I'm in line to order and the food court girl screams: You gonna pay or WHAT!?, I asked if she was talking to me and she says again YOU PAYING OR WHATTTTT!! And I tell her well I haven't even ordered yet so what am I supposed to pay? The cashier apologized and said that the girl screaming is always in a bad mood and that's just the way she works. Other customers were telling her to learn how to act, that she can't be screaming at ppl but she said "whatever I'm leaving" and went on her break. read more

The Rosca from this God forsaken place smells foul and is incredibly tough to eat. It's undercooked and it looks like if someone decided it was a good idea to cover a hoola hoop in lard. I've had better nightmares then this rosca. I wouldn't wish my worst enemy to take a bite. It's a disgrace to the Mexican tradition. Quite literally the worst rosca I've ever eaten. read more

Tryed there menudo bought 3 32oz cups one cup had a hair in it I took it back the cashier was very friendly but the lady that surged me was very rude will not be going back there menudo was vey greasy read more

Tamales use to be my favorite here. I would always order the cheese with jalapeño but I was so disappointed today. The masa isn't as good and they diced up the jalapeño and it hardly had any cheese. I hope they improve and go back to the way they use to make them. Sadly I ordered a dozen . Staff was great and friendly. read more

Cardenas Markets - Meat Shops Near Me - Modesto, California

Workers inside are very rude and if you don't speak Spanish or look like it they will proceed to talk about you as if your don't know what there saying I understand what there saying and to say the least I won't be able to recommend this to anybody read more

This Rosca De Reyes is disgusting and offensive. This Rosca is not only flatter than any Rosca but smells like blue cheese. I feel offended by it by the way it looks and smells. If I would have made a Rosca myself, I feel like I could have done a Way better job. If I knew it would be this bad and raw in the middle I would have just bought bolios. Also I feel Ripped off and am surprised by how they get away ripping off all these people looking forward to a good Rosca De Reyes to eat. WORST ROSCA DE REYES I EVER HAD. read more

Cardenas Markets - The middle has a raw part and the Rosca De Reyes is very hard and very disgraceful. - Meat Shops Near Me - Modesto, California

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Mi Pueblo! My grandmother introduced me to this place and I can say that in the Central Valley this is the place to shop for all your authentic Hispanic foodstuffs. The most striking thing about Mi Pueblo is that the shoppers look like they're in heaven. Everyone's smiling, they just look so happy to be doing something as mundane as grocery shopping and the mood's contagious. You can find anything you're looking for from tripa, to lengua to pigs feet. The carneceria is super clean and everything's displayed fit for a photo shoot. Also the chicharon and prepared authentic food is delicious. They even have a taqueria inside and you can order an helado or agua fresca for a refresher. Traditionally cooking is predominantly a woman's duty in most Latin American cultures, not like here in the states where it's any bodies' business. As a Hispanic male I'm lucky that my mom taught me to cook not just cause cooking is a wonderful skill to have but because almost everyone in this supermarket with the exception of the staff is female. Thanks grandma for showing me this place and thanks for the cooking lessons mom! I never miss an opportunity to shop at Mi Pueblo and though I'm not looking to pick up on anyone. It's just nice to have so much feminine energy and being one of the few guy shoppers. Let's face it. Hispanic women are just so beautiful in every way shape or form. read more

I'm from Merced, came to food court as I was in town for a few appointments. The worker lady was literally eating the meat out of the hot food tray under the glass as she described the meats they had because apparently they were out of carne asada. Imagine asking what meats, and they grab some chicken and start chewing it and saying, "tenemos de pollo" and then grab some other dry ass meat and throw it in their mouth and say "tenemos de buche".... what the fudgeeeee lady grossed me the fuck out. barf!!!! read more

I dont like Cardenas, they never respect the prices in their newspaper, the fruit and vegetables are not in good condition.

