Came in for some lunch and glad we did. The staff here were very helpful and friendly. Nice variety of Spanish grocery items, ingredients and desserts. All the things you need to cook a great meal. But when ur not in the mood to cook you can order food made to order or there's ready to eat options whichever you're craving. Clean and organized interior well lit and great place to shop. read more

Vallarta Supermarkets - Lunch plate comes with rice and beans - Grocery Near Me - Whittier, California

I am extremely disappointed and upset by what I witnessed at this market. While I was there, I saw a new cashier employee doing a good job, but he needed help with one thing. No one was around to help him, and when he called the manager, Raquel, over for help, she seemed mad and bothered instead of being patient or supportive. Raquel asked him how he was doing with the produce codes, and he honestly said he was getting better but still needed to look at the sheet by the register for help. Instead of encouraging him, she got upset and told him he needed to memorize all the codes and not look at the book. She then compared him to herself, saying that when she first started, she memorized the codes fast and never needed help. As a customer, this was very uncomfortable and upsetting to witness. The employee was clearly trying his best, and there was no reason to embarrass him in front of customers. A new employee should be trained with patience and respect, not made to feel bad for asking for help. After seeing how management treats their employees, I do not feel comfortable supporting this market anymore. I will not be returning, and I hope the owners take this seriously because employees deserve respect, patience, and basic kindness at work. read more

Came to Vallarta for some tamales & noticed there were no tamales available in any of the pots. I went ahead and asked the woman at the hot foods counter if the tamales were coming out & she said, she didn't have a clue when or at what time they were coming out. Asked the woman at the register , she didn't know anything. No help, no answer! This also happened last week & the young lady said, the tamale lady was on break & would be coming back in 15 min. So, can we please put times or have the employees be more informative. Put a sign if you are out of tamales & not have customers guessing. 10:52:36 read more

Wonderful store. I always shop here. They are very helpful and the food items are fresh. The store is clean. Buy your flowers here. Ask for Adriana she can even freshen the bouquet for you with fresh flowers. read more

Vallarta Supermarkets - Birthday flowers - Grocery Near Me - Whittier, California

Yes, I like this Latino Market has a lot of of foods with the Mexican culture and Central American. I shop weekly there and really like fresh tortillas and bakery. read more

Una hora antes de cerrar un empleado no nos dejó comprar pan dulce lo cubrió con plástico y fue grosero al decir que no podíamos agarrar ese pan para comprar read more

1) rotisserie chicken in the box not the bag is salty as heck. 2) tortilla masa (one time) was so soft the tortillas wouldn't keep their shape and was incredibly hard to press 3) pineapple pieces in the raw al pastor was rancid. It's obvious they add the pineapple later but it was already bad because the meat was fine 4) guacamole has zero flavor. No salt and no lime. Seems like they use bagged avocados and not fresh. 5) salsa taquera, zero flavor. For "hot" it was not spicy at all. Been coming here for years and seems that the quality has been going down. read more

Great premade food, try the plantain bananas with the Crema - fabulous pairing! I'm attaching some pictures of the premade food section read more

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This is amazing store with great services and products. I have tried several dishes from the deli and they were delicious. The bakery items are fresh and delicious especially the Pan Dulce. They offer fresh meats, seafood, produce, and many other products. This is a very well managed store, clean, well stocked. The staff ate very friendly, polite, and attentive!! I'm glad Vallarta came to Whittier and enjoy shopping here!! read more

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I love this market but the Cashiers are terrible. They don't have an attitude or anything but they are extremely slow! Like sloths no joke. We waited over 30 minutes in line to checkout today with 3 cashiers and the self checkout open. The managers need to step in with a drawer and help out their team. This alone makes me not want to come here. read more

DO NOT shop here, they apparently do not check their inventory very well. I was shopping in this store and decided to buy a couple of Lean Body protein shakes. I got out to my car, after shaking the first drink up I opened it and took a swallow and felt a couple of small lumps go down my throat. I immediately started looking for the expiration date on the bottle and found that it expired Jun 22, 2025. Today is Sep 7, 2025. How does a product that expired months ago go unnoticed? Update: What was the point of asking me to email if you're not going to respond to the email? Hopefully it's because you're busy doing inventory but I doubt it. read more

