La Bodega
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About La Bodega
Located in Mercadillo, La Bodega is a vibrant Pub-style market offering exceptional value and diverse essentials. Customers praise its incredible selection of fresh produce, spices, home supplies, and ready-to-cook meats like signature carnitas and Carne Asada. The friendly atmosphere is enhanced by...
Located in Mercadillo, La Bodega is a vibrant Pub-style market offering exceptional value and diverse essentials. Customers praise its incredible selection of fresh produce, spices, home supplies, and ready-to-cook meats like signature carnitas and Carne Asada. The friendly atmosphere is enhanced by helpful staff who ensure a welcoming experience for everyone. Beyond food, the store serves as a convenient hub with baking necessities, money exchange services, and wheelchair accessibility. With extended hours daily and competitive prices on staples like eggs, La Bodega stands out as a reliable destination for quick visits or full grocery runs, truly making it a beloved community staple in San Isidro.
What Customers Say About La Bodega
La Bodega is a market known for its great prices, variety of products, and meat selection, especially the carne asada. Customers appreciate the baking needs section and friendly staff like Lorena. Some complain about disorganization, cleanliness, and inconsistent quality of produce and meat.
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Tip: Visit for good deals on meat and baking supplies, but check the freshness of produce and meat before buying.
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La Bodega is located in Mercadillo, surrounded by cultural and historical points of interest. Here are some of the most notable places nearby.
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La Bodega Mercadillo Reviews
Always a variety and good prices
This place has the best Carne Asada already prepared, so if your going to TJ...don't forget the meat before you cross!!!
Very good deals. This place has a large variety of spices,candy, fruit, food, home supplies ,piggy banks etc. awesome place to get some carnitas as well. It’s a place to get a whole lot for very little money.
Great little market. The BEST thing I love about this store it has ALL your baking needs. And the lady behind the counter Lorena is great friendly n very helpful.
Great prices and lots of products to choose from. Also they have a money exchange office. No doubt is one of the best places in San Isidro 😁👌😉
Only location with rice paper food art. Very well done. The website doesn't work and had a bug when you click it however.
I was in a hurry to buy some good meat and this place was my answer. Great meat selection and price.
I drive 15 miles just to go here best price on eggs in San Diego! 10$ box of 100 eggs at times it's 5.99 for a box of 100 eggs!
I was in a hurry to buy some good meat and this place was my answer. Great meat selection and price.
Only location with rice paper food art. Very well done. The website doesn't work and had a bug when you click it however.
Great prices and lots of products to choose from. Also they have a money exchange office. No doubt is one of the best places in San Isidro 😁👌😉
Great little market. The BEST thing I love about this store it has ALL your baking needs. And the lady behind the counter Lorena is great friendly n very helpful.
Very good deals. This place has a large variety of spices,candy, fruit, food, home supplies ,piggy banks etc. awesome place to get some carnitas as well. It’s a place to get a whole lot for very little money.
This place has the best Carne Asada already prepared, so if your going to TJ...don't forget the meat before you cross!!!
I drive 15 miles just to go here best price on eggs in San Diego! 10$ box of 100 eggs at times it's 5.99 for a box of 100 eggs!
Not a really organized place but my family likes the marinade meat for a carne asada. That's the only thing I recommend from there imo
This store has gotten smaller since the last time I was there. It still has fresh meat and poultry, fruits and vegetables. What I like most is the variety of baking goods and prepared baked goods they have. Their prices are not the best, but in a pinch and if you don't want/have time to go to a bake shop, this is a good alternative.
This market is located in San Ysidro. The butcher shop prepares meat and chicken for your weekends and grills it. It's superbly seasoned and fresh. It has a flavor that no other market can match.
Great place to shop, it's always stocked and with plenty of bulk foods to choose from. Parking lot is huge and cashiers are friendly, fast and efficient. Great selection of meats, produce, dry foods, etc. It also has a huge section of products for baking cakes and for supplying businesses and bakeries.
