Tamalería Doña Amada — Restaurant in Waukegan

Great place to buy a very good tamales specially "rajas tamales" the ones are more tasty and delicious. They really know how to make a real taste rajas tamales my favorite tamales or they do too green salsa or red salsa tamales with pork or chicken meet. Love to eat my tamales with a good black coffee in the morning or any time in a very cold day🥰 Thank you for keeping the good work and make it affordable for everybody, good price, clean and great customer service. I would love to have a drive thru in this store will be great a faster way to pick up our tamales and...

Best thing about this taco was the onion. Tortilla and meat were both VERY DRY. I don’t think any cook (beginner or trained) could turn al pastor meat to a black crisp, which leads me to believe the meat was pre-cooked and then re-heated :/

Barely any cilantro on it either. I don’t mind the stems, so at least pile on a hefty amount of scraps, please.

To anyone out there, though: don’t waste your money here. I recommend buying your own raw, pre-seasoned meat at your local carnicería and make your own tacos. Cilantro is about a buck, so you can be heavy-handed at...

I was really optimistic based on reviews; however, I was disappointed. I’m from Chicago and relocated, so I was looking for the best tamales in the area. Red sauce for tamales tasted weird and my husband felt like there wasn’t enough sauce on the green ones. Actually couldn’t even really tell they were green tamales. And a little over $28 for 12 tamales is ridiculous! I can buy 12 for $20 in Chicago and they taste so much better. If you can, it’s worth the trip to Chicago for quality,...