Bandido's Mexican Cafe

Appetizers

Appetizer Sampler

Cheese and jalapeno nachos, black bean rollos, mini corn quesadilla, queso dip, guacamole dip, and bean dip.
$15.00
Black Bean Dip

Seasoned black beans topped with a blanket of white cheese, topped with sour cream and pico de gallo. Served with seasoned chips.
$7.00
Black Bean Rollos

Crisp flour tortilla rolls filled with black beans, onions, cilantro, and seasonings. Served with our creamy verde dipping sauce.
$7.00
Dip Sampler 2 Dips

Choose a sampling from the dips: queso dip, spicy bean dip, and guacamole.
$7.50
Dip Sampler 3 Dips

Choose a sampling from the dips: queso dip, spicy bean dip, and guacamole.
$9.00
Dip Sampler 4 Dips

Queso dip, spicy bean dip, guacamole and spinach queso dip with $1 extra.
$11.00
Guacamole & Chips

Fresh avocado blended with sour cream, lime juice, spice blend, pico de gallo & cilantro. Made to order.
$8.00
Mini Corn Quesadillas

Corn tortillas grilled with mushrooms, pico de gallo, and cheese.
$7.00
Queso Dip & Chips
$6.00
Spicy Bean Dip & Chips

Refried beans, jalapeno peppers, and creamy queso.
$6.00
Taco Dip & Chips

Ground beef, creamy queso, and salsa topped with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
$7.00

Nachos

Cheese Nachos - Small

Your choice of corn or flour tortilla chips topped with cheese and jalapenos.
$7.00
Cheese Nachos - Large

Your choice of corn or flour tortilla chips topped with cheese and jalapenos.
$10.00
Loaded Fajita Nachos - Small

The same delicious nachos described above with grilled steak or chicken or fresh veggies as your additional toppings choice.
$13.00
Loaded Fajita Nachos - Large

The same delicious nachos described above with grilled steak or chicken or fresh veggies as your additional toppings choice.
$16.00
Loaded Nachos - Small

Corn or flour tortilla chips topped with cheese, jalapenos, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole, and your choice of one additional topping. Choose from refried beans, black beans, ground beef, shredded beef, chipotle chicken, sauteed spinach, or extra cheese.
$10.00
Loaded Nachos - Large

Corn or flour tortilla chips topped with cheese, jalapenos, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole, and your choice of one additional topping. Choose from refried beans, black beans, ground beef, shredded beef, chipotle chicken, sauteed spinach, or extra cheese.
$13.00

Lunch Specials

L-1 Racey Rodriguez

Crisp taco, enchilada, rice, and beans.
$8.00
Small Queso Dip
$3.00
Light Lunch

One crisp taco, rice, and beans.
$6.00
L-2 Two Crisp Tacos, Rice & Beans
$8.00
L-3 Taco, Burrito, & Enchilada
$10.00
L-4 Burrito Deluxe

Large burrito topped with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream. Served with rice or beans.
$9.00
L-5 Burrito, Rice & Beans
$7.50
L-6 Two Enchiladas Rice & Beans
$7.50
L-7 Lunch Quesadilla

Grilled flour tortilla filled with cheese and your choice of any of the fillings listed above with lettuce, tomato,sour cream, rice and beans.
$9.00
L-8 Two Taquitos Rice & Beans

Served with lettuce, tomato, and guacamole.
$8.00
L-9 Taco Salad

Crisp tortilla bowl with refried beans, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, and cheese. Filled with any of the fillings listed above.
$8.00
L-10 Lunch Fajitas

Choose from grilled chicken, steak, or fresh grilled vegetable fajitas with onions and bell peppers. Served with refried beans, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole, and flour tortillas.
$10.50
Combo of Two Lunch Fajitas

Choose from grilled chicken, steak, or fresh grilled vegetable fajitas with onions and bell peppers. Served with refried beans, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole, and flour tortillas.
$12.00
Combo with Shrimp Lunch Fajitas

Choose from grilled chicken, steak, or fresh grilled vegetable fajitas with onions and bell peppers. Served with refried beans, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole, and flour tortillas.
$15.00
L-11 The Vegetarian

Cheese enchilada, fresh grilled vegetable burrito and bean tostada with sour cream.
$8.50
L-12 Tamale

