La Bamba Market — Local services in Santa Barbara

Great customer service very friendly and for the lady name Laura Reyes she was forcing the man working there to speak Spanish when she knew well he didn’t know how to speak Spanish well. She started talkin in English and switched she was disrespecting the man just to get free items she’s the rides women ever and even her kids were embarrassed it came to a point she made her husband go and disrespect the man in the store they have no respect and racist worst person in the world Laura Reyes and her husband la bamba store best friendly place ever. Laura Reyes speaks both languages and was giving the man a hard time that was not...

Let the clerk know that the water machine ate my quarter. He said to insert another one because water costs 50 cents a gallon. I pointed out that the sign on the machine states otherwise; he said that's why the 2 is blacked out. In that case, I told him, it looks like it says 5. He became furious, called me disrespectful and refused to let me finish filling my bottle. He insulted me saying, "I don't know where you're from, but you shouldn't be using the machine since you don't know what you’re doing." I live across the street. Ridiculous and...

Warning they do completely arbitrarily charge for items. There are no posted prices for merchandise (aside from cigarettes and some of the alcohol but not most!) and I have been charged different amounts buying the exact same items, with the difference being multiple dollars. They do not provide itemized receipts. There are plenty of other bodegas within a few block radius that operate within the bounds of the law, so I’d...