La Huerta International Market

No man. This place is no bueno. I came here trying to find some guava nectar because its one of the bigger mercados in the 253. You walk in and the lights are barely on and there’s this bakery table with all these expired as hell buneulos chillin on it. Somebody was moving around way back in the carneceria but then they saw me walk further into the store and I think they went to go hide because at that point there wasn’t a single employee to be found. Ok whatever. I’m perusing the shelves looking for the Goya juices and didn’t see what I came in for. I finally made it to the produce. Ok first of all, La Huerta means «the orchard» which is a cute name for the store. So if you’re gonna be called that, you should probably sell fresh produce. Second, if you’re gonna be in the grocery store business, you should just probably sell fresh produce in general. And by fresh produce I mean bananas that aren’t so damn overripe that the fruit flies are homeschooling each other. I found real guavas which would’ve solved my problem, but those shits were so damn fermented I was done. This place is bad. You’re better off going to Saars.

We just moved from LA, so we were looking for a place to get our «mexican groceries» that are hard to find in WA. This was the first store we tried. At first we were excited to see the pan dulces and salsas near the front entrance. However, the salsa had ALL expired 2 days before and didn’t look too good up close. The pan dulces were hard as rocks and sweaty looking and the small amount of cooked food they had in the restraunt section looked like it had been there all week. It looked unsafe to eat. The fruits and veggies were on the verge of rotting. They have a sister store La huerta #1 that is much better with better prices. I would skip this one and go to their other store. Such a shame.

I usually go to el Jalapeño, but they only have chicharon on Saturdays, so I stop to get some here, they did look good so I bought two large pieces and was charged $ 7.45 I was suspicious so when I got home I used my kitchen scale and found that it was 14.5 ounces, I called them and the girl on the cashier told me that the LBS was $ 6.45 she was just not cooperative, and said that was the weight it’s up to you if you go here… if you do make sure you know what the price per Lbs is before you pay and keep you eye non the scale, I think these people are not honest.
very dishonest

This is a small store. The inside looks seriously run down and way under stocked. I go here for the carne asada (rachera) meat. They have few produce items available; mainly for making salsa and other mexican fixings. They have a little bit of everything. The outside is really nice but the inside needs some work.

Oh my. My recent visit to La Huerta was so disappointing. I fear they are going out of business soon.
The same merchandise was stocked again and again on certain shelves to take up space and they were missing a lot of basics, like certain canned chiles, canned tomatillos, and boullions.
For better or worse, a better place to get Mexican cuisine basics right now is Saar’s. They have more inventory on 4 aisles than almost all of La Huerta.

Well, if you have previous Mexican store experience in T-​town, you’ll understand the 4 stars. This place is very well ORGANIZED. Okay, so the chicks were unloading pallets of Jarritos near the entrance… it wasn’t that big of a deal to walk around. Very impressive variety including S. American items. Nice sized aisles and pretty fresh fruits and vegetables. Again, lots of variety. I got my usual instant café casero (YUM) and a Pepsi from Mexico. I saw the deli but wasn’t hungry but seemed busy enough. My only regret was not checking out the butchers block but I’m sure I’ll be back soon enough!

Pretty cool shop. They have a buffet in the back, my dad got rice, beans and chicken in salsa verde for about 6.50. They have Mexican fare, I got this great pineapple cider in a glass bottle for a buck; if you must know, it tastes like the caribbean beverage mabi. Service is friendly, store is huge, a little dingy but otherwise fine. Reminds me of shops in Mexico.

For now its a 1 star rating because they dont answer the phone just like other latino markets. In los angeles they would be answering the phone! Its typical for business that i have noticed that they dont ever answer there damn phones.
I have yet to go here, i dont know what there operating hours are.