Fernando's Mexican Restaurant

Botanas

The 3 Amigos

Enough for sharing!! Cheese quesadilla, chimichanguitas, and nachos. Topped with tomatoes, jalapenos and guacamole.
$17.55
Chimichanguitas

Deep fried flour tortillas filled with meat and topped with guacamole.
$15.45
Nachos

A bed of home made tortilla chips layered with beans and melted cheeses. Topped with Fernando's mild sauce, tomatoes and jalapenos.
$17.55
Nachos Rancheros

Same as regular nachos just add your choice of meat. Topped also with sour cream, and guacamole.
$18.75
Cheese Quesadilla

2 flour tortillas stuffed with melted cheeses. Topped with guacamole.
$15.45
Meat Quesadilla

2 Flour tortillas stuffed with cheese and your choice of meat. Topped with guacamole and sour cream.
$16.45
Shrimp Quesadilla

One giant flour tortilla stuffed with cheese and prawns. Topped with guacamole, sour cream, and tomatoes
$22.85
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!!!
$21.85
Shrimp Appetizer

A large platter with 5 different style of shrimp: Rancheros, a la diabla, al mojo de ajo, especiales and empanizados.
$54.25
Cheese Crispy

Crispy flour tortilla topped with melted cheeses. Add guacamole or sour cream for an additional charge.
$13.95
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.
$13.85
Chile con Queso

Melted cheeses mixed with Fernando's mild sauce, and spicy salsa.
$10.75
Frijoles con Queso

Refried bean dip topped with melted cheese.
$11.55
Guacamole

Avocado dip.
$14.85
Mozzarella Cheese Sticks

Served with ranch.
$11.75
JaIapeno Poppers

Served with ranch.
$12.75
Buffalo Wings

Served with ranch.
$15.95
El Patron Appetizer

Large platter with pork carnitas, carne asada and shrimp.
$49.25

Ensaladas

Garden Salad

Fresh chopped iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, mushrooms, avocado slices, carrots and dressing.
$11.55
Sopa Azteca

Chicken tortilla soup. 16 oz
$10.75
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.
$15.25
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.
$17.05
Tijuana Taco Salad

The original Taco Salad!! A bowl shaped flour tortilla shell filled with your choice of meat, beans, lettuce, cheese and tomatoes.
$16.55
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.
$18.35
Cup of Soup

8 oz Sopa Azteca
$7.05

Traditional Combinaciones

1. Two Enchiladas Combo
$20.75
2. Two Tacos Combo
$20.75
3. Enchilada and Tamale Combo
$21.35
4. Enchilada and Taco Combo
$20.75
5. Enchilada and Chile Relleno Combo
$20.75
6. Two Enchiladas Suizas Combo

Green tomatillo sauce and melted jack cheese
$20.75
7. Enchilada and Tostada Combo
$20.75
8. Avocado Tostada Combo
$21.35
9. Two Burritos Combo
$21.35
10. Two Enchiladas with Fernando's Chili Beans Combo

Not served with rice.
$21.35
11. Huevos Rancheros Combo
$21.35
12. Chorizo con Huevo Combo
$21.35
13. Two Flautas Combo
$21.35
14. Chimichanga Combo
$21.35
15. Chalupa Combo
$21.35
16. Machaca Combo

3 eggs scrambled with shredded beef, tomatoes and onions.
$20.75

Large Combinaciones

A-1. Large Combo

Enchilada, chile relleno, and taco.
$22.95
B-2. Large Combo

Enchilada, and an avocado tostada.
$22.95
C-3. Large Combo

Enchilada, tamale, and a tostada.
$23.05
D-4. Large Combo

1 Enchilada, and 2 tacos.
$23.05
E-5. Large Combo

Enchilada, tamale, and a taco.
$23.05
F-6. Large Combo

Enchilada, tamale, and chile relleno.
$24.05

Small Combinaciones

Enchilada Rice and Beans
$17.35
Taco Rice and Beans
$17.35
Enchilada Suiza Rice and Beans
$17.35
Tamale Rice and Beans
$18.35
Tostada Rice and Beans
$17.35
Burrito Rice and Beans
$17.35
Flauta Rice and Beans
$18.35
Chile Relleno Rice and Beans
$17.35
Chile Relleno Especial Rice and Beans