This review is specifically about the bakery. I recently ordered a two-tiered wedding cake, a separate deluxe red velvet cake, and chocolate covered strawberries and marshmallows for our 40th wedding anniversary party. Marisol took her time to answer all my questions and take all my specific requests so that I was 100% pleased with the entire order. The cakes were moist and delicious and the treats were devoured by our guests. I am definitely going to order my cakes from here again! read more

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This review is for the Deli side. I don't know how to rate them anymore. So I gave them a 3 stars. Today the cockles I like were gone the empanadas I like gone. But I'm getting used to that. So I decided to have Menudo and a Mamey drink. You have to order it first then you pick it up. You can look at the food but you have to get in line to order. Then you can't go to show them what you want. Do I did that. I ordered my menudo and my drink. Went to pick it up and got my menudo. But then I had to go back to where I started to get my drink. The girl looked at me shaking my hands in a drink gesture. And remembered she didn't make my drink. I had to let her know what size and what I ordered. She then frantically made it. Only perfect if I was in the desert in the middle of summer. It was 70% ice. A couple of swings and was empty. And all I've got left was ice. The menudo was good and it comes with warm tortillas and extra side toppings. Like onions cilantro and lime. That's why I gave it a 3 stars. read more

Vallarta Supermarkets - Pure ice. On a cold day. - Grocery Near Me - Whittier, California

Una persona en cremeria llamada Gloria me atendió y no me saludó. Estaba muy enojada por nada. No me atendió bien. No voy si está ella ahí. Una señora llamada Ana me atendió y me gustó su servicio. El lugar está limpio y la comida vale la pena. read more

I went to this store and the line it was huge! Only one cashier, I was 25 minutes on the line and then another 25 minutes when I order a quesadilla, and the people that look miserable, they have this huge attitude read more

I love tamales, but the tamales at Vallarta are a rip off unless of course you like eating masa. The worst I ever had.

I was disappointed in the the action or practice of overcharging customers for something by sharply increasing its price, especially in order to take advantage of sudden high demand of eggs. I was charged 11.99 for one dozen eggs, my husband picked up a few items that totaled $68.65. I didn't make a scene at the register regarding the price of the eggs and what I noticed overcharging of the other items to avoid embarrassing my husband. In addition 15 cent for plastic bags when it's customary 10 cent. It's the principle of the matter not the 5 cents. I take the time to record my experience with the community to help the public to make better choices and not to allow price gouging. I understand a business has to make a profit but please don't take advantage of the community. I will not patronize Vallarta Market again. read more

This is a store that caters to the Hispanic people. I always find what I need. The Sonora style tortillas taste like home made. And so do their refried beans. It's a clean store and the people are very friendly. read more

I love coming here, really authentic stuff and great desserts. I don't know what all the griping is about in these one star comments.

We ordered a custom cake from the bakery two days before the day we needed it which was on 7/15. We requested it have "Happy Birthday Jackson" on it. Instead, they wrote "Happy birthday JACKON." Our pick up time was at 4:30 and the party was at 7pm. It was a horrifying discovery and an embarrassment. I know it is also our fault for not throughly checking before leaving. But seriously. Jackon isn't even a name I've ever heard of.... This cake was expensive and didn't even have the correct name on it! Update: email they provided for customer service was invalid. read more

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Horrible Service! 11:am I was waiting at least 10 minutes at the meat department looking for someone to help No other customers waiting! Finally the older man that cleans the Isles asked me if I needed help! Don't no he's name, but he's a hard worker read more

The soup price could have been better and taste too a small side of orange Mexican rice the soup only had a small piece of beef like a beet small size and 3 pieces of vegetables they are so stingy with their portions I got this soup for my niece look for your self if this portions are worth 12.00 your money read more

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I love that they have fresh guacamole on the weekends. Made to order. And the preparer asks you what you want and how much of it, perfectly made for me. The ambiance is fine, free samples of the healthy chips with the guacamole read more

