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3.5 250 reviews
#16 of 43 Mexican in Yuma
#41 of 189 Restaurants in Yuma
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Details

PRICE RANGE
$7 - $15
CUISINES
Mexican, Southwestern

Location and contact

505 E 16th St, Yuma, AZ 85365-2027
Website
+1 928-782-1291
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Menu

APPETIZERS
Chips & Salsa
First bowl complimentary. Refills chips or salsa
each $1.00
Chretin's Killer Nachos
The original fresh tortilla chips topped with cheese and a jalapeno
per dozen $7.50
Half Dozen $4.50
Tostaditas
Mini tostadas topped with homemade refried beans, lettuce, and cheese.
per dozen $7.50
Half Dozen $4.50
Toasted Cheese
The long standing staple, a jumbo tortilla topped with cheese and chile strips
$10.50
Toasted Butter Tortilla (Original Style)
Bringing back tradition with a toasted jumbo butter tortilla
$6.50
Mini Chimichangas
Five mini chimichangas filled with beef machaca served with a side of guacamole
$11.00
Chretin's Sampler
Six of our killer nachos, four tostaditas, three mini chimichangas, and mini cheese quesadilla
$13.50
Quesadilla
Two medium toasted flour tortillas with a melted cheesy center and chile strips
$11.00
Baja Nachos
The ultimate party plate. A mound of fresh tortilla chips topped with blended cheese, ground beef, diced tomatoes, shredded lettuce, jalapenos, black beans, and sour cream
10" $12.00
4" $18.25
Queso Gringo Dip
Our homemade chorizo topped with melted cheese on a hot skillet
$10.50
SOUPS & SALADS
Albondigas
$8.00
Caldo de Res
$8.50
Pozole
$10.00
Menudo
red or white
$10.00
Taco Salad
A fried flour tortilla shell filled with refried beans, fresh greens, tomatoes, black olives, shredded cheese, sour cream, and guacamole. Served with your choice of ground beef, shredded beef, or shredded chicken
$11.00
Grilled Chicken or Carne Asada $13.25
House Salad
A blend of fresh greens, shredded cheese, pico de gallo, served with your choice of: Grilled chicken or carne asada
$11.00
Beef Fajita or Chicken Fajita $13.25
Shrimp Fajita $14.25
MEXICAN DINNERS
1946 Chimichanga
Our jumbo chimichanga, packed full of your choice of beef or chicken machaca. Served enchilada style and topped with shredded lettuce, diced tomato, sour cream, and guacamole
$16.50
Beef Fajitas
Fajita meat grilled to perfection with onions and bell peppers served on a sizzling skillet with a side of rice, beans, and tortillas
$17.50
Chicken Fajitas $16.00
Chile Relleno Dinner
Roasted anaheim pepper stuffed with cheese, dipped in egg batter and fried to perfection. Served enchilada style (red or green) with rice and beans
$11.50
Tampiquena
A delicious slice of marinated carne asada, topped with grilled green onions, and a cheese enchilada. Served with a side of rice, beans, guacamole and tortillas
$19.50
Enchilada Dinner
Two enchiladas with your choice of shredded beef, chicken, or cheese topped with red or green sauce. Served with rice and beans
$12.50
Taco Dinner
Two folded and three rolled tacos of your choice. Served with rice and beans
$12.50
Mixed Fajitas
Shrimp, beef, and chicken grilled with mixed peppers and onions on a sizzling skillet. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas
$18.50
Arrachera
Marinated carne asada, topped with a grilled anaheim chile and a green onion. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas
$18.50
Burrito Supremo
A jumbo tortilla filled with carne asada, cabbage, fresh pico de gallo, shredded cheese, sour cream, and guacamole. Served with rice and beans
$14.25
Machaca Dinner
Your choice of our homemade beef or chicken machaca, served with rice, beans, and tortillas
$13.00
VEGGIE LOVERS
Veggie Fajitas
Fresh mixed bell peppers, onions, diced tomatoes, zucchini, grilled to perfection served on a sizzling skillet with rice, beans, and tortillas
$13.50
Grilled Veggie Burrito
A jumbo tortilla filled with grilled corn, mixed bell peppers, onions, layered with lettuce, black beans, shredded cheese, pico de gallo, and avocado
$11.00
Guacamole Salad (Original Style)
A bed of lettuce topped with our famous guacamole, diced tomatoes and garnished with chips
$5.50
TACOS & TORTAS
Please no substitutions on preparation of tacos
Folded Tacos
Fried folded corn tortilla. Shredded beef | Shredded chicken | Ground beef
each $3.00
Rolled Tacos
Fried rolled corn tortilla. Shredded beef | Shredded chicken | Potato
each $1.50
Sonora Tacos
Fried rolled flour tortilla. Bean & cheese | Shredded chicken | Ground beef
each $2.00
Street Taco
served on a warm corn or flour tortilla
each $3.00
Carne Asada | Grilled Chicken | Grilled or Battered Shrimp $3.50
Carnitas Beer Battered Fish $3.50
Torta
A fresh Mexican Virgina bread layered with mayo, lettuce, tomato, cheese, and slices of avocado. With your choice of carne asada, machaca (beef or chicken), shredded beef, or carnitas served with a side of fries
$13.25
BURGERS
Chretin's Burger
Beef burger patty on a sesame seed bun, topped with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onions. Served with a side of fries
$12.50
El Jefe
Two beef patties on a sesame seed bun, cheese, crispy bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, onions. Served with fries
$15.50
El Diablo
One beef patty on a sesame seed bun, pepper jack cheese, jalapenos, avocado, lettuce, tomatoes, onions. Served with fries
$13.25
Carnitas Burger
Beef patty topped with our homemade carnitas, chopped cabbage, pico de gallo, shredded cheese, and a side of guacamole. Served with fries
$13.00
On the Border
Beef patty topped with smothered red chile cheese fries, served with more fries
$12.50
BURRITOS
Bean
$8.00
Bean & Cheese
$8.00
Bean & Rice
$8.00
Bean, Rice & Cheese
$8.50
Beef Fajitas
$10.00
Beef Machaca
$9.50
Burrito Supremo
$12.00
Carne Asada
$10.00
Carnitas
$10.00
Chicken Fajitas
$10.50
A LA CARTE
Arrachera
$12.00
Beans
$3.00
Beans & Rice
$4.50
Beef Enchilada
$3.50
Beef Fajitas
$13.00
Beef Machaca
$9.00
Beef Tamale
$4.00
Carnitas
$8.50
Cheese Enchilada
$3.00
Chicken Enchilada
$3.50
KIDS MENU
All kids meals include an entree, fountain drink and a choice of beans and rice or French fries for $6.99
Bean & Cheese Burrito
Tostada (Bean & Cheese)
Grilled Cheese
Quesadilla
Two Rolled Beef Tacos or One Folded Beef Taco
Cheese Burger
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Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile
Horrible Service

