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Gordita's Mexico

3.3 (44 reviews)
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El Presidente!
Edward C.

I have been visiting Houston for the past 3 years and oddly enough have never tried Mexican food. At the suggestion of a friend's cousin who lives in Houston (and is fully fluent in Spanish), a group of 4 decided to try Gordita's Mexico. The restaurant is located in a strip mall filled with other Mexican businesses so Gordita's looked very authentic. Walking into Gordita's you see a no-nonsense decorated restaurant with booths along the perimeter, some individual tables, and the kitchen directly in the center. Note that the restaurant can be slightly intimidating for non-native Spanish speakers as the restaurant doesn't seem to be frequented by many "Gringos", let alone my party that consisted of 4 Asians. Nonetheless, the waitress was fluent in English and helpful in explaining to us the various dishes. We ordered empanadas and shredded beef tacos for the appetizer, and for my entree I ordered the "El Presidente". - Ground beef empanadas were very large and tasty with warm gooey cojita cheese inside, but just a tad oily as the empanadas are fried vs. being baked. - The shredded beef tacos were mind blowing; super fresh lettuce and tomato, cojita cheese (I have to start buying this stuff!), and amazingly tender shredded beef. - The "El Presidente" consisted of one gordita, one sope, one taco, and a side salad. The great part of this dish is that you can order each item with an individual type of meat! The list of meats available was extensive ranging from beef, chicken, pork and even shrimp. For the gordita I chose the fried pork skin and it was full of yummy pieces of fatty pork, crumbled cojita and veggies (shredded lettuce & diced tomato). The corn gordita pocket was amazingly fresh and really soaked up the nicely rendered pork fat! For the sope (which I have never tried before) I chose the shredded beef. The sope was a tasty tower of well seasoned shredded beef, veggies, and cojita cheese on top a crunchy foundation of a corn patty. For the taco it was again filled with the same yummy contents as above but this time with moist fresh chicken. Boy the food is filling and will put you in a sleepy state afterwards but for fresh, super flavorful, and all at a amazing price point..............go try this place!

NOT VEGAN. asked the waitress and she said regular cheese.
Steven M.

I've been going there for every 2-3 weeks and would always order from the "vegan" menu. I ordered a black bean quesadilla which I believed was vegan and was curious and asked the waitress what type of cheese it was, simply because the cheese looked and tasted like real mozzarella cheese. Once she came back, she told it was just regular cheese, not vegan cheese. They misinterpreted what vegan actually is and left the food untouched. It's sad to say because the food tasted great, but too bad that they had to lie about being vegan.

Carne guisada
Jayson C.

Great food and service! Authentic to the bone! Got me carne guisada and the meat was so tender and tasty. I will definitely be back.

Samuel R.

It was delicious, I ordered the Caldo de Pescado(Fish soup). It was the perfect dish for the cold weather. I'll recommend it to anyone that hasn't tried Mexican dis soup. You have add lime and hot sauce plus whatever it comes with. Trust me you won't be disappointed.

Bistec Mexicano with refried beans and rice
Preston I.

Okay so I was looking for a Tex-Mex restaurant and stumbled on this place. This is NOT Tex-Mex. They serve authentic Mexican food. The service was okay. My friends and I came late at night, so there were only a few other people in the restaurant. That being said, our waitress barely checked on us at all. The waitresses don't speak much English, which is always a good sign for me because I know the food will be true to form. Plus I get to practice my Spanish. But I expected to see her more often than I did. The chips and salsa was decent. The green salsa is much better than the red. I ordered the Bistec Mexicano. The meat was very flavorful and tender! It also came with excellent, warm corn tortillas. The horchata is also very good here. I had to get two glasses of it! There are no margaritas or alcoholic drinks except beer, so if you want margaritas or straight up Tequila, you'll have to go elsewhere. The prices are very affordable as well. My meal was $9 and the horchata was $2.25 per cup. I spent about $15 after tax. Overall the service was only average, but the food and prices are what are making me give a 4 star review. I'll be coming here again the next time I'm craving Mexican food.

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Mia B.

I love the CALDO here! Especially after a long day at work...this place is perfect! It's open until 0100 everyday! It's quiet, not too noisy (during the week), staff is Always polite, courteous and if you get your meal to go; the portions are larger in my opinion! Love love love this place!

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Great Foo and Great Service They have some good vegan options and are well suited for dine in as well. The food was definitely delicious.

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Had the California Burrito and the grilled beef was very fatty and grisly with not much flavor. Not coming back.

