Viva Zapata's Mexican Restaurant & Cantina
Viva Zapata's Mexican Restaurant & Cantina
We prepare our flavorful guacamole right at your table. Using fresh pass avocados, we add jalapeno tomatoes, onions cilantro & fresh lime juice. Served with crisp tortilla chips.
A combination of taquitos, jalapenitos, corn and flour quesadillas potato skins and sopitos. Served with guacamole and sour cream. Mucho grande, mucho bueno!
Flour tortillas filled with melted monterrey jack cheese. Served with sour cream.
Corn tortillas filed with melted monterey jack cheese served with pico de gallo and chiles toreados.
Corn tortillas rolled and filled with beef or chicken, deep fried. Served with guacamole and sour cream.
6 small, hand made corn tortillas lightly fried and filled with lettuce, cheese and sour cream.
Potatoes skins flied with pan-fried vegetables, touch of jalapenos and topped with monterrey jack cheese.
A blend of melted monterrey jack cheese & green chile strips. Served with tortillas.
Natural fresh oysters on the half shell.
Fried fresh jalapenos covered with melted monterrey jack cheese. Mucho mucho picoso!
Rolled four tortilla filled with shrimp, tomatoes, onions and a taste of jalapeno, deep fried and covered with cheese. Served with guacamole.
Crisp tortilla chips covered with beans melted cheese and jalapenos.
Crisp tortilla chips covered with beans, melted cheese, jalapenos, carne asada. Served with guacamole and sour cream.
Mexican cactus grilled with onion, tomato, cilantro, and jalaponos. Served with tortillas.
Fresh shrimp diced with tomato onions, jalapeno mixed together with lemon juice and spices. Served with tostadas.
Seafood cocktails, mexican style shrimp, octopus and oysters or mixed.
Spanish style sausage, grilled and cooked in a delicious tomato sauce, served with tortillas.
Spanish style rice, smothered with mole sauce, served with fresh corn tortillas. Not only a great starter, but a great side dish.
Iceberg lettuce leaves, filled with your choice of fajita vegetables, grilled chicken or grilled steak.
Delicious octopus, cooked with ideal ingredients, (to give it a perfect flavor) such as olive oil, fresh garlic, onions, tomatoes, red wine, a little tequila, and a dash of secret ingredients.
Two fried eggs over a fried corn tortilla, topped with our own green chili pork and spanish sauce.
Scrambled eggs with mexican sausage, served with tortillas.
Pieces of fried corn tortillas smothered with green, or red sauce, topped with cheese, and a touch of sour cream.
Scrambled eggs with chopped tomatoes, onions, cilantro and a little jalapeno.
Shredded roast pork, or beef mixed with pico de gallo and scrambled eggs. Served with rice, beans, soup and tortillas.
One egg is topped with green sauce, while the other is topped with red sauce, cooked to your style.
Scrambled eggs with mexican cactus served with tortillas.
Crisp lettuce, fresh tomatoes and shredded cheese, served with your choice of dressing.
A large flour shell filled with crisp shredded lettuce, grilled breast of chicken, fresh tomatoes, onion and topped with guacamole and sour cream.
Crisp green salad with fresh avocado slices, tomato, shredded cheese, and your choice of dressing.
Two avocado shells filled with avocado, diced shrimp, tomato, onions, little jalapenos, and lime juice, served on a bed of lettuce and crackers.
Avocados stuffed with home-style fresh vegetables.
Lean pork marinated with fresh oranges and spices. Slowly cooked in its own juices until tender. The state of michoacan is known for the best carnitas in all mexico. Served with chiles toreados, green sauce and guacamole.
Three broiled pork chops marinated overnight in a sauce made with achiote, fresh garlic, onions, dried red chillies, vinegar, and secret spices. Served with guacamole.
Marinated carnitas stir fried with green, yellow and red bell pepper chiles, onions, cilantro, tomato and spices. Served with guacamole and sour cream.
Pork pan fried in olive oil with chopped onions and tomatoes, cilantro, and a little jalapeno.
Lean pork cooked slowly with fresh orange juices and spices. A little bit on the sweet side.
Carintas in coca-cola sauce, made with dry pasilla chiles, fresh garlic, black pepper, cloves, my mom's secret spices and coca-cola. Yes ! Coca-cola classic. Mi mama nos hace este platillo desde que viviamos en mexico!
