La Mex Menu
108 items in 19 sections · $2.95 – $26.95 · Mexican Restaurant in Joliet, IL
La Mex’s menu lists 108 dishes and drinks, grouped into Breakfast, Appetizers, Salads, House Specialties, Seafood, and Burritos and more. Prices range from $2.95 to $26.95, and a typical item costs about $16.95. Popular choices include La Mex Breakfast, Nacho Supreme, Taco Salad, Carne Asada, and Fish Tacos.
Breakfast 1
- La Mex Breakfast$18.95
Half portion of our tender & juicy skirt steak served with 3 ranchero eggs.
Appetizers 6
- Nacho Supreme$16.95
Fresh nacho chips covered with beef, cheese sauce, guacamole, sour cream, tomatoes, onions & jalapeño peppers.
- Botana La Mex$24.95
Delicious combination of garlic sauteed shrimp, carne asada chunks, spinach quesadillas along with avocado.
- Guacamole Dip$12.95
Bowl of avocado dip served with tortilla chips.
- Jalapeño Cheese Dip$9.50
- Queso Fundido$12.95
Melted chihuahua cheese mixed with chorizo (mexican sausage), jalapeño pepers, & tortillas.
- Quesadilla$10.95
Grilled flour tortilla stuffed with cheese. Served with guacamole and sour cream. Additional steak, chicken, beef or shredded beef.
Salads 2
- Taco Salad$15.95
Crispy flour tortilla shell filled with beef, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, cheese, salsa and sour cream.
- Chicken Salad$15.95
Crispy flour tortilla shell filled with chicken, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, cheese, salsa and sour cream.
House Specialties 11
- Carne Asada$25.95
Grilled lean tender skirt steak, served with guacamole, sour cream & tortillas.
- Chile Verde Dinner$19.95
Chicken tenderloins sautéed & simered in green sauce, topped with cheese. served with tortillas.
- Pollo Ranchero$19.95
Tender chunks of pork, spiced & cooked in green sauce served with tortillas.
- Pollo Adobado$19.95
Pan cooked marinated boneless chicken breast chunks with sides of guacamole & sour cream.
- Chicken Jalisco$19.95
Chicken tenderloins sautéed & simmered in jalapeño cheese sauce, topped with sprinkle cilantro. Served with flour tortillas.
- Chicken Mole$19.95
Tender chunks of chicken cooked in mole Poblano sauce. Served with tortillas.
- Mar Y Tierra$25.96
Half dozen shrimp served with pollo adobado (marinated chicken), onions, & bell peppers, served with tortillas, guacamole & sour cream on the side.
- Steak Mexicano$22.95
Strips of skirt steak pan cooked in red sauce with green peppers, onions & mushrooms. Served with tortillas.
- Steak Con Rajas Y Queso$22.95
Grilled steak slices, seasoned with spices & cooked with poblano pepper slices, tomatoes, onions & melted cheese.
- Carne A La Tampiqueña$20.50
1/2 portion of our skirt steak alone with two cheese enchiladas poblanas, sour cream and guacamole.
- Steak Diablo$22.95
Tender chunks of carne asada steak, simmered in a spicy red diablo sauce. Served with tortillas.
Seafood 11
- Fish Tacos$16.95
2 tacos filled with tilapia, lettuce, tomato and dressing.
- Camarones Rancheros$24.95
Sautéed jumbo shrimp cooked in ranchero sauce, served with rice & salad.
- Camarones A La Diabla$24.95
Jumbo shrimp cooked in spicy Diablo sauce. Served with rice & salad.
- Camarones Al Mojo De Ajo$24.95
Garlic sautéed shrimp, peeled or not. served with rice and salad.
- Camarones Cancún$24.95
Sautéed shrimps, simmered in jalapeño cheese sauce, topped with sprinkle cilantro. Served with flour tortillas.
- Huachinango A La Veracruzana$24.95
Red snapper filet, pan cooked with onions, tomato, green peppers, topped with ranchero sauce.
- Huachinango A La Parrilla$24.95
Broiled red snapper filet topped with ranchero sauce. Served with tortillas.
- Tequila Lime Shrimp$24.95
Sautéed shrimp with bell peppers and onion and drizzle in our house tequila.
- Steak & Shrimp$24.95
Half portion of our carne asada and saute'ed shrimp with bell peppers and onion and drizzle in our house tequila
- Caldo De Mariscos$26.95
Mixed seafood soup.
