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Baja Cactus in Milpitas is a four star Mexican restaurant. This is a great place. This is a moderately priced restaurant. This restaurant features breakfast and lunch.
4.0 of 5 stars.
I always forget how much I like this place. On my most recent trip, I got a combo plate with a beef crispy taco and a pork tamale. Honestly, the taco was gone within 2 minutes (soooo good!) but I left...
yelp.com - user review - 03/22/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
We had a girl's lunch here on a Saturday after trying to eat at Gourmet express and found it was closed (yelp info was wrong I guess). The food at Baja's was delicious and not at all greasy or heavy...
yelp.com - user review - 03/22/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
24 bux for 6 tacos and chips and salsa. Good price, great quality for a V-day dinner, sitting on that circular bed and drinking soda to wash it down. How u like me now! I like this place from going...
yelp.com - user review - 02/17/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It's pretty yummy here, but I have a feeling when looking at my food that it was hellllla fatty. So hahha, but it's okay. It was good.
yelp.com - user review - 01/31/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I think the food here is pretty bland. I don't know why my coworkers like this place. For real Mexican food, I prefer going to hole in the walls. Their rice had no taste. I'm not Mexican, but I know...
yelp.com - user review - 01/30/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place has been in Milpitas since I can remember. It's pretty small, but has a nice homey feel to it and the prices and portions are very decent. The chips and salsa get pretty addictive so be...
yelp.com - user review - 01/12/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Whenever we try a new Mexican restaurant, we try our "staples," which consist of nachos (chicken), quesadillas (chicken), and a burrito (chicken). Of the three, neither was remarkable -- pretty much...
yelp.com - user review - 01/04/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love MOLE, so I ordered the Enchilladas Emoladas and they are great! The chips and salsa are also good. The chips are crispy and light not greasy and hard like other places. I would definatley try...
yelp.com - user review - 10/27/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The best chimichanga ever! Not a fan of the other stuff, but love the chimi!Good prices & portions, fast & friendly service.When you dine-in, the chips & salsa are free. For take-out, they charge you...
yelp.com - user review - 09/14/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I don't really *love* Mexican food and have always tried to skip a team lunch when they want to go to *that* place in Alviso. My co-worker convinced me to come here and I'm happy I did.The chips and...
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Used to work close by...fresh, yummy salsa. I've actually never had bad food or service here. Seemed to me when I went a lot that the place is always filled with the same faces. :)The food is fairly...
yelp.com - user review - 07/09/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love it here, the food is portioned well and it tastes great. Its got that homey interior that makes ya feel at home. I personally love the platters the best as they have MANY combos to choose from....
yelp.com - user review - 07/01/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Closer to 2.5 stars overall.The salsa was pretty good - albeit a little too salty.I had the Chili Colorado Burrito and the sauce was very bland and did not go well with the flour tortilla at all.The...
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Mmm this has to be the most authentic Mexican food I have had in awhile. Even while in my hungover state at brunch I couldn't resist nearly cleaning my plate. As I said before something about South...
yelp.com - user review - 06/22/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Excellent spicy salsa, the guac was good, but the camarones fajitas were a little bland. The fresh home make corn tortilla were good. The service was excellent, the atmosphere was excellent. The...
yelp.com - user review - 06/17/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A great lunch for 2 for under $20 in the south bay and not fast food.. Sangria is possibly the best around. I love that you can taste each ingredient in the salsa. Gets really jammed on Friday's....
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'm a mole whore and man enough to admit it!Mole is a very personal experience. Some like it sweeter. Some like it a bit more bitter.Some like it with stronger hint of cinnamon.I Love it at Baja...
yelp.com - user review - 05/16/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This has been a favorite of mine for the past 15 years, since I saw it listed as the best hole-in-the-wall mexican restaurant in the South Bay. I visited and fell in love. The Enchiladas Enmoladas...
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I really like Baja Cactus. We don't eat there anything like every week but when we ask the question "where do we want to eat" this one always comes up. I like the food. It's different from my other...
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Probably one of my favorite restaurants in the entire bay area. Their Tuesday special, Cilantro Chicken, has had me coming back for years and their mole is the standard by which I measure all other...
