The Moonlight Cafe Menu
Welcome to The Moonlight Cafe, where breakfast and brunch shine brightly with authentic Mexican flavors in Edinburg, TX. As a cozy, family-owned establishment, it offers a warm atmosphere perfect for families or groups, with plenty of vegetarian options and a menu that caters to all palates.
Guests rave about the homemade tortillas and irresistible pancakes, served until 11 am, alongside robust coffee that will kick-start your day. Signature dishes like the Mar y Tierra showcase fresh, inviting flavors ideal for sharing, while nostalgic favorites like chorizo and egg deliver a comforting taste of home.
- Quiet ambiance with outdoor seating
- Free Wi-Fi and full bar
- Excellent service, highlighted by personal touches from the owner
With glowing reviews emphasizing its authenticity and charm, The Moonlight Cafe is a must-visit gem that brings a piece of Mexico right to your plate.
Breakfast
Huevos a la Mexicana
Scrambled eggs with onions, tomato, and jalapeno served with beans and hashbrowns.
Huevos Rancheros
Two eggs with hot sauce and one bacon strip served with beans and hashbrowns.
Huevos con Chorizo
Scrambled eggs with chorizo, served with beans and hashbrown.
Huevos con Tocino
Scrambled eggs with bacon, served with beans and hashbrowns.
Huevos con Jamon
Scrambled eggs with ham, served with beans and hashbrowns.
Huevos Divorciados
2 eggs with red and green sauce, chilaquiles and sour cream, served with beans and hashbrowns.
Papas con Huevo
Scrambled eggs with potatoes, served with beans and salad.
Papas con Chorizo
Scrambled papas with chorizo, served with beans and hashbrowns.
Migas con Huevo
Scrambled eggs with tortilla strips, served with beans and hashbrowns.
Migas Rancheras
Scrambled eggs with tortilla strips, and hot sauce served with beans and hashbrown.
Chicharon con Huevo
Scrambled eggs with pork skins, served with beans, hashbrown and tortillas.
Chicharon con Salsa
Pork skins with green or red sauce, served with beans, hashbrowns and tortillas.
Chilaquiles con Huevo
Tortilla strips with eggs, hot sauce, cheese served with beans, hashbrowns, and tortillas.
Chilaquiles con Pollo
Tortilla strips with chicken, hot sauce cheese served with beans, hashbrowns, and tortillas.
Machacado con Huevo
Scrambled eggs, with dried beef served with beans, hashbrowns, and tortillas.
BBQ Plate
Served with beans, hashbrowns, tortillas cilantro and onion on the side.
BBQ a la Mexicana
BBQ with onions, tomatoes and jalapeno, served with beans, hash brown and tortillas,
Fajita Asada con Huevo
2 eggs, bacon, hashbrown and tortillas.
Huevos con Chuleta
One pork chop, two eggs any style, hashbrowns and tortillas.
La Botanita Breakfast
BBQ, prinicipio de menudo, huevos al gusto y tortillas.
Morning Special
Two eggs, beans, hashbrowns and toast.
The Moonlight Breakfast
Two eggs, frijoles, hashbrowns, Mexican cheese with sauce and tortillas.
Breakfast Special
Omelettes and Sides
Omelette
3 ingredient and served with tortillas choice of 3 items:. bacon, ham, mushrooms, a la Mexicana, yellow or white cheese.
Oatmeal
Served with toast
Menudo
Served with tortillas.
Any 3 Taco Breakfast
Any 4 Taco Breakfast
Taco Barbarcoa
Taco Machacado
Breakfast Tacos
Breakfast Tacos After 11 am
Any 3 Taco
Any 4 Taco
1 Pancakes Breakfast
2 Pancakes Breakfast
3 Pancakes Breakfast
Pancakes Plate Breakfast
2 pancakes, 2 eggs, and ham, bacon, or sausage.
Pancakes Before 11 am
Pancakes After 11 am
1 Pancakes
2 Pancakes
3 Pancakes
Pancakes Plate
2 pancakes, 2 eggs, and ham, bacon, or sausage.
Re-Fried Beans
Hashbrowns
Ham
Sausage
Pattie.