Carnitas in small pieces sauteed in three of our delicious salsas. Esta muy sabrosa !
Lean pork in chunks, simmered in our delicious green salsa, made with tomatillos, green peppers, onions, cilantro, fresh garlic, and different spices.
Fresh beef tongue cooked in a fresh tomato sauce, onions, garlic, carrots, olives, hojas de laurel, and peppers.
Fresh beef tongue cooked on our delicious verde sauce made with fresh tomatillos.
Fresh beef tongue cooked in our delicious verde sauce made with tomatillos.
Fresh beef tongue sauteed in our super spanish sauce, olive oil, and chipotle chile. Platillo de reyes !
Fresh beef tongue cooked with sugar, cinnamon, white wine, raisins, and olive oil.
Fresh beef tongue cooked in a very special green mole. Favorite dish of the aztecs.
Thin new york steak broiled with lemon juice and spices. Topped with fired tomatoes, onions, a little cilantro and jalapeno. Served with quacamole.
Bone in rib-eye steak with a blend of sliced onions, cilantro and spices. Covered with our delicious verde sauce. Very tender y sabrosos!
A tender new york steak sauteed in a delicious sauce, made with mushrooms, and secret spices, and touch of tequila.
We prepare this dish to order. New york steak in small chunks, sauteed in red sauce, made with guajillo, de arbol dried chiles, fresh tomato, and spices. Served with raw onion rings.
New york steak in our ranchera, and verde sauce covered with a cheese enchilada and quacamole. Mucho delicioso!
New york steak covered with sauteed green chile strips. Served with a cheese enchilada, and guacamole, delicioso!
New york steak in small chunks, sauteed with onions, tomatoes, jalapenos and cilantro, mixed with spanish sauce. A ti gustarte mucho!
New york steak sauteed in a conac sauce, made with mushrooms, onions, secret spices, a little sour cream and cognac.
Marinated beef stir fried with green, yellow, and red bell pepper chiles, onions, cilantro, and spices. Served with guacamole, sour cream and flour tortillas.
A tender fillet soaked in special sauce, make with chopped onions, bacon bites, fresh garlic, whole pepper and jerez (sweet mexican wine).
New york steal covered with fried tomatoes, onions, jalapenos and cilantro ! Mucho bueno y picoso!
New york steak topped with aceituna salsa, made with olive oil, white wine, sliced almonds, green and black olives and secret condiments. Erale a san juan bilando.
Bone in rib-eye steak in coca-cola classic sauce. This one has one of my mom's secret recipes, made with dried pasilla chiles, fresh garlic, black pepper, cloves, secret ingredients, and coca-cola. Yes coca-cola classic!
Very thin beef fillet blanket topped with fresh vegetables, carrots, peas, string beans, and melted cheese.
Tender steak skewers accompanied by grilled onions, tomatoes, and green peppers.
A very traditional mexican festival dish made with fresh goat meat cooked with several selections of dried chiles, spices, cooked beer (not water). Something different and mucho delicioso! Served with chopped raw onions, cilantro and tortillas.
New york steak cut thin, breaded, pan fried and served with french fries and guacamole.
Saturday and Sunday our deliciouS michocan style menudo. Ask you waiter.
Served everyday with fresh home made tortillas. Ask your waiter.
Seafood soup. Please allow extra time.
Six rolled corn tortillas filled with beef or chicken, deep fried, served with guacamole, sour cream and green salsa.
Two rolled corn tortillas filled with cheese and onions, simmered in our tasty red mole sauce, sprinkled with raw onions, served with broiled fillet of chicken breast, or thin broiled new york steak. Sour cream at your request.
Three deep fried, or soft tacos on corn tortillas, served with shredded lettuce, pico de gallo and special sauce. My mom's recipe.
Serves with guacamole.
Beef tongue tacos served with guacamole.
Asada tacos with a touch of sour cream and green slices of fresh pasila peppers.
Guerrillero is the name given to the freedom fighters, like zapata, who risked their lives for their beliefs. Filet of chicken breast cooked with olive oil, sauteed with tomatoes, onions, a bit of sour cream, paprika and secret condiments. Un platillo muy delicioso!
