Viva Zapata's Mexican Restaurant & Cantina Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to Viva Zapata's Mexican Restaurant & Cantina, where the vibrant heart of Mexico comes alive in every dish. Located in North Las Vegas, this establishment offers an array of authentic Mexican flavors that promise to tantalize your taste buds.
- Breakfast Delights: Start your day with the Huevos Rancheros or indulge in Huevos Con Chorizo, both perfect for egg lovers.
- Starters to Savor: Dive into Taquitos Dorados and Gorditos De Camaron, complemented by flavorful guacamole.
- Signature Tacos: Don’t miss their Fish Tacos and Carne Asada Tacos, each bursting with freshness.
Everything about the menu speaks to the authenticity of family recipes, combined with warm hospitality. From hearty portions to live music ambiance, a visit here transforms your meal into a memorable experience. Viva Zapata’s is more than a meal; it’s a celebration of culture and community.
Botanas (Appetizers)
Fresh Guacamole Dip
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.
Botana "Papa Pepe"
A combination of taquitos, jalapenitos, corn and flour quesadillas potato skins and sopitos. Served with guacamole and sour cream. Mucho grande, mucho bueno!
Taquitos Dorados
Corn tortillas rolled and filled with beef or chicken, deep fried. Served with guacamole and sour cream.
Sopitos Steak Or Chorizo
6 small, hand made corn tortillas lightly fried and filled with lettuce, cheese and sour cream.
Cascaras De Papa Rellenas
De Verduras
Potatoes skins flied with pan-fried vegetables, touch of jalapenos and topped with monterrey jack cheese.
Ostiones En Su Concha
Natural fresh oysters on the half shell.
Toreados Con Queso (8)
Fried fresh jalapenos covered with melted monterrey jack cheese. Mucho mucho picoso!
Gorditos De Camaron
Rolled four tortilla filled with shrimp, tomatoes, onions and a taste of jalapeno, deep fried and covered with cheese. Served with guacamole.
Nachos Zapata's
Crisp tortilla chips covered with beans, melted cheese, jalapenos, carne asada. Served with guacamole and sour cream.
Nopalitos (Fresh Cactus)
Mexican cactus grilled with onion, tomato, cilantro, and jalaponos. Served with tortillas.
Ceviche De Camaron
Fresh shrimp diced with tomato onions, jalapeno mixed together with lemon juice and spices. Served with tostadas.
Cocteles Mariscos
Seafood cocktails, mexican style shrimp, octopus and oysters or mixed.
Longaniza Estilo "La Troje"
Spanish style sausage, grilled and cooked in a delicious tomato sauce, served with tortillas.
Arroz Con Mole
Spanish style rice, smothered with mole sauce, served with fresh corn tortillas. Not only a great starter, but a great side dish.
Tacos Baja / Kilos
Iceberg lettuce leaves, filled with your choice of fajita vegetables, grilled chicken or grilled steak.
Pulpo En Su Tinta
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.
Entremeses (Starters)
Huevos (Eggs)
Huevos Rancheros
Two fried eggs over a fried corn tortilla, topped with our own green chili pork and spanish sauce.
Huevos Con Chorizo
Scrambled eggs with mexican sausage, served with tortillas.
A La Mexicana
Scrambled eggs with chopped tomatoes, onions, cilantro and a little jalapeno.
Huevos Con Machaca
Shredded roast pork, or beef mixed with pico de gallo and scrambled eggs. Served with rice, beans, soup and tortillas.
Huevos Divorciados
One egg is topped with green sauce, while the other is topped with red sauce, cooked to your style.
Huevos Con Nopalitos
Scrambled eggs with mexican cactus served with tortillas.
Flour Quesadilla, Plain, Beef, Or Chicken
Enchilada, Cheese, Chicken, Or Beef
Taco, Beef, Or Chicken
Burrito, Beans, Chicken, Beef, Or Combination
Papa Los Ninos
Ensaladas (Salads)
Dinner Salad
Crisp lettuce, fresh tomatoes and shredded cheese, served with your choice of dressing.
Ensalada Suprema Con Pollo A La Parrilla
A large flour shell filled with crisp shredded lettuce, grilled breast of chicken, fresh tomatoes, onion and topped with guacamole and sour cream.
