Caliente Restaurant

Name: Caliente Restaurant
Address: 790 W Sam Houston Pkwy N, Houston, TX, 77433, US
Telephone: +17134641601
Price range: $11-$20

Caliente Restaurant is a Mexican restaurant in Houston, TX. Order takeout online for pickup or delivery.

790 W Sam Houston Pkwy N
Houston, TX 77433

Phone: +17134641601

Price range: $11-$20

Hours

Sunday, Saturday: 08:00–21:00
Monday: 07:00–13:00
Tuesday: 07:15–21:00
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 07:00–21:00

Caliente Restaurant Menu

Appetizers

Queso — $10.00
Our famous white queso served with pico de gallo garnish.
Guacamole — $10.00
Homemade guacamole, served with chips.
7 Layer Dip — $12.00
Caliente's take on this popular party appetizer.
Appetizer Trio — $16.50
Homemade guacamole, 7 layer dip and white queso served with chips.
Salsa Flight — $7.00
Try our signature sauces habanero, sweet habanero, New Mexico green sauce, avocado crema, and pina de pico.
Nachos — $15.00
Chips piled high with refried beans, cheese and your choice of beef fajita, chicken fajita or picadillo. We add sour cream, guacamole and our signature sweet habanero sauce.
Smoked Ribs — $16.00
Slow smoked ribs with a chipotle ancho honey glaze.
Quesadillas — $15.00
Vegetarian. Served with guacamole and sour cream, your choice of cheese, beef, chicken, pork, shrimp, crawfish or smoked corn and black bean.
Caliente Shrimp — $14.00
4 mouth watering shrimp wrapped in bacon with jalapeno.
Chicken Flautas — $13.00
Three crispy flour tortillas stuffed with chicken, cheese, roasted salsa, jalapeno, and lime.
Empanadas — $12.00
Three large empanadas stuffed with cheese, cilantro, chile, your choice of beef fajita, or picadillo, served with avocado crema.

Soups & Salads

Spring Mix Salad — $15.00
With mango, tomatoes, apples, jicama, onions, pumpkin seeds and avocado in a mango vinaigrette dressing. Served with Grilled Chicken.
Soup & Salad — $15.50
Smaller portion of our tortilla soup or Poblano soup and salad.
Caliente Signature Salad — $15.00
Fresh Romaine lettuce with bacon, onions, smoked black bean relish, cucumber, avocados, chopped bell peppers and tomatoes with an avocado ranch dressing. Served with Grilled Chicken.
Poblano Soup — $9.25
Creamy poblano soup with poblanos and carrots.
Tortilla Soup — $9.25
Our chicken based vegetable soup served with chicken, avocados, chips and cheese.

Enchiladas

New Classic Chicken Enchiladas — $17.50
With your choice of sauce. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
Veggie Enchiladas — $16.00
Vegetarian. Grilled mixed vegetable enchiladas topped with sweet habanero sauce. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
Texas Chili Enchiladas — $17.50
Our beef enchiladas served with our Texas chili sauce. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
Crawfish Enchiladas — $19.50
Two enchiladas filled with spicy crawfish mix with a chipotle cream sauce, garnished with an avocado slices. Served with rice and black beans. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
Pork Enchiladas — $17.50
Served with our signature sour cream sauce and roasted green chili sauce. Served with rice and black beans. House Specialty! Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
Shrimp Enchiladas — $19.50
Two cheese enchiladas topped with a chipotle cream sauce and grilled shrimp. Served with avocado slices and rice and black beans.
Caliente Enchiladas — $16.00
Vegetarian. Cheese enchiladas topped with sweet habanero sauce. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.

Caliente Bowl

Caliente Bowl — $16.00
All of the great flavors of our tacos without the tortilla. Served with Fresh cilantro rice, black beans, Pico, grilled peppers and onions and your choice of meat.

Chicken

Diablo Chicken — $19.00
Chicken breast topped with chipotle cream sauce, pico de gallo and served with rice, black beans and habenero sauce.
Chicken Cancun — $19.00
Chicken breast topped with sauteed spinach, served with rice and black beans.
Poblano Chicken — $19.00
Chicken breast topped with poblano cream sauce, served with rice and black beans.

