El Alteno Authentic Mexican Food Menu – Watsonville, CA

Type : Mexican restaurant

Location : Watsonville, CA

Based on 86 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.1 stars. Price $$

✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ Delivery

El Alteno Authentic Mexican Food 95076

Address:
323 Main St, Watsonville, CA 95076

Phone: (831) 768-9876

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Hours

Friday 11 AM–8 PM
Saturday 11 AM–8 PM
Sunday 11 AM–7 PM
Monday

(Labor Day)
 Closed
Tuesday 11 AM–8 PM
Wednesday 11 AM–8 PM
Thursday 11 AM–8 PM

Menu

Burritos Creativos
Rock Shrimp Verde Burrito
Sauteed rock shrimp, Peruvian beans, rice, green onions, green cabbage, avocado in a sun-dried tomato flour tortilla.		 $11.99
Mango Tango Shrimp Burrito
Rack shrimp sautéed in a spicy mango-papaya salsa, with green onions, cilantro, mixed baby greens, carrots julienne and a rice-tomatillo vinaigrette, rolled in a sun-dried tomato flour tortilla.		 $11.99
Parrilla Chicken Guajillo Burrito
Grilled chicken, rice, black beans, onions, broccoli flowers, rolled in a spinach flour tortilla, glazed with a orange guajillo salsa.		 $11.99
Tortas
Pork Carnitas Torta
A bread roll filled with lettuce, onions, tomatoes, avocado, jalapeno.		 $8.99
Char-Broiled Steak Torta
A bread roll filled with lettuce, onions, tomatoes, avocado, jalapeno.		 $8.99
Char-Broiled Chicken Torta
A bread roll filled with lettuce, onions, tomatoes, avocado, jalapeno.		 $8.99
Al Pastor Torta
A bread roll filled with lettuce, onions, tomatoes, avocado, jalapeno.		 $8.99
Tacos Suaves
Pork Carnitas Taco
Made with corn tortillas, onion, cilantro, and salsa.		 $3.50
Al Pastor Taco
Made with corn tortillas, onion, cilantro, and salsa.		 $3.50
Pollo Rojo Taco
Made with corn tortillas, onion, cilantro, and salsa.		 $2.75
Char-Broiled Red Snapper Taco
Made with corn tortillas, onion, cilantro, and salsa.		 $4.50
Char-Broiled Steak Taco
Made with corn tortillas, onion, cilantro, and salsa.		 $3.50
Burritos
Sauteed Rock Shrimp Burrito
Flour tortilla, rice, beans, onions, cilantro, and salsa.		 $11.99
Char-Broiled Steak Burrito
Flour tortilla, rice, beans, onions, cilantro, and salsa.		 $10.99
Chile Colorado Burrito
Flour tortilla, rice, beans, onions, cilantro, and salsa.		 $10.99
Chile Verde Burrito
Flour tortilla, rice, beans, onions, cilantro, and salsa.		 $10.99
Pork Carnitas Burrito
Flour tortilla, rice, beans, onions, cilantro, and salsa.		 $9.99
Pollo Rojo Burrito
Flour tortilla, rice, beans, onions, cilantro, and salsa.		 $9.99
Al Pastor Burrito
Flour tortilla, rice, beans, onions, cilantro, and salsa.		 $9.99
Fajitas
Prawns Fajita
Served with Chile pasilla, onions, red bell peppers and mushrooms. Includes side of rice, beans, sour cream, guacamole, salsa fresca and warm tortillas.		 $17.99
Chicken Fajita
Served with Chile pasilla, onions, red bell peppers and mushrooms. Includes side of rice, beans, sour cream, guacamole, salsa fresca and warm tortillas.		 $15.99
Chicken And Steak Fajita
Served with Chile pasilla, onions, red bell peppers and mushrooms. Includes side of rice, beans, sour cream, guacamole, salsa fresca and warm tortillas.		 $17.99
Chicken, Steak And Prawns Fajita
Served with Chile pasilla, onions, red bell peppers and mushrooms. Includes side of rice, beans, sour cream, guacamole, salsa fresca and warm tortillas.		 $19.99
Steak Fajita
Served with Chile pasilla, onions, red bell peppers and mushrooms. Includes side of rice, beans, sour cream, guacamole, salsa fresca and warm tortillas.		 $16.99
House Specialties
Tacos Dorados
Three corn tortillas fried and filled with your choice of garlic-marinated chicken rojo or steak topped with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, salsa fresca and queso fresco. Rice and beans included.		 $14.99
Sopes
Two thin corn tortilla pots filed with your choice of orange chipotle chicken or marinated steak, topped with cabbage, sour cream, guacamole, salsa fresca and queso fresco. Rice and beans included.		 $13.99
Molcajetes
Onions and green bell peppers sautéed in a spicy red salsa, served in a hot molcajete topped with a grilled nopal, oaxacan cheese, and whole Peruvian beans. Tortilla included.		 $19.99
Mole De Puebla
Slices of citrus marinated chicken breast slowly simmered in a sauce of roasted tomatoes, Chile, fresh garlic, dried fruits and nuts, Mexican chocolate and mixed herbs. Tortillas, rice and beans included.		 $15.99
Enchiladas De Mole Verde
Two enchiladas filled with slowly cooked chipotle tomato chicken and covered with pipian mole verde sauce and garnished with sour cream, guacamole and queso fresco. Rice and beans included.		 $14.99
Enchiladas Verdes De Cangrejo
Two enchiladas filled with sautéed crab meat, salsa fresca, garlic, and cilantro, topped with a tomatillo cilantro sauce, queso fresco, sour cream and guacamole. Rice and beans included.		 $17.99
Enchiladas De Mariscos
Two enchiladas filled with crab and rock shrimp sautéed in garlic, onion, and white wine, topped with a tomatillo-cilantro sauce, queso fresco, sour cream, and guacamole. Rice and beans included.		 $17.99
Tortillas Soup
A garden vegetable and chicken soup, topped with strips of corn tortilla and bits of avocado. Tortillas included.		 $11.99
Pipian Mole Verde
Medallions of tender marinated chicken breast in a sauce of roasted tomatillos, fresh and dried chiles, onions, pumpkin seeds, raisins and herbs. Tortillas, rice and beans included.		 $15.99
Enchiladas De Mole Rojo
Two chicken enchiladas topped with red mole de puebla sauce and garnished with sour cream, guacamole and queso fresco. Rice and beans included.		 $14.99
Chile Verde
Slices of tender pork, slowly cocked with roasted tomatillo, garlic, onions, Chile ancho, and mixed spices. Tortillas, rice and beans included.		 $15.99
Bistec Encebollado
Grilled New York steak topped with grilled onions, mushrooms and tomatillo salsa. Tortillas, rice and beans included.		 $21.99
Pozole