Bacon
Toast
1 piece.
Smoked Suasage
1 Egg
Extra Chorizo
Extra Mexican Cheese
Avocado
3 slices.
Chips and Salasa
Breakfast Side Orders
Gorditas
Single Gordita de Azucar
Order of Gorditas de Azucae
Gordita with Beans and Cheese
Gordita with Picadillo
Gordita with Barbacoa
Gordita with Fajita
Gordita with Chicharron and Salsa
Fajita Tacos
Three fajita tacos served with rice, charro beans and salad.
Chicken Fajita Tacos
Three chicken fajita tacos served with rice, charro beans and salad.
Tacos de Bisteck
Three bistek tacos served with rice, charro beans and salad.
Tacos de Chuleta
Three pork tacos served with rice, charro beans and salad.
Tacos de Molleja
Three sweet breast tacos served with rice, charro beans and salad.
Tacos de Tripa
Three beef intestine tacos served with rice, charro beans and salad.
Tacos Estilo Mexico
Five small bistec tacos with onion, and cilantro served with rice, charro beans and salad.
Crispy Tacos
Three ground beef tacos with lettuce, tomato and cheese, served with rice and beans.
Tacos Plancha
Three carne deshebrada tacos with beans and white cheese served with rice, charro beans and salad.
Poco de Mexico
Two flautas, two empanadas de carne and one chicken quesadilla.
Tacos Before 11 am
Appetizers
3 Piece Rebanadas de Aguacate
Nachos
Chips, cheese and jalapeno.
Panchos
Chips, cheese, beans, tomato, onions, jalapeno, and guacamole.
Panchos Deluxe
Chips, cheese, beans, tomato, onions, jalapeno and guacamole. Beef or chicken fajitas for an additional charge.
Fundido Cheese
Melted cheese and tortillas.
Choriqueso
Melted cheese, chorizo and tortillas.
Quesadillas with Fajita
3 corn or flour tortillas with cheese and fajitas. Served with salad and guacamole.
Quesadillas Especiales
3 corn or flour tortillas with cheese and ham. Served with salad and guacamole.
Quesadillas Aztecas
3 corn or flour tortillas with cheese and chorizo. Served with salad and guacamole.
Queadilla con Carne
Fried Mushrooms
1 dozen fried mushrooms, served with Juliana potatoes and ranch dressing
Shrimp and Mushrooms a la Diabla
22 small shrimp mushrooms ion chipol sauce. Served with rice.
Chile with Cheese
Melted cheese with jalapenos slices.
Tacos of Bisteck
3 bistek tacos served with rice, charro beans and salad.
Tacos of Chuleta
3 pork tacos served with rice, charro beans and salad.
Tacos of Molleja
3 sweet breast tacos served with rice, charro beans and salad.
Tacos of Tripa
3 intestine tacos served with rice, charro beans and salad.
Tacos
Enchiladas
Cheese Enchiladas
3 cheese enchiladas served with rice, beans and salad.
Beef Enchiladas
3 pieces. Beef enchiladas served with rice, beans and salad.
Chicken Enchiladas
3 chicken enchiladas served with rice, bean and salad.
Enchiladas Suizas
3 chicken enchiladas with green sauce and white cheese, served with rice, beans and salad.
Enchiladas Poblanas
3 chicken enchiladas with mole, cheese, served with rice, beans and salad.
Entomatadas
3 chicken taquitos with tomato sauce, white cheese served with rice, beans and salad.
Enchiladas con Fajita
Paradillas for 2
Paradilla for 3
Paradilla for 4
Paradillas
Sombreros
Sombrero for 1
Sombrero for 2
Sombrero for 3
Sombrero for 4
Charola for 1
Charola for 2
Charola for 3
Charola for 4
Charola de Mariscos
Mar y Tierra
Mar y Tierra for 2
Mar y Tierra for 3
Mar y Tierra for 4
Botanas for 1
Botanas for 2
Botanas for 3
Botanas for 4
Botanas
Seafood
Camarones al Gusto
9 shrimp ranchero, veracruzano, frito, diabla, al ajo, a la plancha served with rice, french fries, toast and principio de marisco.