Fajitas

Chicken Fajitas — $19.00
With the perfect touch of seasoning and Caliente butter. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
Fajitas Julian — $23.00
Beef fajitas topped with onions, bell peppers and Monterey Jack cheese. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
Combo Fajitas — $21.00
Beef and chicken fajitas. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
Vegetarian Fajitas Blend — $16.00
Topped off with signature spice and butter. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
Texas Raised Outside Skirt Steak Fajitas — $22.00
Marinated and cooked over a 500 degree grill. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
Caliente Fajitas — $22.00
Our famous beef and chicken fajitas served with grilled veggies and jalapeños and our outrageous habanero sauce.
Shrimp Fajitas — $23.00
Grilled shrimp fajitas served with grilled Mexican vegetables and our signature butter. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
Carne Asada Fajitas — $22.00
8 ounce grilled carne asada, cooked to perfection and served with pico de gallo, guacamole and rice. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
Sour Cream Fajitas — $20.00
Chicken fajitas served with our famous sour cream sauce, grilled onions and bell peppers. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.

Grilled Specialties & Seafood

Baby Back Ribs — $19.00
Rack of our fall off the bone baby back ribs, seasoned with our homemade brown sugar rub, slow smoked and grilled. Topped off with our chipotle ancho honey glaze. Served with cilantro rice and black beans.
Veracruz Shrimp — $21.00
Grilled shrimp with red and green bell peppers served with rice and black beans.
Caribbean Shrimp — $21.00
Served with a pineapple pico de gallo, pineapple habanero glaze and our Caribbean butter. With cilantro rice and black beans.
Grilled Tilapia — $18.50
Seasoned with our famous seasoning and topped with 3 grilled diablo shrimp, served with chipotle infused butter, rice and black beans.
Diablo Shrimp — $21.00
Shrimp sauteed in a chipotle infused butter served with black beans and cilantro rice.
Puebla — $26.00
Combination of Caribbean shrimp and beef and chicken fajitas. Served with cilantro rice and black beans.
Caliente Quesadilla Burger — $17.00
A burger like no other. This half pound Angus burger is stuffed between two cheesy quesadillas, fresh grilled jalapenos, drizzled in our famous white queso, tomatoes, fresh sliced avocado, crispy bacon, sauced with a chipotle mayo, and brushed with a garlic Mexican butter. Served with not one but two battered tornado potato spirals. Served with cilantro rice and black beans.

Tacos

Cowboy Taco — $16.50
Beef fajita taco with Texas chili sauce and Cheddar cheese. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
Polynesian Taco — $16.50
Grilled beef fajita and zucchini squash mix topped with our honey ancho chili sauce. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
Salad Taco — $15.50
Grilled chicken with granny smith apples, jimica and spring mix. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
Award Winning Pork Taco — $15.50
House specialty pork served with queso fresca, cilantro and red onion. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
Green Chili Taco — $16.50
Beef fajita taco with our New Mexico green chili and our white queso. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
Fish or Shrimp Taco — $17.50
Grilled tilapia or shrimp with cabbage slaw served on corn tortillas. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
Chicken Verde Taco — $15.50
Grilled chicken topped with avocado crema and grilled veggies. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans..
Caribbean Shrimp Taco — $17.50
2 grilled shrimp tacos with our pineapple habanero glaze and pina de pico. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
El Presidente Taco — $16.50
Beef fajita, grilled veggies and slice of avocado. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
Street Taco — $16.50
2 corn tortillas stuffed with beef or chicken fajita, pico de gallo, cilantro and queso fresca. Served with our outrageously hot sauce. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
East Meets Mex Taco — $16.50
Beef fajita topped with Thai chili paste and crushed red peppers. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
Vegetarian Taco — $15.50
Grilled veggie blend and sauteed spinach served with habanero salsa. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
Gringo Taco — $15.50
Picadillo taco with refried beans cheese and jalapenos served with a chip salad. Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.

Drinks

Rootbeer — $4.00
Tea — $3.00
Lemonade — $4.00
Soda — $3.00
Bottled Apple Juice — $3.00
Fresh Orange Juice — $4.00
Mexican Coke Bottle — $3.00
Iced Coffee — $3.50
Coke — $4.00
Diet Coke — $4.00
Dr. Pepper — $4.00

Lunch | Specials

Lunch Taco — $14.00
Your choice of beef or chicken with grilled veggies and a chip salad.
Burrito — $15.00
Your choice of beef or chicken with sour cream, refried beans, lettuce, guacamole and queso. Served with rice.
Lunch Enchilada — $14.00
A single enchilada served with rice and beans.
Quesadilla & Salad Combo — $16.00
3 chicken dilla wedges with spring mix salad.
Taco & Enchilada — $16.00
Your choice of enchilada and taco served with rice and beans.
Caliente Lunch Combo — $17.00
A single cheese enchilada Texas chili sauce and a single taco al carbon served with our white queso on top.
Quesadilla & Taco Combo — $16.00
3 chicken dilla wedges and a beef taco served with grilled veggies.
Cabo Combo — $17.00
Single sour cream enchilada with a 4 oz. portion of fajita, served with rice and beans.