Entrale a san juan bailando ! Filet of chicken breast broiled, topped with aceituna sauce made with olive oil, dry and white wine, sliced almonds, green and black olives and my chef's secret condiments.
Broiled chicken breast filet, sauteed in a little olive oil, garlic, onions, tomatoes, cilantro, and jalapenos. Topped with melted monterrey jack cheese.
Grilled chicken breast basted with sarandeado sauce, a selection of dried chiles, secret spices, and blended with a touch of mayonnaise.
Chicken breast stir fried with green, yellow and red bell pepper, chiles, onions, cilantro, and tomatoes. Served sizzling with guacamole, and sour cream.
A cactus dish fit for your health, grilled chicken breast with fresh mexican cactus, onions, cilantro, tomatoes and jalapeno.
Chicken breast marinated overnight in a sauce made with achiote, fresh garlic, onions, dried red chiles, vinegar, and secret spices. Served with guacamole.
This is a plain chicken breast filet, broiled with just a little lime juice, salt and pepper. Served with guacamole and lemon wedges.
Named after my grandma. This a chicken tender breast, grilled and simmered in a delicious sauce made with olive oil, fresh lime juice, garlic, oregano and special golden peppers.
Grilled chicken breast, cooked with chipotle sauce, made with fresh tomato, onions, poppers, green olives, garlic, dried red chiles and chipotle chiles. Muy sabroso!
It's an old traditional "festival dish" made with several different dried chiles and spices. It's between hot and mild with a little bit of chocolate flavor.
Chicken breast fillet cooked in olive oil and wine, simmered in our delicious fresh garlic sauce.
Grilled chicken breast sauteed in a little olive oil, onions, and fresh roasted pasilla strips in a cream sauce.
Filet of chicken breast pan fried, sauteed in olive oil, lemon juice, mushrooms, a bit of sour cream, onions, my mom's secret spices, and conac.
Filet of chicken breast cooked in a very special green mole. A favorite dish of the aztecs.
Fresh gulf shrimp pan fried with olive oil, slices of dried pasilla chiles, mushrooms, fresh garlic, and a touch of white wine.
Large fresh mexican gulf shrimp fried with fresh garlic, onions. Red sauce, a touch of corn-starch, dried chiles, and secret ingredients.
Large fresh mexican gulf shrimp sauteed in olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, spices, and tequila. Sprinkled with red springs dried chiles.
Combination of roasted green chiles blended with sour cream, sauteed large mexican gulf shrimp smothered with monterrey jack cheese, and baked in the oven.
Fresh large mexican gulf shrimp filled with shrimp, cheese, and peppers, wrapped in bacon and deep fried. Served with our special 1000 island, spanish and tabasco sauce.
Large fresh mexican gulf shrimp sauteed in olive oil, cooked with a little spanish sauce, onions, tomatoes, cilantro, and jalapenos.
Large fresh mexican gulf shrimp stir fried with green, yellow and red bell pepper chiles, onions, tomatoes, cilantro, and spices. Served sizzling with guacamole, and sour cream.
Large fresh mexican gulf shrimp sauteed in red sauce made with a combination of dried chiles, tomato, and a bit of catsup. Mucho mucho caliente but mucho mucho bueno!
Large fresh mexican gulf shrimp breaded, deep fried, served with our special 1000 island, spanish, tapatio sauce, and pico de gallo.
Large fresh mexican gulf shrimp sauteed in a little olive oil, onions, and fresh roasted pasilla strips in a cream sauce.
Large fresh mexican gulf shrimp sauteed in a little olive oil, onions and fresh roasted pasilla strips in a cream sauce.
Large fresh mexican gulf shrimp basted with sarandeado sauce, with a selection of dried chiles, and secret spices blended with a touch of mayonnaise.
Our deluxe seafood enchiladas filled with fresh mexican gulf shrimp, simmered in our delicious red enchilada sauce.
Zirahuen is a town with a beautiful lake in michoacan. Large fresh mexican gulf shrimp sauteed in olive oil with tomatoes onions, a bit of sour cream, paprika, and secret condiments. Un platillo muy delisioso!
Two fresh pasilla chiles roasted, filled with fresh mexican gulf shrimp sauteed in olive oil, white wine, onions, tomatoes, cilantro, and a little jalapeno. Served with cheese. Un platillo super sabroso!
