From the outside it's not much! But this is the best place around for tamales!
Take your pick
panaderos 2
The wait
interior
Pork with Red Chili Chicken with green chili Cheese with chili
exterior of restaurant
Chili and cheese on the left! Pork and red chili middle! Chicken and green chili on the right!
Business hours and health department letter grade
Working hard
food
Busy area
Menu for food specials
interior
Tamale
food
Outside of the business
Lesley's Bakery/Tamales
This here, is a cheese tamal yummy
Scam
Deconstructed pork tamale( I think it's pork) with a little spice but tolerable. The one underneath was the chicken ( I believe) tamale.
Hair in tamale
Pork tamale and chicken
Red pork tamale
Dyron C.
Dec 14, 2024
OMGOOOOOODNESS! The chicken tamales is to die for. Packed with chicken and less masa. It was well me catching 3 buses to get them. The line is out door and seeing how this was my first time; was praying to God they didn't run out God Is Good. No more Superior Grocery tamales.Thank you for making the best tamales I've had. Customer for life.
Read MoreWendy B.
Jan 7, 2025
The crazy things we do on a whim.Xmas Holiday season it is absolutely mandatory to have some moist, hot tamales somewhere close at hand. We have closer resources, and I admittedly love the softer, moister Peruvian style even more, so keep that in mind. But my husband merely had to mention a tamale road trip, and I became weak knee'd. So, off we went in our abused little brown Kia, to give a new place some 25 miles away a chance to win our hearts.This had all started because he had watched a vlog that pronounced some *other* place sold the perfect tamales. We drooled with anticipation the entire drive. But when we arrived, no tamales were even on the menu. Crushed! Well, I never take that laying down. So Yelp to the rescue... and we found Lesley 2 was a mere mile away.Lesley's was hopping busy, but there really was no wait. Not surprising after seeing the large operation with many steamer vats behind the large counter. We got a half dozen chicken and a half dozen pork, intent on sharing with the family on New Years Eve. New Years Eve... unfortunately, we did not warm them up enough and the masa ended up somewhat heavy and dry. We found we were not in love with the fillings either, rather bland, so they were mostly left uneaten. Unwilling to throw them out, the following morning I gave them another chance, this time making a homemade pico de gallo to smother them in. A longer warm-up time and my pico is what made a difference. They were much better. So, end of story, I would probably not drive that distance again, no jackpot for us, but at least we rescued our initial disappointment. But I admit, I have my eye on yet another place in San Bernardino that had already been sold out for the day. Thankfully, tamales never go out of season!
Read MoreJaz A.
Dec 1, 2024
I Found a dead pincher bug in my pork tamale, I almost ate it gross. I don't think I'll be coming back here.
Read MoreLaurie D.
Jul 17, 2024
I was craving a good tamale and read reviews on yelp before going here. I ordered two each of their cheese and jalapeno, chicken, and pork. All of the tamales were really good. I was surprised at how delicious the chicken tamale was. Usually, chicken tamales tend to be dry. However, their chicken tamale was juicy and moist. I will definitely be back when I'm in the area.
Read MoreYvonne T.
Nov 11, 2024
I ordered a dozen tamales. 5 pork 5 chicken. I did not care for the pork it was dry and salsa is kinda sweet. My husband liked them though. The chicken was better but unfortunately I found a hair mixed in the meat of the tamale. I also had a ham torta which was pretty good but nothing special. The bolio was good though.
Read Morerebecca s.
Dec 9, 2024
I was very impressed with the pork tamale. I had my sister tried. She was very impressed. She said it tasted better than my tamale was not dry and I had to pork tamale with the red sauce. I will definitely come back again..This place is very packed line outside and they had delicious Mexican bread, fresh bake
Read MoreMichael N Marina S.
Nov 21, 2024
Watch out because they overcharge you! I just got charged $55 for 1 dozen of tamales 1 bolillo and 3 extra tamales 1 can of soda they said it comes out to 49.00 when I called but my receipt says 55.00 smh
Read MoreDanielle S.
Dec 16, 2024
I absolutely love their food but when I came in on Saturday to get tamales they were closed. According to the sign on the door (and Yelp) they are supposed to be open until 2pm on Saturdays but when I arrived (at 12:40pm) they were already closed and locked up. Not following your own hours of operation is a good way to lose customers, no matter how good your food is.
Read MoreDonna C.
Feb 21, 2025
Tamales and bolillo's are amazing! Worth the wait! . The Mexican bread is also really good!
Read MoreYolanda B.
Jan 19, 2025
I was extremely disappointed . Bought tamales in December they were horrible ,masa very dry it crumbled after heating them. Waste of money!
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