El Nuevo Mundo Market, Bakery & Cafe — Restaurant in Bell

IF YOU ARE A BLACK PERSON OR AN AFRO LATINO DON’T COME HERE!!! I went a while back wanting to support a Cuban business considering there aren’t many Cuban restaurants/businesses in the LA area (if any in California at all ) and the service and treatment I got was horrible. I was purposely avoided a few times by someone who I assumed at first was an employee(later found out it was one of the owners). While having a conversation in Spanish with a female employee she proceed to tell me in my face that I’m not Cuban and insinuates it due to the color of my skin. This is after I proceeded to tell her where in Cuba my family specifically come from. She further believed I wasn’t Cuban because I wanted to buy a Puerto Rican flag that THIS business was selling for some family friends in area and thought that I didn’t known what the Cuban flag looked like. Furthermore this employee tried correct me on how to pronounce Cuban dishes which I took offense to given I grew up eating some of these dishes all my life. When I then proceed to ask this employee by any chance if she is cuban (since she seem to know so much about the culture that I come from) ,she then has a disgusted look on her face and responds “no” that she’s Mexican and is from Mexico( as if being Cuban is a horrible thing). Finally the owner who was avoiding me the entire time comes out, starts to whisper with the employee,looking at me at me and starts to laugh. And when I try to start a friendly conversation with this said owner in Spanish asking questions like “ when did you guys open this restaurant.” Or “where in Cuba are from.” She avoids answering my questions and gives what I can only describe as “ the death stare”. All this to say that don’t support this business I’ve other reviews say that they treat some of their customers like second class citizens. After my encounter with the manager I wouldn’t be surprised at all. They shouldn’t be open for business if treat people like that. And food that I purchased from here wasn’t even really good my mom and Abuela could’ve made ten times better in...

The restaurant part is OK. Not a big deal. But the groceries part is a nightmare. This people have a terrible quality control problem. I don't understand how is it that the health department hasn't interviene in this store. They have all kinds of old expired expired items on the shelves, if not just about to expire. A lot of items don't even have expiration dates on them. Be very aware especially with the frozen items (croquetas, yuca, frozen fruit pulps.) That whole freezer is a mess.

Most of the items on the shelves don't have the prices on them. And if there is a price, more than likely is the wrong price. Literally you don't know how much you are putting in your cart. Unless you get the poor worker there to scan an item at a time everytime you pick something of the shelves. She is very nice. I found this to be very unnerving because it's shear laziness, if not flat out shadiness on the owners part.

Most of the items are overpriced. I would say check other latino markets like Superior or Northgate. They have the Maltas, Matervas, e Ironbeers at much more...

Hey everyone...! Puerto Rican & Cuban cuisine cooked at this place....! It's a market but also have grab 'n go items. "Lechon asado" Cuban style every weekend. Plus classic dishes like: "Ropa vieja", "rabo encendido", "arroz congri", "arroz con habichuelas", and "yucca con mojo", among a few others. Bakery on premises as well. Flavors are awesome! Service is cheery, welcoming and friendly as it is characteristic of the Cuban and Puerto Rican people. Come and taste the flavors and tour around the store for items and ingredients you might want to include on your next culinary recipe in your kitchen. Totally sure you are gonna love it. Make sure you try their pastries as well, they are Cuban and they are...