Stuffed with cheese and ground beef
$18.35
Taco Especial Rice and Beans

Soft tortilla filled with meat and deep fried to perfection topped with lettuce, tomato, cheese, and red sauce.
$18.35
Tamale Especial Rice and Beans

Topped with cheese and red sauce and baked to perfection.
$19.35
Burrito Especial Combo
$17.35
Spanish Omelet Rice and Beans
$17.35

Mariscos

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.
$26.75
Camarones al Mojo de Ajo

Prawns and mushrooms sauteed in Fernando's mix of Mexican spices, garlic and butter.
$26.45
Camarones a la Diabla

Prawns, mushrooms, and onions all sauteed in butter and Fernando's secret spicy sauce.
$26.45
Camarones con Crema

For the sour cream lovers!! Prawns, onions, mushrooms all sauteed in Fernando's mix of spices and delicious sour cream sauce.
$26.45
Camarones Especiales

Prawns wrapped in bacon and deep fried.
$26.45
Camarones Rancheros

Prawns, bell peppers, onions and mushrooms all sauteed with Fernando's mix of Mexican spices and tomato sauce.
$26.45
Camarones Empanizados

6 fresh jumbo deep fried prawns served with french fries and salad.
$25.45
Fajitas de Camaron

Prawns served sizzling hot over a mix of sauteed onions, bell peppers, and carrots.
$27.55
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.
$23.55
Crab Enchiladas

2 real crab meat enchiladas topped with jack cheese and Fernando's mild sauce.
$25.45
Cancun Platter

Fish, prawns and chicken sauteed in wine. Then topped with cheese and baked to perfection.
$27.45
2 Fish Tacos

Fish sauteed in butter. Topped with lettuce, pico de gallo and Fernando's taco sauce.
$23.55
Filete Empanizado

Breaded fish served with french fries and salad.
$23.55

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.
$23.95
Carnitas de Pollo

Chunks of chicken breast sauteed with green bell peppers, and onions.
$29.35
Pollo a la Mexicana

Chunks of chicken breast sauteed in Fernando's mix of Mexican spicy sauces.
$23.95
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.
$23.95
Sopitos

Home made corn meal flat shells layered with beans, your choice of meat, lettuce, cheese, tomato, sour cream, and guacamole.
$24.75
Mole Enchiladas

2 chicken enchiladas covered with melted jack cheese and mole sauce. Topped with raw onions, and sesame seeds.
$22.75
Pollo en Mole

Chunks of chicken breast cooked in our delicious mole sauce. Topped with sliced raw onions, and sesame seeds.
$23.95
Grilled Chicken Breast

Served with rice and beans.
$23.75

Carnes

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.
$21.75
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.
$24.55
Fernando's Super Special

1 enchilada, a chile relleno, a taco and a burrito.
$25.35
Chef's Special

A slice of carne asada, an enchilada, a taco, a flauta and a chile relleno.
$27.35
Steak Picado

Chunks of beef pan fried in a tasty sauce and vegetables.
$25.55
Chile Verde

Pork in a green tomatillo sauce.
$22.55
Chile Colorado

Beef stew.
$22.55
2 Tacos Especiales

2 deep fried tacos topped with chopped tomatoes, Parmesan cheese, and Fernando's taco sauce.
$21.85
2 Chile Rellenos Especiales

Chile rellenos stuffed with jack cheese and ground beef.
$22.85
2 Tamales Especiales

2 tamales filled with your choice of meat and topped with melted cheese.
$23.85
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.
$25.55
Fajitas Supremas

