Avila’s El Ranchito Menu
Introducing the menu at Avila’s El Ranchito, a cherished gem in Lake Forest, CA, that delights with authentic Mexican cuisine. With a rich variety, the menu features traditional favorites like Tampiquena and Sizzling Fajitas Skillet, bursting with flavor and fresh ingredients. Perfect for family gatherings or casual outings, the restaurant accommodates dietary preferences with vegan options and handmade tortillas that elevate each dish.
- Ambiance: Casual with a lively atmosphere, great for groups and families.
- Accessibility: ADA-compliant facilities ensure everyone feels welcome.
- Popular Choices: Diners rave about the Menudo, Albondigas Soup, and of course, the friendly service from staff like Delia, who turns every meal into a memorable experience.
Whether dining in or grabbing takeout, Avila’s El Ranchito offers a flavorful little escape in the heart of the community.
Beverages
Fountain Drink
Bottled Coca-Cola
Ginger Ale
Fresh Brewed Iced Tea
Juice
Agua de los Dioses
Water of the gods. Soda water, cucumber, lime juice, salt, and Tapatio hot sauce.
Perrier Natural Carbonated Spring Water
Aquafina Purified Water
Milk
Chocolate Milk
Virgin Flavored Margarita
Topped with whipped cream and a cherry.
Hibiscus Iced Tea
Horchata
Huevos con Chorizo
Scrambled eggs with authentic mild spiced Mexican sausage, bell pepper, onions, and tomatoes. Served with rice, beans, and warm, fresh, handmade tortillas.
Huevos Rancheros
2 large fresh eggs grilled over easy and served on a corn tortilla, topped with salsa ranchera and melted cheese. Served with rice, beans, and warm, fresh, handmade tortillas.
Chilaquiles
Corn tortillas sauteed with tomatillo sauce. Served with scrambled eggs and cheese, garnished with guacamole. Served with rice, beans, and warm, fresh, handmade tortillas.
Huevos Locos
2 fresh eggs scrambled with zucchini, mushrooms, and carrots. Served with rice, beans, and warm, fresh, handmade tortillas.
Huevos a la Mexicana
2 fresh scrambled eggs with onion, tomatoes, and cilantro. Served with rice, beans, and warm, fresh, handmade tortillas.
Machaca
Shredded beef or chicken mixed with scrambled eggs, bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Served with rice, beans, and warm, fresh, handmade tortillas.
Quesadilla Eggcelente
Scrambled eggs, jack and cheddar cheeses, tomatoes, bacon, and avocado. Served with rice, beans, and warm, fresh, handmade tortillas.
Americano Breakfast
2 scrambled eggs, Mama's potatoes, refried beans, two strips of bacon, and fresh tortillas. Served with rice, beans, and warm, fresh, handmade tortillas.
Breakfast Burrito a la Carte
Include egg, Mama's potatoes, and cheese with your choice of 1 meat. Served with rice, beans, and warm, fresh, handmade tortillas.
Breakfast
Antojitos
Nachos Ranchera
Freshly made corn tortilla chips smothered with salsa ranchera then topped with a blend of melted cheeses.
Nachos Especial
Shredded beef or chicken topped with guacamole and sour cream.
Quesadilla
A flour tortilla filled with Monterey Jack and cheddar cheeses. Served with guacamole and sour cream.
Guacamole Ole
A blend of ripe avocados, tomatoes, and onions brought to life with a touch of garlic and fresh lime.
Ceviche
Fresh diced shrimp or fresh fish marinated in a garlic-lime sauce, mixed with pico de gallo, and laid on a bed of lettuce on top of a crispy corn tortilla with fresh avocado and tomato slices.
Coctel de Camarones
Succulent shrimp, freshly squeezed lime juice, spicy cilantro, and ripe avocado tossed in a tasty Mexican coctel.
Avila's Appetizer
A combination of bite-size taquitos, flautas, tacos, nachos, and a quesadilla, garnished with guacamole and sour cream.
Chingolingas Appetizer
A flaky pastry stuffed with shredded chicken or beef. Served with sour cream and guacamole.
Sal's Quesadill
4 veggie quesadilla pieces made with corn tortilla, served with chile negro and sour cream.
Tostada
Shredded beef, chicken, or carnitas on a crispy corn tortilla with beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, cheese, guacamole, and sour cream.