- Coctel De Camarón$22.95
Shrimp cocktail.
Burritos 8
- Steak Diablo Burrito$16.95
Filled with beans, lettuce, tomato, cheese & tender cut of carne asada in spicy red diablo sauce.
- Burrito Supreme$16.95
Filled with your choice of steak, chicken or beef along with beans, quacamole, sour cream, lettuce, tomato, onion, & cheese. Fresh hot peppers can be added upon request.
- Texas Burrito$16.95
Filled with steak potatoes cooked with chorizo (Mexican sausage), tomato, beans, and cheese.
- Pollo Adobado Burrito$16.95
Filled with chunks of marinated chicken breast along with beans, lettuce, tomatoe, sour cream & cheese.
- Monterrey Burrito$16.95
Filled with your choice of steak, chicken or beef along with beans, lettuce, tomato, cheese & sour cream.
- Swiss Burrito$16.95
Filled with your choice of steak, chicken or beef along with guacamole, sour cream, beans and tomato. Topped with melted cheese.
- Chile Verde Burrito$16.95
Filled with pork simmered in green sauce with beans, lettuce, tomato & cheese. Topped with chile verde sauce and cheese.
- Shredded Beef Burrito$16.95
Filled with hour house shredded beef, beans, lettuce, tomato, cheese and sour cream.
Chimichangas 8
- Steak Diablo Chimichanga$16.95
Large flour tortilla filled with beans, tomato, cheese & tender cut of carne asada in spicy red diablo sauce, topped with more diablo sauce & cheese.
- Fiesta Chimichanga$16.95
Steak, chicken, tomato, beans & cheese, all inside a large flour tortilla which is deep fried to a golden brown, smothered with enchilada sauce and cheese.
- Beef Chimichanga$16.95
Seasoned ground beef, tomatoes, beans & cheese inside a flour tortilla that is deep fried to a golden brown, topped with green sauce and cheese.
- Chicken Chimichanga$16.95
Chunky chicken, tomato, beans & cheese inside a flour tortilla that is deep fried to a golden brown, topped with cheese and enchilada sauce.
- Pork Chimichanga$16.95
Flour giant tortilla filled with pork, cheese, beans & tomato, deep fried to a golden brown, topped with green sauce and cheese.
- Texas Chimichanga$16.95
Flour tortilla filled with steak, potatoes cooked with chorizo, beans, cheese & deep fried to a golden brown.
- Pollo Adobado Chimichanga$16.95
Large flour tortilla filled with marinated chunks of chicken breast, along with beans, tomato & cheese, deep fried to a golden brown.
- Shredded Beef Chimichanga$16.95
Filled with hour house shredded beef, beans, tomato and cheese.
Enchiladas 7
- Enchilada Supreme
3 soft corn tortillas filled with cheese, chicken or beef topped with green sauce, avocado, sour cream and cheese.
- Enchiladas Rojas
3 soft corn tortillas filled with cheese, chicken or beef topped with your red sauce
- Enchiladas Verdes
3 soft corn tortillas filled with cheese, chicken or beef topped with your green sauce
- Enchiladas Poblanas
3 soft corn tortillas filled with cheese, chicken or beef topped w/mole poblano sauce, diced onions and cheese.
- Swiss Enchiladas
3 soft corn tortillas filled with cheese, chicken or beef topped with green sauce, sour cream, onions and cheese.
- Shrimp Enchiladas
3 soft corn tortillas filled with shrimp, diced avocado and sour cream, topped with green sauce and cheese.
- Spinach Chicken Enchiladas
3 corn tortillas filled with chicken, spinach, mushrooms, onion, tomatoes, topped with green sauce, sour cream and cheese.
American Favorites 8
- Prawns$20.95
Deep fried jumbo shrimp. Served with fries and salad.
- Chicken Sandwich$12.95
Served on a hamburger bun, with lettuce tomato, onion and pickels.
- Mushroom Burger$12.95
With sautéed mushrooms, cheese, lettuce tomato, onion and pickels.
- Southwest Burger$12.95
With sautéed mushrooms, onion, pepper and cheese.
- Monterrey Burger$12.95
Avocado, sautéed onion, mushrooms and cheese.
- Spinach Burger$12.95
Sautéed mushrooms, onion, spinach and cheese.
- Cheeseburger$11.95
Burger with cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion and pickels.
