The Yellow Cactus

Appetizer

Guacamole Dip

Creamy dipping sauce made from beans.
$7.20
Queso and Shrimp

Shell fish.
$9.60
Cheese Dip

Creamy dip made from melted cheese.
$8.40
Queso and Chorus
$8.40
Queso Beef
$8.40
Obeso con Picante
$8.40
Spinach Dip

Creamy dip made from spinach.
$8.40
Bean Dip

Creamy dipping sauce made from beans.
$14.40
Trio Dip

Our favorites : spinach dip, bean die and queso con picante.
$14.40
Queso Fundido

Melted chihuahua cheese with your choice of steak, chicken or shrimp, bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and tortillas.
$13.20
Papa Nachos

French fries instead of chips, cheese, and jalapenos. Choice of steak or grilled chicken.
$13.20
Chicken Wing

10 perfect wings cooked. Covered with Buffalo sauce with your choice of dressing ranch or blue cheese.
$13.20
Fajitas

Marinated tender strips of grilled steak, chicken, or shrimp. Served with sauteed onions, and bell peppers. Garnished with lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo, and sour cream. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
$13.20
Fajita Nachos

Fajita-style steak or chicken on a gigantic bed of crispy tortillas chips with bell peppers, onions, and cheese sauce on top.
$13.20
Quesadilla Fajita

Steak or chicken quesadilla with grilled onions, and bell peppers. Served with lettuce, sour cream, and tomato.
$11.99
Mushrooms Quesadilla

1 quesadilla with grilled mushrooms, bell peppers, and onions. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$10.80
Crabmeat Quesadilla

1 quesadilla crabmeat with bell peppers and onions. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$11.40
Spinach Quesadilla

Flour tortillas stuffed with spinach and cheese. Server with lettuce, sour cream, and tomato. Add ground beef or shredded chicken for an additional charge.
$9.60
Chimichanga

1 soft or fried chimichanga filled with ground beef or chicken covered with nacho cheese . Served with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and beans.
$10.20
Seafood Chimichanga

1 soft or fried chimichanga filled with shrimp or crabmeat covered with nacho cheese. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and beans.
$11.40

Salads

Taco Salad

Crispy flour shell filled with your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken chicken along with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, shredded cheese, sour cream, and guacamole.
$11.99
Chicken Salad

Crispy flour shell filled with grilled chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, cheese, bacon, and your choice dressing. Add steak for an additional charge.
$14.40
Taco Fajita Salad

Crispy flour shell with your choice of chicken, steak, or shrimp lettuce, tomato, onions, bell peppers, sour cream, guacamole, and shredded cheese.
$12.60
Charbroiled Chicken Salad

Grilled chicken on top of lettuce, with tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, melted cheese, croutons and bacon bits. Add steak for an additional charge.
$15.60
Crispy Chicken Salad

Our breaded crispy chicken on top of lettuce with tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, nacho cheese, croutons, and bacon. Add steak for an additional charge.
$13.20
Shrimp Salad

Crispy flour shell with grilled shrimp, lettuce, tomato, bell peppers, onions, cheese, and bacon.
$15.60
Tossed Salad

Salad that has been tossed with dressing.
$4.80
Guacamole Salad

A fresh salad with an avocado base.
$5.99

New Items

Molcajete Combo

All the world combination of steak, chicken, shrimp chorizo, bell peppers, and onions. Served in a hard stone bowl rice, beans, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, jalapeno teredo, and tortillas.
$26.40
Ceelo Mar and Terra

The best combination of steak, chicken, shrimp, carnitas, bell peppers, and onions, served in a hard stone bowl rice, beans, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, jalapeno teredo, and tortillas.
$27.60

Nachos

Fiesta Nachos

Cheese nachos with beef, chicken and beans, all covered with shredded lettuce, shredded cheese, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$13.20
Special Nachos

Beef or chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream and guacamole.
$11.99
Beef and Beans Nachos