This has become my home away from home lately. Only bummer is it is a bit far from my house, but very well worth the drive. Like the previous Yelper said, it has anything your looking for. I've been on a home made green sauce kick lately, and they have all the necessities there. Pretty much anything you need to create your own fresh and authentic Mexican meal is there at your finger tips! The pan is fresh and delicious! As are the tortillas. The meat counter is so clean, I was very impressed. I can't stand going somewhere for meat and seeing flies everywhere, gross! The service is excellent, even for someone like me who speaks broken Spanish. Everyone there is still so helpful. Our girls love going in there as well, they get a kick out the fact that every announcement on the loud speaker is in Spanish. I'd avoid it on a Saturday morning though. The husband and I went in and it was swamped. I prefer to go during the week in the morning if possible. Give the taqueria a try, the food is really good and fresh. read more

Called to see if they had a certain product there... the person put me on hold and never came back to the phone. Waited 15 minutes.... Smfh. Customer service read more

Worst Food I've ever eaten in my life. I asked for a torta and they gave me a Coke. The torta had old meat and stale rice and beans tamales were dryer than the Sahara desert. All the ladies looked at each other trying to figure out how to prepare two tamales with rice and beans. They had the audacity to charge me as if it was a combo plate of tacos complete mess all three women there didn't know how to prepare food or work the register. This message is especially to Patricia G please don't work in customer service!! read more

Id rate less if i could. So many issues now. We bought tostadas and there was either a dust ball or animal hair in it, my mom took it back so i dont know how that was resolved. 2 days ago we bought chicken breast. Opened the bag and it smells bad, and today its rancid. So basically they sold us overpriced spoiled chicken. Thank you for that huge waste of money. The vegetables and fruits aren't great either, used to love the fruit cups but now they are terrible. This place went downhill so fast, no i wont be coming back again. read more

I grew up going to their original location in San Jose, Ca. I headed straight over once I found out that there was a market here in Modesto. Best carne asada and carnitas around. And their Pan Dulce is too die for ! Fresh, warm corn tortillas made daily and their fresh made salsas are yumm!! I make a 20 minute ride for this market/ taqueria/ bakery almost weekly. read more

Going to this location always has a lot of traffic and can be trouble some to find parking. However the food and meat section is always great. Their 3 milk cakes are perfection. I would have to say theirs always something for someone. My only complaint is the produce sometimes isn't restocked as I would assume it should be. Overall good store, lots of traffic everything is usually easy to find. read more

This place has decently fresh groceries but not like before the change in ownership. Prices are on the high side. Only two cashiers open at all times equals insanely long waits and that's even when no WIC vouchers are being cashed. I wish it would service and quality would go back to the way things were with the old owners. Expect inordinate wait times any time of my day as they only have one cash register open read more

The workers were very irresponsible and were very untimely when the breads would be ready. I arrived 3 different times all three times they were not ready. I asked when the bread would be ready and returned back at the time they said and was greeted with a woman just being on her phone with nothing being done.This was on december 20, 2021 between 8:00 and 9:25 read more

My friend just found a small cockroach in her horchata. Need I say more. I have been going here for about a year. Never a bad experience until today. I felt sick. It's too bad we ate our food we got from the restaurant before we discovered the little critter. Trust me I've been feeling sick all day. I'm very disappointed Mi Pueblo. I can not continue going here. read more

No that this is Cardenas Market I will not be returned no , 1 butcher really? Meat was filled with water . Deli was decent not great but decent , groceries poor selections and very high priced . 2 checkers and 15 people in each ? Está bien que maman pero no llevan la baca . I won't be back if I could zero stars I would . Also allowing handicap parking to be used by someone selling food out of their truck while security sits and does nothing . Others in handicap spaces with no stickers or placards . Really horrible experience read more

This store is soooo damn Overpriced, even now that its "Cardenas Market", their customers are mainly hard working Latinos/Hispanics. Idk what is wrong with my fellow Raza, they keep Shopping at this overpriced store!! Stop shopping here!! Staff here are always in a hurry, No customers service what so ever! Also, you have to spend $5 or more to get cash back where they also charge you $1 for cash back! read more

