Las Iguanas

Food

 

This is a sample menu and each menu is deliciously different. Use the drop-down to select.

While you choose

Breads, chips and dips
  • £3.90

Fight over our crunchy tortilla chips, wholemeal & ciabatta breads, with dunking olive oil & balsamic. Choose:

Guacamole with creamy ricotta cheese & pomegranate seeds
Olives, dripping with spicy oil
Marinated white anchovies

Mexican Poppadoms
  • £2.30

Huge hand-cooked corn tortilla chips dusted with our own blend of paprika, cumin & coriander. Choose a dip:

Homemade salsa
Chunky guacamole
Soured cream

Pan Ajillo
  • £3.00

Toasted ciabatta bursting with garlic, coriander & chilli butter.

Molletes
  • £3.20

Beans on toast the Mexican way. More chunky ciabatta, rubbed with garlic butter & topped with refried black beans & melty cheese.

Taco Sharing Tray
  • £13.50

Attack’em together. Lovely little corn & wheat tortillas to be loaded with queso fundido (melted cheeses & salsa), pink pickled onions, radishes, spring onions, sour cream & your choice of up to three of these:

Shredded beef, slow-braised in smoked chilli
Spicy garlic & chipotle chicken
Lemon, garlic & chilli prawns
Spicy garlic & chipotle roast squashes (v)
Spiced shredded lamb

Tapas & Starters

Tapas Time
  • Share 3 dishes for £13.50
  • Share 5 dishes for £22.50

Available until 7pm every day & all day Sunday & Monday (*nacho toppings & **gambas extra)

Nachos
  • £5.70

Home-cooked corn tortilla chips, with melted cheese, topped with aji, jalapeños, salsa, sour cream & guacamole. Plunge & crunch.

Chubby Gambas
  • £6.20

Greedy whole prawns, split & cooked in a garlic, lemon & chilli sauce, served with bread.

** add 50p per portion to include in Tapas Time

Chicken wings
  • £5.30

Spicy hot chicken wings sauced-up with:

Spicy barbecue jerk
NEW Honey peri-peri
NEW Vivo; Flaming hot, hot, very hot habanero

Lamb Empanada
  • £5.30

Just like from the street. Two crispy pasties heavy with slow-braised juicy lamb rubbed in smoky chilli. With spicy cranberry salsa.

Cha-Cha Chorizo
  • £4.90

Smoky pork & garlic chorizo, braised slow & lazy with onions in red wine, tomato & smoked jalapeño sauce. With bread to dunk & munch.

Chunky Fungi Champiñones
  • £4.50

Thick-sliced mushrooms in a creamy smoked chilli sauce. Served with warmed soft wheat tortillas.

Pato Taquito
  • £5.30

Rich shreds of roast duck & caramelised onion rolled in a flour tortilla & char-grilled, with sticky chilli jam. Get quacking.

Quesadilla

Tortilla, folded, char-grilled & rammed. With spicy tomato salsa. Choose:

Garlicky guajillo chilli mushrooms & gooey brie £4.30
Spicy chicken, peppers, onion & cheese £4.60

Anticuchos
  • £5.30

Char-grilled spicy chicken, skewered-up, chilli smoked & topped with pink pickled onions. With cumin & garlic marinade, corn & flour tortillas, peppery rocket, garlic & chipotle sauce.

Sopa de Calabaza
  • £4.50

Spiced-up, butternut squash & coconut milk soup, perfected with sour cream, sprinkles of coriander & coconut. With chunky ciabatta.

Calamares
  • £5.30

Squids in. Whole baby calamari, sliced & coated in crisp crumb cassava. With creamy aioli.

Coconut Chicken
  • £5.50

Crispy chicken, sweetly sealed in coconut & chilli crumbs. With sweet mango peri-peri.

Pear & Brie Salad
  • £5.50

Spicy caramelised pear & melty brie heaped on leaves with piquant chillies & crunchy cayenne croutons. With chipotle & chilli cranberry dressing.

Besides

Patatas Bravas
  • £2.90

With chipotle sauce & creamy aioli.

Cassava Fries
  • £2.90

(Manioc root) with salsa.

Fries
  • £2.90

Curly or Straight-cut or NEW Sweet potato fries with creamy aioli.

Ensalada
  • £2.90

Mixed salad or Beetroot, orange & pomegranate superfood salad.

Tortillas
  • £1.00

Four warmed soft wheat tortillas.

