Rita's Mexican Food Menu
Rita's Mexican Food offers a delightful Mexican-seafood experience in Phoenix, AZ. Known for its diverse menu, Rita's caters to various dietary preferences with many vegetarian options. The restaurant prides itself on excellent service, a casual and inviting atmosphere, and a wide range of amenities including outdoor seating, a full bar, and even drive-thru service. Customers rave about the flavorful appetizers like Table Side Guacamole and Toritos, showcasing Rita's commitment to fresh ingredients and bold flavors. The A la Carte options, such as Carne Asada and Red Beef Tamale, provide a taste of traditional Mexican cuisine done right. Positive reviews highlight the friendly staff, reasonable prices, and overall enjoyable dining experience. Rita's Mexican Food is a must-visit for anyone craving authentic Mexican dishes with a modern twist.
Breakfast
Huevos Rancheros
2 eggs smothered in ranchero sauce. Served with house potatoes and beans.
Chorizo con Huevos
Scrambled eggs, spicy Mexican sausage, served with house potatoes, beans and your choice of corn or flour tortilla.
Omelet de Rita
Choice of shredded beef, ground beef or chicken, diced veggies, topped with ranchero sauce and beans.
Huevo con Nopales
Scrambled eggs, diced veggies, nopal (cactus), house potatoes and your choice of corn or flour tortilla.
The Nana
Seasoned carnitas, diced nopales, eggs, beans, house potatoes and your choice of corn or flour tortilla.
El Americano
2 eggs cooked to your liking, bacon, beans, house potatoes and tortillas.
Machaca con Huevos
Served with rice, beans and your choice of tortillas.
Burro California
House potatoes, eggs, cheese, bacon, diced veggies and beans.
Chilaquiles con Huevos
Diced tortillas, eggs to your liking, ranchero sauce (red or green), beans and potatoes.
Table Side Guacamole
Freshly cut avocados, diced tomatoes, finely chopped onions prepared and seasoned.
Large Guacamole
Toritos
Zesty yellow chili peppers stuffed with savory shrimp then wrapped in a bacon blanket. Add cream cheese for an additional charge. Rita's favorite and a must have.
Supremos Nachos
Carne asada, chicken, shredded beef, or ground beef cheese covered. Served with sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo and beans.
Plain and Simple Nachos
Beans, cheese, jalapenos and pico de gallo.
Classic Cheese Crisp
Add green chili strips for an additional charge.
La Quesadilla
Served with sour cream and guacamole.
Ritas Chicken Wings
A dozen zesty wings tossed in your choice of dressing hot, mild or honey hot.
Fiesta Plater
Cheese quesadilla, beef taquito, chicken wings, cheese nachos, sour cream, guacamole and queso dip. Rita's favorite and a must have.
Bean Dip
Served with chips.
Mini Chimis
3 pieces chicken, 3 pieces shredded beef served with sour cream and guacamole.
Queso Fundido
Cheese dip.
Appetizers
Caldos
Shrimp
Savory shrimp, diced vegetables, house seasonings.
Fish
White sea bass, diced vegetables, house seasonings.
Siete Mares
Seven seas. Diced vegetables, fish, shrimp, scallops, clams, crab legs, house seasonings.
Cocido de Res
Beef stew. Vegetables, chayote, potatoes, rice, carrots and diced steak chunks.
Pozole
Served with cilantro, onions, radishes, limes and cabbage.
Menudo
Served with cilantro, onions and limes. Rita's favorite and a must have.
Albondigas Soup
Beef broth, Mexican meatball, diced vegetables. Just like nana made.
Caldo de Pollo
Chicken, diced vegetables, house spices. Served with a side of rice.
Avocado Chicken Salad
Grilled chicken breast, avocados, tomatoes, lettuce and cucumbers.
Taco Salad
A bed of lettuce, tomatoes, rests in flour tortilla shell with your choice of ground beef, chicken or shredded beef.
Tostada Grande
Served in a flour tortilla shell with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, beans, cheese and your choice of chicken, ground beef or shredded beef.
Ritas Shrimp Salad
A smooth summer flavor with cooked shrimp in lettuce. Mixed with mayo, green onions and house spices topped with avocado slices.
Ceviche Tostada
Raw shrimp marinated in fresh lime juice, diced tomatoes, onions, cilantro and cucumber. Seasoned with house spices, served on a crispy corn tortilla shell.
