Prima Cocina - Santa Monica

Prima Cocina is a Mexican restaurant in Santa Monica, CA. Order takeout online for pickup or delivery.

1405 Montana Ave
Santa Monica, CA 90403

Phone: +14245816511

Price range: $11-$20

Hours

  • Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 12:00–20:30

Prima Cocina - Santa Monica Menu

Popular Items

  • House Guacamole — $13.00
  • Grilled Quesadilla — $13.00
  • Veggie Bowl — $15.00
  • Prima Burrito — $16.00
  • Single Carne Asada Taco — $9.00
  • Baja Rice Bowl — $15.00

Salsa Bar

  • Salsa Flight — $6.00
    Choose 3. Homemade, using variety of fresh vegetables, chilies and herbs from different regions of Mexico. DOES NOT HAVE CHIPS. PLEASE ORDER CHIPS SEPERATELY
  • 4 oz Cilantro pesto — $2.50
    4 oz Cilantro pesto
  • 4 oz Sour Cream — $2.50
    4 oz Sour Cream
  • 4 oz Chilly Mayo — $2.50
    4 oz Chilly Mayo
  • Small Bag of chips — $4.00
    Small Bag of chips
  • Bowl of Chips — $5.00
    Bowl of Chips
  • 4 0z Guacamole — $6.00
    4 0z Guacamole
  • Side Lime — $1.00
    Side Lime
  • Salsa El Jeffe 4 oz — $3.50
    Salsa El Jeffe 4 oz
  • Salsa Ajo -smoked chillis spicy 4 oz — $3.50
    Salsa Ajo -smoked chillis spicy 4 oz
  • Side of Cheese Jack 40z — $3.00
    Side of Cheese Jack 40z
  • Side Cotija Cheese 4.oz — $3.50
    Side Cotija Cheese 4.oz

Sides

  • Mixed Seasonal Vegetables — $10.00
    Mixed Seasonal Vegetables
  • Norteño Beans — $5.00
    Norteño Beans
  • Cilantro Rice — $5.00
    Our rice is cooked with white corn.
  • Warm Flour Tortillas — $5.00
    Warm Flour Tortillas
  • GF HandMade Corn Tortillas — $7.00
    GF HandMade Corn Tortillas
  • 4 0Z Sour Cream — $4.00
    4 0Z Sour Cream
  • 4 0z Jeffe salsa — $4.00
    Habanero Garlick Mayo
  • 4oz Side of Cilantro pesto — $4.00
    4oz Side of Cilantro pesto
  • Small Bowl Of lettuce — $6.00
    For your veggie, bowl or Rice bowl or tacos..
  • 4 oz Pickled jalopeino — $4.00
    4 oz Pickled jalopeino
  • SD Grilled Onions — $4.00
    SD Grilled Onions
  • Bowl of chips — $6.00
    our Corn chips are not GF
  • 4OZ SD Jack Cheese — $4.00
    4OZ SD Jack Cheese
  • Side grilled Chicken — $8.00
    Side grilled chicken breast
  • Side Short Ribs — $8.00
    Side Short Ribs
  • Side Jumbo Shrimp 5 pc — $15.00
    Grilled jumbo shrimp 5 pc
  • Side Maitake Mushrooms — $12.00
    Side grilled Maitake Mushrooms
  • Mexican Coke in glass bottle — $6.00
    Mexican Coke in glass bottle
  • Mexican Sprite glass bottle — $6.00
    Mexican Sprite glass bottle
  • TOPO CHICO — $5.50
    TOPO CHICO
  • Coke Zero Can — $5.00
    Coke Zero Can
  • Side Impossible Meat — $8.00
    Side Impossible Meat

