We used to love the Mad Cactus 15 years ago, it was great -- until it just wasn't. So after seeing the renovations and changes on the Food Network we were excited to give it another try. Unfortunately the only thing that changed was the decor.
The food was absolutely terrible and the place was dirty. I paid $3 for a small bowl of over salted chips and went to the salsa bar. The sneeze guard over the salsa bar was so dusty and dirty that I could have written my name in it. We were seated in a booth next to the restrooms and the light-switch on the wall that was in our booth was so filthy it made me question the cleanliness of the rest of the restaurant.
I had the puffy tacos and when I picked them up, so much water ran off of them that it made the taco soggy and mushy. The rice was dry and inedible, like it was made days ago. My husband and I also had margaritas which were completely tasteless. He had the original and I had the chipotle pineapple. I tasted both and they were nearly identical in watery flavor.
The food network wasted it's money because nothing has changed. We will not be going back.