Best tamale place anywhere on the California Central Coast! Their masa taste and texture is delectable and so delicious! I enjoy their pork and red chicken tamales, but hubby prefers the green...
The Tamal Factory
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The Tamale Factory is a premier, authentic family-owned restaurant located in Watsonville, CA, and has been serving the community for over 20 years. Specializing in a variety of tamales, the restaurant offers flavor options including pork in green sauce, chicken in red sauce, jalapeño with cheese, and a sweet version with raisins and pineapple.
Renowned for its delicious offerings, The Tamale Factory is recognized as a recommended restaurant by Restaurant Guru, earning accolades for its champurrado in 2024. The establishment focuses exclusively on take-out service, ensuring a convenient dining experience for its customers.
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My husband and I drove past this place, and I made him turn around so I could grab a few tamales to go. I ordered a pork tamale and a jalapeno with cheese. The pork tamale was just average, but...

Great find. I wanted pick up a few quick tamales for a good price and that's exactly what I found here. Got two chicken and two pork. The pork was a bit spicy in a good way and chicken had good...
Food was undercooked and still raw. I tried to call the lady and see maybe they just took them out too early and she just began to argue with me rather than just help me out .

Tamales are some what good, masa goes on thick and meat too salty otherwise they OK, service is good I really like them