La Imperial Tortilleria Menudo — Restaurant in East Los Angeles

Wow, this place is a hidden gem in East LA. I come all the way from Beverly near The Grove (where I normally get my tacos). So you have to keep in mind that the drive from Beverly into East LA is not one for the faint of heart (I say this because everyone in LA knows driving is always horrible). Yet, this does not stop me from getting some of my favorite Mexican food in all of LA. When I tell you that I love tacos, is an understatement and this white girl knows her tacos, enchiladas, chimichangas and shrimp tacos!!! To top it all off the workers there are always so amazing and great when ordering, especially Martin (he has always made the best suggestions for anything I order off the menu). Also, I am learning more spanish and this allows me to use some of the spanish I have recently learned in college. This place is amazing and I have told everyone I know about this great spot. I hope this place just keeps getting better not just for myself but for everyone who...

The food here is GOOD. I'm not gonna lie, I really enjoy their food EVERY time I come here.

I'm giving one star rating because they are also SUPER UNORGANIZED and show CUSTOMER PREFERENCE. I was next in line to order food and I stepped up to start ordering the lady behind the customer started talking and helping the lady behind my with her family. On top of that they took my order and still helped about 3 other customers before they actually brought me my food to go. THEN, when I was getting ready to pay they started running my card and ALSO helped about 2 other customers pay for their orders while they just kept my card and I stood on the sidelines waiting for my card back and a receipt.

Once I think the headache is over I'm walking to my car and the food spilled inside the bag!

Hopefully this one star rating helps them notice they need to be more organized and treat each customer the same.

Picture attached of my food before I made...

One of the employees was way out of line. Flirting with a customer asking improper private details of such customer. Using crude and vulgar language. Sat down as if she owned the place and did not let the customer eat in peace. Our food was horrible. You could tell those tamales have been re-steamed over several times. They are not tasty nor fresh looking. They seemed to have been prepared with filthy water. Not a good experience at all. Most uncomfortable experience overall. Will definitely never go there again. It's a shame because it just got remodeled not to long ago. Should changed the personnel instead. Thank goodness for the cameras that way you can see for yourself what I mean and whom I am speaking of. Such a shame nice place but not for families with children. I know we all use cuss words but there is a place and time for that kind...