Gorditas Aguascalientes — Restaurant in Houston

My husband and I had been looking for authentic Mexican food rather than Tex Mex or chain restaurants, and we were pleasantly surprised when we found this place on our lunch break! My husband had the fajitas, which were inexpensive at lunch and incredibly tender. The tortillas were homemade, so of course I had to snag one from him. I had the flautas, which were superb. The sauces did not overwhelm the flavor of the food as they do at most establishments. Most importantly, the flan was to die for!! I am a huge fan of flan and have had it at countless restaurants, and this was by far the creamiest, most delicious flan I have ever had.

The only downside was the noise - it was very loud in the small room, and my husband and I could not hear each other over everyone else. We mostly listened to the people around us shouting their conversations. However, as we were leaving a duo came in playing festive music on the accordion and keyboard, and - though loud - they added to the atmosphere. Granted, the noise is not something that can be helped, and reflects the popularity of the restaurant. :)

All in all, a...

Gorditas Aguascalientes is one of the 10 places that I will take out of town guests to dine, in order to give them a taste of the breadth and variety of dining experiences in Houston. The original location is on Bissonnet. But I live closer to this Irvington location. As you will see from the photographs, the atmosphere is festive. There is a row of aguas frescas to select from. My preference is "melon" (cantaloupe). There is a mountain of freshly made masa, from which the various antojitos can be made. Antojito means "before the little eyes" and translates roughly as snacks, amuse bouche, little tasty things....you get the idea. Now in Mexico, a lot of these would be your street food. A little snack from a street vendor. Sopes, gorditas, tacos, etc. Lots of choices of fillings. And the regular menu lists entrees, combination plates, and more. You will see a lot of people enjoying a beef soup with meat and vegetables (caldo de res). This is a place where ambulatory musicians frequent, hoping to earn a little money by playing a requested song. It is a classic "Mexico in Houston" destination.

And the food...

Food was bland the meat tasted sweet in most of the dishes . The only one that was decent was the pork in green salsa . The Pinaple water was warm and tasted spoil . We tough that a taco had a hair the waitress got the food plate and was moving it around and playing with the food we weren’t done eating she demanded us to give her the plate when we went done eating and she just took it dropping a fork close to my eye it hit my chest and she didn’t apologize or anything . So then we tell the other waitress that we weren’t done eating our food and that they just took the tacos and it was rude . She said they wouldn’t charge but they still charged . The took for ever to refill water and the chips also the chips were stale . Like I said food was meh the tomato sauce on the cactus taco tasted like spaghetti sauce the meat tacos tasted sweet the tortillas were home made but too thick and dry hard to swallow . Please save your money go to torchy’s tacos is...