Olvera Candle Shop

My most favorite shop on Olvera Street, but it was closed on 5 – 13 & I was so bummed. They always have beautiful crosses on the wall at the entrance.

Very large shop on Olvera St. It is filled with a huge collection of Dia de los Muertos. They offer a large selection of incense and sage. The prices are quite reasonable. I really liked their selection of crosses to hang on the wall, they vary from plain, to guady, to big, and to small. Check out the 80 year old candle when you first walk in.

This tiny little place is full of thousands of intricacies. Take the time to look at every shelf and you will find something which will tickle your delight. Missing one star: the staff is not very friendly. Thankfully all the wonderful product makes up for it.

Do you want candles? How about day of the dead shit? And crosses?! Well man, this is the spot for you. Sometimes two of the three interchange. Sometimes all three happen to be on the same candle!
That’s what we call a zinger.
Anyhow, this nice artisanally made candles from the people of this made up pebla of Olvera street. Okay, so it’s a real little old city block, but it’s got to be the most touristy of Mexican spots in L.A.
Anyhow, this shop does some cool candles, so you can’t go wrong with them. I’m not talking about some Ikea tea lights. I’m talkin’ about some really good candles. They also have a massive amount of crosses. So if you need to kill dracula and the only way to do so is by some Mexican crosses, then here you go.
The day of the dead statues are also neat and rather expensive looking. Still. Good stuff to be found here.

This review has been sitting in my unfinished cache for half a year and that’s not fair to a business such as the Olvera Street Candle Shop.
There are two candle shops on Olvera Street, this is the larger one. You enter a vestibule lined with candles, including the giant, slumped over one that declares it’s 80 years old. Vibrant metal and wood crucifixes cover the walls. Your nostrils are affronted by the redolence of decades of burnt incense and melted wax.
Venturing further into the darkened shop, you find all sorts of odds and ends: Dia de los Muertos skulls, figures, and various items for one’s own celebrations, Southwest-​flavored salsas, ceramics, and all matter of Mexican folk art for home décor.
When I took my mom’s friend, visiting from Australia, and she was entirely entranced with Olvera Street, making sure to browse through and patronize every stall. She was so thrilled with the Candle Shop, which in many ways exemplifies what one may find in our little, old town.

You gotta love a place that stays open for you when you call at 7pm at night when most shops are boarded up on a summer Monday night…
I was hoping to purchase a unique candle for a gift that I was going to present to my partner for a milestone he was celebrating, so I searched on Unilocal for «Candles» close to my home in Lincoln Heights… I came across Olvera Candle Shop, called immediately and was greeted by a sweet woman who answered the phone when I asked if she was open. She said that she was breaking down the shop in 15 minutes, but would stay open for me if I was close.
I went over blindly, not knowing if the prices would be reasonable in a tourist trap like Olvera Street, not knowing if the selection of unique gifts would fit my taste or my partner’s and not knowing if parking would be an issue.
I found a handcrafted flower candle and felt coaster to fit among the many interesting trinkets that made me smile. Authentic, original, artsy and exotic best describes this very small business.
I support Olvera Candle Shop and hope you will too. Thank you for making my night.

This is not your typical candle shop where you go sniffing wax here and there trying to find the best candle that suits your needs. But feel free to sniff around. The fumes were amazing!!!
This place has a lot of the Day of the Dead paraphernalia, not just candles, but artifacts, knick knacks, dolls, etc. They also have different types of hot sauce too. A large sauce will run you 8 bucks but the smaller version which is about only ¼ the size of the large size will run you 4 bucks.
What is cool about this shop is that they have an 80 year old candle, pretty massive out in display as you walk in.
The only thing ironic about this place this place is their lack of candles. I would say less than 17% of all stuff here are random candles. For a «candle shop» the majority of the stuff should be candles. The rest are everything else but candles. But still, it is worth a visit to see what they have to offer.

I have mad love for this candle shop. The aroma of this shop takes me to a special place in my youth. Regardless to say i love coming here. I use to ride the metro from paramount to get to this shop so i could buy my favorite type of incense LOVE. which i have used foryears.
This is a beautiful shop with beautiful owners who make your shopping exdperience so nice.
amor y paz!

Deep in the heart of Olvera street is Olvera Candle shop. First off when you walk in they have a 70 year old candle, that is HUGE! The people that run this shop are so friendly and nice. They have a ton of Dia De Los Muertos stuff, great candles, Mexican folklore stuff and the cutest tiles you have ever seen.
When my husband and I were getting married they helped us make sugar skulls for our cake. So in return we bought skull cufflinks for our groomsmen and gorgeous sacred heart necklaces for the bridesmades. They became our one stop wedding shop!