Gorditas Aguascalientes

The food here overall is pretty good, the environment is quiet and friendly, and the place really has a natural Mexican feel to it, really makes you feel like you’re at a restaurant in the motherland. This is truly a hidden gem and I’ll be coming back soon, too bad I live kinda far away

A Buddy of Mine Introduced me to Gorditas, about a year ago, now I go just about once a week.
They know me in the resturant now & I’m glad they do.
The waitresses are muy Caliente!
I refer all my friends here, it’s to delicious to not.
I’m going there today during lunch!

The service was great, they really wanted to ensure everyone was happy with their meal and the restaurant. However, the food was bland and the «aguas frescas» were not fresh, they were all powder mixes. It wasn’t terrible but I would not go back again.

This place has been a standby for me for many years. There are few places that go the distance and make their own corn tortillas. Gorditas Aquascalientas does, which makes a huge difference. My kids now demand chilaquiles and handmade tortillas are picked for breakfast every weekend, so they’re growing up with this place as an essential part of their life.

The food there is really good, one of my favorite places to eat authentic Mexican food at a low price and waiters are very nice.
I’m giving it 3 stars because:
1– they don’t have a baby changing station! suck to have your food a the table and have to go to the car to change your baby’s diaper. (parking is very limited, sometimes we have to park a little far)
2– They allow musicians to play and try to collect money while your trying to eat! besides, the place is not big enough for them to walk around with their instruments. (Thanks for trying to help people, but no thank you).
–3 Then some guy came in trying to sale perfumes while we’re trying to eat as well.
Every time soliciting /​musicians walk into your restaurant I feel like they ruin my day and I just cant enjoy my meal.
Please Gorditas Aguascalientes, how much is a baby changing station for you! I am sure you can afford it!
and please no soliciting /​musicians at your location… let your customer enjoy your great food!

I went to this place with my daughter for late lunch. So we order our food. When my daughter food came out she did not like the shredded chicken on her tostada so I ask if the waitress if she could bring me one with fajita chicken which she did. So when I went to pay the girl (I believe was the owner’s daughter) at the register she was charging me for 2 tostadas not one when my daughter did not even touch the first one. When I told her that her waitress did not ask if my daughter wanted shredded chicken of fajita chicken on her tostada her response was ‘read the menu’. She also said that I need to inform the waitress of my daughter’s presences in a rude manor. To start off I’m not there to do her waitress job, is not my fault that they don’t train there employee to do there job and ask all the correct questions. Second as a father the first thing that I care is that my child is taken care of and happy but I guest she does understand that concept. Third there no need to be rude to a customer. There are so many good other restaurants around to go to this place and be treaded rudely. We are paying for the food we are not asking to get it free. I would have pay for the other item but I personally think how are you going to charge for something that a customer does not eat and it was ordered wrongly due to the lack of questions or information form the waitress. Overall the waitress did a great job except for asking the right questions. What really upset me was the rudeness of the daughter of the owner, someone who is supposed to lead by example in taking care of all the customers needs. Solo les puedo decir si quieren que los traten mal vallan y coman aqui o pueden ir y tratar cienes de otros restaurants alrededor.

One of my usual spots, but last night I came across a nasty surprise! There was a maggot on the lettuce which I had already ate half of until I came across it Don’t count on me coming back. Y la respuesta del dueño nomas fue decir, «estan en todas partes». Ni se disculpo

Las gorditas estan riquisimas especialmente las de carne de puerco en chile rojo, y la salsa roja esta deliciosa, tambien las tortas de pierna.
Pero si ordenas para llevar casi no le ponen carne solo 3 pedasitos de carne, y todavia le ponen menos cuando le agregas frijoles aunque los pidas aparte.
La ultima vez que ordene para llevar encontre un cabello dentro de la gordita :(
El servicio es bueno.

Comida hecha mierda dan aki, igualito k las meseras. No bayas aki al menos k kieras pirujas de lo mas sucio y bajo clase k hay.
Hay una k se llama edith k es bien interesada con los clientes k asta se cuesta con ellos para k les page su renta y los panales de su hijo .
Sobre todo, ahorren su dinero k aki no vale la pena.

