, topped with chocolate syrup, caramel and whipped cream and served with our delicious homemade cinnamon crisps		 $7.00
Churro Domingo
A wonderful homemade churro and two scoops of vanilla ice cream, topped with chocolate syrup, caramel and whipped cream		 $7.00
Mexican Flan
A delicious homemade custard in a caramel sauce, topped with whipped cream and more caramel		 $5.00
Ice Cream A LA Carte
One scoop of vanilla ice cream topped with chocolate syrup, caramel and whipped cream		 $4.00
Churro A LA Carte
A star-shaped dough stick, deep fried in cinnamon and sugar, topped with chocolate syrup, caramel, and whipped cream		 $3.00
Mexican Coffee $8.00
Chocolate Martini $8.00
Spanish Coffee $8.00
Bailey’s & Cream $6.00
Catering & Private Parties
Enchiladas
Chicken, Steak, Pork or Cheese		 $36.95
Tacos
Chicken, Steak or Pork		 $36.95
Burritos
Chicken, Steak, Pork or Beans & cheese		 $36.95
Chile Verde, Chile Colorado, Carne Asada Or Shredded Chicken $89.95
Beans $15.00
Rice $15.00
Bean Dip
An El Jardin favorite!. Our delicious refried beans topped with green sauce, sour cream, jack and cotija cheese		 $65.00
Garden Salad
A blend of romaine and red leaf lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, mushrooms, and strips along with your choice of dressing		 $38.00
Guacamole Sour Cream $8.00
Salsa Or Cabbage $6.00
Pico De Gallo $9.00
Salsa Bar
Half Bag of flour chips, half bag of corn chips, one pint of salsa, one pint of cabbage		 $25.00
Sunday Brunch
Huevos Rancheros
Crispy corn tostada with two eggs, black beans, and topped with red mild salsa, cheese, sliced avocado. Served with tortillas, rice & beans or red potatoes. Black beans or brown rice available upon request		 $11.00
House Made Chorizo Scramble
Scrambled eggs with chorizo, tomatoes and onions. Served with tortillas, rice & beans or red potatoes. Black beans or brown rice available upon request		 $11.00
Machaca
Scrambled eggs with chopped carne asada, tomatoes and onions. Served with tortillas, rice & beans or red potatoes. Black beans or brown rice available upon request		 $11.00
Fresh Spinach Scramble
Scrambled eggs with spinach, tomatoes, onions, and cheese. Served with tortillas, rice & beans or red potatoes. Black beans or brown rice available upon request		 $9.00
Breakfast Burrito
Eggs with spinach, machaca or chorizo and potatoes		 $8.00
Breakfast Nachos
Homemade corn tortilla chips in a layer of beans and cheese, topped with two over easy eggs, sour cream, guacamole, red sauce, purple cabbage, jalapenos and pico de gallo		 $10.00
Enchiladas Mexicali Style
Two cheese enchiladas topped with an egg over easy, red sauce and more cheese. Served with rice beans		 $11.00
Chilaquiles
Homemade corn crispy tortillas pieces, cooked in red salsa, and sprinkled with cheese and chicken		 $11.00
Taquitos De Papa
Two corn taquitos, filled with mashed potatoes and cheese, topped with red sauce, sour cream, avocado, purple cabbage and cheese. Served with rice beans		 $11.00
Mary’s Special French Toast
2 slices With fresh strawberries or raspberries
Organic Baked Oatmeal
Mary’s recipe baked and served with side of hot milk
Side Of Egg $2.00
Pork Sausage $4.00
Sour Dough Toast $3.00
Jalapenos $1.00
Sour Cream $1.00
Sliced Avocado Or Guacamole $3.00
Pico De Gallo $1.00
Mimosas $4.00
Bottomless Mimosas
when buying an entree		 $10.00
Bloody Mary $5.00
Breakfast Shot $6.00
Happy Hour
Bean Dip $3.00
Nachos With Chicken, Steak, Or Pork $6.00
Nachos With Cheese $5.00
Quesadilla With Chicken, Steak, Or Pork $6.00
Quesadilla With Cheese $5.00
Taquitos With Chicken, Steak, Or Pork $5.00
Sampler Appetizer
with a Chicken or Steak Taquito		 $6.00
Shrimp Cocktail $6.00
Three Carnitas Sliders $8.00
Wheat Quesadilla With Spinach & Cotija Queso $5.00
Three Chicos Tacos $8.00
Three Mini Tostaditas $5.00
Pina Loca $6.00
Three Chico Tacos $5.00
Mai Tai $6.00
Wheat Tortilla Quesadilla
with Baby Spinach & Cotija Queso		 $5.00
Pinot Grigio $6.00
Three Carnitas Sliders $5.00
Hornitos Margaritas $6.00
Three Shrimp Mini Tostaditas $5.00
Raspberry Mojito $6.00
Pork Or Chicken Pozole $5.00
Tequila Sunrise $6.00
Egg Rancheros Tostada $5.00
Bloody Mary $6.00
Screwdriver $6.00

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Reviews

Arizona Keithley
Best Mexican food I have had in a long time! I got the Torta, and it was mouth-watering good. I could eat that all day and still love it. The Strawberry Margarita was amazing as well! My husband got the Carne Asada and loved it! And we both devoured the bean dip.

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Victoria Van Voorst
My best friend and I went for brunch. Service was great and they checked in with us more than once to make sure we had everything we needed. We both ordered Chilaquiles (I got the red sauce, she got green) and we were both very satisfied with the taste and portion size. We both ordered to go meals for family, and those were delicious as well. Would definitely eat here again

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Doug Matheson
This is a great place. Fajitas and crab enchilada are my favorite dishes. Great house margarita. Plus I can bring my poodle dog and sit on the outside patio.

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Rita DeRango
Loved the food, atmosphere, and Emily my waitress. The fresh made chips and bean dip were awesome!! So was my chicken burrito.

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Vnes
The Caldo De Pollo is so delicious! If you’re feeling under the weather, it hits the spot. Also, the bean dip is yummmm!

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Steve Chan
Typical Americanized Mexican Restaurant.

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angelicaescoo
I really liked the atmosphere, very pretty inside. I loved the mimosas! Our waiter was really friendly! I just wish the salas was more spicy.. it was just like.. “whitewashed” lol but everything was filling!

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Linda Riffle
Stopped at this cute place for lunch while out running errands. Greeter, server, waiter were all welcoming and had genuine smiles, made me feel very good. Service all around was excellent. Food was very good. I had a taquito and house salad. I’m not into spicy food so this was perfect for me, but if you like spicy I’m sure you could ask for it. Outside patio was nice. Definitely recommend!

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West Hovland
On an out of town rescue mission to get a loved one out of the hospital, picked this on a whim for some sustenance. Excellent relleno combo plate, great service and a pleasant, but street noisy outdoor seating area.

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Rocky Rainbow
Whenever my family and I visit Santa Cruz, we always have to go to El Jardin to eat! The food is good, and the staff is friendly. They have a nice bare area and outdoor patio as well.

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