Gloria’s Mexican Food

I wanted to give this a 0 star rating! My sister and I went to this place a couple of days ago. We are both elderly in our 70’s. The owner, who would not give me his name, came outside while we were sitting on some plastic tables eating our tacos we had bought at Taco Bravo and proceeded to use vulgar language and ordering us to leave his tables. He threatened to call police to have us removed from that area and said that if we wanted to sit at those tables we would have to buy at least $ 5.00 worth of food each from his restaurant. After we informed him that we would go inside to buy whatever he wanted so we could eat our meal on table, he cursed us out loudly in Spanish and angrily walked inside his business. There were no other customers around restaurant and no one waiting for tables. This place was deserted and it was lunch time. The owner apparently did not know or cared that I spoke fluent Spanish. This owner/​man was very disrespectful, rude and used abusive language towards both of us. My sister and I quickly finished our food and left while the owner kept with his abusive attack towards us.

So this review might not be helpful to some but like to test the waters with Mexican Restaurants by trying their Bean and Cheese burritos first. So i have to say first place in orange county that the best bean and cheese burritos none have even come close. i cannot wait to go back to try the rest of the menu.

This is the best authentic Mexican torta on this awesome place definitely I will come Back again with my family to try other food from the menu.
You guys have to try the torta Cubana it is really delicious and so flavorful.
5’s for this torta

Nice small take out Mexican food. Definitely worth the stop

Delicious carne asada tacos — more meat than expected. Decent prices and very nice people that work there. Highly recommend this small find!

Some of the best al pastor and carne asada tacos I’ve had in Costa Mesa. Tacos are $ 2.25 each, but they are PACKED full of meat.
The asada tacos are just as good as the ones you can get at Taco Mesa, but they cost a dollar less and are almost twice as big. WINNINGGGggg!
The al pastor tacos are the best al pastor tacos I’ve had in Orange County. The meat is juicy and has enough fat in it that the tacos just melted in my mouth. It has plenty of marinade but the marinade doesn’t overwhelm the pork flavor. so good.

They have the best al pastor tacos. It’s a great alternative to El toro which is always so busy, there al pastor tacos are just as good if not better than most food El Tori (other than there carnitas)

This place when I first saw it did not look appealing but I decided to give it a try because I was hungry. When I ate there they had an open kitchen so you can see them make your food, and they have all types of foods and you can tell it’s authentic. When I received my burrito they were huge and so cheap and that wasn’t all they were amazing tasting the only problem is that they only have two tables to seat you at, but then again it’s the only Mexican restaraunt near their that actually has a place to eat, and also the owner is always there and all the employees are very friendly. This place is the best around the area and I strongly suggest the food there

This place is amazing. Very delicious and generous portions. I would recommend this place to anybody who likes authentic Mexican food. I found this place by mistake because I was going to El Toro bravo and I smelled really good food coming from Gloria’s so I decided to go to Glorias instead and I was not disappointed. Best decision ever.

great place for street tacos but everything here is a tad expensive

Legit Mexican food, huge portions, and decent prices. I got the asada burrito for $ 7 and it was huge and filling. I judge Mexican places by their salsa and their red salsa is delicious and good amount of spicy.

Huge burritos!!! Although I’ve only gotten the chicken burrito and breakfast burrito, both were full of flavor and girthy.
The service is very friendly as well. It’s also not very busy so I never have to wait. I gave it 4 instead of 5 because there is no seating, no ambiance and you’ll need plenty of napkins.

2 Stars for the place but all I care about is the delicious food, thus the 5 stars. I’ve only had tacos here and they are very good.

Small but yummy. Two tacos, rice, beans, for six dollars.
If you use card, they charge you an entire DOLLAR more :(
4 – 5 of my tortilla chips were either stale, or substantially undercooked.
The carnitas taco exploded with juice, flavor, and succulent bites of pork.
The carne asada tasted a little heavy on salt, and greasy, but still decent.

