Fernando’s Mexican Restaurant Menu
Welcome to Fernando’s Mexican Restaurant, where vibrant flavors and authentic recipes come together in a celebration of Mexican cuisine. Located at 63 37th Ave, San Mateo, CA, this inviting eatery offers a wide range of options suitable for everyone, including delicious vegan selections.
One of the highlights of the menu is the 3 Amigos Botanas, a perfect shareable appetizer featuring cheese quesadilla, chimichanguitas, and crunchy nachos, all topped with fresh guacamole. Additionally, the Chimichanguitas deliver that satisfying crunch with flavorful fillings.
For those looking for heartier options, the Traditional Combinaciones provide a delicious variety of enchiladas and tacos, each dish beautifully crafted to deliver bold tastes. With outdoor seating, happy hour specials, and a welcoming atmosphere, Fernando’s is an ideal spot for families and friends to gather and enjoy a delicious meal together.
Botanas
The 3 Amigos
Enough for sharing!! Cheese quesadilla, chimichanguitas, and nachos. Topped with tomatoes, jalapenos and guacamole.
Chimichanguitas
Deep fried flour tortillas filled with meat and topped with guacamole.
Nachos
A bed of home made tortilla chips layered with beans and melted cheeses. Topped with Fernando's mild sauce, tomatoes and jalapenos.
Nachos Rancheros
Same as regular nachos just add your choice of meat. Topped also with sour cream, and guacamole.
Cheese Quesadilla
2 flour tortillas stuffed with melted cheeses. Topped with guacamole.
Meat Quesadilla
2 Flour tortillas stuffed with cheese and your choice of meat. Topped with guacamole and sour cream.
Shrimp Quesadilla
One giant flour tortilla stuffed with cheese and prawns. Topped with guacamole, sour cream, and tomatoes
Fajita Quesadilla
A giant flour tortilla folded in half and stuffed with chicken or steak fajita meat, grilled bell peppers, onions and carrots. Don't forget the cheese!!!
Shrimp Appetizer
A large platter with 5 different style of shrimp: Rancheros, a la diabla, al mojo de ajo, especiales and empanizados.
Cheese Crispy
Crispy flour tortilla topped with melted cheeses. Add guacamole or sour cream for an additional charge.
Queso Fundido
Queso Oaxaca, real Mexican cheese, mixed with jack cheese and melted to perfection. Served with corn tortillas. Add chorizo for an additional charge.
Chile con Queso
Melted cheeses mixed with Fernando's mild sauce, and spicy salsa.
Frijoles con Queso
Refried bean dip topped with melted cheese.
Guacamole
Avocado dip.
Mozzarella Cheese Sticks
Served with ranch.
JaIapeno Poppers
Served with ranch.
Buffalo Wings
Served with ranch.
El Patron Appetizer
Large platter with pork carnitas, carne asada and shrimp.
Garden Salad
Fresh chopped iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, mushrooms, avocado slices, carrots and dressing.
Sopa Azteca
Chicken tortilla soup. 16 oz
Taco Salad
Open face taco with all the filling down the middle of the plate. Your choice of meat with melted cheeses, topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and Fernando's Taco Sauce.
Deluxe Tostada
A flat crispy tortilla layered with beans, your choice of meat and lettuce. Topped off with sour cream, guacamole, and Fernando's tostada sauce.
Tijuana Taco Salad
The original Taco Salad!! A bowl shaped flour tortilla shell filled with your choice of meat, beans, lettuce, cheese and tomatoes.
Tostada Salad
A flat crispy tortilla layered with beans, your choice of meat, melted cheese, and lettuce. Topped off with tomato and avocado slices, sour cream, Fernando's tostada sauce and an olive.
Cup of Soup
8 oz Sopa Azteca
Ensaladas
Traditional Combinaciones
Two Enchiladas Combo
Two Tacos Combo
Enchilada and Tamale Combo
Enchilada and Taco Combo
Enchilada and Chile Relleno Combo
Two Enchiladas Suizas Combo
Green tomatillo sauce and melted jack cheese
Enchilada and Tostada Combo
Avocado Tostada Combo
Two Burritos Combo
Two Enchiladas with Fernando's Chili Beans Combo
Not served with rice.
