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    Vallarta Supermarkets

    3.1 (47 reviews)
    Closed 7:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Dexter F.

    Well, I took advantage of walking through on a weekday morning. This place is huge. Lots of produce and fruits as well as a huge meat counter and an equally large deli counter. Ideally, a glorified restaurant with a market attached to it. The staff was helpful. The prices are slightly higher than competing stores in the area, but you are really paying for the convenience of a one stop shopping experience.

    Ervin S.

    I love this place. They have every Hispanic/ Mexican...It is their hot food section though that is stellar! They have chicharon, intestines, burritos, etc! All made or made to order! Serious good stuff! Service is good but helps if you are Spanish speaking. Ambiance is nice and clean unlike smaller mercados and they even have a dining area. If you are looking for a yum place for groceries or just hot food, this is the place to go.

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    Kim C.

    First time here, just looking at this new store, it's pretty impressive. Its big with lots of different departments. Seen people trying to use their EBT cards at the food court/cocina and it won't work there. They were told they need to go to the main checkout for it to work. We got their 12 piece fried chicken, when we got home it was actually 13 pieces. It was pretty good for only 11.99. Also tried their grilled corn, extra large tortillas and some small chunks of carnitas, also good. The best deal was the 72oz Agua Fresca in a giant Container for only 9.99. I also got a large fresh squeezed juice called Vitamin C. It was nice and refreshing. Their tamales From the hot bar are small , dry, tuff and chewy for 3.00 each. They weren't fresh. Wouldn't get these again. Really disappointed in this marzapan gelatina. There's no flavor at all in the gelatin. All the flavor comes from the small amount of whipped cream on top and a thin carmel on the bottom.Won't get this again. I came back to try the guava gelatina and it's just as flavorless as the marzapan. Won't get these again. Tried their corn pie. I thought it was corn bread but I was wrong. It's more like sweet corn cake. It's made with kernels of corn inside a flour base. It was different but it was good. Lastly I tried their guava Agua Fresca. I think it's made with milk, which i didn't care for and didn't really have any guava flavor. Wouldn't get this again either. They have a 5.00 sushi deal on Wednesday's might try that. We'll still come back to try other things in their food court/cocina.

    Everything was delicious!
    Terri M.

    I was told that this place has great tacos so I figured I would come by. This place lost a star because the people in the food area were too preoccupied chitchatting and joking with each other to help customers. There was about 4 other people waiting to try to get food. But one of the boys from the next area came to help me. I got a burrito with the chile verde style meat and it was delicious! Will definitely get it again. I also got the pina aqua fresca and chocoflan. The chocoflan was so good and the cake part was nice and moist!

    The good is that staff are friendly over all, I went in to get two tacos de cabeza, these are the worst tacos I've had, the picture below shows all the fat in my tacos, it's enough for one taco alone. Cook needs to do a better job cleaning out the meat eeeew

    Ceviche 1/5 - SHRIMP IS NOT DEVEINED.  DONT RECOMMEND!
    Roman M.

    Stopped by the store to check it out since it just opened. They have a good variety of prepped goods including hot tamales, salsas, pan dulce, flan, gelatinas, cakes, quesos huge meat dept, fresh tortillas. The reason for the low review I bought 2 lbs of ceviche de camaron because it looked so darn good. HOWEVER, when I got home to eat it I noticed that the shrimp wasn't deveined there was black stuff everywhere. I expected better quality to be honest. Specially at $9.99 / lb. Also the lady at the ceviche counter who helped me had just gotten back from a break? And was upset because I didn't take a number. But the other lady was not calling numbers just next. So i didn't think i needed it. Since no one was taking numbers.

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    Very nice store but pricey. All your needs to eat their hot food and make your own recipes you will find here.

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    Refried beans too watery, rice dry, carnitas were good but spicy. Don't think I'll go back

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    Food gave me the worst stomach ache and all the chicken there smells??? Why does the chicken smell like sea food gone bad???

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    LoL there so every customer who complaints sees that u post the same apologetic crap thank u!...sincerely Lorenzo ur old customer!

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