Catering | Breakfast

Bacon Breakfast Tacos | Catering — $35.00
10 person minimum order. Add beverages, and you're all set. Can be made individually. 10 tacos in each order
Chorizo Breakfast Tacos | Catering — $35.00
10 person minimum order. Spicy. Add beverages, and you're all set. Can be made individually. 10 tacos in each order
Jalapeno Sausage Breakfast Tacos | Catering — $35.00
10 person minimum order. Spicy. Add beverages, and you're all set. Can be made individually. 10 tacos in each order
Spinach & Mushroom Frittata | Catering — $40.00
Serves 10 people. Vegetarian. Add beverages, and you're all set. Can be made individually.
Potato Breakfast Tacos | Catering — $35.00
10 person minimum order. Vegetarian. Add beverages, and you're all set. Can be made individually. 10 tacos in each order
Fruit Tray | Catering — $40.00
10 person minimum order. Vegetarian. Can be made individually.
Assorted Muffins | Catering — $3.50
Vegetarian. Can be made individually.
Fresh Fruit | Catering — $20.00
10 person minimum order. Vegetarian. Can be made individually.
Skillet Potatoes | Catering — $15.00
10 person minimum order. Vegetarian. Can be made individually.
Belgian Waffle Platter | Catering — $55.00
10 person minimum order. Vegetarian. Topped with powdered sugar. Served with scrambled eggs, plantains, maple syrup and New Mexico sauce. Can be made individually.
Chilaquiles Verdes | Catering — $55.00
10 person minimum order. With tomatillo salsa, pico de gallo, cilantro, tortilla chips and queso fresco. Served with scrambled eggs, skillet potatoes and refried beans. Can be made individually.
Migas Breakfast Scramble | Catering — $50.00
10 person minimum order. Scrambled eggs with bell peppers, jalapeños, Cheddar cheese and tortilla chips. Served with skillet potatoes and refried beans. Can be made individually.
5-Center Cinnamon Roll | Catering — $22.50
10 person minimum order. Vegetarian. Can be made individually.
Bacon | Catering — $15.00
10 person minimum order. Can be made individually.
Pancake Platter | Catering — $55.00
10 person minimum order. Vegetarian. Topped with your choice of sauce, powdered sugar, meringue, strawberries and mint. Served with plantains and skillet potatoes. Can be made individually.
Red Velvet Pancake Platter | Catering — $55.00
10 person minimum order. Vegetarian. Topped with white chocolate, powdered sugar, merengue, mango and mint. Served with plantains and skillet potatoes. Can be made individually.
Vegetarian Migas Breakfast Scramble | Catering — $40.00
10 person minimum order. Vegetarian. Scrambled eggs with bell peppers, jalapeños, Cheddar cheese and tortilla chips. Served with skillet potatoes and black beans. Can be made individually.
Gourmet Tulip Muffins | Catering — $3.50
Vegetarian. Your choice of muffin. Can be made individually.
Plantains | Catering — $15.00
10 person minimum order. Vegetarian. Can be made individually.
Sausage | Catering — $15.00
10 person minimum order. Can be made individually.

Curbside PickUp

Curbside PickUp
In the Special Instructions box below, please enter the make and model of your car along with your license plate. Please call (713) 464-1601 when you arrive.

Optional Caliente Tip for Delivery Orders!

Optional Caliente Tip for Delivery Orders — $3.00
On delivery orders, tips completed during the checkout process go to the driver. If you'd like to tip our restaurant directly (which is never required, but always appreciated), this is the way to do that. This tip process only applies to delivery orders - if desired, pickup orders can be tipped during checkout.