Chips with cheese and a variety of toppings.
$10.20
Cheese Nachos

Chips with cheese and a variety of toppings.
$8.10
Beans Nachos

Chips with cheese and a variety of toppings.
$8.40
Beef Nachos

Chips with cheese and a variety of toppings.
$10.20
Chicken Nachos

Chips with cheese and a variety of toppings.
$10.20

Lunch

Carne Asada Lunch

Grilled onions, jalapeno peppers. Served with rice, beans, and turtles.
$15.60
Pollo Asado Lunch

Served with pico de gallo, rice and 1 cheese enchilada.
$11.99
Carnitas Lunch

Deep fried tender and juicy pork chunks with onions and bell peppers. Served with rice beans and tortillas.
$11.99
Burrito Deluxe Lunch

Beef or chicken burrito covered with red sauce and cheese. Served with beans, lettuce, and sour cream.
$10.80
Burrito Carne Asada Lunch

A flour tortilla filled with skirt steak, cheese, and red sauce. Served with salad, rice, and beans.
$11.40
Burrito Grande Lunch

A large burrito flour tortilla filled with seasoned ground beef or shredded chicken. Topped with lettuce, sour cream, and tomatoes. Served with rice and beans.
$11.99
Pollo con Arroz Lunch

A bed rice topped with grilled chicken and cheese dip.
$10.80
Poillo Mexcali Lunch

Grilled chicken with onions, bell peppers, smoothened with cheese sauce. Served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$11.99
Pollo con Chorizo Lunch

Grilled chicken breast topped with chorizo Mexican sausage and cheese sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
$13.20
Chilaciles Mexicanos Lunch

Corn tortillas stuffed with shredded chicken, rice, beans, and our own special sauce. Add 2 eggs for an additional charge.
$9.00

Lunch Combo

1. Speedy Gonzalez Lunch Combo

1 enchilada, 1 take, and your choice rice or beans.
$9.00
2. One Burrito, Rice, and Beans Lunch Combo

Flour tortilla with a savory filling.
$9.00
3. One Enchilada, Rice, and Beans Lunch Combo

Stuffed tortilla topped with chili sauce.
$9.00
4. One Tamale One Taco Lunch Combo

Your choice rice or beans. Dough wrapped around a filling and steamed in a corn husk or banana leaf.
$9.00
5. One Burrito, One Taco, and Rice Lunch Combo

Flour tortilla with a savory filling.
$9.00
6. One Taco, One Tostada with Nacho Cheese Lunch Combo

Your choice rice or beans.
$9.00
7. Two Tacos Lunch Combo

Your choice rice or beans. Folded tortilla with a variety of fillings such as meat or beans.
$9.00
8. One Chile Relleno, One Taco, Beans, and Guacamole Salad Lunch Combo

Stiffed chili pepper.
$11.40
Huevos Rancheros Lunch Combo

Love ranch style eggs covered with sauce, served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
$9.60
Huevos con Chorizo Lunch Combo

2 scrambled eggs with Mexican sausage. Served with rice, beans and tortillas.
$11.99
Chicken Flautas Lunch Combo

Crispy flour tortillas stuffed and rolled with chicken. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, guacamole, and sear cream.
$10.80

Enchiladas

Enchiladas Super Rancheras

5 different enchiladas, 1 beef, 2 chicken, 1 cheese, and 1 beans. Topped with cheese, ranchero sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$16.80
Enchiladas Acapulco

3 enchiladas with grilled shrimp, crabmeat, onions, bell peppers and covered nacho cheese. Served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$17.99
Enchiladas Rancheras

2 cheese enchiladas. Topped with enchilada sauce and pork that has been caked with onions and bell peppers. Garnished lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and tomato.
$16.80
Enchiladas Potosinas

3 ground beef enchilada. Covered with nacho cheese. Served with rice, beans, and tomatillo sauce.
$14.40
Las Yolandas

