Cactus 3
114 S Clinton St, Iowa City
(319) 351-3425
Customers' Favorites
Chips and Salsa
Steak Burrito
Soft Drink
Horchata
Pink Lemonade
Coca Cola Mex
Raspberry Iced Tea
Jarritos
Sangria
Non-alcoholic.
Sidral Mundet
Iced Tea
Antojitos
Cheese Dip
Grilled Chicken Quesadilla
Guacamole, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
Queso Fundido
Chorizo topped with hot melted cheese.
Steak Burrito
Steak Quesadilla
Guacamole, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
Chicken Nachos
Guacamole
Cheese Quesadilla
Nachos Supremo
Beef, chicken, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
Cheese Nachos
Burrito Mexicano
Bean Dip
Beef and Bean Nachos
Bean Nachos
Beef Nachos
Sopa and Salads
Taco Salad Fajita
A crispy flour tortilla with melted cheese sauce. Served with sauteed onions, tomato and bell peppers. Topped with lettuce, sour cream, tomato, guacamole, and cheese.
Taco Salad
A crispy flour tortilla with melted cheese sauce. Topped with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and tomato.
Guacamole Salad
Lettuce, guacamole, and tomatoes.
Casa Salad
Romaine lettuce tossed with bell peppers, red onions, tomatoes, cheese, and croutons.
Ensalada de Pollo
Grilled chicken breast served with romaine lettuce. Topped with tomatoes, onions, croutons, and cheese.
Ensalada de Camaron
Grilled shrimp served with romaine lettuce. Topped with tomatoes, red onions, croutons, and cheese.
Tortilla Soup (Sopa de Tortilla)
Vegetarian Entree
1 Chalupa, 1 Bean Burrito, and 1 Quesadilla
2 Chiles Rellenos Rice and Beans
2 chile poblanos, cheese inside bread, and red sauce.
Vegetarian Fajitas
Mushrooms, calabacitas sauteed with bell peppers, onions, tomatoes. Garnished with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo. Served with rice and beans and tortillas.
Bean Burritos (2 pcs)
Served with Mexican white cheese sauce.
Quesadilla Fajita Vegetarian
1" vegetarian quesadilla filled with fresh grilled yellow, green and red bell peppers as well as fresh onions and mushrooms. Rice and beans on the side.
Cheese Enchilada, 1 Chalupa, and Rice
1 Cheese Enchilada, 1 Bean Burrito, and Bean Tostada
Carnes
Tacos de Carne Azada
3 tortillas stuffed with chopped steak. Served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, and green sauce on the side.
Chile Colorado
Chopped steak, cooked with special spicy sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Carnitas
Pork shank served with rice, beans, lettuce, bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, guacamole, and tortillas.
Carne Azada
Grilled steak served with lettuce, guacamole, bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, rice, beans, and tortillas.
Chile Verde
Shredded pork cooked in a spicy green sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Steak Mexicano
T-bone steak sauteed with onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Steak Texano
T-bone steak with rice, beans, tortillas and house salad on the side.
Steak Colorado
T-bone steak topped with our special red sauce. Serve with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Milanesa
Served with rice, beans, and salad.
Fajitas
Fajita Chicken
Fajitas Infierno
Grilled shrimp with special spicy sauce, grilled onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, and tortillas.
Double Steak Fajita
Topped with sauteed onions, tomatoes and bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, and tortillas.
Fajitas Rancheras
Steak, chicken, shrimp, and Mexican sausage. Served with sauteed onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, and tortillas.
Fajita Steak
Quesadilla Fajita
Quesadilla with chicken, onions, green peppers, and cheese. Served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole.
Fajitas con Queso
Cooked with bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Topped with cheese sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Double Chicken Fajita
Topped with sauteed onions, tomatoes and bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, and tortillas.
Fajita Double Order
Steak, chicken, shrimp, and Mexican sausage. Cooked with a special recipe, sauteed onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers. Served with cheese, quesadilla, rice, and beams. Garnished with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, and tortillas.
Special Cactus Fajita
Double Mix Fajita
Steak and chicken. Topped with sauteed onions, tomatoes and bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, and tortillas.
Shrimp Fajitas
Grilled shrimp with sauteed onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, and tortillas.
Enchiladas
Trio Enchiladas
3 chicken enchiladas, green and red sauce, mole, cheese, onion, sliced avocado, rice, and beans.
Enchiladas Verdes
3 white chicken breasts covered with special jalapeno sauce. Topped with cheese and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas Cactus
3 enchiladas, 1 chicken, 1 beef, and 1 cheese. Topped with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream. Served with rice.
Las Cinco
5 enchiladas, 1 ground beef, 1 cheese, 1 chicken, 1 bean, and 1 carnitas. Topped with red sauce, lettuce, sour cream, tomato, and cheese.
Enchiladas Del Mar
3 enchiladas, 1 shrimp, 1 crab, and 1 cheese. Topped with red sauce, lettuce, tomato, and guacamole.
Seafood Enchiladas
2 shrimp and crab enchiladas topped with spinach sauce, sour cream, and 2 slices of avocado. Served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas de Chorizo
3 flour tortillas filled with chorizo and beef and rice. Topped with cheese dip, lettuce, and tomato.
Burritos
Sancho
12" flour tortilla. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo. Topped with shredded cheese, red and green sauce.
Burrito Loco
Topped with cheese sauce, lettuce, sour cream, cheese, and tomato.
Burrito Cactus
Topped with red sauce, lettuce, sour cream, cheese, and sliced tomato. Served with rice and beans.
