El Cantarito
El Cantarito
Handmade fresh tortilla chili casserole filled and topped with melted cheese served with 2 eggs any style. Served with rice and beans.
2 eggs over easy on a fried corn tortilla covered with ranchero sauce. Served with rice, beans, chips, salsa, and tortillas.
Tender chunks of pork simmered with our special green chili served with 2 eggs of any style, rice, beans, chips, salsa, and tortilla.
Large burrito stuffed with potatoes, beans, cheese, scrambled eggs, and your choice of ham, bacon, or chorizo.
Sauteed shredded pork with chopped onions, jalapenos, and ripe tomatoes and scrambled with 2 eggs. Served with rice, beans, chips, salsa, and tortilla.
2 scrambled eggs mixed with Mexican sausage. Served with rice, beans, chips, salsa, and tortillas.
Make your own omelet with our wide selection of ingredients. Up to 3 ingredients of your choice include 2 delicious sides of your choice: rice, beans, salad, home potatoes, or hash browns.
2 eggs scrambled with onions, tomatoes, and jalapenos. Served with rice, beans, chips, salsa, and tortillas.
Crisp fried corn tortilla chips simmered in a grilled pepper and tomatillo sauce, mixed with chicken. Served with rice and beans.
2 eggs cooked any style, mixed or accompanied with ham. Served with rice, beans, chips, salsa, and tortillas.
Sauteed nopal cactus with chopped onions, and ripe tomatoes and scrambled with 2 eggs. Served with rice, beans, chips, salsa, and tortillas.
2 eggs cooked any style, served with crisp bacon, rice, beans, chips, salsa, and tortillas.
For the ultimate appetite! A tender cut of beef steak served with 2 eggs any style. Served with rice, beans, chips, salsa, and tortillas.
Beans, salsa verde, melted cheese, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream. Your choice of meat chile-verde, asada, carnitas, or chicken.
6 pieces. Cooked wings of a chicken coated in sauce or seasoning.
Hot wings, Chile peppers, nachos, and quesadilla.
6 pieces. Stuffed with cheese and fried.
Your choice of meat.
Chicken soup. Delicious chicken soup with potato, corn, cabbage, squash, and carrot. Choice of corn or flour tortilla. Soups. (Servido con arroz y tortillas de maiz hechas a mano) served with rice and handmade tortillas.
Taste our home-style menudo, cooked in our seasoned broth with honeycomb, and beef tripe. Accompanied by lemons, diced onions, and oregano and served with tortillas. Corn or flour tortilla. (Servido con arroz y tortillas de maiz hechas a mano) served with rice and handmade tortillas.
Hominy pork stew. Our delicious and very traditional Mexican soup with pork and hominy is served with our handmade tortilla or flour tortilla. (Servido con arroz y tortillas de maiz hechas a mano) served with rice and handmade tortillas.
Beef stew. Tender hearty beef, and vegetables. Choice of corn or flour tortillas. (Servido con arroz y tortillas de maiz hechas a mano) served with rice and handmade tortillas.
Shrimp, beef, and chicken sauteed with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes in our famous seasonings. Served with rice, beans, chips, salsa, and tortillas.
Tender chunks of delicious pork garnished with pico de gallo. Served with rice, beans, chips, salsa, and tortillas.
Chunks of seasoned tender pork, simmered in our special green chile. Served with rice, beans, chips, salsa, and tortillas.
Mild green pasilla pepper stuffed with Jack cheese and coated with fluffy egg butter topped with ranchero sauce. Served with rice, beans, and a choice of corn or flour tortilla.
A traditional 8 oz. beef skirt steak, garnished with grilled onions a fried serrano, and ripe tomatoes. Served with rice, beans, chips, salsa, and tortilla.
2 pieces of chicken carefully boiled and served with our roasted pepper mole red sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Tender marinated chunks of goat slowly simmered in our flavorful broth. Served with pico de gallo on the side, rice, beans, chips, salsa, and tortillas.
