Estrellita Mexican Bistro and Cantina at 971 N San Antonio Rd Los Altos, CA 94022
Estrellita Mexican Bistro and Cantina Menu in Los Altos
Appetizers
Guacamole
$9.5
Fresh avocado, onion, tomato, lime juice topped with pico de gallo, and queso fresco. Served in a crispy flour tortilla shell with freshly made chips. Vegetarian.
Queso Fundido
$9
Cheese baked with spicy chorizo and poblano chile strips (rajas) as a dip. Served with our homemade chips. Gluten-free.
Quesadilla Ranchera
$9
Large grilled flour tortilla filled with Monterey Jack cheese, topped with crema, guacamole, and pico de gallo. Vegetarian.
Taquitos
$9.5
5 crispy rolled corn tortillas on a bed of lettuce with your choice of shredded beef or chicken. Served with crema, guacamole, and pico de gallo. Gluten-free.
Street-Style Tacos
$10.5
3 small corn tortilla tacos with your choice of steak asada, pork carnitas, pork pastor, pork pibil, or chicken Oaxaca. Topped with onion, salsa verde, cilantro, and lime wedge. Gluten-free.
Super Nachos
$11
Tortilla chips made fresh in house with refried beans, melted cheese, guacamole, crema, pico de gallo, and our escabeche (pickled jalapenos) with your option of meat. Gluten-free.
Jalapenitos
$9
6 bite-sized jalapeno poppers filled with cream cheese, lightly breaded, and crispy. Served with guacamole, pico de gallo, and queso fresco. Vegetarian.
Soups and Salads
Taco Salad
$11
Your choice of shredded chicken, beef, or sauteed vegetables. Rice, refried beans, mixed greens, crema, guacamole, pico de gallo, and Jack cheese in a crispy flour tortilla shell. Vegetarian.
Summer Salad
$6
Spring mix, lettuce, tomatoes, mango, black beans, Mexican cheese, and vinaigrette dressing.
Small House Salad
$4
Spring mix, red cabbage, lettuce, cucumber, carrots, jicama, and our homemade vinaigrette dressing.
Sopa de Tortilla
$8
Tortilla soup with chicken and lime with your choice in a cup or bowl.
House Specialties
Mole Poblano
$19
Bonelesss and skinless chicken with our own special mole poblano made from scratch. We use over 30 ingredients including Mexican chocolate dry and roasted chiles to produce a wonderfully complex sauce. Rice and refried beans.
Cochinita Pibil
$18
A succulent Mayan dish from Yucatan. Pork slowly braised in banana leaves, fresh fruit juices, herbs, and achiote. A special indigenous spice blend made from the red seed of the annatto tree. Served with rice and black beans. Gluten-free.
Pipian
$18
Pork in green mole has a wonderful tangy and nutty flavor with balanced spiciness. A traditional dish from Central Mexico made with pumpkin seeds, fresh chiles, tomatillo, and cilantro. Served with rice and refried beans. Gluten-free.
Chicken Oaxaca
$17
Boneless and skinless chicken marinated in spicy Oaxacan seasonings then grilled (a touch blackened). Served with black beans, a mini-quesadilla with crema, guacamole, and pico de gallo.
Carne Asada
$20
A juicy Angus steak that is seared Mexican style topped with grilled onions, pico de gallo, and jalapenos. Served with a cheese enchilada and refried beans. Gluten-free.
Enchiladas Suizas
$18
2 corn tortilla enchiladas with shredded chicken. Topped with our spicy green tomatillo sauce, cheese, crema, and guacamole. Rice and beans. Gluten-free.
Enchilada Azteca
$16
Shredded chicken and Monterey Jack cheese between corn tortillas in a delicious green tomatillo sauce sprinkled with cheese and baked. Served with rice and refried beans. Gluten-free.
La Gringa
$18
Spicy marinated Oaxaca chicken with melted Monterey Jack cheese between 2 flour tortillas. Topped with crema, guac, and pico de gallo. Rice and beans.
Estrellita Fajitas
$19
Grilled Angus steak or chicken with bell peppers, onion, and tomato. Served with rice, black beans, crema, guacamole, and pico de gallo. Flour tortillas on side or make it a fajita burrito.
Gourmet Burrito
$13
Our original, award-winning burrito recipe. A flour tortilla with your choice of slow-roasted shredded beef, beef and beans, chicken, chicken and beans, or refried beans with cheese. Topped with mild red ancho chile sauce or green sauce.