F*****g rude ass employees. No customer service skills at all. We went at around 3pm Saturday morning to servicio al cliente which is customer service in spanish. You'll see the irony in this later. We waited in line over 30 min, no greeting at all, no smile (what happened to sonrisas gratis). Didn't wanna cash my husband's check. Gave him some bs about needing verification. I worked at MP for about 4 years so i know how they work. She was rude and discriminated against us. Wtf kinda customer service is that and at the damn customer service counter. I called to speak to the store manager and no answer after ringing for 2 whole minutes. No surprise there. Corporate needs to spend time on training. Never coming back. read more

Unfriendly service, unprofessional cashiers. I asked a few questions about products and it seemed like they were bothered because I asked. Also, cashiers were really unprofessional at check out. Giving up on this market. Taking my business down the street. read more

Ok so just like any other Mexican good store like La perla ect. I ordered a regular burrito and it is definitely the worst let down ever! So little meat, a lot of onions. The little meat I did have was in chunks and mainly fat! Never will I eat here. My drink was warm but I couldn't get anything else since I was in a hurry to back to work. read more

Cardenas Markets - Where's the meat!? - Meat Shops Near Me - Modesto, California

I gave a 5 stars because it's very exotic and Mexican. This place was also alot cleaner then the asian markets i normally shop at. The staff was great and would make sure you are taken care of. Fresh tortillias made on site. Meat department will give you ideas of recipes for the certain type of meat purchased if you ask. They also have a deli for a quick lunch or dinner. If only this place wasnt so far away just for grocery shopping i would come here weekly. read more

I shop there all the time and in the last month I've had 3 different encounters with employees . 1. Was with a cashier being rude and the manager I believe it was the manager kindly handled that. 2. In the meat department this guy was rude to my aunt she asked for some meat and asked if he can cut it into smaller pieces because her knife wasn't sharp enough and he was like "well that's why you need to buy a good knife so you don't have to be asking for them to be cut " like excuse me all you had to a ay was no I can't not be all sarcastic and rude about it . 3. I don't even want to talk about that But they're some lovely employees there managers are awesome and the girls I've delt with where you get the cheese are also very nice. I've thought about not shopping there and telling my family as well but because there are others that are nice I will continue to go there .. read more

This place has everything I need to cook a great meal. Some specialty items in this store you can't find at other stores. If you don't want to cook you can purchas food already cooked here. I love the pollo asado meal. It comes with a whole chicken, rice, beans and tortillas for under $20. It feeds about 3-4 people. They have a bakery with yummy tres leches! Their meat department is fresh also.....I have to have my husband go to the meat department because of the butchers always flirting with ALL the women! read more

I dont like this store at all, their meats are over priced and very poor quality. The store is dirty. The only good thing they have here is the bakery..thats about all. read more

3 weeks ago I went to this place because I woke up late for work and I didn't have time to prepare my lunch,so I bought chicken ( Pollo asado). I have to wait 30 minutes to get my food, drove back to work took me at least 5 minutes and when I opened the bag the chicken was cold. I tried to call the store but no one answered, I called the 800 number and put a complain and they told me I will hear from them in a week but no luck. I called back and they transferred me to Corp but same thing nobody has returned my calls. I don't usually go to that store but now I learned my lesson. read more

I was charged $20.00 to add fresh strawberries in my 3 tier cake, I can safely say that they added like 2 of 3 strawberries diced into dime sized bits I could've purchased a whole crate for that money, TOTAL RIP OFF!!! read more

By no means is this place fancy but it is very nice here, the workers are friendly the food is amazing and I honestly like the cost of everythig. They do have a restaurant there and a bakery with all types of amazing food and baked good and they have ground chicken which is amazing to to me but I do advice you just buy the chicken legs in the packet because I saw that most of there meat was cut fresh but the chicken leg was straight out of the frozen packages you can buy at Walmart so that's the only reason I give this place a 4 star besides that they are pretty nice. read more

guess the stores main number is someone's personal cell phone number which is ridiculous because the voicemail is not set up are you guys on instacart or not. read more

