Gardena Supermarket

La verdure esta bien pero si quieren comprar comida hecha no se los recomiendo
Pedí un burrito de pollo y me dieron el pollo más viejo q tenían y puro pellejo estuve a punto de dejarlo en la caja por q no servíà la máquina para pagar con tarjeta y Tube q ir a conseguir cambio
La comida se muy vieja y añeja
Jamás regresó a comprar comida ahí
Ojo todo lo demás se bueno.
Y si compran burrito sanitario ábranlo y asegúrense q no les den puros pellejos

This place it’s ok but totally disorganized. The meat is good quality but you have to wait forever to get someone’s attention and it’s a bit pricey

I was very disappointed with their customer service though the cashier Ana was very nice the only good customer service I received. Everyone else were too busy doing their tasks to give me the slightest attention to as a simple good morning. Will not be shopping here again. The bakery guy by the name of Thomas declined to help. I had already finished purchasing my items and decided to buy some bread cashier said I could go to the bakery since unused already spent time in line. Thomas with an attitude told me to go to the registers I then said I was just sent over to be helped there with him he looked very bothered and proceeded to ask who of the cashiers sent me. So I decided to just turn around and leave. As I’m in line I see he’s helping check out a girl there. I couldn’t understand what was such a hassle to help me out. Over all my experience was not enjoyable didn’t get help finding certain items needed and I’m sure I would’ve shopped a lot more if I would’ve received the customer service needed.

This is a small independent food store. They have great prices on fruits and veggies. The meat section is also well stocked. I love the pan de sol…

I came in for some tamales. Got two for $ 2.20 and they were not very good. They looked about a few days old. I’ll find some another place to get some tamales.

Produce are very cheap and fresh here, parking is insane on Wednesdays but can’t complain with such cheap price!

Cheap meat and extremely cheap produce! I love it! I usually try to get all of my fruits and vegetables organic at whole foods, but organic isn’t always better. This place always has amazing deals! The store is really small, but they have a huge selection of stuff for basic pantry stocking. They have a bakery section in the back. The staff is really nice and helpful. The lines are short compared to larger supermarkets. I’m usually in and out in less than ten minutes!

If you are looking for cheap, fresh produce or meat, this is the place to go. The selection is a little limited though, as it is a small grocery store. And if you don’t speak Spanish, it can sometimes be a little difficult to buy fresh meat, as the butcher does not always speak English. This is the place I always go for vegetables and fruit when I’m juicing, as the quality is good and you can’t beat the prices.

Very Good Meat… Prices on Meat are very competitive and sometimes down right cheap! Meat is good quality and fresh. I buy all my dried chilis here, very good selection. Not a big store, but I find alot of items here I would not find at Ralphs or Vons. Been going here since I was a kid:)

Small neighborhood market that I’ve been going to since I was a little kid. Literally lived 3 blocks away from this place. Nothing like living in Gardena.
Still come here to this day to buy my Mexican groceries whether it’s the chiles, tomatillo, hominy, tostadas, whatever it may be. People seem to be complaining about the prices but it’s definitely cheaper than hitting Ralphs or Albertsons…
They have a little mexican sweet bread shop too. their panaderia is pretty good. the people working in the store are always helpful. Still has the same feel as I remember it as a kid.

This is a tiny neighborhood market with generic products that are priced for convenience (i.e., expensive). They do have a small bakery and a butcher in the store, but otherwise, I would skip it.

This is a dirty store. Produce is poor quality and you can smell a rotten meat odor when you walk in the store. Sanitation is not a priority at this store.

Very small
Very small neighborhood market. If you are on foot, go there, otherwise get in the car. Prices and selection are better elsewhere.

Nice lil Mercado :-)

This is my family’s favorite market.
This is our go to place for meat and produce. Everything is fresh and really affordable. Wednesday is when the new sales start and the store gets packed!
Their bakery is pretty good, we stick to the sweet breads and agua frescas. The girl who is usually working at the bakery counter is so friendly, she’s our favorite :)
I recommend this place to people who like good quality meat and produce at really low prices. If not you could always go to Vons where my sisters BF almost paid 9 dollars for 2 onions!!! LOL

My favorite stop for fresh fruits and vegetables. The strawberries are usually $ 1 for a basket and they’re tasty. The bakery is good too. Really good flan and agua frescas.

After reading one of the reviews on this site, I went to this market just today and you absolutely do feel like you just took a short trip to Mexico. As I walked in, I smelt all the yummy pastries that I could not resist. I bought dried Jamaica Flowers to make tea and the most delicious tomatoes there. Prices are very reasonable and Ralph’s tomatoes never smell as wonderful as these did at Super Mercado in Gardena. The staff are all very nice and helpful.