Ensalada De Aguacate
Crisp green salad with fresh avocado slices, tomato, shredded cheese, and your choice of dressing.
Ensalada Marinara
Two avocado shells filled with avocado, diced shrimp, tomato, onions, little jalapenos, and lime juice, served on a bed of lettuce and crackers.
Aguacate Relleno De Verduras
Avocados stuffed with home-style fresh vegetables.
Carnitas "Cuartel"
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.
Chuletas Estilo "Reforma Agraria"
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.
Fajitas De Marranito
Marinated carnitas stir fried with green, yellow and red bell pepper chiles, onions, cilantro, tomato and spices. Served with guacamole and sour cream.
Cuche A La Mexicana
Pork pan fried in olive oil with chopped onions and tomatoes, cilantro, and a little jalapeno.
Cucha A La Naranja
Lean pork cooked slowly with fresh orange juices and spices. A little bit on the sweet side.
Carnitas A La Coca-Cola Estilo "Morelos"
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!
Cochinita "Plan De San Luis"
Carnitas in small pieces sauteed in three of our delicious salsas. Esta muy sabrosa !
Chile Verde "Mauser"
Lean pork in chunks, simmered in our delicious green salsa, made with tomatillos, green peppers, onions, cilantro, fresh garlic, and different spices.
Especialidades De Cochinito (Pork Specialties)
Especialidades De Lengua
Lengua Estilo "Revolucion"
Fresh beef tongue cooked in a fresh tomato sauce, onions, garlic, carrots, olives, hojas de laurel, and peppers.
Lengua A La "Mansalva"
Fresh beef tongue cooked on our delicious verde sauce made with fresh tomatillos.
Lengua Al Mole
Fresh beef tongue cooked in our delicious verde sauce made with tomatillos.
Lengua Al Chipotle
Fresh beef tongue sauteed in our super spanish sauce, olive oil, and chipotle chile. Platillo de reyes !
Lengua Lampreada
Fresh beef tongue cooked with sugar, cinnamon, white wine, raisins, and olive oil.
Lengua En Pipian
Fresh beef tongue cooked in a very special green mole. Favorite dish of the aztecs.
Carne Asada "Villa"
Thin new york steak broiled with lemon juice and spices. Topped with fired tomatoes, onions, a little cilantro and jalapeno. Served with quacamole.
Steak Cilantro
Bone in rib-eye steak with a blend of sliced onions, cilantro and spices. Covered with our delicious verde sauce. Very tender y sabrosos!
Steak Borracho
A tender new york steak sauteed in a delicious sauce, made with mushrooms, and secret spices, and touch of tequila.
Chile Colorado
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.
Steak Ranchero
New york steak in our ranchera, and verde sauce covered with a cheese enchilada and quacamole. Mucho delicioso!
Carne A La Tampiquena
New york steak covered with sauteed green chile strips. Served with a cheese enchilada, and guacamole, delicioso!
Steak Picado
New york steak in small chunks, sauteed with onions, tomatoes, jalapenos and cilantro, mixed with spanish sauce. A ti gustarte mucho!
Steak Al Conac
New york steak sauteed in a conac sauce, made with mushrooms, onions, secret spices, a little sour cream and cognac.
Fajitas De Res
Marinated beef stir fried with green, yellow, and red bell pepper chiles, onions, cilantro, and spices. Served with guacamole, sour cream and flour tortillas.
Carne Al Jerez
A tender fillet soaked in special sauce, make with chopped onions, bacon bites, fresh garlic, whole pepper and jerez (sweet mexican wine).
Steak "A La Mexicana"
New york steal covered with fried tomatoes, onions, jalapenos and cilantro ! Mucho bueno y picoso!
Steak Con Aceitunas Estilo "Hacendados"
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.
Carne A La Coca-Cola Estilo "Morelos"
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!
La Sabana
Very thin beef fillet blanket topped with fresh vegetables, carrots, peas, string beans, and melted cheese.
Brochetas De Res
Tender steak skewers accompanied by grilled onions, tomatoes, and green peppers.
Especialidades De Carne (Meat Specialties Usda Choice)
Mas Antojitos Mexicanos (More Mexican Festive Dishes!)
Birria De Chivo (Cabrito)
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.
Milanesa Con Papas
New york steak cut thin, breaded, pan fried and served with french fries and guacamole.
