San Jose Mexican Restaurant Menu
5811 Poyner Village Pkwy, Raleigh, NC
5811 Poyner Village Pkwy, Raleigh, NC
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Dips / Appetizers
Cheese Dip
$6.99
Warm, smooth house cheese dip served with tortilla chips.
Guacamole Dip
$6.99
Fresh house-made guacamole served with tortilla chips.
Corn Ribs
$7.99
Fried seasoned corn ribs, chipotle mayo, queso fresco, cilantro.
San José Dip Sampler
$15.99
Cheese dip, guacamole dip, esquite (contain mayonnaise, queso fresco and Tajín).
Street Corn on the Cob or Esquite
$7.99
Sweet corn kernel, mayonnaise, queso fresco and Tajín.
Chicken Wings
$10.99
An order of 7 wings. Choose your favorite sauce. Served with dressing, celery, and carrots.
Empanadas
$11.99
Assorted empanadas: 1 chicken, 1 beef, 1 cheese, 1 shrimp. Served with mango pico de gallo and chipotle mayo sauce.
Carne Asada Fries
$13.99
French fries topped with steak, cheese dip, sour cream and guacamole.
Bean Dip
$7.99
Creamy refried bean dip served with tortilla chips.
Spinach Dip
$7.99
Warm creamy spinach dip served with tortilla chips.
Esquite Corn Dip
$8.99
Queso Fundido
$10.99
Warm skillet, melted cheese and protein of your choice.
Soups
Chicken Soup
$10.50
Warm chicken broth with shredded chicken, carrots, zucchini, broccoli, and rice.
Chicken Ramen Soup
$13.99
Warm chicken broth with shredded chicken, carrots, zucchini, broccoli, and noodles.
Caldo de Camarón (Shrimp Broth)
$22.99
A comforting traditional broth made with tender shrimp, potatoes, carrots, and celery, simmered to bring out rich, natural flavors.
Caldo 7 Mares Soup (Seven Seas Broth)
$29.99
Shrimp, octopus, mussels, and crab legs in a seafood broth.
Seafood Ramen Soup
$34.99
Shrimp, octopus, mussels, and crab legs in a seafood broth with ramen noodles.
Salads
Taco Salad
$11.99
Crispy flour tortilla bowl filled with ground beef or shredded chicken, cheese, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
Fajita Taco Salad
$13.99
Crispy flour tortilla bowl filled with your choice of grilled chicken or steak, cheese, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
Shrimp Salad
$15.99
Grilled shrimp served over a bed of spring greens with corn, Chihuahua cheese, tomatoes, onions, and avocado.
Chicken Fajita Salad
$12.99
Grilled chicken over a bed of shredded lettuce, pico de gallo, cucumbers, avocado slices, and cheese.
San José Salad
$15.99
Grilled shrimp, chicken, and mushrooms over shredded lettuce, avocado slices, tomatoes, and cheese.
Nachos
Nachos Supremos
$12.99
Nachos with ground beef or shredded chicken topped with lettuce, pico de gallo, cheese dip, and sour cream.
Fajita Nachos
$13.99
Nachos with grilled steak or chicken sautéed with onions, cheese dip, and bell peppers.
San José Nachos
$15.99
Nachos with grilled chicken, chorizo, and bacon. Topped with refried beans, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, and pickled jalapeños.
Don Diablo Nachos
$14.99
Crispy tortilla chips topped with steak, smoky sausage, melted cheese, beans, avocado, sour cream, and grilled jalapeño.
Combos
Make your own combo. Served with rice or beans. Most combos are made with ground beef, shredded chicken, or cheese.
Tacos
All tacos served with rice and beans. Three tacos per order.
Baja Fish Taco
$15.99
Your choice of flour or corn tortillas, and batter-fried or grilled, filled with red cabbage and creamy chipotle sauce. Topped with avocado.