Huevos Rancheros Combo
Chorizo con Huevo Combo
Two Flautas Combo
Chimichanga Combo
Chalupa Combo
Machaca Combo
3 eggs scrambled with shredded beef, tomatoes and onions.
A-1. Large Combo
Enchilada, chile relleno, and taco.
B-2. Large Combo
Enchilada, and an avocado tostada.
C-3. Large Combo
Enchilada, tamale, and a tostada.
D-4. Large Combo
1 Enchilada, and 2 tacos.
E-5. Large Combo
Enchilada, tamale, and a taco.
F-6. Large Combo
Enchilada, tamale, and chile relleno.
Large Combinaciones
Small Combinaciones
Enchilada Rice and Beans
Taco Rice and Beans
Enchilada Suiza Rice and Beans
Tamale Rice and Beans
Tostada Rice and Beans
Burrito Rice and Beans
Flauta Rice and Beans
Chile Relleno Rice and Beans
Chile Relleno Especial Rice and Beans
Stuffed with cheese and ground beef
Taco Especial Rice and Beans
Soft tortilla filled with meat and deep fried to perfection topped with lettuce, tomato, cheese, and red sauce.
Tamale Especial Rice and Beans
Topped with cheese and red sauce and baked to perfection.
Burrito Especial Combo
Spanish Omelet Rice and Beans
Arroz con Camarones
Prawns sauteed with mushrooms, tomatoes and onions in Fernando's secret sauce. Served over a bed of rice and melted cheese. Add side of beans for an additional charge.
Camarones al Mojo de Ajo
Prawns and mushrooms sauteed in Fernando's mix of Mexican spices, garlic and butter.
Camarones a la Diabla
Prawns, mushrooms, and onions all sauteed in butter and Fernando's secret spicy sauce.
Camarones con Crema
For the sour cream lovers!! Prawns, onions, mushrooms all sauteed in Fernando's mix of spices and delicious sour cream sauce.
Camarones Especiales
Prawns wrapped in bacon and deep fried.
Camarones Rancheros
Prawns, bell peppers, onions and mushrooms all sauteed with Fernando's mix of Mexican spices and tomato sauce.
Camarones Empanizados
6 fresh jumbo deep fried prawns served with french fries and salad.
Fajitas de Camaron
Prawns served sizzling hot over a mix of sauteed onions, bell peppers, and carrots.
Coctel de Camaron
Mexican style shrimp cocktail. Served warm or cold in its own broth with tomatoes, chopped onions, cilantro, and avocado. No rice or beans.
Crab Enchiladas
2 real crab meat enchiladas topped with jack cheese and Fernando's mild sauce.
Cancun Platter
Fish, prawns and chicken sauteed in wine. Then topped with cheese and baked to perfection.
2 Fish Tacos
Fish sauteed in butter. Topped with lettuce, pico de gallo and Fernando's taco sauce.
Filete Empanizado
Breaded fish served with french fries and salad.
Mariscos
Pollo
Arroz con Pollo
Boneless chunks of chicken breast sauteed with mushrooms, tomatoes and onions in Fernando's secret sauce. Served over a bed of rice and melted cheese. Add side of beans for an additional charge.
Carnitas de Pollo
Chunks of chicken breast sauteed with green bell peppers, and onions.
Pollo a la Mexicana
Chunks of chicken breast sauteed in Fernando's mix of Mexican spicy sauces.
Pollo en Crema
For the sour cream lovers!! Chicken breast pieces, onions, and bell peppers all sauteed in Fernando's mix of spices and delicious sour cream sauce.
Sopitos
Home made corn meal flat shells layered with beans, your choice of meat, lettuce, cheese, tomato, sour cream, and guacamole.
Mole Enchiladas
2 chicken enchiladas covered with melted jack cheese and mole sauce. Topped with raw onions, and sesame seeds.
Pollo en Mole
Chunks of chicken breast cooked in our delicious mole sauce. Topped with sliced raw onions, and sesame seeds.
Grilled Chicken Breast
Served with rice and beans.
Expresso Burrito
A GIANT flour tortilla filled with rice, beans, cheese, and your choice of meat. Topped with guacamole, onions, tomatoes, Parmesan cheese, and Fernando's mild sauce.
Expresso Fajita Burrito
A GIANT flour tortilla filled with rice, beans, cheese, grilled bell peppers, onions, carrots, and chicken or steak fajita meat. Topped with guacamole, onions, tomatoes, Parmesan cheese, and Fernando's mild sauce.
