Lupita's Tamales

Delicious food, reasonable prices, family owned business. What more could you ask for? 🔥

Our family ‘go-to’ for hands down the BEST tamales ever. YUM. Especially the chicken. Everything is always fresh, flavorful and juicy. Only downfall is they close early and there is limited space for dine-in. Bon Appetit!

I was here at 6:15am and this place was packed, the line moved quickly. I learned about it from a coworker. I've had the tamales before and they are yummy and $1.75 a piece. They open super early and close by 4 but totally worth me waking up to catch these treats. It's a cute tiny cafe setting but let's be honest it's all about the food. If you never noticed it before now you know. I will be adding this place to my favorites in the area. Fresh, fast, clean and tasty.

My husband has been going there since he was a kid and they were selling out of the back of their truck. Once I had a taste I couldn’t agree more!! Best tamales I ever had!!

I stopped buying here because I noticed he tamales were always soggy, decided to give them the benefit of the doubt and buy again and to my dismay, soggy again. The champurrado was delicious as well as the corn tamales but as for the other 2 just a soupy mess.

A lot of reviews suggest calling ahead if you’re wanting a larger order, but their phones are off and no other way to get a hold of them. Been trying to call all morning for tamales I’d like to buy tomorrow, very irritating.

Authentic tasty Mexican dishes, generous portions clean, well lit

OMG, these are the best tamales! Came from the OC for these; they have a lot of red sauce and meat. The breakfast chorizo and potato burritos are also delicious. **Cash Only**

Some of the most moist tamales I've ever had. My cousin brought some of the chicken tamales and some of the sweet tamales to a church potluck, and both were incredible. Even after reheating, they stayed perfectly moist; no drying out at all, which is rare for tamales. The green salsa inside was delicious and flavorful; I personally would've loved a bit more heat, but that's just because I'm a spice lover. My moms fav was the sweet one. Once I asked where they were from, my cousin pointed me here. Overall, a solid 9/10.

Today I went in the morning to get three tamales, one cheese and jalapeño, pineapple and chicken tamale. The tamales are horrible , SUPER DRY! I tried the cheese and pineapple and didn't want to try the chicken , that's how horrible the tamales are! I am Mexican and don't approve ! The Champurado was the only good thing aside from the customer service. I want a refund ! Worst tamales ever!

why go to the expensive Burrito , taco, --mexican vibe place when you can get them all in this place?? Love love love... all the time! This place is really good! Cheap food, nice people, they may be packed sometimes.. so come and visit and you will not regret. i like them so much it sounds like they pay me to do this- but NO! they don't know me- I wish, so I could get free taco. jk! check em! parking is good, looks no restroom for customers , 4 tables to share, place is a bit small but cool.

The tamales are so tender and juicy. I got mine with chiliquiles with was so good. I love their house fried chips and the red sauce. Service is quick and the place is super casual. Small but mighty restaurant that serves a lot of guests quickly.

10/10 love it been coming here for many years as a kid now I take my son he loves it ! The Champurrado is the BEST

Absolutely love Lupita's Tamales! Brought a friend for her first time to get a dozen to go! Delighted that afternoon on a Friday there was still a full selection to choose from with Sunday being the Festival of Candelaria! Always buy a little extra for the following day to dice up and mix with scrambled eggs for a delicioso desayuno!

I'll admit, I'm not a big tamale fan but a friend of mine raved about this place so I stopped in to pick up some for game day. Lupita's is in a shopping complex, and the prices are reasonable. I got a variety: chicken, pork, and cheese & jalapeño. The chicken was mixed with Salsa Verde and the beef & pork had Salsa Roja. The cheese tamale contained a generous amount of cheese & jalapeño. The masa was moist. It tasted authentic and freshly made. The tamales are big, and I like that there was more filling than masa. My family loved the meat tamales. *Parking in the shopping complex.

I am proud to say that I was the 1st customer when they opened this place I was waiting in the parking lot during work till they opened for the first time.. The only thing I buy is the red pork tamales they are the best!