One chicken tamale served with rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo and sour cream.
$8.50
L-13 Lunch Chimichanga

Small fried burrito filled with your choice of one filling: shredded beef, chipotle chicken or carnitas pork. Topped with queso sauce, lettuce, tomato, and sour cream with rice or beans.
$9.00
L-14 Macho Taco

A large flour tortilla fried crisp and filled with refried beans, ground beef grilled with tomatoes, onions, and jalapenos, stuffed with lettuce, tomato, cheese, and sour cream. Served with rice.
$9.00
L-15 Fish Tacos

Two grilled fish tacos served in flour tortillas with cabbage, pico de gallo, and a side of jalapeno ranch dressing. Served with rice OR beans.
$10.00
L-16 Margarita Chicken Rice Bowl

A large bowl filled with rice, black beans, tomatoes, avocado, cilantro, onions, sour cream, cheese, and grilled margarita chicken. Served with a side of sweet chipotle mango sauce.
$10.00

Bandido's Best Tacos

Fajita Tacos - 2 Tacos

Marinated steak or chicken grilled with onions and bell peppers. Made on your choice of corn or flour tortillas. Served with Spanish rice and your choice of beans.
$12.00
Fajita Tacos - 3 Tacos

Marinated steak or chicken grilled with onions and bell peppers. Made on your choice of corn or flour tortillas. Served with Spanish rice and your choice of beans.
$15.00
Fish Tacos - 2 Tacos

Served with cabbage, pico de gallo, and drizzled with our jalapeno ranch sauce. Made on your choice of corn or flour tortillas. Served with Spanish rice and your choice of beans.
$13.00
Fish Tacos - 3 Tacos

Served with cabbage, pico de gallo, and drizzled with our jalapeno ranch sauce. Made on your choice of corn or flour tortillas. Served with Spanish rice and your choice of beans.
$16.00
Shrimp Tacos - 2 Tacos

Grilled shrimp with pico de gallo and a creamy chipotle sauce. Made on your choice of corn or flour tortillas. Served with Spanish rice and your choice of beans.
$14.00
Shrimp Tacos - 3 Tacos

Grilled shrimp with pico de gallo and a creamy chipotle sauce. Made on your choice of corn or flour tortillas. Served with Spanish rice and your choice of beans.
$17.00
Tacos de Carne Asada - 2 Tacos

Tender morsels of grilled steak topped with cilantro and onions with a cilantro-lime vinaigrette. Made on your choice of corn or flour tortillas. Served with Spanish rice and your choice of beans.
$12.00
Tacos de Carne Asada - 3 Tacos

Tender morsels of grilled steak topped with cilantro and onions with a cilantro-lime vinaigrette. Made on your choice of corn or flour tortillas. Served with Spanish rice and your choice of beans.
$15.00
Vegetarian Tacos - 2 Tacos

Fresh grilled squash, bell peppers, onions, zucchini, and mushrooms. Served with pico de gallo, lettuce, and cheese. Made on your choice of corn or flour tortillas. Served with Spanish rice and your choice of beans.
$12.00
Vegetarian Tacos - 3 Tacos

Fresh grilled squash, bell peppers, onions, zucchini, and mushrooms. Served with pico de gallo, lettuce, and cheese. Made on your choice of corn or flour tortillas. Served with Spanish rice and your choice of beans.
$14.00

On the Lighter Side

Black Bean & Rice Burrito

A large burrito filled with black beans and rice, topped with a mild tomato salsa, low-fat Cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, and low-fat sour cream.
$8.50
Black Bean Quesadilla

A large quesadilla made with low fat Cheddar cheese, black beans, and topped with lettuce, tomato, low fat sour cream, and pico de gallo. Served with Spanish rice.
$12.00
Margarita Chicken Rice Bowl

A large bowl filled with rice, black beans, tomatoes, avocado, cilantro, onions, sour cream, cheese, and grilled Margarita chicken. Served with a side of sweet chipotle mango sauce.
$12.00
Sonora Shrimp

Seasoned shrimp and fresh vegetables grilled to perfection and topped with a mild tomato salsa and low fat Cheddar cheese. Served with black beans, Spanish rice, lettuce, tomato, low fat sour cream, pico de gallo and your choice of corn or flour tortillas.
$15.00

