Cactus Taquerias

EHHHHH… It is NOT Henry’s Tacos thats for sure… It was OK… I wouldnt run back anytime soon…

I had the beef burrito with avocados and sour cream. It was delicious! I could have split it with another person, it was so big, but that’s my only complaint. It was $ 8.00. One important issue. It’s cash only. There was an ATM there which would have been helpful, had it been working. Service was great, food was fresh and hot.

I LOVE THIS PLACE!!!
The girls that work here are so awesome!
The food is always fresh and delicious!

Just walked up and while I realize they’re closing, they’re open for another 6 minutes. I asked if I can order 2 fish tacos and she responded «noooo, nothin fried, were about to close» with an abrupt tone, while counting money. I know you want to close and I too work at a food establishment. But a little customer service would suit you well. I could have ordered something else, instead I just left with a bad taste in my mouth. Won’t be coming here in the evening.

First time at Cactus and whoa! It was delicious!!! Definitely will be coming back over and over. The cashier was friendly, my order was ready within a few minutes and the horchata was perfect!
I love that they literally gave me half of an avocado, most places refuse to give you more than a scrape but this place is generous. I recommend this place! Location is #3
AND I don’t know what these negative reviews are talking about, I paid with my card-​no issues!

Ugh I usually love this place but today the only «bacon» in my breakfast burrito was total chunks of fat. Unfortunately I’d already eaten half before I realized it. Now I want to throw up. See photo. Gross.

Not bad food. Good for a late night haunt, or to grab a quick snack. Super small shared parking lot leaves a lot to be desired. (Not much they can really do about that.) May need to find side street parking and walk a block. Bring cash!

extremely basic food at high prices. plain cheese quesadilla was almost $ 7, extremely greasy and small in size. I will probably never go back here again.

For the most part, cactus is great. We love the al pastor burrito and the carne asada burrito. We also recommend getting their guac and chips. But, cactus can be a hit or miss. Sometimes the meat is just dry and really tough to eat. I think it may depend on the time of day you go or something. But when the meat is fresh. We def recommend it.

When finding out that Cactus took the place of Henry’s Tacos, I was very upset. And then I tried a taco.
General: Good location. Good food. Easy and cheap.
Food: One of the best tacos I’ve ever had. Fried shrimp tacos and California burrito are always amazing.
Service: Family owned restaurant whom my family and friends have built a relationship with. They now know our «usual» orders.

Had some tacos here after a late night of comedy shows and hanging out. The tacos were pretty tasty, the chicken was a little bland. The asada were pretty good but the chicken wasn’t too great. Next time I’ll try something different so I could really give this place a good review.

My honest review consists in judging the food and service with that being said. I I’ve tried their quesadillas and tacos and let me tell you that they stand out from the crowd in flavor and the quality if the cheese they use in those flavor packed quesadillas and the taste of their meats is
complains there.
just the cashier happened to be very rude and abnoxious. kept cursing like if no one was around her or could understand
needs to have more mature and respectful people as cashiers.
Do it for the customers. that’s all this establishment needs other than that food here is a go. and will definitely be back for more.

Gross, hate it. Definite portal to hell, with an atm at entrance cuz fuck cash only in 2015 right?
But really as a true Mexican, gross don’t come here. If you are craving a taco out on the streets do to noho.
If you are a white girl coming with ur trending BF come here.

Consistent flavor, inconsistent service, terrible parking lot.
I first fell in love with the Cactus Taqueria empire back in 2010 (at the Hollywood location) when I experienced one of the best quesadillas I had ever consumed at 3am or later. I have been chasing that first peyote high ever since. This Studio City branch (Cactus Taqueria #3), for whatever reason, hasn’t pricked my heart like its predecessor; however, it does serve delicious Mexican eats but not without my gripes:
(1) No salsa bar. You have to use these little cups that spill more liquid than they pour.
(2) Cash only. I just don’t understand how this is still a thing. Kill me.
(3) The parking lot is disturbingly awkward. It shares space with a dive bar and has two spaces that encroach upon the seating area, ATM machine and sidewalk, simultaneously. It may have been designed by M.C. Escher.
Having said all that, I come here often due to its proximity and my laziness, so this is my comfort food and I have grown to love it like I love wearing sandals instead of shoes.

