Food was excellent. The enchilada was incredibly sublime, but just the right amount of cheese. Chips were light and crispy not too heavy The black beans were actually perfect Service was to be desirable a little slow on the waiter taking an order and then also the food coming out was a little bit slow and they were not that busy read more

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After a fiercely competitive middle-aged adult kickball game, our crew ambled into this little Mexican joint with a kickball-sized appetite. We were originally hoping to score a table outside so the "essence of our athletic auras" wouldn't offend the general public, but the patio was packed, so we abided and took the indoor seating. ​We were a semi-sizable lineup of about 10 to 12 deep. Our server was incredibly friendly, but it was only her third day on the job, so we willingly cut her some slack. It did take about five innings to get my jalapeño margarita, but when it finally arrived, it absolutely hit the spot--perfect balance of heat and refreshing. ​After mowing down roughly 10 rounds of chips and salsa across the table, we moved into the late-lunch innings of the meal. I ordered the lunch chimichanga, which came paired with cilantro rice and refried beans. Flavor-wise, it was pretty tasty, but it definitely leaned more "burrito" than "chimi"--any crispiness it started with must have melted on the journey from the kitchen to the table. ​On the bright side, one of our teammates ordered the fish tacos, which looked incredible. But for me, the real MVP of the table was the guacamole. It looked like it stepped straight out of a high-end, all-inclusive resort--beautifully presented, colorfully topped, and bursting with bright, fresh flavor. ​Great spot for a post-game huddle, even if the kitchen pace was a bit of a slow burn. read more

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It's ok... service needs work. Food is meh. Food was definitely better than the service. Queso is thiiiick. Not bad tasting though. Just thick. read more

Food - pretty good. Service - good. Ambience- quiet in mid afternoon on a weekday. First time here on 7/22/25. Nice lunch portion for a lot of menu items. I had to try the steak and goat cheese enchilada, served with rice and Rf.beans. Enchilada was tasty, good flavor and spice Steak was thinly cut and infused well with the goat cheese. Rf beans were ok, hot. And tasty Rice was sub par, white, a few bits o cilantro, no taste. ( maybe that's intended? ) Hot sauce on the table is pepper jack's brand, so maybe same company??? Pj sauce with the rice, interesting combo I made, not quite sure what could awaken the rice properly though. read more

Cactus Grill - Lunch enchilada, steak and goat cheese, rice and rf.beans crispy chips and good salsa too. - Mexican Near Me - Leawood, Kansas

This Cactus Grill location has been around for a LONG time and when I rolled in for lunch with some old friends it really hit me that I hadn't been here since probably high school. That being said, I really had no baseline and no memory of what it was like so I went in with an open mind. Yelp reviews here are all over the place, and it's a local tex mex chain so I felt like the experience could be really just about anything. That being said, I was really happy with my lunch visit! I had a lunch combo of a taco and an enchilada and it hit the spot. The food was hot, tasted great, and came out in a reasonable amount of time. The service was also really friendly and prompt. I wasn't so blown away by the food that I'm craving it now, but would I go back for lunch again soon? Absolutely. Definitely really good tex mex, and reasonable prices for a sit down place. read more

Cactus Grill - Mexican Near Me - Leawood, Kansas

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First the host at 4 pm had no energy or personality. He put us in the bar area. I NEVER had the worse tasting or foul smelling ice tea in my life. It had a sewer odor. I told the bartender/server and he said, "I'll get it from another station." WHAT? Our menus weŕe full of dried salsa. Should have left then. Cactus Grill is not Jose Peppers. They basically have similar menus but items do not taste nearly the same. Neither of us enjoyed our meal. The initial smell and we wondered how something so smelly bad was even there set the tone. Should have left then. Will not return. read more

The food was delicious. The menu looks like it has been revamped. We hadn't eaten there in a while because it just had gotten ho hum The downside of the experience is that I was on hold for 17 minutes, waiting for someone to take a carry out of order. I attempted to place the order online but needed to make a change in one of the items and the change was not available in the options. When I pointed out to the person who finally answered the phone that I have been waiting 17 minutes, she didn't even seem to care. Thankfully, the order was correct when we received it. read more

This is a long-standing restaurant that I have always felt was just OK. The bacon wrapped shrimp was amazing. The chips seemed a little stale and I never really like having that basket chips with the two small salsa on each side. They're too small and you end up spilling it everywhere. The queso was pretty good. We had the steak fajita nachos and the steak seemed kind of like ground beef or roast beef. read more

The food was solid. The chips were next-level--crispy, thin, and perfectly salty. The fajita steak was so tender it made me forget chicken even exists (and I always go for the chicken). L scored big with the steak fajita burrito--total jackpot. The beans... not so much. Runny and a little sad. Maybe just an off-bean day. Service was good in the beginning, but we waited forever for our check. Still, for a first visit, we enjoyed and we'll be back for round two. read more

