Vallarta Supermarket No 12

Major update. They have strawberry agua fresca, & it’s delish! The tamales are a no go for me. Darn medically restricted diet!!! The turnovers are addictive. Seriously! Especially the strawberry ones. A coworker brought shrimp ceviche to work. She got it from a Vallarta near her home. I was instantly hooked to ceviche! The seafood ceviche is soooooo freaking delish! Not spicy at all. Methinks I should change my name to Ceviche Gurl (but that might sound a bit weird since there was a ceviche girl on a Grey’s Anatomy episode).

Great selection of fresh veggies at GREAT prices. You may have to hunt, but they have a wide variety at much cheaper than any store around. Also great prices on household goods, especially laundry items. I found these to be better priced than most stores in our area. Good prices with everything, really, though some items selection is limited to 1 – 2 brands
My only complaint is the closer you get to the meat/​fish department the more it smells like cleaner mixed with meat and fish. I’m a wee bit smell sensitive, though my DH, who doesn’t smell much noticed too, so it is highly noticeable. My advice is if your at all sensitive, just avoid that area, or hold your breath, the prices are worth it!

Hmmm. Its the beacon of Latin food near me so I can grab my precious ethnic items that remknd me of my momma and home. Unfortunately I can’t use this store for all of my needs. I would prefer to have my primary grocery store to be a one stop shop. I love the butcher’s section of meat and the fresh bakery immensely but I have problems in produce and packaged meats. I imagine buyers at this store don’t buy the organic or non gmo products with enough frequency to warrant expanding the choices per section like meat, eggs and veggies. I do enjoy the lowered prices on boxed or canned items and the ready made items like chip salsa and definitely the hot food section in the back. Not the best Mexican food I’ve ever had at a Vallarta but its as close as I can get to pupusas without going across town.

This is my store. and the best of the Vallarta’s. It is the cleanest… sweet staff and such amazing deals on produce.
But, have been into Reseda and Sherman Way, and this particular Vallarta, luckily I live next door, is the cleanest and has the most helpful staff… well, there is no comparison. Great management, apparently. I recommend this Vallarta above the rest!
Thank you… and my neighbors.

I’ve shopped here a few times, decided to try the taqueria, big disappointment. .mediocre food over salted. i was the only person in line yet waited while they served employees first (apparently taking their breaks)
Not inexpensive either, over $ 12 for 2 small carne asada tacos, carne asada burrito (mostly rice, beans) and a medium horchata.
Won’t be back.

After being ignored at Vons (see their review) I came here on the way home. Not only were they friendly and helpful, the bakery lady was an absolute joy. Told her my daughter loved pigs and 24 hours later she made me a Pink Pig Birthday Cake! It was adorable as well as delicious! White Strawberry Shortcake with Pink Whipped Cream Frosting. So if you’re in need of something fun, creative and inexpensive (cake was $ 28) Shop HERE!

For some reason this store to me is always super crowded and extremely difficult to find parking. overall I think the stores are great for Mexican products and I will continue to go through to them but unfortunately I’ve yet to see an organic products at any of their stores so this makes it very difficult for me to pick this store has my number one and only grocery store. I hope someday in the near future they start caring organic products and perhaps then I can change my mind about shopping here all the time. overall the stores tend to carry very friendly staff that are always willing to help and that are always smiling.

Vallartas are great for low priced produce, that’s my main reason for visiting. There is also an extensive assortment of meat at the butcher block. They have a small restaurant area where they serve Mexican food; I haven’t tried any of it yet. On the weekends, they occasionally grill meats out front. Lines can get long and the flow of shoppers not in line is impacted because of the layout of the aisles. I wish there were one of these closer to our home in SD.

I absolutely love this supermarket. They offer a variety of fruits and veggies, especially I can always get my papayas here, which I love. And plenty of meats and seafood to choose from.
Also, although is in a supermarket, but their Mexican food is amazing. My husband loves the desert and food to order section. We are practically here twice a week.
The staffs are extremely helpful. If you ever ask where can you find a certain thing, they don’t just point it out or tell you where it is. They literally bring you there, which reminds me of the Nordstrom trained their employees.
In addition to that, you can always count on getting a great deal here. The price is super reasonable.

I hate this place but I can walk here to pick up some beer or stuff. The lines are long or short with a difficult customer in front arguing about prices and what the sign said. Never fails one item stuck in here for 30mins.
Why why why do I keep coming back.
I’m bringing a camping chair next time!

