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La Catrina · Mexican Cantina

Come hungry.

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Please let our staff know about any allergies or dietary requirements before ordering.

V = vegan · Hot = a bit hot · Gluten = contains gluten · Gluten free

Start With

First time trying Mexican food? We'd love to help you choose.

Chips and Guac

$14
Gluten free

The Mexican restaurant classic. Totopos with guacamole and your choice of salsa.

Cheese Jalapeño Bites

$15
HotGluten

Crispy outside, soft and cheesy inside. A house recipe with fresh jalapeños, served with a smoky chipotle cream that brings the heat at the finish.

Corn Ribs

$15

Corn ribs with queso fresco, chipotle cream and Doritos.

Kids Quesadillas

$13
Gluten

Flour tortilla filled with cheese, served with guacamole. Four ingredients, not spicy at all. Add a filling +$5.

Tacos

$9.50 each · three for $26 — add guacamole +$5, cheese crust +$5

Carne Asada

$9.50

Roasted tomato and capsicum salsa, onion and coriander.

Grilled Chicken

$9.50

Green tomato salsa, onion and coriander.

Pork Carnitas

$9.50

Pineapple and morita chilli salsa, onion and coriander.

The Local Catch

$9.50
Local Favourite

Gummy shark with chipotle mayo, pico de gallo and pickled cabbage.

Wild Mushroom Taco

$9.50
V

Grilled mix of mushrooms with roasted tomato and capsicum salsa, onion and coriander.

Golden Calamari

$9.50
HotGluten

Crispy golden calamari, tender inside, over a creamy serrano chilli sauce, finished with mango and coconut salsa and fresh pico de gallo.

Mains

Quesabirrias

$26
Must Try

Our signature dish. Beef slow-braised for hours in guajillo and ancho chiles with over six spices, until fall-apart tender. Folded into crisp, cheese-crusted tortillas with sweet onion, and served with the braising consommé for dipping.

Juan's Nachos

$28
Best For Sharing

Totopos loaded with your choice of protein and its sauce, beans, chipotle cream, queso fresco, pico de gallo, guacamole, pickled cabbage and onion.

Burritos

$24

Protein of your choice with refried beans, rice, cheese, pico de gallo, pickled cabbage, chipotle cream and salsa, on a white tortilla.

Enchiladas Michoacanas

$23

Corn tortillas bathed in guajillo-ancho chilli sauce, potato and carrot, queso fresco, lettuce, chipotle cream. Add carne, chicken, pork or mushroom +$5.

Desserts

Save room. You'll thank yourself.

Churros

$13
Gluten

Crispy outside, dusted with cinnamon sugar. Served with classic Nutella, or take a trip through Latin America with our dulce de leche.

Chocoflan

$16
Best For Sharing

Our chef’s signature sweet. Silky flan meets rich chocolate cake, crowned with vanilla ice cream and finished with dulce de leche. Found nowhere else but La Catrina.

Tres Leches Cake

$14

Mexico’s most beloved dessert. Delicate sponge bathed in three milks until every bite melts, finished with whipped cream, a whisper of cinnamon and a fresh strawberry.

Margaritas

Every one $23. Born in Mexico, perfected by time. Salt, lime, tajín and a chamoy rim. A legend in a glass.

La Catrina Classic

$23

Lime and salt rim. Tequila, Triple Sec, lime juice and sugar syrup, garnished with dried lime.

Coconut Cartel

$23

Lime and coconut rim. Tequila, Triple Sec, lime juice, coconut syrup and coconut milk, sprinkled with coconut.

Spicy Senorita

$23

Chilli and tajín rim. Garnished with a whole dried chilli. Just enough heat.

Strawberry Kiss

$23

Chamoy and tajín rim. Tequila, Triple Sec, lime juice and strawberry purée.

Passionfruit Mango

$23

Chamoy and tajín rim. Tequila, Triple Sec, lime juice, mango nectar and passionfruit pulp.

Watermelon Mint

$23

Lime and tajín rim. Tequila, Triple Sec, lime juice, watermelon juice, watermelon syrup and mint.

Naughty Horchata

$23

Tall glass over ice. Tequila and horchata, dusted with cinnamon.

Drinks

Mocktails

All the fun, none of the tequila.

Margarita

$10

Non-alcoholic.

Mojito

$10

Non-alcoholic.

Tequilas

Neat, $16 a pour.

Reposado

$16

Café

$16

Coconut

$16

Jalapeño

$16
Hot

Beers

Corona

$12

Mexico’s iconic pale lager, light and crisp, best ice-cold with lime. Ask for it Chelada style, salted rim and fresh lime, +$3.

Sol

$12

A pale golden lager. Light-bodied and subtly sweet, perfect with a wedge of lime.

Modelo

$13

Rich and full-flavoured, from Corona’s sister brewery. Smoother, a little maltier.

Paloma

$16
Canned

Espolón blanco meets fresh grapefruit and a salted rim. Tart, fizzy and dangerously easy.

Bebidas

Non-alcoholic.

Agua de Horchata

$8

Sweet rice and cinnamon.

Agua de Jamaica

$8

Hibiscus, iced.

Jarritos

$8

Passionfruit, mandarin, guava, watermelon or pineapple.

Mt Franklin Sparkling

$7

Mt Franklin Water

$6

Coke / Coke Zero

$6
La Catrina Mexican Cantina

Where Mexico meets the sea.

Come hungry

Monday
Closed
Tuesday – Thursday
Dinner 5 – 8pm
Friday
Dinner 5pm till late
Saturday
Lunch 12 – 2:30pm · Dinner 5pm till late
Sunday
Lunch, school holidays only
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La Catrina · Est. 2026

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