The Tamale Factory

My family really loves this place. We always have a great time and love, love, love the food. They make the best Industrial grade mass produced tamales on assembly lines in commercial factory facilities that blow black plumes of exhaust clouds into the air in South East Asia. Just the way abuela made hers before Stage 9 covid took her too early. Children are hired to work the tamale equipment because they will accept less in wages (.01 per day according to Reuters). And The Tamale Factory passes that savings onto us the customers.Would give 10 stars if I could.

I look forward to tamales in December. The Tamale Factory caught my eye on a recent trip to the Mission Inn. Yes, we can have them year 'round. They make them from scratch daily. Red chili with Pork meat is the original flavor, but they make green chili stuffed with cheese and meatless, which is my favorite. They are open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Menu highlights are: Huevos Rancheros (mild red sauce), Omelets, Breakfast Burritos (bacon, chorizo, scrambled eggs, potatoes, beans and cheese). Lunch and dinner offers soups, salads and combos (tacos, enchiladas, and chili rellenos). They do offer catering for your private events. There is a banquet hall on the second floor with a balcony. Reservations are not required, come hungry and don't forget to tell'em that Rosemary sent ya!!

Stumbled upon this place while staying at the Mission Inn for a conference looking for lunch.This place has potential; but fell flat. You order at the counter, chips/salsa are not included. It's similar to Chipotle where you can see them prepare the order.There's inside and outside seating and they service alcohol.My food was very salty. I had a salad w/chicken; so it must've been the chicken. I didn't say anything until my colleague mentioned hers was a bit salty too. The consensus was all of our food was salty; from the tortilla soup, the quesadilla, to the salad. I'm not sure where parking is when visiting.

Can't believe I've never been here before. Stopped by with a friend from work during lunch a while back. We were helped right away and I got the Fiesta Nachos with chicken. When you order, you go down the line to choose what you want on your entree like a " Chipotle" but better! I also got their blackberry empanada which are made in the morning and it was the perfect dessert after my lunch. To drink, I had the Spinach Pineapple agua fresca and it was sweet and very refreshing. My friend had the Fiesta Salad with chicken and also loved it. I definitely want to come back and try out their breakfast next time. Their website says breakfast is until 11:30am which is nice compared to other places that stop it around 10:30am. The staff was friendly and the place has an hacienda style look to it with outside seating. If you don't want to pay for parking, you can park across the street at the Food Lab parking structure for free for 90 minutes and walk over.

My family and I love this restaurant. Simple menu, fresh food bursting with flavor. The tamales are fabulous.

Probably one of the best tasting tamales I have ever had. The service was also excellent and the inside of the restaurant is very nice. They also have outside seating. We left with a dozen tamales to have at home.We will be returning.

Always good. Fresh, delicious tamales (good meat to masa ratio, they don't cheap out)...generous size too! Great homemade sides made from top shelf ingredients. Expect to spend $20 a person per meal....not the cheapest but not the cheapest quality either. The staff is always cool and down to earth. Horchata is homemade and delicious. Comfortable setting, a little piece of heaven in downtown.

I absolutely love coming to the tamale factory whenever I find myself in downtown Riverside early in the day. Parking: you have to be ambitious to find parking around DTR. Last time I came, it took over 20 minutes. There's very limited space close to the restaurant and they are all sought after. Selection: while I mainly come for tamales, there's a bunch of other amazing dishes like the Menudo. I love the cocktails they make from their aguas frescas! This time around I got pork tamales, my only complaint is more meat to mass ratio! Other than that the sauce is amazing and they dress the tamales up so nice with extra toppings!

The tamales are not good! And it's way too pricey! Will not be coming back! Did not have a pleasant experience!!

This place is so amazingly good. The owner is so kind and helpful. I had the chicken taquitos and had zero complaints. Crispy and filling!! The place is also clean. Will come back.