Well, I'm disappointed. Many days ago I put in an order on DoorDash to get 6 tamales delivered today and they canceled today saying they are not available to fulfill the order. Boo.

Great quality tamales, their chicken and pork is excellent and they are huge ! Great champurado too! Clean seating area, and great service. We were in and out very quickly.

Good tamales and good service. They never disappoint. We usually order their Cheese, chicken, and pork tamales. They also make some good burritos.

Great tamales and service. Open early and they have a variety of tamale types. Used to be cash only but they take cards now. They also have sandwiches and drinks.

We decided to give these guys a shot, and were not disappointed! We got chicken and pork tamales, and champurrado. Everything was amazing! We'll be coming here regularly. The staff are nice, and the ambiance is your traditional taqueria vibe.

Been coming here off and on through the past 6 years. Every time noticing their prices for tamales had increased. On my last visit there I noticed they were accepting debit and credit cards. So went ahead paid and asked for a receipt when noticed the amount was much higher than normal for what it was the last time, found out they charge .85 cents minimal fee for any card amount. That extremely excessive since most credit cards fees are app 2.9% to 3.% instead this place is charged 11.74% fee for an order of 2 tamales. It's not only extremely excessive but down right shady. There are no visible signs anywhere warning the customer of this fee other than a tiny fine print on the side of the credit card swiper. When brought up to the cashier they needed to post a bigger sign warning the customer of such fee her answer was "sorry".

Loved the chilaquiles and tamale plate. ! I love that they give you extra salsa and sour cream. It was really good & the price was great ! The lady taking my order was super nice & friendly. I will definitely be back ! :)

Great tasting tamales! These tamales are very moist and flavorful. They have a variety of options to choose from as well as plates of food. They are cheaper when purchased by the dozen instead of individually. There tamales range from $2.73- $4.10 per piece. This place is busy for lunch as many people tend to order their plates of food. Chicken Tamale- 10/10 Moist and has a tasty salsa verde. Beef Tamale- 10/10 Tasted great but does have a kick as it is filled with salsa. Cheese Tamale- 8/10 Standard cheese tamale. Pork Tamale- 8/10 Super saucy and has a lot of flavor. Corn Tamale- 9/10 Tasty and needs to be eaten fresh. Definitely a place to grab some tamales for the holidays. Be sure to call to place an order as they tend to run out of certain tamales by lunch time.

The machaca and egg breakfast burrito + cheese was awesome! It took about 15 mins to prepare. It's basically all protein, meaty, and it's a good price and size. The tamales are great, they are big and with lots of filling. They accept credit cards now, and I recall they didn't in the past. Small restaurant, small parking lot. Great place for Mexican breakfast.

The chicken tamales are amazing. The sweet and cheese tamales are mid. Small place. Will be back again.

The best tamales! My husband and I have been looking for someone who makes good tamales, with a good amount of meat and seasoning, and Lupita won hands down. I saw her at a craft fair and took down her info. She is the kindest person and gave good service as well. I'd highly recommend!

My go to place for quick and delicious tamales. Good service and friendly staff. Also very good prices

Am always looking for a good tamales place, had Lupita's Tamales bookmarked for a while, finally made it here! Located near the off ramp of the Glendale 2 fwy on San Fernando Rd. In a mini-mall next to T-mobile. Private lot available for parking or street. Lupita's serves up tasty looking Mexican style breakfast and lunch specials, but I came for the tamales! JUMBO sized tamales with a good ratio of meat to masa dough. The fillings are generously filled with meats and are saucy. I find the masa dough on the dry side but otherwise flavorful. We got some Beef, Pork, Chicken Tamales. "Beef"were the best in my opinion. And I don't even normally like beef tamales, but I would came back and get beef again! Shredded white meat chicken and pork cut in cubes were just ok. They ran out of cheese jalapeño (best seller?) by the time I got there at 1pm... Lupita's closes shop by 2pm. Sundays are TAMALES ONLY day open till 11:30 pm. ))CASH ONLY((