Tender steak steamed to perfection with onions, jalapeos, and tomatoes. Served with rice, beans, chips, salsa, and tortillas. Spicy.
Chicken cut in strips, sauteed with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes in our famous seasonings. Served with rice, beans, chips, salsa, and tortilla.
Beef cut in strips, sauteed with onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, and our famous seasonings. Served with rice, beans, chips, salsa, and tortillas.
Tender chicken steamed to perfection with onions, jalapenos, and tomatoes. Served with rice, beans, chips, salsa, and tortillas. Spicy.
Shrimp, sauteed with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes in our famous seasonings. Served with rice, beans, chips, salsa, and tortilla.
Beef steak grilled to perfection with chopped onions, tomatoes, and jalapeno peppers seasoned Mexican style. Served with rice, beans, chips, salsa, and tortillas.
Beef cut in strips, steamed with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes in our signature tomato sauce. Served with rice, beans, chips, salsa, and tortillas.
Corn tortilla filled with your choice of carnitas (pork), (al pastor) pork, (asada) steak, (birria) goat, and (pollo) chicken.
Bread stuffed with lettuce, tomato, avocado, onions, jalapeno, fresh cheese, and your choice of carnitas, pollo, asada, or milanesa.
Fresh masa generously stuffed with cheese then carefully deep-fried. Add meat for an additional charge.
Rice and beans with your choice of chile-verde (pork with green sauce), (asada) steak, (carnitas) pork, (al pastor) pork or (pollo) chicken, and pico de gallo.
A large corn tortilla stuffed with lean pork chile-verde and refried beans simmered in our famous green chile sauce and topped with melted Jack cheese and green sauce.
3 pieces. Carnitas, chicken, and seasoned shredded beef.
Fresh masa is generously filled with your choice of meat, beans, and pico de gallo.
A large flour tortilla layered with beans and tender chunks of chicken, deep-fried to flaky crispiness and garnished with guacamole, lettuce, and sour cream.
Fat tortilla topped with beans, meat, lettuce, diced tomatoes, sour cream, and cheese.
A large corn tortilla stuffed with rice, seasoned tender chunks of chicken, and topped with melted Jack cheese and our famous red sauce.
Choice of (asada) steak, (carnitas) pork, (pollo) chicken, or (al pastor) pork with beans, shredded lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese all layered on a freshly fried tortilla shell.
Whole fried perch, served with Mexican rice pan-fried to a delicate crispness. A la diablo or al mojo de ajo for an additional charge.
Freshly cooked medium-sized shrimp, served with a la Mexicana, in our special sauce with diced avocados, cucumber, onion, and cilantro.
A lightly breaded shrimp served with refried rice.
Juicy plump white shrimp quickly sauteed and enhanced with a spiced red chile sauce.
Shrimp, onions, tomatoes, and bell pepper grilled to perfection and served with rice, beans, and handmade tortillas.
Tender peeled white shrimp sauteed in fresh garlic served with handmade tortillas.
A bunch of fresh fish in a spicy chunky vegetable soup "Grandpa's favorite soup" served with tortillas.
A combination of different kinds of seafood in our homestyle vegetable soup served with tortillas.
A generous serving of medium shrimp, sauteed in flavorful tomato ranchero sauce.
A bunch of fresh shrimp in a spicy chunky vegetable soup "Grandpa's favorite soup" served with tortillas.
Taco shell filled with shredded salad, rice, beans, pico de gallo, and avocado topped with grilled juicy chicken breast. Salads.
A bed of fresh greens, avocado, and tomato topped with grilled juicy chicken breast. Served with garlic bread. Salads.
The combo plate comes with rice, beans, and your choice of 2 items combination. Include arroz, frijoles, and dos selecciones. Combinations.
Freshly fried vanilla-filled churro, layered with delicious ice cream and topped with whipped cream, chocolate fudge, and fresh cherry.