Fernando's Super Special
1 enchilada, a chile relleno, a taco and a burrito.
Chef's Special
A slice of carne asada, an enchilada, a taco, a flauta and a chile relleno.
Steak Picado
Chunks of beef pan fried in a tasty sauce and vegetables.
Chile Verde
Pork in a green tomatillo sauce.
Chile Colorado
Beef stew.
2 Tacos Especiales
2 deep fried tacos topped with chopped tomatoes, Parmesan cheese, and Fernando's taco sauce.
2 Chile Rellenos Especiales
Chile rellenos stuffed with jack cheese and ground beef.
2 Tamales Especiales
2 tamales filled with your choice of meat and topped with melted cheese.
Fajitas
Your choice of steak, chicken, or a combination of both. Marinated in Fernando's secret sauce, then delivered hot over a mix of sauteed onions, bell peppers, and carrots.
Fajitas Supremas
Steak, chicken, AND prawns marinated in Fernando's secret sauce. Delivered hot over a mix of sauteed onions, bell peppers, and carrots.
Tacos al Carbon
Skirt steak marinated and broiled, chopped and served in 3 soft corn tortillas covered with melted Jack Cheese and Fernando's mild sauce. Topped with guacamole, onion, and cilantro.
Steak a la Mexicana
Broiled ten ounce New York Steak topped with grilled onions, tomatoes, and sliced avocado.
Carnitas de Res
Top sirloin fried and sliced. Cooked with bell peppers and onions
Carne Asada
Dig slice of skirt steak cooked over the broiler. Served with guacamole and pico de gallo.
Milanesa
A thin slice of steak breaded and fried to perfection. Served with beans, french fries, pico de gallo, and guacamile.
Carnitas de Puerco
Tender pork meat served with rice, beans, and pico de gallo.
Carnes
A la Carte
Enchilada
Enchilada Suiza
Topped with green tomatillo sauce and jack cheese.
Crab Enchilada
Taco
Chalupa
Crispy Flour tortilla shell filled with your choice of meat, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream and guacamole.
Tamale
Burrito
Flour tortilla filled with meat, cheese, rice and beans. Topped with Fernando's mild sauce
Chile Relleno
Chimichanga
Flour tortilla stuffed with your choice of meat and cheese. Deep fried to perfection and topped with lettuce guacamole, sour cream, and red sauce.
Tostada
Avocado Tostada
Flauta
Topped with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole and red sauce
Spanish Omelet
Cheese Omelet topped with Fernando's mild red sauce.
Bowl of Chili Beans
Side of Beans
Serves up to 2 people
Spanish of Rice
Serves up to 2 people
Side of Rice and Beans
Coleslaw
16 oz container of our yummy homemade coleslaw
Small Salsa
4 Oz
Medium Salsa
8 Oz.
Large Salsa
16 Oz.
Large Bag of Chips
Side of Guacamole
4 Oz.
Side of Sour Cream
4 Oz.
Kid's Enchilada
Kid's Taco
Kid's Burrito
Only meat inside or bean and cheese
Kid's Cheese Quesadilla
Kid's Nachos
Crispy chips topped with refried beans, cheese and red mild sauce.
Kid's Tostada
Kid's Tamale
No sauce.
Kid's Side of Rice and Beans
Kid's Hamburger
Kid's Chicken Tenders
Kid's Chicken Nuggets
Kid's Order of Fries
Little Amigos
North of the Border
New York Steak
Served with french fries and salad.
Fernando's Giant Burger
Served on a French roll with mayonnaise, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions, and french fries. Add cheese for an additional charge.
Deluxe Burger
Served on a bun with mayonnaise, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and french fries. Add cheese for an additional charge.
Hamburger Steak
Served with french fries and salad. No bun. Add cheese for an additional charge.
Chicken Sandwich
Served on a French roll with mayonnaise, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions, and french fries. Add cheese for an additional charge.
Steak Sandwich
Served on a French roll with mayonnaise, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions, and french fries. Add cheese for an additional charge.
Enchilada Lunch Special
Stuffed tortilla topped with chili sauce.
Taco Lunch Special
Folded tortilla with a variety of fillings such as meat or beans.
