Cactus Taverna - Salisbury

The service is excellent, but eating is, honestly, poor. a tired place where food standards can slide. I can't force others to become patrons. there are many better decisions in the opposite.

If I had friends who like the out of the ordinary type restaurant experience !!

Love Cactus Taverna Great food every time. Good service too!

I would start with the old saying. “Never judge a book by its cover”. We were visiting the New Church VA area and wanted to try out restaurants in Salisbury. After some research, we decided to check out Cactus Taverna. When we arrived, I wasn’t sure about the correct address as it seemed to be a mall which indeed it was... a strip mall at that. Needless to say I was starting to get ‘the look’ from the better half. I sensed it as there was just silence. I dear not look into her direction. Anyway we proceeded to the door and was pleasantly, and Yes thankfully surprised by the inside. From the minute you walked in, the lovely hostess with a dashing smile got us to our table and welcomed us as timers. She told us Dan was going to attend to us and we couldn’t be happier with his service. He was so cool, introduced us to the lovely menu and engaged us in spirited conversations. We started with frog legs and calamari which the now happy spouse enjoyed. We also listened some lovely jazz music played by two gentlemen that gave wonderful renditions of some timely classics. Both appetizers were quite good, but the best was yet to come. The Better half had the rack of lamb which she is still raving about. I went with the duck which was scintillating. The Mexican/Mediterranean theme worked brilliantly at this restaurant. The manager dropped by a couple times to check on us and he was brilliant. Had a vivacious personality which seemed to be the common theme at Cactus Taverna. We both lamented having to drive back after our dessert which was finished off with complimentary port which was a lovely touch. We just wanted to chill, as we were so happily satisfied by the presentation, food and service. We tend to eat out from time to time in and around DC/MD and we can safely say that CT can toss up comfortably with some of the more well established restaurants in the region. Excellent food service and we will be back!!

Best place all around for unique dining and great service. Frog legs are AWESOME