Bandido's Big Burritos

Burrito Supreme

Stuffed with refried beans and your choice of ground beef, shredded beef, chipotle chicken, carnitas pork, or sauteed spinach. Smothered with salsa roja and topped with lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole and shredded cheese. Served with Spanish rice and your choice of refried beans, black beans, or spicy frijoles charros.
$13.00
El Scorcho Burrito

Same as Burrito Supreme, but smothered in our house made HOT El Scorcho habanero salsa. Served with Spanish rice and your choice of refried beans, black beans, or spicy frijoles charros.
$13.00
San Antonio Burrito

House Favorite! Filled with refried beans grilled steak or chicken fajitas, sauteed onions, and bell peppers. Topped with your choice of salsa roja or salsa verde, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole, and shredded cheese. Served with Spanish rice and your choice of refried beans, black beans, or spicy frijoles charros.
$15.00
Shrimp San Antonio

Filled with 8 oz of grilled shrimp. Served with Spanish rice and your choice of refried beans, black beans, or spicy frijoles charros.
$19.00

Bandido's Sizzling Fajitas

Shrimp Combo Fajitas

6 oz of shrimp and 6 oz of steak, chicken or mixed vegetables. Served with grilled onions and bell peppers, Spanish rice, refried beans, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole, shredded cheese, and flour tortillas.
$20.00
Shrimp Fajitas

8 oz of seasoned grilled shrimp. Served with grilled onions and bell peppers, Spanish rice, refried beans, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole, shredded cheese, and flour tortillas.
$17.00
Steak or Chicken Fajitas

8 oz of tender steak or chicken breast strips. Served with grilled onions and bell peppers, Spanish rice, refried beans, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole, shredded cheese, and flour tortillas.
$16.00
Texas Fajitas - Regular

Combination of grilled shrimp, steak and chicken fajitas. Served with grilled onions and bell peppers, Spanish rice, refried beans, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole, shredded cheese, and flour tortillas.
$22.00
Texas Fajitas - For Two

Combination of grilled shrimp, steak and chicken fajitas. Served with grilled onions and bell peppers, Spanish rice, refried beans, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole, shredded cheese, and flour tortillas.
$30.00
Vegetable Fajitas

Fresh squash, bell peppers, onions, zucchini, mushrooms, and tomatoes. Served with grilled onions and bell peppers, Spanish rice, refried beans, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole, shredded cheese, and flour tortillas.
$14.00

Bandido's Favorites

ACC - Arroz Con Camarones - Small

Grilled shrimp with a citrus marinade on top of a bed of Spanish rice and smothered in a blanket of melting cheese. Served with flour tortillas and one side.
$14.00
ACC - Arroz Con Camarones - Large

Grilled shrimp with a citrus marinade on top of a bed of Spanish rice and smothered in a blanket of melting cheese. Served with flour tortillas and one side.
$18.00
ACP - Arroz Con Pollo - Small

Grilled chicken with a hint of orange on top of a bed of Spanish rice and smothered with a blanket of melting cheese. Served with flour tortillas and one side.
$12.00
ACP - Arroz Con Pollo - Large

Grilled chicken with a hint of orange on top of a bed of Spanish rice and smothered with a blanket of melting cheese. Served with flour tortillas and one side.
$16.00
ACPC - Arroz Con Pollo Y Camarones - Small

For those that can't decide! Shrimp and chicken on a bed of Spanish rice with a blanket of melting cheese. Served with flour tortillas and one side.
$16.00
ACPC - Arroz Con Pollo Y Camarones - Large

For those that can't decide! Shrimp and chicken on a bed of Spanish rice with a blanket of melting cheese. Served with flour tortillas and one side.
$19.00
Bandido's Mexican Cheeseburger

5 oz Angus beef burger served inside a cheese quesadilla with pico de gallo, lettuce, tomato, sour cream and guacamole. Served Mexican style with Spanish rice and refried beans OR American style with French fries.
$14.00
Carne Asada & Camarones

We pair our delicious carne asada with seasoned grilled shrimp.
$20.00
Chimichanga - One Chimichanga