Sweet Plantain
  • £2.00

Sweet chunks of soft ripe plantain.

Frijoles Refritos
  • £1.90

Refried black beans with soured cream & cheese.

Creamy Slaw
  • £2.00

Shredded cabbage, carrot, onion, parsnip, apple, raisins, piquant chillies & tossed in creamy mayo.

Rice
  • £1.00

Cheese
  • £1.00

Latin Dips
  • One for 70p
  • 3 for £1.50

Salsa, Guacamole, Aioli, Soured cream, Jalapeños, Chilli jam, Mango peri-peri, Spicy cranberry salsa or Aji (chopped onion, tomato & chilli).

Mains

Mexican Classics

Our Famous Fajitas

Fresh cooked to order in our special mix of coriander, lime, paprika, cumin, onions & peppers. Dished up sizzling, with chunky guacamole, soured cream, jalapeños, homemade salsa & soft wheat tortillas. Stuff’em with:

Chicken breast strips £13.60
NEW Marinated strip-steak £14.60
Shelled prawns £14.20
Five mushroom £11.20
add Cheese £1.00

Chimichanga

Crisp tortilla parcel, delivered with homemade salsa, guacamole, sour cream, garlic & coriander rice & frijoles refritos. Pack it with:

Roast butternut squash, iron-rich spinach, cheese & chickpeas £7.90
Spicy chicken, peppers, onion & cheese £9.90

The Enchilada

Hand-rolled tortilla smothered in our own smoked chilli & tomato sauce & melted cheese. With garlic & coriander rice & frijoles refritos. Loaded with:

Roast butternut squash, iron-rich spinach, cheese & chickpeas £7.90
Spicy chicken, peppers, onion & cheese £9.90

The New Big Burrito

Titanic tortilla parcel, topped with homemade
salsa, sour cream & guacamole. With crispy salad & frijoles refritos. Bulging with rice, slaw, cheese & your choice:

Spicy chicken, peppers & onion £9.90
Shredded beef & caramelised onion £9.90

Chilli

Heart-warming. Braised in spiced tomatoes, with garlicky rice, warmed soft wheat tortillas, soured cream & corn tortilla chips. Choose:

Sweet potato, butternut squash & chickpeas £7.90
Chunky beef steak, minced beef & black beans £9.20

From Brazil

The Extraordinary Xinxim
  • £10.60

Exotic, creamy, satisfying. Lime chicken in a crayfish & peanut sauce with rice & fine green beans. Toasted coconut farofa to sprinkle, sweet plantains for fun. Pele loves it.

Prawn Bobo
  • £12.50

A Brazilian favourite. Spicy prawns & cassava cooked in tomatoes & coconut milk. With rice, sweet plantain, spicy salsa & toasted coconut farofa to sprinkle over.

Moqueca

Indulge. Creamy coconut curry with peppers, garlic & tomatoes, popularised by Brazilian Chef Dada. With rice, sweet chunky plantain, spicy salsa & toasted coconut farofa to sprinkle. Choose:

Sweet potato, palm hearts & sugar snap peas £9.60
Cod, mussels, crayfish & prawns £11.60

And Beyond

Pescado a la macho
  • £13.60

An old recipe from across the waves, on the coast of Peru. Dive into squid, mussels, crayfish, prawns & cod in a white wine, seafood & paprika sauce. With rice & green beans.

Pollo con chorizo
  • £10.20

Chicken thigh, smoked pork & garlic chorizo with cannellini beans & cayenne, slowly braised in tomatoes & red peppers. With garlicky rice, soured cream & corn tortilla chips. A recipe from our team in Mermaid Quay.

Seco de cordero
  • £14.00

Perfected in Peru. Snuggle up to comfy, slow-braised lamb in a spinach, coriander, wine, potato, morita & guajillo chilli sauce. With rice & fine green beans.

Pescado fritas
  • £7.90

Sustainable white fish, marinated & crumbed in coconut & chilli. With mango peri-peri sauce & Sweet potato fries or Salad.

Pasteles
  • £6.90

A Chilean version of shepherd’s pie. Spicy sweet potato, butternut squash & chickpeas topped with creamy mashed sweetcorn. Served with Salad or Chilli & garlic buttered potatoes & fine green beans.