Guacamole Tostada
Guacamole, refried beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, and cheese on top of a crispy corn tortilla.
Cilantro Lime Chicken Salad
Charbroiled chicken breast on a bed of greens, celery, cucumbers, and sliced tomatoes with cilantro lime dressing on the side.
Grande Taco Salad
A flaky flour tortilla filled with fresh lettuce, beans, and your choice of shredded beef, seasoned ground beef, shredded chicken, or charbroiled chicken, topped with pico de gallo, cheese, guacamole, and sour cream.
Azteca Salad
Charbroiled chicken breast strips tossed with black beans on a bed of crispy salad greens topped with cheese, chopped bell pepper, corn kernels, and tortilla croutons with cilantro lime dressing on the side.
Fresco Style Salad
Fresco beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, and guacamole. No tostada.
Salads
Favoritos
Chingolingas
A flaky pastry filled with shredded chicken or beef, served with rice and beans, garnished with guacamole and sour cream.
Fresco Burrito
Lettuce, pico de gallo, rice, guacamole, and a blend of cheeses, with salsa tomatillo.
Mayan Treasure
Chicken and rice burrito smothered in our tasty green tomatillo salsa, melted cheese, and sour cream.
Chimichangas
A crispy burrito stuffed and beans and topped with sour cream.
Quesadilla Avila
A large flour tortilla filled with a blend of cheeses and Garnished with guacamole and sour cream.
Baja Bowl
Served with pico de gallo, avocado, cheese, and tomatillo salsa.
Azteca Burrito
Smothered with salsa ranchera and melted cheese. Garnished with guacamole and sour cream.
Tampiquena
Carne asada IBP choice flat steak cooked well topped with 2 grilled whole green onions, served with a cheese enchilada . Served with Mexican rice, beans, guacamole, and fresh handmade tortillas.
Sizzling Fajitas Skillet
Served on a colorful medley of garden fresh vegetables. Served with Mexican rice, beans, guacamole, and fresh handmade tortillas.
Sizzling Fajitas Skillet with 2 Items
Served on a colorful medley of garden fresh vegetables. Served with Mexican rice, beans, guacamole, and fresh handmade tortillas.
Sizzling Fajitas Skillet with 3 items
Served on a colorful medley of garden fresh vegetables. Served with Mexican rice, beans, guacamole, and fresh handmade tortillas.
Camarones
Large wild caught Mazatlan shrimp sauteed in your choice of sauce. Served with Mexican rice, beans, guacamole, and fresh handmade tortillas.
Picado
Breast prepared in bite-size chunks with bell peppers, onions, garden fresh tomatoes, and our special seasoning. Served with Mexican rice, beans, guacamole, and fresh handmade tortillas.
Carne Asada
Choice IBP flat steak cooked well authentic Mexican style topped with 2 grilled whole green onions. Served with Mexican rice, beans, guacamole, and fresh handmade tortillas.
Pepe's Special
Tender strips of asada served on a skillet of grilled onions, then accented with Mama Avila's own chile negro salsa. Served with rice, beans, and handmade corn tortillas. Served with Mexican rice, beans, guacamole, and fresh handmade tortillas.
Chile Verde
Chunks of pork marinated and sauteed in a light sauce with bell pepper and onion. Served with Mexican rice, beans, guacamole, and fresh handmade tortillas.
Carnitas
Delicious crispy chunks of lean pork marinated with lime and garlic. Tender and juicy inside, slightly crispy outside. Served with our famous chile negro salsa. Served with Mexican rice, beans, guacamole, and fresh handmade tortillas.
Chicken and Mole
Chicken breast simmered in Mama Avila's Mole sauce. Served with sour cream. Served with Mexican rice, beans, guacamole, and fresh handmade tortillas.
Combinaciones Tradicionales
Create Your Own Combination
1 Item Combo
Served with our Mexican rice and beans.
2 Items Combo
Served with our Mexican rice and beans.
3 Items Combo
Served with our Mexican rice and beans.
Pollo Asado
Charbroiled chicken breast cooked to perfection, topped with a grilled poblano chile ranchera or tomatillo salsa and served with fresh handmade tortillas. Served with a fresh salad with cilantro lime dressing.
