America Latina Grocery and Eatery

Great beef tacos, probably best I've had! It says grocery but you come for the fresh food.

Will not buy food here anymore overpriced and not authentic as they claim plus over priced. Pupusas is the only thing good and the price of the aged up candy

I love this place, the food is always amazing and the staff is super friendly. Their tacos are delicious! And just writing this review is making me want to go and grab more. Highly recommended.

Great little retail+restaurant combo that feels almost like an old school lunch counter. Makes a huge difference to have something like this in an otherwise unremarkable strip mall plaza.

Very nice selection of unique grocery items, and excellent in-house cooking!

Their kitchen is always busy, food comes at a reasonable speed and is very satisfying and authentic. They sell frozen prepped versions of their restaurant food, which is quite good as well (though fresh from the source is even better).

Staff is very friendly and polite, they obviously care about the business and the customers. It’s always a pleasant visit, and we always leave satisfied.

Price can be just a tiny bit high for certain items, but very much worth it! It’s hard to criticize, because portion size and quality certainly justifies the prices.

A little unassuming Latin American grocery store with delicious fresh options to order. We enjoyed some pupusas, birra tacos and empanadas with some coconut water. The food was absolutely delicious and the staff were very friendly. They deserve a little patio like their neighbours at The Whale and Ale! I highly recommend this place and can't believe we haven't visited sooner.

The staff here are so friendly!
The menu is on 3 screens above the service counter, but it flashes across them too fast to easily read them, so we opted to browsed the store as we tried to read the menu screens. We had stopped-in for a late-afternoon snack (a quick bite to "tide us over" until we were home and had a chance to prepare the day's dinner), so we were looking for just a quick taco apiece (or a 2-taco plate we could split), and hoped for birria or al pastor. While both taco are on the menu, they do not offer side-orders of single tacos, with birria and al pastor only being available in large 4-taco servings. Much too much for a snack. Their smallest menu item is 3-tacos (choice of basic chicken or basic beef). We decided to split the 3rd taco, and we opted for beef. Service was counter-service, and only take-out as an option, but the staff was very friendly and our snack was ready rather quickly. The tacos, however, were unpleasant. The beef was so hard it could not be chewed, and the process to eat it was to move the plain beef/onion mix around in one's mouth until ready to swallow the bite whole ("choking it down", as it were). Did it fix the hunger pangs until dinner? Yes. Was the eating-experience pleasant? Not in the least. The flavour was quite lacking, as well. I would never again try a beef taco here.

I will definitely return, however, because the grocery part of the store has some really great items not available elsewhere, and the service was friendly. But as they are not open for dinner, we likely will not be back to the large dinner-size portioned al pastor or birria tacos.

The food was so good. Seemed very authentic! I went for empanadas and tacos. I also managed to find dried cascabel chilis there, which I had been searching for (they told me they don’t always carry them though). Lots of hot sauce options for purchase too. I’ll definitely be back.

A great Latin grocery store with a surprise in the back - the food is amazing! Pupusas, tamales, empanadas, and tacos. If you're thereon a weekend, make sure to get the all day breakfast. And order the plantains, trust me! So delicious!

Had pupusas and empanadas I went for the deal of 10 empanadas and 10 pupusas and my family and I ate the whole afternoon

Food is delicious and made in house. The pupusas are freaking awesome especially with an imported glass bottle coke to go with it! The staff are friendly and helpful if you have any questions about anything. You can eat in at little bistro table or order to go. There’s also a small grocery store inside with unique Latin foods.

On our getaway we came across this little unique place on Google. We didn’t regret to try and this is how it went:

Customer service were (10/10), greeted with warm welcome, food served pretty fast (almost right after we sat down) and even though a buffet style restaurant they

Food and drink overall are 9.5/10. We had Birria with added cheese (came with soup and perfectly balanced spicy sauce-it hottt hottt),
Fried plantains (fried just right and came with sour cream),
Guatemalan tamales, one of the best we ate so far. Really delicious. Only one thing we could pick up on is the lack of chicken in there. We only had a small tiny piece. That’s something improvements could made on.

For drinks we got coffee (not the best but average-wish they would have non-dairy milk-it’s cool though) and, of course, my unmissable pineapple jarritos.
Overall, the food was amazing, great portion sizes, very authentic. Location

The location is easy to find, easily accessible spot. Free parking.

Overall experience is 9.5/10 and we are happy gave it to try. If you’re in Waterloo you cannot miss this place. We already they will not let you down!

Food is a good price.
Ambience is what youd expect in a supermarket. Workers are really friendly.

Great grocery section and really tasty take-out.i learned some spanish ~10 years ago, and they are very gracious with me practising while i order. Highly recommend the pupusas! Tasty, filling, and cheap! I've tried every flavour and like them all

Great food made fresh. Staff are very friendly. You can sit down and eat as well. Pretty good Latin groceries as well.

Excellent selection of hard to find Latina ingredients. I order their fired plantain almost weekly, and they are legendary! Run dont walk there!

I heard about this place numerous times on local Facebook groups and decided to try it out when I was in the area.

Their birria tacos were fantastic and just like the ones I had in Mexico - full of flavour and just the right amount of heat. The empanadas were great too - crispy on the outside and soft on the inside with delicious and ample filling.

I was also happy to find guascas in their grocery section as it's not easy so to find.

Looking forward to trying their tacos al pastor next time!

Spanish review to follow….

Amazing food and amazing service.
If you want original home made traditional Latin food this is the place to go.
Just be sure you're hungry because everything is sooo good that you can't stop.

Big shoot out to the staff. They always give an extra mile to make the customer happy.
Totally recommended.

English:
Excellent place to not forget our typical Central/South American Latin food

Totally recommended, the food tastes excellent and the work team always does their best to help and serve the customer.

Totally recommended.

Best birria tacos in K/W?

I stop by here when I'm in the neighborhood (which is sadly not often) and always come for the tacos. By far the best I have tasted in town.

I also get some of their grocery items when I'm there. They have a nice selection of Latin food items. I love their selection of sauces, salsas and other condiments.

Keep up the great job, and I will be back next time I'm in area.

We stopped in after a work lunch for churros, and they were to die for! I have never been more satisfied with a churro in my life. Get the Dulce de Leche on the side, it’s a highly recommend.
There were some folks eating tacos which also looked amazing. This is also a great grocery store for all your Latina grocery needs including tortillas, sauces and spices. I’ve had the pupusas on a past visit and would highly recommend, but don’t leave without a churro! 10/10.

Amazing food in a convenient location
Good sized pupusas can't wait to try the rest of the menu

One of my favorite places to have Birria Tacos! It is authentic Latin food! Love this place:)

The pupusas were terrible, got the pork and cheese. The pork was completely bland and tasteless and there was not a speck of cheese to be found anywhere.

Came with a side salad but no fork provided

The only thing decent was the churos.

3 pupusas and 3 churos 18$

Disappointed.