Barbacoa

Blazing Bird
  • Half £8.90
  • Whole £15.50

Bigger, better & juicier! Our spicy chicken from the flames. Marinated with our fiery sauce, with creamy slaw & Fries or Salad. Choose from:

Spicy barbecue jerk sauce Honey peri-peri sauce
NEW Vivo; Flaming habanero sauce. You’re playing with fire!

Churrasco Fiasco

Skewered, scintillating. Marinated & flame- grilled, with spicy hot garlic & chipotle sauce with salad & cassava fries. Choose from:

Tender rump steak, red onion & mixed peppers in a paprika & cumin marinade £13.50
Garlic & chipotle chicken breast, red onion & mixed peppers £12.50

Carne
  • £15.20

Meat, no messing. 8oz sirloin, out of the flames, on the plate, your way. With fiery garlic & chipotle sauce, baby roasted tomatoes & Salad or Sweet potato fries or Cassava fries.

Costilla de carne
  • £14.00

Beefy short rib smothered-up with spicy tamarind barbecue sauce. With sweet potato fries & slaw.

Grilled Sandwiches

Burger
  • £9.60

Tender, lightly spiced beef patty, in a toasted bun with melted cheese, beef tomato & rocket. With chipotle ketchup & Fries or Salad.

add Jalapeños or Gherkin 70p
add Chorizo or Brie £1.70

Beef Cuban Sandwich
  • £8.60

Have it Havana-style. Toasted ciabatta, sliced cheese, gherkin & aioli, stuffed with shredded beef & caramelised onion. With Fries or Salad.

Salads

Pollo Caesar
  • £9.80

Char-grilled cumin & garlic marinated spicy chicken & romaine leaves. Chucked about in creamy dressing with sweet piquant chillies, fresh grated parmesan & crunchy cayenne croutons.

Crayfish & Sweet Chilli
  • £8.30

Light & delightful. With spinach, mixed leaves, cucumber lumps, tossed in ginger, sherry vinegar & sweet chilli dressing.

Beetroot, Orange & Pomegranate Superfood Salad
  • £8.20

An explosion of colour & health. With feta, spinach & rocket. Jumbled in chipotle & olive oil dressing.

Desserts

Aztec Chocolate Fudge Cake
  • £4.90

Warm spiced chocolate orange sponge cake. With vanilla ice cream.

Dulce de leche brownie sundae
  • £5.90

Share if you want to. Warm, snuggly chocolate brownies, chocablock with vanilla ice cream, dulce de leche & scattered candied nuts.

Scrummy Sorbet
  • £5.00

Artisan sorbet made using fresh fruit squeezed & juiced in the morning, into sorbet in the afternoon. A sweet scoop of each – or mix & match any of these:
Fresh zesty lemon, Real refreshing raspberry or Awesome alfonso mango

Naughty Tres Leches
  • £4.90

THE heavenly South American dessert. Sweet three milk soaked moist sponge, drizzled dulce de leche & sprinkled cinnamon. Topped with cream & blueberries.

Sticky Ipanema Mess
  • £5.50

A huge sweet pile up. Guava, mascarpone, yoghurt, raspberries & crushed meringue.

Dulce de leche & Macadamia Cheesecake
  • £5.30

A wedge of creamy vanilla cheesecake stacked with roasted macadamia nuts & sticky dulce de leche.

Set lunch & Early evening

Until 6.30pm

Mains

All £6.90

Burger

Tender, lightly spiced, beef patty in a toasted bun with melted cheese, beef tomato & rocket. With chipotle ketchup & Fries or Salad.

add Jalapeños or Gherkin 70p
add Chorizo or Brie 1.70

BEEF CUBAN SANDWICH

Have it Havana-style. Toasted ciabatta, sliced cheese, gherkin & aioli, stuffed with shredded beef & caramelised onion. With Fries or Salad.

NEW BLAZING BIRD

Bigger, better & juicier! Half a spicy chicken from the flames, marinated in our fiery sauce. With creamy slaw & Fries or Salad. Get saucy with:

Spicy barbecue jerk sauce
Honey peri-peri sauce
NEW Vivo; Flaming habanero sauce. You’re playing
with fire!

PASTELES

A Chilean version of shepherd’s pie. Spicy sweet potato, butternut squash & chickpeas topped with creamy mashed sweetcorn & served with Salad or Chilli & garlic buttered potatoes & fine green beans.

BEETROOT, ORANGE & POMEGRANATE SUPERFOOD SALAD

An explosion of colour & health with feta, spinach & rocket. Jumbled in chipotle & olive oil dressing.