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I ordered a torta and that meet was going bad, then I ordered a taco and meet was not good. Will not be coming here ever again

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Had a taco, sope, and gordita. All three were above average, meat was very tasty. I will be going back

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Best, most authentic mexican food you can get, not too crowded, good prices

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3.9(2.3k reviews)
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Happy Cinco De Mayo! Met the ladies here to celebrate, & break bread…read more Thank you Jamila for selecting this original location of the Original Ninfas, to host, (our last supper, before your relocation from Houston to Florida.). A place I grew up in as a little girl in Beaumont but never have I've visit this "original" location. Stepping in to this spot felt like a restaurant in the country of Mexico. I ordered the El Henry. I absolutely loved my dish, only thing I would've chance was the cheese enchilada definitely would've swap for a chicken or beef one, or maybe even a flaunta. I really like the Mexican rice, it had little potatoes and carrots in it. Some of the best Mexican yellow rice I've had. They offer a cinco de mayo drink special. The only thing that seem to make it special was the drinks apparently were limited edition menu items. Nothing was special about the prices. The regular menu drinks were a dollar(s) less. The margarita I ordered first was peach coconut. I didn't taste the coconut at all. I swap for the peach strawberry ($14 or 15) which was great, sweet& strong. One did me just right. You get to select up to two flavors for additional $2 (for both verse each, that's a plus. Not worded on menu). If you select a third flavor an additional $2 would be added ($4 in total) I appreciate separate tickets provided after confirmation and no additional gratuity automatically added, which he got tip equally the same or more. When asked about the "empty" patio that was available, he informed us that the entire deck was reserved. Upon departing I noticed from the parking lot individual tables, of separate parties were occupying only 3 tables. It was 8 of us sitting at 2 tables. Which the table was pushed up against the wall, and one side was inaccessible, which took away spacing. Service was lovely space was really tight. Good thing some of the ladies didn't order full meals. Definitely wouldn't have been able to fit every plate.

Very Overwhelming! Parking: They have a lot, but on a Friday…read moreI had to park on the street and walk a ways. I would not go again on a Friday. They do have valet, but it's paid. Ambiance: upon walking in, it was chaos and sooooo many people standing up and sitting down. Walking around with drinks. I felt like I was in a club. A server made her way to me to take my Togo order. While waiting, I grabbed a drink at the bar and just made the happy hour cut off. Service was great as I was able to get my order and it was a large order. Everything was correct. The house margarita was ok, I wish I had gotten the hibiscus flavor. Order; Crab Tostadas Mixed Fajitas Snapper Mole Enchilada Ninfa 2 Tacos Margarita Mix The only thing I would order again is the crab tostadas and the beef fajitas. The chicken had no flavor at all. The charros beans and rice were not anything special. I was not a fan of either. Overall, we are not planning to order from here again. It just wasn't what Mark Weins made it seem like on his review. Also, whoever the driver was practically could not wait for me to turn around. Sorry, I had to take a pic. Very rude.

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Guys, you know I dont post a review unless a dish is a straight 10/10…read more The breakfast I just had warrants a 10/10 review at the Airline blvd location. I just had the Machacado con Huevo breakfast dish here and it was so incredibly good-So good! it was one of the best breakfasts Ive ever had. seriously.I will definitely be back for this breakfast. I recommend getting it with red and green sauce on the side and a side of tortillas ro make your own tacos with the eggs, salsa and refried beans. just wow! And that tamale needs its own menu. That tamale was amazing. I would get several orders of that soft white tamale by itself to go. And the service was a 10/10. They kept refilling my red and green sauce and kept checking up on me throughout. Ambience was great as always. Its a life changing dish. Thanks Teotihuacan for the great breakfast and great service! Yall deserve a well-earned review!

I used to eat here 3X a week. Tonight reminded me why I no longer do.I was with a new friend ,so I…read moreonly took 1 photo. The "queso" w/carne seemed to be out of a can-it was orange & didn't have the consistency of real cheese- wasn't really cheese & was disgusting. It was $9.99. I am including a photo of the overcooked beef fajita. A senior citizen can get the all beef lunch fajita special for virtually the same price as the fajita combo here ALL DAY at Pappasitos. It definitely is enough for 2. The meat melts in your mouth. EVERYTHING is better quality than here. Teo charged $1.50 for perhaps 4 or 5 slices of lime to make the happy hour margaritas made with a gross mix drinkable. That's outrageous. It reminds me that I had stopped going long ago when they charged extra for onions on enchiladas. Come on. You don't charge extra for chopped onions! I have never been to another restaurant that does so. Some even provide carmelized grilled onions gratis. I'm convinced that a $15. YUMMY mango margarita at Pappasitos would have given us the same buzz & tasted better than 8 happy hour margaritas here. I used to love the in house made flour tortillas at Teo. Tonight they were tough & uneventful. We arrived on a week night when they were not busy. Neither of the salsas were as good as they used to be.The water pitcher didn't even have ice when they refilled the water. I have absolutely no desire to return. Why would I?

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A Cali girl-lala enjoying some Tex Mex…read more While in HTX I was able to meet up with a friend from college. He mentioned margaritas (not pictured) and food! So we met at Candente. Upon walking in the restaurant was clean it was pretty packed for a Wednesday night but the aroma of the food! OMG! Our server was really nice and patient because my friend and I talked for about 30 minutes before we finally ordered our food. He has the beef enchiladas with rice and black beans. He cleaned his plate...literally not a grain of rice in sight! I had the smoked chicken verde enchiladas and WOW! What an amazing dish. I consider myself a Mexican food connoisseur especially being from California. I have always said Tex Mex?.....eeeeyuck! But Candente has changed my tune! I will definitely be back to visit when I return!

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