Medium sized "fried burritos" stuffed with your choice of shredded beef, chipotle chicken or carnitas pork, and topped with creamy queso, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, and guacamole. Served with two sides.
$12.00
Chimichanga - Two Chimichangas

Medium sized "fried burritos" stuffed with your choice of shredded beef, chipotle chicken or carnitas pork, and topped with creamy queso, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, and guacamole. Served with two sides.
$16.00
Confetti Chicken - Small

Grilled chicken fajitas topped with shredded cheese, sour cream, and pico de gallo. Served with flour tortillas and two sides.
$12.00
Confetti Chicken - Large

Grilled chicken fajitas topped with shredded cheese, sour cream, and pico de gallo. Served with flour tortillas and two sides.
$16.00
Grilled Fish Platter

Catch of the day sauteed in a garlic citrus marinade. Served with onions, pico de gallo, flour tortillas, and two sides.
$15.00
Nada Mas Queso

Nothing but cheese! One cheese enchilada, one cheese burrito, and one cheese tostada with sour cream and choice of two sides.
$13.00
Pollo Acapulco - Small

Grilled chicken with fresh grilled vegetables seasoned with red and black peppers with a hint of orange. Served over Spanish rice with melting shredded cheese. Served with flour tortillas and one side.
$12.00
Pollo Acapulco - Large

Grilled chicken with fresh grilled vegetables seasoned with red and black peppers with a hint of orange. Served over Spanish rice with melting shredded cheese. Served with flour tortillas and one side.
$17.00
Pollo En Mole - Small

Grilled chicken smothered in mole sauce (rich, thick sauce of pasilla, habanero, chipotle peppers, and cocoa powder). Served with flour tortillas and two sides.
$13.00
Pollo En Mole - Large

Grilled chicken smothered in mole sauce (rich, thick sauce of pasilla, habanero, chipotle peppers, and cocoa powder). Served with flour tortillas and two sides.
$16.00
Shrimp Chimichanga - One Chimichanga

A medium sized 'fried burrito" stuffed with grilled shrimp sauteed with Bandido's salsa and cheese. Topped with lettuce, tomato, sour cream, and guacamole. Served with two sides.
$16.00
Shrimp Chimichanga - Two Chimichangas

A medium sized 'fried burrito" stuffed with grilled shrimp sauteed with Bandido's salsa and cheese. Topped with lettuce, tomato, sour cream, and guacamole. Served with two sides.
$19.00
Shrimp Enchiladas

Three enchiladas filled with grilled shrimp topped with enchilada sauce, cheese and two sides.
$15.00
Carne Asada

Thin sliced skirt steak hand rubbed with a rich blend of spices and grilled with green onions and a fresh jalapeno. Served with pico de gallo, flour tortillas, and two sides.
$16.00

Soup & Salads

Ensalada Mexicana

Slices of fresh avocados, onions, and cucumbers over baby field greens with a side of our house made cilantro lime vinaigrette or jalapeno ranch dressing.
$10.00
Grilled Fajita Taco Salad

The traditional taco salad topped with either steak or chicken fajitas with onions and bell peppers.
$13.00
Guacamole Salad

Baby field greens, tomato, shredded cheese, and fresh guacamole.
$8.00
Taco Salad

Crisp taco bowl filled with refried beans, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and cheese. Topped with your choice of one: ground beef, shredded beef, chipotle chicken or sauteed spinach.
$10.00

Gourmet Quesadillas

Fajita Quesadilla

Steak or chicken fajitas with grilled onions and bell peppers. Choice of tortilla: traditional flour, honey wheat, or garlic herb and served with lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole, Spanish rice, and your choice of refried beans, black beans, or spicy frijoles charros.
$15.00
Cheese Quesadilla

Made with your choice of tortilla: traditional flour, honey wheat, or garlic herb. Served with lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole, Spanish rice, and your choice of refried beans, black beans, or spicy frijoles charros.
$10.00
Quesadilla Rios

Filled with shrimp and fresh mixed vegetables and grilled with a spicy habanero salsa. Choice of tortilla: traditional flour, honey wheat, or garlic herb. Served with lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole, Spanish rice, and your choice of refried beans, black beans, or spicy frijoles charros.
$17.00
Shrimp Quesadilla