THE ENCHILADA

Hand-rolled tortilla smothered in our own smoked chilli & tomato sauce & melted cheese. With garlic & coriander rice & frijoles refritos. Loaded with:

Roast butternut squash,
iron-rich spinach, cheese & chickpeas
Spicy chicken, peppers, onion & cheese

NEW BIG BURRITO

Titanic tortilla parcel bulging with spicy chicken, peppers, onion, rice, slaw & cheese. Topped with homemade salsa, soured cream & guacamole. With crispy salad & frijoles refritos.

NEW PESCADO FRITAS

Sustainable white fish, marinated & crumbed in coconut & chilli. With mango peri-peri sauce & Sweet potato fries or Salad.

NEW CHILLI

Heart-warming. Braised in spiced tomatoes, with garlicky rice, warmed soft wheat tortillas, soured cream & corn tortilla chips. Choose:

Sweet potato, butternut squash & chickpeas
Chunky beef steak, minced beef & black beans

Starters

When having a main course for 6.90 you can add a starter for 1.50 or 2.50, which are smaller versions of our main menu dishes.

CHUNKY FUNGI CHAMPIÑONES
  • Add £1.50

Thick-sliced mushrooms in a creamy smoked chilli
sauce. Served with warmed soft wheat tortillas.

NEW SOPA DE CALABAZA
  • Add £1.50

Spiced-up, butternut squash & coconut milk soup, perfected with sour cream, sprinkles of coriander & coconut.

SPICY CHICKEN QUESADILLA
  • Add £1.50

Tortilla, folded, char-grilled & rammed with spicy chicken, peppers, onion & cheese, with our tomato salsa on the side.

NACHOS
  • Add £2.50

Home-cooked corn tortilla chips, with melted cheese, topped with aji, jalapeños, salsa, sour cream & guacamole. Plunge & crunch.

CHICKEN WINGS
  • Add £2.50

Spicy hot chicken wings sauced-up with:

Spicy barbecue jerk
NEW Honey peri-peri
NEW Vivo; Flaming hot, hot, very hot habanero

LAMB EMPANADA
  • Add £2.50

Just like from the street. Crisp pasty heavy with slowbraised juicy lamb rubbed in smoky chilli. With spicy cranberry salsa.

NEW PEAR & BRIE SALAD
  • Add £2.50

Spicy caramelised pear & melty brie heaped on leaves with piquant chillies & crunchy cayenne croutons. With chipotle & chilli cranberry dressing.

Add a drink

(First Glass Or Bottle Only)

WINE 175ml
  • Add £1.50

Chardonnay or Merlot

BEER
  • add £1.50

San Miguel bottle

MINERALS
  • Add £1.00

Glass of Coke, Diet Coke or Lemonade

Fiesta Party Menu

On Arrival

MEXICAN POPPADOMS

Huge hand-cooked corn tortilla chips dusted with our own blend of paprika, cumin & coriander & homemade tomato salsa.

Starters

NACHOS

Home-cooked corn tortilla chips, with melted cheese, topped with aji, jalapeños, salsa, sour cream & guacamole. Plunge & crunch.

CALAMARES

Squids in. Whole baby calamari, sliced & coated in crisp crumb cassava. With creamy aioli.

CHICKEN WINGS

Spicy hot chicken wings sauced-up with:

Spicy barbecue jerk
Honey peri-peri
Vivo; Flaming hot, hot, very hot habanero

PATO TAQUITO

Rich shreds of roast duck & caramelised onion rolled in a flour tortilla & char-grilled, with sticky chilli jam. Get quacking.

CHA-CHA CHORIZO

Smoky pork & garlic chorizo, braised slow & lazy with onions in red wine, tomato & smoked jalapeño sauce. With bread to dunk & munch.

PEAR & BRIE SALAD

Spicy caramelised pear & melty brie heaped on leaves with piquant chillies & crunchy cayenne croutons. With chipotle & chilli cranberry dressing.