California Burrito
$14.5
Slow-roasted shredded beef or chicken with black beans and rice. Topped with red ancho chile sauce, cheese, crema, guacamole, pico de gallo, and our escabeche (pickled jalapenos).
Specialties
Mole Poblano
$19
Boneless and skinless chicken with our own special mole poblano made from scratch. We use over 30 ingredients including Mexican chocolate dry and roasted chiles to produce a wonderfully complex sauce. Rice and refried beans. Gluten-free.
Cochinita Pibil
$18
A succulent Mayan dish from Yucatan. Pork slowly braised in banana leaves, fresh fruit juices, herbs, and achiote. A special indigenous spice blend made from the red seed of the annatto tree. Served with rice and black beans. Gluten-free.
Pipian
$18
Pork in green mole has a wonderful tangy and nutty flavor with balanced spiciness. A traditional dish from Central Mexico made with pumpkin seeds, fresh chiles, tomatillo, and cilantro. Served with rice and refried beans. Gluten-free.
Chicken Oaxaca
$17
Boneless and skinless chicken marinated in spicy Oaxacan seasonings then grilled (a touch blackened). Served with black beans, a mini-quesadilla with crema, guacamole, and pico de gallo.
Chile en Nogada
$15
Roasted chile poblano filled with diced vegetables, fruits and nuts, topped with a sweet pomegranate and sherry wine crema, sprinkled with fresh pomegranate seeds, and crushed pecans. Served with rice and black beans. Vegetarian. Gluten-free.
Carne Asada
$19
A juicy Angus steak that is seared Mexican style topped with grilled onions, pico de gallo, and jalapenos. Served with a cheese enchilada and refried beans. Gluten-free.
Enchiladas Suizas
$17
2 corn tortilla enchiladas with shredded chicken. Topped with our spicy green tomatillo sauce, cheese, crema, and guacamole. Rice and beans. Gluten-free.
Enchiladas de Mole
$19
2 corn tortillas with shredded chicken topped with our delicious mole sauce and cheese. Served with rice and refried beans. Gluten-free.
Enchilada Azteca
$16
Shredded chicken and Monterey Jack cheese between corn tortillas in a delicious green tomatillo sauce sprinkled with cheese and baked. Served with rice and refried beans. Gluten-free.
La Gringa
$17
Spicy marinated Oaxaca chicken with melted Monterey Jack cheese between 2 flour tortillas. Topped with crema, guacamole, and pico de gallo. Rice and beans.
Estrellita Fajitas
$20
Grilled Angus steak or chicken with bell peppers, onion, and tomato. Served with rice, black beans, crema, guacamole, and pico de gallo. Flour tortillas on side or make it a fajita burrito.
Gourmet Burrito
$12
Our original, award-winning burrito recipe. A flour tortilla with your choice of slow-roasted shredded beef, beef and beans, chicken, chicken and beans, or refried beans with cheese. Topped with mild red ancho chile sauce or green sauce.
California Burrito
$13.5
Slow-roasted shredded beef or chicken with black beans and rice. Topped with red ancho chile sauce, cheese, crema, guacamole, pico de gallo, and our escabeche (pickled jalapenos).
Combination Plates
2 Item Combination Plate
$16
Your choice of any 2 items served with rice and beans.
1 Item Combination Plate
$13
Your choice of enchilada, chile relleno, street style taco or tamal. Served with rice and refried beans.
2 Item Vegetarian Combination
$15
Your choice of enchilada, quesadilla, or tamal. Enchilada: In a tangy tomatillo sauce, with cheese, sauteed vegetables, and guacamole. Quesadilla: flour tortilla with cheese, sauteed vegetables, crema, guacamole, and pico de gallo. Tamal corn: masa tamal with beans, cheese and salsa verde. Served with rice and black beans.
1 Item Vegetarian Combination
$12
Your choice of enchilada, quesadilla, or tamal. Enchilada: In a tangy tomatillo sauce, with cheese, sauteed vegetables, and guacamole. Quesadilla: flour tortilla with cheese, sauteed vegetables, crema, guacamole, and pico de gallo. Tamal corn: masa tamal with beans, cheese and salsa verde. Served with rice and black beans.
Seafood
Pescado a la Veracruzana
$23
Fish of the day filet covered in a tangy tomato based Veracruz style broth with fresh herbs, capers, and spanish olives. Served with rice and our fresh house salad. Gluten-free.