Steak, chicken, AND prawns marinated in Fernando's secret sauce. Delivered hot over a mix of sauteed onions, bell peppers, and carrots.
$29.45
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.
$24.45
Steak a la Mexicana

Broiled ten ounce New York Steak topped with grilled onions, tomatoes, and sliced avocado.
$25.75
Carnitas de Res

Top sirloin fried and sliced. Cooked with bell peppers and onions
$25.55
Carne Asada

Dig slice of skirt steak cooked over the broiler. Served with guacamole and pico de gallo.
$25.75
Milanesa

A thin slice of steak breaded and fried to perfection. Served with beans, french fries, pico de gallo, and guacamile.
$25.85
Carnitas de Puerco

Tender pork meat served with rice, beans, and pico de gallo.
$23.75

A la Carte

Enchilada
$8.25
Enchilada Suiza

Topped with green tomatillo sauce and jack cheese.
$8.55
Crab Enchilada
$10.95
Taco
$7.95
Chalupa

Crispy Flour tortilla shell filled with your choice of meat, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream and guacamole.
$9.55
Tamale
$8.55
Burrito

Flour tortilla filled with meat, cheese, rice and beans. Topped with Fernando's mild sauce
$9.55
Chile Relleno
$8.25
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.
$9.55
Tostada
$8.55
Avocado Tostada
$9.75
Flauta

Topped with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole and red sauce
$8.45
Spanish Omelet

Cheese Omelet topped with Fernando's mild red sauce.
$9.75
Bowl of Chili Beans
$8.75
Side of Beans

Serves up to 2 people
$8.25
Spanish of Rice

Serves up to 2 people
$8.25
Side of Rice and Beans
$11.55
Coleslaw

16 oz container of our yummy homemade coleslaw
$7.75
Small Salsa

4 Oz
$4.15
Medium Salsa

8 Oz.
$6.15
Large Salsa

16 Oz.
$10.15
Large Bag of Chips
$6.85
Side of Guacamole

4 Oz.
$10.55
Side of Sour Cream

4 Oz.
$4.55

Little Amigos

Kid's Enchilada
$12.15
Kid's Taco
$12.15
Kid's Burrito

Only meat inside or bean and cheese
$12.15
Kid's Cheese Quesadilla
$12.15
Kid's Nachos

Crispy chips topped with refried beans, cheese and red mild sauce.
$11.15
Kid's Tostada
$12.15
Kid's Tamale

No sauce.
$12.15
Kid's Side of Rice and Beans
$11.15
Kid's Hamburger
$13.15
Kid's Chicken Tenders
$13.15
Kid's Chicken Nuggets
$13.15
Kid's Order of Fries
$11.15

North of the Border

New York Steak

Served with french fries and salad.
$26.75
Fernando's Giant Burger

Served on a French roll with mayonnaise, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions, and french fries. Add cheese for an additional charge.
$18.35
Deluxe Burger

Served on a bun with mayonnaise, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and french fries. Add cheese for an additional charge.
$16.55
Hamburger Steak

Served with french fries and salad. No bun. Add cheese for an additional charge.
$17.55
Chicken Sandwich

Served on a French roll with mayonnaise, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions, and french fries. Add cheese for an additional charge.
$18.45
Steak Sandwich

Served on a French roll with mayonnaise, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions, and french fries. Add cheese for an additional charge.
$18.85

Lunch Special

1. Enchilada Lunch Special

Stuffed tortilla topped with chili sauce.
$13.55
2. Taco Lunch Special

Folded tortilla with a variety of fillings such as meat or beans.
$13.55
3. Tamale Lunch Special

Dough wrapped around a filling and steamed in a corn husk or banana leaf.
$14.75
4. 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
$14.75
5. Avocado Tostada Lunch Special