I feel like out of all the Latin markets Vallarta is the best! They have self-checkouts as well! They have the most varied selection Latin food and products from Mexican, to Central American, and South American. They have organic options too. I really like that they have a large tea selection . read more

Dates on meat! Prices on food! Wilted guacamole! Those prices are outrageous! All meat for sale should be labeled with a date! read more

AVOID THIS PLEACE AT ALL COST! What a huge let down. We are from out of state and came here hoping for good service. We ordered chicken and carne asada party trays for 200 for our daughters wedding on a Thursday September 7. The wedding was Saturday September 9th. When we asked how many a trays served the ladies at the counter had no idea and were condescending with their answers. However, they assured us it would be ready by 6:00pm Saturday. We arrived at 5:45 to pick up the food. By 6:00pm nothing was ready and they proceeded to tell us were out of the chicken we ordered TWO DAYS PRIOR. Are you kidding me!!!! After 50 minutes late we got whatever they had which was pork and carne asada. This was a huge miss for the wedding! Our guests started to leave out of hunger. We spent $1400 for food not ready and not what we ordered. WE WILL NEVER EVER RETURN TO THIS PLACE AGAIN THEY RUINED THE WEDDING !! Word to the wise do NOT order food here!!! Horrible service!!!! read more

It looks a lot better. It does not look like a discount market any more. This is good they now have higher markup it seams like. And there do not have there once one day a week they have extra discount on fruit one day, meat another day. I do not shop here any more. Better looking, worse prices. The cashier s are always nice. read more

The guacamole bar is amazing, he made a guacamole to perfection, excellent customer service. Exquisite! Para chuparse los dedos!

I guess it had been awhile since I'd been inside a Vallarta, so I was pleasantly surprised after seeing how clean and nice it was inside. My favorite thing about this store are the grab and to go items available. It comes in handy when I'm having family over and we need a lot of food on short notice or for events. I also love their tortilla bar, ready to go ceviche, jugs of agua frescas and their food bar. I've been recommending my family and friends here. I would expect great service though for such a nice facility, and unfortunately you get ignored at times when waiting on the deli side. The prices also tend to run high here. I ordered rice and beans for the family (a few containers) came out to $50. I love it for the convenience. read more

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I had previously reviewed the tamales here (one-star), though I do enjoy most of the services (4 star!) and the variety of products at this store, I come here when I want a good selection of items at a relatively low price, especially items I cannot get at other markets. I went to Vallarta for some chili, hojas, lard, and Maseca Corn Flour to start making my XMas tamales. I make my own masa, but I have bought prepared masa here, which is okay, I just usually end up 'tweaking' it to my liking (subjective folks, I know) if I buy it, as well as adding some of the chili sauce I make, for flavor and color. While walking by the prepared masa, I happened to notice that there was a red-looking masa preparada next to the regular masa, the package said it contained guajillo chili, which I'd never seen before. I thought maybe this would save me some time so I bought 10lbs ($25) of this masa and went home to start making tamales. When removing the masa from the package, it seemed particularly dry and cake-ey, but I was sure I could tweak it to my liking. It also had a particular smell to it, like too much lime, except the ingredients didn't contain lime, so I attributed it to the vinegar in the masa, and the texture was 'weird' (I've been making tamales for 45 years, so I sort of know what store-bought textures there are out there, which I buy when I get lazy haha). Long story short, got home, made the tamales, cooked up a batch and the masa was terrible. Only way my family could describe the taste is 'bitter'. My chili/meat/green olive filling is very flavorful, but the flavors were sort of masked by the awful taste of the masa. Rather than throw 6 dozen tamales away, we just poured on some Tapatio and finished our dinner. I usually make some for neighbors and relatives, who look forward to them each year, but there is no way I can feed these to anyone else...I have my 'reputation' to uphold haha. I've already started boiling some more pork so I can go back to work, kind of upset with myself for being lazy, but also for buying so much masa before doing a 'trial run' of a dozen tamales or so. Had I done that I would have saved myself hours and hours of prep and assembly and cooking. read more