Filet of fresh white fish stuffed with shrimp and octopus, deep fried, and smothered with our special 1000 island, spanish, and tabasco sauce.
Filet of fresh orange roughy cooked in olive oil, white wine, peppers, onions, garlic, tomatoes, cilantro and green olives.
Filet of fresh orange roughy pan fried with chopped fresh garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, white wine, and spices.
Salmon filets cooked any style.
Entrale a san juan bailando ! Filet of fresh orange roughy, pan fried with olive oil, dry white wine, sliced almonds, green and black olives and my chef's secret condiments.
White fish filet sauteed in our delicious spanish sauce made with tomatoes, onions, jalapenos, peppers, and secret condiments. Topped with melted monterrey jack cheese.
Fresh whole fish. Served with spanish rice and salad.
Fresh whole fish. Served with spanish rice and salad.
New york steak and gulf shrimp cooked to order and prepared any style.
Five methods of preparation according to your tastes: al ajillo*estilo puerto nuevo*al mojo de ajo*a la diabla* sarandeada.
One lobster tail and a 12oz new york steak.
Beef and bean burrito, 1 tamale, 1 beef taco.
Green pork and bean burrito, beef enchilada, and chicken taco.
Cheese enchilada, been tostada with guacamole and beef taco.
Green pork and guacamole burrito, cheese enchilada and chicken taco.
Chicken enchilada, chicken taco, and chicken tostada with guacamole.
Beef, and bean burrito, green chile (pork), and bean burrito, green chile, and bean burrito (no meat), avocado, and pork burrito, all beef burrito.
1 cheese enchilada and beef taco.
1 tamale and 1 beef enchilada.
1 chile relleno (cheese) and 1 beef taco.
1 beef, and bean burrito and 1 beef taco.
1 green chile pork, and guacamole burrito, 1 chicken enchilada.
Entomatadas, folded corn tortillas (3) filled with beef, chicken, or cheese, simmered in our delicious spanish sauce, topped with monterrey jack cheese, and sour cream.
1 chile relleno and 1 green chile pork, and bean burrito.
1 chile relleno (cheese), 1 cheese enchilada.
Fresh roasted pasillas, covered with egg batter and filled with cheese.
1 chile relleno, 1 tamal, 1 green chicken enchilada with sour cream and topped with chopped onion.
Beef, chicken, or chorizo.
Fresh fish or shrimp covered with egg batter and deep fried, served with pico de gallo and cole slaw.
Beef, or chicken, served with guacamole and sour cream.
Filled with cheese, beef and chicken. Served with rice, beans, and sour cream.
Pollo azado, or carne azada.
Beef, chicken, or carnitas.
Pescado Estilo Las Comadres
Shrimp, chicken, and steak fajitas
Bar area
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Always clean!!
outside
inside
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Margarita
Menu, front
Dining area
Whats this chicken or carnitas
Menudo
food, tacos
Margarita
Inside
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Carnitas plate
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chipotle caesar salad with chicken
Chryl C.
Feb 26, 2025
I went here today for lunch and was beyond pleased. They were very busy but, our server was still very attentive.Their lunch specials are vey affordable and tasty. Even full the restaurant is not loud, you can still maintain a conversation without yelling
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Charlie L.
Feb 26, 2025
Literally stumbled upon this restaurant when making a wrong turn. Best wrong turn ever.Viva Zapata's is a warm charming restaurant with great service. It was taco Tuesday after all, so I had tacos! The taco shells were just the right amount of crispy without falling apart. They were filled with flavorful white meat chicken and the fixings. The rice and beans? Like mamma makes them.They serve salsa and bean dip with their chips.Both excellent. Made my day! When in Vegas look for Viva Zapata's!
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Jennifer J.