The food had no flavor at all. I ordered a guarache and the flavors were not there at all. I had better for cheaper. Will not be going back EVER!

The atmosphere is lively, clean, and hospitable. My ONLY complaint would be that the suite that the restaurant occupies is a little small, and that there is no parking on the strip mall when they’re packed. Some of the issues that I mentioned on my last review still remain, but this is one of the few places in Houston where you can experience a little bit of the REAL DEAL regarding Mexican cuisine.

This place is so very GOOD. the meat is tender, the quesadillas very cheesy and the staff is nice. The salsa could use some work but the food more than makes up for it. I will most deffinately be coming back.

Let me start out by saying that the only reason I even tried this place was because of all the great reviews.
But honestly I was very disappointed ;(
The Sopes literally fell apart before I could get it in my mouth.
The waitress was very nice but she forgot to bring my Gordita which is why I went to that restaurant to begin with.
my son ordered the barbacoa tacos and he had the same issue with the tortilla falling apart before he could even take a bite out of it.
Needless to say that he didn’t eat the second taco after that.
They had some musicians playing music, which the place is not big enough for all that noise to be going on while your trying to eat!
Then some guy came in trying to sale cheap $ 1 perfumes for $ 20 while we’re trying to eat as well.
Overall it was an awful experience.
Will definitely NOT be going back ever again.

Good food but kinda sloppy with the preparation sometimes. I’ve had the quail and the skirt steak burrito. Both were good.

Nothing special about these gorditas. Rice and beans were bland. Service was terrible. Not coming back.

As a person who grew up in Mexico I can tell you this place is really close to what you will find in a Mexican home, it’s still not close to what my mom makes but I’d like to add my disclaimer: recipes do vary from family to family, from state to state so maybe I don’t like some things but someone else could think they’re good.
God! Writing this is really bittersweet, I love some things and hate others…
One reason I hate coming to this place is the restaurant itself is so small, it’s been the same location for years and from what I see they don’t plan on expanding even though there have been times were the spaces next to them were for sale and they never expanded! Weekend mornings are terrible, its PACKED and they usually lose customers because the place is so full that people have to wait outside.
Oh! Also, the parking lot is terribly small for this place. They share parking lot with other businesses here and it’s hard to find a spot specially during peak hours, weekend mornings, nights.
I like their tacos but stay away from the barbacoa it’s just there, not great not horrible, I think the quality of the meat is poor, the meat is really dark and the flavor is weird, tastes like meat has been dunk in fat, so I would steer away from that.
I do not like their rajas because the pepper is not completely cooked which is usually done by roasting the peppers, seems like they don’t want to take the time in roasting the peppers and it makes a HUGE difference in flavor and texture when doing so, I don’t recommend the dishes that have rajas.
Also, the sopes are ok if you’re starving and never had sopes before. They put your choice of meat, lettuce and tomatoes.
My number one reason to keep coming back to this place is their champurrado, I believe it’s actually made with milk instead of water, which most places use (water based chapurrado is tasteless and not creamy at all, champurrado IMHO should be creamy!). Milk makes all the difference and this place has the winner! It’s a little pricey but I don’t mind paying extra because it’s yummy!
The gorditas are awesome, this is the only restaurant I know where you will get decent gorditas, the name says it all «Gorditas Aguascalientes».Usually the beans and cheese, nopales and mushrooms are great for gorditas, also the fajitas are pretty good, too.
Overall I like this place because of the authenticity, consistent food (the few items I like, at least), friendly staff, the place is ran by nice people, I think it’s a family business which is nice.

Es mi lugar favorito! Soy mexicano de Aguascalientes y este restaurante me recuerda de mis memorias de nino. Pero, el bano no tuvo mas jamon.

It was excellent! Authentic mexican food, I could not find orange cheese on the menu. Recommended!