Shrimp Tacos
$15.99
Your choice of flour or corn tortilla. Sautéed shrimp in a bisque sauce topped with queso fresco, cilantro, tomato, and chile de arbol sauce. Served with side.
Carne Asada Taco
$15.99
Corn tortilla, steak topped with onions, cilantro, and chile arbol sauce. Served with side.
Al Pastor Taco
$15.99
Corn tortilla, marinated pork, onions, and cilantro. Topped with grilled pineapple. Served with side.
Carnitas Tacos
$15.99
Corn tortilla, pork confit topped with onion, cilantro and habanero sauce. Served with side.
Tacos de Pollo
$15.99
Grilled chicken, tomatoes, cilantro, queso fresco, avocado, chile de arbol sauce, and rice. Served with side.
Costra Tacos
$18.99
Three cheese crust tacos with a corn or flour tortilla. Choose your favorite protein. Topped with avocado, chipotle mayo, and pickled onions.
Tacos Gringos
$11.99
Hard corn tortillas filled with ground beef or shredded chicken, lettuce, tomato, and sour cream. Wrapped in soft flour tortillas.
Campechanos Taco
$15.99
Corn tortilla, carne asada, chorizo, cilantro, and onions.
Quesadillas
Quesadillas Rellenas
$13.99
Two quesadillas with shredded beef or chicken, served with a choice of rice or beans.
Spinach and Chicken Quesadilla
$13.99
A flour tortilla stuffed with grilled chicken and sautéed spinach. Served with a creamy poblano salsa on the side.
Quesadillas Rancheras
$14.99
One quesadilla with your choice of meat and grilled onions. Topped with sour cream, pico de gallo, and served with a side of salad.
Fajita Quesadilla
$14.99
Flour tortilla stuffed with cheese, your choice of protein, grilled onions, green peppers, and sour cream.
Burritos
Burritos Fajita
$14.99
Two burritos filled with steak or chicken, bell peppers, and onions, drizzled with cheese sauce. Served with a side of rice and beans.
Burrito San José
$14.99
10’’ flour tortilla filled with grilled chicken, chorizo, rice, and beans. Topped with cheese sauce and pico de gallo.
California Burrito
$14.99
Grilled chicken or steak cooked with onions, tomatoes, and mushrooms, wrapped in a large flour tortilla and topped with cheese sauce and pico de gallo.
Burrito Chipotle
$14.99
One flour tortilla filled with grilled chicken and peppers, with your choice of rice or beans. Drizzled with creamy chipotle sauce and mango pico de gallo.
Carnitas Burrito
$14.99
One flour tortilla filled with pork confit, rice, beans, guacamole dip, and cheese sauce.
Burrito Al Pastor
$16.99
One flour tortilla filled with pastor meat, grilled pineapple, and onions, rice, beans, green tomatillo sauce, and cilantro.
Burritos Deluxe (2)
$14.99
Two burritos: one filled with chicken and beans, and the second filled with beef and beans. Topped with lettuce, pico de gallo, and sour cream. Served with a side of rice or beans.
Burrito Mex
$14.99
One flour tortilla filled with grilled steak or chicken, rice, beans, and onions. Topped with guacamole dip, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
Burrito Bandera
$19.99
A large flour tortilla stuffed with rice, beans, steak, grilled chicken, and al pastor pork, topped with our signature trio of sauces: red sauce, cheese dip, and green sauce.
Mexican Sushi
Esquite Roll
$17.99
Shrimp tempura, cream cheese, breaded roll, corn, spicy mayo, eel sauce, pepper flakes.
Tiradito Roll
$24.99
Imitation crab, cucumber, cream cheese, salsa macha, ribeye slices, cilantro, and avocado.
Sushi Roca
$24.99
Cream cheese, imitation crab, mango, avocado, tempura shrimp, salsa macha, spicy mayo, chili sauce, eel sauce, sesame mix.
Trompito Roll
$19.99
Imitation crab, cucumber, avocado, al pastor pork, spicy mayo, eel sauce.