Filete de Pescado al Gusto
Fish filete, ranchero, veracruzano, frito, diabla, al ajo, a la plancha. Served with rice, french fries, toast and principio de marisco.
Huachinago al Gusto
Whole red snapper, ranchero, veracruzano, frito, diabla, al ajo, a la plancha. Served with rice, french fries, toast and principio de marisco.
Tilapia Filete
Grilled tilapia served with steamed vegetables and toast.
Shrimp Tacos
3 shrimp tacos served with salad, french fries and principio de marisco.
Shrimp Chalupas
2 chalupas.
Stuffed Crab
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Jaiba Rellena
3 stuffed crabs served with salad, french fries and toast.
Shrimp Roca
12 shrimp with salad, aguacate slices and cocktail sauce.
Shrimp Cocktail
Panchos of Shrimp
Chips, cheese, beans, tomato, onions, jalapeno, guacamole and grilled shrimp.
Sombrero of Shrimp
Shrimp grilled with onions, tomato, bell pepper, bacon topped with white cheese, served with rice, charro beans, saad, guacamole and tortillas.
Fajita Plate
Beef fajita with onions, bell peppers on a hot skillet, served with rice, charro beans, salad, guacamole and tortillas.
Tripa Plate
Beef intestine grilled with onions, bell peppers, on a hot skillet, served with rice, charro beans, salad, guacamole and tortillas.
Molleja Plate
Sweet breast grilled with onions, bell peppers on a hot skillet served with rice, charro beans, salad, guacamole and tortillas.
Chicken Fajita Plate
Chicken with onions, bell peppers on a hot skillet, served with rice, charro beans, salad, guacamole and tortillas.
Chicken Breast al Comal
Grilled chicken breast with onions, bell peppers on a hot skillet, served with rice, charro beans, salad, guacamole and tortillas.
Chicken Breast at Cliantro
Grilled chicken breast, onions, bell peppers, on a hot skillet. Served with rice, charro beans, salad, guacamole and tortillas.
Chicken a la Plancha Plate
1/2 chicken grilled served with rice, charro beans, salad, guacamole and tortillas.
Chicken Almendrado Plate
1/2 grilled chicken with almond gravy, served with rice, charro beans, salad, guacamole and tortillas.
Chicken Breast Gratinada Plate
Grilled chicken breast on Juliana potatoes, topped with white cheese, served with rice, charro beans, salad, guacamole and tortillas.
Carne Asada Plate
Chopped. Fajita steak served with rice, charro beans, salad, guacamole and tortillas.
Milanesa Beef Plate
Thin beef sirloin fried served with rice, charro beans, salad guacamole and tortillas.
Bistek Ranchero Plate
Chopped sirloin with hot sauce served with rice, beans, salad and tortillas.
Asado de Puerco Plate
Chopped pork cooked in red sauce served with rice, beans, salad and tortillas.
Chile Relleno Plate
Poblano pepper studded with beef or cheese with sauce and yellow cheese served with rice, beans, salad and tortillas.
Tampiquena Plate
Fajita, 1 cheese enchilada, 1 crispy taco served with rice, beans, salad and tortillas. Beef and chicken enchiladas for an additional charges.
Veracruz Plate
1 chile relleno, 1 cheese enchilada served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Picadillo Plate
Ground beef with potatoes served with rice, beans, salad and tortilla.
Pollo en Mole Plate
Dark chicken, rice, beans, salad and tortillas. Add white chicken for an additional charges.
Carne Guisada
Mexican beef stew, served with rice, beans, salad and tortillas.
Special Plate
Steak
T-Bone Steak
12 0z. Served with baked potato or french fries, rice charro beans, salad, guacamole and tortillas.
Chuleton Steak
10 oz. Served with baked potato or french fries, rice, charro beans, salad, guacamole and tortillas.
Ribeye Steak
10 oz. Served with baked potato or french fries, rice, charro beans, salad, guacamole and tortillas.
Costillas Ribs Steak
Served with baked potato or french fries, rice, charro beans, salad, guacamole and tortillas.
