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Fajita Quesadillas
$16.10
Chicken or Beef with guacamole and sour cream.
Fajita Nachos
$17.82
Beef or chicken fajita baked with Monterey Jack, topped with refried beans and sliced jalapenos, guacamole and sour cream.
Frontera Guacamole
$15.52
Blend your own. Fresh mashed avocado. Served with diced tomatoes, cilantro, onions and jalapenos.
Queso Flameado
Creamy grilled cheese fondue served with three tortillas.
Picamole
$11.44
Diced avocados, tomatoes, cilantro, jalapenos and onions.
Tostadas De Ceviche
$16.67
2 crispy tostadas topped with marinated white fish, red onion, cucumber, guacamole, diced tomatoes, jalapeños and cilantro.
Cóctel De Camarón
$14.09
Mexican-style shrimp cocktail. Shrimp, onion and cilantro in a house-made tangy cocktail sauce.
Queso De Campo
$14.89
Grilled white Mexican-style cheese served with guacamole, pico de gallo and fresh tortillas.
Chile Con Queso
$10.64
Classic Guacamole
Avocado and diced tomatoes served with chips and salsa.
Caesar Salad
$13.74
Prepared Mexican-style with black beans, Romaine lettuce, roasted corn, avocado, tomatoes, and queso fresco.
Sylvia's Homemade Tortilla Soup
$10.35
Chicken broth with avocado, cheese, tortilla strips and vegetables on the side.
Sopa De Fideo / Chicken Noodle Soup
An old-fashioned South Texas favorite made with vermicelli and chicken. Light and delicious!
Caldo De Pollo
$12.08
Old-fashioned chicken soup with vegetables, served with rice and corn tortillas.
Classic Interior Mexican Red Tortilla Soup
Fresh red guajillo chile and chicken broth with avocado, tomatoes, corn, cilantro, cheese and tortilla chips.
Weslaco Crispy Tacos (3)
$18.34
Taco meat or chicken. Served with lettuce, tomato, cheese, rice and beans.
Laredo Soft Tacos (2)
$20.41
Taco meat, chicken or carnitas with lettuce, tomato and cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Texas Fish Tacos (2)
$21.56
Handmade corn tortillas filled with crispy fried fish and picamole. Served with rice and beans.
Rio Grande Valley Tacos Grilled Tacos (2)
$20.12
Gluten free. Grilled corn tortillas stuffed with chicken and Monterey Jack cheese. Served with rice, beans and a light salad.
Tacos Rancheros Grilled Tacos (3)
Taco meat or chicken, grilled corn tortillas with lettuce, tomato, cheese and a slice of avocado, served with rice and charro beans.
Refugio Enchiladas
Two enchiladas per order, served with rice and your choice of beans. Cheese enchiladas - a blend of Cheddar cheeses topped with our famous signature chili gravy.
McAllen Enchiladas
$21.28
Two enchiladas per order, served with rice and your choice of beans. Chicken Enchiladas - topped with our famous signature chili gravy.
Lubbock Enchiladas
$21.79
Two enchiladas per order, served with rice and your choice of beans. Ground beef enchiladas - topped with our signature gravy prepared West Texas-style (meatier).
Sarita Enchiladas
Vegetarian. Two enchiladas per order. Served with rice and your choice of beans. Traditional Mexican vegetables (calabacita and corn) sautéed and combined with queso and topped with a light cream sauce.
La Kinera Enchiladas
$22.42
Two enchiladas per order. Served with rice and your choice of beans. Fajita enchiladas - grilled chunks of beef or chicken topped with our famous signature chili gravy.
Laguna Madre Enchiladas
$25.24
Two enchiladas per order, served with rice and your choice of beans. Crab enchiladas - topped with a creamy seafood sauce.
Crystal City Enchiladas
Vegetarian. Two enchiladas per order. Served with rice and your choice of beans. Spinach enchiladas - fresh spinach sautéed with herbs and spices and covered with tomatillo sauce. This recipe is very low-fat.
Stieler Hill Enchiladas
$27.02
Two enchiladas per order, served with rice and your choice of beans. Mesquite-grilled cabrito enchiladas topped with Sylvia's signature gravy.
Donna Enchiladas
Two enchiladas per order. Served with rice and your choice of beans. Ground beef enchiladas - traditional recipe topped with our famous signature chili gravy.
El Paso Enchiladas
Two enchiladas per order. Served with rice and your choice of beans. Three "Stacked" enchiladas - cheese and onion or ground beef with salsa roja or chili gravy.
Puebla Enchiladas
Two enchiladas per order. Served with rice and your choice of beans. Enchiladas mole - tender chicken topped with traditional mole poblano.
