These delicious tamales have been made for decades by the same family. I've been going for over 20 years for their chicken and cheese. Such great people too! read more

I've been coming here for years. The pork tamales with green sauce are AMAZING! The owner is so nice, I love supporting good people, and the tamales are great. Highly recommend! read more

Terrible tamales are expensive 6 for $24 and just ate one; thick masa was so thick, no flavor, the meat was about a tablespoon with no color or flavor. So disappointing read more

Love this place been coming here since I was 5 years old best tamales ever! And owner is very nice and friendly and always in a good mood! And the service is very fast! And the tamales are super hot and delicious and the amount off meat you get in the tamale is outstanding!!! read more

Tamales... what better "comfort" food is there in this world than tamales? Especially tamales that are fresh and lovingly made by friendly people... Tamales La Bamba... open weekends and located near Denio's Auction Yard, in Roseville, CA. Tamales La Bamba is located in a pre-fabricated metal building, on Atkinson Street in Roseville, CA, just a short block north of Denio's Farmer's Market and Swap Meet. Tamales La Bamba is located on the grounds of Joseph's Auction Town, which has been closed for nearly 8 years at the time of this writing. As you enter the restaurant, you'll meet the friendly owner of the business, Ernesto, as he relaxes behind the metal cart, which serves as the counter. There is nothing fancy about the restaurant, as the tables are folding, and the chairs are plastic. When you order a soda or a bottled water, you may receive your order from an ice chest, as refrigerator space is limited, as the fridge is dedicated to tamales. Today's menu selection is very simple, and offers just five varities of tamales. Back in 2013, the restaurant stopped selling beef tamales, as according to the owner, beef was getting too expensive to offer as a selection. Each table is set with two trays of sauce, a green salsa verde and a red ranchero-style red chili sauce. How do you decide which sauce to enjoy? Maybe place green sauce on one tamale, and red sauce on the other? During a previous visit to the fine restaurant, I'd enjoyed the salsa verde, so today I went with the salsa roja and enjoyed it. The salsa roja is on the spicy side, so if you're "sensitive" in that direction, caveat emptor. But, the sauce is rich, robust, flavorful and enhances the delicious tamales. I highly recommend it! Today, I enjoyed a cheese tamale, and a pork tamale. Tamales La Bamba produces amazing tamales, and is the only "Tamale only" restaurant in Roseville, and all of Placer county. Tamales La Bamba is open on Saturdays and Sundays only. Their amazing tamales are made at home, and brought to the restaurant, in stored in a refrigerator, ready for instant service. If you request, the friendly staff will warm your tamales in a microwave oven, but in my case, I love tamales any way I can find them, so I couldn't wait for the microwave, as I had to "dig in," enjoy, and "pig out" on fine tamales. The masa is made from scratch, so is the sauce, and the meat is locally sourced. As I mentioned before, the tamales are made in mama's kitchen and brought to the store, ready for you to enjoy. In chatting to Ernesto, Friday and Saturday nights are "tamale making nights" at home, as the staff gets up very early in the morning to make tamales for each day of business. It's not uncommon for the store to have a "run" on a certain variety of tamale, so just because your favorite tamale is listed on the menu doesn't mean it will be in stock, as it could be sold out. If you have your heart seat on a certain variety of tamale, I suggest you arrive early. I smothered my pork and cheese tamales in several spoonfuls of the spicy red sauce on the table, and with each bite, I jumped for joy, as the combination was simply amazing. The tamales are "stand alone" delicious, and the red sauce simply enhances their flavor. If you're "sensitive" use a little caution, as the sauce is on the hot side, but it was simply perfect for my taste buds. One pork tamale, sitting on the corn husk, and smothered with tangy, red chili sauce. Tamales are "comfort" food on both sides of the border, and there is nothing better than enjoying a breakfast of tamales on a late Sunday morning at Tamales La Bamba, located in Roseville, CA. This little restaurant is simple, perhaps on the "dingy" side, "down-home," and is staffed by super friendly people. Did I mention they make delicious tamales? If you love tamales, served in a small, one-of-a-kind "mom and pop" restaurant... this is your place. Five stars, all the way in my "tamale" book. read more

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Best tamales I get full with just 1 has the best horchata and champurrado my to go spot always

Very upsetting!!! Was looking forward to as I remember a few years back they had ver good quality tamales. They have discontinued their beef tamales as they said the beef to expensive to make. We ordered pork and cheese tamales. The cheese tamales had barely any cheese and it was undercooked. The pork tamales varied some had a good amount of pork and others threes small pieces. Very disappointing! read more