Salads and Bowls

  • Caesar Verde Salad — $15.00
    Grilled tomato, Parmesan, homemade Caesar dressing (no anjovies).
  • The Prima Salad — $15.00
    Mixed greens, avocado, roasted corn, grilled tomatoes, vinaigrette dressing.
  • Organic Mixed Greens Salad — $11.00
    Roasted tomatoes, corn, and pickled onion and vinaigrette.
  • La Paz Chopped Salad — $15.00
    Romaine, corn, avocado, jack cheese, tomatoes and green beans, vinaigrette dressing.
  • Baja Rice Bowl — $13.00
    Rice, norteño beans, corn, guacamole, cheese and salsa roja.
  • Veggie Bowl — $16.00
    Seasonal vegetables served over cilantro rice, served with fresh sliced avocado.
  • Los Cabos — $18.00
    Romane Lettuce, Cherry Tomatoes, Cucumber, Radish, Grilled White Onion, Grilled Fresh Jalopeño, Avocado and Cilantro. Tossed with Homemade Red Wine Vinegar Dressing

Fajitas Baja Sur

  • Chicken Fajita — $25.00
    Comes with tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, zucchini, bell peppers, garlic, salt, pepper, and warm flour tortillas.
  • Combo Fajita — $30.00
    Comes with tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, zucchini, bell peppers, garlic, salt, pepper, and warm flour tortillas.
  • Steak Fajita — $26.00
    Comes with tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, zucchini, bell peppers, garlic, salt, pepper, and warm flour tortillas.
  • Shrimp Fajita — $27.00
    Comes with tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, zucchini, bell peppers, garlic, salt, pepper, and warm flour tortillas.

Starters

  • House Guacamole — $11.00
    Made with fresh avocados, red onions, cilantro and lime juice. Served with homemade tortilla chips.
  • B.C.S. Nachos — $13.00
    Tortilla chips, norteño beans, cheese, guacamole, salsa rojo and jalapeños.
  • Chicken Albondigas Soup — $11.00
    Homemade chicken meatballs, garden vegetables and fresh cilantro (meatballs contain gluten).
  • Palmilla Shrimp Cocktail — $18.00
    Chopped shrimp, avocado, cucumber, cilantro, jalapeño peppers, onions and tomato sauce with hand squeezed lime juice.
  • Grilled Quesadilla — $11.00
    Jack cheese, flour tortilla, side salsa, side crema, served with cilantro rice.
  • Street Corn Esquites — $9.00
    Grilled corn (off the cobb), cotija cheese, Chile mayo.
  • Queso Fundido — $13.00
    Jack cheese, mild chorizo and maitake mushrooms. Served with choice of tortillas flour, corn or hand made corn. Gluten free.
  • Shrimp Ceviche — $18.00
    Shrimp Marinated with Lime, Lemon and Orange Juice. Served with Diced Tomatoes, Cucumber, Jalopeño, Fresh Cilantro Salt and Pepper and Served Over the Chrisp Tostado Mix is pre chopped .. NO MODIFICATIONS

