We finally went to Gloria's Kitchen after several people had recommended it to us in our search for excellent Mexican food. We were not disappointed. From the service, chips and salsa (which is always a huge indication of how the East will be) to the margaritas and food it was a delicious experience. I had the Birria tacos and they were AMAZING. The other people at my table had the carnitas tacos, quesadilla, carne nachos and the chile Colorado. Our overall consensus was "we have found our new spot for Mexican". We cannot wait to go back and try more items. I will be telling my friends and family about it too! Give this family owned and operated spot a chance. So very good and very reasonably priced. Can't wait to return. read more

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For $14.95 for a plate with hardly any food on it look at the portions I took a picture of it sad is that what all these restaurants do now charge you a lot of Money and give you a little bit of food i Will not be eating there ever again. read more

Gloria's Kitchen - Chile Colorado with five pieces of pork they really skimped out on everything and the sauce had this funny taste to it. - Mexican Near Me - Ventura, California

We love this small comfortable restaurant. The food is excellent. We love the chips and salsa (otherwise why go there?). Tonight we did burritos for fun. See pictures. Plus they have a great Happy Hour. My partner had the Margarita and I had the house Cabernet. The servers were friendly, polite and helpful. We will be back!! read more

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2nd time here great service. Food was delicious we had different food from the molcajete to menudo. First time ordering the Michelada picante to kill for really good. Will definitely come again. The fajitas to kill for. read more

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First time here but very good service and thought the employees were on top of it. Food was good but only had chicken fajitas so will go back and try a Mexican meal. But overall very happy with this restaurant. Oh and the margarita was a very good. Will go back soon cuz hard to find good service, good food and good margaritas. Thanks Gloria! read more

Food was very good but service was great!Even tho they were busy we got sat quick, received great service, and our food didn't take long at all! My baby loved the food so much she even took my whole plate and horchata. Also loved how the servers were super kind and paying mind to my little one when she was looking around trying to say hi. Will definitely be back when go back to Ventura read more

Gloria's Kitchen - Chicken and steak fajitas - Mexican Near Me - Ventura, California

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Excellent food and fast friendly service. Best chicken mole enchiladas around! Prices are reasonable and affordable!

My husband and I often visit Gloria's the brothers that own. It are amazing clean ingredients authentic Mexican dishes also well proportion sizes. I'm a big fan of their chicken Molly, enchiladas, fajitas, and guacamole. Amazing service and very clean ingredients. Definitely recommend this restaurant to everyone in the community. read more

Nice people. I was hoping that the hot spicy Mexican meal would counteract my deepening existential dread due to the unpredictable advance of highly developed ai enabled robots imminently to infiltrate our entire society. I was happy that the hot spicy Mexican food was handed over in a sincere and friendly manner, which is always wonderful. But my existential dread did eventually return. Regardless, I would unflinchingly recommend Gloria's. The Chile relleno was bangin. read more

This has quickly become one of our favorite restaurants. Not only is the food fantastic the margaritas are to die for and the service is always great. I would recommend the fajitas, the soups and the street tacos. Those are three of my favorites, but everything I've had. There has been fantastic if you're in Ventura, you definitely have to go. read more

Gloria's is the best. Food is amazing. Staff wonderful. Owners Israel and Noah friendly, kind and attentive to customers. Highly recommended

We love Glorias! It has a local feel, friendly staff and wonderful food. Truly a Ventura gem!

The food was delicious. A lot flavor. The waiters were kind, took our orders as asked and detailed explanation of the food. Clean and nice ambiance. Good family place. read more

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Grandma's recipes?!? Heck yeah. No disappointment with food or drinks. My husband had the birria tacos, I had the shrimp enchiladas in verde salsa. Both delicious! read more

Absolutely the best! Great service and amazing margaritas. The friendliest staff in town.

We were looking for Menudo for our large group, and decided to try them. They took care of our large party of 21 with kindness, quickly brought us chips and green salsa and answered questions. My husband had menudo and the broth was very flavorful! Yumm! I had to try the Gorditas with Al Pastor and I was so happy with it!! My sis ordered the Chile Colorado and the was tasty also! Everyone enjoyed their meals! Family business! Please support, we will return next we are in town! read more

Gloria's Kitchen - Al pastor Gordita!! So good!! - Mexican Near Me - Ventura, California