Birria Roll
$21.99
Birria, avocado, breaded roll, melted cheese, onion, cilantro, pasilla sauce, spicy mayo, salsa macha.
Taki y Allá Roll
$16.99
Shrimp tempura, Takis, cucumber, avocado, cream cheese, eel sauce, sweet chili, spicy mayo.
Los de Birria
Birria Burrito
$14.99
Flour tortilla filled with birria and rice, topped with avocado, chipotle mayo, cilantro, and pickled onion.
Birria Nachos
$14.99
Our nachos are topped with birria, house queso, sour cream, pickled onions, and cilantro.
Pizza Birria
$18.99
Two flour tortillas stuffed with cheese and our famous adobo-marinated shredded beef cooked in birria sauce, topped with cilantro and pickled onions. Served with consomé for dipping.
Birria Ramen
$13.99
Our house-made birria consomé with ramen noodles, served with onions, cilantro, and radish.
Birria Flautas
$13.99
Crispy corn tortillas with birria, topped with sour cream, lettuce, pickled onions, queso fresco, and cilantro. Served with a side of consomé.
Tacos de Birria (Birria Tacos)
$17.99
Three grilled soft corn tortillas filled with cheese and Birria-style beef, topped with onions and cilantro. Served with birria consomé for dipping.
Birria Torta
$14.99
Artisan bread filled with slow-braised birria beef, melted cheese, and black beans, topped with fresh onions and cilantro.
Enchiladas
Spinach and Chicken Enchiladas
$13.99
Three enchiladas filled with grilled chicken and sautéed spinach. Topped with a creamy poblano sauce. Served with a side of rice and beans.
Enchiladas Suizas (Swiss Enchiladas)
$13.99
Three chicken enchiladas topped with a creamy tomatillo sauce and sour cream. Served with your choice of rice or beans.
Enchiladas Supreme
$13.99
Four enchiladas: one chicken, one ground beef, one shredded beef, and one cheese. Garnished with sour cream, lettuce, pico de gallo, and red sauce.
Enchilada Chipotle
$13.99
Three enchiladas: one shredded beef, one ground beef, and one chicken. Topped with a creamy chipotle sauce, sour cream, and pico de gallo. Served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas Rancheras
$13.99
Two cheese enchiladas topped with pork confit, cooked with onions and bell peppers. Served with a side of rice.
Enchiladas Norteñas
$14.50
Three corn tortillas: one filled with chicken topped with spinach sauce, one filled with shredded pork topped with chipotle sauce, and one filled with potato and chorizo topped with enchilada sauce.
Enchiladas Bandera
$13.99
Three corn tortillas: one with chicken, one with beef, and one with cheese. Topped with three different sauces. Served with a side of rice.
Enchiladas Chori Pollo
$15.99
Corn tortillas stuffed with grilled chicken and bold chorizo, topped with chipotle sauce and melted cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Fajitas
All fajitas are served in a sizzling skillet with grilled bell peppers and onions. Served with tortillas, a side of rice, refried beans, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
Chicken Fajita
$17.99
Tender sliced grilled chicken served in a sizzling skillet with bell peppers and onions. Served with tortillas, rice, refried beans, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
Steak Fajita
$17.99
Tender sliced grilled steak served in a sizzling skillet with bell peppers and onions. Served with tortillas, rice, refried beans, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
Shrimp Fajita
$19.99
Tender shrimp grilled with bell peppers and onions. Served with pico de gallo, shredded cheese, sour cream, rice, beans, and tortillas.
Mixed Fajita
$19.99
Grilled tender chicken and steak.
Texas Fajita
$20.99
Grilled steak, chicken, and shrimp.
Fajitas Chihuahua
$19.99
Grilled steak, chicken, and bacon cooked to perfection, topped with melted cheese.
Veggie Fajita
$15.99
Fresh grilled peppers, mushrooms, squash, tomato, and onions.
Fajitas Vallarta
$18.99
Grilled steak, chicken, and chorizo (Mexican sausage).
