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| - Overall, we gave this place a thumbs up (7 in our group). The tamales are large with a lot of meat ... we had pork, chicken, and beef, they were all good. I can't tell you how many tamales I've had that were WAY to much masa for the amount of meat, these are not that. Basically, they do taste like homemade, not like some uber-modern eatery that's doing all these things to them. Service was good (not great), ambiance was good, etc. Really liked the fact that you can order tamales a la carte, didn't want to fill up on rice and beans which are usually very mediocre. Here's the deal with pricing ... if you order singles, they are $4.50 each (ouch). If you order a half dozen, they are $3.00 each and for a full dozen, $2.00 each. Since we had a large group, we ordered 18. So if you can order more (to eat there or take home), you will save a LOT.
I don't understand a lot of the other reviews. I lived 50 years in CA (Orange County, Bay Area, San Diego County) and RARELY found a good tamale there. First, don't complain about salt. A lot of people don't want or can't eat salt, so put your own f*cking salt on. And the same goes for hot sauce. A number of people in our group ordered very spicy hot sauce and put their own on, each to there own. I don't like mine spicy.
Btw, the men's room didn't have any paper towels.
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