Awful customer service! If you don’t speak Spanish the old lady treats you like you are not welcome in her store. Also she won’t let you stay in store if you are looking around. So you better know what you want and buy it right away cause she will tell you to get out.

Just had the green chili and cheese tamales and they are as authentic as Mexico, fantastic. (Only available second and last Saturday)They had a great assortment of Mexican spices and ingredients. Highly recommend.

This place is incredible. Get there early for the tamales!!

They have the market cornered on variety of Spanish products available. Other then that I feel the customer service is very high if you speak Spanish and low if you dont. My wife asks me about some products on the shelf, just general curiosity, and the older lady behind the counter comments, I dont know why you are asking him...just cant stand bad service. Thankfully Don Quijote is fairly close and carries most of the key Spanish products I need.

Love my Mexican candy. They have everything i wanted for a good price.

The only place to go for fresh tortillas. Also the only place I could find lard in Honolulu.

Cute hole in the wall shop. I got mostly what I came for. Makes me miss L.A. 😢

Love love love this place. So many Hispanic items you cant find anywhere else on island, candies, canned goods, chilis, fresh tortillas and soooo much more. They are a bit pricey on some items but they are locally owned and Im sure the cost is to cover their overhead so, in my opinion, worth every penny. Shop local! My mouth is watering just thinking of my Tama-Roca and saladitos.

This is a nice store, they are really friendly here and have all kinda foods from Mexico and Brazil. I will came back here again.

Like it, hrs are good. love selection, and great recommendations for a recept!!

The owner/Mexican old lady was very very rude to me and for being a first time customer she literally yelled because I open both of the frozen doors then she had the audacity to say no EBT when I was using my regular debit card she judged me from the time I walked in to the time I left and I was going to buy product but I decided not to she doesn’t deserve a store with her attitude like that! don’t waste your time on her products when you can find them at Safeway, I wouldn’t suggest going there at all don’t waste your money .. she even mentioned go ahead and write a review you’re not the first one to talk bad about me ..wow unbelievable and I’m Mexican I can’t believe that’s how she treats her people.

The younger lady was very nice, But the old bitty in the back that came out was rude. I bit my lip to not say anything. The next time i wont !!!

Hard to find Hispanic products, usually are here. Go on Fridays better, since they stock up on those days= bgger chance to find your niche thingies!

I love this place! A must go to. They have tajin, bolis, a variety of mexican candy and much more. I will definitely be coming back here again.

Best tamales on Ohau!

Love this authentic place to get Mexican, Latin, and other ethnic foods

The owner old lady is super rude every time I come in, and all the candy is expensive too! I was going to buy 2 little bags of candy and the total came out to $15 when I changed my mind and put the one of the bags to the side she RUDELY tells me that that’s not where it goes. ??? As if I work there?

Best place for finding Mexican, South American, and many other regional Latin groceries. Twice a month you can get Marthas homemade tamales, chicken, pork, beef or veggie, theyre ALL GOOD! Fresh salsa, tortillas, Mexican cheeses, chorizo, fresh and dried peppers, herbs and spices, flours and sauces, you name it, you find it here!

Great place for hispanic groceries. Would love to try the tamales but they sold out in 15 minutes! Make more tamales!

It is the closest you can find to a Mexican grocery store. The lady how is always in there that rings us out always seems a little snippy, bless her heat, I think she means well.

The tamales are perfection, moist and flavorful. I had the queso and green pepper ones and they were really amazing. The shop is tidy and the store clerk/owner friendly and knowledgeable. This shop has all the Mexican ingredients that are so hard to find anywhere else on Oahu.

Love this place for my tamale needs an atole and Mexican candy 🍬 😋

Love this place....

Thank heavens for this place wish they didnt use goyza brands but everything else is awesome

Great experience, great to know where to find comfort favorites. Owners were sweet and welcoming...

Amazing hot sauce selections! I have been a loyal customer for a long time. This store is a gem!

Delicious tamales and flan! Truly authentic!

Even thing you need for all foods Latino. The store is located on Beretania Street. Parking is a little tough since it is basically street parking. The store is small but convenient and is organized to ensure everything you need or want can be found. It is a nice family own store.

Poor customer service. I called my wife to ask if she needed me to buy some extra products in the store, when the cashier approached, telling me I had to turn off the phone or go outside to continue my call. When I asked why, she said: “my store, my rules.” Extremely rude.

One of the only places with a large variety of Spanish products

Like it. It has so many Mexican items. Things you can not really buy online. I dont really take their rudeness at heart. I understand why sometimes the owner have to be rude. Living here in hawaii for 12 yrs some people confuse ohana with trying to take advantage of others just because of ethnicity.

One of the most unkind person I ever met in my life, very rude the lady owner.