Awful customer service .. I was standing at the counter right in front of a worker and she was very blatantly ignoring me .. I was there to pick up a door dash order .. she only acknowledged me after I finally asked her where to pick it up at.. she directed me to the deli and then the deli lady didn't know what I was talking about and directed me to another line .. standing right in front of this lady she looked to my right to try to help the people behind me she totally looked right past me .. the people behind me had to tell her I was next .. I told her I had a door dash pick up she yelled that she didn't have the order, pulled out the iPad they use to get orders violently tapped in the screen and was yelling still we don't have it we don't have it I don't know .. it was apparent that the iPad was not charged because when tapped on the screen remained black.. I really wanted to get some food from here but I will never ever try it or recommend it to anyone.. if no one knows the door dash process they shouldn't offer it .. she offered no help to figure out what was going on and where the order was... Never experienced such poor service while dashing .. I could go into why I think I was treated poorly but whatever read more

We visited this store yesterday and really enjoyed the extensive food, meat and produce options they offer and the store was very clean. While there, we ate carnitas and they are yummy. I recommend trying some of the hot prepared foods they sell. I was amazed at how helpful the employees were in the meat and produce department and in general everywhere. We are new in town and a friend recommended this place and we are glad we went. Keep up the good work as we will be back for sure to buy our weekly groceries. read more

Went here for 3 items a while back. I love the ethnic choices of items I can get here. My issue is with customer service. Specifically checkout. Wait time 45 minutes. Number of people ahead of me, 6 and the line wasn't moving. The five between me and the girl checking out using WIC left. At one point, he customer left with the manager to go find the item. I'm now first person waiting. They finally open up another register and the cashier sent the person directly behind me to the front of the open checkout line. She tells me it's because she's been waiting. WFT, I was waiting 5 minutes longer than her. She could have just canceled the transaction and checked out a few people while the customer was gone, but no. 15 minutes pass and finally she comes back. Guess what, they had to cancel the transaction anyways because the cashier didn't know what she was doing. I get there are sometimes issues with wic, but this was ridiculous. And to be told the customer behind me had been waiting like I was nothing was BS. I don't know if this is common practice or if it was because I'm not Mexican, but I'll never go back to this place again. If I need specialty Mexican products, I'll go to the Mexican grocery down the street from them. read more

My experience with the staff was excellent everyone was eager to help. I will definitely comeback.

My first visit was several weeks ago. EXCELLENT Tamales Very friendly CLEAN, Bright We will be back read more

If i were to give a rating to this store i choose to give it a 5 star of rudeness fraudulently. on there adds...especially meat department they never have what they advertise and cashiers are rude insted of doing their job they ignore you and continue their chatting plp take your $$$ somewhere else this store is not what it used to be take it or leave it but if you're having a good day don't go in there or they will get you in a bad mood. .... there is flyes there when they have chicken on special make sure is in a eatable conditions. read more

I go to this store only when there's a really good sale. The parking lot is difficult and it's not in the best area of town. I know that's not the fault of the store, but it is a reason why I don't shop there at often. From what I see from the ads and competitive stores with similar items, they are average in price. Every once in a while, this store does have really good prices. A plus at this store is it does offer an inside cafe of common Mexican dishes, so you can eat before you shop. There are several tables you can sit down and enjoy a meal. It's right next to the deli section that offers large qualities of Mexican cheeses and creams. Another point I like to make, the produce in the fresh selection sometimes is not so "fresh" so make sure you pick carefully. I have been bugs on many occasions in some of the fruits, but not every time. Just be selective. It's also crowded inside with narrow aisles, which is only a problem when the store is busy. And when the store is busy, the sale item you can looking for could go out of stock early. Just ask a staff member to see if they have any in the back. You can find more unique, Hispanic items at this store. Items that you wouldn't find likely at other larger branded stores like Walmart, Food Max, Safeway or Savemart. So if you are looking for a certain item, this store may be worth your trip. There is a good meat selection, but I have noticed that several of the employees only speak Spanish and have a difficult time communicating with English speaking customers. So if you shop this store, be patient and understanding please. read more

I came to the this store for only a few items and I was surprised to find more than what I came in for. There was everything for my Mexican dishes I was going to prepare for my dinner.All the employees were helpful and friendly. read more

Ok food really small oysters though. Place is a bit dirty but it will do. Don't go there at night or after dark. A lot of homeless tend to wait for you to get to your car then barge at you to give them money. The produce is quite old sometimes so try to go early read more