Tostada Del Mar
Jumbo shrimp, octopus, snail dressed with diced avocados and zesty clamato. Served on a crispy corn tortilla shell.
Tostada de Jaiba
Savory real crab meat, dressed with diced avocado and zesty clamato. Served on a crispy corn tortilla shell.
Fajita Tostada Grande
Flour tortilla shell topped with beans, lettuce and tomatoes. Served with your choice of fajita beef or chicken.
Salads and Tostadas
Los Burros
Bean and Cheese Burro
Chorizo and Egg Burro
Shredded Beef Burro
Red Chile Burro
Green Chile Burro
Fish Burro
White sea bass, diced vegetables, house seasonings.
Shrimp Burro
Savory shrimp, diced vegetables, house seasonings.
Carne Adobado Burro
Originally from Yucatan peninsula, pork marinated in chile achiote, and house seasoning, then slowly oven cooked to lock in the flavor. Served with rice, beans and your choice of corn or flour tortillas.
Carnitas Burro
Chicken Burro
Tripas Burro
Carne Asada Burro
Thinly cut steak, seasoned and grilled. Served with rice, beans, guacamole, pico de gallo and your choice of corn or flour tortillas. rita's favorite and a must have.
Tilapia
Mojarra.
Red Snapper
Huachinango.
Grilled-A La Plancha
House seasoning, lightly grilled.
Baja California
Smothered in a creamy chipotle sauce.
Rancheros
Tossed in a peppery hot sauce.
Breaded Empanizado
Tossed in bread crumbs, fried.
Al Mojo de Ajo
Tossed in a herded garlic sauce.
Mariscos al Vapor
Great seafood mix, cooked in steam foil fish, snail, shrimp, octopus, tossed in veggies and house spices. Rita's favorite and a must have.
Fish Entrees
Cocteles de Mariscos
The Puerto Vallarta
Shrimp served in a coconut. Rita's favorite and a must have.!
Campechana
Served in a coconut.
Regular Campechana
Camaron
Shrimp.
Camaron y Pulpo
Shrimp and octopus.
Ceviche
Campechana En Molcajete
Cooked and lime-soaked raw shrimp, octopus, scallops, snail, and oyster.
Molcajete Culichi
An oversized molcajete loaded with cooked shrimp, aguachile style shrimp, scallops and octopus. Served with primrose salsa.
Salsa a La Diabla
6 pieces large shrimp tossed in hot salsa.
Grilled Shrimp
House seasoning, lightly grilled.
Shrimp in a Blanket
Camarones cobijados. Wrapped in bacon, stuffed with crab meat.
Breaded Empanizados
Tossed in bread crumbs, fried.
Shrimp Entrees
Chimis
Bean and Cheese Chimi
Chorizo and Egg Chimi
Shredded Beef Chimi
Red Chile Chimi
Green Chile Chimi
Shrimp Chimi
Savory shrimp, diced vegetables, house seasonings.
Fish Chimi
White sea bass, diced vegetables, house seasonings.
Carne Adobada Chimi
Originally from yucatan peninsula, pork marinated in chile achiote, and house seasoning, then slowly oven cooked to lock in the flavor. Served with rice, beans and your choice of corn or flour tortillas.
Carnitas Chimi
Chicken Chimi
Tripas Chimi
Carne Asada Chimi
Thinly cut steak, seasoned and grilled. Served with rice, beans, guacamole, pico de gallo and your choice of corn or flour tortillas. rita's favorite and a must have.
Camarones en Agua Chile
Red or green, lime juice-soaked shrimp seasoned with choice of spicy green serranos or peppery chiltepin.
Ostiones
Raw oysters served in a half shell.
Ostiones Preparados
Raw oysters served in a half shell with raw shrimp, scallops, diced avocados, red onions and freshly cut limes.
Chicharron de Pargo
Chunks of breaded while sea bass, 2 pieces toritos, 2 pieces shrimp, avocado, tomatoes and cucumbers with your choice of corn or flour tortillas.
Botanas de La Barra Fria
Make Your Own Combo
1 Item Combo
Pick 1 item. Served with refried beans and Spanish rice.
2 Items Combo
Pick 2 items. Served with refried beans and Spanish rice.
