The Velvet Cactus

6300 Argonne Blvd, New Orleans
(504) 301-2083

Recent Reviews

Jamie Griffin

Great atmosphere, excellent margaritas, friendly customer service and good food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Keemiya Pourmonir

Amazing!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Tex Mex Eggrolls, Chips Salsa

Grace Matos

First time here, this was great, I definitely will come back

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chips Salsa

Grace Arauz

First time here, this was great, I definitely will come back

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chips Salsa

carlos gonzalez

Probably some of the best tacos I've ever had. I dream about those tacos ?.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Katheerinex Castillo

Came with my husband on a date night. We had to wait 35 mins which is fine. What bothered us was the fact this white couple behind us also had to wait. While he placed his name a waitress took them before us. We were there first I felt discriminated in a way because we are people of color and wasn’t bothered to wait. What bothered us is they took the other couple which is unfair. Also in a vary area that’s more for the white community

Service: 1

Jonathan Phillips

We stopped by here for dinner and loved this place! The vibe is great with lots of patio seating. Margaritas are very tasty and so was the food!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Peyton W.

I feel like this place has had better days, but we were seated quickly (we arrived when they first opened) and our server was very nice. I ordered a taco and the chicken tortilla soup which was very filling. A casual sit down with moderately priced food and drinks.

Bonnie Cannon

Velvet Cactus. always a good place to hang out, the food is pretty decent, the drinks are pretty good and the service is friendly.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Tex Mex Eggrolls, Fajitas, Chicken Fajitas

Kim P.

We were the first customers today, the food was cold and HORRIBLE, the shrimp are cheap frozen shrimp just no quality HOWEVER the drinks were Bomb so was our server, she was so nice I forgot her name. If I wasn't a bartender before I would have sent everything we had back. DO BETTER!

Frances StCyr

Food is really good but the atmosphere and service are all the things! The fresh made Marg is perfect! The warm salsa is amazing too!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

NOLA Classic

The food is very good, reasonable portion size. Drinks are lovely, and service is impeccable!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Charlie Mac

This is a really hard one to judge because there are enough factors making this a 4 star as well as a 5 star. The wait was not terrible considering it was a saturday night. Maybe thirty minutes and hoenstly we were kinda surprised when they did bring us back but you can totally get drinks and play yard games in the mean time.The appetizers we ordered were typical staples like beans, cheese, chips and they were fairly mediocre. Appetizer selection was very interesting and most of everything we tried was pretty good but I don't feel like the quality really reflected the price. For instance, the brisket encheladas were pretty good but there is another restaurant nearby which has a very similar dish for nearly half the price.Definitely worth coming for drinks and some light dishes but kind of a stretch for a family dinner.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

peter hosch

Great food and atmosphere.

Kiley Baker

It was a shame to pay $100 for dinner just to leave still hungry n have to go home n cook. ... The brisket tasted like straight lighter fluid, my fajitas that I ordered w no peppers came on a bed of them those I sent back just to have them pick the steak and mushrooms off the peppers b throw them on a plate n bring them back out. Couldn't stand to eat any of it. The mushrooms at that point were mushroom shaped peppers as far as taste goes. There were also jalapenos all over my plate of toppings so there went that too.... We really should have known what we were in for when we ordered sweet tea n it came out w a sugar packet worth of sweetener in the bottom of the glass that we had to stir to make it mediocre. I was so very disappointed. I even said something to my waitress. She came out n confirmed that we couldn't eat our food, made a couple faces about it but didn't take a dime off the check. I literally paid $106 to eat a tiny piece of street corn and about a half cup serving of brussel sprouts while my boyfriend was able to eat the sausage off his plate. He said the rest tasted like lighter fluid after he tasted the brisket. We did eat 2 pieces of the appetizer that were really good. We got the sampler. I can't remember what they were called but whatever the crawfish thing was on it was super fishy tasting. We had high hopes when we walked in. The place has art for sale on the walls and everything looks super cool w how it's decorated.. we just couldn't eat the food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 1

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