Tamaleman House

The foods amazing here. The tamales are delicious they're small, but I like that they're affordable and I'm able to try different flavors in one meal 10/10

I came here on my lunch break and it was delicious. I was served right away and the staff were really friendly. It's an unassuming little spot. Lots of pick up orders, not many people sit inside. I've recommended it to everyone at work and I'll tell everyone in Cerritos! Just be mindful the tamales are finite! I went at 11:30 and they were already sold out of queso con jalapeño! So I know it's delicious.

A few days ago I drove by this plaza in Norwalk and saw this business here. I knew immediately that I needed to try it, tamales and empanadas are both some of my favorite foods!I had the chance to try it today and I really liked it here. For one, the menu is very simple and offers a lot of different foods. I was thinking it was only tamales and empanadas but it turns out they sell a lot more than that. The cashier, who was super sweet and helpful, explained to me that their most popular items are the flautas and the quesabirrias.I ended up ordering one of each tamale, they have green chicken, red pork and cheese with jalapeño. They also had chicharron but I didn't try that one. I also ordered a pork empanada and chicken one as well.The best tamale for me was probably the cheese and jalapeño one, I've always been a big fan of these so I had a pretty good feeling about it, and a close second would have to be the red pork one. I didn't like the chicken one so much though. Now for the empanadas, I enjoyed the chicken one more than the pork one. It feels like the chicken they use for the empanadas is different than the one for the tamale. Overall, I found my experience here very good. The cashier is helpful and nice, the inside of the place is clean and the food is really good. I'll definitely come back to try it again!

Wrong order given. I ended up with a chicken tamale when I wanted chili cheese. And did not taste good. Disappointed.

I recently visited this place and although it's very small like the size of their tamales. The tamales were very tasty just like home made, other places load up on their masa but here at tamaleman they had the fight ratio of masa to meat, there was a nice gentleman that helped me with great service. The reason for a 4 star was because their tamales were small.

My regular tamale lady retired so I had to find another tamale vendor. The donut lady next door recommended me to this place so I gave it a try. Clean store. Has treats for and drinks for individual sale. Picture menu and written pricing for tamales by the dozen. The first visit, the gentleman owner was very impatient with my poor broken English understanding skills. We eventually figured each other out but it was slightly stressful to make a dozen tamale order. Ordered 6 chicken and 6 Chile to try. Price $22 per dozen (this is with tax included). Initial thoughts, small tamales. May not be worth the money. However, after eating them, I felt different. Loved the chopped/diced green chicken. Little masa. My favorite tamale. Second time, I called in 1 dozen chicken and 1 dozen Chile. Picked up in the evening. Price $44. Everything was consistent. Third time, placed an order for 2 dozen chicken. The owner took my order for pick up. A lady was at the desk when I arrived. Her English was even worse than the owner. We had a terrible time getting my message across. Already placed a two dozen order frozen chicken. It was chaotic. I went home, heated four up and found the masa was twice as much with same amount of chicken... this was disappointing. I hope this was a one time fluke. If not, I'll be saying goodbye to this place and will be back on the search for another tamale person. I will buy it one more time to see how it goes. * I get that this is a tamale place and their first language is not English but simple dialogue about their own menu should be the minimum requirement for communication.

I went for tamales on a Saturday morning. My daughter is a very picky eater and she wanted tamales so I decided to give this place a try. The reviews I read are true, the tamales are pretty small and they are 2 dollars per... but they are tasty and My daughter loved them. I got there before there was a line which is good because when I left, there was a line. Haha. I'll be visiting them again soon. I just wish the tamales were a but bigger. ALSO THIS PLACE IS CASH ONLY.

This was probably one of the most difficult reviews for me to write. This is only because I tried five different tamales and it was hit and miss. I will start off with a positives. The masa (outside of the tamale) was really good and had good flavor. This was consistent among all the tamales that I tried. The cheese one was my favorite. It was really delicious and I would do that again. The chicken Verde and pork were also really good, but I found that these tamale (as well as others) were on the dry side. You can see by the pictures that they even look dry. And this is where I struggled because they had good flavor, but it didn't overcome the dryness. The Chicharrón one was not a favorite, it was just way too gooey and slimy. The one that was beef was dry and did not have a good flavor to it. So overall, I would probably only go back for the chicken and the cheese if I was in the area. Service was good. if I could, I'd give them a 3.5.

The tamales were really thin and soft and floppy. I was not a fan. The service was good but the quality was not there

Been looking for a local spot and I finally found it!!Great fish and shrimp tacos at a good price