Hamburger Steak
Served with baked potato or french fries, rice, charro beans, salad, guacamole and toast.
Chicken Fried Chicken
Served with baked potato or french fries, rice, charro beans, salad, guacamole and tortilla.
Pork Chops Steak
Grilled served with french fries, rice, charro beans, salad, guacamole and toast.
Combo Plate
Choice of 2 beef fajitas, chicken fajitas, shrimp, fish or stuffed crab. Served with salad, french fries, and principio de marisco.
Moonlight Combo Plate
2 cheese enchiladas, 2 sopes, 2 flatas served with rice, salad, guacamole and sour cream.
Mexican Combo Plate
2 cheese enchiladas, 2 crispy tacos, 1 chalupa, and rice.
Chalupa Combo Plate
2 beef chulapas, or chicken chalupa with beans, lettuce, tomato, cheese and guacamole.
Flautas Combo Plate
4 beef or chicken flautas served with rice, beans, salad, french fries, guacmaole and sour cream.
Sincornizada Combo Plate
2 flour tortillas with cheese and ham served with rice, beans, salad, sour cream and guacamole.
Sincornizada de Fajita Combo Plate
Served con queso, fajita rice beans and salad.
Chimichanga Combo Plate
Large carne guisada burrito with enchilada sauce and cheese, served rice, beans and sour cream.
Carne Deshebrada Sopes
3 Mexican gorditas with salad, guacamole and sour cream served with rice, beans and Mexecan cheese.
Chicken Sopes
3 Mexican gorditas with salad, guacamole and sour cream served with rice, beans and mexican cheese.
Bean and Mexican Cheese Sopes
3 Mexican gorditas with salad, guacamole and sour cream served with rice, beans and mexican cheese.
Combination Plates
Salad and Sandwiches
Hamburger
Hamburger with lettuce, tomato, pickles and french fries.
Hamburger with Cheese
Hamburger with lettuce, tomato, pickles and french fries.
Moonlight Burger
Hamburger with cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, avocado and french fries.
Texas Burger
Hamburger with cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles and french fries.
Club Sandwich
Ham, bacon, cheese sandwich with lettuce, tomato, pickles and french fries.
Green Salad
Lettuce, tomato and guacamole.
Chicken Salad
Grilled chicken breast with lettuce, tomato, cheese, croutons and pickles.
Tuna Salad
Tuna with mayonnaise served lettuce, tomato and cheese.
Light Salad
Lettuce, tomato, cheese, croutons, pickles and steamed vegetables.
Shrimp Salad
Fresh or grilled shrimp on lettuce, tomato, cheese, pickles and croutons.
Chef Salad
Grilled chicken breast, ham with lettuce, tomato, cheese, croutons and pickles.
Fideo with Chicken
White chicken for an additional charge.
Calso de Res
Caldo of Chicken
White chicken for an additional charge.
Caldo Tlalpeno
Extra cheese or avocado for an additional charge.
Caldo of Mariscos
Caldo of Shrimp
Caldo of 7 Mares
Caldos
Sides Orders
Rice
Salsa Molcajeteada
Extra Enchilada
Beans
Charro Beans
Bowl of Charros
Chile Toreados
1 chile.
Pico De Gallo
French Fries
Order of Tortillas
3 pieces.
Tortilla
one.
Beef Taco
Chicken Taco
Carne Guisada Taco
Extra Cheese
Kids Enchilada
2 cheese enchiladas with rice and beans.
Kids Beef Enchiladas
2 beef enchiladas with rice and beans,
Kids Chicken Enchiladas
2 chicken enchiladas with rice and beans.
Kids Chicken Tenders
5 pieces served with french fries and toast.
Kids Hamburger
Served with french fries and salad with cheese.
Kids Taco
One taco, fajita, beef, chicken, or carne guisada. Served with beans and rice.
Kids Menu
Beverages
20 oz. Bottled Soda
soft drinks.
Mexican Coke
Iced Tea
Sweet or unsweetened.
Lemonade
1 Refills Lemonade
Fountain Drink
Coffee
Chocolate
Juice
Orange or apple.
