Fiesta

I go to this place a lot because they have a lot stuff from my Country but every time I go there the service is really bad this people don’t train there workers for customers service and that’s what they do all they long, but I go to the place where they have the cheese and all the products that you have to ask one of then for, and they act like if u going to beg then for something free, and when is time to pay you have to deal with this unprofessional cashiers wow very bad service, I use to work at HEB and I know that’s not the way to treat customers
And a other problem I see is that this place is a LATINO MARKET And even when you see Pedro or Mario or Juan and you ask them something in Spanish they said oh I DON’T SPEAK SPANISH, What’s wrong with this peopleeeeeeee???

This store is rad! So much selection! I haven’t been here in years because we don’t live that close and it was just as great as I remembered. Excellent quality produce, meat, and seafood. The employees we saw on the floor all were friendly and greeted us as we shopped. We also found SO many items that you just can’t find at a regular grocery store. The young guy who checked us out was extremely pleasant. Overall such an awesome afternoon trip. The only thing that I can see others being bothered by, is that not everyone who works there speaks English. (Which, in my opinion, is not a problem — especially because I speak Spanish) But I did see a customer struggling to communicate with someone who worked there and he was getting frustrated.
Great store, great employees, fast checkout, excellent groceries, store was well stocked and recovered and I was just extremely impressed. Kudos to the staff and management!

We love this grocery store! One of the best places to all different kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables, especially those types of vegetables that you would probably not get at a regular HEB. We love trying out their different types of vegetables, from pre-​cut nopales to round bread fruit to myer lemons and much more. It is paradise for people like my husband and I who love cooking and experimenting with new ingredients. Their fresh fish station has great looking seafood and their meat counter always has a variety of options. It is also a great one-​stop-​shop for people looking for ingredients and condiments from around the world. I love their Indian products aisle as I can get many much needed essentials for my Indian kitchen.
One thing that was interesting is that they also sell Mexican inspired outfits and all different kinds of sombreros which we thought was fun.
From cheap durable plastic-​ware to sombreros, from fresh vegetables to jewelry, this place has it all!

Excellent variety and the produce looked nice and fresh. Everything was stocked, kept clean and in good working order. The prices were great and the associates did a great job in offering a speedy check out. My only complaint is that their pre-​made salads were not very fresh aside from the date being fine. The romaine lettuce was starting to discolor and the tomato was translucent and watery which was disappointing. Make sure to inspect any premade items closely. Other than that, this was a nice grocery store to stop at.

Many, many reasons why this place is the bomb:
— Large variety and supply of fresh veggies, which has high turnover due to large number of customers coming through, so it keeps product fresh.
— Awesome deals on fresh meat; usually there is a loss-​leader deal with like say pork chops for $ 1.50 a pound — limit 2, and $ 10 min. other purchase, which you will be buying anyway.
— Three kinds of fresh warm chicharonnes — which for GLUTEN-​INTOLERANT folks and PALEO DIET peeps is an awesome snack.
— The world’s largest (or at least Austin’s) selection of international food — and I don’t mean just Mexican, but literally, like every country! India, Korea, China, Japan, Mexico, Cameroun, Nigeria, England, Poland, Italy… more. And it’s the legit, recognizable, good brand stuff from those countries too. Seriously. I was so blown away.
— Himalayan Salt! I love this stuff.
And for GLUTEN-​SENSITIVE folks:
— They have the largest selection of gluten-​free snacks, foods, and condiments I’ve ever seen! Every kind of gluten-​free fruit/​nut bar I’ve seen in other places combined, and then some; they have not only gluten-​free tamari but also gluten-​free OYSTER SAUCE which I could not find even at WFM. And tons of other GF snacks. I was, again, blown away. I would have expected to find stuff like this at WFM or Wheatsville, but at «lowly» Fiesta Mart? That alone earned this place another star.
I love love love Fiesta Mart. Open 24 hours, has basically every kind of food I ever needed except whole brisket for the smoker, and they sell $ 10 cowboy hats to boot. What’s not to love?

Good groceries.
But the prepared food? Gross. Only time Ive had bad menudo. Food here is GROSS. Underheated.
The bathrooms are nasty.

I should have known better. Two of the produce items I bought were moldy or just bad quality. The meat sections scare the crap out of me due to the horrible state of the fish and the spotty refrigeration. The half and half came out in clumps. And the prices were actually worse than I expect at HEB. The sudden abundance of yuppie foods here may have something to do with this. The bakery items were clearly not fresh, as the presence of tons of chemicals prevailed. They do have a lot of international foods but I can get way better prices elsewhere or just go to World Market. I remember better experiences here. Oh, and they were OUT of CILANTRO! What?

