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    Cactus Restaurant & Bar

    3.2 (376 reviews)
    ModerateBars, Tex-Mex
    Closed 4:00 pm - 2:00 am (Next day)
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups

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    Dejah D.

    Solely here to compliment our server Emily as she was the highlight of my visit. My mom and I were outside looking at the menu and the young lady met us at the door to welcome us in but to also give us a heads up that they weren't serving food off of their traditional menu, but rather their sister store next door. I had made up my mind at that point and thought to myself that I would rather eat somewhere else because I'm really not a bar food kind of girl but she suggested we try the $10 margarita pitcher and that's all she needed to say--can't beat that lol!. My mom ordered the mushroom quesadilla, which in my opinion was not the best--Could've probably benefited from some pico, guac and sour cream, but it was literally just cheese, mushrooms and a tortilla lol. Anywho, Emily had such nice conversation and really good taste in music that it made our visit a vibe overall. No traffic whatsoever as we visited here on a Monday which in my opinion everything in Manayunk is either closed or dead on a Monday so if that's your style then hey go for it but I think I'd rather come back when it's more scenic and people are actually out having fun. Sidebar for my Yelpers, I checked into this place and got a free appetizer with my purchase--Thanks Emily and Cactus Cantina!!

    Little bits of fried fish, a few shreds of lettuce and cold cheese. Not great.

    Terrible service with barely anyone in the place. Bartender wasn't friendly and seemed all over the place. Food was just really sad. Poor excuse for a taco and the rice in the burrito was extremely hard. Drinks were weak and did not taste good. Super weird environment and staff members. Ran outta there ha never again.

    $5 Margaritas

    Great drinks and aaammmmmaaazzzinggg drinks. Come on Tuesdays for $5 margaritas and $3 tacos.

    Fia M.

    Food is so bad. If I were you I would not order the food, not authentic and honestly Taco Bell does a better job than this place, sad to say. Food was bland, sloppy and bad quality. This place has a good location for people watching..... and that's about it.

    Nachos w/ amazing homemade pulled pork, queso was unbelievable

    I came for the pulled pork and stayed for the nachos, margs, and good vibes. I have gone before and the food was good, but the pork is really something! Sometimes they are out of it, so we lucked out. it is a local Manayunk secret that the food here is pretty darn good, for a cheap, Americanized Mexican joint! Ate here on a random Wednesday about two weeks ago on a friend's recommendation - ordered pulled pork nachos, a burrito, and a margarita pitcher - it absolutely hit the spot. Sarah, bartender, very attentive and cool - conversation was great with quick service. Food stuck out to me - fresh tortilla chips smothered with cheese, and with all of the condiments/garnishes clearly fresh. Pico/guac is homemade. Compliments to the kitchen staff.

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    Amazing drinks and service!! Staff is very friendly and the atmosphere is so lit! They always play the best music

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    Marie is awesome !!! Amazing service . Quick service , great personality . Fast experience, you should come here . Great atmosphere !!!

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    The bartenders were very nice and we enjoyed ourselves playing trivia. The food was also good I mean who could beat $.35 wings!!

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    Banana margaritas and good vibes. good music, good people, good times. would come again.

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    Food was actually terrible. The service was okay but super slow. And the atmosphere was bad and dirty.

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    Sophia is the best bartender, she really makes sure we are good and tended to! It's definitely one to go to in manayunk!

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    Ethan and Steve were great bartenders! Had a great time on St.Pattys Day with them! 10 out of 10 experience!

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    This place is cool! It's a great place for a date. Service is very friendly and great music. The food is good and the drinks are cold!

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    Good drinks. They turned down music volume when it was clear that it was too loud! Will definitely come back again. I recommend,

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    Kevin is great. I love the service and food was amazing. The prices were very reasonable.

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    2 years ago

    Excellent service, even better margaritas!! come to Cactus you won't be disappointed.

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    3 years ago

    The only reason I'm commenting is because of vienna and Julia there the best bartenders around

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    Great great notches. They were so good. My daughter was pregnant 40 weeks and she just loves nachos…read morethe same as I do what better item to eat while you're pregnant.. great service from the server very friendly the atmosphere it's not the first time I've been to this place. It's where we also had My Daughter college graduation party and it was like a party of 12 or 15. Such a great time at this place always every time we go they really do take care of you. They have a large menu you name it and I think they have it same thing with alcohol beverages I think I believe I had a margarita delicious. They have vegan dishes as well as gluten-free..

