If you want to find a hidden gem for some awesome Mexican food while in Maricopa AZ, you have to check this place out. It is a traditional Mexican bodega and meat market better known as a carniceria. Everyone there is so friendly and they have all of your hard to find Mexican brand goods. The best thing is that they have a full kitchen that serves everything from tacos, burritos, nachos and even menudo on certain days. Fresh hand made tortillas that you can purchase and take home to cook when needed as well. My go to there is the mixta burrito which is a mix of pastor (pork) and carne asada. The burrito is huge and also has beans and rice inside combined with cilantro and onions. Their fresh homemade salsas are to die for! Grab an ice cold refresco from the fridge to wash it down (soda pop for all the gringos). read more

Carniceria Sonora- Maricopa - Mixed burrito - Meat Shops Near Me - Maricopa, Arizona

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If this meal was just bad, I wouldn't bother writing a review, but it was extraordinarily awful. I don't think we got everything we ordered because it was all mushed around. But that's okay because I wouldn't want us to even think about eating more of it than we did. These people clearly don't know the meaning of the word "crisp." And I don't know how you cook meat to kill it that completely. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll kiss $30 bucks goodbye. Just wrote this in hopes that someone else will read it and be spared that experience. read more

tried 3x.(phone call)...as i am **handicapped (need to have caregiver..to go there?)..if items available.....called..to get information on items needed to make homemade tamales.. was put on hold for 15 mins(girl put phone on counter) while "gabbing " with another employee and not coming back to answer my inquiry ..called back 2x..phone off hook. busy signal..absurd..discourtesy will never go there to shop read more

Delicious homemade food. Love the Tortillas here and am trying the tamales. Service was excellent. Always someone who speaks English but many workers only speak Spanish. Small business crowded space with a lot of choices. Great local small business to pick up some delicious food. read more

Carniceria Sonora- Maricopa - Homemade Tortillas and tamales. - Meat Shops Near Me - Maricopa, Arizona

Food is boooomb. So good. Got tacos. Al pastor, carne asada, pollo asada and carnitas. Super flavorful and the tortillas are fresh and the hot sauce is yummy! read more

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I have been waiting for them to open. I finally decided to give their carne asada a try. Very difficult to find parking. They have a small fresh produce area next to their refrigerators. There are a lot of typical Hispanic products... hot sauces Amor and Tapatío, soda Jaritos and a good variety of flour tortillas. There is a great selection of salsas to buy. They make the corn tortillas on site. The meat counter had some nice selections of meat and chicken. They make the carne asada preparada once you request it. Sonora offers hot food to go tacos, burritos, quesadillas and sides too. I was fortunate enough, not to get charged the $13.99 a lb everyone has been complaining about. I bought fresh corn tortillas and a barbacoa taco, along with my carne asada preparada. However, I pulled out my food to make dinner and their were hairs in my freshly made corn tortillas.... Disgusting. I threw everything out. I'm gagging just thinking about it. read more

Carniceria Sonora- Maricopa - Fresh corn tortillas with a hair in it 3-9-23 - Meat Shops Near Me - Maricopa, Arizona

Most everything could be improved. Moved to the area 5 months ago and decided to give them a try for breakfast. My Wife and I had carne asada bowls. The carne asada was honestly like beef jerky but without flavor. Hard to even chew because it was completely dried out. Volume was okay but far from fit for human consumption. We both struggled to eat 1/3 and threw the rest away. Daughter had a couple of bites and threw it up. Beware!! Not good! read more

Google Maps failed--it will help to know this in at the back right of a convenience store and so take away only. That being said, my pollo asado tacos with refried beans and rice add on were very flavorful, mildly spicy and would order again if in the area. The woman behind the counter was very sweet and patient with my limited Spanish. They sell what I think are small tubs of their fresh guac in the refrigerated section. Really good and recommended. read more

Service is great. Lots of people there. Though none are maintenance. Lots of flys at the front door for their meal. Looks like two days of food at the front entrance. read more

Carniceria Sonora- Maricopa - Would you say over two days worth? - Meat Shops Near Me - Maricopa, Arizona

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Food is good, but the girl who took our order was not nice and was clearly not happy with her job. It took more than 5 minutes to put together a combo order of 3 tacos. By the time I got home to eat my food, it tasted good but was already cold. read more

Wow, where do I start? Food? Butcher? Service? How about all of the above.... I am so happy and excited they are now in Maricopa. I work in Phoenix next to their location on 48th St and Southern and have been going here for years! Now they have one in my backyard in Maricopa. I have been here 3 times since opening day. There was a line out the door and they were still able to move the lines fast and efficient. I brought home their marinated chicken, slapped it on the grill and wow, felt like I was on a beach in Cabo. Defiantly authentic Mexican food and market. Can't wait to go back again and again. read more