We tried a new item, bbq bacon shrimp quesadilla and it was so salty we couldn't eat all of a single slice. This wasn't a preference of a little too much, it was so much it burned your mouth. Although we noted this and had only tried one of the four slices there was no offer from the server to replace it or remove it from our ticket. It was very disappointing. read more

I was THRILLED when the new Cactus Grill location opened in Lenexa, as it's close to my house, but sadly it left the original CG in the dust. I went to lunch at the Leawood location late one afternoon and left disappointed. It took so long time to be greeted at the door we wondered if they were closed. We saw people eating at a few booths so we stuck it out and waited. Once seated we met our server. I won't say he was rude, but he was not friendly-at-all. He never said hello, thank you, or even smiled. I know he had the capability of smiling because I saw him laughing with a coworker. Our food took an unusually long amount of time considering how empty the restaurant was, but I was excited to eat my favorite item on the menu....in my estimation it would be worth the wait. It was not. The crab and shrimp enchiladas I have grown to love at the Lenexa location were honestly disgusting at this restaurant. The shrimp was "shrimpy" and seemed a little undercooked. I didn't eat them. The enchilada itself was swimming in grease. It was all very unappetizing. Thankfully Cactus Grill has incredible chips and salsa and a dynamite Jalapeño margarita that saved the day. After this visit I think I will stick to the newer shinier location instead. read more

Cactus Grill - Crab and Shrimp Enchiladas - Mexican Near Me - Leawood, Kansas

This evening between 6pm and 7:15pm, five of us had dinner at the Leawood location and the Margaritas and dinner were excellent, especially the bacon wrapped shrimp, cheese enchiladas and the fish tacos. We were seated at table 23 and Lillian took great care of us. She was professional, prompt and most knowledgeable with the menu. Lillian's table side presence was both warm, congenial and her steps of service were considerably detailed...Five stars all the way. We will certainly be back for sure! Thanks again, JC. read more

Great food and service. Good quality and quantity. Ambience is very casual which I like. Drinks were ok for the price. read more

Cactus Grill - Veggie fajita - Mexican Near Me - Leawood, Kansas

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Ordered Steak Quesadillas on Mother's Day (5/10/26) and have had food poisoning symptoms for the past 24+ hours. Do not trust this establishment. The quesadillas weren't even good. read more

Went here a year ago and it was amazing, the same goes for now. The Guac is delicious and so is the tacos! Service was great too, will be coming back. read more

Cactus Grill - Guacamole Dip - Mexican Near Me - Leawood, Kansas

We stopped by Catcus Grill for Mothers Day and enjoyed a nice family meal. They had great portions of food for adults and kids. I ordered the fish tacos, fajitas, and three kids' meals. We liked all the food. I do wish the fish tacos just had more flavor. It was missing some kinda sauce that would have made it really pop. The presentation of the plates was excellent. Service was also very good. This place is worth a try. read more

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We came here after the restaurant we were going to had a super long wait and they don't take reservations. This place is nice. Wasn't super busy. Our waitstaff was nice. The issue was being that they weren't busy, service was slow slow slow. Our food was OK. Tex Mex type. We've had better and worse. We probably won't be back but their crowd seemed consistent, with people coming in and out. read more

I love the Cactus Grill Leawood location, but about two weeks ago I had an uncomfortable experience. I noticed the manager angrily raise her voice at a younger female employee after they accidentally bumped into each other. The situation made me feel uneasy while trying to enjoy my meal. Because of this, I think I'll visit a different location next time I'm craving Cactus Grill. read more

I love the Cactus Grill Leawood location, but about two weeks ago I had an uncomfortable experience. I noticed the manager angrily raise her voice at a younger female employee after they accidentally bumped into each other. The situation made me feel uneasy while trying to enjoy my meal. Because of this, I think I'll visit a different location next time I'm craving Cactus Grill. read more

Extremely happy with this restaurant. The food quality is high and a very robust menu. Everyone is friendly and they have extra large booths for 4-6 people! Enough food for take home left overs. They also have a discount for veterans. read more

Cactus Grill - Chicken chimichanga - Mexican Near Me - Leawood, Kansas

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Party of 5 gals. I couldn't control my obsession with free tortilla chips (Yikes!) FUEL after overconsumption of chips I ordered avocado toast. Surprised they now have brunch items. ATMOSPHERE typical chain restaurant with Tex Mex flair. SERVICE awkward waiter vibe, food arrived quickly. Finally, this chain restaurant was satisfactory. Recommended for regular schmegular folks. read more