Deep fried tortilla with a variety or toppings.
$14.95
6. Flauta Lunch Special

A rolled tortilla that has been filled.
$14.95
7. Enchilada Suiza Lunch Special

Enchilada with green tomatillo sauce and melted jack cheese.
$13.55
8. Chimichanga Lunch Special

Tortilla stuffed with a savory filling and deep fried.
$14.95
9. Crab Enchilada Lunch Special

Crab Stuffed tortilla topped with melted jack cheese and mild enchilada sauce.
$14.95
10. Enchilada with Chili Beans Lunch Special

No Rice
$13.95
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
$16.65
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.
$14.65
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.
$15.65
Veggie Omelet

3 eggs omelet filled with melted cheese, green and red bell peppers, onions, mushrooms and carrots.
$14.65
Meat Omelet

3 egg omelet filled with your choice of meat.
$15.65
Burrito Especial

Mexican chorizo scrambled with eggs, tomatoes, and onions wrapped in flour tortilla topped with Fernando's mild sauce.
$15.65
Huevos a la Mexicana

3 eggs scrambled with chopped onions, tomatoes, and jalapenos.
$15.65
Machaca

Shredded beef scrambled with eggs, tomatoes, and chopped onions.
$15.65
Huevos Rancheros

Egg.
$15.65
Huevos con Chorizo

Chorizo and egg scrambled with onions and tomatoes.
$15.65
Chile Relleno Especial

3 eggs omelet filled with melted cheese and ground beef. Topped with Fernando's ranchero sauce.
$15.65
Chilaquiles

Corn tortilla chips cooked with Fernando's mild sauce. Topped with cheese, chopped onions, and oregano. Served with 2 eggs and beans.
$15.65

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.
$23.55
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.
$27.55

Sodas and Mocktails

Coke
$2.95
Diet Coke
$2.95
Sprite
$2.95
Root Beer
$2.95
Orange Fanta
$2.95
Lemonade
$2.95
Roy Rogers
$3.00
Shirley Temple
$3.00
Arnold Palmer
$2.75
Coffee
$2.50
Decaf Coffee
$2.50
Hot Tea
$2.75
Iced Tea
$2.75
Milk
$2.75
Orange Juice
$3.00
Grapefruit Juice
$3.00
Cranberry Juice
$3.00
Tomato Juice
$3.00
Pineapple Juice
$3.00
Apple Juice
$3.00
Pancho Pina

Virgin pina colada.
$3.75
Sol y Luna

OJ Sunrise.
$3.75
Chiquita

Virgin Strawberry Daiquiri
$5.00
Chiquito

Virgin Lime Margarita Blended
$4.75

Josephine B.

★★★★★

Jan 14, 2025

This is my 2nd time eating here. Can't believe I haven't made a review yet. This place has the best chips and salsa!I've come here on a weekday afternoon so it's never that busy. Patio seating is available but the indoor seating is nice dark and cozy. Lots of street parking. This place is not too far from Hillsdale Shopping Mall. As a person that just moved from Texas a year ago, I will admit that California does have better Mexican food.

Tiffany R.

★★★★★

Aug 26, 2024

My favorite restaurant in San Mateo! If I could eat here everyday I would. Indoor and outdoor dining as well as a cantina. Service is fantastic. Price is super reasonable. Amazing drink list good selection of cocktails and great margaritas!

Andrea R.

★★★★☆

Nov 21, 2024

OMG beers got really expensive! Still love the tortilla soup and the cups and salsa. Also miss Saúl.

Navdeep S.

★★★★★

Jan 13, 2025

I've eaten at this restaurant twice already and the food is absolutely to die for, especially, the enchiladas. They are hands down the BEST enchiladas my husband and I have ever had. We've also tried a mixed plate dish and the equally good nachos. The food is worth the price and we recommend it to our friends if they are ever in the area.

Jorge R.