Fresco Relleno and Taco
Fresh poblano chile fire roasted and stuffed with grilled vegetables (mushrooms, carrots, zucchini) and cheese, served open with a charbroiled chicken soft taco. Served with a fresh salad with cilantro lime dressing.
Pollo Delite
A delicious charbroiled chicken soft taco and a chicken enchilada covered with traditional mild red sauce and cheese. Served with a fresh salad with cilantro lime dressing.
Enchiladas de Tomatillo
2 shredded chicken enchiladas covered with the wonderful light and tangy tomatillo salsa and covered with our blended cheeses. Served with avocado slices. Served with fresco or black beans and a fresh salad with cilantro lime dressing.
Potato Tacos
2 crispy tacos stuffed with Mama's potatoes, lettuce, cheese, and pico de gallo. Served with a fresh salad with cilantro lime dressing.
Natalie's Special
Grilled veggies (mushrooms, carrots, and zucchini), grilled potatoes, bell pepper, and onion, black beans, and salad with cilantro lime dressing. Served with a fresh salad with cilantro lime dressing.
Quesadilla Vegetarian
Flour tortilla grilled with jack and cheddar cheeses, filled with grilled veggies (mushrooms, carrots, zucchini), served with guacamole, and sour cream. Served with a fresh salad with cilantro lime dressing.
Combinaciones Frescas
A la Carta
Fresco Style Relleno
An open poblano pepper with grilled veggies (mushrooms, carrots, zucchini) with melted cheese. Spicy.
Taco
Topped with lettuce, cheese, and pico de gallo.
3 Taquitos
Corn tortillas filled with shredded chicken or beef served with guacamole.
2 Flautas
Flour tortillas filled with shredded chicken or beef served with guacamole.
Tamale
Shredded chicken or pork covered in our tomatillo green salsa and cheese. Shredded beef covered in our red enchilada salsa and cheese.
Chile Relleno
Traditional style: California chile with Jack cheese in egg batter topped with ranchera salsa.
Bean and Cheese Burrito
Beef and Beans Burrito
Chicken and Rice Burrito
Grilled Veggie and Rice Burrito
Mushrooms, carrots and zucchini.
Asada with Beans Burrito
Grilled Chicken with Beans Burrito
Carnitas with Bean Burrito
Chile Verde with Beans Burrito
California Burrito
Grilled steak, french fries and cheese wrapped in a flour tortilla.
Fajita Fish Burrito
Served with bell pepper, grilled onions, tomato and rice.
Fajita Shrimp Burrito
Served with bell pepper, grilled onions, tomato and rice.
Fajita Steak Burrito
With bell pepper, grilled onions, tomato, rice and beans.
Grilled Chicken Burrito
With bell pepper, grilled onions, tomato, rice and beans.
Steak Picado Burrito
Steak prepared in bite-size chunks with bell peppers, onions, garden fresh tomatoes and our special seasoning with rice and beans.
Chicken Picado Burrito
Chicken breast prepared in bite-size chunks with bell peppers, onions, garden fresh tomatoes and our special seasoning with rice and beans.
Chile Relleno with Rice and Beans Burrito
Fiesta Burrito
Grilled chicken, steak, chile verde or carnitas with fresco beans, pico de gallo and rice.
A la Carta Burrito
A la Carta Enchilada
Veggie with Sour Cream Enchilada
Mushrooms, carrots and zucchini.
Cheese with Sour Cream Enchilada
Shredded Chicken with Sour Cream Enchilada
Shredded Beef with Sour Cream Enchilada
Asada with Sour Cream Enchilada
Carnitas with Sour Cream Enchilada
Ensenada Style Mahi Mahi Fish Tacos
2 soft tacos with mahi mahi battered and flash fried then wrapped in a fresh handmade corn tortilla and topped with pico de gallo, creamy chipotle salsa, cabbage and a slice of lime. Served with Mexican rice and cilantro lime salad.
Quesadilla Cuernavaca
Large flour tortilla filled with charbroiled chicken, cheese and Ortega chiles, topped with a touch of tomatillo salsa.
El Surfer's Wrap
A fresh flour tortilla wrapped and filled with grilled onions, fresh avocado, jalapeno, cheese, sour cream and crispy corn tortilla croutons and your choice of tender charbroiled chicken or asada. Served with a fresh salad with cilantro lime dressing.