I would tag along with my parents every Friday night back when this store was a tiny cubicle. Even with a larger building and more space, it’s still not enough for the amount of customers that it gets.
Wednesday is the worst day to come but also the best because it has the most specials.
Everything is cheaper here than your local Ralph’s or Vons. The fuit and veggie prices are very cheap, but sometimes the quality isn’t always the best. The meat department has every kind of meat you want. And the staff is very friendly.
Employees are always nice and helpful, but yes they do mostly speak spanish.
This place is a little piece of Mexico.

Cheap cheap frutas.
When Ralphs starts to make your wallet sweat for something as simple as citrus, come here for rock bottom prices.
Also, check out the panaderia. Yummy yummy pastries.

so i went here one friday evening with my parents after visiting grandma in her retirement home. keep in mind it is about 9pm and my parents are typical orange county koreans wearing polo and banana.: /
we kind of got the eye in the predominantly hispanic crowd of the store, but nobody gave us trouble. the produce was very inexpensive (even compared to vietnamese/​korean markets) albeit a bit spotty looking (again, comparable to vietnamese/​korean markets). and the bakery was an absolutely steal with a bag of pastries for under $ 2. very tasty stuff and low prices all around. i’ll come back if i’m in the area again.
best part: as we’re leaving, a couple shouts «dvds! tamales!» and points to a cardboard box and cooler, respectively, in the trunk of their car. pure fucking class.
i definitely would have bought a trunk tamale if i wasn’t so full from my grandma’s cooking that night.

I would not have ventured into this supermarket if a friend didn’t recommend it.
God it’s crowded at Wednesday, is there a Holiday tomorrow that I’m not aware of? God, they really cleaned up the neighborhood too, really cool (A few days later I was told Wednesdays are vegetable bargain day, crowded. Wrong day to go…, didn’t know).

I ordered a Carnitas Taco. But after placing the order, the lady who took the order went to the fresh meat side and to the back somewhere and was gone for a couple of minutes (Why? I really hope she’s not going to start cooking it now? Oh she’s back, with a bag of to-​go food containers).
The open-​face taco was huge because there’s a lot of lean stewed pork meat, which sits atop two layers of corn tortillas. It came inside a large takeout container, same size you get from any diner places, and all this for $ 1.29 !!! I have to say it again, $ 1.29! (Not-​So-​Fine Print: I’m not affiliated with the store whatsoever nor in any way.)
My mind sways, the air seems harder to breathe in and everything looks strange suddenly. What year is this? More strangely, why’s everyone buying tons of vegetables? No offense intended, but huge-​around the waist folks are carting lots of vegetables, something don’t add up.
Cancel, cancel, now! If I went back in time somehow, I need to cancel my commodities investment contracts that I lost my shirt on, I’ve got to hurry to a phone somewhere but what’s this? I still have something called a cell phone with me, no pay phone in sight and no Yugo or Peugeot or Alfa Romero or for that matter no John Travolta movie ads in sight, but a bunch of Toyotas with funny Kia and Hyundai stickers on them, has Toyota gone mad? The Crown Victorias are throwing me off…, ’cause they look the same no matter what year but this is year 2008! No~~~~~~~oooo!!!
(The cure: Eat taco, suck on some beer and quietly go to sleep…)
One more item, the bakery section near the cash register #1 smelled so good I was lost in this good-​bread-​smell-​heaven despite the irritating slow line.

When Ralphs and Vons have got you strapped for cash check out Gardena Market.
If you live in or near Gardena I highly recommend this place. It has a great selection of meats and latin foods. The prices cannot be beat. They have much cheaper produce prices than any big chain you will find. This spot is not a chain store. It is privately owned by a local of Gardena.
I know I said I highly recommend it but there are a few things to be aware of before coming here. It is not the cleanest brightest place ever. It feels a little darker than a grocery store and feels cramped at times. The isles are really close together and there is not a lot of space to walk around. The produce is not always as clean as the big chain stores but they are still good.
Another thing to be aware of is that the music is almost always mexican music and most of the employees speak mostly spanish and struggle with their english at times.
Now on to the things I love about this place! I shop here often b/​c they have the cheapest and tastiest meat department. I love a good barbeque and these guys are pros. They can tell you what kind of meat to use for whatever kind of dish you are going to make. Plus the variety there is unbelieveable. They not only have every part of the animal they have it prepared in different ways that you can already buy. Like pre-​marinaded or pre-​cut into just about anything you can imagine.
I also love the latin flavor of the store. I understand this will not be as appealing to everyone so I give the store a 3 star rating b/​c I know that my bias would want to give it a 4 but that is because I am part mexican and just LOVE mexican markets. But I wouldn’t want my fellow Unilocalers to feel I somehow decieved them.
If you want good prices and lots of variety with a latin flare Gardena Market is a great grocery store.