La Michoacana Premium — Restaurant in Santa Ana

I wanted to provide some feedback regarding my recent experience at this location.

I appreciate the clean environment. I love to support the Latino community, which I also prioritize by shopping at Latino-owned businesses. However, I was surprised by the pricing of some items I purchased:

Regular size Tostilocos: $23.49 Five paletas (2 coconut, 3 pecan): $33.80 One torta sola: $13.74

The total came to $70.03 before tax. For comparison, I've purchased similar items at La Michoacana in Tustin: Tostilocos for $4.99 and five paletas de leche for $15.

While I understand that location can influence pricing, the difference was significant enough that I felt it was worth bringing to...

The people giving one star and just listing "bad customer service" are rediculous. You don't go to a food place just for service.

The ice cream is really good, and my wife thinks so too. It's definitely not worth 5 bucks for less than a cone's worth.

However, my huge gripe is that the employees are spilling food intentionally onto their hand and eating it. While helping one group, I saw the same employee suck on her fingers, then handle food multiple times. She did this at least 3 times with the same group. After she was done she rinsed her hands but didn't use soap. The one dude working who was straight up from Mexico was using gloves like he was...

I'm still exploring their massive varieties of ice cream bar. So far I liked their dragon fruit and strawberry cream flavors. I also enjoyed the something with almond flakes. I also tried this bag chip with bunch of stuff on top (sorry I don't know the actual name of this food). It wasn't my thing but glad I tried it at least once. I still have plenty of other flavors to try and I'm also looking forward to try their ice cream. I may hold off on the...