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Mama's Empanadas

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At Mama's Empanadas, we're passionate about serving up traditional Mexican flavors with a personal touch. Our empanadas are a fan favorite, made fresh daily and fried to perfection, just like our customers love them. We take pride in offering a cozy atmosphere that feels like hom...

Mama's Empanadas

Mexican · Elmhurst

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About Mama's Empanadas

At Mama's Empanadas, we're passionate about serving up traditional Mexican flavors with a personal touch. Our empanadas are a fan favorite, made fresh daily and fried to perfection, just like our customers love them. We take pride in offering a cozy atmosphere that feels like home, with vintage char...

At Mama's Empanadas, we're passionate about serving up traditional Mexican flavors with a personal touch. Our empanadas are a fan favorite, made fresh daily and fried to perfection, just like our customers love them. We take pride in offering a cozy atmosphere that feels like home, with vintage charm and warm hospitality from our friendly staff. Whether you're in the mood for our signature Italian sausage and cheeseburger or the comforting beef with potatoes, every bite is a taste of love.

What Customers Say About Mama's Empanadas

Mama's Empanadas in Elmhurst is a popular spot for empanadas, known for variety and flavor. Many praise the beef with potatoes, cheeseburger, and caramel with cheese empanadas. Expect long waits and cash-only payments. Some customers report slow service and quality inconsistencies.

Popular Dishes

beef with potatoes cheeseburger caramel with cheese Nutella and peanut butter empanada Stuffed corn cake Italian sausage and cheeseburger caramel and cheese broccoli and cheese

Best For

Quick Bite Locals Tourists Casual

Tip: Be prepared to wait in line, especially since this location is famous. Also, remember to bring cash as they don't accept credit cards.

Features

🚗 Delivery 🍽️ Lunch 🌙 Dinner 🥗 Vegetarian 🌱 Vegan Coffee
🎯 Casual Trendy

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Explore the area around Mama's Empanadas

Mama's Empanadas is located in Elmhurst, surrounded by cultural and historical points of interest. Here are some of the most notable places nearby.

Historical Heritage

  • St. James Church (A 841m) — church in Queens, New York, USA Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
  • Rego Park Jewish Center (A 937m) — conservative synagogue in Rego Park, Queens Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
  • Reformed Church of Newtown (A 987m) — church building in New York, United States of America Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos

Parks & Gardens

  • Hoffman Park (A 245m) — park in the United States of America
  • Newtown Playground (A 274m) — park in the United States of America
  • Horsebrook Island (A 336m) — park in New York, United States of America, United States of America
  • Horace Harding Playground (A 730m) — park in Queens County, New York, United States of America
  • Libra Triangle (A 764m) — park in New York, United States of America, United States of America
  • Middleburgh Triangle (A 968m) — park in the United States of America

Other Points of Interest

  • Carnegie Reading Room (A 808m) — building in Elmhurst, Queens, New York, United States

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Frequently asked questions about Mama's Empanadas

Mama's Empanadas is located at 91-20 59th Ave, Elmhurst, NY 11373, Elmhurst.
Near Mama's Empanadas you can find points of interest such as Hoffman Park, Newtown Playground, Horsebrook Island, Horace Harding Playground.
Mama's Empanadas offers mexican cuisine.
Mama's Empanadas has regular opening hours. Check their profile for updated schedules.
Mama's Empanadas offers the following services: dine-in, takeaway, delivery.
The most recommended dishes at Mama's Empanadas based on customer reviews are: beef with potatoes, cheeseburger, caramel with cheese, Nutella and peanut butter empanada, Stuffed corn cake.
Mama's Empanadas is ideal for quick bites, locals, tourists, casual dining.
Mama's Empanadas in Elmhurst is a popular spot for empanadas, known for variety and flavor. Many praise the beef with potatoes, cheeseburger, and caramel with cheese empanadas. Expect long waits and cash-only payments. Some customers report slow service and quality inconsistencies.
Be prepared to wait in line, especially since this location is famous. Also, remember to bring cash as they don't accept credit cards.
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Duv Valdes
Duv Valdes

Empanadas are really good, and rhe place is kind of vintage.

Fernando
Fernando

3rd update. I'm upset, they changed the empanada size without letting us know. Cannot describe how much I love this place. The caramel and cheese, Italian sausage and cheeseburger are some of my favorites, and the best part, always fried to perfection. 😊 2nd update, how can you top perfection? You can't. A nicer location would be nice, but not a deal breaker

Maria Hernandez
Maria Hernandez

This is the best location for Mama’s empanadas. The wait and the line can be a bit long because of how busy they get however, the ladies that work in the register are very nice and accommodating. My personal favorites are the beef with potatoes, cheeseburger, and for dessert the caramel with cheese. Definitely the best location to go to. 5/5

C
C

This Mamas Empanadas is pretty small! However it’s in a great location. If you are craving empanadas, this store haves a variety of selections! They even have desert empanadas! You can get about anything in here. Since this location is famous, It gets busy here so be aware. Parking is very limited here as well!

