Don Chuy's Mexican Restaurant Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to Don Chuy's Mexican Restaurant, a beloved breakfast and brunch destination nestled in Culver City. Here, authentic flavors dance on your palate, showcasing the rich culinary heritage of Mexico.
Start your journey with enticing appetizers like the Fiesta Platter, featuring a delicious combo of mini sope, flautas, and nachos, or savor the fresh Tostada de Ceviche. Don Chuy's also offers heartwarming soups like Caldo de Pollo and Cocido, perfect for a comforting meal. For those craving variety, their salads shine, featuring grilled meats paired with crisp greens and fresh toppings.
With stellar customer reviews and a warm atmosphere, Don Chuy's is not just about food—it's an experience. With each dish, they serve up love and authenticity, making your dining visit unforgettable.
Appetizers
Guacamole
Nachos
Fried corn tortilla chips topped with refried beans, melted monterey jack and cheddar cheese, red enchilada sauce, guacamole, tomato, sour cream, jalapeños, onions, and cilantro, and your choice of meat.
Fiesta Platter
Mini sope, flautas, taquitos, monterey jack and cheddar cheese nachos and quesadilla.
Queso Fundido
Melted Monterey jack cheese topped with chorizo.
Coctel de Camaron
Shrimp cocktail.
Tostada de Ceviche
Shrimp or fish cooked in lime juice, with onions, tomato, cilantro, jalapenos and avocado.
Nopales
Cactus salad: mixed cactus, onions, tomato, cilantro, jalapeno and cotija cheese.
Grilled Fish Salad
Grilled tilapia atop iceberg and romaine lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, cheese, and cilantro with your choice of dressing on the side.
Grilled Steak Salad
Charbroiled flat steak atop iceberg and romaine lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, cheese and cilantro, with your choice of dressing on the side.
Grilled Chicken Salad
Grilled chicken breast atop iceberg and romaine lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, cheese, and cilantro with your choice of dressing on the side.
Grilled Shrimp Salad
Grilled shrimp atop iceberg and romaine lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, cheese, and cilantro with your choice of dressing on the side.
Ensaladas
Caldos Mexicanos
Cocido Soup
Traditional Mexican home made beef soup. Served with a side of Spanish rice, limes, onions, and cilantro.
Menudo Soup
Traditional menudo soup. Served with a side of limes, onions, cilantro, oregano, and arbol chiles.
Albondiga Soup
Traditional meatball soup. Served with a side of limes, onions, and cilantro.
Pozole Soup
Traditional red pork pozole soup. Served with a side of limes, cabbage, radishes, onions, oregano and arbol chiles.
Caldo de Pescado
Traditional fish soup. Served with a side of limes, onions, and cilantro.
Caldo de Camaron
Traditional shrimp soup. Served with a side of limes, onions, and cilantro.
Caldo de Pollo
Traditional Mexican home made chicken soup. Served with a side of Spanish rice, limes, onions, and cilantro on the side.
1 Two Tacos
2 tacos with your choice of meat, either hard shell topped with lettuce and cheese, or soft shell topped with onions and cilantro; served with rice and beans.
2 Two Enchiladas
2 enchiladas with your choice of cheese, chicken, or beef, topped with red enchilada sauce and melted cheese; served with rice and beans.
3 Chile Relleno and Enchilada
1 cheese chile relleno topped with a mild Espanola salsa AND 1 enchilada with your choice of cheese, chicken, or beef topped with red enchilada sauce and melted cheese; served with rice and beans.
4 Taco and Enchilada
1 taco with your choice of meat either hard shell topped with lettuce and cheese, or soft shell topped with onions and cilantro AND 1 enchilada with your choice of cheese, chicken or beef, topped with red enchilada sauce and melted cheese; served with rice and beans.
5 Chile Relleno and Taco
1 taco with your choice of meat, either hard shell topped with lettuce and cheese, or soft shell topped with onions and cilantro AND 1 cheese chile relleno topped with a mild Espanola salsa; served with rice and beans.
6 Two Chile Rellenos
2 fried poblano chiles stuffed with melted cheese and topped with a mild Espanola salsa; served with rice and beans.
7 Two Flautas
2 fried flautas with your choice of chicken or beef, rolled in flour tortillas, topped with lettuce, tomatoes, cilantro, cotija cheese, sour cream, and guacamole; served with rice and beans.
8 Enchiladas Suisas
2 enchiladas with your choice of cheese, chicken, or beef, topped with green tomatillo salsa, melted cheese, cilantro and sour cream; served with rice and beans.