A Mexican tradition! Light and fluffy dough stick flavored with cinnamon sugar. Served warm.
French vanilla bean ice cream drowned in Hershey's chocolate syrup topped with fluffy whipped cream and Snickers candy bar.
Pancakes with egg.
Chicken Chile casserole.
Tortilla, cheese, and Chile casserole.
Ranch-style egg.
Egg with bacon.
Egg with ham.
Egg with Mexican sausage.
Cheese pupusa, rice, and beans. Kids corner. Lunch dinner. Served with rice and beans.
Cheese enchilada, rice, and beans. Kids corner. Lunch dinner. Served with rice and beans.
Cheese and bean burrito with rice. Kids corner. Lunch dinner. Served with rice and beans.
Soft taco, rice, and beans. Carnitas, asada, or chicken. Kids corner. Lunch dinner. Served with rice and beans.
Deep-fried tortilla with a variety of toppings. Kids corner. Lunch dinner. Served with rice and beans.
French fries. Cut potatoes fried and salted to perfection. Side dishes.
Mexican rice. Side dishes.
Refried beans. Side dishes.
Sour cream. Side dishes.
Flour tortilla. Side dishes.
Corn tortilla. Side dishes.
Horchata.
Choice of flavor.
Tamarindo.
Limonada.
Add an egg for an additional charge.
Naranja jugo. Orange.
Pura vida jugo. Juice of life. Carrot, apple, celery, and cucumber. Zanahoria, manzana, apio, y pepino.
Zanahoria y naranja jugo. Carrot and orange.
Zanahoria jugo. Carrot.
Cinnamon brewed coffee
Cinnamon brewed coffee
Home made chile relleno
Street tacos
Chicken vegetable soup
Choose from your favorite Mexican dishes, seafood and soups.
Amazing seafood selection!
Delicious Pozole, pork hominy soup.
Traditional delicious menudo.
Combo fajita skillets made with steak, chicken and shrimp.
Shrimp fajitas
Garlic butter shrimp
Pozole
Inside area
Pozole, beef homeny soup
outside area
Choose from a variety of delicious Mexican dishes from seafood, fajitas, soups and much more!
Chile rellenos
ramen and noodles, noodle dish, ramen, noodles, food, noodle soup
front door
burrito, wraps, food, burritos and wraps
Menu
Mexican shrimp cocktail, shrimp in diabla sauce, hand breaded shrimp and much more!
Diana N.
Feb 15, 2025
Stopped by for Sunday lunch and the weather was perfect so, we sat outdoors. They have about three tables with several seats to each table. We got greeted right away and they brought us chips and salsa (my favorite!) We both ordered chilaquiles with chicken. It comes with eggs, rice and beans. So delicious and not very spicy, but that's okay. The service was great, definitely coming back!
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Cynthia A.
Jan 4, 2025
So I went here on a whim because a friend had mentioned it. The place was empty upon arrival which made me a bit nervous considering the other restating the street were decently busy. I ordered a carnitas taco and a chile relleno. My plus one ordered the carne asada plate. The server was gracious and personable. She recommended a few things but we stuck to our original choices. The relleno was okay. The egg was a little flat on the relleno but the sauce was really good. The taco (carnitas) was surprising because it was served with crema. I've never seen carnitas tacos with sour cream. The carne asada plate was "alright" The meat had flavor, Mexican rice was mushy and the beans were average.I'd give the service 4 stars but the food was average. It could have been an off night or we may have ordered the wrong dishes. Not too sure I'd go back before trying the other spots on the same street.
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Angela B.
