Artesano Tamaleria - Los Angeles

I opted for the vegan options! They were great! The service was friendly and welcoming when I went in for my pickup.Vegetarian options: Vegetarians have plenty of options here. The menu is nicely organized for vegans and vegetarians. The cactus and jackfruit tamales were incredible!

Sorry I really wanted to like them especially after paying so much money for one of the big tamale platters. They are not very tasty. For the price I would have expected better.

Best vegan tamales ever!! Every year my family makes our family recipe tamales for Christmas and I, being vegan, have over the years learned how to make vegan versions of such tamales. Years and years of trials and errors. But this year, due to unfortunate circumstances, my family was unable to make our tamales but I would never dare go without tamales for Christmas! So the week of Christmas, the night before I was headed into LA, I ordered vegan tamales from here. Very nervous but desperate. Not only were they extremely informative and easy to order from, but their kindness went above and beyond! Then I tasted them. Holy frickin cow. That masa.. I don't know how they made it that amazing without lard. It was magical! And their sauce was something to respect! And trust me, if you're iffy about the other versions and flavors, just do yourself a favor and get at LEAST one of each. You won't regret it! The flavors are perfect! Family tamales or not next year, I'm getting these for Christmas again. I'm impressed.

I'm not a tamale person but these were tasty! There's paid parking across the street, which is super convenient when in this part of town.

This place has amazing tamales. They are gourmet, and not your run-of-the-mill Mexican tamale. Their chicken and pork tamales are loaded with meat and the masa is moist and not too heavy ...you're not choking from the masa when you eat it, like other Mexican tamales. The best part is that they serve them with salsa- these delicious green and red salsas that add depth to the tamale experience. And the salsas are not spicy- they add moisture and a depth to the taste. Really this has been very well thought through by the owners. You can tell these are very high quality tamales. I order the 20 pack, because it's hard for me to get to them. I freeze some, and share some with extended family. I would highly recommend. Wish they had a more central location to suburbs of Los Angeles as I live in Pasadena and would prefer to pick them up more locally. But honestly, it's worth the drive into downtown.