El Palenque Mexican Restaurant on Tomball Parkway serves authentic Mexican and Tex-Mex favorites in Northwest Houston near Tomball and Willowbrook. Founded by the Serna Brothers in 1987, El Palenque brings together family recipes, quality ingredients and friendly service in a welcoming family atmosphere. Enjoy sizzling fajitas, enchiladas, tacos, burritos, seafood specialties, fresh guacamole and refreshing margaritas from our cantina. Our Tomball Parkway location features a spacious dining room and recently remodeled patio, making it a great choice for lunch, dinner, family gatherings and celebrations. Dine in, order takeout or contact us about catering your next business meeting, party or special event.
Location
Certified by El Palenque Mexican Restaurant Tomball • Aug 30, 2026
Certified by El Palenque Mexican Restaurant Tomball • Aug 30, 2026
Monday11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Thursday11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Friday11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Menu
1 menu · 102 items
Explore offerings from El Palenque Mexican Restaurant Tomball on 21161 Tomball Parkway in Houston, with popular fajitas, fajita specialties, combination platters, and el nino meals available at this location.
El Palenque Menu
102 items
Fajitas
Vegetable Fajita
Served with guacamole, pico de gallo, rice, charro beans, & tortillas. Sour cream & shredded cheese served upon request.
Shrimp Fajita
Served with guacamole, pico de gallo, rice, charro beans, & tortillas. Sour cream & shredded cheese served upon request.
Fajita Brocheta
Served with guacamole, pico de gallo, rice, charro beans, & tortillas. Sour cream & shredded cheese served upon request.
Mixed Fajita
Served with guacamole, pico de gallo, rice, charro beans, & tortillas. Sour cream & shredded cheese served upon request.
Chicken Fajita
Served with guacamole, pico de gallo, rice, charro beans, & tortillas. Sour cream & shredded cheese served upon request.
Beef Fajita
Served with guacamole, pico de gallo, rice, charro beans, & tortillas. Sour cream & shredded cheese served upon request.
Ribeye Fajitas
Center cut marinated ribeye steak cooked to your designated temperature and sliced into fajitas. Accompanied by cilantro garlic butter & chile de arbol crema, served with guacamole, pico de gallo, rice, charro beans & tortillas.
Ixtapa Mix
Beef, chicken & shrimp fajita mix. Served with guacamole, pico de gallo, rice, charro beans, & tortillas. Sour cream & shredded cheese served upon request.
Fajita Specialties
Served with guacamole, pico de gallo, rice, charro beans, & tortillas.
Parrillada Palenque
Beef and chicken fajitas mixed together with poblano peppers, onions & bacon.
Grilled Quail
(3) Quail, grilled to a golden brown.
Carne Asada
Beef skirt steak topped with melted Monterey cheese.
Hugo Special
Beef Fajita paired with (3) grilled shrimp.
Garden Fajita
Beef and chicken fajitas mixed with bacon, shrimp, mushrooms, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, & tossed together with Monterey cheese.
Parrillada Fiesta
A mix of beef & chicken fajitas, shrimp fajitas, & grilled quail, on a bed of grilled onions.
Combination Platters
No substitutions.
Vallarta
(1) Beef chalupa, (2) ground beef crispy tacos, served with rice & refried beans.
Pinata
(1) Shredded chicken tostada, (1) shredded beef flauta, served with rice, beans, sour cream & guacamole.
Reynosa
(1) Cheese or shredded chicken enchilada, (2) ground beef crispy tacos, served with a small side of guacamole.
Sabinas
(1) Ground beef burrito covered in our house gravy & American cheese & (1) ground beef crispy taco, served with rice & beans.
Tostadas
(2) Ground beef or shredded chicken tostadas topped with beans, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream & tomatoes.
Tamales
(4) Tamales covered in our house gravy & American cheese, served with rice & beans.
Crispy Tacos
(3) Ground beef crispy tacos, topped with lettuce, tomatoes & shredded American cheese, served with rice & beans.
Soft Tacos
(3) Ground beef soft tacos topped with lettuce, tomatoes & shredded American cheese, served with rice & beans.
El Vaquero
(2) Flour tortilla enchiladas stuffed with your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken & covered in chili gravy, served with rice & beans.
La Sabrosa
A half order of Chicken Fajita quesadillas, served with rice, beans, guacamole & sour cream. Beef Fajita +$3.50.
Chicken Tenders & Fries
Burger & Fries
Texas Combo
(1) Cheese or ground beef enchilada, (1) tamale & (1) crispy taco, served with rice & beans.
El Nino Meals
For ninos 11 years & under. Meals include a soft drink.