I kind of love this Fiesta a little, and wish that we went there more, because I kinda hate the HEB across I-​35 that we do end up shopping, but the latter is not only closer on foot but directly between my home and Fiesta. HEB also has one saving grace that is also my achilles’ heel, to mix metaphors so much that you could bake with them, and that is a fantastic beer selection, something that Fiesta lacks. But I’m done apologizing: Fiesta is awesome.
Like a giant version of the Flag Store in Hyde Park, Fiesta will make you reexamine what you thought grocery shopping was about: you may very well come home with the usuals plus several foreign spices that you’d always wanted to try, a $ 6 belt and a straw cowboy hat with a brim so wide that it can shelter your date. Or maybe that’s just what I come home with. Unclear.
In case the name and the constant supermarket-​as-​street-​market theme you get from the reviews here escaped you, Fiesta has a south-​of-​the-​border feel to it, from products to staff to clientele. That works to your advantage if you like Mexican beer, which they are always buying in bulk and selling dirt cheap (think $ 9.75 12-​packs of Tecate) or, maybe, just really always wanted a piñata at your next grad social. Your visit is infinitely customizable that way.
As everyone else has pointed out, there are fantastic specials on produce and seafood and a huge foreign foods section that shames anything that the other corporate players in town offer. The lines here are reasonably quick despite the fact that some of the cashiers don’t speak English. (Side note: this is a mere observation, not some weird reactionary rant.) It makes you wonder what the impossibly bad customer flow at HEB is getting so wrong.
In any case, Fiesta is both a good supermarket and an essential «welcome to Austin» destination for newbies. And you just can’t write that sentence about too many places.

Just moved to South Austin and my son told me that it is a Fiesta store close by, so I went yesterday to shop and I was amazed of how well stock is this store. The aisles are set up wide, good for handicapp shoppers and the signs are clear to describe what is in each aisle, also items from all over the world, very international, the produce ‘s selection is plentiful, very good prices, so was the meat and poulty department. Also they have other items that you can buy a warehouse stores but cheaper same quality. Staff very friendly and helpful, met the manager. My old boss, the founder of Fiesta. Co will have been very proud of this store. I will be back too. Keep up the good work.

As someone else mentioned, the food in their hot case is really good.
I love their bakery and produce sections. Specialty produce is very reasonably priced and there are quite a few organics. You can find things here that you can find nowhere else in town! Especially Latin American and Asian produce. They also have a fantastic international section where you can buy things like. digestive biscuits. Or Nicaraguan hot chocolate. Or, some special type of bean from Bolivia. It’s great. I could spend hours trying to decide between different countries’ jams. They have weird ass cheap trinkets. There’s a sno cone cart out front and a hand-​dipped ice cream cone counter right by the door.
I love many things about Fiesta, but the cons are many, as well. For one, they are one of few 24 hour grocers in town – unfortunately, even with security guards, the parking lot feels extremely unsafe at night. The bathrooms are absolutely disgusting. I would never change my baby in the Fiesta bathroom unless I wanted her to get a festering skin disease. Many things are much cheaper, like in the produce section, but grocery items can be ridiculously overpriced even for generic or store brands. The meat/​seafood area reeks to high hell. The bulk section is pricier than at other stores. Last, I always feel unclean when I leave.

Just like the original Fiesta in Houston. I love the wide variety of produces from all over the world. International selections are huge. Prices are cheaper than HEB.

Dear Lord. Is this place real? The international food aisle is amazing. Having just moved here from NYC, I have to say I was impressed to see this. I’ve never seen such a great variety even in the über-​diverse tri-​state. I just want to go back and buy everything. Also, the biggest selection of Mexican products I’ve ever seen, but then again, maybe every Texan supermarket is like that? AND the best part was when the cashier rang me up and I saw how much food I got for $ 70.
The only thing I did not find was Café Bustelo. :(

TIP: Excellent homemade food in their deli. Only issue is that they use prepackaged tortillas. They should be fresh. :-/
As for the actual store. Well, I love it. It feels like a cross between an H.E.B. that is modern and clean, along with a sample of a Mexican market where you can buy fresh aguas frescas (fresh fruit water) and tacos or tortas made by older Mexican ladies. The deli is on the right as soon as you enter and you might be better off killing your hunger there before walking into the rest of the store. You can also grab yourself some blue bell ice cream in the little section exactly to the left of the main entrance. They flank you quick when you are coming or going! :)
Their produce section is pretty neat with a variety of products you might not find at other grocery stores and they do tend to have good sales on certain items. I have noticed that they will almost always be offering more limes for a dollar than any other spot. Usually around 10, sometimes up to 20! I have yet to partake, but they do offer a nice assortment of fresh seafood with a few different types of whole fish that you won’t see at other grocers. Straight forward from the door there are a few international aisles that have everything from Indian, Filipino, Thai and other Asian products. A couple of the other reviews on here, actually speak about the country origins of those products in better detail.
Of course, the main products you will find will be a lot of Spanish products including Mexican. I decided to look for frying cheese there just in case, and go figure. They had it! I discovered fried cheese in NYC because the Puerto Ricans and Dominicans over there make it a lot especially when frying up plantain chips. It was a very welcome introduction back onto my palatt. You can also find a multitude of other Latin and Mexican products such as hats, pots & pans, sandals, tortilla presses, tortilla warmers, etc. Many of the things that can be expected to be found at an outdoor market.

