Opa-Locka Hialeah Flea Market

Welcome to the Opa-​Locka Flea Market: the home of cheap, decaying vegetables, knock-​off everything (shoes, belts, clothing, bags, jewelry, you name it, they’ve copied it), cheap but sketchy auto repair, pet shops, and street food that must not be eaten (less you crave tapeworms or a parasite of some sort). I’ve been coming here since I was a kid and yes, the place looks akin to some sort of ravaged third world country plagued by a disgustingly wicked smell (voodoo incense perhaps?) that assaults you if you happen to be within a one mile radius of the market.
But I really enjoy coming here for cheap pet supplies (bird food, actual birds, fish, etc.) and produce that is dirt cheap.
My recommendation: pay for the $ 1 parking and head to the back of the market where you will find a complete, straight line of vendors with produce. Don’t buy anything until you’ve done one pass to scan for freshness and prices, then go back up the line and purchase the cheapest, best quality vegetables, fruits, etc.(Do not buy their meat, but their fresh seafood is usually pretty decent). I will admit, their prices have gone up, but how can Publix, Winn-​Dixie, or for crying out loud Walmart even beat purchasing a basket full of vegetables for $ 1?
Also, I highly recommend you don’t eat the food they serve: just don’t. I do however recommend getting a coconut drink where they will cut a physical coconut for you and put a straw in it so you can drink it water (I think its like $ 3).
They also sell other items like clothing, bags, stereo equipment, etc, but I don’t recommend buying it because its either very cheaply made or expensive.
Overall, a hodgepodge of many, many different things but go there for cheap produce you can’t find anywhere else and for a horrid smell that you can’t find anywhere else on the face of the planet.

This place needs a MAJOR over haul. It has not changed in appearance since I have visited many years ago. The place is very dirty… I don’t know how people could buy food from there. I once saw a rat running around there, that sight almost made me sick. My goodness. You will find some bargains, but not every stall has them. The stalls don’t all open during the week. Apprently weekend is more a hive of activity.
I don’t like this place.

Terrible Terrible Terrible. Needs to be shut down/​closed. Trash everywhere. Stunk. Do not believe other reviews. Do not waist your time.

I had an Dentist appointment at Opa-​Locka Dental Services which is in this flea market with my Dentist and she was running late and and texted me that go in and let them begin my X-​rays I went in and the dentist name Ignacio Ramirez was very rude and and nasty,
Ignacio Ramirez DDS was in and only spoke spanish no English, I was there getting x rays and her and her helper was suppose to get me started when I told then I did not speak spanish and could she tell me in English she got mad and said in english that they could speak spanish if they want and if I wanted to hear English go where it can be heard, and also the, this place is located in a very nasty flea market no bath room you have to go out into the flea market to use one and it was very nasty poop in the toilet and urine on the floor no tissue or soap. This was my second time there and my last. No more back alley Dentist for me !!!

I hate to even give 1 star. But my family and I went to the dentist there Ignacio, She and her assistants refused to speak English and were very unprofessional and rude. When asked if they could speak English as a professional courtesy. The Dentist herself told me if I want and English speaking dentist go to an English one. This was only a small part of my encounter. Its no wonder why people are voting for Donald Trump. I bet you will speak English then or you can float back to your countries. No to mention the flea market is a filthy place I am so upset that I have even forced my family to go there when I know I wouldn’t!

I had to leave before I spent all of my money lol. So many good deals on nice merchandise.

Worse darn place to go if it’s raining, got stuck while shopping there for hours, entire place gets flooded, and the owners, don’t clean the drains. What is worse the merchant s are afraid to speak out cause they get kicked out. That’s the American dream.

What a dump. Not worth the cost of parking. Guess it’s okay for locals but nothing special stands out here.

I think it’s hilarious that they somehow changed the name and added «Farmers Market»
I’m imagining some of my more well to do but small brained friends from around the area checking this place out and being quite surprised. Go in like you are booster for an SEC school and leave with some braids-​n-​fades, bootleg Nikes and a gold fish

This place is absolutely amaZing! Come on the weekend and bring casH! You can find plenty of deals on good stuff. The produce is my favorite. I got bags of fruits and veggies for under $ 10. Shout out to Scott!