Dessert

Tres Leches — $7.00
Churros — $8.00
Belgium Waffle and Ice Cream Flambe — $6.00
A sweet Belgian waffle made with pearl sugar, topped with ice cream, strawberry's, and mango.
Black Cherry Ricotta Cheesecake — $6.00
A perfect combination of tangy and sweet, with a velvety smooth and rich texture, consisting of graham cracker crust and a layer of cream cheese, Ricotta cheese and sugar with a swirl of black cherry to enhance the creamy rich flavor.

Kids Menu

Kid Enchilada — $8.00
Beef or chicken served with cheese, rice and beans or fresh fruit.
Kid Taco — $8.00
Beef or chicken served with cheese, rice and beans or fresh fruit.
Kid-dillas — $8.00
Beef or chicken served with cheese, rice and beans or fresh fruit.
Mac & Cheese — $8.00

Breakfast/Brunch (7am-11am)

Breakfast Tacos — $3.99
Bacon, jalapeno, sausage, chorizo, potato and egg.
Fresh Fruit — $4.00
Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice — $3.50
Belgian Waffles — $13.00
2 Belgian waffles dusted with powder sugar and topped with maple syrup. Served with a side of eggs, sweet and crispy plantains, and New Mexico sauce.
Pancake Platter — $13.00
3 sweet buttermilk pancakes, dusted with powder sugar, topped with meringue, fresh fruit, and mint. Paired with a side of plantains and our skillet potatoes.
Red Velvet Pancakes — $12.00
3 rich red velvet pancakes drizzled with white chocolate, dusted with powder sugar, topped with merengue, mango, and mint. Paired with a side of plantains and our skillet potatoes.
Caliente Omelet — $11.00
Start with 3 large fresh eggs, pick your favorite cheese, and add in your choice of our fresh ingredients. Paired with 2 delicious sausage patties and our skillet potatoes.
Migas — $13.00
Made with 3 large fresh eggs, a blend of bell peppers, jalapeños, cheddar cheese, and tortilla chips. Served with our skillet potatoes, and your choice refried or black beans.
Chilaquiles Verdes — $13.00
Made with tomatillo salsa, Pico de Gallo, cilantro, tortilla chips, and queso fresco. Top it off with our famous spicy pork or picadillo. Served with a side of eggs, skillet potatoes, and refried beans.
Five Center Cinnamon Roll — $4.50
A gourmet cinnamon roll with five centers tossed with brown sugar, Korintje cinnamon and topped with cream cheese icing.
Side of Skillet Potatoes — $3.00
Side of Plantains — $3.00
Side of Bacon — $3.00
Side of Sausage — $3.00
Kids Belgian Waffle — $6.00
Belgian waffle dusted with powder sugar and topped with maple syrup.
Kids Pancake Platter — $8.00
Sweet buttermilk pancakes, dusted with powder sugar, topped with meringue, strawberries, and mint.
Kids Omelet — $6.00
Start with fresh eggs, pick your favorite cheese, and add in your choice of our fresh ingredients.
Premium Coffee — $3.00
Iced Coffee — $3.50

Catering | Beverages

Gallon of Coffee | Catering — $25.00
Serves 10.
Gallon Orange Juice | Catering — $40.00
Serves 10.
Gallon Unsweet Tea | Catering — $15.00
Serves 10
Gallon Sweet Tea | Catering — $15.00
Serves 8.
Gallon Lemonade | Catering — $15.00
Serves 10.

Family Specials

Sunday Nacho Family pack (serves 4) — $45.99
Served with beef fajita & chicken fajita, chips, queso, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, and grilled jalapenos, all packed separately to build your way. Make a splash at kickoff—don't forget to add a gallon of margaritas! ? Sold separately.

Tuesday Special

Fajitas for 4 — $45.99

Social Hour

Margaritas — $6.00
Chicken Dillas — $6.00
Wedges of chicken dillas served with sour cream.
Mini Nachos — $6.00
Chicken or picadillo nachos topped with our refried beans and famous white queso.
Queso — $6.00
Our famous white queso served with our chips and homemade salsa.
Chicken Flauta — $6.00
1 large chicken flauta stuffed with chicken, cheese, salsa, onion, and jalapeno served with queso and avocado cream sauce.
Domestic Beer Bottles — $3.00
Miller Light, Coors Light, Shiner Bock.
Imported Beer Bottles — $3.00
Corona Light, Modelo Negra.
Local Craft Beer Bottles — $4.00
Karbach Weisse Versa Wheat, Karbach Hopadillo IPA, Karbach Lovestreet.