3 chicken enchiladas. Topped with red sauce, lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole. Served with rice.
$14.40
Enchiladas Mole

3 chicken enchiladas with mole sauce (dark sauce). Served with a side of rice, lettuces, tomato, and sour cream.
$15.60
Enchiladas Verdes

3 chicken or beef enchiladas covered with our green sauce. Served with rice, lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
$15.60
Enchiladas de Espinacas

3 spinach enchiladas topped with nacho cheese. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream, and tomato.
$14.40
Enchiladas Suizas

3 delicious grilled chicken enchiladas with salsa verde (green sauce) and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
$16.80

Pork

Chuletas a la Mexicana

2 grilled juicy pork chops with sauteed onions and bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, and tortillas.
$16.80
Carnitas

Seasoned pork sliced into chunks, deep fried, and place on a bed of lettuce with sauteed onions and bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, tomatillo sauce, and tortillas.
$16.80

Tacos

Fish Taco

3 tacos stuffed with grilled tilapia fish, tomatoes, and cheese. Served with rice, beans, guacamole salad, and tomatillo sauce.
$16.80
Tacos de Carne Asada

3 corn tortillas stuffed with strips of beef, pico de galle, and our special source. Served with rice and beans.
$16.80
Fajita Tacos

3 flour tortillas filled with marinated strips of steak or chicken cooked with onions and bell peppers. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
$14.40
Taquitos Mexicanos

4 fried corn chicken taquitos. Served with lettuce, guacamole, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$14.40

Quesadilla

Quesadilla Roja

Stuffed with ground beef or shredded chicken. Served with rice ,lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes, and ranchero sauce.
$13.20
Quesadilla Yerde

Stuffed with ground beef or shredded chicken. Served with rice, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and tomato.
$13.20
Fajita Quesadill Grande

Large flour tortilla with cheese. Marinated strips of steak or chicken, cooked with onions, and bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, and sour cream.
$16.80
Quesadilla a la Mexicana

Large flour tortilla with chorizo Mexican sausage chicken, onions, and bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$16.80
Shrimp Quesadilla

A large flour tortilla with onions bell pepper. Served with rice, beam, lettuce, sour cream, and tomatoes.
$17.99
Quesadilla de Light

A large tortilla stuffed with cheese, chicken strips, pico de gallo, rice, lettuce, sour cream, and tomato.
$15.60
Salmon Quesadilla

A twist on a traditional Mexican favorite featuring fresh grilled salmon, onions, bell peppers, and cheese. Served with rice, and avocado slices.
$19.20
Quesadilla Texana

In giant flour tortilla, cheese, chicken, steak, shrimp, onions, and bell peppers inside. Served with lettuce, tomato, guacamole, and sour cream.
$20.40

Burritos

El Patron Burrito Chicken

12" flour tortilla stuffed with your choice of steak or chicken, onions, bell peppers, and beans. Topped with 5 shrimp, chorizo, and cheese sauce.
$17.99
Wet Burrito

Your choice of shredded chicken or ground beef, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream stuffed inside our big flour tortillas. Topped with nacho cheese and red sauce.
$14.99
Grande Fajita Burrito

Marinated strips of steak or chicken, onions, lettuce, bell peppers, beans rolled in a flour tortilla. Topped with enchilada sauce and sour cream.
$15.60
Burrito Gigante

Burrito filled with ground beef, beans, rice, and lettuce. Topped with nacho cheese and sour cream.
$14.99
Burrito al Carbon

Marinated strips of steak or chicken and sour cream rolled in a flour tortilla. Topped with nacho cheese. Served with rice.
$14.99
Burrito Carne Asada

Marinated strips of steak. Covered with cheese sauce. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream, and tomatoes.
$14.99
Burrito Bravo

1 rolled flour tortilla with ground beef or chicken and cheese. Topped with red sauce, lettuce, and sour cream, served with rice and beans.
$14.99
Burritos Mexicanos