Feb 7, 2025
We were in town last weekend for a family memorial, and my dad had the idea for a large group of us (20+) to meet "somewhere" for a late lunch after the graveside service. Being the professional event planner of the group (who me?) I immediately volunteered for the mission of finding a place that could accommodate a large group...in less than 24 hours.I narrowed the list down to a few options, checked out their Yelp reviews, and landed on Viva Zapata's. We called and they promised they'd have our 20-person table ready and waiting by the next afternoon. And they didn't ask for a deposit or anything. Amazing!We arrived at the appointed time and, by the time everyone in the family arrived, they had a huge table set up for us. Soon, we were all seated and enjoying chips and salsa and some good drinks (much needed after what has been a stressful time).The service was amazing and the food came out fast. I got the shrimp tacos, which were "grandma's secret recipe" and were quite delicious. The mango margaritas, rimmed with a generous sprinkle of tajin, also hit the spot.I am so thankful to this restaurant and their staff for going above and beyond to make us feel welcome and feed us well. Bonus points for really cool decor - it had an old west feel and I really liked it. Thank you Zapata's!
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Nette B.
Nov 20, 2024
Viva Zapata's deserves 5 Stars for their service, fresh tortilla maker, food and live entertainment from Wednesday- Sunday. This is my go to Mexican Restaurant in North Las Vegas. I've tried a handful of dishes which I don't know what they are called but look at my photos. I enjoy the complimentary chips with salsa and refried beans. The chips are perfect and the salsa has a little spice to but not hot. I've been to a handful of Mexican Restaurants in Las Vegas, more so in the north area and this is by far my favorite. Great location right off of I 15 on Craig.
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Rainier C.
Feb 19, 2025
First time trying it out and we were not disappointed. The food, the service, the ambiance, and specially the price during lunch is a two thumbs up. I ordered steak ala mexicana, and I really enjoyed it. Very savory and the portion is filling.
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Viviana R.
Jan 6, 2025
This is my employer's favorite lunch spot. It's somewhat tucked away and easy to overlook from a distance, but the food is great, and the menu offers a wide variety of options. The prices are reasonable, the service is fast, and the staff is excellent.
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Rechelle F.
Mar 2, 2025
Great food! It's all really great! The shrimp cocktail is AMAZINg! A must get-everyone! Child friendly
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Sergio P.
Oct 22, 2024
Gave Viva Zapata's a go for a lunch in with a few coworkers. There was an hour wait but had some seating at the bar top. To start off the bring our chips with salsa and beans. There were really good. For lunch I went with the campechana. It was served cold and all ingredients were fresh. It contained oysters, shrimp, octopus and a bunch of veggies. I did have to add some ketchup for a bit more flavor. But other than that it was good.
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Irresistable U.
Jan 16, 2025
The food here is off the charts! Foodie heaven if you love wholesome fresh in-house crafted meals. What makes this place truly remarkable and special is the story of the namesake of this restaurant. I recommend taking the time to eat IN the restaurant, look at the props, read the story on the menu, and enjoy the experience. Everything here is made in-house, and the service is compassionate, kind, and thorough. As long as you're not a narcissistic prima donna, demanding this place provide 5star obsequious treatment, you will love it. I cannot recommend this restaurant highly enough.
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Michael D.
Jun 10, 2024
I haven't been to Viva Zapata's in a few years or so but was over at the base for work so stopped in with a few friends for lunch. It's a fairly small place with some tables for dinning around the outside wall and a bar area on the inside with TVs. The decor is very nice and the staff is always helpful and friendly. The chips and salsa came out quickly while we looked over the lunch specials. The chips were good and the salsa had good flavor but not much heat so I asked for some Habanero salsa. The Habanero salsa delivered in both flavor and some really nice heat! I was thinking about getting some tacos but saw that they had Chile Verde which is one of my favorites so I went with that. First out was the Fideo, which comes with all meals, and it was yummy! The entrees came out fairly quick after that so I dug right in. The rice and beans were both delicious, but the Chile Verde left a lot to be desired and I was quite disappointed. The pork was cubed and looked like it wasn't cooked or stewed very long and was a bit dry and also tough. The Verde sauce was like an afterthought and basically just tomatillos without the full Chile Verde flavors and spice. We are a Mexican family and my wife cooks a lot at home so I'm a bit spoiled and have pretty high expectations but this Chile Verde is probably the least favorite of anywhere I've tried it. One of my friends got tacos and said they were great and they looked good as well. My other friend is Vegetarian so they made a Veggie enchilada and some other stuff for him and he loved it. Viva Zapata's has a great vibe and outstanding service so give them a shot if you are in the area and try for yourself.
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Rated: 3.8 (166 reviews) · $$
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