Had my first, but certainly not my last great meal at Gloria's Kitchen this evening. I had been hearing many good things about this Mexican restaurant which is now under new ownership and has just acquired their liquor license. I was pleasantly surprised to see so many people at the restaurant tonight. I guess the word of mouth really is getting around. My husband and I split the carne asada dinner which came with guacamole, a nice chunky salsa, rice and beans, a cheese enchilada, and tortillas. My husband wanted flour tortillas and I wanted corn and it wasn't a problem at all to split the type of tortillas. He had a house margarita and you could actually tell it had some tequila in it. I ordered the strawberry margarita and it was tasty too. My daughter and her boyfriend split the shrimp rancheros dinner which also came with rice and beans and the tortillas. They also ordered a chili rellano that was delicious. I normally don't care for chili rellano but I had a bite and I think I'll order one of my own next time. It was that good. The mandatory tortilla chips were warm and the salsa was perfect. The service was efficient and our waiter checked on us several times to make sure everything was to our satisfaction. It was!! Now for the clincher, all the food was reasonably priced. The bill for all 4 of us with alcohol was less than $80! And we even had leftovers to take home. Obviously I can't say enough good things about Gloria's. I almost hate to post this review because I don't want them to get so busy we have to wait when we go there. But word is getting out so get over there and try it out soon. read more

I love this place. Israel is such a hard-working Owner. The whole staff are such wonderful welcoming people. The food is delicious especially the margaritas. read more

The service is great, as you come they greet you and the ambiance is comfortable. The food is amazing, my must to recommendation is the shrimp green enchiladas and for breakfast the Denver omelette. Love this place. read more

Gloria's Kitchen - Denver omelette - Mexican Near Me - Ventura, California

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I'm still giving five stars, because the food has remained consistent for the last 25 years. Covid was very hard on our midtown community, but even if there are new owners of this place, I've been eating here since I was 6. I mean I'd come in at that age with my friend and they'd serve us like adults, they are a core staple of our neighborhood and always have been. I see younger staff now that buzz around a bit more, but it's just fellow millennials keeping that classical ship afloat. My carnitas wet burrito, as usual, is perfect tonight. If it weren't for the flavors Gloria has always offered, even if it's not Gloria anymore, I wouldn't be a chef today. I love this restaurant, I love everything about it, and I'm overjoyed they're back to being open for full days of service. It was busy tonight like I hadn't seen it in a while, so I'm seeing that the business is doing well and I'm excited to continue supporting it. I stopped eating out for a while because it's unaffordable these days, but I was glad to learn that at $14, this burrito still comparably undercuts the competition by 5 bucks. Eat their burritos, eat their plates, take pleasure in their carnitas, carne asada, and chicken. THEY NEVER SKIMP ON MEAT!! If Lalo's on the avenue we're next door, they'd go out of business. It's the most well balanced Mexican food in town, hands down. Perfect every time. Go try it. read more

Gloria's Kitchen - Low light carnitas wet burrito so you can see the definition - Mexican Near Me - Ventura, California

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Glorias Kitchen, by far, is the best excellent food. The shrimp fajitas are very delicious. Had a couple of margaritas very tasty. Service was even better. My server was Noe kind of shy, but very attentive. He anticipated all my needs. i will celebrate my birthday at Glorias next month. read more

Staying in Ventura this weekend and felt like having some deliciously cooked menudo. A review of Yelp brought us to Gloria's Kitchen. I am a menudo connoisseur mostly because I have been making my own menudo for decades based on a long time family recipe. For me an excellent bowl of menudo is one that contains bite size pieces of tripe, not huge pieces which usually indicates a quantity batch cooking approach and not a quality cooking approach to making menudo. Also care in eliminating fat from the tripe so that the menudo soup broth comes out savory instead of real greasy. And finally, putting enough hominy ratio and serving the delicious bowl of menudo hot (heat wise) as opposed to just warm. The menudo this morning at Gloria's Kitchen was 100% excellent. It met all my desires in a bowl. Next time we return to Ventura and in the mood for menudo I know where to go. I highly recommend Gloria's Kitchen for menudo! read more

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Just stopped in for a late lunch. Service was prompt and polite. Served was friendly and engaging. I ordered the chili verde with rice and beans. Delicious and well flavored. Beer was cold and crisp. I sat at the counter and enjoyed my meal. Definitely going to be coming back. read more

The chicken tostada bowl is absolute perfect A nopal cactus breakfast and this place is way cool! read more

I've had a great experience at this restaurant. The margaritas are the best margaritas in Ventura hands-down the food is spectacular. Some of the best new tacos are absolutely delicious. I had gone to Cassa de Sofia for many years but now this is my main Mexican restaurant to go to can't wait to go back. read more

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Had a wonderful experience here. Great service and great food. Quaint little place. Loved the fresh chips and salsa.