2 rolled flour tortillas filled with steak and beans, cooked with onions, and peppers. Topped with red sauce, nacho cheese, and guacamole salad.
$14.99
Burritos Deluxe

2 combination burrito, 1 chicken with beans and 1 beef and beans. Covered with cheese and red sauce. Served with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$14.99
El Gordo

Big burrito stuffed with grilled chicken or steak sauteed onions, and bell peppers. Covered with enchilada sauce and nacho cheese. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, and sour cream.
$15.60
Burrito del Mar

Crabmeat, shrimp, onions, bell peppers, and cheese. Served with rice, lettuce, and sour cream.
$17.99
Burrito de Puerco

Burrito de carnitas, beans, and grilled onions, and bell peppers inside. Topped with cheese, and green sauce. Served with rice.
$16.80
Burrito Texano

In giant burrito stuffed with chicken, steak, shrimp, onions, and bell peppers. Covered with red and cheese sauce. Served with lettuce, tomato, guacamole, and sour cream.
$17.99
Vegetarian Burrito

Flour tortilla wrapped around grilled peppers, onions, broccoli, tomatoes, cauliflower, carrots, and mushrooms. Covered with nacho cheese.
$13.20

Seafood

Salmon and Camaron

Salmon with shrimp. Served with broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, rice, and tossed salad.
$22.80
Salmon Fillet

Served with rice, salad, and 1 cheese enchilada.
$16.80
Mazatlan

1 quesadilla with cheese, shrimp, and crabmeat. 1 enchilada crabmeat, and shrimp. Served with rice, lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
$16.80
Camarones a la Diabla

Shrimp sauteed with red hot sauce. Served with rice, lettuce, avocado, onions, and tortillas.
$17.99
Coctel de Camarones

Shrimp, avocado, onions, tomatoes, jalapenos peppers, cilantro in our special sauce. Served with saltine crackers.
$17.99
Tilapia Acapulco

9 oz. tilapia fish fillet grilled with garden veggies, lettuce, and pico de gallo. Served with rice and cheese enchilada. Add shrimp for an additional charge.
$17.99
Fish Fillet

Served with rice, lettuce, tomato, onions, and sliced avocado.
$16.80
Ceviche de Camaron

Shrimp cooked in a lime juice, freshly prepare with onions, cilantro, tomatoes, and avocado. Served with crackers and lime.
$17.99
Shrimp a la Mexicana

Grilled shrimp with sliced jalapeno, onion, and tomato. Served with rice, lettuce, avocado, and 3 tortillas.
$17.99

A la Carte

Beef Taquitos

Individual dish. Not a part of a meal.
$8.99
Chicken Taquitos

Individual dish. Not a part of a meal.
$8.99
Beef Tamal

Individual dish. Not a part of a meal.
$3.60
Tostada

Individual dish. Not a part of a meal.
$3.60
Chalupa

Individual dish. Not a part of a meal.
$3.30
Chile Relleno

Individual dish. Not a part of a meal.
$5.99

A la Carte Quesadillas

Quesadilla Fajita Grande
$11.99
Quesadilla Ground Beef

1 piece.
$5.99
Quesadilla Shredded Chicken

1 piece.
$5.99
Grilled Chicken
$7.20
Steak Quesadilla
$8.40
Cheese Quesadilla
$3.90

A la Carte Burritos

Beef Burrito

Flour tortilla with a savory filling.
$7.20
Beans Burrito

Flour tortilla with a savory filling.
$7.20
Chicken Burrito

Flour tortilla with a savory filling.
$7.20
Fiesta Burrito

Beef tips and beans. Topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and guacamole salad.
$8.40
Deluxe Burrito

Shredded chicken of ground beef. Topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$8.40