Cactus Grill - Avocado toast - Mexican Near Me - Leawood, Kansas

Great service but not one TV is on! It's a Saturday night and Royals vs Cards are playing. Restaurants next door have it on!!!!! Not a great vibe read more

Cactus Grill - Mexican Near Me - Leawood, Kansas

All my stars are for the service. We had a great server, according to our receipt, her name was Lexa. We were there with a friend who sometimes is a little high maintenance at restaurants and our server was very polite during her little bouts of "weirdness". Teehee. She ordered steak quesadilla, I ordered Angus Skirt Steak, Mom ordered Cripsy Shrimp Tacos. The chips and salsa was yummy while we waited. The food didn't take very long considering they were pretty busy and were pumping out tons of take out orders. The quesadilla looked great, but I think the quesadilla was the only thing that really got eaten. My skirt steak was almost more like a slimy pot roast that maybe got grilled a bit. The meaty texture was cooked out of it and it was just buried in toppings that were way too much. Honestly everything on the plate was buried in something to the point of being unidentifiable. I took a big bite of the rice and was so disappointed that all it tasted like is curry. The corn was ruined, over cooked just mushy buried under toppings. The ranchero type beans were very tasty but buried in pico de gallo. It was just all kind of overcooked and over dressed. Mom didn't really care for her shrimp tacos. She probably should have ordered things on the side like the sauce. We did all kind of pick through and eat the shrimp. The batter was not great. We just kind of left half-ful plates of food. The place seems popular enough that we just must not have what it takes to like it or we ordered wrong or something. read more

Overall, this is a solid place to eat. Some of the perks include a good happy hour, with $3 for any beer, cocktails $6-7.50, and apps for $8. The complimentary chips and salsa were great, and the quality of the food was good. On the night I went, I sat at the bar, and food service was a little slow. Perhaps that'd be better at a table, but we'd inhaled 2.5 baskets of chips before the food arrived, and a neighboring table got their food well before us. The vibes are not very trendy or unique, but it is definitely family-friendly and clean. Prices are about average for these days. I paid $16 for my entree and my sister paid $14. Would recommend, but it isn't a new favorite. read more

Cactus Grill - Bar Seating - Mexican Near Me - Leawood, Kansas

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Food: If you haven't tried the fried ice cream, you need to try it. I devoured it! Service: The service was superb! I must say that I haven't seen a manager that's as friendly as Trent. The bartenders/servers, Jackson and Ty was friendly and attentive. The drinks were good. I like Margaritas without lime, but Grand Marnier or an Orange Liqueur instead. It was the Perfect Margarita to me. Ambiance: Cactus Grill is a very casual and friendly environment read more

Cactus Grill - Fried Ice Cream - Mexican Near Me - Leawood, Kansas

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I used to love this place a handful of years ago, but it has really gone downhill. They changed their menu and it is much more limited now, and got rid of a couple of my favorite items. We dined on a Monday night, and it wasn't very busy, yet they sat us at a clearly dirty table with broken chips all over the booth. Instead of acknowledging it when seating us, we went to the bathroom to get a paper towel and wipe it off ourselves.. super disappointing. Then I got my meal and the outside of the bowl was also very dirty with dried food smeared on the outside of the bowl- who knows if the inside was clean before they put my food in it. Also, my entree was supposed to have avocado, and it did not. I won't come back. read more

Got to have lunch with my husband and I picked Cactus Grill because it was close to where I was at the time. Wow! Service was great and my husband's chicken sandwich was, in his words, "Maybe the best chicken sandwich I have ever had." Thanks for the awesome lunch Cactus Grill! read more

The food was okay the best thing about it was the appetizer(steak pinwheels) my girlfriend got the steak fajita burrito and the veggies were not distributed evenly at all. The onions were only on one side, and the steak had no flavor and very dry. The waitress we had was not very enthusiastic, vacant a lot of the time, very forgetful. The restaurant is nice and clean other than chips on the floor. read more

The food was amazing! Fresh tasting salsa with warm, thin chips or deliciously seasoned chicharonnes if you are watching carbs. That was awesome to be able to enjoy an app with my husband without overdoing it with the carbs! My husband got the lunch chimichanga and subbed the chicken for ground beef. He said it was delicious. I had a bed of lettuce with ground beef and grilled veggies. The beef was seasoned perfectly. It was so good! Our service was mediocre, especially considering it was lunch time and not too busy. read more

Cactus Grill - Lunch chimichanga meal and customized taco salad - Mexican Near Me - Leawood, Kansas

Enjoyed my visit to Cactus Grill. The chips and salsa were 10/10. I ordered a Burrito Bowl without cheese and sour cream and appreciate this option as it's easily modified to be vegan. It was both tasty and a generous portion. I also ordered a Tequila Sangria that was delicious. We sat at the bar but there's also outdoor seating. I think there could be some improvements to the vibe but it's not bad. I'll be revisiting. read more