Fish Tacos
$18
2 flour tortilla tacos with fish sauteed in a garlic and butter sauce with a mix of cabbage, carrot, cucumber citrus slaw, guacamole, pico de gallo, and crema. Served with rice and house salad.
Shrimp Tacos
$18
2 flour tortilla tacos with shrimp sauteed in a garlic and butter sauce with a mix of cabbage, carrot, cucumber citrus slaw, guacamole, pico de gallo, and crema. Served with rice and house salad.
Camarones Chipotle
$22
Shrimp sauteed in a smoky and spicy chipotle sauce. Served with rice and our fresh house salad. Gluten-free.
Camarones a la Veracruzana
$22
Shrimp in a mild tangy tomato based Veracruz sauce. Served with rice and our fresh house salad. Gluten-free.
Camarones al Mojo de Ajo
$22
Shrimp sauteed in a delicious garlic and butter sauce. Served with rice and our fresh house salad. Gluten-free.
Camarones a la Diabla
$22
Shrimp sauteed in a very spicy red chile sauce. Served with rice and our fresh house salad. Gluten-free.
Seafood Lunch
Tacos al Mojo de Ajo
$18
2 flour tortilla tacos with your choice of fish or shrimp sauteed in a garlic and butter sauce with a mix of cabbage, carrot, cucumber citrus slaw, guacamole, pico de gallo, and crema. Served with rice and house salad.
Pescado a la Veracruzana
$20
Fish of the day filet covered in a tangy tomato based Veracruz style broth with fresh herbs, capers, and spanish olives. Served with rice and our fresh house salad.
Camarones a la Veracruzana
$20
Shrimp in a mild tangy tomato based Veracruz sauce. Served with rice and our fresh house salad.
Camarones al Mojo de Ajo
$20
Shrimp sauteed in a delicious garlic and butter sauce. Served with rice and our fresh house salad.
Camarones Chipotle
$20
Shrimp sauteed in a smoky and spicy chipotle sauce. Served with rice and our fresh house salad.
Camarones a la Diabla
$20
Shrimp sauteed in a very spicy red chile sauce. Served with rice and our fresh house salad.
Kids Menu
A la Carte
Chile Relleno
$7
Vegetarian.
Chile en Nogada
$9
Vegetarian. Gluten-free.
Tamal
$5.5
Served with beans, cheese, and your choice of chicken or beef. Vegetarian. Gluten-free.
Tostada
$6
Served with beans and your choice of chicken or beef. Vegetarian. Gluten-free.
Enchilada
$4.5
Your choice of chicken, beef or cheese.
Crispy Taco
$5
Your choice of chicken or beef. Gluten free.
Sides
Beans
$2.75
Black Beans
$3.75
Beans with Cheese
$3.25
Melted Monterey Jack cheese on top of the beans.
Rice
$2.75
Side of Guacamole
$4
Pico de Gallo Salsa
$2.5
Mexican Crema
$2
3 Piece Tortillas
$1.5
Choice of corn or flour tortillas.
Special Mole Sauce
$4.5
4 oz as a dip
Dessert
Coconut Flan
$6
Churros
$5
Alcoholic Drinks (Must be 21 to Purchase)
Alcohol may be purchased with food.
Chinaco Margarita
$16
Chinaco Margarita. Must be 21 to purchase.
Premium Margarita
$13
Must be 21 to purchase.
Patron Margarita
$13
Must be 21 to purchase.
Jalapeno Margarita
$12
Must be 21 to purchase.
Strawberry Frozen Margarita
$11
Must be 21 to purchase.
Mango Strawberry Frozen Margarita
$11
Must be 21 to purchase.
House Margarita
$9
Must be 21 to purchase.
Mezcalrita
$11
Must be 21 to purchase.
Sangria
$8
Our very refreshing house sangria made with hand-squeezed juices and topped with a Brandy floater. Must be 21 to purchase.
Mojito
$10
Bacardi rum with fresh muddled mint, lime and cane sugar, served on the rocks. Must be 21 to purchase.
Pomogranate Mojito
$10
Mojito kissed with fresh pomegranate juice. Must be 21 to purchase.
Blue Coco Mojito
$10
Malibu Coconut Rum and Blue Curacao give this mojito a tropical Caribbean island touch. Must be 21 to purchase.
Pin Colada
$12
A blend of light and dark rum, pineapple juice and creamy coconut mix. Must be 21 to purchase.