- Hamburger$11.50
Served with lettuce, tomato, onion and pickels.
Fajitas 1
- Choose Your Own Fajita
Vegetarian 3
- Veggie Combo$16.95
Cheese enchilada, chile relleno and bean tostada.
- Spinach Enchiladas$16.95
3 corn tortillas filled with sauteed spinach, mushrooms, tomatoes, onions, topped with green sauce, sour cream and melted cheese.
- Spinach Quesadilla$15.95
Large flour tortilla filled with cheese sauteed spinach, mushroom, onion and tomatoes. Served with guacamole & sour cream.
Lite Combos 3
- Two Tacos Combo$14.95
Steak, chicken, beef or shredded beef.
- Two Chile Rellenos Combo$16.95
- Two Tostadas Combo$14.95
Beef or chicken.
Kids Menu 6
- 1. Kids Chicken Strip$8.95
Served with fries.
- 2. Kids Beef Taco$8.95
Served with rice & beans.
- 3. Kids Cheese Enchilada$8.95
Served with rice & beans.
- 4. Kids Cheese Burger$8.95
Served with fries.
- 5. Kids Cheese Quesadilla$8.95
Served with rice.
- 6. Kids Cheese Sticks$8.95
Served with fries.
Side Orders 11
- Guacamole$5.95
- Rice$3.25
- Cheese Fries$2.95
- Taco$4.50
- Chile Relleno$7.50
- Enchilada$3.95
- Beans$3.25
- Fries$2.95
- Cheese Dip$3.95
- Fish Taco$5.95
- Tostada$4.95
Dinner Plates 4
- Spinach Chicken Quesadilla$16.95
Flour tortilla filled with cheese, chicken, spinach, mushrooms, onion, tomatoe, guacamole and sour cream on the side.
- Quesadilla Supreme Dinner$16.95
Large flour tortilla stuffed with cheese and your choice of chicken, beef or shredded beef, along with onions, mushrooms & green peppers. Served with guacamole & sour cream.
- Taco Plate$16.95
3 tacos with your choice of steak, chicken, beef, or shredded beef, along with lettuce, tomato, cheese and sour cream.
- Tacos Al Pastor Plate$16.95
3 tacos stuffed with tender pieces of marinated pork, along with chopped onion and cilantro.
Dinner Combinations 5
- La Costeña$20.95
1 half portion of our carne asada, 1 cheese swiss enchilada topped with green sauce & 1 hard shell beef taco served w/guacamole & sour cream.
- La Fabulosa$21.95
Half portion of our carne asada, 1 chile relleno and 1 flauta stuffed with shredded beef served with guacamole & sour cream.
- 1. Beef Quesadilla, Beef Tostada, Chicken Enchilada Combo$16.95
Topped with green sauce.
- 2. Chile Relleno, Chicken Enchilada & Beef Taco Combo$17.50
Topped with green sauce.
- 3. Steak Taco, Chicken Enchilada & Shredded Beef Flauta Combo$16.95
Topped with red sauce.
Dinner Specials 3
- Chimi Night Tuesday Dinner Special$14.95
Any chimi.
- Burrito Night Wednesday Dinner Special$14.95
Any burrito.
- Enchiladas Thursday Dinner Special$14.95
Any enchiladas.
Desserts 4
- Fried Ice Cream$8.95
- Cheese Cake$5.50
- Sopapillas$6.95
- Flan$5.50
Drinks 6
- Fountain Soda$3.95
- Lemonade$3.95
1 free refill.
- Ice Tea$3.95
1 free refill.
- Orange Juice$3.95
No refill.
- Milk$3.95
No refill.
- Coffee$3.95
How these prices compare
Based on 162 menus with 14,390 priced items from Mexican restaurants in Illinois, the median menu item costs $10.00, and half of all items are priced between $4.79 and $15.95.
At La Mex the median listed price is $16.95, higher than the typical $10.00 for Mexican restaurants in Illinois.
| Item | Here | Typical |
|---|---|---|
| Quesadilla | $10.95 | $5.62 |
| Taco Salad | $15.95 | $13.00 |
| Carne Asada | $25.95 | $21.99 |
| Guacamole | $5.95 | $7.18 |
Typical prices are calculated from 162 menus in our guide.
Menu items and prices are provided for information and may have changed (last updated April 2026). Allergen information is not included – please ask the restaurant.