The only Latin-American store in Honolulu that mainly retails on a smaller scale, dont let that fool you . The store has a pretty broad range of food supplies that covers many Latin-American needs, operator occasionally special orders . I have shopped there for years always amazed to find something that I have not come across Elsewhere in Honolulu quite surprised that I find it here. I have run into friends here often enough sometimes I wonder if there following me for my gastronomic potpourri. I consume for taste not quantum. I guess you could call me a GASTRO-ETHNO-CROSS borrower of differences in ethnicities to fill in voids missing flavors. Go visit be happy.

I like shopping here, the only store on island that I can get Jamaican products from.

Great place. Theres a very large variety of candy, sauces and other Mexican things, but I do thing they need to get a bigger place and expand their variety of things. It would be perfect if they had fresh burritos it fresh Mexican food straight from their kitchen ( if they had a kitchen)

I love this place! Every hard to find Spanish cuisine ingredient you can think of. Very traditional ingredients. The smell of the shop is very small town, homey. They have tamales every other Saturday that are amazing and worth the effort to order them ahead of time. Going back many, many more times! Mahalo and gracias!

I’m so happy to have found this place. I’m from El Salvador and they have everything I need to make traditional food. Customer service is great. This place has helped me feel like I’m closer to my home country. Very thankful.

Great place to find Hispanic brands that you cant find anywhere else.

Numerous items you cannot find anywhere else. Only downside is some things are just not worth the price tag.

Good hispanic products...always something new...and have my mate and Argentine tapas too! They carry really great bulk/loose dried herbs like Mexican oregano...the best! A little overpriced.

Worse customer service..super careless to the clients..very expensive! now I will order online straight to my door from Walmart and Amazon!

The BEST place on Oahu to get Latin American foods and ingredients! An especially good place to get those hard to find ingredients to make that dish your abuela taught you when you were 13. For the unusual try a can of Inca Kola, a most unique south American soda.

Terrible customer service on the phone with the lady. She was very rude and ended up hanging up the phone on me while I was still talking. YOU CAN GET WHATEVER THEY HAVE FOR A FRACTION OF THE PRICE FROM AMAZON. Do yourself a favor and stay OUT of this place!

Fast and friendly service for all your Mexican food cooking needs

Very nice. Theres a big variety of Latin American groceries for a reasonable price.

Best place on the island for Mexican groceries/ingredients. Very friendly and helpful owner.

Great place to go and get all your Latin merchandise!!

Abuelita gringa was rude ! I traveled to this place for menudo spice, she told me Mexicans know how to make their own spice . This place lost my business and business of my friends. Pinche Cabrona !

They have Mexican coke!! Ahh!!Now dont expect this to be a big store. Very small and almost unnoticeable. But great workers and helpful. Will definitely be my place to get my bulk coke (Mexican come)

Hard to find ingredients for mexican food are found here.

Older lady was pretty rude but apart from that they have a bunch of hispanic products opened on time and was really cheap! Small store can be cramed towards the back but really the only place on island with everything you may need for spanish dishes. Will probably go back again if needed only because there isnt another store but if i can find elsewhere then there is no reason for me to go back rude lady ruined the experience

Latinos living or visiting here should definitely stop by and grab some comfort snacks, drinks or ingredients for traditional cooking here. Bowhere else on the island has this selection of Latino foods.

Great selection!!

Super amazing has everything a latino needs

Great peppers but never have I been scolded so much while shopping.

Love Coming here to get the things I cant get at the supermarket here in Hawaii.

The Mercado is small but have all you need ifYou are from PR, Mexico, Colombia or Venezuela. Event the price are reasonable if you considered they have to import everything to Hawaii.

As a business owner l frequent visit this Mexican market to buy some items. About 2 months ago l had to return corn tortillas because they were not fresh and they would break when l made my taquito. The owner would not garentee the product and after visiting the store today she has continued to carry her ill feelings for me trying to return bad product. After her out burst of unwelcoming comments again about the issue of 2 months ago l said that she would lose a customer for a half dozen of corn tortillas. I left the items on the counter and l will not ever return to this store.Unfriendly staff.

Bought green chili cheese tamales. They have a kick! Best place to find the hot sauce you need.

Martha, the owner and personality, is awesome. Love her. She provides a wide variety of goods you cant find anywhere else and which you yearn for. She makes her homemade salsa, guac and tamales. Celosos

The lady was extremely rude, i went with my service dog i took all his paper work! was missing no paper, she refused to read or even glance at the paper work. she kept repeating that i was lying about him being my service dog even after she refused to read and so the paper work. she continued to say it was fake and that i was lying just because my dog didn’t have his vest on that said he’s a service dog. Even though he had his Service tag.

Best Latino store in the island...good variety of food and brands.

The only place on Oahu that offers authentic yerba mate. Yum!

Maybe the person who answered the phone was busy. I called and asked to see if they sell a specific product. I didnt want to travel there because I live in Kapolei with a 3 year old, 2 year old and a 7 month old. When I asked if they carried the item I think I got disconnected. So I called back. I asked again. She said she carried it, so I asked her the price. She said if you want to know prices you need to come and check yourself. I felt like that was bad customer service. I decided I dont want to go there now for that reason and I am just going to order my stuff on Amazon.

