Caliente

Caliente Menu

(713) 464-1601
790 Texas 8 Beltway, Houston, TX 77042

Lunch Specials

Ask about our daily special! Upgrade to a seafood option for an additional charge.
Lunch Taco
$10.00
Your choice of beef or chicken with grilled veggies and a chip salad.
Lunch Enchilada
$10.00
A single enchilada served with rice and beans.
Taco and Enchilada Lunch
$12.95
Your choice of enchilada and taco served with rice and beans.
Quesadilla and Taco Combo Lunch
$12.95
3 chicken dilla wedges and a beef taco served with grilled veggies.
Burrito Lunch
$13.00
Your choice of beef or chicken with sour cream, refried beans, lettuce, guacamole and queso. Served with rice.
Caliente Lunch Combo
$12.50
A single cheese enchilada Texas chili sauce and a single taco al carbon served with our white queso on top.
Cabo Combo Lunch
$14.00
Single sour cream enchilada with a 4 oz. portion of fajita, served with rice and beans.
Quesadilla and Salad Combo Lunch
$12.50
3 chicken dilla wedges with spring mix salad.
Caliente Lunch Combo
$13.50
A single cheese enchilada Texas chili sauce and a single taco al carbon served with our white queso on top.
Cabo Combo Lunch
14.00
Single sour cream enchilada with a 4oz. portion of fajita, served with rice and beans.

$Breakfast and Brunch


Breakfast Tacos
$3.50
Bacon, jalapeno sausage, chorizo and potato egg.
Fresh Fruit
$3.00
Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice
$3.50
Premium Coffee
$3.50
Belgian Waffles
$11.00
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
$11.00
3 sweet buttermilk pancakes, drizzled with your choice of strawberry or chocolate sauce, dusted with powder sugar, topped with meringue, strawberries, and mint. Paired with a side of plantains and our skillet potatoes
Red Velvet Pancakes
$11.00
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
$10.00
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
$11.00
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.
Kid’s Choice
6.00
Pick a waffle, omelet, or pancakes, and one side.

$Appetizers


Queso
Our famous white queso served with pico de gallo garnish.
Guacamole
Homemade guacamole, served with chips.
Appetizer Trio
$13.50
Homemade guacamole, 7 layer dip and white queso served with chips.
Nachos
Chips piled high with refried beans, cheese and your choice of chicken fajita or picadillo. We add sour cream, guacamole and our signature sweet habanero sauce.
Beef Fajita Nacho
$13.00
Chips piled high with refried beans, cheese and beef fajita. We add sour cream, guacamole and our signature sweet habanero sauce.
Quesadillas
$14.00
Served with guacamole and sour cream, your choice of cheese, beef, chicken, pork, shrimp, crawfish or smoked corn and black bean. Vegetarian.
Empanadas
$10.00
3 large empanadas stuffed with cheese, cilantro, chile, Your choice of beef fajita, or picadillo, served with avocado crema.
7 Layer Dip
$8.50
Caliente's take on this poplar party appetizer.
Salsa Flight
$6.00
Try our signature sauces: habanero, sweet habanero, New Mexico green sauce, avocado crema and pina de pico.
Smoked Ribs
$14.00
Slow smoked ribs with a chipotle ancho honey glaze.
Caliente Shrimp
$12.00
Chicken Flautas
10.00
3 crispy flour tortillas stuffed with chicken, cheese, roasted salsa, jalapeno and lime.

$Soups and Salads


Spring Mix
$12.00
Served with mango, tomatoes, apples, jicama, onions, pumpkin seeds and avocado in a mango vinaigrette dressing.
Caliente Signature Salad
$12.00
Fresh romaine lettuce with bacon, onions, smoked black bean relish, cucumber, avocados, chopped bell peppers and tomatoes with an avocado ranch dressing.
Tortilla Soup
Our chicken based vegetable soup served with chicken, avocados, chips and cheese. Add chicken fajita for an additional charge.
Soup and Salad
$12.50
Smaller portion of our tortilla soup or poblano soup and salad.
Poblano Soup
Creamy poblano soup with poblanos and carrots. Add chicken fajita for an additional charge.

Enchiladas

Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
New Classic Chicken Enchiladas
$14.00
Served with your choice of sauce: sour cream, avocado crema or roasted New Mexico green sauce.
Texas Chili Enchiladas
$14.95
Our beef enchiladas served with our Texas chili sauce.
Mole Enchiladas
$14.00
Our delicious mole sauce with monterrey cheese, pico, cilantro, and queso fresco.
Pork Enchiladas
$14.00
Served with our signature sour cream sauce and roasted green chili sauce.
Caliente Enchiladas
$14.00
Cheese enchiladas topped with sweet habanero sauce. Vegetarian.
Veggie Enchiladas
$14.00
Grilled mixed vegetable enchiladas topped with sweet habanero sauce. Vegetarian.
Crawfish Enchiladas
$16.00
2 enchiladas filled with spicy crawfish mix with a chipotle cream sauce, garnished with an avocado slices. Served with rice and black beans.
Shrimp Enchiladas
16.00
2 cheese enchiladas topped with a chipotle cream sauce and grilled shrimp. Served with avocado slices and rice and black beans.

