Cactus Cantina

First of all, the employees I interacted with were very kind. I called to make an order and asked if they had a kids menu (they don't). The gentleman I spoke with said they can whip up a quesadilla for my kid, and I continued to order something else for lunch. The food was very good and the to-go service was wonderful. Looking forward to eating there again.

Love this place! I've never had a bad meal here and my order has never been wrong! I honestly have never had refried beans that I liked, but their refried beans are delicious! Try the burrito especiale or burrito al pastor. You won't be disappointed. The shrimp quesadilla and fajitas are great choices too! Parking is limited out front, but there is ample parking in the surrounding area.

Parking was easy for us, plenty of street parking in the city at that time. This is a small restaurant in downtown Wilmington that has been around forever. They're only open for lunch (11am-3pm M-Sat), and it's jamming pretty much the whole time. The restaurant is no frills, we had to shim our table so it stopped rocking. They had quite a few tables jammed in there, with a small bar you could sit at as well. Service was good, we got our food in a reasonable amount of time. I ordered water, cool, refreshing. I didn't see any alcohol options on the menu. I did see all kinds of drinks in a menu I saw online. Chips & Salsa!!! Chips...nothing special here, probably store bought, serviceable, tasted like they were going to get stale in the next couple days. Salsa...chunky texture, cool, all of the ingredients tasted fresh, and had a little spicy kick to it. I really enjoyed this particular salsa, and would put it up in the top 3rd of what I've tried out there. The creamy red salsa had a smokey flavor going on with a slight pinch of heat to it. I stuck to the chunky salsa. I need cilantro to live. We ordered the taquitos to share with the table. They came out split in half, 8 total pieces, served with guac, sour cream, and pico. They were fried perfectly, the chicken was still moist inside, but didn't wow me. I'd say they were definitely better than average. The pico was excellent, fresh chopped ingredients. I didn't try the guac, it didn't make me want to honestly. Sour cream was firm, perfect for flautas. I ordered the verde enchiladas choosing pastor as my meat. I feel like I ordered wrong because these things weren't edible for me. I ate 1 and done. The meat was incredibly salty, like, I can still taste that salt right now. The verde sauce was green baby dookie colored, all mighty tang fest, and the enchiladas had a few pieces of shredded cheese melted on top. This dish rivals the worst of the worst I've had. Beans...creamy texture, no weird taste, excellent refried beans. Rice...sticky, almost dry, good flavors in there though. Mix with the beans, really good. Everyone in my group enjoyed their food. The pictures turned out great. I bought a little light...lol