With grilled onions and bell peppers. Choice of tortilla: traditional flour, honey wheat, or garlic herb. Served with lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole, Spanish rice, and your choice of refried beans, black beans, or spicy frijoles charros.
$16.00
Stuffed Quesadilla 2 Proteins

Choice from: carnitas pork, ground beef, shredded beef, chipotle chicken, refried beans, black beans, spinach, or fresh grilled vegetables. Choice of tortilla: traditional flour, honey wheat, or garlic herb and served with lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole, Spanish rice, and your choice of refried beans, black beans, or spicy frijoles charros.
$16.00
Stuffed Quesadilla

Choice from: carnitas pork, ground beef, shredded beef, chipotle chicken, refried beans, black beans, spinach, or fresh grilled vegetables. Choice of tortilla: traditional flour, honey wheat, or garlic herb and served with lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole, Spanish rice, and your choice of refried beans, black beans, or spicy frijoles charros.
$13.00

Combinations

Create Your Own Combination 2 Items

Choose any combination that your taste buds desire and have it made your way with choice of carnitas pork, ground beef, shredded beef, chipotle chicken, sauteed spinach, or fresh grilled vegetables.
$11.00
Create Your Own Combination 3 Items

Choose any combination that your taste buds desire and have it made your way with choice of carnitas pork, ground beef, shredded beef, chipotle chicken, sauteed spinach, or fresh grilled vegetables.
$14.00
Hambre Grande

For 2. Chile poblano, chicken tamale, chicken taquito with guacamole, green burrito with shredded beef, Spanish rice, and refried beans. Includes a FREE regular fried ice cream to share.
$28.00
Mexican Fiesta

Two chicken taquitos with guacamole, two ground beef tacos, two slices of cheese quesadilla, Spanish rice, and refried beans. Includes a FREE regular fried ice cream to share.
$24.00
The Works

Chile poblano, chicken taquito, tostaguac, shredded beef enchilada, carnitas pork burrito, two crisp ground beef tacos, Spanish rice, and refried beans. Includes a FREE regular fried ice cream to share.
$30.00

Take Home and Enjoy

Beans

Pint.
$5.00
Chips

Pound.
$4.00
Guac & Chips

Pint & pound.
$11.00
Guacamole

Pint.
$8.00
Pico de Gallo

Pint.
$5.00
Pint & Pound
$8.00
Salsa

Pint.
$5.00
Single Chips & Salsa
$2.00
Spanish Rice

Pint.
$5.00

Desserts

Cheesecake Chimichanga

A fried burrito with cheesecake filling dusted with powdered sugar and drizzled with caramel sauce. Served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
$7.00
Chocolate Overload

A small flour tortilla bowl with scoops of chocolate ice cream topped with chocolate syrup, whipped cream, and a cherry.
$6.00
Churros

Crispy sticks of pastry rolled in cinnamon sugar and drizzled with caramel sauce. Served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
$5.50
Fire & Ice Sundae

A small flour tortilla bowl with scoops of vanilla ice cream topped with a "sweet & spicy" raspberry habanero sauce, whipped cream, and a cherry.
$7.00
Flautas de Fruta

Two rolled flour tortillas with either apple or cherry pie filling, fried crisp and dusted with cinnamon and powdered sugar. Served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
$6.00
Fried Ice Cream

A scoop of vanilla ice cream rolled in our "special" coating and deep fried. Topped with honey, whipped cream, and chopped nuts.
$5.50
Oreo Fried Ice Cream

A scoop of vanilla ice cream rolled in crushed Oreo cookies, deep fried and smothered with chocolate syrup, whipped cream, and a cherry
$7.00
Sopapillas

Three fried pastry puffs dusted with cinnamon and powdered sugar and drizzled with honey. Served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
$6.00

Beverages

Cranberry Juice
$2.00
Fresh Brewed Iced Tea
$2.00
Hot Tea
$2.00
Mexican Jumex Nectars
$2.00
Mexican Soft Drinks
$2.00
Milk
$2.00
Orange Juice
$2.00
Soft Drinks
$2.00

Mickey B.