Tamale Lunch Special
Dough wrapped around a filling and steamed in a corn husk or banana leaf.
Burrito Lunch Special
Flour tortilla filled with either bean and cheese OR with your choice of meat. Topped with mild red sauce and served with rice and beans on the side
Avocado Tostada Lunch Special
Deep fried tortilla with a variety or toppings.
Flauta Lunch Special
A rolled tortilla that has been filled.
Enchilada Suiza Lunch Special
Enchilada with green tomatillo sauce and melted jack cheese.
Chimichanga Lunch Special
Tortilla stuffed with a savory filling and deep fried.
Crab Enchilada Lunch Special
Crab Stuffed tortilla topped with melted jack cheese and mild enchilada sauce.
Enchilada with Chili Beans Lunch Special
No Rice
Expresso Burrito Lunch Special
1 giant flour tortilla filled with rice, refried beans, cheese and your choice of meat, topped with guacamole, chopped onions and tomatoes, and Fernando's mild sauce
Tostada Salad Lunch Special
A flat crispy flour tortilla layered with beans, your choice of meat, melted cheese and lettuce. Topped off with avocado slices, tomatoes, sour cream, an olive and Fernando's tostada sauce.
Chalupa Lunch Special
A crispy flour tortilla folded in 1/2 and filled with your choice of meat, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream and Fernando's taco sauce.
Veggie Omelet
3 eggs omelet filled with melted cheese, green and red bell peppers, onions, mushrooms and carrots.
Meat Omelet
3 egg omelet filled with your choice of meat.
Burrito Especial
Mexican chorizo scrambled with eggs, tomatoes, and onions wrapped in flour tortilla topped with Fernando's mild sauce.
Huevos a la Mexicana
3 eggs scrambled with chopped onions, tomatoes, and jalapenos.
Machaca
Shredded beef scrambled with eggs, tomatoes, and chopped onions.
Huevos Rancheros
Egg.
Huevos con Chorizo
Chorizo and egg scrambled with onions and tomatoes.
Chile Relleno Especial
3 eggs omelet filled with melted cheese and ground beef. Topped with Fernando's ranchero sauce.
Chilaquiles
Corn tortilla chips cooked with Fernando's mild sauce. Topped with cheese, chopped onions, and oregano. Served with 2 eggs and beans.
Lunch Special
Sunday Special
Fajitas Sunday Special
Your choice of steak, chicken, or a combination of both. Marinated in Fernando's secret sauce, then delivered sizzling hot over a mix of sauteed onions, bell peppers, and carrots.
Fajitas Supremas Sunday Special
Steak, chicken, and prawns marinated in Fernando's secret sauce. Delivered sizzling hot over a mix of sauteed onions, bell peppers, and carrots.
Tacos al Carbon Monday Special
Skirt steak marinated and broiled. Chopped and served in 3 soft corn tortillas covered with melted jack cheese and Fernando's mild sauce. Topped with guacamole, onions, and cilantro.
Monday Special
Tuesday Special
Taqueria Style Taco Tuesday Special
3 Taqueria style soft tacos stuffed with Carne Asada, Grilled Chicken or Pork Carnitas. NOT SERVED WITH RICE OR BEANS
Carnitas de Res Wednesday Special
Top sirloin fried and sliced. Cooked with bell peppers and onions.
Wednesday Special
Thursday Special
Carne Asada Thursday Special
Big slice of skirt steak cooked over the broiler. Served with guacamole and pico de gallo.
Milanesa Friday Special
A thin slice of steak breaded to perfection. Served with beans, french fries, pico de gallo, and guacamole. MMM DELICIOSO!!!
Friday Special
Saturday Special
Carnitas de Puerco Saturday Special
Tender pork meat served with rice, beans and pico de gallo.
Coke
Diet Coke
Sprite
Root Beer
Orange Fanta
Lemonade
Roy Rogers
Shirley Temple
Arnold Palmer
Coffee
Decaf Coffee
Hot Tea
Iced Tea
Milk
Orange Juice
Grapefruit Juice
Cranberry Juice
Tomato Juice
Pineapple Juice
Apple Juice
Pancho Pina
Virgin pina colada.
Sol y Luna
OJ Sunrise.
Chiquita
Virgin Strawberry Daiquiri
Chiquito
Virgin Lime Margarita Blended