Carniceria Sonora- Maricopa - 2 free tacos on opening day only. Wow these were amazing - Meat Shops Near Me - Maricopa, Arizona

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This place says they close at 9pm but I just went by at 8:20pm to get some tacos and burrito but they said sorry they already cleaned the grill 40 mins prior to closing! read more

Carniceria Sonora- Maricopa - Shows open at 8:20pm. - Meat Shops Near Me - Maricopa, Arizona

Cant wait to go I hope the kitchen is same as one in Tucson. The bar is set very high thus super excited to go after work. I got lucky looking at google maps as I have not seen advertisements yet I also hope the trump tarriffs arent too steep Americans already pay heavy sales taxes. read more

Visited on the second Saturday they were open and fully expected low stock because I know how Maricopa loves new stores/ restaurants. It's very small with a sampling of most categories you would expect in a grocery store with limited space. The fresh tortillas are excellent as was the rice and beans. They weren't serving other hot food except soup and I didn't get any. I asked about other hot food options and they said they hadn't finalized what their menu will be yet. Really hoping it is similar to their Tempe location. Service was friendly and I have high hopes for what they will do here once the "shiny new toy" rush dies down and they settle in. The other large opportunity other than in stock was pricing. Tons of items with no price at all. read more

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I love an "ethnic" grocer where I can find products that are not widely available at chain stores in the US and I had a lot of fun browsing the aisles at Carniceria Sonora. I tried lots of items over a few visits with the highlights being the al pastor, the chicharron, and the homemade tortillas, which were what brought me there in the first place. Now, I am not an Arizonan so this is perhaps not the most informed review, but those tortillas were bomb, in my humble opinion. Tender yet toothsome and so so flavorful. The tortillas, al pastor, and grilled onion cooked on the flat top made for a super quick, super satisfying dinner. Service was friendly and helpful. On one occasion we struggled with a language barrier and the woman working the hot case was exceedingly patient as we worked toward understanding one another. On another occasion, the man behind the butcher counter hooked us up with "the juice" for our flap steak. Did I know what he was talking about when he asked if we wanted "the juice" ?Nope. But it turned out to be a punchy marinade that amped up our meal, so we were glad we went for it. There's nothing fancy about Carniceria Sonora but I think they've made excellent use of what was once a gas station convenience store to bring Sonoran flavor to Maricopa. read more

The service was awful and my tortillas were cold. I will not be visiting a second time.

We buy all of our meat here weekly. The butchers are friendly, and make great suggestions.

Great authentic Mexican food and friendly service! Very clean. I just moved to Maricopa a year ago and this is one of my favorite places to get food and drink! read more

Fantastic products, the only fresh and hot tortillas in Maricopa, the salsas are wonderful the although limited the meats and fresh produce is great. read more

Wow! Wow! Wow! Finally a Mexican Meat Market that not only offer fresh cut meats, but also serves hot food! Not just hot food, but authentic Mexican and Salvadoran comfort food! We are always in search of authentic cuisine. We tried the pupusas, carnitas, and posóle so far. The pupusas were the best I had anywhere. We had the pork and refried beans pupusas and it had more meat in it than any place I tried. They were so flavorful by themselves, but of course I added the pickled slaw and salsa. We wanted to try the spinach and cheese Pupusas, but they were all out at the time. I hope they'll serve squash, beans, and cheese pupusas. It's a favorite among Salvadorans. The posóle was some of the best I had if not THE best. It was even better than the Posolería I tried in Phoenix a few months ago, which was my favorite at the time. The red chile pork broth had tons of flavor. The carnitas was moist and flavorful. They sell it by the pound. My wife said the corn tortillas, which are house made were the best she tried and now will be the only tortillas she'll buy. They sell those by the bag and the guy who makes them is constantly feeding the machine with masa. So needless to say, they're fresh! They also serve other hot soups such as Caldo de Res or something similar and people were ordering containers of it like hot cakes. They serve different meats on the line also. I noticed ribs on the hot line today. Yesterday was carne asada. They grill whole marinated chicken also. We'll try that next time because it looked like they were marinated in Mexican spices and the color looked mouthwatering. This is definitely our new favorite place in Maricopa! read more

Great little place for grab and go. They have a nice variety of ready to eat foods. A great looking butcher shop. We ordered carnitas and carné asada. The taste was on point. Lots of Mexican nick knacks. read more

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Best carne asada tacos in town. Lots of meat! The people working the counter are always friendly.

