El Gordito Mexican Restaurant

Once upon a time someone created the Tamales. Found to be in many areas of our world under different names, it has now become quite popular. Representing the Mexican version of this famous food, El Gordito Mexican Food sells them. Always wanting to find the best tamales in the area, for when made well, they are almost addictive with fresh salsa, I finally used GrubHub and ordered a dozen from El Gordito at the tune of $2.29 each, plus fees, service charge, taxes, 20 % gratuity, but on the good side a $10 discount if Apple Pay was used.
Delivery was smooth. Tamales arrived nice and warm, in an aluminum container, a couple of napkins, and zero introductory salsa, a gesture that would definitely cause a nice first impression, and practiced by a few similar operations, but not from El Gordito, a place that obviously do not do that.
Tamales were Beef, red looking from chili ???? sauce, and Chicken, whiter made with green sauce? Both were slightly below average, the beef crumbly, which showed their lack of skills, or lack of concern which is infinite worst, and leaving a distasteful after taste that required Listerine rinsing, a bad testament to the fine tradition of the better Mexican Tamales, and the Chicken a close second, both wrapped in corn ???? husks. So yes, one item was purchased, and it failed miserably, enough to disqualify El Gordito from any future visits, since there are better places in the area. Nowadays all it takes is one fiasco to close the wallet, and El Gordito can be as fat as it wants, but they don’t know how to make a decent tamal. 2.5 Stars.

What a great restaurant. Awesome place to come and relax and have great mexican food. Always good times here.

So good. We started there with the carne asada tacos. Wed and Thurs .99. . chunks of meat, no fat or grissel like Alberto's. Then I tried the chili rellano. Omg! The chili had a smoke flavor. They filled it white Mexican melting cheese. Perfect sauce. And a cheese enchilada. Great sauce , filled with cheese. And rice. I got 2 full meals out of my 2 go box. For us now, best in town. Thanks

really good service authentic Mexican food chill seating