El Gordo is a friendly and welcoming neighbourhood taqueria where simplicity rhymes with savoury. Come try one of our delicious tacos, offered at a very affordable price. There is something for everyone; meat, fish or vegetables. Our Mexican-inspired cuisine is bursting with flavour and goes well with one of our exotic cocktails such as margaritas or mojitos! In addition to tacos, you will also find Latin cuisine classics such as quesadillas, burritos and fajitas plates to share. If you want to bring the Mexican Fiesta home, our catering service will delight you!
Overall, diners describe El Gordo as a warm, welcoming Mexican spot with a relaxed vibe, where attentive service, a friendly staff and solid value set the tone. The menu is praised for variety and notes of vegetarian options, with many praising generous portions and flavors on staples like tacos, burritos, fajitas and quesadillas, plus standout desserts such as churros. The atmosphere, including a cozy interior and a pleasant terrace, earns consistent compliments, and live music or jazz nights are often described as a bonus, though some guests find the volume a bit high on busy evenings. While the food is repeatedly highlighted for freshness and quality, a few visits mention occasional delays, uneven timing between courses, or items arriving cooler than expected, and there are occasional comments about seasoning being too salty by some diners. Overall, El Gordo emerges as a reliable favorite for gatherings with friends or family, good value for money, and a welcoming environment that many say they would return to again and again.
Great little Mexican restaurant. Met a friend for drinks at 5:30 pm, had a pitcher of margaritas along with a platter of nachos. Friend had the beef bol & I gobbled up the tacos with shrimp & chorizo. We both really enjoyed our meals. Glad we had nachos before hand as my dinner was 2 small tacos with one shrimp on each on a bed of quacamole sprinkled with fried chorizo - delicious, but not much for what they charged for it - more of an appetizer. By 7pm the place was packed, lots of noise, recommend reservation, & this was a Wednesday night! Wait staff were marvelous - friendly, checking to see if we needed anything. Definitely recommend this place.
We chose to celebrate my birthday at El Gordo because of the food, the service & the atmosphere of the place. We were not disappointed & the margaritas were fab! Get the nachos to start...the best!
Food extremely oily
The esquite salad is very bad.
We asked non spicy for the pregnant lady & the 3 year old they said ok.
they messed up the orders everything was spicy
Aug 30, 2021
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Had an amazing meal with my kids last night. The food was fresh & delicious & the service was quite good. I had a shrimp bowl with lettuce instead of rice & it was plentiful & yummy. I recommend El Gordo.
Absolument déçus. Le serveur ne savait même pas la signification de "El Gordo". Il servait l'eau en prenant les verres par la partie toute en haut du verre. Une ambiance très québécoise. Personne ne parle un espagnol minimal.
La cuisine est le plus décevant. Une chose est de s'inspirer d'une cuisine & une autre de la transformer, comme ça, à son gré. Pourquoi dans ce restaurant ils osent appeler des plats avec des noms mexicains quand ces plats n'ont rien à voir avec la cuisine mexicaine ?
Tout le monde doit savoir que la cuisine mexicaine est classée, après la française, comme patrimoine de l'humanité. Elle a une âme, une odeur, des couleurs harmonieuses, un savoir-faire unique, des saveurs fantastiques.
C'est une tristesse qu'au Canada, pays si attaché au Mexique, dans un restaurant 100% québécois on profite des signes : le nom du restaurant, le dessin de la "Catrina", les noms des plats?pour attirer une clientèle ignorante de la vraie cuisine mexicaine & qui se contente d'un bric & brac de quelques ingrédients mexicains mélangés à une diversité désordonnée de légumes dont le tout manque de goût & de beauté.
Aucun plat ne fait penser à un autre pays latino-américain & pourtant la cuisine latino-américaine (qui n'existe pas comme telle) est annoncée sur la carte.
Bref, qu'est-ce qu'un Québécois penserait s'il trouvait à Mexico, Guadalajara ou Monterrey un restaurant appelé "Le chum" & qu'on serve la "poutine" avec des "nachos", tomate, fromage "manchego", aubergine & carottes ?
Il faudrait commencer par montrer un peu de respect pour le Mexique & sa cuisine, en embauchant un vrai cuisinier mexicain. Il est certain que vous le trouverez au Québec. Montrons une approche & une solidarité entre les pays avec ce genre de « détails ».