Deli- be careful when you buy pupusas. On the 24 of December, I bought a pupusa and it was raw. I asked for a refund and I was questioned by the cashier. Then, I was told that I had to speak with the deli manager, who questioned me about what did I mean when I said that it was raw. I said why I am being asked the same question. She said that I was being rude and she threatened to call security. I finally got my refund after a lot of hassle and having to explain why I wanted a return. I will never set foot at this store. Awful customer service. They need to train their employees better. read more

I don't frequently come to Vallarta. But after a bit of shopping I was famished and decided I needed to eat. There are very few quality options for food at The Quad so I opted for Vallarta. I want to start off by commending the cashier. In one short interaction, I got a person who was professional, polite and had impeccable manners. Thank you, Ray, for your quality service. The environment reminds me of when car washes used to have small restaurants attached. It's not fancy but there is character. I love the bright primary colors, the music blaring overhead and if you sit, you get to watch people people make tortillas and other traditional food. I had a chili relleno burrito with side salsa. Both items were flavorful and tasted as they should. I also had a watermelon agua. Again, it tasted as it should. The food is traditional. Vallarta is not experimenting or coming up with new cuisine. If you are looking for basic, good food then this is the place for you. read more

Vallarta Supermarkets - Chili Relleno Burrito - Grocery Near Me - Whittier, California

Hola! Just stopped in for Dia de Los Muertos pan dulce & got carried away when I seen a sign that said Pumpkin Tamales. You had Me at Pumpkin. read more

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This review is solely based on the bakery. I purchased a container of empanadas with Bavarian cream with the date sell before May 4th. I brought it home and opened it and all the bread was furry and moldy. Nothing was noticeable because of how the empanadas were laying in the container. Sadly, this store is about an hour drive from my home. I had gone to Whittier for 2 reasons. Vallarta was one of them. Pet peeve is trusting that something being sold is consumable and ends up gabbing to be thrown away. Wasted food AND wasted money. read more

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Compared to most other hispanic markets in the area, the one thing that stiod out to me the most was that this store is VERY clean. There's no foul odors when you go near the meat section, and everything is organized very well. We rarely do come to Vallarta, but would rather do so even if it's further just for the simple fact that it's again, much more cleaner than other similar markets and you don't have to worry about having to pick through rotten produce or having to throw up whatever you ate earlier because of any stench. Kudos to the employees for taking pride in their work and ensuring a pleasant experience for the customers, and for having great prices and sales on food items. We came here for cherries, not expecting tobfind a good selection, and we were kind of right, since there were only about 8 bags left, BUT we bought three of those bags because they still looked great. I know the last time i went to another market to get cherries, they had a huge amount of them, but everything was molded, mushy, or outright rotten. I expected to find the same here and this is one of those times I'm glad i was proven wrong. read more

Clean place, and they have South America products!! The people are very friendly! Locksmith read more

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We hadn't been to this market since before COVID-19, but I have been wanting to visit and pick up some fresh bread and corn tortillas. My husband and I were kind of disoriented at first as we made our way to the bakery. There was a very kind young employee who noticed my husband reaching for the bread and showed him which ones were fresher. We found more than what we came for and the only thing we luckily saw was a cracked cup we were purchasing for our friend. Other than that they should enforce social distancing a bit more. People just don't listen, and need to be spoken to like children. read more

Be careful with what you get at this store , I just went to buy meat for pozole and the meat was not good read more

Vallarta Supermarkets - Moldy - Grocery Near Me - Whittier, California

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I love this location there's always a lot of parking so you never have to worry about that. The bread is always amazing and fresh and the tortillas are always good. Everything is always organized everything is in order. The staff is nice and I love how they have fresh produce and they make fresh guacamole and salsa. I love the section of meat because they season the meat if you want it and they will cut it anyway you want it and I love the section of sushi too because the sushi is always fresh. This is definitely my go to store to buy everything that I need for the week or anything that I need to cook a meal. read more

Vallarta Supermarkets - Masa for tamales - Grocery Near Me - Whittier, California

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Always has what I need and eat self checkout convinced as well as very clean store o matter what time of day always clean and stocked