Sep 11, 2024
El Cantorito is located on Santa Fe Ave in Old Town Placentia. It is one of MANY Mexican restaurants that are independently owned and operated. It's pretty easy to locate; there's limited street parking and a public parking lot in the back of the building. The inside of the restaurant is clean and well maintained and very casual. Seating consists of wooden tables and chairs. No music was playing, but there is a jukebox available to get some tunes going if you please. I'm always on the look out for a good chile relleno and a friend highly recommended theirs. Today I opted for the make-your-own-combo for which I chose a chile relleno and a carnitas crunchy taco. Well, my friend was right! The chile relleno was delicious! The cheese was melty, just the way I like it, and the sauce was unlike any I'd had before. It looked very unpretentious, but the flavor was amazing! The taco was equally tasty. The shell looked too perfect to be freshly made, but it had a nice crunch. The carnitas were oh, so tender and flavorful! Finished off with the right amount of lettuce and tomatoes, it rounded off the meal perfectly. I've mentioned before that the chips and salsa at a Mexican restaurant ara a big part of its overall rating and both the chips and the salsa here are on point.There only seemed to be one person doing everything (taking and delivering orders AND doing the cooking), but she did a fantastic job of keeping everything running smoothly. El Cantorito has taken a spot in my top 3 favorite places for chile rellenos and chips & salsa!
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Mitchell A.
Mar 2, 2025
¡Excelente! Stumbled upon this incredibly delicious spot. The restaurant is small yet comfy, super casual yet top notch service. All the patrons were happy, laughing, enjoying their meals and time spent with family and friends. The food is quality authentic, certainly the type of cuisine that you'd find in a quaint Mexican town. El Cantarito impressed us with delicious dishes. I definitely recommend. Two thumbs up. ¡Gracias amigos!
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Chris ..
Mar 2, 2025
Terrible service .today !!! Have been coming here for 15 years and today was the last !!! Asked to have my caldo de rez chopped up as usual due to my dad not having many teeth left ..I always check me order because they make lots of mistakes and sure enough soup wasn't chopped ..I asked why and acting manager who was just a waiter told me " why ? You are going to bite it anyway " wow ...then asked if I wanted it or not !! ..walked out and will never come back !!!
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Perris B.
Jan 6, 2025
Absolutely amazing vibes authentic and the service is top tier. They make you feel like family as soon as you walk in the restaurant. I had the chile relleno, crunchy tacos, and a breakfast burrito! Every item was on point especially the chile and the tacos would go back for those items alone! Highlight recommend you go and they shave been running the restaurant for 22 years!
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Bettie Z.
Dec 24, 2024
Delicious food and friendly staff, very cute Lil spot, happy to support and small business
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Clarissa D.
Sep 9, 2024
Decided to try something new today. It was early so something Mexican felt right. Checked out El Cantarito today and it did not disappoint. This place seems like a hole in the wall type place but the plates were huge and super good! I like true authentic Mexican food and this was it. First I've never been around this area and it was so cute, very pueblo vibes. The chips and salsa was bomb!! Then our plates came out and it was so big but so tasty. They gave me hand made corn tortilla, always a good hit. I enjoyed both plates the same amount and had to take some home. There was only one server for the whole place but she keep checking in and asking if we were ok. If your looking for some good Mexican food and want to try something new this is definitely it! Will be back soon.
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Kathy H.
Jul 24, 2024
I really wanted to like this place, especially since they are one of the few that still do a $1 Taco Tuesday, but I probably won't be returning. It's a large restaurant, good for large groups, but there was no air conditioning.Service was good, we were greeted at the stand and they gave us free chips and salsa. We ordered carnitas tacos, al pastor tacos, and rice & beans. Carnitas was okay, a little under seasoned but nothing that some salsa can't fix. Rice & beans were decent as well. However, al pastor was extremely greasy where the tortilla broke from all the oil. In addition, we had to constantly wave flies away while eating which was also very distracting. 6 tacos, 2 rice & beans, 1 aguas fresca, 1 horchata (no alcohol being served right now) all for less than $24 is a great value but we'd rather pay more for higher quality food.
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Big R.
Dec 1, 2024
Worst burrito ever, even I can make a better one at home. A day or two old meat just reheated! Was horrible,
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