Went there today to look for pig feet and the kid behind the meat counter was disgusting rude to me!! He didn't even acknowledge me at first because I am Asian than finally I spoke up again to asked for his help. He snapped at me and told me basically what the hell am I doing in a Hispanic grocery store and NO, I don't have what you are looking for! I was petrified and got out of the store as fast as I can. Customer service here is only for Latino, so it seems. I was definitely NOT welcome there. Sadly. read more

The correct address is 19590 N John Wayne Pkwy Maricopa, AZ 85139 United States This is by far the best Carniceria I have been to in my life. It's very very clean and the food is so fresh. All the meats taste so good. Even the kitchen where you can order tacos burritos and more is clean and the food is so good. I will be returning for sure. read more

Fabulous carne asada was wonderful with fresh tortillas and salsa Will go again can't wait to try another meat specialty read more

So, although the food is good the customer service from the females is awful. The men are so much better at dealing with the customers. I don't think the women should be working with the customers at all. My husband and I were going every night and now we just go about every 2 or 3 weeks now, whenever I get a craving. Otherwise, their rudeness is just not worth it. Stuck up, snotty and general unhelpful will lose you customers in the end, this needs to be addressed. read more

I went in today with my younger brother. I ordered pozole for pickup from doordash and when we went in there we just got death stares like we didn't belong there just because were white. I go home excited to eat because I have loved pozole since i was a child. Most of my family is Mexican. Open it up and very greasy and the meat.. all fat. My mother told me I definitely received menudo. Sorry but I didn't ask for cow stomach. If your out of pozole cool call me let me know and I'll get my money back but seriously.. waste of my money. Decided to make my own pozole because of how upset I was. read more

Carniceria Sonora- Maricopa - My pozole - Meat Shops Near Me - Maricopa, Arizona

I dont write a lot of review weather good or bad. I like to let people experience life for themselves but I have to write this review. The chicken burrito was really good nice a flavorful but less than half way into me enjoying my burrito I heard a crunch and almost felt like I broke a tooth. what I pulled out my mouth was a rock, a small rock. I live In Arizona and there are rocks everywhere but not sure how this one ended up in my burrito. Burrito was good but cant finish it because of the rock. not sure ill be going back Unfortunately. read more

Carniceria Sonora- Maricopa - almost broke my tooth on a rock in my burrito. - Meat Shops Near Me - Maricopa, Arizona

Food is delicious and staff is very kind!! We've purchased from the hot food, the meat counter and the grocery section and all have been wonderful. Their carnitas and chicharrones (both kinds) are out of this world. So happy to have them in town. read more

Best Carniceria I've been to in a long time. Carne asada is great and so is the salsa made from chile de árbol.

Honestly this place is extremely over priced. As a Mexican that shops at other Carniceria. I know you should not be paying an arm and a leg for simple Mexican products. read more

The store was very organized and clean. There was a huge line to order food. I got tacos. They were good. The staff is nice. The salsa is extra spicy. Had to wait in another long line to pay at the register. Overall it took over 30 mins to get in and out. I would most likely come back again for more tacos; probably when the lines aren't long. read more

I came here on Friday super excited to get myself a mojarra when I went home and was ready to eat my food it was raw, not well cooked. I was very disappointed because I really enjoyed the mojarras from here read more

I can't express enough how happy I am to have a carniceria in Maricopa! Everything was fresh and delicious. I can't express enough how happy I am to have a carniceria in Maricopa! Everything was fresh and delicious. The employees were all very friendly and helpful. I can't wait to return for more Carnitas and Pupusas read more

Carniceria Sonora- Maricopa - Meat Shops Near Me - Maricopa, Arizona

Overpriced but good burritos. The Carna Asada tasty but difficult to chew (too much grit). 21.98 plus tax $23.45 for 2. Staff very friendly. Good choices and Fresh meats available. They need to post prices and menu. read more

I went the week of opening. Food was great, and I love the store set up.... I've got to go back.... Really soon.

Food is good. The Maricopa location ran out of most items by 6pm but it was only because they had just opened. The meat section has a good selection. My only issue is the pupusas are not available all day. If it's on the menu then it should be available. read more

Everything was delicious. From the beans to the rice and the barbaco de res!!!!! And the tortillas were great!!! I will be coming back. read more

Carniceria Sonora- Maricopa - Produce section looks great! - Meat Shops Near Me - Maricopa, Arizona

Delicious food sold here from carne asada marinate is delicious in flavor, to sweet bread, to fresh tortillas daily for those who prefer to eat freshly made corn and flour tortillas, and so much more. read more

We just enjoyed the BEST carne asada we have ever had, in a restaurant or otherwise. I have made it from scratch in the past and this was easier, cheaper and WAY better than that. Thank you for doing what you do and we will be back more than we should. read more