Fajitas Poblanas
$19.99
Grilled chicken strips, poblano pepper strips, onions, zucchini, mushrooms, and corn.
Fajita Teriyaki
$18.99
Choice of your favorite meat with sautéed broccoli, carrots, and onions. Served with rice and one egg roll, topped with sesame.
ACPs
All served with rice and cheese dip. Add onions and peppers for an additional charge.
Arroz con Pollo (ACP) (Rice with Chicken)
$13.99
Rice, cheese dip, and grilled chicken.
Arroz con Steak (ACS) (Rice with Steak)
$14.99
Rice, cheese dip, and grilled steak.
Arroz con Camarón (ACC) (Rice with Shrimp)
$15.99
Rice, cheese dip, and grilled shrimp.
Arroz con Vegetables (ACV) (Rice with Vegetables)
$14.99
Rice, broccoli, carrots, zucchini, squash, and cheese dip.
Arroz Texano (Texas-Style Rice)
$17.99
Rice, cheese dip, chicken, steak, shrimp, bell peppers, and onions.
Seafood
Camarones a la Diabla 🌶️ (Shrimp a la Diabla)
$17.99
Spicy dish. Jumbo shrimp cooked in our Diablo sauce. Served with rice and black beans.
Pasta Chipotle
$16.99
Pan-seared fettuccine with shrimp, chipotle-roasted corn sauce, cilantro, and queso fresco.
Tacos de Pulpo Al Pastor (Octopus Tacos Al Pastor)
$21.99
Three grilled octopus tacos marinated in al pastor spices, served on lightly grilled corn tortillas. Topped with guacamole, pickled red onion, cilantro, charred salsa, and black beans. Served with rice.
Camarones al Mojo de Ajo (Shrimp in Garlic Sauce)
$17.99
Sautéed shrimp in garlic mojo sauce with onions, tomato, and fresh avocado. Served over rice.
Plaza de Mar (Sea Square)
$20.99
Mahi-mahi, scallops, and shrimp topped with a seafood sauce. Served with rice and pico de mango salsa.
Camarones San José (San Jose Shrimp)
$17.99
Grilled shrimp cooked with green and yellow squash, mushrooms, carrots, and broccoli. Served with rice and mixed salad.
Cóctel de Camarón (Shrimp Cocktail)
$17.99
Shrimp cocktail with chopped onions, tomatoes, cilantro, jalapeño peppers, and avocado in a Mexican cocktail sauce.
Ceviche Tropical
$21.99
Shrimp, onion, cilantro, mango, strawberry, and cucumber.
Aguachile
$22.99
Shrimp marinated in a zesty blend of lime juice, cilantro, and spicy serrano chili peppers. Served with cucumber slices, red onions, and avocado.
Camarones Momia (Mummy Shrimp)
$21.99
Shrimp stuffed with cheese and wrapped in bacon. Served with French fries or rice, fresh salad, and homemade sauce.
Enchiladas Los Cabos
$15.99
Three flour tortillas filled with avocado and queso fresco, with a creamy shrimp and scallop seafood sauce. Served with a citrus green mix salad.
Camarones Huichol
$21.99
Jumbo shrimp sautéed in our Huichol sauce with spices.
Camarones Empanizados (Breaded Shrimp)
$17.99
Crispy breaded shrimp served with white rice and a fresh salad with vegetables and light dressing.
Pescado San José (San José Fish)
$18.99
Mahi-mahi fillet with fresh grilled shrimp, mushrooms, spinach, and roasted peppers in a white wine sauce. Served with a side of rice.
Pescado a la Diabla 🌶️ (Devil's Fish)
$21.99
Spicy dish. Fish fillet cooked in our Diablo sauce. Served with rice and salad.
Pescado al Mojo de Ajo (Fish in Garlic Sauce)
$21.99
Sautéed fish fillet in a garlic mojo sauce. Served with rice and fresh salad.