Menudo
Saturday and Sunday our deliciouS michocan style menudo. Ask you waiter.
Caldo De Red
Served everyday with fresh home made tortillas. Ask your waiter.
Sopa Marinera
Seafood soup. Please allow extra time.
Flautas
Six rolled corn tortillas filled with beef or chicken, deep fried, served with guacamole, sour cream and green salsa.
Enchiladas De Mole Con Pollo O Con Carne
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.
Tacos De Pescado
Three deep fried, or soft tacos on corn tortillas, served with shredded lettuce, pico de gallo and special sauce. My mom's recipe.
Tacos De Carne Asada (3)
Serves with guacamole.
Tacos De Lengua (3)
Beef tongue tacos served with guacamole.
Tacos All Pastor (3)
Tacos De Carne Asada Con Rajas Y Crema (3)
Asada tacos with a touch of sour cream and green slices of fresh pasila peppers.
Tacos
Especialidaes De Pollo (Chicken Specialities)
Pollo Con Tomate Estilo "Zirahuen"
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!
Pollo Con Aceitunas Estilo "Los Hacendados"
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.
Pollo Correteado
Broiled chicken breast filet, sauteed in a little olive oil, garlic, onions, tomatoes, cilantro, and jalapenos. Topped with melted monterrey jack cheese.
Pollo Sarandeado Estilo "Rebelion"
Grilled chicken breast basted with sarandeado sauce, a selection of dried chiles, secret spices, and blended with a touch of mayonnaise.
Fajitas De Pollo
Chicken breast stir fried with green, yellow and red bell pepper, chiles, onions, cilantro, and tomatoes. Served sizzling with guacamole, and sour cream.
Pollo Con Nopales
A cactus dish fit for your health, grilled chicken breast with fresh mexican cactus, onions, cilantro, tomatoes and jalapeno.
Pollo Estilo "Reforma Agraria"
Chicken breast marinated overnight in a sauce made with achiote, fresh garlic, onions, dried red chiles, vinegar, and secret spices. Served with guacamole.
Pollo "Mi General"
This is a plain chicken breast filet, broiled with just a little lime juice, salt and pepper. Served with guacamole and lemon wedges.
Pollo Estilo "Abuelita Magdalena"
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.
Pollo Al Chipotle Estilo "Campesinos"
Grilled chicken breast, cooked with chipotle sauce, made with fresh tomato, onions, poppers, green olives, garlic, dried red chiles and chipotle chiles. Muy sabroso!
Mole Poblano
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.
Pollo Al Mojo De Ajo
Chicken breast fillet cooked in olive oil and wine, simmered in our delicious fresh garlic sauce.
Pollo Con Rajas Y Crema
Grilled chicken breast sauteed in a little olive oil, onions, and fresh roasted pasilla strips in a cream sauce.
Pollo Al Conac
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.
Pollo En Pipian
Filet of chicken breast cooked in a very special green mole. A favorite dish of the aztecs.
Camarones "Adelita"
Fresh gulf shrimp pan fried with olive oil, slices of dried pasilla chiles, mushrooms, fresh garlic, and a touch of white wine.
Camarones "Leticia"
Large fresh mexican gulf shrimp fried with fresh garlic, onions. Red sauce, a touch of corn-starch, dried chiles, and secret ingredients.
Camarones Borrachos
Large fresh mexican gulf shrimp sauteed in olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, spices, and tequila. Sprinkled with red springs dried chiles.
Camarones "Emiliano"
Combination of roasted green chiles blended with sour cream, sauteed large mexican gulf shrimp smothered with monterrey jack cheese, and baked in the oven.
Camarones "Tierra Libertad"
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.
Camarones 30-30
Large fresh mexican gulf shrimp sauteed in olive oil, cooked with a little spanish sauce, onions, tomatoes, cilantro, and jalapenos.
Fajitas De Camaron
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.
Camarones "Estalla La Bomba"
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!
Camarones Empanizados
Large fresh mexican gulf shrimp breaded, deep fried, served with our special 1000 island, spanish, tapatio sauce, and pico de gallo.
Camarones Con Rajas Y Crema
Large fresh mexican gulf shrimp sauteed in a little olive oil, onions, and fresh roasted pasilla strips in a cream sauce.
