Juan's Mexican Cafe and Cantina Menu (2025 Update)
Juan's Mexican Cafe and Cantina is a vibrant Mexican restaurant offering a wide range of beverages, appetizers, soups, and salads. Located in Newport News, VA, this Latinx-owned establishment provides a casual and inclusive dining experience. From refreshing Aguas Frescas to flavorful Empanadas de Birria and Crazy Elotes, the menu is filled with authentic Mexican dishes that cater to a variety of dietary preferences, including vegan and vegetarian options. Customers have praised the prompt service, clean environment, and generous portions at Juan's. Whether you're in the mood for a hearty Birria Ramen or a crisp Taco Salad, Juan's Mexican Cafe and Cantina is sure to satisfy your cravings for delicious Mexican cuisine. Experience the vibrant flavors and hospitality of this restaurant for a dining experience that is both memorable and enjoyable.
Beverages
Soda
Milk
Iced Tea
Water
Apple Juice
Cranberry Juice
Grapefruit Juice
Orange Juice
Pineapple Juice
Bottle Root Beer
Coffee
Hot Chocolate
Hot Tea
Smoothie
Bottle Sodas
Jaritos
Aguas Fresca
Red Bull
Tonic Water
Regular Queso Dip
Grande Queso Dip
Guacamole Mexicano
Crazy Elotes
Roasted farm-fresh corn on the cob with queso, chili lime and spices.
Dip Trio
Cheese dip, pico de gallo and guacamole.
Ceviche
Fresh chilled shrimp cooked in lime juice and tossed with pico de gallo and avocado.
Empanadas de Birria
Three birria empanadas served with consume (aju) and hot sauce on the side.
Carne Asada Fries
Crispy French fries covered in queso and carne asada. Topped with sour cream, pico de gallo and green onions.
Pancho Wings
Crispy, juicy chicken wings with your choice of sauce.
Chori Queso
Beandip
Grand Beef Dip
Appetizer
Soups & Salads
Birria Ramen
Beef broth with birria and ramen. Served with cilantro and onions and a side of rice.
Sopa de Pollo
House made chicken and rice soup.
Sonora Chicken Salad
Grilled chicken with onions, peppers, tomatoes and tortilla strips on a bed of lettuce. Served with ranch dressing.
Taco Salad
Crisp flash-fried flour tortilla filled with ground beef, beans, lettuce, tomato, grated cheese and sour cream.
Fajita Taco Salad
Crisp flash-fried flour tortilla filled with grilled chicken or steak, lettuce, tomato, onions and peppers. Served with ranch dressing.
Nachos Supremo
Cheese nachos with assorted toppings of ground beef, chopped chicken and fried beans covered with lettuce, sour cream and tomato.
Fajita Nachos
Grilled fajita steak or chicken with peppers and onions on a bed of nachos covered in our queso cheese.
Cheese Nachos
Beef Nachos
Chicken Nachos
Bean Nachos
Nachos
Quesadillas
Texas Quesadilla
A large tortilla filled with grilled chicken, apple smoked bacon, green onions, tomatoes and tangy BBQ sauce. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Quesadilla de Birria
12 in flour tortilla filled with beef birria, cilantro, onions and cheese. Served with a side of consume.
Quesadilla Parmesan
10 in flour tortilla grilled and stuffed with chicken or steak topped with parmesan cheese sauce, spinach, onions and mushrooms.
Quesadilla Rellena
A large flour tortilla grilled and stuffed with cheese and choice of chicken or beef. Served with lettuce, sour cream and rice.
Quesadilla Ranchera
12 in flour tortilla grilled and stuffed with steak. Served with pico de gallo and sour cream.
Hot Honey Chicken Quesadilla
Burrito Pastor
Burrtio filled with grilled pork, pineapple, rice, pico de gallo and refried beans. Topped with cheese dip, salsa verde, jalapeno and avocado.
Philly Steak Burrito
One 12 in tortilla with thinly sliced steak, peppers, onions and cheese dip.
Fajita Burrito
Grilled chicken or beef with grilled onions, rice, beans, peppers, sour cream, lettuce, pico de gallo and cheese.
Mike's Burritos
Two steak burritos topped with nacho cheese, lettuce, sour cream and chopped tomato. Served with rice.
Burritos Deluxe
Two burritos, one chicken with beans and one beef with beans, both topped with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream with a side of rice and beans.
Burrito San Jose
One big burrito stuffed with our homemade chorizo, grilled chicken, beans and rice. Topped with queso and pico de gallo.
Big JUAN Burrito
Five-pound burrito with beans, rice, grilled chicken, pork and steak. Topped with pico de gallo, cheese, lettuce and sour cream.
Burritos
Mexican Dishes
Tio Pancho's Carnitas
Fried pork served with beans, rice, lettuce, tomatoes and 3 flour or corn tortillas.