Fajitas

Steak Fajita

Cooked strips of meat wrapped in a tortilla.
$20.40
Chicken Fajita

Cooked strips of meat wrapped in a tortilla.
$19.20
Pork Fajita

Cooked strips of meat wrapped in a tortilla.
$17.99
Shrimp Fajita

Cooked strips of meat wrapped in a tortilla.
$22.80
Vegetarian Fajita

Mushrooms, California vegetables, and tomatoes.
$16.80
Papa Fajita

Chicken, steak, shrimp, mushrooms, topped shredded cheese, and cheese sauce.
$25.20
Fiesta Fajita

Steak, chicken, shrimp, and chorizo.
$21.60
Mixed Fajita

Chicken and steak.
$21.60
Fajita Trio

Ribeye, shrimp, and chicken.
$23.99
Hawaiian Fajita

Steak, chicken, shrimp, chorizo, and silenced pineapple.
$23.99
Texas Fajita

Steak, chicken, and shrimp.
$23.99
Seafood Fajita

Shrimp, tilapia, and crabmeat.
$23.99

Steaks

Cactus T-Bone Steak

12 oz.
$23.99
Cactus Sirloin Steak

12 oz.
$15.60
Cactus Ribeye Steak

12 oz.
$25.20
Cactus Combo Steak

14 oz.
$31.20
Steak and Shrimp

Grilled steak and 5 shrimp with sauteed onions, and bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, guacamole salad, tortillas.
$27.60
Carne Asada

Tender skirt steak with sauteed onions and belle peppers. Served with rice, beans, guacamole, and tortillas.
$28.80
Steak Ranchero Steak

Grilled ribeye steak with sauteed onions, and bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, guacamole salad, and tortillas.
$25.20
Steak Fiesta

T-bone steak cooked with onions, and bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, guacamole salad, and tortillas.
$23.99
Vaca Feliz

Steak strips. Topped with cheese sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
$16.80

Chicken

Fiesta Bonita

Grilled chicken and 5 shrimp on top of rice and smothered with nacho cheese.
$16.80
Pollo a la Plancha

Grilled chicken breast. Topped with cheese and burrito sauce. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and tortillas.
$15.60
Pollo Feliz

Grilled chicken. Topped with cheese sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
$15.60
Chori Pollo

Grilled chicken breast and chorizo sausage. Covered with nachos cheese. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
$17.99
Pollo Tropical

Fresh chicken breast cooked with bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and pineapple. Served with rice, salad, and tortillas.
$15.60
Pollo Fiesta

A juky chicken breast seasoned with secant sauce, charbroiled to perfection. Topped with bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, mushrooms, and cheese. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes, and tortillas.
$16.80
Pollo Asada

Marinated grilled chicken breast. Topped with pico de gallo. Served with rice, 1 cheese enchilada, and tortillas.
$15.60
Pollo Veracruz

Grilled chicken breast, crabmeat, and 4 shrimp. Served with rice, and California vegetables.
$19.80
Pollo Spinach

Grilled chicken breast, topped with spinach, mushrooms, and nacho cheese. Served with rice and California vegetables.
$15.60
Chicken Flautas

2 crispy flour tortillas stuffed with chicken. Topped with lettuce, guacamole, and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
$14.99
Guadalajara

1 chicken burrito, 1 chicken enchilada. Topped with lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, and guacamole.
$14.40
Pollo de Light

Chicken broccoli. Served with rice and fresh steamed vegetables.
$15.60

Side Orders

Jalapenos

Filled with cheese and fried.
$1.19
Chiles Toreados

Stew made with chili peppers or powder.
$3.60
Lettuce

Filled wrap made from lettuce.
$1.80
Mexican Rice

Slightly browned rice.
$3.90
Onions

Battered and fried vegetables.
$1.50
Grilled Onions

Battered and fried vegetables.
$2.40
Pico de Gallo

Fresh salsa.
$2.40
Shredded Cheese
$2.40
Sour Cream

Tangy fermented cream.
$1.80
Tomatillo
$2.10
Tomatoes

Unripe tomatoes that have been battered and fried.
$1.19
Tortillas

3 pieces. Unleavended flatbread.
$1.80
Refried Beans

Cooked in a sweet and savory sauce.
$3.90
Loaded Baked Potato

Crisp potato with a soft center with the skin still on.
$4.20

Adult Meals

Burrito, Rice, and Beans

Flour tortilla with a savory filling.
$11.10
Enchilada, Rice, and Beans

Stuffed tortilla topped with chili sauce.
$11.10
Taco, Rice, and Beans

Folded tortilla with a variety of fillings such as meat or beans.
$11.10
Enchilada and Taco