Found a great Mexican restaurant. Thru Yelp we tried this place . Great authentic tasty Mexican food. Everything we had tasted like my mother in law made it at home from scratch. It's a simple diner. Service was great. I had a chili Verde Gordita.,delicious! My wife had huevos ranchero. Delicious! Side of rice and beans made from scratch . Delicious!!! I also had an Al pastor taco. We could taste all the spices in the food and the salsas. So fresh.. Can't wait to go back and try more food. Next time I'm having b the menudo. Give this place a visit if you want great tasting , home cooked Mexican food. They also have standard American food. Prices are good. Can't wait to go back read more

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The first day I walked up here just because I needed to get out of the house. I got some menudo and it was so good I drove back the next day. I find it very convenient that they have a parking lot in the back. The service was good, quick, efficient, friendly. I like this place, it is reasonably priced for very tasty food, the menu is extensive and it's relatively quiet, like a little place you could call home if you ever want soup on a rainy day. read more

I love the food and service. Israel and Noel work extremely hard to try to make it work. I'll take Gloria's over any other Mexican restaurant in town read more

BREAKFAST BURRITOS. BREAKFAST. BURRITOS. BREAKFASTBURRITOS. It has been well over 1000 days since I first stepped foot into Gloria's Kitchen. If you are ever on Loma Vista or the surrounding areas during their hours of operation *cough cough* youarewithinwalkingdistanceifyouworkateitherhospital *cough cough* DO YOURSELF A FAVOR and get a breakfast burrito. Standard is rice and beans and onions and cilantro and eggs with choice of meat and salsa. BUT everything is optional. You want cheese? Do it. You want potatoes instead of rice and beans? Do it! You want rice and beans AND potatoes? DO IT!!! (I did it before and had trouble rolling down the street after) I hope this review pops up for people like me that (when the mood is right) Yelp searches: Breakfast burritos. Not breakfast and brunch. Not breakfast. BREAKFAST BURRITOS. Try it. It's amazing. In my experience so far - these are the best breakfast burritos I've had in Ventura county. Mind you, that is not all encompassing. I have not had - nor do I claim I have had - ALL said breakfast burritos in Ventura county. If anyone else can suggest a better breakfast burrito, I'd love to try it. Breakfast burrito face off at a park or something. Count me in. Their lunch burritos are good too. But the breakfast burritos are just...Knock your socks off! I converted 2 of my coworkers today during a class (1 burrito that stemmed from a bribe fed 2 people). They will now also be picking up breakfast burritos from this little hidden gem. You're welcome! read more

Excellent food, exceptional service and a great atmosphere! Highly recommend Gloria's Kitchen! read more

Gloria's Kitchen - Mexican Near Me - Ventura, California

We found our new favorite place for Mexican food, Gloria's Kitchen! Great food and great margaritas. Two of our favorite waiters from Casa de Soria have reopened Gloria's. Do you want a place where you actually will know the owners/wait staff and they will know you? Do you want a comfortable place to keep coming back to and over and over again? Gloria's is the place. read more

Best chile relleno burrito! Thanks again for my favorite Lenten dinner option on a Friday evening. read more

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The menudo is the best and so delicious!! Great customer service! Highly recommend this local gem!

Gloria's Kitchen is a friendly place with great food and drinks Try something new every time you go, you will be amazed read more

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Last review for the year. Merry Christmas to all. Had lunch at Gloria's before leaving town for Christmas Holiday. Can I please work here? And for payment? Chili Verde. That's it It is the stuff dreams are made of God Bless you all read more

My family & I ate here tonight for dinner after reading wonderful things. The service was fast and the food was delicious!! We each ordered different items and everyone loved their food. I would definitely recommend this restaurant for authentic Mexican food. read more

Fabulous. Great relleno and enchilada combo for me. My wife and I will be back. Love these guys.

The food was hot, fresh and flavorful and the service was friendly and attentive. They have a full Mexican food menu plus a large breakfast and lunch selection. I had a chili rellano burrito that was excellent and huge, While my wife enjoyed two crunchy tacos that she described as very tasty. read more

I love the friendly attentiveness at Gloria's Kitchen. The food was really good and portions were perfect. It's a homey feel with I absolutely love. I've gone 3 days in a row so far. read more

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