El Amate Restaurant Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to El Amate Restaurant, where flavor meets authenticity! Nestled in Colesville, MD, this culinary gem offers a vibrant menu that promises a delightful dining experience. Guests rave about the fresh ingredients and generous portions, making every meal a celebration of taste.
- Must-try dishes: Indulge in the mouthwatering Caldo de Carne, brimming with tender beef ribs and vegetables.
- Taco selection: Choose between handmade or street-style tortillas paired with a variety of fillings.
- Signature favorites: Don't miss the Beef Nacho Supreme, renowned for its generous portions and bold seasoning.
The restaurant’s warm atmosphere combined with attentive service ensures that every visit is memorable. With positive testimonials highlighting exceptional customer care and delicious food, it’s clear that El Amate has mastered the art of true hospitality. Make sure to stop by for an unforgettable meal!
Appetizers
Vuelve A La Vida
Mixed ceviche: baby shrimps, calamari and fish. Cooked in lime juice.
Pizza Birria
Cocktail De Camarones
Quesadilla Special
A flour tortilla filled with grilled chicken or beef and melted cheese. Served with guacamole and sour cream.
Quesabirria
Calamari Frito
Buffalo Wings (8 Wings)
Taquitos
Shredded beef rolled in a fried corn tortilla. Served with tomato, sliced jalapeno, guacamole and sour cream.
Nachos Supreme
Corn chips covered with refried beans, enchilada sauce, shredded beef, mozzarella and Cheddar cheese. Served with guacamole, sour cream, tomato and sliced jalapeno.
Crab And Shrimp Quesadilla
Guacamole Dip
Nachos "El Amate"
Corn chips covered with refried beans, mozzarella cheese, grilled chicken or beef. Served with guacamole, Pico de gallo and sour cream.
Alex Special (Appetizer Samples)
Pupusa, taquito, yucca, chicharron y quesadilla.
Mario's Platter
Beef and cheese enchiladas, covered with sauce and Cheddar cheese. Served with a beef taco, rice and beans.
Enchilada Monterey
Corn tortilla stuffed with cheese, covered with ranchera sauce and topped with melted cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Crab And Shrimp Enchilada
Baby shrimps and crabmeat sauteed in garlic butter, rolled in a flour tortilla and covered w/ our ranchera sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Trios Enchiladas
Chicken, cheese and beef enchiladas. Served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas Super De Pollo
Delicious corn tortilla stuffed with a chunk of tender chicken, rolled and topped with enchilada sauce, melted cheese, garnished with sliced avocados and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Beef Enchiladas
Corn tortilla stuffed with shredded beef, covered with ranchera sauce and topped with melted cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas
Antojitos Salvadorenos
El Tipico
Una pupusa, huevos, platano, frijoles, aguacate y crema.
Pupusas
Mixed, cheese, bean or loroco.
Tamal De Pollo / Chicken Tamale
Platano Frito, Frijoles Y Crema
Edwin Guanaco
Para saborear nuestra comida tipica salvadorena. Huevo con carne, frijoles, tamal de pollo, platano y crema.
Tamal De Elote / (Corn Tamale)
Pupusa De Birria
Yucca Con Chicharron
Flan
Empanada De Platano
Tres Leches
Nuegados Con Chilate
Nuegados
Desserts
Platillos Mixtos Y Tacos
Tacos De Chorizo
Camarones A La Crema
Sauteed jumbo shrimps and vegetables in cream sauce. Served with rice and refried beans.
Tacos De Carnitas De Cerdo / Pork Tacos
Lomo Saltado
Beef strips sauteed with vegetables and french fries. Served with rice and refried beans.
Lengua Guisada
Stew cow tongue; served with rice, refried beans and salad.
Camarones Entomatados
Shrimps sauteed with tomatoes. Served with rice, beans and salad.
Tacos De Birria
Salmon Brochette
Salmon fillet stuffed with crab meat; served with shrimps brochette, rice and vegetables.
Tacos Mexicanos
Tacos De Lengua / Beef Tongue Tacos
Tacos De Camarones
Shrimps Tacos
Pollo A La Crema
Grilled chicken breast and vegetables sauteed in cream sauce. Served with rice and refried beans.
