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Desperados Cantina
Desperados Cantina: Bold Mexican flavors, signature margaritas, and a creekside patio.
4.6
Mexican
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Desperados Cantina: Bold Mexican flavors, signature margaritas, and a creekside patio.
Desperados Cantina in Lexington offers bold Mexican fare and a lively bar scene. Guests praise the margaritas, cocktails, and kid-friendly non-alcoholic options. The menu features birria tacos, pork belly tacos, hot pepper chicken taco, and chorizo queso, with churros for dessert. Reviewers also note a large tequila selection and a creekside patio with a warm fireplace, plus friendly service.
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Handcrafted tacos featuring options like pork belly, hot pepper chicken, and birria, made with fresh ingredients and traditional recipes.
Kentucky's largest tequila selection with creative margaritas, including spicy mango and daily specials like 2-for-1 deals.
Outdoor seating by a scenic creek with a cozy fireplace, offering a relaxed atmosphere for dining and socializing.
Perfect for groups, featuring chorizo queso, chips with house-made salsas, elote, and other Mexican favorites.
Host gatherings with our catering services and private event options in our stylish cantina setting.
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Overall rating
lily medina
A great atmosphere to spend time with your friends. The margaritas are delicious. Ithan even made some non-alcoholic drinks for my daughters.
sierra williams
Went to Desperados Cantina for the first time tonight in Distillery District. I was always skeptical about going there to eat because everytime I’m in distillery district this place is a ghost town. People walk right by and don’t even blink an eye at it. My birria tacos, PHENOMENAL. Chorizo queso, PHENOMENAL. The churro, warm, crispy, to die for. I don’t know how this place isn’t buzzing!!!!!
Jedi
This classy establishment has a great location and friendly service, but the food quality didn't match the price point, with mixed results. While the pork belly taco and elote were decent, the birria tacos were disappointingly bland, and its accompanying consommé was a greasy butter (should be beef juice from the meat) and lacked proper seasoning. The restaurant should consider revising its birria recipe. I mentioned the birria taco issue to the staff and they brought out another container, hoping it would be a better experience. It wasn't, being just more of the same.
Sean Lindsey
We really enjoyed our visit at Desperados Cantina located in the Distillery District. They have what seems to be the largest tequila selection in town! Not only do they serve great cocktails, but their tacos are so good. I highly recommend the hot pepper chicken taco and the pork belly taco. They also have a nice patio right next to a creek with a beautiful fireplace. Highly recommended!
Deborah Pierce
This was our first stop of the day and it was fantastic! 2 for 1 margarita special was great! I got the spicey mango margarita and it was perfect. We got the chips and salsa and our server picked great salsas for us. Atmosphere was laid back and wonderful. Bartender was friendly and upbeat. Loved the place!
