Love this place! Located on 99 super close to Greenlake Park. Great store for all your Mexican food needs and products. Nice hot sauce selection, dried peppers, beverages, pan dulce, and meats and cheeses. The store isn't very large and aisles are short and tight, but selves are well stocked and organized. There is also hot food in the back, like a small restaurant. The food is buffet style so you just walk up to the counter and let the server know what you want. I got a chili relleno with rice and beans. I also got some of their carnitas. The chili relleno was delicious and made in the traditional way. I really enjoyed eating that. Rice and beans were not the best that I had, but were decent. Their tamales are also very good. They are seasoned well and the masa is tender. I wish I had something positive to say about the carnitas, but I don't. That was my least favorite. They were very dry and almost crispy when I had them and lacked flavor. I might have come on a bad day for those. If you want cabeza, they have that there a part of the buffet as well. There is parking available on the south side of the building and in the back. The owner is super nice, friendly, and helpful. I was looking for a specific hot sauce for my sister and asked him about it. He didn't have the brand I was looking for, but recommended a similar one. I trusted his rec and bought it. My sister loves it and now she has a new favorite and wants more. Great place to support! read more

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Went there first time, had zero expectations. I had a soup. I don't remember what it was called but it was exquisite! The broth was so flavorful, the meat, so tender, and the vegetables created a perfect balance. Eaten with soft warm tortillas, I couldn't ask for more. Super friendly service. Seating is limited and uncomfortable (stools at a shallow counter). read more

Buddy of mine took me here to grab some tacos for lunch and do a little shopping. He's a regular here so he talked it up a bit. He's of Mexican descent so he validates the authenticity, and it seems so. Lots of products here look as If someone looking for Latin goods can't find it at the standard supermarkets, it's probably here. So yeah, Mendoza's is like part restaurant and part grocery. We kept it pretty simple and got a couple of carnitas tacos and I got a jumex nectar to go with it. The meats are about off the bone as you can get as I watched the lady slice off the cooked pork. The family who runs it were friendly, not just to my buddy but to other patrons that were in and out, so that was a good look. Before we left my buddy insisted, we get a bag of "Dorilocos" - a snack made with Doritos topped with vegetables, peanuts, gummy bears, chamoy, and hot sauce and probably other stuff. It was interesting to say the least. If you're bold or want to take a bet, get yourself a bag, they'll make it right there on the spot haha. Very shareable. read more

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Nicest people around! Great service! I went to Lina's tires to get my tires changed and walked right over and it's literally like a small piece of so much culture in here. I'm on a diet restriction so I just got the pollo tamale and OMG. Literally the best I've ever had and that's saying muchos. The guy helping me got me just filtered water too after I told him I have restrictions and can't drink all the amazing options they have. Honestly so worth finding parking to go here. read more

Mendoza's Mexican Mercado - Grocery Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Great food but I just don't trust the pricing. It changes all the time and I feel like the prices are not "fixed". It feels arbitrary. Tacos went from $3.50 to $6 and I couldn't recognize the items being punched in. I ended up paying $50 for 7 tacos and a drink. This isn't a restaurant. This is a grocery store market. These prices are ridiculous. Needless to say I am not coming back. read more

Great when the follow their schedule Is Saturday at 5:30 and it is closed Sign says open 11am to 8pm read more

Mendoza's Mexican Mercado - 2nd time that I drive to this place and it's closed, it's 5:30pm on Saturday and sign says it's open until 8pm - Grocery Near Me - Seattle, Washington

I went to buy masa Fresca and the manager was helpful as to how much to buy. I was coming from Sammamish and he gave me excellent directions and I was given very fast service. The place is clean and easy to find products. The people are very friendly. read more

Que rico los chicharrones , y el mercado es bonito. Tienen al pastor para cocinar en casa, por eso fui aquí y fue increíble.

Awesome local spot! I only found out about it because I picked up my ups package there. Very nice people, in a cute, decorated restaurant/store. Food was delicious and good price! I also got a tamarind and a mandarin jarritos! read more

Mendoza's Mexican Mercado - Pork tamale with rice and beans (I added my own avocado) and a liter Mexican coke - Grocery Near Me - Seattle, Washington

This place is awesome - friendly service and a ton of great Mexican inventory in a small space. The prepared food to go is delicious, as are the pastries. My son and I came in recently looking for ingredients for mole for his school Spanish class project, and they had everything we needed, plus some good advice. read more