This spot occupies the fabulous Henrys old spot (which moved south a 100ft on tujunga) It is a counter service place, onsite parking. Service was a bit slow but the tacos, rice and beans are very good. for an alternative to Henrys this is ok. but Henrys remains my favorite. cash only

Stephanie at the counter was awesome-​and this place actually serves real guacamole and great food, fresh, clean and prompt service! Thank you Stephanie!

Wonderful salad and veggie burrito! Great place for family fun and great atmosphere!
TV for news and sports you can sit in or outside. Friendly staff!

Hard to find parking but super authentic. The food was super greasy though so I used lots of napkins on our quesadilla.

I don’t understand the hype about this place because the food was extremely greasy. The 2 stars were for the tacos (it was good but you can’t go wrong with tacos) but the quesadilla it was dripping oil and I for one love Mexican food but this place was a no go. Their burrito was amazing… CASH ONLY

Firstly: fresh squeezed O.J. But only when they deem the oranges suitable for juicing. I’ve shown up a few times and they said «oranges were too bitter today». Damn it.
Secondly: breakfast all day. BUT, I don’t like my breakfast burrito with beans and rice and other lunchy dinnery feeling innards. So I just tell them «bacon egg potato and cheese burrito please» and we’re golden. By the way, potato means they throw French fries in it, possibly repurposing day-​old fries but they’re fries so they’ve got that soggy potato’ey flavor and It’s delicious! And their salsa rocks. You do get charged for cheese though which is lame.
Thirdly, tacos are like $ 1.50 or something. Street style. Very good go-​to street taco. I usually get 6 – 7. That’s right I eat like a man you wanna fight about it???
Lastly, CASH ONLY. Don’t rely on the atm next to it as it works about half the time then you’ll be annoyed that you smell the carne asada but have no dinero.

Nobody said Mexican-​American food was healthy, but there’s no reason for it to be disgusting. I’ve had better tacos off the street… off a truck… for $ 3 in Boyle Heights.
I came here because I got suckered into the hype. I ordered the chicken fajitas which turned out to be a plate of overpriced grease with eight sad pieces of dark thigh meat. Its a sad day when you know that McDonald’s could make better guacamole. I *literally* trashed $ 10.
My friend ordered the Carne Asada tacos. I tried the meat which wasn’t bad.
The audacity this place has to charge $ 10 for food thats worth .40 cents, just because they’re located on a corner in Studio City.
God bless my ill friends that love this place. They’re going to need salvation when heart disease kicks in.

I will NEVER visit this location EVER again! The food was good, but the staff were absolutely horrible to me, personally. It was a windy day, I was dining on the patio, and halfway through my meal, a gust of wind blew the rest of my food on the ground. Everyone witnessed this and my fellow customers felt my pain. The staff, however completely refused any type of compensation for my misfortune… and to the outrage of even a few of my fellow diners FINALLY recouped me on the rest of my meal. but ONLY when other customers stepped in on my behalf and showed their disgust as well! NOTE: I am an African American… which should NEVER matter in any type of circumstance, but obviously it does to the employees of this establishment. Which was overwhelming evident to EVERYONE who was present that day. Never again will they get my business! EVER!

Hidden gem of the valley. This great little taco stand has my personal guarantee for delicious mexican food every time. I’ve been here FAR too often in the last few months and they’ve never let me down. Eat up!

we got a chile relleno burrito and quesadilla that were quite satisfying. Prices are a little steep for what it is, but tasty for that unhealthy, greasy taqueria fix. can’t vouch for the other foods.

Ive never had a bad time here. Im not one to odrer new things if I already like something but here I feel I can, and I do! Every time I decide to change it up, everyhting is always tasty. Ive always had great customer service, too! The prices are awesome, and i’ll always be here for my tacos!
Yes parking sucks but its worth a little walk.