My husband and I have been coming here for years! Its kind of disappointing seeing people’s bad reviews, I honestly think it was just on a bad day or people expect too much out of 99 cents to $ 2 tacos.
The ladies that both work the counter always remember my husband and I. And we don’t even come daily, weekly, or monthly, we can go months until we are down in the area again.
We have gotten our orders mixed up before or things in them that we did not want. But if we let them know, the ladies always apologize and make sure we get our food remade the way we wanted it.
The food is delicious! The Al Pastor is amazing! That is our regular that we always get.
It is very nice to come in and feel welcome, not like other places I’ve gone to where they look down on me because I do not speak Spanish. The first time we came in I was with my husband who speaks Spanish, the cashier working spoke to me in Spanish and when my husband translated to me she apologized to me in English and struck up a conversation with me.
I also see reviews about people getting lost between El Toro Bravo and Gloria’s It does say above their door Gloria’s. El Toro Bravo is hidden because its around the corner of the building and out of sight. Its not their fault that people can’t read the big GLORIA’S above the door. Oh well, some people have enjoyed it and found a spot to return to, others not so much.
Overall, the staff is always kind, we have never had any problems with the trash, floors being sticky, or any bad food. We have never gotten sick off the food either. 5 stars. Amazing place, wonderful staff, and great food!!!

I like the tacos al pastor here they are quite unique but delicious. And the bread is awesome I love it. The weird girl with the weird looking eyes is kinda annoying but I come here for the food. It’s totally different but very good. The owners are awesome they are always there.

Come on my Costa Mesa Friends… This place makes some of the best burritos I have ever had… I remember when we stumbled into this place about a year and a half ago. They have an amazing chorizo and machaca burrito. I have tried the enchiladas (three thumbs up)…They have big portions and the taste are to die for. The price is right. The cashier is very, very nice when I go. GO check it out and see for yourself!

I’ve attended a party each year and Gloria’s has catered it each time. The food is incredible. They give you so much food on a per person basis.
The carnitas and chicken are delicious. The rice and beans are great, too.
I definitely recommend this place to anyone looking to cater for a party (of any size).

25 Reviews and a solid 4 Stars… Really? Really? (((Shakes Head)))
A hole in the wall Mexican Restaurant /​Panaderia just called my name, I just love places like this… just not this one!
The have a nice sized menu with an open Kitchen so you could see your food being prepared, but the place is small and the only seating they offer is two tables outdoors which is just fine with me so we took a seat and waited…
Grabbed a variety of Pan Dulce Elote, Conos and my favorite puerquito they were OK, average and nothing special, also grabbed a piece of tres leches cake.
Tres Leches —
Although the cake was extremely moist which is always a good thing
the cake itself was just OK. 3-​Stars
Nachos de Carne Asada —
Nice portion size plenty of meat, cheese etc but … the meat was like gray
NO searing, NO color and flavorless. 1.5-Stars
TACOS: * WARNING *WARNING *WARNING they put Cabbage on their Tacos! /​facepalm
Carne Asada —
Large sized tacos but same disappointing meat as the nachos
Hmmm it’s a panaderia you’d think they would make their own tortillas, NOT. 1-​Star
Al Pastor —
Now I ASK WHY? (((Scratches Head))) when you have a thing of Beauty such as this
WHY do I get served meat that looks like this?
/​face-​palm ZERO-​STARS
Carnitas —
I’m getting scared to unwrap my tacos… but this one gets on thumb up, good flavor and moist meat
3-​Stars
Birria de Res/​Beef —
Lots of meat though for Birria the flavor is pretty tame
OK at best. 3-​Stars
Pescado —
WHY do people LIE? I SPECIFICALLY asked if they batter them in house or buy frozen fish! Oh NO we make everything here I was told… Pancho doesn’t believe Gloria! Got to be one of THE WORST Fish Tacos I’ve ever had, and I’ve eaten a lot of fish tacos, this totally resembles a fish stick that they try to disguise by cutting it in pieces, their is NO crunch, it’s a soggy mess
in the trash you go and yet another ZERO-​STARS for you Gloria!
Some of the worst tacos, either I caught them on a bad day or we have 25 other clueless Unilocalers?
Add some Yellow Cheese to the Tacos and maybe this A$$ Clown
would give them 5-​Stars #Mr.KnowItAll

We came up from San Diego for the night and Newport beach and was really feeling the urge for some quick Mexican. After using Unilocal for some good Mexican places nearby, we thought we’d try Gloria’s as the pictures made it look pretty good.
First of all, the place looks very much like you’d want an authentic Mexican food place to look: menu in Spanish, Mexican customers, and assorted Mexican pastries for sale. We eventually got our food from a super nice employee and immediately ate it in the car. I got a carne asada burrito and al pastor taco. Gf got a bean and cheese burrito and a cheese quesadilla. the food was so good that we were moaning and exclaiming how good the food was for 20 minutes haha. The burrito was probably the best burritos I’ve ever had. And that includes experiences I’ve had in Mexico itself.
I really wish this place was in San Diego. Would go there every single day for a week. HIGHLY recommended