Staying at Panglao for 2 weeks. Craved some Mexican food for the night and decided to give this place a shot. Extremely flavourful food with large portions, cheap alcoholic drinks, wonderful owners, service and atmosphere. 5/5 would recommend to anyone.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
₱200–400
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Quesadilla
Had a Craving for Tacos. I live in Tucson Arizona 70 Kilometers from Mexico and we have a lot of amazing Mexican food and this place hit the spot. They make their own flour and corn tortillas
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
₱200–400
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 4
I am a European holidaymaker who regularly comes to Panglao on holiday.
I am therefore not a specialist in Mexican food.
The Mexican restaurant I frequent regularly is Dos Locos near Aluna Beach.
As I regularly pass by The Original Cactus Cantina in the evenings, I thought I'd give it a try.
I ordered a chicken burrito and 3 chicken tacos.
I think there's a cream cheese sauce in the burrito.
I found it good, the tacos are bigger than Dos Locos and cheaper.
The only small negative point (which is not the fault of this restaurant) is the KTV across the street. You might get a chance to hear some of the local talent 😜
PS: we get 3 sauces including one "XXX spicy". This one is REALLY spicy....
But we're in the Philippines aren't we?
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
₱600–800
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 3
Plenty of vegetarian options (which is not the case with the other mexican place close by). Small place but super nice atmosphere, free nachos with every dine in order. Good prices, cold beer (which is sometimes not the case in Philippines!).
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
₱400–600
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Nachos
Reading the reviews of both this restaurant and their very similar ‘rivals’(?) r just round the corner - we thought we’d try them both out (on the same day lol)
This one came out better for us - tacos were fresher (plus they had fish and pulled pork ones which the other didn’t), the service was heaps friendlier and the vibe, even though it was early and not too busy, was better.
And P55 beers plus free chips.
This is definitely the better.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
₱200–400
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Fish
Very good Mexican cuisine. Much better than in other places in this island. Canadian boss is personally taking care of guests and quality. I fully reccommend this restaurant.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Unbelievably good! I had the set of 5 corn tacos with fish,pulled pork,chicken and ground pork. All were fantastic in flavour especially the ground pork. I also got another 6" ground pork taco cause it was soo good. The flavour of the taco shells is great. Wash it all down with the cheapest beer in a nice atmosphere,what more could you want. Maybe the only thing missing was some traditional Mexican music to fully set the vibe. The staff we also super nice! Wish I had found this place sooner during our stay.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Tried 4 tacos, 1 of each flavor, the not spicy flavors. The portions were ok for the price, 90php each, but the taste was average, nothing special to get me back another time. The meat itself was good, especially the pulled pork, but the tacos had too much sauce over and covered any interesting taste they might have had. Probably less sauce and adding some calamansi juice would make them taste much better. Plus some interesting spices and less cabbage.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
₱200–400
Food: 3
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 3
I've been here twice now since being in Panglao and am gonna keep coming. The food and service is amazing. The fish tacos are exceptional. They make their own tortillas and sauces which are delicious. The best Mexican I can remember.
Rose remembered my name from the previous night. She is awesome!!
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
₱200–400
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Chicken and Fish Tacos
Overall, the food was delicious. I would definitely recommend the fish taco’s and we found all the portions to be very generous.
We were left disappointed when our bill showed the fries to be more expensive than shown on the menu and when asking the waitress about this she said that she ‘forgot to tell us’. Instead of honouring the price we were expecting, we were given no apology and expected to pay. You must also pay per takeaway box if you want to take leftovers home. It left a sour taste to the end of a nice meal.