This review is for the taqueria only.
There is lots of parking and there are two driveways into the parking lot. If you park on the backside of the lot there are some shady spots.
When you walk in, the smells of the food are amazing! You get to watch the employees making the tortillas, tostadas, etc. from the moment you walk in which is pretty cool. They offer pretty much everything you could ever imagine, and there are huge signboards with the different meals and deals they have.
We ordered 4 small carne asada tacos, a pupusa, a bag of Vallarta tortilla chips, and 2 salsas: pico de gallo and avocado salsa.
The employee that helped us was very nice, but seemed distracted. She bagged all my items but didn’t tell me how much it cost, just sort of looked at me until I handed her a bill. The man who put together our tacos and handed them to us was much nicer though!
Overall, the food was pretty good! The carne asada on the tacos were AMAZING and I didn’t need to add any other seasoning or salsa on top other than the diced onion and cilantro that was already added. The pupusa was all right, but nothing special. You really have to eat it with the «cole slaw» and sauce that comes with it in order to really enjoy the flavors. The tortilla chips were fresh and cheap, but sadly more than some of the chips in the bag were burnt :(The pico de gallo was fresh, but also nothing special. My favorite salsa was the avocado salsa, but it’s on the pricier side.
It’s close by, so we’ll probably be back.

I don’t think iIve ever given a market a review but this one does. This place is always clean. They do a great job at maintaining it. The produce is always being stocked everytime i’ve visited. The staff is so friendly, everyone. From the butchers, to the cashiers, the ladies in the deli and the crew in the restaurant. The prices are pretty competitive especially the produce and meats.
thank you

Yesterday evening my family and I decided to have dinner at Vallarta since its very close to were we live. I am so disappointed with what we had my husband and I had there posole. we were very upset it was so bad no good flavor at all it was soo thick we couldn’t eat it. I had ordered tacos de asada for my kids. and we were more upset there meat had no flavor no color and it wasn’t even cooked well. to make it all worst my daughter was sick all night she was trowing up the meat. the horchata we got was bad too :(for what I payed I expected different
I love shopping here for grocerys there bakery is amazing and there fresh fruit juice stand is perfect. but after last night my family and I were very disappointed.

We order a family carnitas meal for dinner. We found melted plastic pieces of something in beans. I called store and manager Giovanni was the rudest guy ever!!! Not letting me talk or explain my issue. Looking at other Unilocal reviews I see he’s always like that. So annoying!!! I didn’t even want to give one star but Unilocal makes you!

I went there yesterday and i’ll never go back again. Very limited choices specially in bread, milk and other stuff. More expensive than walmart. Why should i go there when there is a cheaper store with more choices like walmart?

I love coming here! The employees are nice and they definitely LOVE my mom! We usually get all of our fixins for Ranchito Night from Vallarta. I love everything here besides their guacamole. I really hate how creamy it is. Please change your recipe! The store is usually kept clean and the staff is nice. Great location as well, across Costco!

Looks like managers don’t care about customer service, I bought food and the lady who served my food didn’t change her gloves after she handled money it didn’t look right to me (touching money and serving food without changing gloves) so I decided to talk to the manager and tell him what happened but HE WAS SO BUSY checking employees breaks that he did not pay attention to my complaint or I’d say HE DID NOT CARE TO HEAR A CUSTOMER COMPLAINT!!! Ah and the manager’s name is Giovanni

NO stars for this dump!!!
RUDE managers who think they are some kind of royalty!!!
They blast the music like your walking inside a T.J. night club !!!
losers

I love Vallarta for produce and tamales. Most of their other products tend to be on the higher side compared to other grocers, though within an acceptable range. The produce is fresh and affordable, especially if you pay attention to the weekly circulars.

Of all of the local Vallarta’s, this is perhaps the most interesting. It’s like a trip to another land… one where any kind of Mexican food is possible. Woohoo!
But on the last experience, there was near disaster. Shrimp on sale for $ 7.99. Yay… some shrimp delight for dinner. But even before opening the bag, which was filled and sealed by the fishmonger not more than 20 minutes before, there was a stench that caused a retching sensation… literally. The shrimp stunk; there is no polite way to say it. It was rotten.
Why we smelled it and the fishmonger did not is incredible. Does he have no smell sensation or were they trying to pass off bad product in the hopes that nobody would notice or complain. I sure hope that is not the case because this shrimp was so rotten that it would surely have caused food poisoning. But I can’t believe that the fishmonger has no smell sensation… and if so, perhaps there is a better job for him to do than be a fishmonger where smell is of the utmost importance.
Upon return there was sufficient apology provided but a bit of a delay in refunding money. Receipt was misplaced and despite the purchase date/​time on the label only a store credit was offered. If the product was returned out of convenience I’d have no problem with this… but in this situation I’d expect the manager to bend over backward to make things right. In the end, the receipt was found and refund made.
But that was a close call with food poisoning and too close for comfort!
Public Service Announcement:
a few not so fun foodborne illness facts… from a servsafe food sanitation manual and cdc website
listerosis: in pregnant women this foodborne illness can cause miscarriage, a stillborn child, retardation, meningitis, and death in newborns. high fatality rate in the immuno compromised
e.coli: in children can lead to a disorder that cause the kidneys and other organs to stop working.
botulism: it attacks the nervous system. can cause vertigo, double vision, the inability to swallow and respiratory paralysis. can last a year.
shigella: also called bacillary dysentary. need i say more?
salmonellosis: each year 48 million people in the U. S experience this foodborne illness. 3,000 die.