Camarones Al Mojo De Ajo
Large fresh mexican gulf shrimp sauteed in a little olive oil, onions and fresh roasted pasilla strips in a cream sauce.
Camarones Sarandeados Estilo "Cuautla"
Large fresh mexican gulf shrimp basted with sarandeado sauce, with a selection of dried chiles, and secret spices blended with a touch of mayonnaise.
Enchiladas De Camaron
Our deluxe seafood enchiladas filled with fresh mexican gulf shrimp, simmered in our delicious red enchilada sauce.
Camarones Con Tomate Estilo "Carranza"
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!
Chiles Rellenos De Camaron
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!
Especialidaes Del Mar (Seafood Specialities)
Pescados (Fish)
Filet Relleno
Filet of fresh white fish stuffed with shrimp and octopus, deep fried, and smothered with our special 1000 island, spanish, and tabasco sauce.
Pescado "General Eufemio Zapata
Filet of fresh orange roughy cooked in olive oil, white wine, peppers, onions, garlic, tomatoes, cilantro and green olives.
Pescado Al Ajillo
Filet of fresh orange roughy pan fried with chopped fresh garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, white wine, and spices.
Filete De Salmon
Salmon filets cooked any style.
Pescado Con Aceitunas Estilo " Los Hacendados"
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.
Pescado Estilo "Las Comadres"
White fish filet sauteed in our delicious spanish sauce made with tomatoes, onions, jalapenos, peppers, and secret condiments. Topped with melted monterrey jack cheese.
Mojarra "Estilo Filipe Herrera"
Huachinango Frito O Al Mojo De Ajo
Fresh whole fish. Served with spanish rice and salad.
Bagre Entero Catfish, Al Gusto
Fresh whole fish. Served with spanish rice and salad.
Pescados Enteros (Fresh Hole Fish)
Recommended
Tierra Y Mar
New york steak and gulf shrimp cooked to order and prepared any style.
Langosta 2 Langostas (Lobster) 2 - Tail
Five methods of preparation according to your tastes: al ajillo*estilo puerto nuevo*al mojo de ajo*a la diabla* sarandeada.
Langosta Con Steak
One lobster tail and a 12oz new york steak.
Tochimilco
Beef and bean burrito, 1 tamale, 1 beef taco.
Avenecuilco
Green pork and bean burrito, beef enchilada, and chicken taco.
Popocatepetl
Cheese enchilada, been tostada with guacamole and beef taco.
Sayula
Green pork and guacamole burrito, cheese enchilada and chicken taco.
Jojutla
Chicken enchilada, chicken taco, and chicken tostada with guacamole.
Yautepec
Tlaquiltenango (Burrito, Choice Of (2)
Beef, and bean burrito, green chile (pork), and bean burrito, green chile, and bean burrito (no meat), avocado, and pork burrito, all beef burrito.
Cuautla
1 cheese enchilada and beef taco.
Cocoyoc
1 tamale and 1 beef enchilada.
Ayoxustla
1 chile relleno (cheese) and 1 beef taco.
Tepoztlan
1 beef, and bean burrito and 1 beef taco.
Xochimilco
1 green chile pork, and guacamole burrito, 1 chicken enchilada.
Chilpancingo
Jonacatepec
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.
Micatlan
Tecala
1 chile relleno and 1 green chile pork, and bean burrito.
Chinameca
1 chile relleno (cheese), 1 cheese enchilada.
Cohetzala "Aiguacha" (2 Chile Rellenos)
Fresh roasted pasillas, covered with egg batter and filled with cheese.
Tlaltizapan
1 chile relleno, 1 tamal, 1 green chicken enchilada with sour cream and topped with chopped onion.
Combinaciones (Combinations)
A La Carta (A La Carte)
1 Taco
Beef, chicken, or chorizo.
Taco Estilo Rosarito
Fresh fish or shrimp covered with egg batter and deep fried, served with pico de gallo and cole slaw.
1 Tamale
1 Chimichanga
Beef, or chicken, served with guacamole and sour cream.
1 Chile Relleno
Enchilada Tarasca
Filled with cheese, beef and chicken. Served with rice, beans, and sour cream.
Burrito
Pollo azado, or carne azada.
Burrito Fajitas
Beef, chicken, or carnitas.