Morelia Enchiladas
$20.64
Gluten free, vegetarian. Two enchiladas per order. Served with rice and your choice of beans. Enchiladas rojas-queso fresco, lettuce, onions and radishes topped with spicy red chili sauce.
San Miguel Enchiladas
Gluten free. Two enchiladas per order. Served with rice and your choice of beans. Enchiladas suizas - chicken enchiladas garnished with lettuce, onion and queso fresco topped with creamy suiza sauce.
Hidalgo Enchiladas
Gluten free. Two enchiladas per order. Served with rice and your choice of beans. Enchiladas de carnitas - grilled pork enchiladas topped with salsa Verde or a red sauce and avocado slices. Our red sauce is hot!
Chihuahua Enchiladas
$20.99
Gluten free, vegetarian. Two enchiladas per order, served with rice and your choice of beans. Enchiladas rancheras - border-style enchiladas topped with very spicy ranchera sauce. Choice of Monterey Jack, chicken or ground beef.
Tampico Enchiladas
$22.94
Gluten free. Two enchiladas per order. Served with rice and your choice of beans. Shrimp enchiladas - shrimp sautéed in lemon butter, rolled in tender tortilla and covered with an Espanola-style sauce or salsa Veracruzana.
Mexico City Enchiladas
Gluten free. Two enchiladas per order, served with rice and your choice of beans. Chicken enchiladas made the classic Mexican way - topped with salsa Verde and sour cream. This is one of our most popular enchilada dishes.
Guadalajara Enchiladas
Gluten free. Two enchiladas per order, served with rice and your choice of beans. Enchiladas de pollo - tender chicken topped with a tomato-based salsa casera, garnished with lettuce, tomato and queso fresco.
South of the Border
Four petite enchiladas served with picamole, rice and beans. No substitutions please. Mexico City, Morelia, Hidalgo and Puebla.
North of the Border
Four petite enchiladas served with picamole, rice and beans. No substitutions please. Refugio, Sarita, Lubbock and Laguna Madre.
Beef Fajitas
$35.59
Tender beef or chicken fajitas wood-fired and grilled fresh. Served with rice, beans, guacamole, Cheddar cheese, sour cream and pico de gallo.
Rio Grande Valley Parrillada for Four People
$114.94
Bean and cheese, nachos, chicken fajitas, beef fajitas, jumbo shrimp and quail served with rice, charro beans, roasted corn, chiles toreadors and tortillas.
Shrimp Fajitas
$39.04
Combo Fajitas
$33.29
Tender beef and chicken fajitas wood-fired and grilled fresh. Served with rice, beans, guacamole, Cheddar cheese, sour cream and pico de gallo.
Chicken Fajitas
$29.84
Chalupas
Gluten free. Taco meat or chicken topped with beans, lettuce, tomato, avocado and cheese.
Corpus Christi
Build your own combination of any three of the following items. Served with rice and beans.
Flautas
Three handmade chicken flautas served with guacamole, sour cream, rice and beans.
Falfurrias
One beef, one chicken and one cheese enchilada topped with our signature chili gravy. Served with rice and beans.
Del Rio
Crispy beef taco and beef enchilada served with guacamole, rice and beans.
Alamo
Two cheese enchiladas and a crispy beef taco served with rice and beans.
Chile Rellenos
Two fresh poblano peppers filled with beef or Monterey Jack cheese, lightly battered and golden fried.
Robstown
Two pork or chicken tamales topped with Sylvia's chili gravy and one cheese enchilada served with rice and beans.
San Antonio
Chicken or beef fajita taco and a cheese enchilada with guacamole served with rice and beans.
Carne Guisada
A house favorite! Mexican-style beef stew prepared South Texas-style. Served with rice, beans and your choice of tortillas.
Brownsville
Cheese enchiladas, crispy beef taco, and chile con queso tostada served with rice and beans.
Beeville Carne Asada
Tender beef fajita steak served with rice, beans, guacamole, pico de gallo and your choice of tortillas.
Tacos Al Carbon (2)
$24.09
Fajita beef or chicken rolled in fresh flour tortillas, served with rice, beans, guacamole and pico de gallo.
George West
$27.54
Boneless chicken breast served with pico de gallo, slices of avocado and tomatoes.
Hebbronville
$36.74
Three specially seasoned grilled quail served with grilled corn, poblano grits and charro beans.
Padre Island
$23.58
Grilled tilapia served with a Caesar salad, rajas poblanas con crema and rice.
Tampiquena
House specialty. A classic combination beef fajita steak and one cheese or chicken enchilada, served with rajas poblanas con crema, rice and your choice of tortillas.