A traditional Mexican soup, slowly simmered with hominy and your choice of chicken or pork. Tortillas included.		 $12.99
Chile Colorado
Slices of tender pork, slowly cocked in a roman tomato sauce, garlic guajillo, and New Mexico chiles and spices. Tortillas, rice and beans included.		 $15.99
Enchiladas De Camaron Roca Y Aguacate
Two tortillas filled with rock shrimp sautéed in a white wine and pasilla tomatillo sauce, topped with slices of avocado and queso fresco. Rice and beans included.		 $17.99
Pechuga Estilo Carmelita
Char-broiled chicken breast topped with a guajillo and chipotle Chile cream sauce, sprinkled with roasted sesame seeds. Tortillas, rice and beans included.		 $17.99
Chiles Pasilla Rellenos
Two roasted pasilla peppers topped with a mild white cheese, onions, tomato, and salsa. Tortillas, rice and beans included.		 $16.99
Salads
Ensalada Altenos
Romaine mixed greens, tomato, queso fresco, and jicama tossed in a garlic-roasted tomato vinaigrette dressing and topped with caramelized walnuts.		 $11.99
Ensalada En Canasta
Marinated chicken breast, mixed leaf greens, tomato, avocado slices, cucumber and carrot tossed in a roasted pasilla vinaigrette dressing and served in a colorful taco shell.		 $12.99
Ensalada De Cangrejo Y Camaron
Tender leaf greens, tomatoes, crab, and shrimp tossed in a mil islas dressing and topped with cucumber, jicama spears and avocado.		 $15.99
Parrilladas
Parrilla Mixta
Char-broiled marinated chicken, beef and fillet of snapper, sautéed shrimp, scallops in a garlic cilantro butter wine sauce.		 $65.00
Parrillada Playa Escondido
Scallops, rock shrimp sautéed in tomatillo sauce, flame broiled red snapper filet and octopus.		 $65.00
Mariscos
Camarones De Tres Chiles
Mexican gulf prawns sautéed in lime, tequila, and quickly cooked in a sauce of roasted Chile guajillo, Chile de arbol and red jalapenos. Served with tortillas, rice and beans.		 $15.99
Camarones Al Mojo De Ajo
Mexican gulf prawns sautéed in a garlic lemon and butter wine sauce. Served with tortillas, rice and beans.		 $15.99
Huachinango Empanizado
A fresh red snapper filet breaded in a macadamia nut garlic Chile crust, deep fried and laid over a roasted pasilla green onion, mango-papaya and tomatillo sauce. Served with rice and beans.		 $18.99
Huachinango A La Parilla
A fresh fish grilled, with rice and veggies		 $17.99
Camarones Nuevo Vallarta
Mexican gulf prawns sautéed in lime and tequila sauce, wrapped in bacon and fried. Served with guacamole, rice refried beans and fries.		 $15.99
Camarones Empanizados
Large gulf prawns breaded in a garlic- Chile crust and lightly fried, served with rice, refried beans, guacamole and a jalapeño agave glaze.		 $15.99
Pescado Dorado
A whole fried trout sautéed in garlic, cumin, white peppers, and spices. Served with guacamole, rice refried beans and fries.		 $18.99
Caldo De Camaron
Succulent Mexican gulf prawns simmered in a tomato seafood broth, accompanied by an assortment of vegetables. Served with tortillas.		 $15.99
Camarones Con Vegetables
Mexican gulf prawns sautéed with zucchini, mushrooms, nopales, broccoli, garlic, and onion, in a chipotle coconut tomatillo cream sauce. Served with tortillas, rice and beans.		 $16.99
Cocteles De Mariscos
Shrimp
Served in a glass goblet with a savory tropical seafood tomato broth, topped with salsa fresca, cucumber, and avocado.		 $15.99
Shrimp & Octopus
Served in a glass goblet with a savory tropical seafood tomato broth, topped with salsa fresca, cucumber, and avocado.		 $16.99
Vegetarian Dishes
Veggie Burrito
Rice, beans, sautéed broccoli, mushrooms, zucchini, onions, and green bell peppers.		 $11.99
Cheese Enchiladas – Vegetarian
Served with side of rice, beans, sour cream, and guacamole.		 $13.99
Veggie Fajitas
Mushroom, zucchini, broccoli, onions, red, and green bell peppers. Served with a side of rice, beans, sour cream, guacamole and warm tortillas.		 $16.99
2 Sopes De Guacamole
Beans, guacamole, cabbage, sour cream, and salsa fresca.		 $12.99
A La Carta
Side Of Refried Beans $3.50
Salsa Fresca $3.00
Side Of Rice & Beans $5.99
Cheese Quesadilla $6.50
Chicken Quesadilla $6.50
Flour Tortilla $3.00
Chile Relleno $6.99
Chiles Toriados $1.00
Side Of Rice $3.50
Corn Tortilla $2.50
Side Of Whole Beans $3.50
Cheese Enchilada $4.99
Sour Cream $1.00
Chicken Enchilada $4.99
Appetizers
Trio De Tostadas
Three corn tostadas topped with shrimp, octopus and white fish ceviche.		 $16.95
Tostada De Camaron
Lime marinated shrimp, onion, cilantro, and salsa fresca served on a corn tostada.		 $6.50
Guacamole
Fresh avocado, onions, tomatoes, cilantro, and lime. Served with tortilla chips.		 $9.99
Aguachiles
Prawns cured in a mixture of lime, chiles and onions. Served with avocado and crackers.		 $18.99
Camaronillas
Two freshly made corn tortilla quesadillas stuffed with garlic and lime sautéed rock shrimp, mixed mild cheeses and topped with salsa and queso fresco.		 $12.95
Tostada De Ceviche
Fish, tomato and onions cured in lime and served on a corn tostada.		 $6.50
Nachos Altenitos
Our homemade fresh chips topped with beans, cheese, salsa fresca, guacamole and sour cream.		 $12.99
Queso Fundido
Monterey jack cheese, cilantro pesto, sautéed mushrooms, onions, red bell pepper, Chile ancho and black beans melted over large spinach tortilla chips.		 $15.95
Cazuelitas De Queso
Two small corn tortilla pots filled with mushrooms, zucchini, roasted pasilla pepper slices and sautéed rock shrimp.		 $12.95
Flautas De Pollo
Three crispy cooked corn tortillas filled with chicken, cilantro, green onion, and lime. Served with sour cream and guacamole.		 $10.99
Beverages
Red Bull $3.00
Aguas Frescas
Your choice of freshly made flavored water		 $3.50
Jarritos
Imported Soda		 $3.50
Coffee $3.00
Hot Tea $3.00
Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice $5.99
Iced Tea
Unsweet Black Tea		 $3.00
Juice
Freshly made juice		 $3.00
Milk
Whole milk 16 oz.		 $3.00
Soft Drink
Your choice of drink (12oz)		 $3.50