Tacos

  • Single Grilled Pescado Taco — $7.00
    Grilled mahi-mahi, green and red cabbage, Chile mayo, cilantro pesto, pickled red onion. Our cilantro pesto is nut free and dairy free.
  • Grilled Pescado Taco — $23.00
    Grilled mahi-mahi, green and red cabbage, Chile mayo, cilantro pesto, pickled red onion. Three taco entrée served with cilantro rice and norteño beans. Our cilantro pesto is nut free and dairy free.
  • Single Salmon Taco — $7.00
    Grilled salmon, green and red cabbage, cilantro pesto and Chile mayo, pickled red onion. Our cilantro pesto is nut free and dairy free.
  • Salmon Taco — $23.00
    Grilled salmon, green and red cabbage, cilantro pesto & Chile mayo, pickled red onion. Three taco entrée served with cilantro rice and norteño beans. Our cilantro pesto is nut free and dairy free.
  • Single Grilled Shrimp Taco — $7.00
    Grilled shrimp, shredded green and red cabbage, Chile mayo, cilantro pesto, pickled red onion. Our cilantro pesto is nut free and dairy free.
  • Grilled Shrimp Taco — $23.00
    Grilled shrimp, shredded green and red cabbage, Chile mayo, cilantro pesto, pickled red onion. Three taco entrée served with cilantro rice and norteño beans. Our cilantro pesto is nut free and dairy free.
  • Single Chicken a la Parilla Taco — $7.00
    Grilled and marinated,chicken breast, green and red cabbage, fresh cilantro, salsa verde.
  • Chicken a la Parilla Taco — $23.00
    Grilled and marinated, chicken breast, green and red cabbage, fresh cilantro, salsa verde. Three taco entrée served with cilantro rice and norteño beans.
  • Single Mushroom Barbacoa Taco — $7.00
    Grilled maitake mushrooms , pickled red onion, cotija, cilantro pesto. Our cilantro pesto is nut free and dairy free.
  • Mushroom Barbacoa Taco — $22.00
    Grilled maitake mushrooms , pickled red onion, cotija, cilantro pesto. Three taco entrée served with cilantro rice and norteño beans. Our cilantro pesto is nut free and dairy free.
  • Single Carne Asada Taco — $7.00
    Grilled skirt steak, jack cheese, avocado, pickled red onion salsa roja.
  • Carne Asada Taco — $23.00
    Grilled skirt steak, jack cheese, avocado, pickled red onion salsa roja. Three taco entrée served with cilantro rice and norteño beans.
  • Single Carnitas Taco — $7.00
    Crispy pork, salsa roja, pickled red onion salsa roja.
  • Carnitas Taco — $23.00
    Crispy pork, salsa roja, pickled red onion salsa roja. Three taco entrée served with cilantro rice and norteño beans.
  • Single Lobster Taco — $10.00
    Lobster, shredded green and red cabbage, cilantro pesto and jack cheese. Our cilantro pesto is nut free and dairy free.
  • Lobster Taco — $30.00
    Lobster, shredded green and red cabbage, cilantro pesto and Jack cheese. Three taco entrée served with cilantro rice and norteño beans. Our cilantro pesto is nut free and dairy free. If it is even one lobster there will be flat rate of the lobster taco.
  • Single Short Ribs Taco — $9.00
    Short rib tacos served with fresh chopped white onions, fresh cilantro and spicy salsa roja. Our cilantro pesto is nut free and dairy free.
  • Short Ribs Taco — $29.00
    Short rib tacos served with fresh chopped white onions, fresh cilantro and spicy salsa roja. Three taco entrée served with cilantro rice and norteño beans. Our cilantro pesto is nut free and dairy free.
  • Impossible Tacos — $28.00
    if you want it vegan you need to order it without rice and no cheese
  • Single impossible taco — $9.00
    Single impossible taco

Entrées

  • Enchiladas Pollo — $25.00
    Three handmade corn tortillas filled with Jack cheese and chicken. Sprinkled with cotija cheese and drizzled over with crema. Your choice of roja or verde salsa. Gluten free.
  • Enchiladas Camarones — $28.00
    Three handmade corn tortillas filled with Jack cheese and shrimp. Topped with avocado, crema and salsa roja or verde. Gluten free.
  • Carne Asada — $30.00
    Grilled skirt steak, grilled onions, grilled jalopeño, served with side guacamole, pico de gallo and tortillas.
  • Baja Carnitas — $26.00
    Crispy pork, served with pickled red onions, cilantro rice and norteño beans, salsa roja and tortillas.
  • Shrimp La Playita — $29.00
    Jumbo shrimp sauteed with fresh garlic, Serrano peppers, cherry tomatoes and onions.
  • Grilled Branzino — $31.00
    Butterflied and de-boned fish, grilled, served with side salsa roja and side cilantro pesto and served with choice of tortillas.
  • Prima Burrito — $15.00
    Filled with rice, norteño beans, lettuce, guacamole and Jack cheese. Served with side of salsa of your choice.
  • Shrimp Mojo De Ajo — $30.00
    Lemon butter, garlic, white wine sauce , with shrimp served with our cilantro Rice and seasonal vegetables.. served with side flour tortillas
  • Pescado Veracru — $31.00
    Mahi Mahi filet sauteed with bell peppers, onions. olives, chopped tomatoes and oregano served with cilantro Rice and Tortillas

Desserts

  • Flan — $10.00
    Flan
  • Tres Leches Cake — $10.00
    Tres Leches Cake

Los Niños

  • Kids Quesadilla — $13.00
    Jack cheese, rice and beans. For ages 12 and under.
  • Kids Grilled Taco — $13.00
    Choice of chicken or shrimp. Rice and beans. For ages 12 and under.