Tortilleria San Roman

Nothing beats the fresh, warm tortillas/​tortilla chips from here. Store bought? please. You’ll never look back after making some delicious tacos with these suckers. I can get a double stack of corn tortillas for a little over twenty dollars, half of which I give to my parents and they always love it. Service here is great, they are hard working and friendly people. Never had a problem buying from them before. If you often cook Mexican food I highly recommend getting your tortillas here. Makes all the difference.

I just had to check out the #1 Unilocal spot when in Philly. Quick friendly service, got the medium tortilla chips and copped that half kilo… Of tortillas. Just tasting the goods I didn’t taste anything out of the ordinary, but the tortillas held real well for my sloppy tacos and the chips stayed crunchy for my side nachos!

This place is not sit at eat. It’s more of a grocery store! You enter & the place smells dirty! Not sure how the good is though. They do make fresh tortilla!

Their fresh tortilla chips are top notch! Great crunch and perfectly salted. Do NOT buy Tostito’s — go here.

What is there left to say about San Roman? Great products at great prices, service with a smile. For $ 12 we got a kilo of corn tortillas (about 30 of them?), «small» bag of chips, pico de gallo, and queso fresco. All was fresh & wonderful. We’ll be back often!

Not a sit down place. You come for fresh, homemade tortillas and chips to go. They are the best. Thick, crunchy, just a hint of salt. Bought a big bag plus salsa and guacamole for a party and everyone devoured them and raved about how good they were. Fun watching them being made on the machine too.

Not entirely sure what the craze is about, but I do love the tortillas (nice and fresh!), the guacamole is surprisingly so good given you only see avocados in the mix and I love the green salsa (but I am biased towards them!). It’s a fun place to stop by in the market, but treat it as a snack en route to a bigger food meal (like Mole Poblano down the street!).

So like I saw all these so so so good review for this place. I said I had to give it a try. Cos I love Mexican food. Chips and guo.
Anyway, hour on Unilocal said they close at 6 but they weren’t closed. So I was happy. But then this place looks kinda old and outdated.
There was an old guy in the back doing something with food. He had gloves on, which is a good thing. But when I looked at them, they were very yellow and dirty. Clearly it’s been used over and over again.
Worst thing was that he was taking my money from me and giving me change with them same gloves on!!! Gross!!! Money is the dirtiest thing on the whole planet!!!
You need to be a non germ freak to eat stuff from here! Just saying! ;)

When I saw that Tortilleria San Roman was the number one rated business in Philadelphia, I knew I had to see why. Me and my boyfriend go to the Italian Market quite frequently for groceries, and you definitely have to stop here if you are in the neighborhood!
100% amazing. We have had the chips, and salsa, as well as the tortillas. Everything is made right in the store, sometimes you can actually see them making the fresh tortillas. The red sauce is exactly what my boyfriend has been looking for. It is really spicy, but not chunky at all, very smooth texture.
They sell everything by the kilo or half kilo. If it just for 2 people I would suggest the half kilo. We didn’t realize how many a kilo was until we bought it! Very inexpensive.
Seriously! Try this place, I now understand why it is the #1 spot in Philadelphia!

Hit up dat CHIP game. They make tortillas and chips here. That’s it. No fancy jumbo, just plain and simple. Prices are unbeatable. The people who own and work this joint are so freaking nice. And let me tell you about dem BLUE chips. Amazing toasty consistency with not an overload of salt. This house is legit.

We’ve been coming here for years now, and I guarantee that there are no better tortilla chips anywhere. I have family from all over the state who demand I bring multiple bags every time I come to visit.
They just installed a new tortilla machine that doubled their output, and I’m really happy that this nice family has been so successful. Everything they make is simple, but delicious. It’s also great that they aren’t gouging people now that it’s so well known.

Yummy fresh tortillas!
Simple, no fuss. I’d get a big bag of blue corn tortilla chips. They last for a while and super easy to snack on and share.
Note: they only have blue corn tortillas on the weekends! I hope they don’t run out for the super bowl this weekend!

O freaking le. So good. So cheap. So dangerous. $ 1.25 for ½ kg of fresh, still warm, freshly pressed tortillas. Hubs said he felt Tony Montana ordering in this measurement. :) You can’t beat the prices or the taste. I’ll NEVER buy bland store bought again. Why would anyone with this place right here? Making them myself while fun, isn’t always easy on our busy Taco Tuesdays so this is our new go to. We also got chips and guac too (totally unnecessary but I just had to try them they looked so good). The smallest bag (quart size) of crispy, delicious chips was $ 1.75 and creamy guac was the most expensive thing in the place coming in at a whopping $ 4.50. It was very spicy, but still very delicious. You may just see me here every Tuesday. (Covers eyes).

Wow, go here. The proprietors only make a few items, but they do them at expert levels.
Fresh tortillas are on point. Hand made in front of you, they’re kept in small bunches wrapped in paper and sold fresh. Cannot go wrong for tacos. Half a kilo makes about 12 tacos.
Chips are made from their tortillas, and they’re top notch. Sold by large or small bags.
And if you’re getting chips, you have to buy one of their dips. Guacamole is always fresh and delicious, but my favorite is the pico de gallo, served a little spicy. It’s a must.

Ever since I heard about this place, I have been dreaming of their tortillas. Commuting to Philly for work is tedious sometimes, but it’s the fun in food adventures that keeps me going. I was in north philly around 6:30, and was worried I wasn’t going to make it in time. I did, and could not have been happier. It’s located in south philly, in an area that is pretty much like the sunset park of Brooklyn, which boasts a lot of authentic Mexican and Spanish food places, and has a lot of distribution warehouses. I got one medium bag of regular corn tortilla chips, and one large bag of blue corn. Spicy food is the best food, so I got some salsa roja and two jars of pico de gallo. The ship itself is small, but you can see how good they are at specializing in tortillas. They also have Nopales salad, I wanted to try it all! I am bringing a bag and some pico de gallo to some family friends, one of which recently came back from Mexico. Myself and my family loved the tortilla chips. Fresh, crispy, and homemade, what more could you want?! I will definitely be making the trip back here again when I have the time.

We walked across the city to pick up chips, guac, and tortillas, then quickly found a nearby park to indulge. The chips, while delicious, were a bit too salty in some bites. The guac had great flavor and the perfect amount of spice, but we found a large chunk of unripe, unmashed avocado. Looking past that anomaly, we can still see why this place is a great destination. The tortillas were warm, fresh, and smelled amazing. Would still go back for another round of everything!

Update: they take CC now! Huzzah!

Unreal how good the tortillas and chips are from here. I will walk as far as I have to for their tortillas and chips. They are located in a small corner shop in the middle of the Italian market and they crank out tortillas all day long. The second you open the door, you are seduced by the beautiful aroma of fresh tortillas popping out onto the conveyor belt setup they have for the tortilla press. I never go in there without getting a bag of chips, and they sell you a ton of tortillas for the price. They supply a lot of the restaurants in the city with their tortillas and chips, and thank the lord for that because they are outstanding. The red salsa is also straight fire. It is so intense, but its a really great flavor.
Over and over and over again, that’s when I will be back. I seriously could eat a whole bag of the chips and a pound of the tortillas every day. If you haven’t tried it, you really need to, you wont regret it.

I will just rehash what everyone has already said… the tortillas are SO fresh, so cheap, so delicious. Pick up some veggies at the Italian Market and you are good to go for taco night :)

Fresh Tortillas– perfect
Gwak– fresh and tangy
Salsa Verde– low heat
Salsa Rojo– intense heat
Service is not too welcoming. Don’t care. Im so happy I discovered this place.
Oh and they take CC.