Iron Cactus Restaurant

My husband surprised me with coming. It has been on my list for a few months. The drinks are amazing! Trust me your pour is good. The creativity by Jason is wonderful. He and I were going back and forth. I ordered the French onion soup (best I’ve had in years), lobster fettuccine (very good just wish it was chunks of lobster), and Creme brûlée(yummy) with strawberry and cactus sauce.

The vibe here is great. What a beautiful drive through the poppy covered hills. Beautiful sunsets as well. Anyways, Jason the bartender. Master of his craft. Made me the most amazing absinthe whiskey elixir. At a half hour before closing I was embarrassed to ask for food but Jason turned me on to the special. It turned out to be the best meatball with sauce appetizer! Superb! Great job to the kitchen! Highly recommend this place! Definitely worth it.

Nice ambiance. French onion soup has a nice broth. Complimentary sourdough bread and honey butter. BBQ chicken salad was a lot of lettuce and minimal grilled chicken along with defrosted fiesta blend S&W mix, four cherry tomatoes, and minimal dressing. Not much barbecue sauce either. Lots of lettuce. The BLTA (bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, avocado) was fine; but the fries were, well, sad. They did have a good seasoning, something like Old Bay and cinnamon. As soon as the fries reached my table, they were partly cold, almost as if they had been microwaved a bit. They were not freshly fried (maybe originally baked?) and were not consistently the same temperature nor were they consistently crispy or soggy. I will never be old enough to drink, but looks like a fun place for drinking. The hamburgers looked pretty good, but I didn't go that route. Tater tots are also an option, which seems to be a strange option. Staff was nice and helpful. Lots of potential and looking forward to future improvements. Plan to wait out a while before trying again.

The atmosphere is very nice and unique. They just opened so ....I think they are still trying to figure out how to streamline the service. The wait for drinks and food were a still a bit off and the menu is not super extensive so the wait staff should have it down pretty quickly. The 5stars is for the effort, great potential and the demeanor of the server. The food was good but came out with cold fries and the table all got food at different times (most were done eating before others got theirs) etc ... again ... They may be trying to figure out how streamline the efficiency. Once they get it down... it will be hard to compete with. I will call it "great potential " & will check back again with them in again later. (In their defense... it was pretty busy for a random Wednesday)