Tacos Al Carbon
Camarones A La Plancha
Grilled jumbo shrimps; served with rice, refried beans and salad.
Sour Cream
Yucca Or French Fries
Platanos
Guacamole
Chips & Guacamole
1. Taco De C Amarones
Extra Eggs
1. Taco De Pollo
Extra Shrimps Brochette
Rice
Chorizo
Shredded Cheese
Fajita De Pollo Extra
1. Taco De Chorizo
Salsa De La Casa
Platano Side
2. Tacos De Lengua
Carne De Fajita Extra
Mixed Vegetables
French Fries
Extra Jalapeno
Consome De Birria
Beans - Charro/Refried
Avocado
1. Taco De Carnitas De Cerdo
Lobster Tail
1. Taco De Carne
Extra Onions
Chips & Salsa
Papas Locas
Yuca
Repollo/Curtido Extra
Pico De Gallo Extra
Tortilla De Maiz
Dressing
Flour Tortilla
Extra Shrimps
Queso Salvadoreno
Cilantro Y Cebolla Picada
Side Orders
Soft Drinks
Fountain Orange Soda
Bottle Water
Raspberry Sweet Tea
Fountain Ginger Ale
Tamarindo
Can Coke
The cold, refreshing, sparkling classic that America loves.
Tamarindo Grande
Can Sprite
The cold, refreshing flavors of lemon and lime, perfectly blended.
Perrier Preparada
Perrier
Red Bull
Fresco De Ensalada Grande
Fountain Lemonade
Fresh Squeezed Lemonade Large
Fountain Diet Coke
A crisp, refreshing taste you know and love with zero calories.
Coffee
Fountain Sprite
The cold, refreshing flavors of lemon and lime, perfectly blended.
Clamato
Horchata Grande
Cranberry Juice
Fresco De Ensalada
Michelada Sin Alcohol
Orange Juice
Apple Juice
Horchata
Fresh Squeezed Lemonada
Clamato Preparado
Maranon Grande
Fountain Coke
The cold, refreshing, sparkling classic that America loves.
Maranon
Ensalada Mixta
Fajita Salad
Grilled chicken or beef; served over iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, onions, avocado, cucumbers and dressing.
House Salad
Salads
Burritos Y Chimichangas
Crab And Shrimps Chimichanga
Served with rice and beans.
Chicken Or Beef Chimichanga
Large flour tortilla filled with a good portion of beef, beans and cheese, rolled and fried. Served with sour cream and guacamole.
Twins Burritos
Two burritos, one filled with chicken and the other one filled with beef; topped with enchilada sauce and melted cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Santa Fe Burrito
Chunk of steak portion rolled in a flour tortilla; topped with home made enchilada sauce and melted cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Birria Burrito
Chicken Or Beef Burrito
Shredded chicken or beef rolled in a flour tortilla; topped with fresh enchilada sauce and melted cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Farms Platter
Chicken tamale and chicken enchilada; covered with melted cheese. Served with a taco al carbon, rice and beans.
Plato Gordo (For Two People)
Beef and chicken fajitas, costillas (pork ribs), camarones (shrimps). Served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, guacamole and our fresh or flour tortillas. Only served for two or four people. (No exceptions) (no excepciones).
Plato Estrella (For Four People)
Chicken, beef, pork ribs, grilled shrimps, shrimps brochette, a whole stuffed lobster, lobster tails, fried fish, fried yucca, rice, beans, pico de gallo, guacamole and fresh or flour tortillas.
Baleadas De Pollo Y Carne
Tortilla filled with refried beans, sour cream, grated cheese, scramble eggs, avocado slices, chicken and steak.
Baleadas Regulares
Tortilla filled with refried beans, sour cream, grated cheese, scramble eggs and avocado slices.
Plato Gordo (For Four People)
Baleadas De Carne
Tortilla filled with refried beans, sour cream, grated cheese, scramble eggs, avocado slices and steak.
Baleadas De Chorizo
Tortilla filled with refried beans, sour cream, grated cheese, scramble eggs, avocado slices and chorizo.
Baleadas De Pollo
Tortilla filled with refried beans, sour cream, grated cheese, scramble eggs, avocado slices and chicken.
