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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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