$Tacos

Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
Cowboy Taco
$13.50
Beef fajita taco with texas chili sauce and cheddar cheese.
Salad Taco
$13.50
Grilled chicken with granny smith apples, jimicia and spring mix.
Green Chili Taco
$13.50
Beef fajita taco with our New Mexico green chili and our white queso.
Chicken Verde
$13.50
Grilled chicken topped with avocado crema and grilled veggies.
El Presidente Taco
$13.50
Beef fajita, grilled veggies and slice of avocado.
East Meets Mex Taco
$13.50
Beef fajita topped with Thai chili paste and crushed red peppers.
Gringo Taco
$13.50
Picadillo taco with refried beans cheese and jalapenos served with a chip salad.
Polynesian Taco
$13.50
Grilled beef fajita and zucchini squash mix topped with our honey ancho chili sauce.
Award Winning Pork Taco
$13.50
Served with cilantro, queso fresca and red onion.
Fish Taco
$14.50
Grilled tilapia or shrimp with cabbage slaw served on corn tortillas.
Shrimp Taco
$14.50
Grilled tilapia or shrimp with cabbage slaw served on corn tortillas.
Caribbean Shrimp Tacos
$14.50
2 grilled shrimp tacos with our pineapple habanero glaze and pina de pico.
Street Taco
$13.50
2 corn tortillas stuffed with beef or chicken fajita, pico de gallo, cilantro and queso fresca. Served with our outrageously hot sauce.
Vegetarian Taco
$13.50
Grilled veggie blend and sauteed spinach served with habanero salsa.
Mole Taco
13.50
Grilled chicken topped with cheese, Mole sauce, pico, cilantro, and queso fresco.

$Caliente Bowl

All of the great flavors of our Tacos without the tortilla.
Caliente Bowl
14.50
All of the great flavors of our Tacos without the tortilla.

$Fajitas

Served with cilantro rice and your choice of black or refried beans.
Chicken Fajitas
Served with the perfect touch of seasoning and Caliente Butter.
Combo Fajitas
Beef and chicken fajitas.
Texas Raised Outside Skirt Steak
Marinated and cooked over a 500 degree grill.
Shrimp Fajitas
Grilled shrimp fajitas served with grilled Mexican vegetables and our signature butter.
Sour Cream Fajitas
$15.00
Chicken fajitas served with our famous sour cream sauce, grilled onions and bell peppers.
Fajitas Julian
$17.00
Beef fajitas topped with onions, bell peppers and Monterey Jack cheese
Vegetarian Fajitas Blend
$14.00
Topped off with Signature Spice and Butter.
Caliente Fajitas
$17.00
Our famous beef and chicken fajitas served with grilled veggies and jalapenos and our outrageous habanero sauce.
Carne Asada
17.00
8 oz. grilled carne asada, cooked to perfection and served with pico de gallo, guacamole and rice.

$Chicken


Diablo Chicken
$14.50
Chicken breast topped with chipotle cream sauce, pico de gallo and served with rice, black beans and habenero sauce.
Poblano Chicken
$14.50
Chicken breast topped with poblano cream sauce, served with rice and black beans.
Chicken Cancun
14.50
Chicken breast topped with sauteed spinach, served with rice and black beans.

$Grilled Specialties and Seafood

Served with cilantro rice and black beans.
Baby Back Ribs
$16.00
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.
Caribbean Shrimp
$16.00
Served with a pineapple pico de gallo, pineapple habanero glaze and our Caribbean butter.
Diablo Shrimp
$16.00
Shrimp sauteed in a chipotle infused butter served with black beans and cilantro rice. *!Es Caliente!
Veracruz Shrimp
$16.00
Grilled shrimp with red and green bell peppers served with rice and black beans.
Caliente Quesadilla Burger
$15.00
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 .
Grilled Tilapia
$17.50
Seasoned with our famous seasoning and topped with 3 grilled diablo shrimp, served with chipotle infused butter, rice and black beans.
Puebla
19.00
Combination of Caribbean shrimp and beef and chicken fajitas.

$Tuesday Special


Fajita For 4 Delivery Special
40.00
Starting at 4pm, get 4 orders of fajitas (beef and chicken).

$Kids Menu


Kid Enchilada
$6.00
Beef or chicken served with cheese, rice and beans or fresh fruit.
Kid Taco
$6.00
Beef or chicken served with cheese, rice and beans or fresh fruit.
Kid Taco
$6.00
Beef, chicken or cheese served with rice and beans or fresh fruit.
Kids Mac and Cheese
$6.00

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