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
YUMMY! YUMMY! YUMMY!I used to go here for lunch at least every other week. One of the best authentic Mexican restaurants in Milptias. This is the best place i've ever had a chicken chimichanga!...
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
thought this was a typical hole in the wall mexican restaurant but its actually a sit down restaurant. The food was great - gotta try them steak nachos.. one of the better nachos i've had in a while.....
yelp.com - user review - 04/02/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The food didn't knock me off my chair.. I mean, it was good, but not sooo mind blowing that I would go out of my way to come here if I wasn't already in the general area. They have a lot of...
yelp.com - user review - 03/21/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
You can't go wrong at Baja Cactus, especially when you order the sangria. Beware though; it packs a pretty mean punch! I LOVE the sangria...mmmm...I'm parched...damn, it's too late to go = ( The...
yelp.com - user review - 03/06/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
yeah... this place was pretty good....sitting down like this actually reminded me that I hadn't had mexican food like this in quite a while... the hot plate, the full course of beans and rice with the...
yelp.com - user review - 02/25/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
3.5 starsI came here with a friend for lunch. We arrived early thinking we should beat the lunch rush, especially b/c it was Friday too. Surprisingly at 12pm there were no lines and a few empty tables...
yelp.com - user review - 02/22/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Came here for lunch. Had an enchilada and burrito combo for $9.xx. I was extremely full afterwards. Its one of the better Mexican places I've had.The free chips and salsa was also great, especially...
yelp.com - user review - 02/17/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great lunch spot. This place gets packed so get there before noon. The chips and salsa are great. Salsa is different, but really really good. This place has pretty authentic food! Its not your...
yelp.com - user review - 01/31/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I became two months pregnant after attempting to finish off my large combo plate here! A for heaping the plate with tasty rice, for large portions of chips with good salsa, and for a pretty...
yelp.com - user review - 01/22/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is pretty good.The chips and salsa were great. Not over-salted and overly greasy.I ordered the pablanos, which was Mexican sausage and potatoes between two corn tortillas smothered in a...
yelp.com - user review - 12/27/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I have been here twice now when meeting the boyfriend for lunch in his work town. My guy and I like Mexican food a lot. This place isn't a must go to place, but it isn't a stay away from type place...
yelp.com - user review - 11/09/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
You can always judge a Mexican restaurant by the quality of their tortillas. Are they soft, supple, yet have a hearty taste? Or could the Aztecs have used them as flying discs of death in times of...
yelp.com - user review - 10/05/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Good grub at decent prices. I wouldn't say this is your cheapest Mexican joint in terms of price but it's still well worth the visit. We chose this spot for the meeting of the parents and I think...
yelp.com - user review - 09/09/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love Baja Cactus. My family and I have been going here for as long as I can remember and every time I go I feel like I'm visiting a close family friend. It's a friendly, casual, tasty Mexican...
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yummy! Great Mexican food that can put you right into a coma before return back to work. Love the place!
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Shitty location, cozy interior, amazing sangria, reasonable prices, and good food. Enough said!
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
When I think mexican in this area, I usually think of Maria Elenas in Alviso. However a friend and I wanted to change it up a bit and yelped a new place. We got a little lost getting there due to...
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It's a family-friendly Mexican restaurant with very good food. We're regulars, and haven't found an item on the menu yet that we were disappointed with.
yelp.com - user review - 08/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Tasty Mexican food, menu full of variety, comfortable atmosphere: This restaurant has it all. SO and I just discovered it and have been regulars ever since. We give glowing reviews to the chips and...
yelp.com - user review - 07/29/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Sopa de Albondigas. That is their Wednesday special and it is THE reason why I started eating at this place and continue to go back. It's a Mexican meatball style soup and it's good on a cold winter...
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
As part of my effort to keep trying all the restaurants in Milpitas, I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed the food here. The chicken mole poblano was YUM. Not a lot of places seem do mole,...
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
First let me say that Mexican food is my "least" favorite food.... It's always too heavy... However, Baja Cactus Kicks ASS!!!! We discovered this joint about ten years ago.... By far they have...
