Julio's Too Cactus Restaraunt

Context is key. This is not the fanciest, nor necessarily the best Mexican food, but in terms of bang for your buck this place is the rodillas de las abejas. Here's why. You go in at lunchtime and it's full of gray haired folks. You go in between 5 and 6:30 and it's full of gray haired folks... why? Well because they've learned a thing or two about good value for your dollar. The food is good and a couple of dishes are really good. Such as the Carne asada fajitas or the ground beef taco/cheese enchilada combo. Those dishes run about $16 and $10 respectively. Great value for the money. The lunch specials are basically all under $10 or thereabouts and offer plenty of food with rice and beans. Dinner is slightly pricier, more along the $15 to $20 range, but still good value. The food is well spiced/flavored. The chips are typically great. Usually hot, then you splash a little salt on them and you get two salsa options. White cup is pico mild, black cup is a peppery hotter non-chunky salsa. The way to go is to take a little of the hotter stuff and mix with the pico style and that seems to be just right for me at least, but nice to have options. Add some iced tea which is decent or a sharp diet soda and it makes for a regular day date lunch spot or an early dinner place. It shuts at 8 right now. Also, rumor is it was bought and things might tweak a bit as to the menu and likely pricing. Let's hope they don't wreck a good thing, place is usually packed but waits tend to be under 10 minutes even during busy times and it's a fairly large space. As for the staff, we'll they've always been attentive and polite, sometimes talkative but in a good way. Eventually they start knowing your order or at least drinks and get them to you straight away after a quick ask. All good stuff at very fair prices. A few things are just okay, the chicken can be a little overdone here and there and the taco salad can be a bit too much of the toppings in terms of ratios, but probably works for some folks. I do crave the chips and salsa, so it hits cravability factors which are important. The atmosphere is a bit kitschy but kind of true to form with bright pastel type colors, a dash of pink neon and some interesting wall paper photo montages. Nothing spectacular but also nothing overdone. Go, you'll get great service, great chips and good food for a very reasonable price. Let's hope the new owners who apparently have some experience with a Mexican joint out of Flagstaff tweak things just right and don't jack up the prices too much.

Visiting from out of town and loved the restaurant. The food was great, our waiter was a hoot, and we will definitely come back. Thank you so much for a great good time!

JULIO G is the BEST MEXICAN RESTAURANT IN ALL ARIZONA I EAT AT SEVERAL RESTAURANT RESTAURANTS AND CONSISTENTLY GET FANTASTIC SERVICE FOOD DRINKS ITS BEEN SEVERAL YEARS COMING HERE AND JUST CAN'T GET BETTER SO IF YOU WANT THE BEST JULIO G FANTASTIC YOU MOST DEFINITELY WILL MAKE THIS YOURGO TO MEXICAN RESTAURANT THE STAFF IS AMAZING THE BEST GREGORY 👌 👍

The new owners have greatly improved this restaurant . The food and even the margaritas are better. I'd stopped eating here in 2021, but on 3 visits since the new owners and chef have taken over, it will now be a regular stop for me.

This is our go to Mexican food restaurant. We ventured out and tried a few new places and always come back here. Great food and nice sized portions. Staff has been pleasantly prompt each visit. Had a frozen peach margarita tonight with fajitas. Great place for a family meal or date night.