Cazadores Mexican Restaurant of Indian Harbour Beach — Restaurant in Indian Harbour Beach

Cazadores Mexican Restaurant 630 E. Eau Gallie Blvd. Indian Harbour Beach, FL 32937

4.5 Stars

Once upon a time, after Tippy’s Taco House closed, if you got the jones for some Mexican food your only choice in Brevard County was Taco Bell. Do a quick Google search and you come up with 77 choices. This is a very good thing; however, the bad comes with the influx of the good. Sooner or later you will run into a flagitious owner running your basic tourist/gringo clip joint. I am happy to say this was NOT the case when I visited Cazadores Mexican Restaurant in IHB.

This gem of Mexican cuisine is located almost in the middle of our quaint little barrier island on E. Eau Gallie Blvd. Geraldo is my waiter today and he greeted this gringo with a hearty, “Hello, Amigo.” Immediately feeling at home, I asked Geraldo for an order of their Eponymous Ceviche and some Street Tacos Lengua (Beef Tongue).

Sitting back to take a few pictures, I looked up, and low and behold, Geraldo was heading over with the chow. This was obviously not made to order as it took all of 45 seconds for my food to come out of the kitchen. Remaining professional, I calmly overlooked that fact and dug into the Cazadores Ceviche.

This dish was a cavalcade of yumminess even though some fish was a bit frozen. The flavors were spectacular. The standard sides of rice and beans were nothing to write home about, but they were certainly fine for Brevard County. I don't mean that as a slight to the chef, more a dis to our unrefined palate here in Brevard. After another bite, I moved on to the Street Tacos Lengua to make sure the flavors were copacetic (they were).

If you ever want to test a restaurant's mettle, order one of the most obscure, bizarre dishes you can find on the menu, hence why I placed an order for the beef tongue street tacos. Normally, I would never taste food that can taste me back. They also have goat tacos, but I'm not eating as much as I once was, so I had to cut back. One bite and I knew I made the right choice. The beef tongue was tender, flavorful, and cooked to perfection. I will return to try the goat tacos; if you do before me, drop me a note and let me know how they are.

The Big Boy says, “If you find yourself beachside and want Mexican food right now, this place will do...

I'm very picky about my Mexican food. So to start the salsa was great (big factor) if a place has crappy salsa 9 times out of 10 so will be the food. Not the case here!! I didn't get to try the table side guacamole (but I definitely will next time) yet it looked very appealing. I went off my typical order of the same ol same ol and ordered their Mexican Pizza. Not quite what I was expecting, yet very surprisingly good. Very juicy from the meat so not anything you can pick up. Very messy with a ton of toppings. Beware if you don't like jalapenos make sure to have them take them off. There is a generous amount on top. I didn't eat all my food as I wanted to save room for desert. So I boxed it up for the next night after work. Desert - they have a few options which made it hard to decide. They had the typical fried ice cream, sopapillas, flan, churros and some version of a pineapple upside down cake. I decided to do the sopapillas, not your typical sopapillas they weren't big fluff balls, they were shaped like potato chips yet had the dough of the sopapillas that are normally big balls. Plenty plenty of cinnamon sugar and came with a huge scoop of vanilla ice cream drizzled in chocolate in the middle. Not what I was expecting but I enjoyed. The fried ice cream that a couple people at my table ordered is huge so if you don't have room in your belly that is definitely a dessert to share. So were the soapias it had a pretty good portion of cinnamon sugar chips covering the plate. Next time I will try the flan just because I didn't this time. Will definitely be going back and taking my absolutely picky Mexican eating...

Not a place for true locals to eat.

We visited on April 27, 2024, music was very loud (rock) and also not Latin music.

The ceviche was awesome! I ordered shrimp.

Our server seemed to be very angry (Angel).

Quesadillas were made from a Nan bread instead of using a flour tortilla. The chicken was also very dry.

Enchiladas we’re just okay, not much flavor as we were hoping for at a Mexican restaurant.

Flautas should be made with a flour tortilla, not corn. On all 4 of the flautas, the ends were so burned that you couldn’t eat it. I ordered with no lettuce and got lettuce. I also couldn’t order what I really wanted and came for, carnitas tacos. I asked for a flour tortilla and was told that the tacos were made In advance (which should always be made to order) and that a flour tortilla wasn’t an option, only corn.

The chips and salsa were okay and needed some heat. I asked for a small salsa to go so I could spice it up at home and was charged $1.56 for a “maybe” 2oz container. One would think that since they give it to you when you sit down that an extra to go home with your chips would be free. I understand the charge if I’d order a large to go salsa.

The drinks were pretty pricey also. We have decided to not recommend this restaurant to anyone and we will not go back.

Close to $100 spent for not so great food & 1 drink each. Had to beg our waiter for a...