Plato Estrella (Four Six People)
Chicken, beef, pork ribs, grilled shrimps, shrimps brochette, a whole stuffed lobster, lobster tails, fried fish, fried yucca, rice, beans, pico de gallo, guacamole and fresh or flour tortillas.
Baleadas Sencillas
Tortilla filled with refried beans, sour cream and grated cheese.
Specialties
Platillos Mixtos a La Parrilla
Carne Con Camarones
Grilled marinated N.Y. Strip, sauteed jumbo shrimps. Served with rice, refried beans and salad.
Steak A La Salvadorena
Grilled N.Y. Strip; served with rice, refried beans and salad.
Bistec Encebollado
N.Y. Steak sauteed with onions, enchilada sauce. Served with rice, refried beans and salad.
Bistec A Caballo
Grilled N.Y. Strip; served with two eggs over the steak, rice, refried beans and salad.
Pollo Encebollado
Chicken breast sauteed with garlic butter, onions, green bell peppers and tomatoes. Served with rice, refried beans and salad.
T.B Steak
T-bone steak marinated and grilled. Served with rice, refried beans and salad.
Plato "El Amate"
Shrimps brochette, mixed fajitas: chicken and beef. Served with Pico de gallo and guacamole.
Plato Morelos
Costillas (pork ribs), chicken and beef fajitas.
Plato Especial Picadera #3
Camarones Brochette
Jumbo shrimps stuffed with jalapeno and Monterey Jack cheese, wrapped with bacon. Served with guacamole and Pico de gallo.
Veggie Fajitas
Sauteed vegetables: broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, tomatoes, green bell peppers and onions. Served with guacamole and pico de gallo.
Costillas De Puerco / Pork Ribs
Fajitas Al Carbon
Chicken, beef or mixed fajitas. Served with Pico de gallo and guacamole.
Plato San Luis
Seasoned, grilled shrimps and fajitas; chicken, beef or mixed.
Plato Especial Picadera #1
Plato Especial Picadera #2
Pollo Asado
Grilled chicken breast; served with Pico de gallo and guacamole.
El Amate Specials
Lunch Special - Monday to Friday
3. Enchilada And Crispy Taco
(Served with rice and beans).
2. Cheese Quesadilla
12. California Burrito
Burrito stuffed with chicken, beef, rice and refried beans. Served with guacamole and Pico de gallo.
1. Tortilla Soup & Taco Al Carbon
Tortilla soup, a beef or chicken taco, Pico de gallo, guacamole, rice and charro beans.
4. Spinach Quesadilla
A flour tortilla filled with melted cheese and chopped spinach. Served with guacamole, sliced jalapenos and sour cream.
11. Grilled Chicken Salad
Served with iceberg lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber.
5. Pollo Primavera
Grilled chicken breast covered with sauteed vegetables and mozzarella cheese. Served with rice and beans.
10. Crispy Taco Platter
Three crispy tacos; served with rice and charro beans.
8. Taco Salad
Tortilla shell filled with shredded beef or chicken, tossed salad, cheese, Pico de gallo, guacamole and house dressing.
6. Veggie Burrito
A flour tortilla stuffed with beans, sauteed vegetables, topped with ranchera sauce and melted cheese. Served with rice and sour cream.
9. Fajitas Fiestas
Shrimps, chicken and beef fajitas, sauteed with ranchera sauce. Served with Pico de gallo guacamole, rice, charro beans and flour tortillas.
7. Baby Shrimps Fajitas
Sopa De Mondongo
Tripe soup, cow feet, yucca, corn cob, plantain and carrots.
Mariscada
Mixed shell seafood clams, mussels, shrimps and lobster tail.
Sopa De Camarones / Shrimps Soup
Sopa De Gallina / Fowl Soup
Served with rice and salad.
Sopa De Res
Beef soup with yucca, carrots, plantain, and cabbage.
Sopa De Mariscos
Seafood soup with shrimps, clams, fish, mussels and crab.
Sopa Del Dia
Plato Gordo Para 2 Y 4 Personas
Beef and chicken fajitas, costillas (pork ribs), camarones (shrimps). Served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, guacamole and our fresh or flour tortillas. Only served for two or four people. (No exceptions) (no excepciones).