Stuffed tortilla topped with chili sauce.
$11.10
Cheese Quesadilla Rice and Beans

Cooked tortilla that is filled with cheese and folded in 1/2.
$11.10
Pasta Burgers and Fries

Grilled or fried patty on a bun.
$11.10
Chicken Fingers and Fries

Poultry.
$11.10

Kids Meals

Kid Burrito, Rice, and Beans

Flour tortilla with a savory filling.
$8.40
Kid Enchilada, Rice, and Beans

Stuffed tortilla topped with chili sauce.
$8.40
Kid Taco, Rice, and Beans

Folded tortilla with a variety of fillings such as meat or beans.
$8.40
Kid Enchilada and Taco

Stuffed tortilla topped with chili sauce.
$8.40
Kid Cheese Quesadilla, Rice, and Beans

Cooked tortilla that is filled with cheese and folded in 1/2.
$8.40
Kid Pasta Burgers and Fries

Grilled or fried patty on a bun.
$8.40
Kid Chicken Fingers and Fries

Poultry.
$8.40

Desserts

Fried Ice Cream
$7.20
Sopapilla
$4.80
Flan

Cow stomach muscles.
$6.60
Churros
$7.20

Clay H.

★★★★★

Dec 13, 2024

The portions are huge and the service is excellent. The enchiladas mole is my go to. The seafood burrito slaps too.

Donna S.

★★★★☆

Jan 7, 2024

FOUR STARS PLUS!!! FIVE STARS PLUS FOR FOOD!!This Jeffersontown location is in a strip mall. Several other eateries there now. The inside is much prettier than you would expect. The best Mexican I've eaten for the price. Delicious salsa plus a spicy ranch flavored dip....yum! Big portions, a queso like topping if u choose rather than traditional red sauce. Queso delicious on huge seafood burritos entree. Was with 14 others. Everyone loved what they got. Bargain lunch specials. LOOK UP for DAILY specials!! Very Quick service...even a speedy Gonzalez menu if u are on the run. Servers very prompt and friendly. Just one thing....if you choose a virgin drink, our experience....you will not get it. She said she understood, but after drinking half of my Marguerita, she said YES, there is liquor in it!! She just laughed, nervously I suppose. She appeared to not understand. We take meds that interfere with the alcohol...had to sit there an hour longer!! We were ok with that but I could see a guy just receiving his pin from AA, headed for disaster. Seriously!! This was not my first visit...I absolutely will return but sad than I cannot trust the staff with a nice mocktail for me!!

Lorie L.

★★★★☆

Feb 21, 2023

Our first time at The Yellow Cactus! My sons and I came for lunch, ordering cheese dip to enjoy with our chips and salsa. I enjoyed both their mild and spicier salsa. Good flavors. I'm already craving it for tomorrow. My youngest traditionally ordered a cheeseburger with fries (his version of Mexican). The burger was massive!My other son enjoyed the 2 tacos with rice and I did the combo with a burrito, taco and rice. So much food! I couldn't even make it to the taco. Lots of beef stuffed inside. Friendly service and attentive, bringing us chip and drink refills. Plenty of indoor seating (no outdoor patio) so this is a good spot for groups. Colorful, bright colors. Clean bathroom and huge parking lot.

Gypsy G.