9 Enchiladas Rancheras
2 enchiladas with your choice of cheese, chicken or beef, topped with a mild tomato, bell pepper, and onion salsa and melted cheese; served with rice and beans.
10 Enchiladas Poblanas
2 enchiladas made with cheese, chicken, or beef, topped with poblano mole sauce, onions, and cotija cheese; served with rice and beans.
11 Two Sopes
2 sopes with your choice of meat, beans, and topped with lettuce, tomatoes, cilantro, and cotija cheese on handmade corn masa cakes; served with rice and beans.
12 Two Gorditas
2 gorditas with your choice of meat, beans, and topped with lettuce, tomatoes, cilantro, and cotija cheese in corn tortillas; served with rice and beans.
13 Two Shrimp Tacos
2 tacos filled with grilled shrimp, bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes topped with lettuce and cilantro in flour tortillas; served with rice and beans
14 Two Fish Tacos
2 tacos filled with either grilled tilapia, bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes, or fried fish, topped with lettuce and cilantro in flour tortillas; served with rice and beans.
15 Fajita Tacos
2 tacos with your choice of grilled chicken or steak, with grilled bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes, topped with lettuce, cilantro, and cheese in flour tortillas; served with rice and beans
16 Two Tamales
2 tamales with your choice of beef, pork, chicken, or cheese and jalapeño; served with rice and beans.
Combinaciones
Platillos Favorites
Carne Asada
Tender charbroiled flat steak, garnished with lettuce and a scoop of guacamole; served with rice and beans.
Carne Asada a la Tampiquena
Seasoned charbroiled flat steak topped with grilled onion and a serrano chile, accompanied with a cheese enchilada, and garnished with lettuce and a scoop of guacamole; served with rice and beans
Birria
A rustic dish of goat simmered in a seasoned paste of ground spices and chiles, garnished with onions and cilantro; served with rice and beans
Milanesa
Breaded seasoned steak or chicken breast, garnished with a scoop of guacamole; served with rice and beans
Carnitas
Braised pork garnished with onions, cilantro, and a scoop of guacamole; served with rice and beans.
Carnitas Estilo Leon GTO
Braised pork served as it is in Leon Guanajato, with a cactus salad and boiled beans, garnished with cilantro, onions, and a scoop of guacamole.
Las Fajitas
Grilled green bell peppers, onions and tomatoes seasoned to perfection with your choice of chicken, steak or shrimp, and garnished with a scoop of guacamole; served with rice and beans.
Las Fajitas 2 Meat Combo
Grilled green bell peppers, onions and tomatoes seasoned to perfection with your choice of 2 meats (chicken, steak or shrimp), and garnished with a scoop of guacamole; served with rice and beans.
Las Fajitas 3 Meat Combo
Grilled green bell peppers, onions and tomatoes seasoned to perfection with chicken, steak, and shrimp, and garnished with a scoop of guacamole; served with rice and beans.
Pollo en Mole
1/4 chicken in a traditional poblano mole sauce, garnished with onions and sesame seeds; served with rice and beans.
Bistek con Nopalitos en Salsa de Molcajete
Seasoned steak and cactus sauteed in a spicy molcajete salsa; served with rice and beans.
Higado a La Mexicana
Liver sauteed with serrano chile, tomato and onions; served with rice and beans.
Costillas de Puerco en Salsa Roja or Salsa de Molcajete
Pork spare ribs cooked in your choice of Don Chuys famous roasted red salsa or spicy Molcajete salsa; served with rice and beans.
Bistec Picado en Salsa Verde
Seasoned steak in green tomatillo salsa; served with rice and beans.
Bistec en Salsa Molcajete
Steak sauteed in our spicy molcajete salsa; served with rice and beans.
Bistec en Salsa Roja
Seasoned steak sauteed in Don Chuys famous roasted red salsa; served with rice and beans.
Bistec a La Mexicana
Seasoned steak with sauteed tomatoes, onions, and serrano chile; served with rice and beans.
Filete de Pollo a La Espanola
Chicken breast sauteed in a mild tomato, bell pepper, and onion salsa; served with rice and beans.
Filete de Pollo en Salsa de Molcajete
Grilled chicken breast sauteed in our spicy molcajete salsa; served with rice and beans.
Chicharron en Salsa Molcajete
Pork skin simmered in our spicy molcajete salsa; served with rice and beans.
Chile Verde
Tender pieces of pork and potato in green tomatillo salsa; served with rice and beans.
