Cactus Taverna

Hooyah !!! ....THIS IS A RESTAURANT!!! If the Spartans stopped here, that's what they would say... I'm on this med journey, and yet Agian, you didn't disappoint. This was the only restaurant that I would have given it a perfect score and then two michillen stars . The food was confort food with great wine spices and the Chai tea was to die for the customers service was very quick and the wait time for food was very short ...I don't mean very short. The lamb shank was falling off the bone, and i had to go get a ladder. On how much the meat fallening off the bone the atmosphere was cozy and friendly. The desserts were made fresh, and the wine and dark whiskey was "the lotus of the orient." It's a great mix of European Spain dishes with Mediterranean dishes ...overall. Good job, guys Vets are welcome, and please make sure you bring money to this restaurant... lots of it !!!! Mashallah !!!!

The manager/owner worked the dinner tables making you feel like family. Very positive atmosphere and the food was great. Service was great. When the owner brought out the wine bag and squirted a wine shot in your mouth was really Kool. The saxophone player was a great touch and he played very well. Please remember to tip!!! We absolutely will be returning for another great experience in dining.

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.

Such great food and what a beautiful atmosphere!!! Decorated wonderfully with amazing music on certain nights!! I definitely can't wait to go when they have live music with belly dancers! Wish it was a once a month event!! The owner Imar comes out and welcomes everyone and is a wonderful host and the staff are so kind and courteous! Favorite restaurant in Salisbury!!????????

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 cooked and frozen, then heated up to serve. That's just a guess. It was edible but not good. The wife tried the lomo saltado. Not sure about spelling. If I were you, I would avoid this one altogether. Bland sauce. Bland veggies. Extra bland beef. Had the taste of something thrown together and not cooked together since the beef had not absorbed any flavor from the sauce. Service and decor are both pretty good. No real problems there, but not good enough to make you want to pay good money for bad food. I like to support local small business but this place should be avoided. Overall 1 star because good decor does not make up for the bad food.