Diego Mexican Restaurant
MGM Grand - 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South Las Vegas, Nv 89109 • 702-891-3200

Cuisine
Mexican

Neighborhood
Strip
MGM Grand

Features
Beer Available
Full Bar
Wine Available
Children Friendly
Children's Menu
Outside Patio
Lounge

Reservations
Recommended

Parking
Parking Lot
Valet

Payment Methods
AMEX
Mastercard
Visa

Private Rooms
please call

Hours
Open daily
Dinner
5:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Bar
2:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Vida Late Nights
Fri & Sat
11:30 pm - 4:00 am

 

Diego Menu - Average Check $45/person

Menu items are subject to change.

Diego Starters

Empanadas
crispy empanadas of tender braised chicken with red chile, tomato, roasted garlic and cheese over roasted guajillo salsa, fresh lime dressed greens

Guacamole (For Two)
hass avocados, sun dried tomatoes, cilantro, fresh lime, onion, serrano chile

Taquitos
braised beef taquitos with crema, and guajillo salsa

Queso Fundido Tasting
baked oaxacan and chihuahua cheese over poblano "rajas" with in-house made chorizo sausage

and

baked manchego and asadero cheese over red onion rajas with smoked woodland mushrooms single Queso Fundido

Seaside Tasting
tasting of classic Red Snapper ceviche with tomato, serrano and lime, citrus rock shrimp "cocktail" with avocado, and blue crab 'cocktel'

Braised Goat
slow-braised "pit style" goat, marinated in guajillo chile, traditional "crunchy" garnishes

Diego Sampling
sampling of Diego "signature" appetizers, braised beef taquitos, crispy braised chicken empanadas, crab gorditas, with chips and three layer dip

Tableside Shrimp Cocktail
tableside cocktail of citrus poached rock shrimp with fresh lime and prickly pear "ice," avocado, tomato, serrano, crispy corn and pumpkin seeds

Seafood Gordita
crispy gorditas with a gulf shrimp and blue crab stuffing finished with tomato-cilantro sauce and chilled tomato salad

Soups and Salads

Tortilla Soup
pasilla chile laced chicken broth with crispy tortillas, chicken, Chihuahua cheese, avocado and sour cream

Black Bean Soup
velvety black bean soup garnished with a chihuahua cheese, radish and egg "bocadita," crema and lime

Sangria Salad
sangria inspired salad of figs, apples, oranges, jicama, tomatoes, goat cheese and greens finished with a delicate combination of sangria/fig dressing, mixed greens and flowers

Oaxacan 'Wedge' Salad
romaine 'wedge' topped with crispy jicama, carrot and radish finished with a roasted tomato dressing and queso fresco

Diego Salad
house salad of buttery bibb lettuce, watercress, creamy cilantro lime dressing and cucumber 'pico de gallo'

Diego Signatures / Classics

Pork "Tasting"
slow cooked cured pork 'belly', white bean rancheros with applewood smoked bacon, baby spinach, tomato corn salsa and dried cured chorizo sausage

Chilean Sea Bass
tender filet wrapped in a corn husk with grilled vegetables and mushrooms roasted baby red potatoes and mole "verde"

Veracruz Seafood "Pot"
fresh Maine lobster tail, Gulf prawns, littleneck clams baked in a cast iron pot with roasted tomatoes, garlic, onions, olives, capers, spinach and red rice

Shrimp Diablo
fresh gulf shrimp sautéed with spinach, tomato, corn and fiery red chile salsa over yellow rice

Filet Mignon
pan seared filet mignon with wilted baby green beans, corn 'pudding' and huitlacoche sauce

Vegetable "Tasting"
sautéed "creamy calabacitas," huitlacoche and corn "torta," jicama a la "Diablo" salad, fresh corn tortillas

Carne Asada a la Oaxaca
beef rib eye marinated in red chile adobo, grilled over a mesquite fire mole coloradito, red chile rice and tequila laced roasted cactus and onion salsa

Cochinita Pibil
Yucatecan style braised pork marinated in achiote and orange, slow cooked in banana leaves with poblano rajas, black beans, pickled red onions, habanero salsa

Chile Rellenos
twin soufflé battered chile rellanos one stuffed with Chihuahua cheese and one with braised beef

Pollo al Horno con Mole
wood-oven roasted chicken with Oaxacan red mole red chile rice, sautéed spinach, crispy potato, toasted sesame seeds

Enchiladas Oaxaquenas
fresh corn tortillas cooked with tangy red chile sauce rolled with chicken, poblano and onion finished with Oaxacan and Chihuahua cheese, diced onion, and cilantro

Tacos al Carbon
"roll-em" yourself soft tacos of garlic-lime marinated chicken breast, red chile rubbed skirt steak or roasted garlic marinated grilled halibut with tomato salsa warm tortillas, guacamole, frijoles maneados, three salsas. Chicken, Fish or Steak