Irazu Costa Rican Restaurant & Catering Menu (Update 2025)

An authentic Costa Rican dish. Your choice of chicken, steak, veggies, skirt steak, or shrimp. Served with Gallo Pinto, sweet plantains and Costa Rican cabbage salad.

Succulent garlic shrimp and sizzling skirt steak. Served with sweet plantains, cabbage salad, and Gallo Pinto.

Succulent garlic shrimp and grilled chicken. Served with sweet plantains, cabbage salad, and Gallo Pinto.

Two tilapia tacos sauteed with veggies, topped with pico de gallo and served with Gallo pinto, cabbage salad, and sweet plantains.

Two tacos with seasonal vegetables flavored passionately with Costa Rican seasoning and accompanied with our homelands Gallo Pinto, cabbage salad, and sweet plantains. Its paradise on earth.

Served with sweet plantains and cabbage salad.

A seafood dish popular throughout Latin America, this satisfying platter consists of long-grain rice cooked in a light tomato base with succulent jumbo shrimp and diced veggies; served with a side of sweet plantains and cabbage salad.

Choice of chicken, steak, skirt steak or vegetarian with sauteed onions, cheese, black beans, and lizano sauce. Served on French bread.

Breaded steak, mayo, lettuce, tomato, avocado, and lizano sauce. Served on French bread.

Baptized after the owners' surname, this Caribbean pork sandwich is Chicago's ultimate sammy with aioli mayo, grilled onions, and a hint of heat. Bar none, an elite porky!

Take the flavor up a notch with this new offering! Juicy chicken breast, fresh avocado, lettuce, tomato and our twist on a chipotle aioli with Salsa Lizano. All of this deliciousness is served on toasted French bread.

Sauted onions, lettuce, tomato, mayo, and Lizano sauce.

Get 3 juicy tacos topped with pico de gallo and cabbage.

Get 3 juicy tacos topped with pico de gallo and cabbage.

Our iconic crushed watermelon juice!

Made with milk, soy milk, or water.

Choose any 2 flavors. Made with milk, soy milk or water.

Love horchata? Love our shakes? Yeah, this is the one!

Are you kidding me?!? This is by far the moistest and most flavorful slice of homemade heaven you'll experience this week!

The best flan in Chicago... guaranteed

Not sure what dessert you'll like the most? Then choose the flight and you'll receive flan, rum cake and the guayaba key lime pie!

All the best that a Costa Rican breakfast has to offer - scrambled eggs, avocado, pico de gallo and Gallo Pinto - wrapped into a flour tortilla.

A Costa Rican staple - rice cooked with scrambled eggs and a dash of black pepper, served with a side of avocado and sweet plantains.

Two over-easy eggs, gallo pinto (rice & beans combo), sweet plantains, toasted French bread and Lizano sauce.

Need some tacos for a group, but asap!? Order this and you'll get a tray of meat that can make more than a dozen tacos, tortillas for all those tacos, and our pico de gallo slaw topping on the side.

Tender white meat chicken cooked in a marinade of tomatoes, garlic, onion, cilantro and Salsa Lizano (serves up to 5 entrees). Served with our special Irazu salsa and corn tortillas.

A dozen of your choice of either chicken, beef and potato, or spinach and cheese. Pair it with some of our savory creamy Irazu salsa!

Perfectly charred outer skirt steak cooked in a savory garlic homemade marinade and topped with caramelized sweet onions (serves up to 5 entrees). Served with our special Irazu salsa and corn tortillas.

Succulent shrimp are sauteed with a seasonal blend of veggies and tropical spices. Serves up to 5 entrees. Served with our special Irazu salsa and corn tortillas.

Reminiscent of our country's divine coastal delicacies, our newest addition to the menu may one day be our most popular item! Easily serves 6 people.

Tender chicken and savory rice cooked in the Costa Rican style of this Latin American soul food staple. Serves up to 5 entrees.

Only the ripest mashed avocados topped with the freshest pico de gallo are used. Comes with plenty of chips! Easily serves 6 people.

Diced veggies and savory rice make this a colorful and hearty addition to any meal. Serves up to 5 entrees.

Seasonal veggies sauteed with Costa Rican seasonings and Salsa Lizano. Completely vegetarian and vegan! Serves up to 5 entrees. Served with our special Irazu salsa and corn tortillas.

An authentic starter to your meal! Fried pork is layered with whole black beans, white rice, pico de gallo, and topped with avocado and Salsa Lizano. Served with chips. Highlighted on the Food Network's "Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives".

Looking for an authentic and hearty side for everyone? This dish combines white rice, black beans, sauteed sweet bell peppers, onion, garlic, cilantro and a myriad of spices. And it's vegetarian (and vegan!). Comfortably serves 8 people.

Seasonal veggies sauteed with Costa Rican seasonings and Salsa Lizano. Completely vegetarian and vegan! Serves up to 5 entrees. Served with our special Irazu salsa and corn tortillas.

Delicious caramelized plantains for your family or small gathering perfectly complement any meal. Comfortably serves 6-8 people.

Got a big group? Just do this for beverages and thank us later ;-)

A seafood dish popular throughout Latin America, this satisfying platter consists of long-grain rice cooked in a light tomato base with succulent jumbo shrimp and diced veggies; served with a side of tortillas and Irazu salsa.

Celebrating a fiesta and want to impress your guests? Add the full rum cake and watch the jaws drop! You can safely assume 12-16 servings.

As a young man, our owner Henry would enjoy Moms cooking served just like this. Portioned as a Casado, the national dish of Costa Rica, the spread includes the following. Gallo Pinto: a perfectly seasoned and savory white rice and black bean blend. Protein of choice flavored with Costa Rican Lizano Salsa. Fresh, healthy, and unique cabbage salad. And no classic meal is complete without caramelized sweet plantains. Now its your turn to share in Henrys experience with your loved ones. Feeds a family of 4-6 people.

Flame on at home for your family or friends on your schedule, not ours. Available frozen for pick up or delivery. Kit comes with cooking instructions and your choice of 12 empanadas. Fire up at your convenience.

Made with fresh pineapple, get your dose of this thirst-quenching and creamy libation and transcend to Manuel Antonio beach in Costa Rica!

Got a big group that needs a unique caffeinated beverage? You know what to do :-)

Our iconic crushed watermelon juice is back for the summer!

There are 8 servings for your party in this iconic shake!