Iron Cactus Mexican Restaurant and Margarita Bar

Reviews

• GL

  Gloria Lebron

  Jan 2, 2026
  5.0
  Comida muy buen sabor mejicana económico y buen servicio platos con gusto de mirar y disgustar
• AM

  Aaron Mishler

  Jan 1, 2026
  4.0
  Doesn't look like much on the outside but inside the restaurant is very nice. Excellent food. The guacamole made table side was very tasty.
• LL

  Lily

  Dec 29, 2025
  1.0
  Visited with family looking for a fun meal. Ordered the Tortilla Soup and found some kind of roach in my soup- absolutely disgusting. Waited probably over ten minutes for server to check back to inform about the bug, was told that they would grab the manager to talk to us, twice, and no one ever came. Service was frankly rude and lazy, restaurant is DIRTY. Do not come here if you want to keep your appetite 😊
• SN

  Susy Neri

  Dec 29, 2025
  5.0
  Muy rico y excelente atencion de nuestro mesero ! Volveremos Atentos con mi baby
• KP

  Khadijah Pierce

  Nov 24, 2025
  1.0
  Our overall experience at the restaurant was very…interesting to say the least. We stopped here because we just toured a nearby attraction and all like Mexican food. Firstly, all of the food was incredibly overpriced. The only things that were priced decently were burgers and sandwiches(American)! My friend and myself decided to try the Stuffed Iron Iron burger. When our burgers arrived, they were basically medium rare. I took a few bites and felt as though it was too pink for my liking. My friend agreed so we sent them back. Upon returning, the burgers were still JUST as pink, but now burnt on each side. We still weren’t comfortable eating them and asked to send them back and that we would just share a chicken sandwich. At this point, we were just ready to leave because we had been there for a decent amount of time. At no point during this time had the manager come over to us and apologize for the food, or check how our food came out the second time. This was odd to us, as most of the time, the manager will introduce themselves and say to let them know if there are any more issues. This, however, made sense when the first interaction we had with the manager was him coming and asking if we were OK because we were laughing about how odd the whole situation was. After we couldn’t really say much, the manager loudly said “Jesus” and walked away. This not only made us feel uncomfortable, but also was very odd. When did it become a crime to laugh with your friends? A few minutes later, the manager came back and said something along the lines of “Let’s quiet down. Yeah, let’s do that.” It was incredibly rude and unprofessional. I’ve never had a manager be so upset about people being loud, especially when they just complained about the quality of the food. You would think that you would want them to have a good rest of the experience so that they don’t leave a bad review about the food. The one positive, is that our waitress was pretty nice and did the best at recommending places in Austin to visit. She also removed the two burgers from the check. She’s the only reason that service got any stars at all. Needless to say, I would not recommend this restaurant because the food quality is not worth the money, might not be cooked, and if you complain, you might receive rudeness from the manager. It is surrounded by many other food options and it definitely is not your go to Mexican restaurant if you’re looking for that as a food option.

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