This place is a little gem in Corona. They have good quality meats and the pricing isnt bad either compared to other locations around. Its a typical Mexican Market, like Tapatillo or some other ones like that. The Carne Asada here is one of my favorites around. Also the produce is amazing. read more

Don't buy the tamale ready to go. These are no flavors, dry, and little warm. It's not soft and flavors. I must have fresh soft and flavors tamales! read more

I got a tres leches cake. A year ago and it was already bad so I stopped going to that bakery. Just yesterday my Uncle got a cake and it had also went bad. Cakes aren't fresh there read more

False advertisement.. the "Cosina" had plenty of pollo asado ready but the girl kept saying it was a 1hr wait. No clients in line but were selling it in the bigger packs not the advertised lower price. Asked for the manager and one was not available. read more

Filthy and unsanitary food court. Food on the floor, flys circling the garbage can and a salsa bar that looks like a disaster. This needs to ne shut down as a health Hazard. Compared to the Tapatio food court up the street its a night and day difference. read more

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Today we ordered over the phone some food for a party around 8:30 this morning , so we told the we wanted to pick it up at 2:30 so when we got there to pick up the good no one new what we where talking about , the person behind the counter was really rude so I spoke to his supervisor all in all there service there sucks no class ,mangement sucks read more

People are so ignorant.... I purchased chicken from the restaurant area. After I receieved the chicken, the girl asked me if I had paid for it already, which I had replied yes. Then she had the nerve to ask the cashier did I pay for it in Spanish. Im not one to ever get offended at people's ignorance but that pissed me off. That is just plain out disrespecful. If she didnt believed that I did, she should of initially asked the cashier. Obviously she wasn't aware that I a black person can understand spanish. I'm done shopping at this place, I'll stick to grocery stores that have professional customer service and don't hire people without common courtesy. read more

I am very upset at them b/c I looked on their website yesterday to verify their hours at this time of panic for everyone with this virus going on. It said they open at 6 am, so I was there at 5:45 am, raining, cold, and to find out that they open until 8 am. is not ok. I was not going to wait I rather leave and spend my money elsewhere. They did not deserve my hard earned $. All they had to do was update their website, is that too much to ask? I don't think so, many other stores do it. read more

Purchased $64 of food to go, 3 carne asada burritos, 1 Chichen Burrito, 1 Al pastor Burrito & two tortas of Carne Asada - the three asada burritos were all different Chile onions, etc preference, none of the burritos were labeled so it was a big mess trying to figure who got what burrito. Not even the chicken or Al Pastor were Labeled. Not recommended to order food to go unless you are all eating the same Burrito with the same ingredients.. read more

Although the produce prices are extremely low, the quality is sometimes lacking. For instance, the grapes sometimes already have fruit flies circling them in the store. The broccoli is often soft and limp so I just buy it elsewhere now. In the past I have bought peaches, grapefruits and/or manila mangoes that look perfectly fine outside but when I slice one up a day later, it has fungus growing right in the middle of it. This is not to say that this happens with every piece of fruit, but if I buy 8 manila mangoes, maybe 2 of them have fungus growing inside. As for customer service. Yesterday, I encountered one cashier who overcharged me for produce. She seemed a little distracted now that I think about it. When I looked a the receipt today, I noticed that she overcharged me nearly $8 for produce. I returned to ask for a refund. The manager was really nice and refunded the money with no hassles. read more

I tried emailing corporate but they are not accepting submissions. My only reason for this is that I went to the meat counter and the lady employee was having a conversation the whole time with another employee while I was trying to order. At the cashier, I was lucky that the cashier noticed I had been overcharged by $7.00 on something and she took the time to go and straighten it out and saved me $7 bucks! My fault also for not checking but I was in hurry(Christmas eve eve) anyhow. I was so thankful for the cashier named Martha. She was amazing and I need to let them know. thank you, read more

Not a bad place to stop by for Latin food cravings. The food court is reasonable with prices and the food is traditionally tasty. I would recommend the grilled chicken if you are feeding a few people and the tamales along with a champurrado for those cold cuddling type of moments lol one thing about shopping there is the long lines. read more

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I was shockingly impressed with how much stuff they have here, from fresh Mexican bread to smoothies and an entire menu from beans to carnitas! I was happy I found everything I needed here for my Barbecue Sunday. I will def. return to this store. read more

The best people to make healthy and nutritious juices,the morning crew is very courteous and patient with customers,Rocío is a Perfect example in customer service, always with a great attitude towards people,very patient and kind with customers,thank you. read more

I always love this store. But I would like to find mi favorite kaffee Roma and plant based creamer and other vegan brands food it could be awesome! read more

People don't listen to me, this is the best place to get fresh produce, vegetables, and pan dulce. You will save a fortune if you were to come here to buy fresh items. DO NOT purchase anything american or else you'll pay out the ass... Love to shop here on the regular. read more

