Lunch

Best Lunch in El Paso

Take your midday break at Ámbar Restaurante and indulge in the best lunch in El Paso. Our downtown eatery serves delicious starters and snacks, classic soups, salad, tacos, fresh-prepared sides, hamburguesa, and even a raw bar featuring fresh ceviche. Served daily from 11am-4pm.


Cold

guacamole - smashed avocados, charred tomatillo, roasted garlic, queso cotija, served with house-made tostadas $15 add • bacon 4 • crab 12

ambár ceviche - albacore tuna, oven-dried roma tomatoes, manzanilla olives, jalapeño, onion, capers, lime, baja olive oil $15

coctel rojo - poached shrimp, grilled octopus, crab, classic mexican coctel sauce (ketchup, lime juice, tapatío hot sauce), cilantro $18

cesar salad - little gem lettuce, classic tijuana caesar dressing, parmesan $14 add roasted chicken $8, grilled salmon $14

milpa salad - nopales, corn, grilled squash, heirloom tomatoes, pickled onions, pepitas, queso cotija, recado negro vinaigrette $12

hot

tortilla soup - a mexican classic made with rich tomato-pasilla broth, chicken, house-made crema, asadero, crispy house-made tortilla strips $12

crema de chile verde - silky cream of fresh hatch green chiles, toasted pumpkin seeds, crispy maitake mushrooms, goat cheese mousse $14

grilled artichokes - grilled pasilla-lime marinated artichokes hearts, salsa de cacahuates, herbs, limes $12

crisp brussels sprouts - ancho-lime glazed brussels sprouts, toasted cashews, lime zest, cilantro, queso fresco, chipotle aïoli $12

Tortas

chicken tinga - chipotle braised chicken, munster cheese, avocado, mezcal-grilled pineapple slaw, on a house baked jalapeño-cheddar telera roll $15

ahogada - pork carnitas,frijoles negros spread, avocado, spicy pickled white onions on a chipotle-rosemary bolillo roll, served in morita broth $22

garlic chicken wrap - garlic-herb roasted chicken breast, roasted tomato-pepita spread, romaine lettuce, bacon, avocado, wrapped in a spinach tortilla. served with your choice of red or green salsa $18

ámbar burger - half-pound prime beef, topped with sotolonion jam, ancho chile “special sauce”, asadero, herb-roasted tomatoes, arugula, in a house-made brioche bun $20

TACOS

baja shrimp – jumbo shrimp battered in beer and tequila, topped with napa cabbage slaw, ancho-lime aïoli, avocado $10ea

beef barbacoa - slow braised beef, seared queso crisp, pickled onions, cilantro, salsa roja $12ea

carnitas - slow cooked pork, avocado-tomatillo salsa, spicy pickled white onions, micro cilantro $10ea

arrachera - steak skirt, salsa cascabel, rajas, guacamole, queso fresco $12ea

chicken - grilled chicken breast, guacamole, rajas, salsa verde, cilantro 8ea

platos fuertes

enchiladas suizas - fresh-made corn tortillas filled with roasted mushrooms, goat cheese, grilled onion, bathed in green chile cream sauce, topped with asadero, fresh arugula, black beans $24 add • chicken $8 • egg $3

pescado veracruzana - garlic-herb-lime salmon, roasted tomatosaffron risotto, veracruzana sauce, topped with shaved fennel and jalapeños $38

chilean seabass al pastor - achiote marinated seabass, mezcal-pineapple salsa, green bean “diabla” garlic-yuca purée $49

carnitas plate - 12 oz slow-cooked pork carnitas, avocadotomatillo salsa, chicharrón, spicy pickled onions, salsa verde, frijoles negros, served with house-made corn tortillas $25

arrachera - 8 oz skirt steak in a chili-garlic marinade, served with frijoles charros, limes, salsa, chiles toreados, fresh corn tortillas 37

SIDES

queso añejo smashed potatoes $9

french fries $9

frijoles charros $9

frijoles negros $9

taqueria salad $6

roasted plantains $9

*20% gratuity to parties of  five or more*