★★★★★

Mar 13, 2021

"Traditional Tex-Mex" (if there is really such a thing!) at its best. Down the alley off of Franklin Street it isn't the easiest to find and the place is a bit small and with covid-seating, not a 'spacious' place - A lot like someone's basement but.. The people there are great - the food is great and dependable and I am never disappointed ... and haven't been for years.Expect the burritos, tacos etc to be exactly what you expect. All the components are good (salsa, meats, etc) the portions are goodly sized, everything is always put together well and the beer is cold. I know this small, family owned and run cafe is struggling to make it through to the other side of our shared covid adventure and I truly hope they make it! If you're in the mood for 'Traditional Tex-Mex' and you're in downtown Chapel Hill, do yourself (and the rest of us) a favor and stop in for a 'feel-good' meal of real-good food.

Lynx M.

★★★☆☆

Jul 22, 2023

Every year on this day my husband and I go somewhere that offers a food challenge. We came here because we are passing through the area. It was go for the pho food challenge or the burrito challenge. We went for the burrito challenge Customer service: 4 stars: overall friendly Price point: 4 stars: your typical Mexican restaurant pricing. I didn't think it was expensive and I didn't think it was under priced. Food quality: 3.5 stars: its decent... it was neither bad nor exceptionally good. I will say their chips and salsa was good af tho. Cleanliness: 2.5 stars: its a hole in the wall. But nicely painted hole in the wall. Like literally. My husband gets onto me about not giving a place a chance based upon appearance and I wanted to to turn around lol the area is im assuming downtown and you literally have the homeless lurking about and sleeping about everywhere. Overall: it was decent, it was an experience, but I wouldn't come back if I was in the area. It's not that restaurant is bad or I didn't like the food but it had NO wow factor besides the 4.5 lb burrito challenge i came here to do and to celebrate 7/22. If I lived in the area perhaps I would come back. Idk I'm indifferent. My husband said it was just "ok" neither bad or remarkable, he said if you want gringo Mexican food that's exactly what you are about to get. It's worth checking out, you be the judge.

Katherine H.

★★☆☆☆

Jun 30, 2024

Friendly, warm service but mediocre food. Plates were warm but food was lukewarm, tortilla chips stale. The restaurant is in the basement and smells of disinfectant, placard at table was legitimately filthy.

Diane W.

★★★★★

Dec 10, 2022

I work at UNC and we come to Bandido's for lunch pretty often. Their chips have this super good seasoning on them and the salsa is made fresh. Sometimes the salsa can be quite spicy but it's always delicious. Pre-Covid they had a salsa bar-I'm not sure if they plan to bring that back. I recommend the chimichanga and the margarita chicken bowl. I have never gotten a bad meal here and the staff our wonderful.

Qiongqiong M.

★★★★☆

Sep 24, 2021

I come to this place often. This is my first time back since the covid pandemic. No more salsa bar :(, which was something I was looking forward. Did increase the price a little bit but still consider it relatively cheap! Service still has been great! Food is still delicious but miss my salsa bar :(

Sayali K.

★★★☆☆

Feb 23, 2023

Service was great, ambience was also fairly pleasant. Food is okay too - just nothing spectacular. I'd probably go again if I was in the area and hungry but not going out of my way for it either.

Kulsum H.

★☆☆☆☆

Dec 3, 2021

Ordered this place on Uber eats- simple order, one bowl of tortilla soup with a quesadilla and one burrito. Guac and chips. They don't carry tortilla soup, though it was offered to order it, and instead of calling to ask for a replacement- as I requested in the app, they just made only one meal. So only one of us got dinner tonight courtesy this restaurant. There is no excuse for that kind of customer service.The burrito was also below average, the chips are thick and greasy. The portion sizes are ridiculously small. Don't bother.

Gillian A.

★☆☆☆☆

Oct 5, 2024

Incredibly rude hostess..... would not let us join a table with our friends despite the fact that the restaurant was empty - now making sense why it was empty. wouldn't recommend

Hayden P.

★☆☆☆☆

Apr 29, 2023

The host was one of the rudest and impatient people I've ever encountered in the restaurant industry. Yelled at a friend of mine for trying to add 1 more person to our table. If your whole party does not arrive at the same time he will refuse to let you sit at the table. Additionally, if your friends are at another table he will not let you back to join them. He accused another friend of mine of lying about where he was sitting, as if he thinks he's a police officer. Leaving out his name for privacy but the host made a horrible initial dining experience. The redeeming savior of our night was our waiter, Artullo. He is patient, kind, accommodating, and always friendly. Supporting him is the sole reason we stayed and ate here. The host could definitely learn a thing or two from him, if he wants to keep us as customers. Artullo this star is for you.