MEEKA
MEEKA

These empanadas are my go to place! Whenever I go for empanadas this is the ONLY I will go to. I’ve tried plenary of other ones but, none get as delicious as these. This location is ALWAYS busy so expect a wait and the waiting area is outside so be prepared for the cold winter months whenever you want an empanada. My favorites are the Hawaiian wheat empanadas and the chicken and potatoes in corn empanadas. The only bummer is that it is CASH ONLY. But I’m sure you’ll save some cash to buy one of these delicious finger foods ☺️

MangoManiac (Daisy)
MangoManiac (Daisy)

Their food is good and somewhat cheap, I like the variety of empanadas available. However the service is always a hit or miss…. Sometimes you gotta wait extra long.

E C
E C

Food was a bit of a wait since they had to fry up the broccoli and cheese one i ordered, but it was delicious! They gave us the green and orange sauce for free, more than enough for the 3 empanadas i ordered. I would come back again!

L. King
L. King

DELICIOUS!! So many options and decent prices. Everything I ever had here was fantastic. Like others have said, service could be quicker, but they're still great.

S G
S G

If you know, you know. This place is a hidden gem in NYC. It's probably one of the top 5 best empanada spots in the city. The prices are great. This is not a sit-down spot, and parking is very difficult. But if you are from the city you know how to make a quick stop and go happen. Plus the bus stop is literally right in front of the shop. The stamp the bags with the type of empanada you order. This is a great feature, especially when you order variety. But let me tell you, the variety here is insane and ready to go. The spicy chicken is my favorite. Lastly, shout-out to Queens, NY this is our Flagship Empanada Spot.

Daniel C
Daniel C

No frills counter spot for good empanadas. You can order preset combinations of different empanadas for slightly cheaper than buying per empanada. They have a variety of dipping sauces that come with your order, and you can get extra for a cost. Be prepared to wait as the place can get busy and the empanadas are fried to order.

Marcos Lapaix
Marcos Lapaix

How is it possible that this place is so famous but only takes cash, while the other empanada places don’t? Could they be laundering money or something?

Sergio I
Sergio I

I support small businesses, and I’m all in for my Latino community. It gets to a point where a small business can only be small if it’s doing well for a good amount of time, mamas empanadas shouldn’t be labeled a small business and that being said I’m tired of this place never taking card. This place has multiple locations, one in times scare mind you, with some miserable workers, food is amazing, but I’m tired of them avoiding filing taxes by only taking cash.

Minerva Claderon
Minerva Claderon

The girl was nice, but the guy, supposedly the cook, was very slow and more focused on his phone than on his work 😥

Alejandro Soto
Alejandro Soto

The people running this spot got no respect for the customers times. This is not a Grab N Go Spot but a pay and wait 10 minutes for your order spot. If you know there will be a 10 minute wait, it is common courtesy to let the customer know BEFORE taking payment. People are in a rush, and this is New York, catch up with the pace.

Zairus Punzalan
Zairus Punzalan

I would say the Manhattan location is way better than this location. They even charge 50 cents for a sauce. I bought 2 empanadas and it only comes with 1 sauce. In Manhattan, they don’t even charge for the sauce. Like how can you squeeze in 1 sauce for 2 empanadas? I don’t mind paying but it’s just very sad that this store is just greedy with sauces.

Cel C
Cel C

These employees so rude make wait longer just doing online order also the empanadas is not that good how use to be not recommend

Joshua Degreiff
Joshua Degreiff

This place is a joke…..15min waiting for one empanada, which is ridiculous. The workers don’t wear gloves and touch the food. I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone. Oh yes, they don’t accept credit cards

Hannah Daisomont
Hannah Daisomont

I ordered a Nutella and peanut butter empanada and this was in my empanada. I really do not know what it is , probably some kind of cheese but that’s not what I ordered. What if I was deathly allergic to cheese and ate this? It does not taste like cheese. Also there was no peanut butter. I also called two locations asking what it was and neither would give me an answer. One hung up on me the first time cause I didn’t speak Spanish (I’m sorry I’ve been trying for 5 years). Everything else was good though.

Chris Thompson
Chris Thompson

They take everyone’s orders, cook it ALL then stack ALL THE ORDERS up on the counter instead of serving them!?! SO EVERYONE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE LAST ORDER WAS COOKED. If I had not spoken up telling the guy cooking that I could I see my order on the counter, he wouldn’t have served them until he was done with the last order🤦🏻‍♂️. I understand under staffing but Talk about disorganization- the cashier could’ve helped and gave everyone their orders that were all ready. CASH ONLY too

Mame moki
Mame moki

I ordered‘Stuffed corn cake’ it seems one of the popular here, Taste wasn’t bad before I realized the sticker human hair in Corn bread. It’s really disappointed.... I never back this shop.

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