Cactus Taverna

DO NOT TRUST THE MENU! MAJOR RED FLAG FOR THOSE WITH CELIAC DISEASE AND GLUTEN FREE. The menu has red stars next to some dishes and at the bottom of the menu it says "Contains Gluten". The problem is there are many more items that should have red stars next to them. See the photo from the kids selection, all those items have gluten. Then the second page has no stars. Other than that the food was great!! I asked the waitress to confirm with the chef if the dish I ordered was gluten-free and she did.

Absolutely delicious, Crystal was very attentive and kind. Hannah was also gracious 💜 I ordered the salmon and broccoli, shots and soda 😅…good food, good people, and absolutely stunning environment. Oh and the saxophone 🎷 player really added to the ambiance of the place 😊

We've never had a bad meal or service. We can always rely on Cactus Taverna to be consistent in their quality. A wonderful place to go to celebrate or enjoy a nice meal. **Here I am with an update. I've been several times since my last review and my opinion is still the same. Tonight we had the Valentine's special and chose stuffed shrimp, stuffed grouper, Filet with crab, and reese's Smith Island cake. We absolutely love Cactus Taverna and are never disappointed with the staff or food. Another wonderfully special meal 💗

We were immediately greeted and immediately seated. Our server, Sarah was awesome! She is very pleasant and attentive. She explained all of the special appetizers and entrees. The food here is very good and the portions are just right. For entrees we had Mariacos Saltados and Blackened Salmon with Shrimp and Scallops. We are asked for bread and butter and water with lemon and no ice. Everything was delicious, filling, and we had a great experience.

My wife and I wanted to try this place because of the good reviews but we should have checked the bad reviews, since they are all spot on. You get free chips and salsa at the table. Not much salsa and the chips are really bland with no salt. You will find that bland is a common theme here. Plaza Tapatia or La Tolteca offer better chips, better sauce, and more of both. We had shrimp and crab dip as an apetizer and this was pretty decent. Nothing to brag about, but decent. I ordered the surf and turf. This turns out to be a small cut of steak with crab imperial on it and 4 regular shrimp. The texture of the steak was off. It did not taste like a real steak, but more like if the hospital served you a steak. Or maybe Denny's steak. The whole thing had the taste of a meal that had been cook