★★★★★

Jan 27, 2023

Super amazing as always!!!! I have my muse, Chori pollo with spinach & mushrooms as always cause I don't want no body else baby. Lol my daughter got a carnitas burrito- she had to order it specifically it's not on the menu- so chicken add carnitas boom she's happy!

Myles K.

★★☆☆☆

Jan 1, 2023

Mehhh...I really wanted to like this place and had high hopes based on the ratings, but it just didn't hit the mark for me. Pretty on par for any fast casual Mexican spot like El Nopal, which I also didn't like much at all either. Mexican places like this seem to have multiple locations around town so maybe I'm just not a fan and other people are...Everything we had seemed to be just sitting around or heated up in the microwave. The tostaguac wasn't horrible, but the ground beef was luke warm. The chille relleno tasted fine but was so hot it had to came out of the microwave. Somehow the taquitos weren't even hot, which should've came directly from the fryer. The queso was our favorite part, along with the free salsa. The decor and everything inside was cute and looked nice overall. It was located in a small strip mall and the other main reason we ate here was Bingo a few businesses down. I won't be back due to not enjoying the food enough and it also not agreeing with us the day after...

Brittney H.

★★★★★

May 24, 2024

My FAVORITE sit down Mexican place in Louisville. Great food, great drinks, decent prices, great service! I've been here with family as well as for a night out with friends and their margaritas are EXCELLENT. They also have specials for food/drinks in certain days of the week! I recommend the steak fajitas, their tamales, and the frozen margarita (any flavor!).

Brittany Y.

★★★★☆

Dec 31, 2023

It was pretty tasty; it's just not the absolute best in town. Service was top notch and the restaurant is very cozy and colorful.

Joseph G.

★★★★☆

Nov 23, 2021

The yellow cactus is a Mexican eatery in the Jeffersontown portion of Louisville tucked away In a very massive and unassuming shopping center off six mile lane. I travel the area frequently and have never noticed this place until I stopped in the other day to have lunch with my family and some family friends. Walking in and it's a rather spacious place. Extremely colorful and vibrant decor and vibe. Like so colorful and vibrant it would be hard to be an a sour mood here. Very uplifting. All the tables and Chairs looked to be hand crafted and hand painted. Someone spent a great Detail on making this place appear the way it does. The staff on this sleepy weekday we stopped in was pretty sleepy themselves. We was the only customers in on a random late November monday at 11am and all the workers sat a table playing on there phones majority of the time. We had a large party and our food came out fast. But if we needed anything we had to stand up and give a neighborly wave. I jokingly asked the teenagers in my party if they were communicating with the staff since they all had faces buried in phones. The complementary chips and salsa weee very good. Salsa had nice flavor and chips good taste as well. Came with traditional mild and hot options. Put party of ten people sampled the menu pretty well. The younger kids went with a kids chicken tender meal and it got mixed reviews. Some ate it all and others a piece here and there. My wife got a steak ranchero and while it was overpriced at around $20 she did say it was good. Said steak nice and tender. My oldest daughter got a steak burrito and her best friend got a steak quesadilla. They both stuck with the theme that the steak was top notch and they enjoyed it. I personally got the Pollo con chorizo which was grilled chicken, cheese sauce, rice and chorizo. Our friend got a Similar plate except it had no chorizo. She loves hers and had plenty of cheese sauce. Me I was disappointed. It's like they skimped put on the cheese sauce to add some chorizo and my chicken was rubbery. So rubbery that when I went to cut it up what little cheese sauce I had slide off my plate and on the table. Bummer. Overall majority of the people in our party loved our meal. Place had great vibe and decor. Our waitress maintained her focus for the most part but it isn't easy being the only one working when all your co workers are sitting at a table playing on the phone. I get it. Slow boring day but you have to understand perception that can put off. I'm sure on busy days they don't do that. As for the kitchen staff they were very fast and we got of food out quick, correct and warm. Solid Mexican eatery. Worth a shot if you are in the area and looking to try a New Mexican establishment.