Boca Chica
$40.19
Chilean sea bass deliciously grilled and served with a side salad, homemade poblano sauce and rice and grilled vegetables.
Cabrito Tacos
$34.44
Three grilled cabrito tacos on homemade corn tortillas. Served with cilantro, lime, onion, charro beans and poblano grits.
Grilled Chicken Strips
With rice and beans.
Beef or Chicken Crispy Taco
Quesadilla
Cheese Enchilada
Fried Chicken Tenders
With French fries.
Quart Mexican Rice
$16.04
Quart Beans
Refried or charro. Quart.
Quart Chili Con Queso
Quart Signature Picamole
$26.39
Diced avocado, tomato, cilantro, onion and jalapeño. Quart.
Quart Salsa
$14.38
Quart Guacamole
Quart.
Flan
$9.77
The best!
Sopapillas (4)
Tres Leches Cake
$10.92
Bottled Water
$2.01
Lemonade
Gallon.
Iced Tea
Sylvia's Classic Appetizer Platter
$166.75
A combination chicken flautas, beef quesadillas, mini cheese enchiladas, picamole, sour cream, chile con queso, chips and salsa and pickled jalapenos.
Cheese, Spinach or Veggie Enchilada Trays
$46.00
One dozen per item a la carte. No rice or beans.
Fajita Meat, Shrimp, Crab or Pork Enchilada Tray
$52.90
Refugio Enchiladas Platter
$136.85
For 10 persons. Each selection served two enchiladas per person with rice and beans. Cheese enchiladas, blend of Cheddar cheeses with Sylvia's signature chili gravy.
La Kinena Enchiladas Platter
$178.25
For 10 persons. Each selection served two enchiladas per person with rice and beans. Fajitas enchiladas, grilled chunks of beef or chicken topped with Sylvia's chili gravy.
Lubbock Enchiladas Platter
For 10 persons. Each selection served two enchiladas per person with rice and beans. Our signature gravy prepared West Texas style (meatier).
Crystal City Enchiladas Platter
For 10 persons. Each selection served two enchiladas per person with rice and beans. Spinach enchiladas -fresh spinach sautéed with herbs and spices and covered with a tomatillo sauce. This recipe is very low fat.
Sarita Enchiladas Platter
For 10 persons. Each selection served two enchiladas per person with rice and beans. Enchiladas de Calabacita - traditional Mexican vegetables (calabacita and corn) sautéed and combined with queso and topped with a light cream sauce.
Laguna Madre Enchiladas Platter
$195.50
For 10 persons. Each selection served two enchiladas per person with rice and beans. Crab enchiladas - shrimp sautéed in lemon butter, rolled in a tender tortilla.
Mexico City Enchiladas Platter
$161.00
For 10 persons. Each selection served two enchiladas per person with rice and beans. Chicken enchiladas - made the classic Mexican way and topped with "Salsa Verde" and sour cream. One of the most popular enchilada dishes.
Hidalgo Enchiladas Platter
For 10 persons. Each selection served two enchiladas per person with rice and beans. Enchiladas de Carnitas - grilled pork enchiladas served with either Verde sauce or red sauce and topped with avocado slices. Red sauce is hot!
Puebla Enchiladas Platter
For 10 persons. Each selection served two enchiladas per person with rice and beans. Enchiladas mole - tender cooked chicken topped with a traditional mole sauce.
Chihuahua Enchiladas Platter
For 10 persons. Each selection served two enchiladas per person with rice and beans. Enchiladas rancheras - border style enchiladas topped with a very spicy ranchera sauce. Your choice of Monterey Jack, beef or chicken.
Tampico Enchiladas Platter
For 10 persons. Each selection served two enchiladas per person with rice and beans. Enchiladas de Camarones - shrimp sautéed in lemon butter, rolled in a tender tortilla and covered with a Espanola style sauce.
Donna Enchiladas Platter
For 10 persons. Each selection served two enchiladas per person with rice and beans. Beef enchiladas, traditional recipe with more of our traditional chili gravy.
McAllen Enchiladas Platter
For 10 persons. Each selection served two enchiladas per person with rice and beans. Chicken enchiladas, tender cooked chicken topped with our chili gravy.
Amazing Fajitas
$218.50
Served with rice, beans, guacamole, pico de gallo, sour cream, Cheddar cheese, and homemade corn or flour tortillas. All meats are grilled with mesquite wood and the beef fajitas are known for being forked tender with succulent taste of a juicy wood grilled steak. The beef fajitas at Sylvia's are often labeled the "Best in Houston" by her loyal customers.
Tres Leches
$68.94
Vanilla or chocolate. Serves 24.
Mexican Flan
$42.55
Serves 12.
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