Senor Burro
12" tortilla served with rice, beans, guacamole, and sour cream. Topped with Colby cheese.
Burrito Mexicano
Chopped steak, cooked with hot sauce rolled in a flour tortilla and served with rice and beans.
A La Carte
Tamale
Bean Burrito
Beef Taco
Chile Relleno
Taco de Carne Azada
Super Taco
Cheese Enchilada
Chalupa
Beef Burrito
Chicken Taco
Beef Tostada
Chicken Burrito
Chicken Enchilada
Flautas Beef
Flautas Chicken
Tostaqueso
Beef Enchilada
Tostaguac
Combination Plates
Two Tacos, Rice, and Beans Combo
Create Your Own Combo
One Burrito, 1 Tamale, and 1 Enchilada Combo
One Enchilada, 1 Tamale, Rice, and Beans Combo
Two Enchilada, Rice, and Beans Combo
One Burrito, 1 Enchilada, Rice, and Beans Combo
One Burrito, 1 Taco, and 1 Chalupa Combo
One Chalupa, 1 Taco, and Tostada Combo
One Enchilada, 1 Burrito, and 1 Chile Relleno Combo
One Enchilada, 1 Tostaguac, and 2 Tacos
One Chile Relleno, 1 Chalupa, and Rice
One Enchilada, 1 Chalupa, and 1 Taco
One Enchilada, 1 Chile Relleno, and 2 Tacos Combo
One Enchilada, 1 Burrito, and 1 Taco Combo
One Enchilada Combo
1 chile Relleno, rice, and beans.
One Enchilada, 1 Taco, Rice, and Beans Combo
Two Enchiladas, 1 Taco, and Rice Combo
One Burrito, 1 Chalupa, and 1 Enchilada Combo
One Taco, 1 Chile Relleno, Rice, and Beans Combo
One Burrito, and 1 Taco Combo
One Burrito, 1 Taco, Rice, and Beans Combo
Especialidades
Chicken Rice
Chicken strips topped cheese. Served over rice.
Tortas
Mexican bun with lettuce, tomato, avocado, onions, cheese, beans, mayonnaise, and jalapeno.
Chimichanga Special
Grilled chicken, stuffed with mushrooms, sauteed onions. Topped with red sauce and cheese sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Pollo con Chorizo
Grilled strips of chicken with Mexican sausage, topped with cheese sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Tacos de Pescado
3 soft corn tacos filled with breaded fish, avocado, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise. Served with rice and beans.
Taquitos Mexicanos
3 deep-fried corn tortillas filled with chicken breast and topped with lettuce, tomato, and cheese. Served with rice, beans, and guacamole.
Chimichanga
Flour tortilla stuffed with choice of beef or chicken. Deep-fried and topped with cheese sauce. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo.
Super Cinco Platter
Handmade tamale, chile relleno, beef taco, chorizo enchilada and carne asada taco.
House Special
1 enchilada, 1 chalupa, 1 taco, 1 tamale, 1 Chile Relleno. Served with rice and beans.
Pollo en Chipotle
Chicken breast with chipotle sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Camarones a La Diabla
Spicy shrimp. Served with rice and salad.
Chilaquiles Mexicanos
Fried corn tortillas. Topped with chicken and cheese. Served with rice, refried beans, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and tomato.
Quesadilla Monterrey
A cheese and bean flour tortilla. Served with lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo and guacamole.
Chicken with Garlic
Chicken breast grilled with garlic. Topped with cheese sauce. Served with rice, lettuce, sour cream, cheese, and tomato.
Rolled Quesadilla
Rolled in a 12" flour tortilla, with pico de gallo and cheese. Served with lettuce, guacamole, and sour cream.
Flautas
3 rolled flour tortillas, deep-fried, topped with cheese sauce. Served with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and tomato.
Daily Specials
Lunch Combo Plate with Free Drink
Side Order
Cheps
1 bag corn tortilla and homemade salsa.
Cheese Dip (3 oz)
Hot Sauce
Rice
Guacamole Dip (3 oz)
Served with chips.
Sour Cream
Salsa Verde
Pico de Gallo
Corn Tortillas
Refried Beans
Flour Tortillas
Shredded Cheese
Lettuce
Avocado
Chiles Toreados
Little Cactus
Kids Taco
Served with rice and beans. Includes drink.
Kids Quesadilla
Served with rice and beans. Includes drink.
Kids Chicken Nuggets
Served with french fries. Includes drink.
Kids Chicken Tenders
Served with french fries. Includes drink.
Kids Burrito
Served with rice and beans. Includes drink.
Kids Enchilada
Served with rice and beans. Includes drink.
Deserts
Sapapilla
Fried Ice Cream
Flan
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Recent Reviews
The staff was amazing Sunday was one of the best things ever happened to that restaurant I feel like and it was my husband‘s birthday and Sunday came up and made him feel completely loved and just honestly 20 out of 10 on the service I think you the food however was not the best but our server Sunday and her beautiful attitude towards the birthday boy Made everything kind of worked out so thank you so much
February 2025
Service was fine. Red salsa not so fine. Meal was really delicious so it made up for the ok setting. We may have had a better time if we could have taken advantage of the driving menu.
August 2021
Sunday, Sophie, and Kesha are the best waitresses in the Midwest 10/10 experience and best drinks in iowa city if I could live at cactus 3 I would and eat queso 24/7 with my vodka Red Bull’s. Top class experience.
August 2021
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