Somewhere between a 4 and 5. Closer to 4 because of the prices. You are getting homemade, fresh, and really good quality foods. I bought two salsa, the Roja and Verde. Both are good and spicy 4/5. Your level may vary; my fondness for spice is pretty high compared to most people. Like a lot of #shopsmall markets, it's a treasure hunt. Lots of great items, but they are squirreled away throughout the store. It gives you a reason to talk with the owners, who are happy to help and share some interesting stories. There is a good selection of carryout from the hot food counter. I didn't try any this time, and I will be back for the Chile Rellenos. The prices are a bit high for groceries but the fresh items keep me coming back. read more

Mendoza's Mexican Mercado - Salsa roja - Grocery Near Me - Seattle, Washington

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Small grocery story with A LOT packed in to such a small place. Really only has two or three small aisles worth of goods plus a small produce section, meat case, and hot food area. Their salsa roja was delish but too spicy for our tummies if you know what I mean. Produce was good quality. I was most excited to find dried Guajillo peppers!!! Impossible to find elsewhere in seattle. Family owned and super nice people. Free parking in the back. Definitely worth checking out. read more

I went early last week to buy meat. Disgusting to see brown meat in a puddle liquid still on display. Who knows how long that had been in there. Employee seemed pretty un phased by it so i just got something that looked better. Meat was pretty bland even after I marinated it for a few hours. Will not be returning. Carnicerías are absolutely pathetic on this side of the state. read more

The store doesn't put prices on the items, and they overcharged me for a pound of carnitas. I asked a friend fluent in Spanish to check the price for the same item an hour after my visit, and the price was much lower. Don't go here if you don't want to get ripped off. read more

Quality and variety of products is good! But prices are high, and unfortunately none of the prices are visible to customers, you only find out when at the cashier and there is no receipt unless you ask for it, and even if you get a receipt there is no description of the items purchased. It just say "item 1" $X, item 2 $Y. Seems funny business!!! read more

I am going to have to return for some of the food, but the groceries are great. So much variety in a relatively small space. Clean. Helpful. The only reason I am taking off one star is the meat didn't look great. Big selection, but I question the quality and freshness. And that's too bad. With some improvement at the meat counter, this could easily be five stars. read more

Mendoza's Mexican Mercado - Grocery Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Went in to pick up my missed UPS delivery and found this excellent place. Not only was the service top notch but the place is so good, clean and delightful. Bought a couple of tamales and they were delicious. Definitely going back! read more

Ok I'm glad I'm not the only one in the reviews who was caught off guard by the prices lol - and honestly I'd give this place 5 stars if their stuff was just a little cheaper. However, as a homesick cali girl looking for spices to make Al pastor marinade, this place made me soooo happy and feel like there was a piece of home in Seattle which is very lacking in good mexican food. I haven't tried many of their hot foods and their tamales were ok but mexican coke, chiles, and plenty of snacks were enough to make me smile inside. Their chiles also seemed way better and more fresh than the dried, dusty chiles in American markets- if the markets carried them. Would probably come back to stock on stuff if I needed ingredients to do more Mexican cooking. Even if the prices are a bit high. The people behind the counter were also nice and friendly even though I spoke English. read more

This was my first time here. It was nice and small. They have a lot of Mexican candy options and what they say to be fresh produce. They have a range of Jarritos as well as other Latin drinks I didn't recognize. They have paletas as soon as you walk into the store. They also have a cerniceria that seems to be pretty popular. You can order food by walking to the back of the store. They had a sign above it, but it didn't look like a menu. When I asked the person working for a menu he pointed to everything in the display case while naming it off. There were no prices shown. I ended up getting a plate of carnitas with rice and beans. The carnitas were good, but there was too much buche for my taste. The beans and rice were delicious! The tortillas seemed like they had been reheated more than once; the edges were hard, kind of stale. The green salsa was spicy, but an acceptable spicy. I really liked their green salsa. I didn't taste the red salsa, just because I'm a green-salsa-kind-of-person. When we went to go pay we took out drinks because we weren't done with them. The person working there told us that we had to finish them and then we can out our bottles in the crate below the bottle opener. I'm not sure if it's because they want the deposit or what it may be, but we felt like we were being rushed to chug our drink. Overall, I would recommend it if you want to buy anything other than food. They also had cute signs everywhere that just made us laugh. In one way or another it made us feel at home. read more

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Tamales, chicharrones, conchas 5/5 Clean, friendly, large selection for the size Thank you for turning my frown upside down! read more