    The Good, the Bad, the ok and the Ugly. Good: came on a…read morebusy Saturday night and were sat right away in our choice of an outdoor table. I love that they have tvs outside and picnics benches, my kind of place. My mojito was so freaking good and if I just went for drinks they would probably get 5 stars. That's not the case. The Bad: We waited awhile for our food but no big because it's crowded. The nachos came without the pulled pork and were so so salty but lacking cheese and everything else. She did end up giving us the pulled pork on the side. The ok: our shrimp tacos were ok just seemed like shrimp and sauce in a tortilla but the flavor was good. Bbq platter was ok, e liked the bbq sauce and hot sauce choices. The ugly: after waiting awhile for our food to come out it was cold, the rice, the refried beans and the baked beans for the bbq were all cold not even a little warm. Our waitress was busy and hard to catch so we just left it. Ate what we wanted and left, they include 20% gratuity in the check. I'd go back because I like the vibe a lot just things were a miss tonight.

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    Best tacos I've had on the east coast. They chop the barbacoa right on to your taco in front of…read moreyou. The bar has a fantastic variety of tangy, spicy, bright toppings and salsas to make your taco your own. My favorite is always the reddish orange salsa and this one tastes just like the taco places back in Texas. The tacos are hefty, so that makes up for the slightly higher than average price. They didn't have jamaica when I went so they subbed in mango juice and it was incredible, my new go-to. Service is friendly, fast and there's plenty of seating and a nice outdoor space.

    no photo added here because i was too hangry to pull out my phone to take some pictures…read more parking: hard to find, and yup, you have to parallel park most of the time in philly. service: rushed and untimely. the lady who took our order tried really hard to upsell most of everything. we got the consomme which is supposed to dip your tacos in, but it got to our table way later that we finished half of our meal by that time. food: the meat was pretty good, the rest is mid, especially the guac, no flavor at all. the consomme that lady wanted to upsell us tasted horrible and way too watery. i thought it should have been denser. there's a self-served station for you to add sauce and veggies. the horcharta was not my favorite. cash only so please come prepared. i'm not a fan of this place but my bf liked it. i'm on the fence of coming back.

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    So my date arrives to the SRT kind of late but not really, he just seems late because I'm already…read moretoo hungry to hang on the trail any longer. I was even getting too hungry to be able to make a decision. After he offers to help me by making a decision, I decide we will go to blue corn. He informs me of a large snapping turtle he saw on his way to me. We head back, she has now gathered a concerned posse,, everyone trying to figure out how involved to get. I look at my date who is already googling "how to pick up snapper turtle". I laugh and look back up to see that he has pretty much handled it, people clap for him, and we are back on our way to the italian market. We sit outside because it's the only option, and I am overwhelmed because its all babies yelling, plates clanking, cars passing, pedestrians walking. I usually don't like eating outside, but sometimes that's the music and you blink through it and you're good. So the first thing we order is the Ofrenda De Los Dioses. It comes to us quickly and smothered in a vibrant green sauce. I watch my date pick up his fork and knife, but I'm still looking through the menu for what else I want, and I am an only child so I don't want him to eat without me. This was my favorite thing we ate, but I do not have a photo of it because my date brought out the neurosis in me and everything went white. But I suggest you eat this too. I ordered a classic margarita , and it came in a glass that made me feel like I was the most interesting person on the block and it was my birthday. I ordered tinga sopecitos and our charismatic server suggested I could just get one of each. Everyone who works here is really great at talking about the food they serve, and I have a lot of admiration for this. I enjoyed listening to the staff talk to other tables about all kinds of stuff on the menu. My date ordered the Blue tacos, they come out looking beautiful, and he's clearly enjoying them when he realizes he never washed his hands after picking up his lady turtle friend. We laugh, he continues to eat his food,, I continue to hold his hand. One thing I love about blue corn is that they really let flavors breathe. Nothing is overly salty or drenched in any one flavor. Sometimes I find chorizo a bit indulgent , where I can only have it in small amounts, but the chorizo sopecito was my favorite. You can taste everything you're eating, and I think this simplicity lends itself very well to dishes that center good corn and herbs. We basically lick our plates and our server asks if we want dessert and my date says no. Red flag I know. He didn't know that I decided we were having dessert like 45 minutes ago when I watched a few cheeky sweets go to a table behind him. I order myself a flan and cafe de olla. I will not share. The cafe tastes like sitting at the kitchen table with whichever guru you love the most. The flan was adorned with strawberries and my date's spoon, and of course when I ask what his favorite thing was he says the flan he politely declined at first. Later he says something about sometimes the thing you don't want is the thing you need. So true.

    Visited this restaurant on cinco de Mayo 2026. The weather was beautiful we dined outside for…read morelunch. We ordered their 3 specials menus for the day. We had the ceviche along with 3 huge oysters. Both the ceviche and oysters were fresh. Next we had the soft shell crab on blue corn tortillas. Our next meal was shrimp, beef, chicken, sausage, cactus leaves along with 4 different kinds of tortillas. The service was excellent.

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