I live fresh homemade tamales and was searching for a place close to me, I live in Eagle Rock, and found Lupitas via Yelp search. All the reviews were good so we stopped in and bought 6 and also a chili relleno burrito. The burrito didn't make it out of the parking lot as we gobbled it up. The. We tore into the tamales . Beef, chicken, corn, pork. All had a good portion of filling and the masa was creamy and not dry as many tamales can be. Yum yum, we will be back. A great little place. Friendly staff, good fast service. If you get there later they may run out of favorites like the pork and beef. Come and get it!

Love their tamales. Especially the pork. Only issue I have is that they use too much masa compared to the meat. Super thick masa and very little meat. They recently marked up their tamales to $4 each. That's super high.

Dirty dishes, horrible service. Would not recommend this place. Asked for coffee and cream and they gave me a hole gallon of milk. Cashiers chatting to each other but no one was willing to help

Delicious tamales. Really loved the red sauce. Beef and pork were amazing. The chicken could get a touch dry, but I'd love to go back again and try more of their menu. Only knock was that it was a little slow, but they were just so busy because it's that good.

The tamales de puerco are the absolute best!!! They have a small kick to it, a little spicy but I love spicy. Spice level from 1-10 is like a 3, it gives it so much flavor. The mole de puerco inside is really flavorful. I can't wait to go again! But I would say that it was packed and there probably wouldn't be a place to sit.

Past few times I've gotten tamales by the dozen and very disappointed it's day old and very dry and less meat stop being so cheap you'll loose customers and have to ask for sauce other wise your not going to get it

Amazing Tamales I work in area and I drove from my home on thanksgiving and NYE from West Covina early in morning to beat the holiday rush , service is always top notch .

Absolutely amazing Tamales de los mejores sin duda ! Y los chilaquiles otro nivel el servicio super . Se los recomiendo!!!!

Lupita's has some of the best tamales in LA. My family has been buying from them for over 20 years and the quality has always been great. Ambiance is very casual and the service is quick and friendly.

Honestly, I am really annoyed with the inconsistency of a good tamale here, bought a dozen tamales today and they are awful! it tastes like they were frozen and reheated. The MASA was thin and like they added flour to it they are hard and crumbly and some parts are mushy. I am very disappointed! They're either trying to skimp on the MASA because it was not the same plus it was very thin. I also bought some cheese tamales and the masa was good and I can tell the difference with the pork Tamales I got , I probably will not be going there anymore and I will tell all my friends the same. It's not fair because these are expensive and I expect fresh tamales, this is not the first time they have done this to me so people beware ask for fresh tamales. This was a big disappointment will not be going back for a while maybe not ever I went over there from the valley to get these awful Tamales come on!!

We arrived early morning around 7am on a Saturday. The line was already at the door and we waited maybe about 20 minutes or so to order. We ordered 2 dozen (pork, chicken, beef, and cheese). The size of the tamale is pretty good, I was full after eating one tamale and a half. Surprisingly, my favorite tamale was the cheese one. It had such a nice flavor. My favorite meat tamale was beef. All of them were so moist and I would definitely pick up tamales again from them again!

Love this little gem of a place. I've been getting holiday tamales for my family here for several years now. They are always delicious. I especially like the red chili salsa you can get to go with. Staff is always friendly.