Based on my experience here I need to award five stars. I was out running errands and needed to buy plantains, so I thought Mendozas would be a good bet. I ordered food to pick up as well. As soon as I walked in, I saw a giant stack of plantains, so I knew I came to the right place. I ordered huaraches, two for $10. The huaraches are delicious masa "sandals" topped with beans, nopales and cheese. I could only eat one at it was delicious, I'll save the second for lunch tomorrow. I also got champurrado because it' was a rainy December day. This mercado is small but has a warm atmosphere, it has everything you need, from a wall of spices, cases of cheese and salsa, ceramic mugs and bowls, and yes, a mound of platanos by the register. I live nearby so I'll be coming here more often now that I've found this gem of deliciousness. read more

Mendoza's Mexican Mercado - Huarache - Grocery Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Ordered the pork carnitas and was very excited for them but was very disappointed when they tasted super stale as well as them having a very bad cardboard taste. They're definitely frozen. read more

This market has terrible food and terrible service. The food in the case looks rotton, no gloves when handling and the staff working there is unkind and unhelpful. read more

This place is fabulous, it's gem when it comes to Mexican food!!!! Your not going to find your simple Mexican food here, your going to get the real deal. First of all the taco meats here are not for amateurs!!! If you want that just go to Taco Bell or taco time. They have tacos de cabeza aka cow head, which are amazing, made fresh every Saturday!!. They got carnitas, and to me Mendoza's and one other spot in Lynnwood make the best carnitas. When you have carnitas is mix of different parts of the pig, and they just melt in your mouth. They also have menudo aka tripe soup! Which is why we drive from Kirkland to Seattle. The menudo here is un describable!!! It just has the right taste and you can tell it was made right. It's not super greasy, which lets me know that they take there time to clean it, and the broth is one of a kind.It's a must go if you love menudo. They also make their own tortillas which make a big difference, they are fabulous. They make so many other things from scratch, that you will be blown away! Give them a try. You won't be disappointed. read more

Mendoza's Mexican Mercado - Great selection of spices. - Grocery Near Me - Seattle, Washington

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The employee was rude didn't look at us and spoke in Spanish. Followed by speaking in English, "I guess I have to translate for you, What can I get you". The foul attitude has lost my business permanently. Went to another Mexican grocer in Phinney Ridge. A little communication effort but the customer service was awesome without attitude and not condescending. read more

We went in for tamales, the cold ones that you can buy a dozen of and heat them up yourself. I've been very homesick and it had been hard to find them anywhere. When I read the reviews, we decided to go in since we were driving by the area. They were out, so I ended up getting 3 chicken and 3 rajas de chile, which were individually wrapped, hot and ready to each. My husband and I ate one of each and they were amazing. We left two for later, but TBH, I wish we hadn't. They did not heat up well at all and the masa got super hard, so we ended up tossing most of it. I also purchased a medium bag of corn husk, an order of Pozole, a small bag of powdered shrimp and a medium bag of eucalyptus leaves. I needed all these things because I wanted to try to make tamales and tortitas de camaron, so I didn't check on the price. (The eucalyptus is for a tea I drink when I have a cold.) My husband came in and asked to use the bathroom, to which the guy replied, "I don't know the code to get in." We had been driving for two hour and that was such a dumb excuse. We had our own idea why he didn't let my husband go in, but I won't get into that. Time to get rung up. Almost $61. I was a little bit stunned, but like I said, I needed/wanted these things. Hopefully I'll be able to make my own tamales, because although the were good, they were too expensive for me. everything was so overpriced. The service and the overpriced things would be cause for 3 stars, but those tamales were really good, so I'm giving them 4 stars. My husband also loved the pozole, packed with chicken. The store was clean, the service was decent although nothing special, and the parking on the side was helpful. read more

great little mexican tienda with mini restaurant in back! the restaurant food is mostly stews and such kept in food warmers like you would have in supermarket hot food areas. stufd tried pork ribs in mole sauce plate: not the chocolate mole but a nice savory curry like sauce. plate comes with spanish rice and beans, both were also very good carnitas (pulled pork): nice portion size! a tiny bit dry but i was there at the end of the night! would get again chiles rellenos: sort of my standby dish. tasty chicharron ( fried pork skins) got to get this with your meal! crunchy deliciousness! the seating area for eating is very no frills and has no tables. there are stools and a countertop area so you can sit and eat. i like how you just grab your own drinks from the grocery refrigerators! folks who worked there were really nice. menu changes a bit daily! get the sense this is more of a lunch spot and a lot of menu items were already gone by the time we got there around 630p. would get there earlier to make sure you get to try all the options! read more

