Cantina Mexicana - Mexican Restaurant has been a family tradition for 8 years. We take pride in cooking only the freshest ingredients for your Mexican experience, such as Guacamole from scratch, home-made nachos, fresh traditional salsa, just to name a few. Our friendly staff can help you decide on an item if you have never tried Mexican food before. Our staff is well trained in what goes inside each recipe. We also have items that are vegetarian, and vegan. So come on in and have a nice relaxing dinner by the fireplace, or have a group get together on the patio, what ever your occasion, or even if it's just a quick bite to eat. Cantina Mexicana is the place for an authentic Mexican experience that will make you feel right at homemore...See more text
Entrees MENU - Border MX Mexican Grill And Cantina Inc
Mole
Chicken breast in a traditional Mexican sauce of 40 different spices - a true delicacy … (contains nuts)
$16.50
Pollo con Rajas (may be spicy)
chunks of white chicken breast in a creamy sauce with poblano peppers & corn
$16.50
Zapata’s Feast
A little bit of everything! A burrito, quesadilla, chimichanga & enchilada. Choose from our 4 fillings. Chicken, beef, chorizo, or vegetarian. This plate also comes with rice, beans & salad …
$37.00
Mar Y Tierra (Mexican’s Surf ‘n’ Turf)
. Steak, 5 Shrimp sauteèd in spicy, mild, green tomatillo or diablo sauce. Also comes with rice, beans, salad, and bread
$35.00 (10 oz)
Tinga Poblana (a spicy dish)
Shredded pork, sautèed in a typical Mexican sauce of smoked Jalapeños (chipotles), tomatoes, and spices.(contains nuts)
$16.00
Carne Tampiquena (rice is not included in this dish)
Grilled beef, scallop cut, served with Rajas con Crema sauce on the side
$16.00
Deep Fried Shrimp
8 jumbo deep fried shrimp, comes with rice, fries, Mexican salad and our homemade tarter sauce
$23.00
Stuffed Deep Fried Shrimp
bacon, then deep fried. Comes with rice, fries and salad
$23.00
Chili Relleno
Stuffed Poblano pepper baked with cheese, choose a filling & a salsa, chicken, beef, chorizo, veggie, shark meat, mild or spicy, green tomatillo, or mole salsa. Comes with rice and a small Mexican salad
$16.50
Cantina Plater
Chili Relleno, a little bit of Tinga Poblana & Pollo Con Rajas. Comes with rice, beans & salad
$40.00
Side Orders
Rice$2.00 Salad$ 3.50 Extra Sour Cream50¢ Salsa$1.50 Side Chips & Salsa …$4.50 Tortillas50¢ Beans$2.00 Chili$5.00 Chili/Carne$6.00 Jalapeños$1.75 Cheese$2.50 Pico De Gallo$1.50
Appetizers
Owner’s Special
Perogies with spicy Mexican Sausage lling (chorizo). Comes with red & green salsa & side of sour cream!
$6.50
Guacamole Dip
The real thing! made fresh smooth avocado dip, served with salsa & chips for dipping.Side Order … $5.75
$9.50
Nopales del Norte
Mexican Cactus sautéed with green tomatillo sauce and seasoned, served with 3 corn tortillas
$8.50
Quesadilla
Toasted our or corn tortilla lled with melted cheese and Guacamole garnish
$8.25
Quesadilla Con Pollo
As the above plus shredded chicken
$9.25
Queso Fundido
Melted cheese with chorizo … $9.50 or Melted cheese with choice of mushrooms or poblano peppers … $8.00
Tamales
Made with a corn paste & cooked in a corn leaf. Chicken lling with mole sauce or green salsa
each
$3.25
Taco Cantina
Flour tortilla with a spicy cream cheese lling. Baked in the oven then served with dipping sauce
$7.50
Tostadas
Two crispy corn tortillas topped with beans, grilled chicken, lettuce, Pico de Gallo, sour cream & feta cheese, it's like a Mexican Pizza
$10.00
Empanadas
It’s like a Panzaratti. Choose from chicken or beef lling
each
$5.95
Ceviche
Seafood Salad with sol sh. Marinated in a tasty lime juice seasoning
$10.00
Nachos de la Casa
As the above but we add chili con carne or chicken before baking.TRY IT WITH VEGGIE CHILI OR CHORIZO!