Showed up to try the place, but name on a list. Said it was 30 minute wait. They won't give you an electronic device to page you or send you a text. We wandered around the outdoor seating area.15 min later we walked in to...sit inside. Never called us. We finally asked and the snippy girl said She called us 15 minutes ago. We certainly never heard her. She put us at the bottom of the list... again. Blaming us for the issue. Great Service from this place. I find the attitude of someone I'm purchasing crazy. I can get treated like crap anywhere. GoneMore

Date of visit: April 2021
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Reviewed March 6, 2021
Worst Mexican food .

There were four of us and none of us Enjoyed our meal. The chili verde dinner had a scorched flavor, the combination plate came with food that looked like it was purchased at Sams club and the chili rejenos were so breaded and tasteless. The...refried beans were like a bean paste. I am not sure why this restaurant is open but we sure will not go back.More

Date of visit: March 2021
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Reviewed February 24, 2021 via mobile
Mixed reviews...

Mixed reviews... went with some buddies here during COVID, had to wait about 1/2 hour to get seated, no big deal. They allowed us to wait by the bar and have a beer. We were not fans of the chips or the salsa, thought the...chips tasted like cardboard. I had the mixed fajitas and everything tasted great, one buddy had enchiladas and he said his was excellent. The third buddy is the mixed review portion. He ordered 2 soft shell beef tacos, and for starters it showed up as 2 hard shell tacos. The tacos were very blah and had little to no flavor. If we are in the area we will probably go again but won’t have the tacos...More

Date of visit: February 2021
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Reviewed January 28, 2021 via mobile
Don’t miss this place!

Just had a terrific lunch! Excellent service- had a trainee who was supervised by a great server. Ordered the Burrito supreme and it sure was!! Don’t miss this place!

Date of visit: January 2021
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Reviewed November 27, 2020 via mobile
Yuma best Tex-Mex Food

Not the best for combination meals but ordering a la cart items is about same price as ordering as a combination plate. Their salsa is good and you can order a hotter green sauce for chips which is really good. Also for tacos you have...a choice of chopped meat or ground meat beef. Of course can also have chicken also. Both either folded or rolled.More

Date of visit: November 2020
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Reviewed August 26, 2020
Do not let the name fool you! No "cretins" there!

I was in town for a meeting and, as often happens, I was hungry. Right near my hotel was this place and I am addicted to Mexican food! Give me guacamole and chips and I am in heaven! The restaurant is a legendary local haunt....I'd never heard of it, but, "location location & Mexican food" instant "I WANT THAT! I enjoyed a huge carne asada burrito, smothered in red sauce and served with a side of sour cream. To be honest, the burrito was bigger than my stomach! The service was great, the staff was friendly and even with limited seating rules there was no wait for a table. The burrito was delicious and the costs were very reasonable.More

Date of visit: August 2020
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Reviewed July 21, 2020
Nice restaurant character

Busy place and happy wait staff. Fresh food prepared but the queues were insane when we were there though.

Date of visit: November 2019
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Reviewed July 17, 2020 via mobile
A favorite in Yuma. Great food

Another of our favorites when passing through Yuma AZ. Been in town for a long time although Is a different location from our first few years of visiting. Great killer nachos. Very simple round corn chips with cheese and a slice of jalapeño added. Use...to have contests to see who could eat the most. I ordered the 1946 chimichanga, my wife ordered the beef enchiladas while our friend ordered a beef burrito enchilada style. Ale were great and the portion size is giant. None of us could finish everything. You are served chips and salsa when you sit down. My wife and I ordered margaritas which were very good. A great visit. So when passing through Yuma, get off I-8 at 16th street and stop in. Very good food.More

Date of visit: July 2020
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Reviewed May 12, 2020 via mobile
Great Authentic Mexican food!

Awesome food! Loved the chimichanga! Large portion! Filled with chicken! Had to do takeout, can’t wait until we can eat in!

Date of visit: May 2020
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Reviewed April 22, 2020 via mobile
Sampler Platter

Drive up service was great!! The nachos were pitiful with more lettuce than anything...HUGE disappointment!! The chimichangas were full of shredded beef. They were so good. Jalapeno poppers were not there somehow I believe I got fried cheese curds because they were very tiny and...sweet. Not sure about returning.More

Date of visit: April 2020
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  • Yes, Chretin's Restaurant & Cantina offers takeout services.
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  • Chretin's Restaurant & Cantina is rated accordingly in the following categories by Tripadvisor travelers:
    • Food: 3.5
    • Service: 3.5
    • Value: 3.5
    • Atmosphere: 3.5