La Gorda

I grew up in El Paso and had never ever had a gordita. I always knew gorditas to be made from corn and deep fried. My colleague insisted I have one and I was hooked!! Now I often stop in and grab some before work or after for dinner. The refried beans are awesome. I am vegetarian so I always get the rajas Gordita. The only problem i have encountered is that they tell us that all the Gorditas come with beans but we never can see the beans in the Gorditas! I have figured out that if i ask them to add beans after i order them, we are ok. Otherwise they never have beans. Its a fast food place and the workers are always kind (but so are most elpasoans) and i enjoy coming here.

so excited the Lee Trevino location opened again but what a complete disappointment they must have changed cooks

I thought I knew most of the eateries on Lee Trevino Street, having eaten at most of them over the past three decades since becoming a teacher within the World-class Ysleta ISD August 1989. There is a LOT of turnover, but a few excellent restaurants survive because they have developed regular clientele who return again and again. So it was an incredibly pleasant surprise, introduced by a good friend. La Gorda may seem smallish on the inside--it the tables fill up fast and the drive-up window has steady business. There is good reason this exceptionally fine restaurant is a survivor: fantastic/friendly personnel, simply superior Mexican food, as good as any found South of the Rio Bravo/Rio Grande!, all at an extremely low price. It certainly as my enthusiastic "Wheel of Approval!"

Their burritos and gorditas are great. My favorite is the green chile beef but my bf loves their pasando burrito. Today I tried their green chile and cheese and well let's just say I wouldn't order it again. Their tortillas and gorditas are definitely homemade. The service is quick and they have a drive thru, they also take credit cards which is great.

Employees are rude laugh and talk when asked where my order was after 25 mins. They don't care but sooner or later customers are going to stop coming food is good but not that good for the rudeness of employees and manager dosen't care.Los empleados les vale madre. 25 minutos y no te puden dar tu comida. Se rein y hablan, la manejadora le vale. Ya no vuelvo a venir mejor voy a rafas. La comida esta rica pero no vale el sevicio de los empleados. Los dueños tienen que decir algo porque alrato porque en los 35 minutos que esped mi comida 4 clientes estuvieron disastifechos.

La Gorda is proof of how far freshly made tortillas can take you! The stews here are not exactly the greatest, the barbacoa is unexceptional, though the chicharron is quite tasty. Despite these average-at-best stews, the burritos are mighty tasty! I attribute this to the fresh, yummy tortillas.The Burritos range from $2.39 to $2.89, so you can get 2 for around $5 and make it a very fulfilling lunch. Also, major props for having a drive-thru!

I've been coming here for years, since they open their first location. My all time favorite is the Quesadilla combinada w/ Asado de puerco. There is some wait, but it moves quickly.

went to eat at one on Eastlake the food is great and the taste is delicious the girl and the guy were friendy and courteous the place is very clean

Bad service they give you your food order wrong or they burn it earlier today I went ,and they burned my food in my 30 minute break and I lost 20 minutes of it because these inexperienced lady's burned it do not recommend go to another place to eat Bad service .

Here there's no respect for hygienic rules, I experienced a rude employee that took my order and then after taking the money (without changing her gloves) she went straight ahead to make my order (burrito) with the gloves she used to get my money, I therefore asked if she can change her gloves and she said I already did (even though I was watching her the whole time without changing them) then I told her "I saw that you didn't" and therefore she procceded to say "we struggle to give you the best service and you treating me like this" she said, therefore she called me rude and I asked if I can speak to the supervisor and she said she's "busy" even tho I saw her through the hallway. Aquí no hay respeto por las reglas de higiene, experimenté a un empleado grosero que tomó mi pedido y luego, después de tomar el dinero (sin cambiar sus guantes), siguió adelante para hacer mi pedido (burrito) con los guantes que usaba para obtener mi dinero, Por lo tanto, le pregunté si podía cambiarse los guantes y ella dijo que ya lo había hecho (aunque la estuve observando todo el tiempo sin cambiarlos) y luego le dije "Vi que no lo hiciste" y por lo tanto ella procedió a decir "nosotros lucha por darte el mejor servicio y me tratas así ", dijo, por lo tanto me llamó grosero y le pregunté si podía hablar con el supervisor y dijo que estaba" ocupada "incluso cuando la vi por el pasillo.