El Nino Cheese Enchilada
(1) Enchilada, served with rice & refried beans. For niños 11 years & under.
El Nino Beef Crispy Taco
(1) Taco, served with rice & cheese puff.
El Nino Cheese Puff
(1) Cheese puff, served with rice & refried beans.
El Nino Cheese Quesadilla
1/2 order quesadilla, served with rice & refried beans.
El Nino Chimi's
(2) Ground beef mini chimis, served with rice, beans & chile con queso.
El Nino Taco Al Carbon
(1) Beef or chicken fajita taco, served with rice & refried beans.
El Nino Corn Dog
Served with French fries.
El Nino Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Served with French fries.
El Nino Hamburger or Chicken Burger
Served with French fries.
El Nino Chicken
Served with French fries.
Appetizers
Queso Flameado
Melted cheese with your choice of chorizo, chicken fajita, vegetable, mixed fajita, beef fajita, or shrimp.
Chicken Diablos
Four grilled chicken strips paired with a mild jalapeno slice and Fresco cheese, wrapped in bacon. Served over a bed of rice with charro beans, chile con queso, and sliced avocado.
Chile Con Queso
Warm melted cheese dip. Available in bowl or cup.
Mexican Ceviche
Lime cured basa tossed with tomatoes, red onions, diced jalapeno, & lightly sprinkled with oregano.
Mini Chimis
6 ground beef mini chimichangas and a small side of queso.
Quesadillas
Your choice of vegetable, chicken fajita, mixed fajita, beef fajita, or shrimp fajita.
Papa Nachos
Slices of slightly fried potatoes covered in our house gravy shredded cheese, topped with your choice of fajita meat: chicken fajita, mix fajita, or beef fajita.
Nachos Palenque
Bean & cheese or ground beef nachos. Also available with chicken fajita, beef fajita, or mixed fajita.
Palenque Sampler
1/2 order of mix fajita quesadillas, (4) mix fajita nachos, (2) small shredded chicken flautas, served with a creamy jalapeno ranch sauce.
Nachos Picantes
Refried beans, pico de gallo, queso monterey jack and chorizo.
Shrimp Cocktail
Boiled shrimp chilled over ice and tossed with fresh diced tomatoes, jalapenos, red onion, cilantro, avocado, & our Mexican cocktail sauce.
Soups
Tortilla Soup
This delicious chicken broth soup comes with onions, corn, potatoes, carrots, garlic, spices & fried tortilla strips.
Caldo Tlalpeno
Chicken soup made with chicken, zucchini, potatoes, corn, and carrots, Monterey cheese, chipotle sauce, & diced avocado served on the side. Served with your choice of fresh homemade flour or corn tortillas.
Mixed green salad tossed with mango lime vinaigrette, pecans, pineapple, strawberries & feta cheese, topped with your choice of grilled basa fillet or grilled shrimp.
Palenque Fajita Salad
Lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, sour cream, Monterey cheese, American cheese & your choice of fajita meat. (If preferred, ask for a tortilla shell.)
Guacamoles
Chunky Avocado Salad (Guacamole)
Chunks of diced avocado lightly tossed with tomatoes, onions, jalapenos, cilantro, & drizzled with fresh squeezed lime.
Authentic Mexican Guacamole
Freshly mashed guacamole mixed with tomatoes, onions, jalapenos & cilantro.
Tacos and Burritos
Palenque Fish Tacos
(3) Grilled or fried fish fillets in a homemade corn tortilla & topped with red cabbage & black bean corn relish, served with cilantro rice & creamy remoulade sauce.
Street Tacos Pastor
Pastor-style street tacos on corn or flour tortilla, topped with onion & cilantro.
California Burrito
A Giant Burrito stuffed with rice, beans, shredded cheese, lettuce, & your choice of Beef Fajita or Chicken Fajita. Topped with Mexican Sauce & shredded Monterey Cheese.
Texas Burrito
A giant burrito stuffed with rice, beans & a combo of Beef Fajita, Chicken Fajita & Ground Beef, topped w/ chili gravy & shredded American cheese.
Tacos Al Carbon
(3) Soft tacos overstuffed with your choice of beef fajita, chicken fajita or mix fajita, served with guacamole, pico de gallo, rice & charro beans.
Street Tacos Beef
(5) Beef street-style taquitos, topped with onion & cilantro.
(3) Flour tortillas filled with shrimp, cheese, jalapeños and bacon. Served with sliced avocado & rice.
Mexican Favorites
Pechuga Diabla
Golden grilled chicken breast topped with mushrooms & Diabla sauce, served with guacamole, charro beans, rice & your choice of tortillas.