Mains

OUR FAMOUS FAJITAS

Fresh cooked to order in our special mix of coriander, lime, paprika, cumin, onions & peppers. Dished up sizzling, with chunky guacamole, soured cream, jalapeños, homemade salsa & soft wheat tortillas.
Stuff’em with:

Chicken breast strips
Marinated strip-steak
Shelled prawns
Five mushroom
add Cheese 1.00

BIG BURRITO

Titanic tortilla parcel, topped with homemade salsa, sour cream & guacamole. With crispy salad & frijoles refritos. Bulging with rice, slaw, cheese & your choice:

Spicy chicken, peppers & onion
Shredded beef & caramelised onion

POLLO CON CHORIZO

Chicken thigh, smoked pork & garlic chorizo with cannellini beans & cayenne, slowly braised in tomatoes & red peppers. With garlicky rice, soured cream & corn tortilla chips. A recipe from our team in Mermaid Quay.

THE EXTRAORDINARY XINXIM

Exotic, creamy, satisfying. Lime chicken in a crayfish & peanut sauce with rice & fine green beans. Toasted coconut farofa to sprinkle, sweet plantains for fun. Pele loves it.

VEGGIE MOQUECA

Indulge. Creamy coconut curry of sweet potato, palm hearts & sugar snap peas with peppers, garlic & tomatoes, popularised by Brazilian Chef Dada. With rice, sweet chunky plantain, spicy salsa & toasted coconut farofa to sprinkle.

CARNE
  • £2.00 supplement

Meat, no messing. 8oz sirloin, out of the flames, on the plate, your way. With fiery garlic & chipotle sauce, baby roasted tomatoes & Salad or Sweet potato fries or Cassava fries.

BLAZING BIRD

Bigger, better & juicier! Half a spicy chicken from the flames. Marinated with our fiery sauce, with creamy slaw & Fries or Salad. Choose from:

Spicy barbecue jerk
Honey peri-peri
Vivo; Flaming habanero. You’re playing with fire!

PRAWN BOBO

A Brazilian favourite. Spicy prawns & cassava cooked in tomatoes & coconut milk. With rice, sweet plantain, spicy salsa & toasted coconut farofa to sprinkle over.

Kids

Grab a bite with Iggy. Main course, dessert and one drink £5.50.

For every Kids Meal bought, we’ll donate 50p to be shared between Action for Children in the UK, and international animal conservation, including the protection of endangered Golden Lion Tamarins in Brazil through Bristol Zoo and BCSF.

Mains

All served with a small salad of lettuce, cucumber, baby tomatoes, pepper and carrot sticks to help you on your way to five a day. You can also choose one of these with your main course:
Fine beans,
Curly fries,
Straight-cut fries,
Rice

NIÑOS GRILLED CHICKEN STRIPS

Lightly seasoned and grilled chicken breast strips.

NIÑOS PESCADO

Golden fish fingers, a great source of omega-3.

NIÑOS BURGER

Char-grilled beef burger with melted cheese in a toasted burger bap, with a big slice of tomato.

NIÑOS NACHOS

Corn chips and melted cheese with soured cream and guacamole to dip into.

NIÑOS WRAPS

Roll your own wraps from two soft wheat tortillas with mayonnaise and ketchup.
Choose from:

Mixed mushroom and peppers
Grilled chicken fingers

NIÑOS CHILLI

Spicy tomatoey chilli, soured cream and crunchy corn tortilla chips. (Rice is best with chilli like they have in Mexico).
Choose from:

Sweet potato,
butternut squash and chickpeas
Chunky beef steak,
minced beef and black beans (spicy)

NEW NIÑOS QUESADILLA

A folded wheat tortilla, char-grilled and
stuffed with your choice of:

Cheese and tomato
Chicken, peppers,
onions and cheese (spicy)
Garlicky mushroom
and melted brie (spicy)

Dessert

STRAWBERRY JELLY

Wibble wobble, wibble wobble sugar-free jelly with vanilla ice cream in a bowl.

NEW CHOCOLATE BROWNIE AND ICE CREAM

Chocolate brownie with vanilla ice cream.

FRESH FRUIT

Chunky pineapple and fresh raspberries, ready to eat.

ICE LOLLY

A ‘Mini Milk’ lolly, which you can take away. Choose from:

Chocolate, Strawberry or Vanilla

ICE CREAM CONE

A crisp cone with a scoop of ice cream, which you can take away. Choose from:

Chocolate, Strawberry or Vanilla

Drinks

JUICES

Apple or Freshly squeezed orange juice.

SEMI-SKIMMED MILK

FIZZIES

Diet Coke, Coca-cola or Lemonade.

OTHER KIDDIE FRIENDLY DRINKS CAPRI-SUN
  • £1.60

Natural Juice Orange & Tropical or Apple and Blackcurrant.