This Cardenas is much better than the Riverside store. I still like Superior better (especially since they have the turkey carnitas), but Cardenas is a pretty good substitute. I usually come here for my queso fresco, tortillas, rolls, and sometimes veggies- if I don't want to make another stop. Their produce is really inexpensive, but it isn't always fresh. Here's my guilty secret- I usually buy an extra roll and eat it in the car on the way home and sometimes, I'll even tear into my queso fresco and make myself a little sandwich... shhh... don't tell my husband. read more

I recently moved to Corona and I was looking for a Mexican market to buy Marinated flap meat. I bought some of theirs already prepared meat for a family gathering. oh boy what a disappointment the meat was flavorless and so thought. we end it up eating the side dishes and decided to tossed the meat in the trash.... needless to say that is my first name last time buying meat here. read more

The lady I encountered at the counter was really cool. Staff and customers are generally cool as well. So why the one star? The produce and pretty much anything not canned with a expiration tag is bad or on the verge of it. read more

I Love this Store, the people r so nice, oldschool style, & the bakery makes fresh flan, & so amazing!! They also have a juice bar, & the prices u can't really can't beat read more

I used to come here because they gave money orders for the lowest price. Then one day, the lady turned around and said I was missing money when she clearly did some magic trick and pocketed about 2 Jacksons. This is one of those Spanglish stores with all the signs in Spanish and the produce from knock-off Mexican retailers. I suspect I was targeted because I was the outcast gringo in the Hispanic store. I talked to the manager about it, but no resolution. I don't shop there anymore and stick to the gringo areas where they rob me with higher prices. read more

We pulled into parking lot and couldn't even park because of all the shopping carts.We turned around and left..To me that is bad management for not assigning cart pick up,too bad.. read more

Lines are always long! The workers don't help you out and I have got expired food twice!

A good place to shop, clean but their lack of cashiers and politeness is what gives this place a 2 star. If you order food to be picked up at a later time you might as well take it when you order it, they never have your order ready for pick up at the desired time, and it's always wrong. read more

I had to give it a star but really it deserves a negative star . That being said its not the employees fault clearly it's just bad management that's it !!!!! read more

Terrible place they give Latinos a bad name , this place has a level of customer service of the worse , if you leave an item at the time of packaging your food they stay with the item and you pay for it, and say they can not help you if you go back asking for your item. I called CS that same day , when I noticed that I had an item missing , When the CS went to check the line it checked out correctly. CS lady said she would leave it at the CS Dept just to pick it up . It all changed when I went in person, the new CS had her own rules. Be careful if you absolutely have to go and buy groceries , watch that all your groceries are packed. read more

didn't really like. I'm not trying to be racist or anything, but they act like we're living in a spanish country. For example I called the store & they spoke in spanish. & like 30% of the people that work there don't even speak english. Next, the lines are always long & they have like 3 registers open. I like Superior market soooo much better. read more

Nice clean market and friendly staff, my wife loves their ceviche

It's just an OK place, clean trough out the store but most of the time the lines are too long at the registers, The cashiers are impolite and if they make a mistake when scanning your items they won't even apologize to you, go somewhere else to buy your groceries, they are not doing you a favor. The manager on duty is never available, I've been overcharged twice already and had to come back for refund and took me forever to get my money back, always check your receipt for correct prices before leaving the store. read more

I only come here to buy good Mexican hot sauce and thats IT! Other than that, most of the employees dont know English but still try to help you at their best so thats good for me. read more

I don't normally shop here too often, but it's usually a quick checkout and whatever. I called to ask if they had a certain fruit in Stock and it took 13 MINUTES to tell me: "yes, we do have some ". If this isn't shit service to you, idk what is. read more

I love this place being from VA. To me it's a wonderland of strange and exotic foods and spices I have not idea what to do with. They have everything from a pastry shop so good, fruit juice bar, fresh produce of every kind and cheap! Special meats already marinated and chopped up for cooking, Mexican cheeses I've never seen before and best of all the restaurant. The servers behind the counter are so nice and eager to share info with a gringo from the south with no idea what to order. I got a giant burrito it was indescribably delicious and I think it was $4.99 I could barely eat it all, it was a meal in a shell. Went back again and bought the cooked pork, refried beans, plantains, Spanish rice I didn't have to cook for 2 days and it was very affordable and super good. This is the place to go for produce, spices, prepared food, pastries and specialty meats. love it! read more

Great service just need to change that rude security he stopped a young man for no reason and harassed him.even the cashier got upset at him