Taquitos Mexicanos
4 Taquitos, chicken or beef topped with lettuce, sour cream and pico de gallo. Served with a side of rice.
Tamales
3 Tamales with a choice of red or green sauce stuffed with pork. Served with rice and beans.
Molcajete
Grilled hanger steak, chorizo sausage, chicken and shrimp served in red salsa, topped with cheese. Garnished with avocado and cilantro.
Burrito Bowl
Choice of steak, chicken or pork carnitas with rice, pico de gallo, pinto beans, lettuce, cheese, avocado and slaw.
Plato Mediano
Choice of two items. Served with rice and beans.
Plato Grande
Choice of three items. Served with rice and beans.
Huevos Chorizo
Fish Tacos
Blackened, served with lettuce, cheese and a side of jalapeno coleslaw and tomatoes.
Shrimp Tacos
3 grilled shrimp tacos served with lettuce, tomato, sour cream and jalapeno coleslaw.
Juan's Cheese Tacos
Tacos de Carne Asada
3 corn or flour tortillas filled with marinated, chopped beef, onions and cilantro. Served with beans and red hot sauce on the side.
Tacos de Carnitas
2 soft corn tortillas stuffed with carnitas topped with cilantro and onions. Served with a side of beans
Tacos al Pastor
Tender grilled pork with tangy pineapple served with cilantro, onions and a side of salsa.
Street Tacos
Four slider tacos with chopped steak, cilantro, diced onion, lime and hot sauce.
Beef Brisket Tacos
Three flour tortilla tacos with smoked brisket topped with slaw and cilantro.
Tacos de Birria
3 Beef birria tacos in corn tortillas, melted cheese, cilantro, onions served with consume (aju).
Tacos Gobernador
Philly Steak Tacos
3 flour tortillas stuffed with thinly sliced steak, grilled peppers and onions. Topped with cheese dip.
1 Taco
3 Tacos
Tacos Supreme
Tacos
Enchiladas
Enchiladas Suprema
Supreme combo with chicken enchilada, bean enchilada, cheese enchilada and beef enchilada topped with cheese, lettuce, sour cream and tomato.
Enchiladas Rancheras
Three cheese enchiladas topped with pork carnitas, sauteed peppers and onions. Served with lettuce, sour cream and your choice of rice or beans.
Yolanda's
Three chicken enchiladas topped with lettuce, tomato and sour cream. Served with rice.
Enchiladas Banderas
Three chicken enchiladas: one topped with red salsa, one topped with white salsa, and one topped with green salsa. Served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas del Mar
Two enchiladas with shrimp topped with housemade cream sauce and served with rice and mixed vegetables.
Fajitas Durango
Tender sliced beef, chicken and shrimp with onions and bell peppers. Served with a side of salad, 3 flour tortillas, and sour cream. Choice of rice or beans.
Shrimp Fajitas
Grilled shrimp with onions and bell peppers. Served with a side of salad, 3 flour tortillas and sour cream. Choice of rice or beans.
Fajitas California
Tender sliced chicken, beef or "mixed" with onions and bell peppers. Served with a side of salad, 3 flour tortillas and sour cream. Choice of rice or beans.
Fajitas Durango for Two
Tender beef, chicken and shrimp cooked with onions and bell peppers. Served with sour cream, a side of salad and your choice of rice or beans.
Fajitas California for Two
Tender sliced beef, chicken or "mixed" with onions and bell peppers. Served with a side of salad, flour tortillas, and sour cream. Choice of rice or beans.
Fajita de Camarones para Dos
Grilled shrimp with onions and bell peppers. Served with a side of salad, flour tortillas, and sour cream. Choice of rice or beans.
Fajitas
Steak
Carne Asada
Marinated hanger steak served with one cheese enchilada, beans, rice and tortillas.
Steak T Bone
Chimichangas
Filled with choice of beef tips or shredded chicken with lettuce, tomatoes, queso cheese and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Dos Amigos
One fried chicken chimichanga and one beef burrito topped with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream and queso. Served with rice and beans.
Chimichangas
Chicken
Arroz con Pollo
Our special marinated grilled chicken over a bed of rice, topped with our nearly famous cheese sauce.
Arroz a la Plancha
Bed of rice, covered with your choice of chicken or steak, bell peppers and onions. Topped with nacho cheese.
Pollo Primavera
Tender, grilled chicken breast topped with grilled mushrooms and our special cheese sauce. Served with Mexican rice, black beans, lettuce, pico de gallo and tortillas.
Chori-Pollo
Grilled chicken breast and chorizo topped with Juan's special cheese sauce, lettuce and tomatoes. Served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Shrimp Quesadilla
One quesadilla with shrimp, cheese and beans. Served with rice and salad.
Mojarra Frita
One whole fried Tilapia. Served with rice, lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo and avocado.
