Restaurante Y Tamaleria La Bendicion
Restaurante Y Tamaleria La Bendicion — solid, no-fuss latin american in Irving Park. Order the Tamales. Tania: "Overall very tasty and well seasoned, the girl at the register was kind and paid $20 for 9 tamales" [$]
What 502 diners keep saying
What 502 diners keep saying
verbatim, from Google
“Wow they knocked it out of the park with these, I was not expecting them to be this good. I tried the Oaxaca, which is pork-filled, chicken in green sauce, and rajas con queso, which was my favorite. I went in around 11:30am on a Saturday, and they were already out of chicken in red sauce, for pupusas you do have to order ahead or wait 15 minutes for them to be ready, which I didn’t want to wait for, but imagine are very delicious. Overall very tasty and well seasoned, the girl at the register was kind and paid $20 for 9 tamales.”
“$1.80 per tamal is already a rare find in this economy but these were also big and delicious. With only a small table of three, it’s really more of a takeout spot but honestly, who’s complaining? Don’t miss the cheese and jalapeño tamal.”
“Compré 1.5 docena y no hay nada de carne que desepcion antes eran ricos y ahora no tienen sabor ni carne y lo más mal pague 40 Dlls no lo puedo creer!!!!”
“Tamale are ehh and hate the sauce on it.. it taste like nothing. Got the cheese and jalapeno tamale thinking it was gonna be without sauce but NOPE sauce came on it.. asked for regular chicken and hot red chicken tamale 😩 why say regular when it’s not? The tamale made my stomach hurt so baddddddd. I should stop being so lazy and make my own, mine taste better than these. Oh these tamale smell like light fluid 🤮🤮”
“The tamales here used to be so good until these recent months. Not only have the tamales gotten very dry but they are stingy on filling and sauce. I ordered the Tamales de Rajas and they gave me a strip of the skin 🤦♂️ I felt like I was in a desert while eating these tamales. The workers are very nice; however, if you are going to order tamales order them from the second location as those are way better. I am disappointed”
“Desde hace muchísimo tiempo suelo comprar por las mañanas ,en esta tienda en específico, la última vez que fui a comprar tamales para compañeros de trabajo todos dijeron que no tenía pollo y era verdad , parece que solo le había echado una tira de pollo por tamal , decepcionante que ya no es como antes , el champurrado más de lo mismo , a veces sabe solo a agua ! Es la última vez que fui , estafa !”
“Compare 2 dozens y me salió pura masa ,les recomiendo chequen la preparación por qué no me gustaron esta vez🤬🤨”
“I been going to this restaurant for years and not sure if there’s new cooks, but i went yesterday to buy a dozen and a half of tamales in salsa verde and there was barely any meat nor salsa in them And i had to put my own green salsa from home! I called Restuarant today due to the fact they close at 3pm and closed by the time i got home to eat them with my kids yesterday, to let them know my experience with the food, and the lady who got on the phn was trying to tell me it was because i didn’t eat them right away smdh! Very unprofessional and said only way she will give money back or different tamales is if i brought back all 18 of them! And i told her we ate 3 of them and she said she can’t do nothing so i Hu on her but i will never go back there again!!”
“Best tamales ever! No matter the time you come the tamales are always made fresh!”
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