This store has gotten smaller since the last time I was there. It still has fresh meat and poultry, fruits and vegetables. What I like most is the variety of baking goods and prepared baked goods they have. Their prices are not the best, but in a pinch and if you don't want/have time to go to a bake shop, this is a good alternative.
This market is located in San Ysidro. The butcher shop prepares meat and chicken for your weekends and grills it. It's superbly seasoned and fresh. It has a flavor that no other market can match.
Not a really organized place but my family likes the marinade meat for a carne asada. That's the only thing I recommend from there imo
Great place to shop, it's always stocked and with plenty of bulk foods to choose from. Parking lot is huge and cashiers are friendly, fast and efficient. Great selection of meats, produce, dry foods, etc. It also has a huge section of products for baking cakes and for supplying businesses and bakeries.
Excellent prices on the large shrimp. Chicken quarter's smelled bad, tossed them. Not good.
I like that they had a variety of things everything you would need, even saw some Kirkland stuff. Only dislike was how expensive things were, I paid 15 dollars for some grapes. Lol. It’s convenient if you’re buying to make a meal but for grocery shopping for the quincena I’d rather shop at Costco/food for less.
I like that they had a variety of things everything you would need, even saw some Kirkland stuff. Only dislike was how expensive things were, I paid 15 dollars for some grapes. Lol. It’s convenient if you’re buying to make a meal but for grocery shopping for the quincena I’d rather shop at Costco/food for less.
Excellent prices on the large shrimp. Chicken quarter's smelled bad, tossed them. Not good.
Not really sure what happened I used to enjoy my fruit and vegetables they used to have really good fresh fruit and veggies now I'm just giving the money away I throw all fruit & vegetables
The meat department just ruined the whole experience. The quality is really bad. They had ground beef that was grey on the sales floor. You can tell employees don't really care about quality, specially when raw items can get customers sick.
Not really sure what happened I used to enjoy my fruit and vegetables they used to have really good fresh fruit and veggies now I'm just giving the money away I throw all fruit & vegetables
The meat department just ruined the whole experience. The quality is really bad. They had ground beef that was grey on the sales floor. You can tell employees don't really care about quality, specially when raw items can get customers sick.
Very smelly, dirty and untidy store. The flies buzzing around the meat counter were unbelievable. The produce was bruised and also had flies. The owner should be ashamed of this store.
Terrible place is dirty and expensive you can buy the same food for less at Walmart or food 4 less, they robbing you. And not to mention their systems never work you gotta leave what you want to buy and leave embarrassed because they don’t have the decency to leave a sign out on the door at least to mention credit card o Ebt system isn’t working save people the embarrassment
You get harassed if you enter with another stores shopping bag.
There is no costumer service, I don't agree that they want to take away my backpack when I walk in, I walk in and there is a lot of people with backpacks and a lot of women's with purses, is it that they want us to use purses too or what? A backpack for a man is same as a purse for a woman. I'm definitely not leaving my backpack behind. I can put it in my cart but definitely not leaving it behind
You get harassed if you enter with another stores shopping bag.
There is no costumer service, I don't agree that they want to take away my backpack when I walk in, I walk in and there is a lot of people with backpacks and a lot of women's with purses, is it that they want us to use purses too or what? A backpack for a man is same as a purse for a woman. I'm definitely not leaving my backpack behind. I can put it in my cart but definitely not leaving it behind
Very smelly, dirty and untidy store. The flies buzzing around the meat counter were unbelievable. The produce was bruised and also had flies. The owner should be ashamed of this store.
Terrible place is dirty and expensive you can buy the same food for less at Walmart or food 4 less, they robbing you. And not to mention their systems never work you gotta leave what you want to buy and leave embarrassed because they don’t have the decency to leave a sign out on the door at least to mention credit card o Ebt system isn’t working save people the embarrassment
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110 E Olive Dr, San Ysidro, CA 92173
Mercadillo, CA 92173
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