$13.95
Camarones
Fresh, juicy shrimp sautéed to perfection. Choose from the following: Camarones Rancheros In a spicy sauce Camarones Campesinos In a green tomatillo sauce with Mexican Cactus Camarones Provincianos In a mild red sauce Camarones a la Diablo In an extra spicy sauce Appetizer size 4 shrimp & bread … $13.95 Dinner size, 8 shrimp, served with bread, rice, refried beans & a side Mexican salad $21.00
Soups & Salads
Black Bean Soup
"An excellent vegetarian soup with sour cream, feta cheese, tomatoes, black beans with a delicious Mexican seasoning "
$6.00
Soup de Tortilla - Tortilla Soup
If just one soup could be labeled the classic mexican soup, it would probably be this one, combining as it does the traditional avors and textures of the country’s chili, tomato. A vocado, epazote and tortilla. Large …
Frijoles Charros Soup
This delicious soup is made with bacon, chorizo, slices of jalepeno peppers, onion, tomatoes & a special Mexican seasoning
$6.00
Lime Soup
with chicken & rice
$6.50
Pozole
The traditional Mexican soup: white corn cooked in our special salsa with white shredded chicken served with lettuce, onion, radish, pepper & oregano avor.
Small
$6.50Large
$9.00
Tijuana Caesar
"chips as a garnish, tossed in our creamy Caesar dressing . Add grilled chicken … $10.00 "
$7.95
Ensala da Cantina
A crispy tortilla shell bowl layered with lettuce, Pico de Gallo, cheese and your choice of chicken or chili con carne, then baked in the oven
$9.50
Fajitas
Please be patient: all our dishes are made with fresh ingredients and prepared when you order them. All parties of six people or over, a 15% gratuity charge applies. If you have any allergies please notify your server so we can better accommodate you.and red peppers. Comes with a side of rice, Pico de Gallo, shredded lettuce, cheese & sour cream
Fajitas for one served with four tortilla shells
$20.00
Fajitas for two served with eight tortilla shells
Or try our vegetarian fajitas for one … $13.00 for two … $25.00
$35.00
Tortilla Fare
Styles
Burrito A our tortilla baked in the oven with cheese and your choice of lling $12.00 Chimichanga Your choice of lling and cheese wrapped in a our tortilla and deep fried $12.00 Quesadilla Your choice of lling and cheese with a our tortilla cooked on the BBQ … $12.00
Fillings
All of our llings have spices added to make a rich avour Shredded white chicken Ground beef Chorizo Vegetarian
Enchiladas
"choice of lling. Covered with one of our delicious sauces, topped with cheese and baked until sizzling . Sauces to choose from: Red Mild Mole Red Spicy Green Tomatillo"
$16.00
Tacos
"Try a taco with our home made shell, choose a lling, topped with shredded lettuce, Pico de Gallo, feta cheese and sour cream.Try our taco meal … $14.00 Comes with three tacos, rice, beans & salad"
each
$3.25
Tacos Al Pastor
Pork Marinated in rich spices on the grill. Served with 5 homemade tortillas
$12.00
Cochinita Pibil - Pork Baken In Leaves
In the mayan language, pibil are stone-lined pits and pibil refers to the techniques of cooking under ground, though nowadays the meat is often steamed in a sealed dish in the oven. The savory meat and red onion salad are rolled into tortillas and served with black beans
$12.00
Tradtitional Mexican Tacos (Flautas)
Tacos rolled into a ute shape. Comes with beans and guacamole. Choose from potato or chicken lling …
$12.00
Glossary
Chili con Carne
mix of seasoned ground beef and beans
Chorizo
spicy Mexican sausage made with chilies and pork
Cilantro
also known as coriander
Guacamole
typical Mexican dip made with fresh avocados
Nopales
the leaf from the cactus tree, sort of a mix between green beans and zucchini
Pico de Gallo
our very own homemade with fresh tomatoes, onions, cilantro & garlic
Rajas con Crema
stripes of poblano pepper cooked with corn in a creamy sauce.