Cactus Grill - Burrito Bowl without cheese and sour cream - Mexican Near Me - Leawood, Kansas

Server His name is Colby, like the cheese. Lol Ambiance It's a kansas style tex mex... weird compared to what we're used to. Lots of peppers Food The flautas have a Jalapeño cream sauce she didn't like, the same with the stret corn. The chicken sandwich was good. It had a good mesquite flavor. The accompanying waffle cut fries were seasoned well. Overall Overall This place is NOT up our alley. Has more of a new Mexico, Arizona flavor to me, while not at all respecting the Mexican heritage flavors its borrowing from. Military Yes read more

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I am not sure what any bad reviews could be, their other chain is Jose peppers and both are very similar menus. We have gone probably monthly for 15 years. It's texmex not traditional Mexican food. It's reasonably priced, the best chips and salsa, all their salads are so fresh. It's great. Margaritas could be better. They need a homemade mix read more

Disgusting! I had such a horrible experience that I had to share. While having lunch today, we were constantly battling fruit flies or gnats while we ate. We finally realized they were on the wall next to our booth. I called the server Karen to our table to complained about it and showed her they were on the wall and our food/drinks. I told her we couldn't eat anymore and wanted to leave. She didn't apologize or even compensate us for the drinks or food we couldn't eat. I STRONGLY do not recommend this place. read more

Cactus Grill - Insects (Fruit flies/gnats) - Mexican Near Me - Leawood, Kansas

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Food is good, service is prompt and friendly, and the restaurant is well decorated and always full of good smells and happy customers. Margaritas are great too! read more

Service was top notch. We visited at random in the middle of the afternoon visiting from MN. We sat at the bar, had drinks and an appetizer which they made sure we had plenty. I would recommend as a casual stop in. I had no expectations so 5 * read more

This is one story that has to be told given the fact that I have been going to Cactus Grill at 119th row for 13 years I took my dad there for a late lunch early dinner. we both had one taco each with the side of beans to share and we ordered a side of masa. Everything seems to be going fine until the meal took about 25 minutes for two tacos and no one seemed to be concerned about that fair enough. The meal came we ate the girl who brought the meal was different from who took the order. I asked her for spoons for the beans And she came back with two plastic spoons. Seriously, two plastic spoons. I asked her if she could please bring real silverware and she explained to me that we would have to get a whole new roll up and I said well when we got this roll up we didn't have spoons so can you please just go get two spoons. She was very confused and finally figured out what to do and she got us two spoons so I then asked her if she could please bring us extra salsa back, along with extra hot salsa. That seemed to be a big task as she ran away from the table before I was even finished speaking. I finally said to her don't worry it seems like you're really busy. There was no one else in the restaurant. Bottom line is we did get real spoons and at the end of the day the server never came back to present a check. I was still standing at the host desk waiting for my check when they were cleaning up the table that we ate at And someone finally came up. I told them what happened and they said we'll pay for it. That's not the point the point is is that it was absolutely horrible service and I won't go back . I've been going there for 13 years, but I won't go back. The food was subpar to say the least - not like it used to be and the service was absolutely horrible. read more

While not terribly memorable, Cactus Grill has always hit the spot. I've ordered both the veggie quesadilla and the shrimp enchiladas. I liked both, but they were so heavy I left feeling rather lethargic. Maybe it was all of the chips and queso beforehand. I would recommend going here if you're super hungry, but it's likely that I'll go for something a little lighter next time! read more

Cactus Grill - Mexican Near Me - Leawood, Kansas

I was looking for Mexican food out in Leawood and went on Yelp. I was in the same parking lot. I eat at Jose Peppers a lot, so Cactus Grill. I was impressed and appreciated the differences in the menu of Jose Peppers, but a few things different. I had a bowl, and it was delicious. It tasted good. It was served warm, with no complaints at all. It wasn't packed, but it was the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. The chips are my favorite, thin and crispy. But of course I got the white conqueso, are you kidding? That's one of my favorites. And the burrito bowl was really good as well. I'll eat there again when I'm out that way. I have no complaints at all. read more

Cactus Grill - Mexican Near Me - Leawood, Kansas

Good grub today! They changed up their menu and took a couple things off that we have always liked. But the food was still yum. The service was great. And the ticket times were timely as well. Really good Mexican spot on 119th street. read more

Cactus Grill - Mexican Near Me - Leawood, Kansas

Cactus Grill is very consistent. Mexican food that is more American style. But always very good. They brings all the chips and salsa you want. If you watch the Valpak, there's frequently a coupon (actually several on the page) for free espinanca or queso dip. Yum. Gotta save room for the entree. The service is always spot on. They do call aheads which is very convenient although it isn't always necessary. Casual. read more