I heard so much about cactus being among the best, so I was pretty excited to try it out.
The menu is pretty typical of a taqueria with your standard tacos, burritos, enchiladas, etc… and prices are cheap. But as for the food it’s self (based on the 3 tacos I tried), I personally wasn’t blown away.
The fish and shrimp for the tacos are both battered and fried, served over corn tortillas topped with sour cream lettuce and tomato. These were not the best. There was more batter to them than actual shrimp or fish, and the sour cream was overwhelming. I prefer fish tacos to be crispier with cabbage tomato and lime. I honestly prefer Rubio’s fast food fish tacos over Cactus. For shrimp, sharkys. And these aren’t even legit taco spots.
The carne asada taco was ok. Pretty typical, Served over corn tortillas topped with tomatoes onions and cilantro. The meat wasn’t anything special.
Parking: small parking lot and street parking
CASH ONLY!

I’d really hate to do this since I like this place so much, but Cactus is starting to slip. My boyfriend and I always come here together and he always gets the fish burrito. You can either get the fish burrito fried or grilled and my boyfriend ALWAYS says fried.
What’s interesting is that whenever we go home and he starts eating the burrito, it’s usually grilled, even though he’s asked for it fried. The most recent time we went, I told the sales woman to make sure that the burrito has fried fish and she starts to argue with me.
She says that the fish burrito is always fried and I told her no, that sometimes it is grilled even though we’ve asked for it fried. Then she says «Well then you must not have ordered the fish burrito.» Umm yeah, I think I know what I ordered, lose the attitude. (This problem has also happened with the Shrimp burrito).
Long story short, my boyfriend and I won’t be coming here anymore, despite the good food. The customer service has dropped and I’ve found much better Mexican restaurants closer to home.

Food is good when you can actually get decent service without waiting forever. It would have been five stars, but seems like they just aren’t managed well and coming here is more trouble than it’s worth. No parking, always running out of ingredients, bad customer service, wrong orders, etc. I was hoping that they get their act together by now, but sadly no. I convinced my office to place an order on the phone to go pick up because we rarely have time for lunch, but it all went downhill from there. Some unapologetic dude name Mario (I think he made up the name) took money for the order and then we actually had to ask for it. Waited about 20 minutes before they looked into it. I asked to speak to a manager, and they said they didn’t have one. I pressed for a contact to share my concern and suddenly, they didn’t speak English any more. All I got was shrugs and dismissals.
They also mumble rude comments about white people under their breath. My girlfriend is Latino and I know just about every bad word there is in Spanish, and it’s awful how they are simply rude, uncaring and snicker about how they charge more money in white areas because «white people are stupid.» He actually said, «Pendejo.»
I recommend that if you are to eat here, you double check your order, ask if your number isn’t being called if people who came in after you get their food, and count your change. Also parking is a bitch. Damn, I wish it was different. I really wanted to like this place after the horrible Henry’s left.

Parking is limited.
Taco stand style.
Cash only! Its 2015!!!
Chicharron burrito was mostly beans and rice with bits of Carnitas not chicharron, and no bueno.
Al Pastor burrito, again, mostly beans and rice but this time it had an off tasting Al Pastor flavor, which was no bueno!
I DO NOT recommend this place based on what I tried today.
The only good thing was the fast service and my can of coke.
If you want a good burrito try El Taurino in Van Nuys (other locations too).
Im still on my quest to finding The Best Burrito in LA so if anybody knows of a couple of suggestions HMU. Moving on…

Hmmm not that impressed. Ordered the chicken fajita plate and the majority of my chicken was dark meat and fatty. Gross and not worth $ 10.
Seems like a really fast food kind of taco joint.
My spouse, who is Mexican, got the steak, carnitas, and el pastor and he said they didn’t have much flavor. The steak meat had a weird texture.