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have been enjoying great Mexican food at Baja Cactus since Cathy first brought me here in the 80's. For many years I would order pretty basic food, tacos & enchiladas, tostadas (very good for a...
yelp.com - user review - 05/14/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
fantastic food. friendly service. it's one of the regular places my husband and I visit for dinner when we don't feel like cooking. he always order the mole enchiladas. parking can be tricky during...
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2007
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Baja Cactus is a great place to eat if you want authentic Mexican food. The price is cheap, the quality is great, but watch out for the lunch hour rush.
citysearch.com - user review - 04/04/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Its Mexican, it has a menu, it smells like good mexican food.... but is it the best? Well its not something I will wake up the next morning and think Wow... and hopefully its not something that I will...
yelp.com - user review - 03/28/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My favorite Mexican place in the south bay, hands down! This is why-*Excellent specials, haven't ordered one that I didn't like.*The salsa. Best I have ever had, more than just tomato-y spicyness....
yelp.com - user review - 03/22/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place makes the best Horchata I've ever had.The food is pretty good, but nothing I rave about, and I've tried several different items.
yelp.com - user review - 03/08/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I went here for the second time at lunch today. Previously, it'd been with a large group from work. It was nice to sit down, chat and enjoy the food.It is a regular, run of the mill mexican place....
yelp.com - user review - 02/20/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Just your ordinary sit-down Mexican joint. The food is a bit bland - nothing better than Chevy's or El Torito. The sangria was tasty, though.
yelp.com - user review - 02/15/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
mmm I love this place :) but their taco salad is $10 -__-U Inside the place is REAL nice looking like an actual home big plus service was great too
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
CHEESE ENCHILADA ROJOS. the best.
yelp.com - user review - 12/15/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I had passed the Baja Cactus Restaurant on a number of occasions while passing through Milpitas and finally decided to stop in for lunch with some co-workers. The lunch rush was in full effect with...
yelp.com - user review - 11/11/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
you know how you go to certain mexican restaurants and you always order your food without refried beans because they taste disgusting and have that weird grey color to them? well this isnt one of...
yelp.com - user review - 11/05/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Mexican Mole on Main St. in Milpitas.Between Baja Cactus and Cactus Fresh (a Mexican place I frequent in Santa Clara), I can't keep the names of these places straight anymore. Thankfully I only eat at...
yelp.com - user review - 10/26/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
very good food and friendly service, cozy atmosphere and pleasently quiet and mellow.My favorite is the chicken mole, second the steak ranchero, I tried the shrimp rancheros whiich think were frozen...
yelp.com - user review - 10/01/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
When we want to go out for Mexican food, this is the only place we go! In over 16 years of patronizing Baja, I think I've been disappointed only once. This is the place we take friends from out of...
yelp.com - user review - 09/10/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A very nice place to eat some great mexican food. This place is so much better tan the chain restaurants like El Torritos etc.Love the Nachos and salsa dip. This is the first place where I could taste...
yelp.com - user review - 08/26/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A solid sit down mexican joint. Lots of combinations and a la carte items. Addictive chips & salsa. The jalapeno poppers were pretty tasty and so was the Chile Relleno. I'm used to $1 soft tacos and...
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place. The food is great, the atmosphere is nice (although I prefer their old decor to their new decor) and the service is good. I love their chips (better, crispier and fresher than La...
yelp.com - user review - 06/05/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Outstanding Mexican food. The Mole sauce is worth the drive alone. I've never had any better. Every meal I've had there has been delicious. The wait staff is prompt and friendly. Parking can...
yelp.com - user review - 05/07/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Decent mexican restaurant in milpitas. i come for the apple pie though. havent had one like it anywhere else yet.
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Do you like chocolate?Do you like Mexican food?Have you ever heard of mole? (Pronounced "Mohl-Ay")Mole is a sauce that is made from chili, spices and a little bit of unsweetened choclate. I believe it...
yelp.com - user review - 03/10/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yet another great Mexican restaurant in Milpitas, sharing the spotlight with Casa Azteca and La Milpa. This family-run spot has a friendly, warm atmosphere, but can get pretty noisy when it's...
yelp.com - user review - 11/23/2005
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