Gorditas El Durango — Restaurant in Saint Paul

This Mexican restaurant located at entrance with a number of smaller shops beyond. Homey atmosphere with very traditional decor, colorful and very attractive. Service staff are mostly Hispanic spanish speakers, few are fluent in english. Cantina style -- orders and pickups from the same counter and help yourself to utensils, condiments etc.

Food portions are generous, flavorful, freshly made and tasty. Their coffee - cinnamon flavored Mexican style is great and their 'Jamaica' and 'Tamarind' drinks are most excellent, very highly commend.

Breakfast, lunch and light dinners are served from a modestly sized menu with all the main and essentially Mexican dishes you can expect. To suit Midwestern pallettes the spices and the heat are toned down or else served on the side in tiny cups. Very strongly recommend their hand-made Chilli sauces, sprinkle or dip to taste.

This restaurant is popular with locals who file in till full on weekend mornings, many of them seeming Hispanic or Mexican themselves. Furniture, lighting and seating is sturdy, heavy and older, worse for wear but adequate, cutlery is plastic, very little to no frills or extras, main reason can only...

No mas!!!

We have ordered twice in 1 week with the same results. Impossible to reach anyone by phone to order; if they do answer they hang up on you if you don't speak Spanish. This forces you to go through the web site ChowNow. Somehow despite the fact that it is a computerized order the restaurant can't get the order right. Some items are completely missing, other items are substituted without notice. I returned to the restaurant to get a refund for an item that was missing from our order and was told that they couldn't help me since the order was through ChowNow, even though all of the errors were on the part of the restaurant. The restaurant will not refund your money or provide a substitute item. Of course that is assuming you have time to go back after you figure out that they messed up your order. The manager did not even apologize for their multiple errors. Maybe good for eating in but not for...

It took a few days to write this review, because I wanted to make it right...

This is an awesome place to get your gorditas... They have the flavor, the kind of flavor that you only find in your grandma's kitchen... The smell, the color, the right amount of hotness, not too much, not to little... just the right amount...

Give yourself the chance taste the amazing flavor of the gorditas "Gorditas El Durango"

And... No!... I didn't get paid for this review!!!

The guys at this place are doing an amazing job to bring a touch of Durango food to this frontier, therefore, they deserve this...