El Metate Market

Wide selection of Latin American goods. Also, the carnitas are really good. Definitely coming back.

I really like the new changes to the store however their price's definitely went up. So it's hard to want to buy small items like mayo, sour cream, and other items that you can find in other stores. Their hot foods however are so good! We have gotten their lunch/ dinner specials and their green salsa. Tonight though was a hot or miss on there Carnitas. We normally order these and make homemade nachos for my family and I but when I opened my togo container I was surprised at how dry the meat was and oily that I was given. I order just under a pound and all the meat we ate wasn't very good as well. It was dry, oily and burnt. Besides this, their customer service skills are on point and they are very helpful!I would suggest if you could purchase other items like your milk, juice, sour cream, traditional cereals at other stores, as they will be more expensive here. But there hot food items, their bakery items and their produce section has pretty good prices.

The best Mexican market in the area and possibly the happiest place in the neighborhood besides the parks and beaches. Excellent selection, friendly, helpful & adorable staff and definitely the best place to grab chilies, avocados, tomatillos, key limes, tropical fruits & tortillas (the BEST!). Also super handy for basic household stuff like tp . As an aside they play the most festive music and the vibe is

Just do yourself a favor and make sure you grab pan dulce, El Metate tortillas, fresh cheese, and salsa! Those are my staples when I come here, but have also purchased a few other things. Good prices and the store is clean and organized. The parking lot can be tricky since it's shared with the strip mall, but granted, I was there on a Sunday morning.

A medium sized Mexican grocery store with fresh produce, a very good selection of meats and other parts of the animal used in Mexican cooking. There is also a cooked food section where you can purchase lunch boxes to go. On the day we went there was a woman cooking up quesadillas using fresh queso and offering them up as samples. It was quite delicious. I really liked that they had blue corn tortillas available and they were still warm.I wouldn't go out of my way to shop here, but if you were in the area, it's a pretty good market to get your Mexican goods. Staff are really friendly as well.

They are the largest Mexican/Latin grocery store that I've seen in Orange County and I'm grateful because OC doesn't have the Vallarta huge Mexican/Latin grocery store like they do in LA county. I am very appreciative. I hope this store can expand and have more options as well. I'm not Mexican, but I do have mixed Latin descent...it goes a long way to have this store.

They have great homemade flour tortillas El Metate brand and the champurrado is not too thick - super yummy!

I'm going to keep this review pretty short and sweet - I shop here when I need my pan dulce, Mazapan, Cajeta, Tamales, Salsa picante, Jarritos, Bolillo, queso, tortillas and Abuelitas fix! Parking is ok - 3 stars Food quality sometimes is less than stellar lol, so 3 Stars 5 stars for overall service levels and pricesAlways joke with the wifey that the $37 we spend at El Metate would be more like $80 at Vons!

It's alright... I used to go a lot as a kid with my mom and got whatever I wanted you know? But the thing is it's just freezing in there and smells like fish all the time, which is obvious why but it just seems dirty or unsanitary. They're stuff Is good though, sometimes!!!

Been going here since they opened, we love their chicken asada. Well the storeIs cleaner and prices are up and the chicken has been cut into a lot smaller cuts. So long been nice knowing you ! We will look elsewhere for Chicken Asada.