3 Items Combo
Pick 3 items. Served with refried beans and Spanish rice.
Chicken
Beef
Carne Asada
Thinly cut steak, seasoned and grilled. Served with rice, beans, guacamole, pico de gallo and your choice of corn or flour tortillas. rita's favorite and a must have.
Red Beef Tamale
Cheese Enchiladas
Flautas
Carnitas
Chile Relleno
Tripa
To-Go Party Platters
Mini size chimis, tacos, enchiladas, served with quacamole sour cream chips and salsa (4 dozen per platter).
A la Carte
Especialidades de la Casa
Playa Bonita Parrillada
Mixed grilled and breaded jumbo shrimp, 2 filets of white sea bass. Served with grilled and breaded, chicharrones de pescado pargo and a tasty lobster tail. Served with rice, mexican potatoes and your choice of corn or flour tortillas. Rita's favorite and a must have.
Ritas Parrillada
Tripas, grilled chicken, longaniza (pork Mexican sausage), carne asada, chicken breast, nopalitos, tricolored grilled vegetables and queso fundido. Served with charro beans, rice and your choice of corn or flour tortilla. Rita's favorite and a must have.
Parrillada Del Rancho
Freshly seasoned carne asada, grilled chicken breast and pork chop accompanied by grilled vegetables. Served with rice, beans and your choice of corn or flour tortillas. Rita's favorite and a must have.
Seafood Enchiladas
Our house enchiladas stuffed with shrimp, crab and bacon smothered in a zesty chipotle sauce. Served with rice and house salad.
Mayan Parrillada
Carne asada, chicken breast, carnitas, longaniza (pork Mexican sausage) nopalitos, tri-colored grilled vegetables, green onions, served with charro beans, queso fresco and your choice of corn or flour tortillas. Rita's favorite and a must have.
Chile Colorado
Chunky chopped beef smothered in red pepper sauce. Served with rice, beans and your choice of corn or flour tortillas.
Chile Verde
Chunky chopped beef smothered in green pepper sauce. Served with rice, beans and your choice of corn or flour tortillas.
Carne a la Tampiquena
Thinly cut steak, seasoned and grilled, served with cheese enchilada, guacamole, pico de gallo, rice, beans and your choice of corn or flour tortilla.
Chile Rellenos
2 anaheim green chiles stuffed with Mexican cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Poblano Relleno
Chicken stuffed poblano chile. Served on jalapeno cream cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Sonoran Carnitas
Chunks of pork marinated in citrus and house seasoning. Served with rice, beans, guacamole, pico de gallo and your choice corn or flour tortillas.
Carne Adobada
Originally from Yucatan peninsula, pork marinated in chile achiote, and house seasoning, then slowly oven cooked to lock in the flavor. Served with rice, beans and your choice of corn or flour tortillas.
Ritas Fajitas
Seasoned with onions, red and green pepper. Served with sour cream, guacamole, beans and pico de gallo.
Molcajete Azteca
Carne asada, grilled chicken breast, longaniza (pork Mexican sausage) young cactus sleeves (nopalitos) served with a house made salsa, charro beans, queso fresco and your choice of corn or flour tortilla. Rita's favorite and a must have.
Chicken Strips
Served with french fries.
Steak Picado
Chunks of steak smothered in red sauce, sauteed in tri-colored grilled vegetables, rice and beans. Served with your choice of corn or flour tortillas.
Carne en Su Jugo
Small pieces of steak cooked in their juices, then mixed with whole beans and crispy bacon and tomatillo sauce.
Chicken Torta
Grilled chicken breast, lettuce, tomato, avocado, mayonnaise. Served with french fries.
Carne Asada Torta
Seasoned carne asada, lettuce, tomato, avocado, mayonnaise. Served with french fries.
Chips and Salsa
Guacamole
Sour Cream
Pico de Gallo
Rice
Beans
Fries
4 Piece Chiles Toreados
Bread
3 Piece Tortillas
Avocado
Charro Beans
Side Orders
Desserts
3 Piece Sopapillas
Fried Ice Cream
Topping options: Honey, chocolate, strawberry or caramel.
Flan
Churros
Iced Tea
Lemonade
Raspberry Tea
Coffee
Pepsi
The bold, refreshing, robust cola.
Diet Pepsi
A crisp tasting, refreshing pop of sweet, fizzy bubbles without calories.