Tomatillo
a small green tomato characterized by it's tangy flavour
Mole
a traditional Mexican sauce that is made with chocolate but does not taste like chocolate. It is made with 40 different spices
Kids
Make your own soft shell taco
with white shredded chicken or ground beef. Comes with 3 flour tortillas. rice, salad and cheese
$7.00
Chicken or cheese quesadillas
made with flour tortilla. Comes with rice and salad
$7.00
Desserts MENU - Border MX Mexican Grill And Cantina Inc
Fried Ice Cream
a ball of vanilla ice-cream, covered in a mix of flour, sugar and cinnamon, deep fried and served with whipped cream and strawberry sauce (contains nuts!)
Caramel Flan
an authentic Mexican dessert: creamy custard made with milk, cream cheese and vanilla, drizzled with thick Mexican caramel
Mango-Rasberry Cheesecake
Rasberry Cheesecake - smooth, silky cheesecake, with tropical taste of sweet mangoes and tangy raspberries
Caramel Apple Cheesecake
a delicious treat
Chocolate Malt Cheesecake
three layers of chocolate
$6.95
Beverages MENU - Border MX Mexican Grill And Cantina Inc
The worst Mexican food ever. My wife and I entered last night to the sound of the owner barking at us at from within the bar area "there are no tables outside only inside!" Not even a "hello, welcome" to greet us. This old lady seems to be in a constant bad mood. The most rude and inconsiderate experience we have ever had in a restaurant. It was my wife's birthday and she asked me for Mexican food so I Googled the nearest location. What a mistake as it spoiled the whole Birthday event. My wife is Mexican and I have to admit, my wife cooks better Mexican food than this establishment. Aside from the poor overall service and attitude from the owner, the food was overpriced for what you got. Poor taste for the Tinga (pork) and no tortilla with the meal!? Any pure Mexican restaurant will always serve tortilla with any main disk. You may fool the Gringos Cantina Mexicana, but you will not fool Latinos with your tastless food and the worst restaurant service I have ever seen in my life. I am surprised you are in business and I predict you will close down in the near future.
Terrible - will not go back to this place again.
Skimpy portion size, when asked for more condiments for the fajitas the older lady in charge scowled at us.
Miserable staff - we were sitting outside and the umbrella fell onto our table, it took the old lady almost 5 minutes to come and see us and then a further 10 minutes to actually apologize.....
Save your money and go anywhere else.
It was absolutely terrible, the food was bland, not at all Mexican - no spices, soup was like Campbells chicken and rice, the only thing that was tasty was the warmed tortia chips and the salsa was tasty after that it was totally down hill. Possibly one of the worst ever meals I have had in Streetsville, it was overpriced in our minds in large part because it was tasteless. We will not go back, would never recommend it to anyone. How this restaurant survives is anyone's guess. Don't waste your money.
I went to Cantina on Friday for a big party. It was amazing! The server was so nice. A few people had allergies and our server knew exactly what those people could eat so she made a few recommendations. She brought a few hot salsas for us to try which were so yummy. At the end the owner came to our table and thanked us for bringing in our group and gave us some free shirts and corona necklaces. We had a great time and I want to go there for my birthday!
FIRST AND LAST TIME!!!!!!! WORSE ATTITUDE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER!!!
I have NEVER encountered such horrendous customer sevice and attitude as I did from the crabby, miserable old lady that owns this restaurant. I don't even know why she is in this industry if she despises waiting on customers so much and I'm surprised that this restaurant is still in business.
Here's the scenario folks, imagine being seated and ordering your favorite pitcher of beer and then a few minutes later having this old lady come back and tell you in a VERY confrontational way that "WE DON'T HAVE THAT BEER ON TAP, OKAY!" I mean really? Who does that?!
That should have been our first indication of what was to come. We placed our orders and forgot to mention that we wanted to split our bills, so when she came back with some of our appetizers I requested our bills to be separated. Surprise, surprise!!! The old lady says "Okay, you should have told me in the beginning that you wanted separate bills but I'll go ahead and separate it! " Gee, thanks for doing us this extraordinary favour of separating our checks! It felt like it was the biggest inconvenience ever for her to do that and the bill hadn't even been printed yet?!
We made a few other small requests in which we were made to feel like we were inconveniencing her further and then near the end of our meal she suddenly became SLIGHTLY pleasant. I guess she was hoping to get a tip, which she did NOT receive.
In hindsight, we should have just cancelled our main courses ordered, finished our appetizers and drinks and left.
The food was good, but our dining experience was COMPLETELY ruined by the quality of customer service we received. Needless to say none of the people in my party will ever recommend or go back to this restaurant.