No minimum credit card charge. Plus pay extra for extra red sauce. The price of their tamales are now higher add to that this rude policy

Great tamales and wonderful service. Definitely worth it! Enjoy ! Even the salsas are delicious

Best tamales in Town! There are tasty, flavorful and not cheap with the meat. Workers are always polite and friendly. They never run out on the Holidays Thank You

Best Tamales hands down. Chicken 10/10 Beef 10/10 Elote 10/10 Champurrado 10/10 The masa is delicious and these tamales are HUGE and LOADED. There is no skimping here. One Tamale easily fills me up. I picked up a dozen tamales & 2 champurrados for people at work that ran me under $40. Definitely worth it. They do have a menu of other food items I have not tried yet, looking forward to it though. Cash only Parking in lot

I was recommended to try by a Glendale local, and it did not disappoint! I got a chorizo and egg breakfast burrito and some beef tamales and they were so good. The service was super fast despite having a little line. 9/10

We got there about 10am on a Saturday and they started running out of tamales. No dulce or elote tamales so I ordered 2 fresas, 2 quesos, 2 beef and 2 pork. The guy was kind of serious and I couldn't crack a joke with him. They only take cash and hand back the change in your hands. I guess they don't understand the contactless method of handling cash. Anyway, I had to wait about 10 minutes for my quesos. While we waited, a long line started piling up. I got my tamales but they short changed me 1 beef but I was already home and didn't want to make the trip back. The queso was good and the fresa was great. The fresa had just the right amount of sweetness. The beef and pork had a lot of sauce and the tamale wasn't dry. I do recommend this place.

I come for the Tamales and people always ask where I purchased! The cheese is super cheesy and what people notice first. I order once or twice a month and noticed great quality has never been more noticeable.

Our favorite tamales in town, -only second to our abuelita's. If you like your tamales, moist, like stew inside, these are for you. They are big, moist, and full of meat. The masa/meat ratio is perfect. Our favorites are the pork (red sauce) and pollo (green sauce). The beef and cheese with jalapeño tamales are also delicious. Their Chilaquiles Burrito is also incredible- sooo good. The guys and girls behind the counter are helpful and friendly and service is with a smile. There is a small eating area inside but we always get ours to go. Highly recommended!

I love the chilaquiles. The tamales are the best. Service with a smile. They close by 2 pm.

Lupita's Tamales are big, not dry, and full of flavor. We usually buy by the dozen and they will mix and match. If you are planning a large order, I'd give them at least 24 hour notice. We like the pork, chicken, and cheese tamales. Parking is in a small strip mall.

I so wish they had included some type of Salsas with a delivery order of the "chilaquiles burrito". It's simply too dry and the textures and flavor were not what they might be a lot better. I wish they were more considerate.

This was our new go-to spot for tamales, but on our last visit the prices were raised $.50 (per the guy working) for each tamale. We looked past the price increase and ordered a dozen with a mix of beef, pork, chicken and cheese. My wife and I both tried the beef first, and were shocked at how much masa there was. Wrapped, the tamales looked huge with meat hanging out the end. But after the first bite it was a struggle to find any meat. As we went through the other tamales, it wasn't any different. All masa no meat. We understand that costs are going up and a $.50 increase in price is reasonable. But don't lower the quality so extremely AND charge people more. That makes no sense. I'd rather pay the extra $.50 and get a smaller tamale that was proportioned right. We tried calling several times to let them know our thoughts, but it always went to a voicemail that isn't setup. Very disappointed doesn't even come close to how we felt about our last visit here. $36 down the drain.

Not good!! The tamales are all MASA the meat is there anything tamale no chicken no flavor... Don't recommend this place overrated

I come to this location every two weeks to do some maintenance on the property. The first time I tried these tamales I was blown away. Personally I am not a huge fan, imagine being Hispanic and every holiday and parties someone made tamales and they were horrible. I gave in and tried these, they are flavorful, moist, tender, they aren't shy with the meat portion. The salsa roja they have in the side is fantastic. The young lady that works register is very pleasant and helpful. Thank you Lupitas!

This has become a Christmas Season tradition for us. We are foodies and very critical. Lupita's puts out a beautiful product, moist and tender, each tamale is a half-pound of pure love. They open at 5a.m. so even holiday traffic is no issue. They were CASH ONLY for years but they now take cards for a nominal fee.

The tamales are bigger, have more sauce, and taste better, than many other restaurants. The service has always been good. The only complaint is that they changed how they make their tortas and I don't care for them anymore.