Taco Tikal Mexican Bar & Restaurant - Cartersville (GA)

5 /5 Ashley Grooms: The owner patiently explained the Indian dishes to us since we had never had Indian food before. There was no room for improvement at Taco Tikal! We will be back and highly recommend!

5 /5 em ily: Amazing food! This is a new business and you can tell the owner really cares about his customers eating well. The chicken biryani and mango chicken are superb. The naan is fluffy and crispy! Please do give this new restaurant a try. They are serving Mexican favorites as well - I got to drink a horchata with my biryani, which is honestly such a treat as those are two of my favorite things in the world. This restaurant is an instant favorite.

5 /5 Megan Orfield: This was such a fun dining experience! I had the loroco and queso pupusa for a little appetizer. We shared the Dal Tudka and Butter Paneer Masala, garlic naan and jasmine rice. The masala was rich and smooth. The Dal had a smoky flavor with heat infused from the chili: together they were a perfect balance of sweet and spicy. Jennifer was a lovely server as well! Thank you so much and we’ll be back for more!

4 /5 iamtriplec: I had seen a poster advertising them. They actually were a different business (a Mexican restaurant), got bought (the fella helping out was very friendly (felt like I was visiting a buddy)), changed the name and added to the menu. It was quite warm inside (and was during the summer soo....). The decoration and lighting is your run of the meal Mexican restaurant. The addition was Indian food and Indo-Chinese. The Indo-Chinese basically added different variations of fried rice. The Indian food on the other hand is a good variety. Now a strength and weakness is that they have different cooks for the different types of food. One cook does the Mexican food and a different one does the Indian. Indian food is known for being spicy and Ive went to other Indian restaurants and their level of spicy of 10 out of 1-10 can still be pretty tame. Here I didnt feel like pushing the limit (I can take a lot of spice) and decided to have my dish at medium. The spice level was perfect!!! It had kick to it, but not overwhelming. This was true medium spicy. I would suspect the hot...will burn you just as you would expect. Ive had Indian cuisine many times from different places. Usually as a baseline in any cuisine, I choose 1 dish to have at each and see how they compare. After having that dish, I will then branch out to others. The dish I have chosen is chicken tikka masala. The presentation was nice! The flavor was so much better though. I wanted to eat the plate. The rice is very fluffy/light/airy. The chicken...tender. The sauce though...thats the real money maker. Full of flavor and smooth! The naan (plain butter) was nothing too special and is extra. That would be one complaint that Ive seen with several is that no naan comes with the meal (extra cost and must be ordered) and its really an essential part. This is a new ownership/restaurant is definitely worth the stop and I would recommend giving it a try. I had an issue with my drink at the time where it wasnt cold and was no fizz (they learned later that they needed to put ice in with the carbonation) and they dont have tea. Also, they do not offer a military discount.