Baja Grilled Chicken
Chicken breast sautéed in white wine with Mushrooms, Poblano Peppers, onions, tomatoes, and topped with Monterey cheese. Served with Mexican Rice and Black Bean Charros.
Yucatan
A savory grilled chicken breast topped with sliced Bacon, Mexican Sauce, & Monterey cheese. Served with Guacamole, Rice, Charro Beans, and tortillas.
Flautas
(3) Shredded beef or shredded chicken flautas, served with guacamole, sour cream, rice & beans.
Tampiqueña
Beef skirt steak with (1) cheese enchilada, served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, guacamole & tortillas.
Pechuga Monterey
Grilled chicken breast topped with Mexican sauce & melted Monterey cheese, served with refried beans, rice & tortillas.
Chile Relleno
Poblano Pepper stuffed with your choice of ground beef or cheese, served with rice, refried beans & tortillas.
Chimichanga
Large flour tortilla stuffed with your choice of meat & fried, served with guacamole, sour cream, rice and beans.
Pollo Loco
½ Slow roasted seasoned chicken, served with guacamole, pico de gallo, rice, charro beans & tortillas.
Rancho Grande
Grilled chicken breast topped with grilled shrimp, Mexican sauce & Monterey cheese, served with guacamole, charro beans, rice & tortillas.
Steak Mexicana
Beef tips slow cooked with tomatoes, onions, jalapeños, & Mexican spices, served with rice, beans, guacamole & tortillas.
Mariscos
Camaron Brochetta
(4) Jumbo grilled shrimp paired with a jalapeño & Monterey cheese & wrapped in bacon, served with rice, charro beans & small side of queso.
Shrimp Stuffed Avocado
Garlic sautéed shrimp w/ melted Monterey cheese over a lightly battered & deep-fried avocado, w/ cilantro rice, black bean corn relish, & Salsa Cruda.
Tampiquena Mar
Your choice of grilled shrimp or Basa fish fillet and (1) cheese enchilada, served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, guacamole & tortillas.
Mazatlan
Grilled chicken breast & (3) jumbo grilled shrimp topped with Monterey cheese, served with guacamole, pico de gallo, charro beans, rice & tortillas.
Camaron Acapulco
Diced shrimp sauteed with tomatoes, onions and jalapenos served with guacamole, charro beans, rice & tortillas.
Camaron Diablo
Sautéed shrimp topped with our Diablo sauce served with guacamole, pico de gallo, charro beans, rice & tortillas.
Enchiladas
Dinner De Lujo
(3) Fajita enchiladas covered in our house gravy and Monterey cheese, served with guacamole.
(2) Ground beef or cheese enchiladas topped with house gravy & shredded American cheese, served with (1) crispy taco & guacamole.
El Tejano
(1) Cheese enchilada, (1) tamale, & your choice of Beef Fajitas or Chicken Fajitas, served with tortillas.
Shrimp Enchilada
(2) Enchiladas filled with sautéed shrimp, topped with Creamy Avocado sauce, and Monterey cheese served with cilantro rice & black bean corn relish.
Sour Cream Enchiladas
(3) Enchiladas made with homemade flour tortillas & filled with shredded chicken, topped with our special sour cream sauce & Monterey cheese.
Enchiladas Mexicanas
(3) Traditional Ground Beef or Cheese Enchiladas, covered with Mexican sauce and Monterey cheese.
Enchiladas Verdes
(3) Traditional Ground Beef or Cheese Enchiladas, covered with Salsa Verde and Monterey cheese.
Spinach Enchiladas
(3) Spinach & mushroom enchiladas covered in a cream of mushroom sauce & topped with both Monterey & American cheese.
Enchilada Dinner
(3) Ground Beef or Cheese Enchiladas, covered with our house gravy and American cheese.
Desserts
Churros
Crispy fried dough sticks rolled in cinnamon sugar.
Homemade Flan
Traditional Mexican egg custard dessert topped with caramel sauce.
Sopapillas
Fried pastry dough dusted with cinnamon sugar, served warm with honey.
Beverages
Pepsi
Classic cola soft drink.
Pepsi Zero
Zero-sugar cola soft drink.
Starry
Crisp, refreshing lemon-lime soda.
Tropicana Lemonade
Refreshing lemonade.
Dr Pepper
Classic 23-flavor soft drink.
Diet Dr Pepper
Sugar-free version of the classic 23-flavor soft drink.
Raspberry Tea
Iced tea with raspberry flavor.
Iced Tea
Freshly brewed iced tea.
Sweet Tea
Freshly brewed sweetened iced tea.
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