My Husband and I have been to Cardenas many times and I have always been impressed with the overall set-up of the store, the quality of products, the friendliness of the associates who work there; just pretty much everything. One of the things that Cardenas does best is their catered food. I had a large party on Saturday and wanted to showcase traditional taco favorites - from Carnitas to Carne Asada. Although it was a good-sized party, it wasn't large enough to have The Taco Man serve us so we decided to order food from Cardenas, and I am thrilled we did. I ordered the food over the phone several days prior to the party without a problem. Everything was explained to me and the pricing was insanely good. The food was scheduled to be ready at 4pm on the day of the party, which began at 5pm. Upon arrival at this particular busy Cardenas in Corona, the food was ready to go, piping hot and smelled fantastic. I'm always fearful of not having enough so I over-order everything; people always get take-home yummies from me! The food was insanely delicious! The Carnitas were moist and flavorful; the Carne Asada was pre-chopped in tiny bites so that you could stuff your taco with ease. An order of their chicken did not disappoint and was roasted to juicy perfection. We were given enough fresly-made corn tortillas to sink the Titanic and the rice and beans are just that good! I am very pleased with the food and so were my guests, some of whom had four platefuls of delish! In addition, we purchased a beautiful and flavorful mocha birthday cake which was divinely yummy! Everything was, in a word, perfect! Cardenas - keep up the GREAT work! Thanks for making our party the talk of the town. I could not have done it without you! Yum! read more

Love shopping at this store but they have horrible customer service the ladys at the cashiers are always in a bad mood tbey throw your grocerries while scanning them the defenetly not going here anymore unless i kick one of their asses...the boss here should do an undercover on these b?????s ... read more

I bought chicken thighs to grill them but as I was about to cut them they were slimy and rancid Sour smell to it the chicken must have been there for days ! read more

We decided to get tamales this year for Christmas, stopped in on Christmas Eve, the flyer said they had plenty so we were anxious to try them. What a cluster! We walked around the store trying to find any signage pertaining to where the tamales would be. Finally found them, but there were about 3 different lines with no one quite knowing where to buy them at. Someone told us that we first had to stand in line to pay, then we would get the tamales. Stood in line for about 20 minutes, apparently, this was not only for the tamale line but any items you wanted from the food court, which held up the process. Got to the front of the line, asked for 6 pork and 6 beef tamales. The girl handed me the receipt and told me to give the ticket to the 'man' - what man I asked? She said the man by the tamales. More confusion. The tamales were all stored in stainless steel large chafing dishes. There was no 'man' there. We waited for about 10 minutes, along with about 20 other people. The people in back of us started pushing forward, and just doing a help yourself approach. Finally, a lady came out and said that she would be giving us the tamales. We all stood in line waiting. She took each order and although it was clearly written what we ordered, she still asked everyone to repeat their order, then she would disappear in back and bring out the tamales order by order. By the time it was our turn, they were out of pork and only had about 3 of the beef. She said to wait about 10 minutes more. Everyone was grumbling and pushing, trying to hand her their receipts. She returned and gave us our tamales. Now, I would really like to say that the wait and confusion were worth the effort, but sadly no - the tamales were dry and tasteless. Our entire family was disappointed. Needless to say, we will not be going back for tamales next year. read more

Worst place, worst customer service at checkout and bakery, not friendly at all, you always have a problem every time you go. DO NOT RECOMMEND IT! If I could rate it no stars I would! read more

The worst store ever went to buy a cheese cake for mothers day and it had a worm on the strawberry. The strawberry didn't even look clean and i went back and told the manager and she was not very polite when i told he she was like oh its just a worm. She asked if I wanted another one and i said oh no no way. Just want my money back read more

The worse store, they are dirty, horrible customer service, there produce and meat is DISGUSTING. There is literally always long lines and they only have either 1 or 2 registers open. All the associates are dumb and they don't have a clue of what's going on. Constantly overcharging for everything. If they make one mistake you have to wait until the so called "manager" or "supervisor" decides to come out. Then that takes another century. Then she comes out and is rude. It's not my fault your associate are making mistakes. Yesterday we had an incident with the LA county fair tickets. We bought a children's ticket turns out they overcharged us for a adults ticket. We also bought a bracelet for the unlimited rides and it turns they didn't let us use it at the fair because it was past the time. (Bracelets only have certain time you can use them) they never told us that so that's why we still bought the bracelet. We went in the next day talked to the "manager" and she didn't do anything about it. Unbelievable! she was also so rude about everything. Totally ignored us at the end. This store is in Corona so it's always hot out here and they don't even bother to turn on the AC. So cheap. We've had another incident before this. We ordered a cake and when we were cutting it there was hair in the cake so we decided to throw the cake away. We went back with the piece of cake that had the hair and they demanded we take the entire cake back. Seriously it was in the trash can. But we were so upset and disgusted that we went back home and too the rest of the cake out of the trash can and took it back to the store to show the manager. Luckily she did refund our money. Please don't come to Cardenas unless you don't care how they treat you. Don't waste your time here. I believe all the Cardenas are the same. I mean they are ran by the same people. read more