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Reviews

sylvia martinez
Great place for family and friends gathering , has a beautiful patio and the food is delicious…Oyster shots you gotta try these!

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sharon tosto
Great service and food. Awesome outdoor patio.

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javier enriquez
It’s a good place to go eat, almost de food is like homemade. And the prices are bery affordable..

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Jake Lore
Nice spot for lunch, super salsa if you like it hot! I had 3 chicken taco meal!

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Hrishi
No flavor. Boiled food with no spices or seasoning.

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Jason Ogasian
The food was terrific and the outdoor seating area has so much much atmosphere. My only complain was that the $6 house margaritas were very weak. Luckily, a second one did the job

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Kay Wood
Coworker and I went for lunch. Mole & Posole. Service was fast and attentive. Food was excellent and prices good. We will be back. Thanks!

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Leighton
Excellent Mexican food. Really nice authentic looking and spacious interior. Friendly service and reasonable prices. It’s in the heart of downtown so it’s street parking or there is a free public parking deck nearby. I have not eaten anything here that i didn’t enjoy. There is also a bar here with more alcohol choices than a typical taqueria.

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Chris Briano
Located in Downtown Watsonville, this restaurant is good, BUT COULD Be Sooooo much more. It has a beautiful patio that can be used for banquets and the inside has that old fashioned, old west feel. Unfortunately for some reason people don’t frequent this place as often as they could/should.

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Ian Applegate
Great food. Fair price. Honest business, they even offered a sample before we had ordered

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