Preface/​background: I am now more focused on quality and am always looking for a great deal (read: value). Less meat, no more 2 Chipotle burrito eating.
Authentic. Tasty. Cheap.
The gorditas are good. It’s nothing special, nothing too complicated, but what they do is good. Their beef gordita is so tasty. Well marinated but not too salty. Gorditas come served with a few shreds of lettuce and a small piece of tomato. Also got the beans and cheese and the cactus. Cactus was very tasty, almost like a salsa-​y gordita. Also got the guac. Very high quality guac, but I could tell that if the avocados were a tiny bit fresher, it would’ve knocked it out of the park. Still though, the guac was really good.
Service is very nice. Our waitress couldn’t really speak much English but she brought someone over to help translate, which was cool. And they were really polite about it. People were kind — can’t tell if that’s a this-​place thing or a Texas thing. But it was good. And when you get a dinner for around $ 13 for 3 gorditas and guac, you’ve gotta be a happy camper.
Texas, once again, your Mexican food is da bomb. Not a 5 because I’ve had better (in Texas) but it’s still a very SOLID 4.

I took my friend here for the first time yesterday and after a bite of his food, he says, «This place is authentic… really, really authentic. But I kind of prefer the gooey melted cheese in my enchiladas.»
He let me try some of his dish and… we’ll call it a difference of opinion. Though hands down, my favorite thing here is the guisado de puerco which are pork tips in a red stew. During lunch, it comes with refried beans and corn or flour tortillas. I’m normally not a fan of refried beans or corn tortillas but this place made me change my opinion on both accounts!

You know it’s authentic when you are the only non-​Hispanic in the room, and the servers barely know English. This place is pretty legit — simple Mexican food, surprisingly fresh, and for a great price!
I recommend any of their gorditas and sopes. Chips and salsa have a nice kick. Love their beans here as well! Overall, great place to come for a quick, cheap bite to satisfy your Mexican food itch.

Finger licking, tortilla sopping, gordita goodness. You have to try their red chile gordita (the first one). It’s the best. And the prices are great too — 2.25 for a gordita, 1.40 for a taco, 4.25 for a large torta that is probably enough for a meal by itself. Their tortillas are soft, their meat is flavorful, and their English speaking is almost nonexistent. Three reasons to try this place out.

Gorditas Aguascalientas… named for both Gorditas (the food) and Aguascalientes (the city in Mexico… known in English as Warm Springs!)…this restaurant is in a dumply little center where the Cuban Café Piquet used to be and now another Salvadorian Pupusaria seems to be going out of business. Do not let that fool you however; this restaurant is puro mexicano. From the outside, you don’t have great hopes, but when you walk in, it is a cute, clean and well ordered restaurant. At the doorway, you see a fruit/​produce cart with giant cazuelas (earthenware caseroles) filled with fresh onions, avocados and other produce. Directly in front is a kitchen where the señoritas are making little corn masa pizzas (which will become sopes) and flat, thick disks that will become the gordita.
Sopes (SO-​pays) are 3″ disks of corn mean that has a small rim build in, leaving a crater of middle that you can put all kinds of stuffings. Imagine anything that you wanted in a taco stuffed into the inside of the sope. The general archtechture is: crust, beans, meat, lettuce, tomatoes, onions/​cilantro/​tomatoes and greated fresh cheese.
Gorditas are the same corn-​y disk that has been fried and split and then stuffed with the same items. Gorditas are the Mexican equivalent of pita bread, so it is easy to think of it that way.
There are lots of other alternatives on the menu as well. Huaraches (wah-​rah-​CHASE) are oval shaped fried masa (which looks like a sole of a sandle = huarache).
Stuffings are all varied. From the pork carnitas with the spiky red sauce, carne desherbrada or shredded beef, the usual selection of cheese, avocado, rajas (roasted poblanos in strips), chicken, tongue, barbacoa, etc.
The food was very nice. The service was so sweet and kind. While English may not be spoken here, the menus are translated correctly and you can point and choose. Of course, a few words of Spanish is always appreciated.
They have big jars of juices, which I appreciate more than the commercial vats of stuff that circulate in most places like an aquarium without the fish. The Horchata (rice drink with cinnamon) was nice.
I don’t know if this place is open late at night, but it would be great for that 3 AM taco craving!
Great place for breakfast. Very «local» indeed and, at 8 AM on a Saturday morning, people were already in there having coffee, gorditas and a beer. What’s not to like!!!