Mariscos con Arroz (Seafood with Rice)
$17.99
Shrimp, scallops, and mussels served with salsa, cheese sauce, crema salad, and rice.
Campechano (Hearty)
$29.99
Shrimp, octopus, and oysters in a rich seafood broth.
Ceviche San José
$21.99
Shrimp, tilapia, octopus, cueritos, Japanese peanuts, onion, cucumber, salsa negra, and chips.
Mojarra Frita (Fried Mojarra)
$24.99
Whole fried tilapia. Served with rice and salad.
Mojarra Huichol (Huichol Tilapia)
$27.99
Whole fried tilapia marinated in Huichol sauce, topped with head-on shrimp and red onion. Served with rice and salad.
Seafood Parrillada (Seafood Grill)
$49.99
Shrimp, octopus, mojarra, mussels, and scallions. Served with rice and salad.
Salmón Tropical
$17.99
Salmon fillet in a passion habanero glaze garnished with pico de mango. Served with a side of rice and grilled seasonal vegetables.
Chicken
Chori Pollo (Chicken and Chorizo)
$17.99
Grilled chicken breast topped with Mexican chorizo and cheese sauce. Served with rice, refried beans, pico de gallo, shredded cheese, and tortillas.
Pollo San José (San José Chicken)
$16.99
Grilled chicken breast with mushrooms, poblano peppers, onions, and creamy chipotle sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Chicken & Spinach
$16.99
Grilled chicken breast topped with a creamy spinach and bacon sauce. Served with crema salad and rice.
Milanesa Suiza (Swiss Milanese)
$16.99
Crispy breaded chicken breast topped with our creamy Swiss-style sauce and melted cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Pollo Relleno (Stuffed Chicken)
$17.99
Pan-roasted chicken breast stuffed with sautéed vegetables and cheese, topped with roasted tomato chipotle sauce. Served with black beans.
Pollo Sonora (Sonora Chicken)
$16.99
Marinated chicken breast topped with grilled mushrooms, onions, and our classic cheese and ranchero sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Pollo con Rajas (Chicken with Poblano Peppers)
$17.99
Chicken cooked with roasted poblano pepper strips in a flavorful sauce.
Pollo Super Charro (Super Charro Chicken)
$17.99
Grilled chicken breast cooked with bacon, Mexican sausage, and grilled onions. Topped with cheese sauce. Served with rice and charro beans.
Specialties
Chimichanga Dinner
$13.99
Two flour tortillas, fried or soft, filled with shredded beef or chicken and drizzled with cheese sauce and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Chicken Flautas (Rolled Chicken Tacos)
$14.99
Crispy tortillas filled with tender chicken, served on a bed of Swiss sauce and topped with guacamole dip, pickled onions, lettuce, and a drizzle of sour cream.
Sopes Mexas (Mexican Corn Cakes)
$14.99
Three handmade thick corn masa bases topped with refried beans, your choice of meat, fresh lettuce, queso fresco, avocado, and sour cream.
Piña Loca (Crazy Pineapple)
$20.99
Grilled pineapple stuffed with chicken, steak, Mexican chorizo, peppers, and onions in a homemade sauce, topped with melted cheese. Served with rice and flour tortillas.
Tacos Chiqueados (Fancy Tacos)
$15.99
Crispy golden tacos stuffed with seasoned mashed potatoes, grilled and topped with melted cheese, slow-braised Michoacán-style pork carnitas, and finished with a bold tomato sauce blended with pickled chilies.
Carnitas
$15.99
Tender pork cubes marinated in citrus and Mexican spices, slowly roasted until golden. Served with pickled onions, pickled jalapeños, rice, and beans.
Chile Colorado (Red Chile Beef)
$18.99
Tender chunks of steak cooked in a spicy red sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Chile Verde (Green Chile)
$16.99
Pork tips cooked in green sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Steak Chipotle
$19.99
Ribeye steak sautéed in chipotle sauce with onions, tomatoes, and zucchini. Served with rice and beans.