Sarah R.
Yelp
I have never had a tamal I didn't like- until now.
We ordered 8 dozen for the holidays (beef, chicken, and cheese). My family normally makes our tamales but life got in the way this year. Still, we were excited to support a local, small business, and try something new.
Ordering was easy, just did it on the phone. Picking up was easy too. But the food... your stomach will not thank you.
First, these tamales are 90% masa. We kept having to cut huge chunks off because it was just mouthful after mouthful of masa.
I'm a vegetarian so I only ate the cheese & jalepeno ones. Oooo girl- the cheese would not melt, had the consistency of soggy tofu, with such an odd/dull flavor, and each tamal had literally ONE jalepeno slice. Sometimes half a jalepeno slice. And these are not "green" tamales like you would think- they put salsa ranchera in it and it tasted straight out of a jar.
We ended up getting more peppers and salsa and of course eggs to make them more edible but still no good.
My family has literally never had any tamales left over after the holidays because we love them so much. But oooh we had BAGS left over this year! No one wanted to eat them.
I called the shop after Christmas and let them know our experience. I asked if I could return the tamales we didn't eat and the owner let me know that I could return them only on the day he would be there and for half the price. Which I decided would be a whole lotta hassle to schedule and get down there when he was in, so didn't do.
This is my first two star review and it wasn't easy to write, but this is my honest opinion and experience... could've given one star but the staff was nice.