El Mercado Latino — Local services in Lakewood

I am thankful they have a ton of Goya Products. They also carry fresh Recao most of the time. They have good meat, what every you want. Prices are great! They have fresh pan dulce, tres leches y mas. Sometimes they carry cherimoyas (a fruit). Occasionally, you can buy aji dulce if you are making fresh sorfrito. If you can't find recao here 2 miles down the road is Paldo World (ask for culantro). If you can't find what you need there is another Mexican store, Los Guerreros, is a block away on the same street. The staff is nice, if you don't speak Spanish, they have staff that speak English. Great place to get HUGE piñatas and Imusa brand Calderos. They have both the traditional ones you buy in Puerto Rico and the newer finish ones. You can buy steamer pans, corn husks and the mask to make your...

First off, non-Hispanic people would not appreciate the variety of Latin-American products this store carries. Their meat department alone is impressive considering the small size of this little market, and their prices are much lower than larger chain supermarkets. Because of this, their aisle are jammed-packed and narrow. However, if you are looking for authentic pantry items and produce from Mexico,, Central- and South-America for Hispanic cooking, this is the place to find them in the greater Tacoma area. I gave this store 4 stars because the people that stock the shelves did not know if they carry what I was looking for (they did) or have personal experience with some of the things they sell but they were polite...

Ordered a $100 photo cake to be picked up at 1pm it is now 220 and I'm still waiting.While I'm waiting I noticed how unsanitary their meat slicer, there's a whole bunch of flies.They also sell hot food and the ladies who's ringing up also preparing the food but noticed that not one of them washed they're hands.Its a little difficult for me to ask certain question if they don't understand me or I don't understand them.Good thing I understand a little bit Spanish...Oh now they told me they don't have the edible photo I wanted!!! They put plastic toy on top of the cake instead. I'm really disappointed. I'm not gonna say I won't be back i like some of their produce,but I know for sure I won't order a...