★★★★★

Sep 28, 2024

Amazing to walk on memory lane , coming back to Fernando's after long time from Vancouver Washington.. wife and I love the food and the margaritas same quality of food ...the Cadillac margaritas was amazing.. Marina the waiter was as always very helpful the only thing she needs to take control of her mouth other than that she was ok ..the main reason why we come back to this restaurant was to remember our angel Grace Folsom one of my best friends..

Mateo V.

★★★★☆

Mar 5, 2023

I love Fernando's. The staff is always super friendly and makes you feel like family and I love the food. The cheese they use it's unique (in a great) for a Mexican restaurant. It's a bit more salty, almost a bit like Velveeta. It's something I look forward to every time I'm back in the Bay Area. I got 2 chicken enchilada that comes with chicken tortilla soup. Loved it!4 star versus the 5 star is just because the restaurant environment is authentic, but nothing fancy or super impressive. But it's nice.

Christina P.

★★★★★

Oct 13, 2024

We've been coming here for years. Service is always amazing and food is always good. The enchiladas are amazing.

John D.

★★☆☆☆

Jul 29, 2024

Service was good, but the tacos al carbon was a little sketchy. The meat smelled sour, and tasted way off. I could only stomach one of the three on my plate before grabbing the check. Waitress said the sour taste/smell was the marinade. I've never had Mexican marinade that tasted like that. It was just really off putting and made me nauseous. Even as I write this review, my stomach is already turning and I'm a bit lightheaded. I love Mexican food, and I've had it all, so this sour meat taste was just way out of the norm for me, and I really hope it wasn't bad meat. Maybe it was too much lime in the marinade? Hopefully I don't get sick from this. I would get something else or go somewhere else.

JoAnne B.

★☆☆☆☆

Feb 28, 2025

We gave it a try ...Didn't care for the foodService was very slow but friendly.The inside of the restaurant, although colorful is in need of a refresh .. as it is now the decor is tired and looks dirty,

Collette O.

★★☆☆☆

Oct 17, 2024

Usually think this place is pretty decent but this tostada salad was disgusting. Doesn't even remotely look like a salad.

Fernando's Mexican Restaurant

Menu

Botanas

The 3 Amigos

Chimichanguitas

Nachos

Nachos Rancheros

Cheese Quesadilla

Meat Quesadilla

Shrimp Quesadilla

Fajita Quesadilla

Shrimp Appetizer

Cheese Crispy

Queso Fundido

Chile con Queso

Frijoles con Queso

Guacamole

Mozzarella Cheese Sticks

JaIapeno Poppers

Buffalo Wings

El Patron Appetizer

Ensaladas

Garden Salad

Sopa Azteca

Taco Salad

Deluxe Tostada

Tijuana Taco Salad

Tostada Salad

Cup of Soup

Traditional Combinaciones

1. Two Enchiladas Combo

2. Two Tacos Combo

3. Enchilada and Tamale Combo

4. Enchilada and Taco Combo

5. Enchilada and Chile Relleno Combo

6. Two Enchiladas Suizas Combo

7. Enchilada and Tostada Combo

8. Avocado Tostada Combo

9. Two Burritos Combo

10. Two Enchiladas with Fernando's Chili Beans Combo

11. Huevos Rancheros Combo

12. Chorizo con Huevo Combo

13. Two Flautas Combo

14. Chimichanga Combo

15. Chalupa Combo

16. Machaca Combo

Large Combinaciones

A-1. Large Combo

B-2. Large Combo

C-3. Large Combo

D-4. Large Combo

E-5. Large Combo

F-6. Large Combo

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

Taco Especial Rice and Beans

Tamale Especial Rice and Beans

Burrito Especial Combo

Spanish Omelet Rice and Beans

Mariscos

Arroz con Camarones

Camarones al Mojo de Ajo

Camarones a la Diabla

Camarones con Crema

Camarones Especiales

Camarones Rancheros

Camarones Empanizados

Fajitas de Camaron

Coctel de Camaron

Crab Enchiladas

Cancun Platter

2 Fish Tacos