M K.

★★★★★

Feb 16, 2025

We entered Yellow Cactus (@ 9111 Galene Dr Louisville, KY 40299), a clean, bright, and cheery environment at 3:30 in afternoon. We, my wife and I, went exploring here and had a great time. We are new in Louisville.My choice, El Patron burrito, with the steak option was a tasty, new experience for me, in this new restaurant for us. My wife enjoyed her meal, a Chichimanga filled with Chicken, as well! The entire restaurant's furnishings were uplifting, and very uniquely crafted. Our server was upbeat, friendly, helpful, and effective. This was our Valentine's Day outing, and the waitress, graciously included a complimentary plate of cinnamon baked wafers, covered with chocolate syrup and whipped creme - (we grew up calling them "crustos'). For both of us, there was plenty in each entree, along with sit-and-dip nachos, and a sweet light-colored sauce, a Hot and a Hotter Salsa, before and during the meal. We so enjoyed this date, I, for us, took time to personally thank the manager on duty, regarding the hospitality, food, service and the presentation provided by the Yellow Cactus, before we left. This was a great experience, with no hint of a problem or oversight... just a good dining experience!

Phil D.

★★★☆☆

Aug 12, 2024

Enjoyed our dinner, food and service until the bill came with a $4.50 surcharge for paying with a credit card. This was a shocker as there was no mention of this prior to presenting my card. Granted, no fault of the server but instead of a 25% tip ($100+ bill), I reduced it by $2 to so everyone had skin in the game. I wouldn't mind paying if I had been warned in advance and given an option to pay in cash. Needless to say, I won't be back!!!

The Yellow Cactus

Menu

Appetizer

Guacamole Dip

Queso and Shrimp

Cheese Dip

Queso and Chorus

Queso Beef

Obeso con Picante

Spinach Dip

Bean Dip

Trio Dip

Queso Fundido

Papa Nachos

Chicken Wing

Fajitas

Fajita Nachos

Quesadilla Fajita

Mushrooms Quesadilla

Crabmeat Quesadilla

Spinach Quesadilla

Chimichanga

Seafood Chimichanga

Salads

Taco Salad

Chicken Salad

Taco Fajita Salad

Charbroiled Chicken Salad

Crispy Chicken Salad

Shrimp Salad

Tossed Salad

Guacamole Salad

Chimichangas

Chimichanga Fajita

New Items

Molcajete Combo

Ceelo Mar and Terra

Most Popular

Polito con Papas

Arroz con Pollo

Arroz con Steak

Arroz con Shrimp

Fiesta Mix Vegetables

Chicken Tenders

Chiles Rellenos Poblanos

Chilaquiles Mexicanos

Hamburger 1/2 lb.

Chile Colorado

Tortilla Soup

Nachos

Fiesta Nachos

Special Nachos

Beef and Beans Nachos

Cheese Nachos

Beans Nachos

Beef Nachos

Chicken Nachos

Lunch

Carne Asada Lunch

Pollo Asado Lunch

Carnitas Lunch

Burrito Deluxe Lunch

Burrito Carne Asada Lunch

Burrito Grande Lunch

Pollo con Arroz Lunch

Poillo Mexcali Lunch

Pollo con Chorizo Lunch

Chilaciles Mexicanos Lunch

Lunch Combo

1. Speedy Gonzalez Lunch Combo

2. One Burrito, Rice, and Beans Lunch Combo

3. One Enchilada, Rice, and Beans Lunch Combo

4. One Tamale One Taco Lunch Combo

5. One Burrito, One Taco, and Rice Lunch Combo

6. One Taco, One Tostada with Nacho Cheese Lunch Combo

7. Two Tacos Lunch Combo

8. One Chile Relleno, One Taco, Beans, and Guacamole Salad Lunch Combo

Huevos Rancheros Lunch Combo

Huevos con Chorizo Lunch Combo

Chicken Flautas Lunch Combo