First taco — and last — purchased there today.
My husband and I placed our order (s). I placed my half: one number 8, and one number 9 with lengua. As I began to order my beverage, the young lady at the counter interrupted me — ««You didn’t tell me which menu you want.»
I looked at the wall. There’s only one menu, divided into subcategories — tacos, burritos, quesadillas, etc., each assigned their own particular number, but apparently the back of the house doesn’t have the same menu, because you have to specify the sub, then your order — not number. Alrighty. Whatever, but she was pretty rude about the whole thing.
It’s dining and ordering al fresco, so noise is a problem. My husband ordered next. He also committed the most grievous sin of ordering by number, too, as the young lady gave him a mighty verbal bitch-​slap. Forgive us, padre, for we have sinned. My husband ordered two number 9s, one with carnitas, one with lengua — no sour cream, and a second iced tea. She repeated the order to him — 2 number 8s and 4 number 9s with sour cream. He said, «No, that’s not the order» to which the little angel replied, «Mister I don’t make no mistakes like that, you ordered wrong.» After about 4 minutes of verbal gymnastics, and multiple slap downs on her part, the order was finally repeated to us correctly. We paid cash — like Tyler G, we felt that the set up was a little sketchy, hell, most food trucks take plastic, but we’ll just keep an eye on our banking transactions a little more closely.
After 12 minutes (really? 12 minutes for tacos?), our order was ready. The hubster retrieved them in a greasy sack and brought them to the table. Three of the tacos were assembled in an indistinguishable glop on a single paper plate, with the fourth — my veg taco — on a little plate of it’s own. Despite the request for no sour cream on hubby’s tacos, it was globbed all over, and not in a good way.
The husband went to the pick up window to rectify his order; however, no one would come to his assistance.
We finished our tacos — or, take that back, we finished our shredded iceberg lettuce with a little meat on the side, wrapped in soft tortillas. No cilantro or onions. Just a ton of iceberg lettuce. which, quite honestly, Taco Bell does better. The meat was without one ounce of flavor. Seriously? Carnitas is fried in pork fat. Pork fat… and their carnitas tasted like something a British housewife in the 50’s might have concocted — bland, flabby, flavorless, boiled, lukewarm meat.
We were still quite hungry, so I decided to get a quesadilla, and discuss the mistakes on the previous order. Young Miss Personality was at the counter again, and, as I proceeded to tell her about the problems, she would interrupt me with «you shoulda said somethin’ we would’ve fixed it.» I told her that my husband waited at the counter, but the woman refused to come to him. Little Miss said that wasn’t her fault and we «shoulda» (her lexicon, not mine) said something’… and every so often, she’d throw in an «I’m just sayin’», for dramatic purpose, I suppose.
«Well,» I said, «I’m just sayin’ that two new customers have just had about the worst experience we’ve had anywhere in L.A.» Our lovely front of house replies «That’s not my fault, you got your order wrong and you don’t say nothin’ so you get what you get.»
I asked her if she had ever learned the phrase «I’m sorry.»
«Yeah,» she replied. «I’ll say I’m sorry, if there’s somethin’ to be sorry for, but I ain’t sorry for any of this.»
I held up my hand, and said, «You treated us both rudely when we ordered. You got our orders wrong. The food was terrible. I think «I’m sorry» is the least you could say.
«Yeah,» she said. «But that wasn’t none of my fault if they got your order wrong, an’ I’m not being rude, I’m just telling you what it is.»
I parried with «You work front of house, yes? Part of front of house is customer service, so, unfortunately, front of house gets complaints about back of house.»
Standoff. Our eyes locked. Neither of us were standing down…
…and then, she sneered, and said, with great volume and deliberation, «I’m. Sorry. OKAY?»
I asked her for her name.
«I ain’t given you no name,» was her reply. Followed by the most erstwhile phrase of «I’m just sayin’.»
And so, we thanked her for her exceptional food and service, wished her a long and prosperous career selling tacos, and went home, where, currently, our almond butter and jelly sandwiches are a veritable party of flavor and texture, in comparison to the food at Cactus Taqueria.
And we did not have to deal with a rude little chick, to boot.
I’m just sayin’.
PS — if there were rankings for entertainment value, I’d give the little biatch four stars for the show she put on, for just about everyone leaving that place looked as if they’d been kicked in the nuts. Even the women and children. Straight in the cajones.