Chuck O.

★☆☆☆☆

Jan 20, 2024

We had dinner here on 1/20/24 as our first choice was closed and it was bitter cold so ducked into the next available open place. What a mistake, we should have kept on walking. The chips and salsa were fine, but that is hard to mess up. It took half an hour to get our food, not terrible, but also not impressive as the place was almost empty when we arrived. Every other Mexican restaurant we've been to does it in half the time, even when busy. It was full, with a line, when we left some time later but it is on Franklin Street which is the favorite hangout for all visiting UNC-Chapel Hill. We ordered bean dip for our chips and what we were given was closer to bean broth. How the waiter could even put that in front of us is amazing. We tried it and told our water to take it away as it was the worst bean dip I had ever seen. He did, and the manager soon came by to apologize and told us he'd remove from our bill which he did. There were four of us so two ordered The Works, which allegedly feeds two. We were expecting a lot more for the money and the taste was ok at best. The other two ordered individual meals and one came out overcooked and warm, not hot as every other Mexican restaurant we have been to. Frankly, the service, quality and quantity of food would have been superior had we stopped into a Taco Bell.

Bandido's Mexican Cafe

Menu

Appetizers

Appetizer Sampler

Black Bean Dip

Black Bean Rollos

Dip Sampler 2 Dips

Dip Sampler 3 Dips

Dip Sampler 4 Dips

Guacamole & Chips

Mini Corn Quesadillas

Queso Dip & Chips

Spicy Bean Dip & Chips

Taco Dip & Chips

Nachos

Cheese Nachos - Small

Cheese Nachos - Large

Loaded Fajita Nachos - Small

Loaded Fajita Nachos - Large

Loaded Nachos - Small

Loaded Nachos - Large

Lunch Specials

L-1 Racey Rodriguez

Small Queso Dip

Light Lunch

L-2 Two Crisp Tacos, Rice & Beans

L-3 Taco, Burrito, & Enchilada

L-4 Burrito Deluxe

L-5 Burrito, Rice & Beans

L-6 Two Enchiladas Rice & Beans

L-7 Lunch Quesadilla

L-8 Two Taquitos Rice & Beans

L-9 Taco Salad

L-10 Lunch Fajitas

Combo of Two Lunch Fajitas

Combo with Shrimp Lunch Fajitas

L-11 The Vegetarian

L-12 Tamale

L-13 Lunch Chimichanga

L-14 Macho Taco

L-15 Fish Tacos

L-16 Margarita Chicken Rice Bowl

Bandido's Best Tacos

Fajita Tacos - 2 Tacos

Fajita Tacos - 3 Tacos

Fish Tacos - 2 Tacos

Fish Tacos - 3 Tacos

Shrimp Tacos - 2 Tacos

Shrimp Tacos - 3 Tacos

Tacos de Carne Asada - 2 Tacos

Tacos de Carne Asada - 3 Tacos

Vegetarian Tacos - 2 Tacos

Vegetarian Tacos - 3 Tacos

On the Lighter Side

Black Bean & Rice Burrito

Black Bean Quesadilla

Margarita Chicken Rice Bowl

Sonora Shrimp

Bandido's Big Burritos

Burrito Supreme

El Scorcho Burrito

San Antonio Burrito

Shrimp San Antonio

Bandido's Sizzling Fajitas

Shrimp Combo Fajitas

Shrimp Fajitas

Steak or Chicken Fajitas

Texas Fajitas - Regular

Texas Fajitas - For Two

Vegetable Fajitas

Bandido's Favorites

ACC - Arroz Con Camarones - Small

ACC - Arroz Con Camarones - Large

ACP - Arroz Con Pollo - Small

ACP - Arroz Con Pollo - Large

ACPC - Arroz Con Pollo Y Camarones - Small

ACPC - Arroz Con Pollo Y Camarones - Large

Bandido's Mexican Cheeseburger

Carne Asada & Camarones

Chimichanga - One Chimichanga