For the last few times here, I’ve been unfortunate enough to buy either expired items (dark chocolate bar section) or have seen about to expire items– (sell by dates are usually the same day or the next day – pastries)…
Sure the produce are cheap, and for the most part fresh, but beware. I bought a pint of blueberries, threw it away the next day – no longer plump and had white fungus. I bought Brussel sprouts, threw them all away because there was something growing inside the leaves. Could not salvage any.
Do shop here if you have to because you’ll find cheap deals (only the produce). Just be cautious of their sell by dates at ALL time, the expiration dates are very poorly regulated on boxed items.

I just allowed myself my first dairy item in three weeks… A tiny container of Greek yogurt that is NOT on this ridiculous diet I’ve been on.
It tasted funny, but I wanted it SO BAD I finished it anyway, only to notice that it was EXPIRED.
Thanks for ruining what was supposed to be a well-​deserved treat, Fiesta. And thanks for the diarrhea I’m going to be experiencing any minute now.
Oh, and why the fuck don’t you carry the AWESOME Polish preserves (Vavel:
) any more? Vavel was pretty much the only reason I ventured into the fish-​stink of this place. If they’re gone, so am I.

I always think HEB is little bit over priced because seems like they are dominating the lower level grocery super market. Last couple if times, I was little bit disappointed about the quality if the seafood and again… Over priced!
Fiesta super market has much better and bigger variety of seafood.
If you think HEB isn’t that good, try this place.

Came here to buy crawfish for a crawfish boil it has the best proves around and it’s always fresh!
Now other than buying crawfish the groceries is always fresh and has great prices. It also has different types of fruits that you don’t usually get it from HEB.
It has a wide assortment of things you would need to make a quality Mexican dish.
Only drawback is that it’s so packed all the time and there is a Wells Fargo that is super busy and the line stretches into the store and well the employees there seem like they hate their lives but that has nothing to do with the store I suppose.
They have a lot of hot delis and little shops that serve delicious food too!!!
There is also a random 14k gold store and little shops.
But overall I love this fiesta it has a great selection of food and well you can get crawfish nice and cheap!

If you like Mexico and you like grocery stores in Mexico, then this place is for you! Is it a party as the name implies? Not so much… unless of course you stop by the outside stand where you can buy skanky dresses. Unfortunately the skanky dress stand isn’t open 24 hours… man that would be a convenient stop for you ladies and occasional dude who are headed downtown from up north though right?
Other than skanky dresses, which come in a variety of tightnesses and lengths, ranging from «wow that looks tight» to «full on biology lesson» to «I must’ve missed this part of sex-​ed in 7^th grade because my parents didn’t sign my permission slip this year and I had to sit it out in the library,» it’s also a great place to get international spices!
Other than that, it’s a pretty typical supermarket. I’ve gotten seafood here a couple of times and never really had trouble… some of my friends have… but personally, I’ve done ok here.
The produce is great as well AS LONG AS YOU EAT IT WITHIN A FEW DAYS OF PURCHASE. There’s a reason why it’s so cheap there… because it’s so «ripe» there as well.
It is a great, cheap place to shop… but it’s nothing spectacular… unless of course you count it as a great place to buy dresses that you can look like a high class hooker in. That’s what gives this a 3 instead of a 2 star rating.

They sell Faygo. I dated this girl once who swore she would let me give her a Faygo shower as we were intimate but it never came to pass. I don’t hold Fiesta Mart accountable for this, it was just timing.
Great selection and eases my white guilt.
They have exotic Mexican candy and you can get your taxes done there.
You can also buy items from the gumball machines that will have your children embrace the thug/​gangsta lifestyle early on because ain’t nobody got time to raise no weaklings.
Open 24 hours so I can venture down there as the kids sleep. They are gonna have to get used to that too. ZERO room for weakness.
I found a bunch of «death» candles there and surrounded junior’s bed with them. He is now in a band and they play REAL metal as a result. No one tops Fiesta mart. NO ONE.

I have a deep and abiding love of HEB. I was with em back when they were flat roofed, brown brick buildings with all of my neighbors seemingly shopping at the exact. same. time. I’ve grown with them to the walmart sized, food demo-​ing, labrynthine things they are today… so when I tell you about Fiesta, it feels weird.
But Fiesta, glorious Fiesta. You walk in and are immediately greeted by two food options, two gold stores and a cell phone shop. You grab a big old basket and get ready for a buying experience like no other. First, the produce. Fresh, fabulous, dirt cheap. My basket looks like the garden of Eden. Second, the seafood. Actually, I was worried that because it kind of small and also I get kind of grossed out by season. For the «ethnic food aisles» — indian, German, Himalayan, Jamaican… all of the United Nations represented in the aisles. I love not forget Mexican of course. This whole place is like wandering into Mexico sans armed guards.
Not only did I buy lots of groceries, I also ended up with: air filters, a sombrero, two large coca cola glasses, some crazy indian spice collection, a stuffed bunny and three pairs of socks. I only wish I was joking. It was like supermarket sweep. If you’ve never been to Fiesta, it’s time to join the party.