Got the carne asada nachos and they were really good. Although I think they would be better with just s little bit thicker chip but still really tasty. They come fully loaded with sour cream and guacamole which is excellent but if I ever get them again I would order them with extra meat just to really do it right.
They don’t take debit or CC so be prepared to pay with cash $$$ and don’t trip if you show up empty handed (luckily I didn’t)… bcuz they have an ATM in the parking lot next to the building.
It’s a family run business and they just opened up another location right off of Woodman and Moorpark which I’m sure it’s just as good as this location.

Damn good burrito.
Authentic made to order. It was busy so my food took about 10 minutes. Worth the wait. Best burrito I’ve every had while here on planet earth.
Dine inside or on the patio.
Limited parking.
Very nice staff; you can tell they’re trying hard to please their customers. I appreciate that.

I’m always on the lookout for good tacos in LA so I decided to give Cactus Taqueria a visit for lunch.
Parking lot is tiny and very limited. Best option is neighborhood streets.
The small taco joint is located on the corner Tijunga Ave/​Moorpark St. in Studio City. No indoor dining, only covered patio offered. Seating accommodation are a handful of tables and stools, most customers take it to go. You place your order at the window and wait for your number to be called. Tacos are predominant choice on the menu, but burritos, tortas, quesadillas and tostadas are offered as well. The food is affordably priced and cash only.
I ordered the carne asada hard shell taco ($ 2.50), birria and chorizo taco ($ 1.65 each).
A few bites in and I realize that there was nothing exceptional or mind blowing about these handheld morsels. The carne asada was dry and flavorless. Not even the guacamole or hot sauce could save it. Portions were very minimal, including the meat which is main ingredient. Tortilla was puny enough as it is, pile more meat into it. A pinch of onions and cilantro doesn’t suffice. Birria was at least decent. It didn’t taste gamey and was tender. Still lacking in flavor though.
Simply OK, tacos are cheap but so are the portions and quality. I had better experience from a taco truck.

Honestly, just ate here with my boyfriend and I must say I am extremely disappointed with the food quality and flavor of this place. They did not have fountain drinks so we went to the ⁷⁄₁₁ across the street to get something to drink. I was surprised with the amount of people ordering at this location and had high hopes due to the reviews.
The only thing we ate was the carne Asada fries. 1^st off it looks amazingly appealing and was super excited to devour it. 1. The carne Asada was small pieces, super flavorless and full of fat. 2. The cheese and sour cream were bland. 3 the guac was the only thing that had some sort of flavor only due to the lime in it. 4. It doesn’t mention on the menu that it came with a ton of chopped tomatoes. 5. The fries lacked any flavor and needed salt added.
With all the above combined I would believe you would have a wonderful meal but to be honest I feel disgusting and unsatisfied. I had to add salt and some other flavors until I gave up. This is def a waste of my hard earned cash for the super frites at $ 7.75. I would not advise coming here whatsoever. There are many other places to get your Mexican fix I. e the salsa bar. I def would not recommend this place at all!

The Beyoncé of burritos lives here. There’s something so thoughtful and beautiful about the execution of this roadside cuisine. The problem is it happens so fast you might not realize it.
Shrimp burrito — grilled
Al pastor Crunchy Tacos
Side O rice
Rolled chicken taco

OK — let’s get something straight. You can’t fairly compare a $ 2 taco to a $ 10 taco found at a fancy Mexican restaurant. That just isn’t fair. You also can’t compare the service at a corner taco stand to that found at a sit-​down Mexican restaurant. Now that that’s clear, here is my review of Cactus:
For the money, Cactus is the best Mexican restaurant in the valley. For about the same as what you would spend at a Taco Bell, their tacos and burritos are more authentic and far, far better tasting. No ifs, ands, or buts. And their breakfasts are excellent, as well.
But don’t come here expecting tablecloths, salsa and chips, and margaritas. This place is a
taco stand. The food is very good and the price is even better. For a quick lunch, when you want something simple, yet authentic — Cactus has great tacos and burritos.