Leonel's Fresh Tamales

After a long search of tamales that are not pork we discovered this place. These are some of the best tamales that I have ever had! Will be purchasing dozens every time that we pass thru. You can not go wrong eating here.

Really good tamales. Great deal, and quick if you just want to get some tamales to go. My favorite was the veg, awesome that they have one without meat and cheese, just bean and veggie goodness. Loved the texture of the masa, not mushy or dry, just right and adequately seasoned.

Always in pursuit of the gritty underbelly of real deal Mexican food, I saught out Leonel's Tamales when we found ourselves in Taos, NM recently. On the day that we are dropping in, something is up in the kitchen and they only are selling tamales, nothing else from the menu. It was for the tamales we were coming, so that is ok by us. Sold either by the dozen at $22.25, 1/2 dozen or single at $2.50, they come out in a clear plastic bag maybe freshly steamed up from the back having been made earlier that day I suspect. Served on a paper plate with a crappy napkin, I can tell these are the real deal. Piping hot, not large, but real deal tasty, we thought these were pretty good. I had two vegetable ones and my husband had one pork and one chicken. I would say worth the buzz and a worthy tamale. Corn husk is good. My 3 rating is simply because we could not have anything else because the rest of the menu was mysteriously unavailable to us....and also their bathroom is a unisex single stall and notably has room for improvement and a deep clean. I would return again if in the area and hopefully maybe to a slight bathroom remodel.

This place is bigger than seems from the outside with a fairly large, clean seating area. Order at the counter and he brought our food out to us. We got the tamales both the red pork and the green chicken. They were really good, especially the chicken one. Glad we decided to stop here.

Food was good. Red chili was good and a littleSpicy but we both had to add salt to our food. It is a little pricey-- $43 for 3 drinks 2 meals and 2 single tamales.

Not much on ambiance but thats not what we were looking for, the best Navajo taco and this place has it. I had the ground beef and my husband had the lamb. The fry bread was freshly made and the veggie all fresh. It was more than i could eat. Will definitely revisit on our next trip to Taos. Fast service

I loved my meal from Leonel's!! I got takeout, the sopapilla and the Navajo taco. Both were amazing! This was one of my favorite meals in Taos.

I was happy with my food. The meat was nice, the salsa good. But the tamales stole the show. I'd happily return when I'm next around. Even the corn tortillas were great

Over the top for needing to order 4 tortillas, a side of rice and beans = $4 for tortillas and total was $34.46For rice , beans and 4 tortillas. Total = $34.46! Tomorrow I still have the order and they can price gage someone else! At 10 am I'll bring the order back and demand a refund! I'm so blow away how you get fucked!

I picked up some pork with red Chile and some green chile chicken tamales for the family.The tamales are just the right balance of masa and meat. You can't go wrong with these tamales.