Fresh Baja Style Mahi Mahi Tacos
2 soft mahi mahi fish tacos cooked with garlic butter or grilled, topped with cabbage and pico de gallo, served with rice, fresco beans and cilantro lime salad.
Mexican Pizza
Fried flour tortilla lavished with beans, salsa ranchera and melted cheese. Your choice of shredded beef or chicken. Topped with sour cream and guacamole.
Pollo Cuernavaca
Charbroiled chicken served on a skillet with fire roasted strips of Ortega chilies, grilled onion and tasty green tomatillo salsa. Served with rice, beans and handmade corn tortillas.
Jacob's Street Tacos
3 small steak or charbroiled chicken tacos made with corn tortillas, grilled onions, and fresh cilantro, garnished with pico de gallo. Served with black beans and a side of our diablo sauce (medium hot).
Shrimp Enchiladas
2 shrimp enchiladas topped with salsa ranchera and melted cheese. Served with Mexican rice and beans.
Enchiladas Suizas
2 chicken enchiladas made with flour tortilla topped with a tomatillo sour cream sauce and melted cheese. Served with Mexican rice, beans and avocado slices.
El Ranchito Specialties
Extras
Monikita's Chiles
Grilled serrano chiles and onion with spices.
Dinner Salad
Hamburger
Served with tomatoes, lettuce, Thousand Island sauce, and fries.
3 Flour Tortillas
3 Fresh Handmade Corn Tortillas
Rice
Beans
Rice and Beans Combo
Sliced Avocado
Diced Avocado
Guacamole
Sour Cream
Jalapeno Slices
Cheese
Kids 2 Item Meal
Baby Rice
Our famous rice with chicken broth.
Kid's Menu
Lunch Special
Taco Lunch
Includes rice and beans.
Tamale Lunch
Includes rice and beans.
Enchilada Lunch
Includes rice and beans.
Chico Quesadilla Lunch
Includes rice and beans.
Burrito Lunch
Includes rice and beans.
Taquitos Lunch
Includes rice and beans.
Flautas Lunch
Includes rice and beans.
Chile Relleno Lunch
Includes rice and beans.
Natalie Special Lunch
Jacob's Street Tacos Lunch
Chimichangas Lunch
Tacos and Caldo Lunch
Mayan Treasure Lunch
Charbroiled Chicken Botana
Served with sliced avocados, fresh tomatoes, grilled onions, jalapenos, and lime slices. Served with warm tortillas.
Carne Asada Strips Botana
Served with sliced avocados, fresh tomatoes, grilled onions, jalapenos, and lime slices. Served with warm tortillas.
Carnitas Botana
Delicious crispy chunks of lean pork marinated in lemon and garlic, grilled to perfection. Served with sliced avocados, fresh tomatoes, grilled onions, jalapenos, and lime slices. Served with warm tortillas.
Shrimp Botana
Large wild caught Mazatlan shrimp sauteed in a garlic butter sauce. Served with sliced avocados, fresh tomatoes, grilled onions, jalapenos, and lime slices. Served with warm tortillas.
Fiesta Botana
Large wild caught Mazatlan shrimp sauteed in a garlic butter sauce, delicious crispy chunks of lean pork, and grilled chicken. Served with sliced avocados, fresh tomatoes, grilled onions, jalapenos, and lime slices. Served with warm tortillas.
Botana Platters
Desserts
Flan
Rich caramel custard.
Fried Ice Cream
Crispy coated ice cream topped with chocolate syrup and whipped cream.
Churros
Cinnamon-sugar covered pastry sticks with warm strawberry filling. Topped with chocolate syrup and whipped cream.
Bunuelitos de Mexico
Crisp little Mexican pastries lavished with rich honey and cinnamon, then topped with ice cream and peaches.
Tortilla Soup
Mixed vegetable soup with chicken breast and melted cheese. Topped with tortillas strips.
Albondigas Soup
A vegetable meatball soup served with tortillas.
Fresh Menudo Soup
Served with handmade tortillas and all the trimmings.
Fresh Posole Soup
Served with handmade tortillas and all the trimmings.
Tacos and Caldo
Served with two crispy tacos, choice of shreddedbeef or shredded chicken.
Mama's Avila Soup
Fresh chicken broth soup with chicken breast and rice garnished with cilantro, onion, tomato, avocado, lime, and fresh tortillas.