Very nice staff with a surprising selection...excellent work from a person that knows grocery stores all over the nation.

They got everything you need for Hispanic cuisine.

I was able to find many of the spices that my wife uses for cooking... like peruvian corn, purple corn, Inca Lola, yuca, rocoto, ají amarillo...

Pretty nice selection but definitely need to improve their customer service.

Im from California and Im gonna see my son in December. My son wants tamales so I call to see how much is there masa and they said they dont sell it! Why? Thats not cool is cause they dont want competition? And there tamales a dozen are $30 WTH are they made out of Gold!!!!! Not cool people not fair either. They take advantage because people cant get a hold of other Mexican stores.N E Ways Im sending my masa via FedEx my boy is gonna get his tamales mama made!

You can find most of what you need for cooking here. Fyi. Owned by asians no mexicans there.

This store is my joint. Its my goto mercado for all my Latin American goodies. I lived in Brazil for a while and this place had what I couldnt find any place else on island. All at a reasonable price, lower than the import costs.

We used to come here often, but the owner horribly offended both my mom and dad, that is something you never do, here in hawaii we believe in Ohana she is the opposite off it. Customer service is the worst I have ever seen. A customer has been lost, I rather one thousand times order my things online than to ever come here again, even if I have to pay triple for shipping. Upset she ruined my moms vacation here, but she is just a twig in a patch . Much more to see and experience .

Always have what I’m looking for. 🇻🇪

Found exactly what I was looking for, Masa....Very helpful and very polite...

Awesome tamales and so many great products!

The lady is rude she has no aloha nor does she understand Ohana. hopefully this review will help her refresh her skills on customer service.Pros:The place was clean.

The owner is always friendly, great place to get all your Mexican items.

First of all Zulma needs to get over herself and stop kissing the owners rear. This talk about stable and status is a joke. It is a review about the store and peoples experience which I am sure it is different for all. This cute little store has a variety of things if you want to get it quickly and not wait for Amazon or other online purchases. Certain things are expensive but of course it is... this is Hawaii. They have a variety of dried chilies for salsa making which is nice. Just make sure to take your own bag because they charge 25 cents for each paper bag they give you. If you dont mind paying them its no biggie. I am definitely considering being a regular customer and I am sure the owner is nice which I have not met, but if I have to kiss the owners rear like Zulma does and not be able to keep business and personal life separate then Ill just keep my distance. AlohaUpdate: I have found certain things at times super market (los pericos tostadas), foodland, safeway ( chorizo de rez ) that are a lot cheaper than this little store but still would consider coming here for a variety of goodies.

Owner is always friendly, she even helped me carry my groceries to the car!

Great place to find things you are looking for just very very expensive. Owner is really nice!

I know the owner for over 20 years. Shes a single mom trying to make this business work as best she can with aches an pains shes been able to keep it open.I know that when TV Shows need urgently decorations, supplies to emulate a latino neighborhood, the only place in town that has THE MOST variety of all Latino types of products is Mercado de la Raza.Everybody else has restaurants, but nobody has a novelty, food, and decorations including piñatas for almost every ocassion.Every now and then the workers have to break it to you that guess what they dont carry Latin America itself; just some of their products.Martha, the owner, knows every stable Latino on this island. She knows their status and has her regular customers. Its always those mainland new latinos that complain.Those that want to treat latino workers like slaves or idiots. Well at this store, its all Aloha and Hawaiian style. If youre not a nice Latino, you can go back to your country. Yes, I said it.Just stop by and ask politely if she has that favorite product you crave so much from your childhood memories. Sometimes, its not about the product, but really how youre adjusting to the aina.Martha is very well respected in the Latino community and if youre nice to her and treat her with respect, shell open her heart to you and give you a wonderful friendship that can last a lifetime.

Missing some Mexican item?? Youll find some here.

Customer service comes first. You dont tell someone, Do you know how to read? when asking for price and expect that person to support your business. First and last time stepping in there regardless of their stock.

Great place to shop for Latin American products!

Awesome store... gandule rice and emanadillos

Its a little expensive but have a lot in such a small place...

Its very pricey. Can find most products at Walmart.

A reasonable assortment of latino products.

I love it has all the things I need

The very best Latin-American market in town

Tamales just like abuela makes

The old lady is extremely rude! When I told her off, she said sorry thats just how I talk. I felt like I was rushed.

Great little grocery for Mexican recipes

Do you guys sell mexican candies ? 😛

I like that its the only Mexican place in honalulu where you can find our food.

Call them for get a price of Items, and they said the owner its not allowed to provide prices by phone, if I want to know the price of anything, have to drive from Kapolei :( What a customer service!

Disappointing, didnt even have green chilli.

Has lots of Mexican products but its a small store so wont have everything! Needs Pan Dulce!!

She was very rude and the store isn’t that great. I will continue to buy what I need from Amazon Prime.

Biggest selection of hispanic ingredients Ive seen on the island.