House Specials
Seafood Specials
Al Mojo de Ajo
Your choice of shrimp, tilapia filet, or whole fried tilapia sautéed in butter and garlic; served with rice and beans.
A La Vera Cruz
Your choice of shrimp, tilapia filet, or whole fried tilapia sautéed with onions, tomatoes, green bell peppers, capers and yellow chiles; served with rice and beans.
Al Ajillo
Your choice of shrimp, tilapia filet, or whole fried tilapia in butter, garlic and guajillo chile; served with rice and beans.
Shrimp Fajita
Seasoned and grilled shrimp, green bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes; served with rice and beans.
En Salsa de Molcajete
Your choice of shrimp, tilapia filet, or whole fried tilapia in our spicy Molcajete salsa; served with rice and beans.
A La Diabla
Your choice of shrimp, tilapia filet, or whole fried tilapia sautéed in a spicy devil sauce; served with rice and beans.
A La Mexicana
Your choice of shrimp, tilapia filet, or whole fried tilapia sautéed with onions, tomatoes and serrano chiles; served with rice and beans.
Empanizados
Breaded shrimp or fish filet; served with rice and beans.
Mojarra Frita al Gusto
Whole fried tilapia, garnished with lettuce and lime; served with rice and beans.
El Don Burrito
Our signature burrito stuffed with your choice of meat, rice, beans, lettuce, and tomatoes. Topped with salsa and melted cheese, and garnished with onions, cilantro, guacamole, sour cream, and jalapeños.
Chimichanga
A burrito deep-fried to a golden perfection, stuffed with your choice of meat, rice and beans, topped with salsa and melted cheese, and garnished with lettuce and sour cream on the side.
Fajita Tostada
Grilled green peppers, onions and tomato seasoned to perfection with your choice of chicken or steak in a deep fried flour tortilla bowl piled high with lettuce, rice, beans, tomatoes, avocado, cheese, sour cream, and cilantro.
Super Tostada
Deep fried flour tortilla bowl piled high with your choice of meat, lettuce, rice, beans, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, and cilantro.
El Toro Burrito
"The Bull" burrito stuffed with your choice of meat, rice, beans, cilantro and onion; topped with our spicy molcajete salsa, melted cheese, and garnished with lettuce and sour cream on the side.
El Orijinal Burrito
A mild version of "The Bull" burrito, stuffed with your choice of meat, rice, beans, onions, and cilantro; topped with salsa and melted cheese, and garnished with lettuce and sour cream on the side.
La Veggie Burrito
Our vegetarian burrito, stuffed with your choice of refried or boiled pinto beans, rice, lettuce, tomatoes, cilantro, onions, and avocado; topped with salsa and melted cheese, and garnished with lettuce and sour cream on the side.
Super Burritos
A La Carte
Spanish Rice
Beans
Bean and Cheese Burrito
Salsa
Regular Taco
Your choice of meat in either a hard shell topped with lettuce and cheese, or soft shell topped with onions and cilantro.
Zucchini Fajitas
Grilled zucchini, green bell peppers, onions and tomato seasoned to perfection on a sizzling skillet; served with rice and beans and a scoop of guacamole.
Zucchini Quesadilla
Grilled zucchini, onion, tomato and serrano chile with cheese in a grilled flour tortilla; garnished with lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole on the side.
Two Veggie Taco Combo
Two tacos made with grilled onions, tomatoes, green bell peppers in handmade corn tortillas, topped with lettuce and cilantro; served with rice and beans.
Two Veggie Enchiladas
Filled with cactus and grilled onions, tomatoes, topped with melted Monterey jack and cheddar cheese and tomatillo sauce.
Two Veggie Sopes
Fried masa cakes topped with your choice of potato or cactus, lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes and cilantro. Served with rice and beans.
Veggie Platters
Desserts
Flan
Homemade traditional Mexican custard dessert baked in caramel.
Xango
Fried cheesecake in a flour tortilla, rolled in cinnamon sugar, topped with warm caramel.
Cheesecake
Strawberry swirl, raspberry, chocolate, and triple chocolate.
Churro Sundae
Vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup, chopped peanuts, whipped cream and a churro.
Churro 1 Pc
Fried dough stick rolled in cinnamon sugar.
Soda
Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Dr. Pepper, Iced Tea, Raspberry Iced Tea, Lemonade, and Squirt
Agua Fresca
Horchata, tamarindo, and jamaica
Bottled Mexican Soda
Coke, Jarritos Orange, Jarritos Pineapple, Sangria, and Sidral