Coctel De Camarones
Seafood
Vegetarian
Fajita Vegetariana
Grilled onions, green peppers, zucchini, yellow squash, tomatoes and mushrooms. Served with fried beans, sour cream and flour tortillas.
Vegetarian Quesadilla
Your choice of black & white quesadilla, spinach quesadilla or mushroom quesadilla. Served with rice, lettuce, sour cream and tomato on the side.
Side Flour Tortillas
Side Corn Tortillas
Side Beans
Side Rice
Side Tamal
Side De Crema
Side Burrito
Side Fries
Toreados
Side Chimichanga
Side Guacamole
Side Black Beans
Side Tomato
Side Onion
Side Chile Relleno
Side Pico de gallo
Side Lettuce
Side Salad
Side Mushrooms
Side Avocado
Side Queso Rallado
Side Grilled Vegetables
Side Green Pepper
Side Jalapenos
Side Spinach
Side Grilled Chicken
Side Grilled Steak
Side Pork
Side Shrimps
Side Chorizo
Side Slaw
Chalupa
Extra Crema
Side Enchilada
Extra Cheese Dip
Side Birria Cup
Extra Guacamole
Tostada
Side Lime
Side Egg
Side Chiken Breast
Celery
Extra Pico
Side Ground Beef
Side De Pollo Desebrado
Bacon
Salsa Picosa
Carne De Birria
Side Ranch
Side Silantro
Extra Jalapeno
Blue Cheese
Tortilla Taco Salad
Fajita Salad
Sides
Chips & Salsa
Side Small Red Salsa
Side Medium Red Salsa
Side Large Red Salsa
Side Small White Salsa
Side Medium White Salsa
Side Large White Salsa
Side Hot Salsa
Regular Bag Chips
Large Bag Chips
Side Salsa Verde
Kids Burrito & Taco
Kids Taco, Rice, & Beans
Kids Chicken Nuggets & Fries
Kids Quesadilla & Rice
Kids Mac & Cheese & Quesadilla
Kid's Menu
Dessert
Churros
Flan
Fried Ice Cream
Xangos
Scoop Ice Cream
Tres Leches
Spiced Cake
Family Fajita Meal
Family Tacos Asadas Meal
Family Enchiladas Casserole Meal
Family Quesadilla Meal Kit
Family Taco Meal Kit
Parrillada
Family Meals
Appetizers
Chicharron de Ribeye
Bean Dip
Fajita Monday
Food Specials
Quesadilla
Cheese Quesadilla
Beef Quesadilla
Chicken Quesadilla
Beans Quesadilla
Grill Quesadilla
Huevos Rancheros
Mexcian Dishes
Lunch
Lunch Supreme
A chicken enchilada and a cheese enchilada topped with lettuce, vine-ripe tomato and sour cream. Served with Spanish rice.
Speedy Gonzales
A taco and an enchilada. Choice of rice or beans.
Chipotle Ranch Wrap
10 in wrap with grilled chicken, bacon, lettuce, tomato, cheese and chipotle ranch.
Birria Burrito
10 in wrap with beef birria, pinto beans, cilantro, onions and cheese in salsa verde. Topped with cheese dip and red salsa.
East L.A. Burrito
12 in burrito filled with a chile relleno, steak, pinto beans, rice, cilantro and onions, covered in grilled cheese.
Burrito Special
A beef and bean burrito topped with lettuce, vine-ripe tomato, sour cream and our Mexican cheese blend. Served with a side of rice.
Lunch Quesadilla Rellena
A large flour tortilla grilled and stuffed with cheese and a choice of chicken or beef. Served with lettuce, sour cream and rice.
Lunch Chori-Pollo
Grilled chicken breast and chorizo topped with Juan's special cheese sauce and served with beans, rice, lettuce, tomatoes and warm tortillas.
Lunch Pollo Primavera
Tender grilled chicken breast topped with grilled mushrooms and special cheese sauce. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo, avocado, black beans, Mexican rice and tortillas.
Lunch Chimichanga
Flour tortilla, deep fried, filled with beef tips or chicken, topped with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Fajita Express
Our tender slices of beef, chicken or "mixed" grilled with onions, bell peppers and tomatoes. Served in flour tortillas with beans, lettuce and sour cream.
Lunch Burrito Bowl
Your choice of steak, chicken or pork, carnitas with rice, pinto beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, cheese, avocado and slaw.
Lunch Street Tacos
Two slider tacos with chopped steak, cilantro and diced onion. Served with rice and beans.
Combo #1
Chile relleno, rice and beans.
Combo #2
2 Enchiladas with green or red salsa. Choice of beef, chicken or cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Combo #3
2 pork tamales, rice and beans.
Combo #4
2 Tacos, soft or hard, beef or chicken. Served with rice and beans.
Combo #5
1 chile, 1 enchilada and 1 tamale. Served with rice and beans.