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This would be 3 stars if this restaurant were in Texas, but 4 stars for Seattle. I had the birria (like a Mexican beef stew), cabeza (cow's head tacos), and carnitas (basically Mexican pork confit). All of the tacos were delicious and authentic! The first two meats were flavorful and quite juicy. The salsas they have at the bar are all flavorful in their own right -- one tasted of smoked chipotles and the salsa roja had a nice kick to it. Only complaint was the portion size was fairly small, considering each taco was $2.80 before tax (the birria was especially skimpy, like 1/3 the meat portion of a normal taco in Texas). It seems the food had been sitting for awhile, but considering the place is a meat market cum grocery, understandable! I'll be back to buy some fresh meat and more tacos, perhaps earlier in the day. read more

Mendoza's Mexican Mercado - Tacos - Grocery Near Me - Seattle, Washington

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We came in to Mendoza's for the first time. I was excited to find they have amazing fresh tamales in the back. We got one of each kind: carnitas, chicken, and jalapeño/cheese. They were delicious and flavorful. The service was friendly and he mentioned a rotating menu that I'm excited to try again. Great selection of chilies, spices, and other goodies. read more

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Why are there no prices on the items or on the listed receipt? There should be prices to better inform the customers.

I've been looking for a quality Mexican market with a wide variety of selection and this is it!! They have cases for queso and salsa, a carniceria, and a hot food selection. The staff is super friendly too :) read more

Mendoza's Mexican Mercado - Funny spicy meter for their salsas - Grocery Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Just good authentic food. Limited menu. Close to my home. And the people who run it are super friendly and provide excellent service.

Wonderful little store and delicious hot food. But the best part is the exceptional service that the owner and his wife provided me. When my UPS package was rerouted there when the driver was unable to get into my building, called me personally to let me know that it had arrived. I was able to get my package before Christmas and also saved me the multiple trips as UPS stopped providing updates. They did not have to do this, but this showed how much they care about their customers. I am absolutely grateful. read more

Friendliest Mexican lunch spot and handiest Mexican grocery and produce and gift shop ever! I'm presently living away from home on a research project and my husband was kind enough to send me a little Medoza's love, a care package of Abuelita fixings and matching cocoa cup for the long snowy winter ahead. I miss the home cooking and warm smiles at the mercado and know I will head there first thing when I return! Many thanks to the Mendoza family for keeping this Seattle tradition going! PS The homemade salsas and chili rellenos are not to be missed. This place truly has everything, for the pinata for your party to the spices you need for that delectable dish...or take out if you just want to leave it to the pros! Miss you, Mendozas but I'll be back soon! read more

Truly a magical place! I bought some of their freshly made queso fresco, salsa verde, and flour tortillas last time I went (plus $60 worth of other yummy items) and was beyond pleased with the taste and quality. Great customer service, too. I'll be trying their menudo next. I moved to Seattle from Texas, where 'mercados' are a given. I've struggled to find a place close to home because I live in Lower Queen Anne, but this place knocks it out of the park. I'll be back! read more

It has a decent selection of key ingredients you need to get started but their prices are not displayed anywhere. Not great values and not particularly impressed with their quality. Was really hoping they were good. read more

Food was ok, got the some tamales mostly masa and carne con chile plate but it was more like mushrooms con chile. Probably wouldn't get the hot food again too expensive. They have a great selection of snacks and sauces. Service was great empty store very attentive and informative. read more

My package was dropped off here from UPS so I was excited to check out their shop. I thought this place was really cool and looked forward to coming back. When I was getting my package, I'd not done this many times so I was confused how it works. The front lady had me sign something on her phone - I shrugged when she took it away because I wasn't sure if I should tap the bottom of the screen(I didn't see what it said on the prompt) Immediately after, the guy working at the front next to her imitated me, exaggeratedly as if I had been incredibly rude for shrugging as she took the phone back then proceeded to laugh at me. The woman awkwardly laughed with him and thanked me but I was so caught off guard by this that I just took my package and left. I really hope UPS doesn't send me here again if I miss a package. read more

Picked up dinner of rice & beans, with pork and lamb, and it was delicious! Great market with a hot food counter in the back.

Another homesick Mexican/SoCal person here. So so glad for the hospitality and fresh foods at Mendozas. Got a ton of Al Pastor and Carne for dinner with friends, and they were both super bomb! Pandulce is also top tier if you can find soft ones! 1000% recommend Mendozas, and supporting your local spots. read more