La Bamba - Mexican Near Me - Roseville, California

I am so upset that I didn't get to check-in to this awesome place the other day! My phone broke and I'm using this iphone that is so old it doesn't download apps! Sorry this has nothing to do with my review; I just had to let out some steam! La Bamba is located in this warehouse-type looking building behind Jimboys, across the street from Denios. It doesn't look like your average restaurants so do not let the look of this place fool you. You walk in and walk straight to the cash register. There are only a handful of tamales to choose from: Pork, beef, chicken, cheese, chili and cheese, vegetarian and there were also a few desert tamales as well. For only $2 each, my sweetie and I ordered a total of four: One beef, one pork and two cheese tamales. The nice gentlemen behind the counter packed up our tamales and within a few minutes we got our food. We were asked what kind of salsa and of course we asked for the spicy salsa! There were a few plastic tables out and a few people enjoying their tamales. We ended up taking ours to go. The place wasn't super packed because we got there pretty early around 11:00AM. The last two times we wanted to order tamales they sold out at around noon! The tamales were wonderful! I would have to say they were the best I've ever had. The masa dough had a great texture and rich flavors. The dough to filling ratio was perfect. I don't know what other spices they may have added to the dough but it tastes different from the other tamales I've tried. My favorite was the cheese tamale. Each bite had that gooey, cheesy, salty taste from the queso cheese. The salsa was actually spicy and had a good kick to it. I ate two tamales and was craving for more! Every time I got to Denios I have to stop at La Bamba! Yes, it's THAT good! read more

La Bamba - The menu! - Mexican Near Me - Roseville, California

I used to come This place HAD the best tamales 15 years ago but not anymore. They went extremely cheap with the filling; each tamale has 3 pieces of meat and $3.00 per tamale, which is not worth the price. The tamales are very dry without the salsa. I am very disappointed and I bought 30 tamales. read more

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Best tamales hands down been coming here for YEARS literally like 15 yrs but mostly enjoy the pork ones with their green salsa just amazing!

Update: Auction Town has been closed down - La Bamba moved to a side street behind the Jimboy's. If you check out the Auction Town area of Denio's, you will find many treasures, among them, the mini-donut man, and a store that sells dented cans of food. Another treat is La Bamba, the little tamale shop next to Jimboy's. They have pork, chicken, and cheese/chili tamales. Plus - they have sweet tamales, like strawberry, raisin, and pineapple. The pork and strawberry tamales are amazing. Just get there early, because they sell out their inventory, shutter the entrance, and essentially disappear before you get a chance to come back and get more to bring home. Open 7 AM to whenever, Sat and Sun read more

La Bamba - a sign in front of a store - Mexican Near Me - Roseville, California

Love their pork tamales, they are so good. Also I love their Mexican chocolate called Champorado. So thick rich, so good

Best tamales I've ever had! They're big and filled with cheese, chicken, or pork! Both salsas are amazing!

You want Tamales? Go here! You want a big selection? Go early! Great spot!! Friendly owners and clean!! read more

La Bamba - Tamale Man!!! - Mexican Near Me - Roseville, California

We've been loyal customers since the place opened. Today, we came in for tamales and the owner stated "finis" and indicated he was out of tamales. The place was full of customers. Two hours later, we walked by and the place was still full of customers. Evidently, he refused to serve us, but we're not certain why. I am really sad. We've been regular customers for years, and we're an older couple, never caused trouble. Not sure what happened here. read more

I've been coming here since i was 10 yrs old now im 26 with a 1yr old who loves these tamales!! Not to mention his famous CHAMPURRADO!! Obviously throughout the years the prices go up but still the best tamales to have on the weekends early in the morning. Especially its its cool outside and especially if you have them first and then enjoying a walk around denios read more

My boyfriend wanted me to pick up two dozen tamales, I did $46 later I walked out with only one bag. the lady had two bags but when she filled them she only handed me one. I walked out with the one they were wrapped in another plastic bag so I couldn't count them. i am super upset I paid that much money and only got half and by the time I realized that I didn't get them they were closed and aren't open until Saturday. Super upset no one there could have walked out and brought me the bag or she jipped me the other dozen. read more

Walked around denios and found this place. Worth the walk outside the main area. If you are in the mood for tamales then head over to this place. The tamale was hot and fresh when it arrived to me. Add the hot red sauce on the table if you want your mouth to burn a little. Very filling and one should be enough. read more

La Bamba - Tamales LA bamba cart - Mexican Near Me - Roseville, California

I've been looking for good Tamales in the Roseville area for over 12 years and this place has great Tamales!

By far the best tamales in sacramento and one of the many best kept secrets of sacramento, show up early or you can give up on getting chile con queso or any sweet tamales. Pork is good as well, chicken is good but have had better, the masa is great though read more

I love this place FANTASTIC tamales. great taste, they have PORK,chicken, jalepeno and cheese, also sweet flavor tamales. Good prices, very fresh! also have Green/ RED salsa on tables. They also have drinks! Nothing fancy, just excellent tamales.Great food for breakfast, or to warm you up morning. Or take some home and enjoy!Kind of hard to find its behind jimboy's ( hidden on the corner)GET there EARLY or tamales will be SOLD OUT! BEST IN ROSEVILLE, probably BEST IN SACRAMENTO! I will for sure always be coming back! read more

Friday morning, only cheese and chiles, and chicken left. Got home opened up one of each, very disappointed the cheese and chile was chewy and a sliver of chile. The Chicken was a red sauce, both had way more masa than filling. Definetly not worth 2.25 apiece. Been there in the past and thought it decent, but not this time. Nolthing like the pictures on their business cards. read more

A Denio's staple! We've been coming to La Bamba for tamales for about six years. They're located across the street from Denio's. By far the best tamales I've had. Their green sauce is a must. Check them out next time you're in the area, but arrive early; they sell out quickly! read more