This is the most discussing Farmers Market or should I say FLEA MARKET I have ever been to. A Truck of Garbage right in from of the produce area and that horrible smell !!! uhh Never I will go there!!!

Duke is in the house, I only come to walk and people watch, but i like it

There may be deals to be had but I could get over how dirty, smelly and gross it was.

Best flea market in S. Florida. Every time I go here I find an awesome new deal.
Most recently, I had to get my tires aligned & my local tire shop wanted $ 100. Not here! Paid $ 40 & got it done in 20 minutes & they did a great job. My car is driving super straight now.
Next time I’m coming here to shop for the tires, there were a bunch of places & you can inspect the tires before you buy.

They only reason I did not give this place a 5 * is because its not the Swap Shop in broward but thats another review lol. What I can say it pretty much has everything you would be looking for from your car to your house to clothes and food. Very great prices and a nice place to come on a weekend to just browse. Once my dad visits we will be sure to bring him by I know he will love it.

I rate this place on the sheer fact of the memories from my childhood. I hated to come here!!! Why? Because it wasn’t kool to shop here back in the late 80’s and throughout the 90’s and we came here to shop often for everything from clothes, shoes, furniture anything you can think of if we needed it we got it from here. Now as an adult and coming back I see why we was here they have some of the best prices in miami. If you never been here burn one saturday afternoon here.

Not my typical hangout. but I was advised that I could get a an item that I needed for $ 30 that would have cost me $ 65 for the same product eslewhere. Other than that I would not hang out at this dumpy flea market. I have been to the Swap Shop in Sunrise and that is much nicer than this one in Opa-​Locka-​Hialeah. It is open from 6am –6pm, 7 days a week. If you live in Broward County it is kind of off the beaten path. Anyways I got what I needed and there is no reason to return.

Wish I had more time to get here at peak time. Half the places were closed at only 3 in the afternoon so the selection was spotty. But there were a TON of shops and you could buy almost anything there, from kitchen ware to cell phones to dresses. This place would be awesome when it’s all up and running, it’s too bad I had to go when most shops were closed. I’d go back to check it out when it’s running at full strength I know it would be a sight to see. This is definitely in a poorer neighborhood of Miami (Opa Locka) but if you aren’t scared go have a great time!

Meh… maybe I missed something. Should I have stayed longer, walked further or something? I dunno, but I wasn’t all that impressed. If you want some Caribbean movies, it’s great tho. Nicolato’s DVD store has Cuban and Dominican movies, for example. Besides that, some of the household cleaning products and toiletries were the same as store price, others werent. i wouldnt say the best reason to come here is to get toiletries and household stuff like that, but watch the prices and haggle because, like i said, half of it’s regular price and half of it’s actually a good deal.
As far as food goes, there was a good lookin cuban restaurant (I forgot the name) inside. The food smelled amazing. I was a little disappointed there were no produce stands, but maybe they prohibit that, i dunno. I also expected more food places with stuff like… i dunno churros, but nope, nuthin. I think I only saw maybe 3 places that sold food. or at least food that caught my eye lol.
So.I guess come here before going to sam’s for house stuff and the mall for jeans and sandals. Besides that, mehhh
i mean, this place is huge, but things are generally regular price or more. There were lots of cute little cheap sandals tho and nice guys jeans. For this area, im sure this is the best of the best, but I went to a really great flea market in Philly where you could buy two dollar cutting boards and huge $ 1 serving bowls, but maybe i am comparing apples to oranges. There were some nice looking jeans, belts and sandals and lots of places with cleaning supplies, but not enough kitchen stuff (plates and electrodomesticos (small kitchen appliances)) for me. Where i did find kitchen appliances, they were cheap but with an expensive pricetag. Over $ 20 for a small no name blender.

This is the best flea market in the Hialeah /​Opa-​Locka area and it is very popular for its local flair. You can go go-​karting here! Plus there’s over 900 vendors and many of my friends that live around here says that this is a fun place to be — because there’s always something amusing going on and they always have something for you.
Free parking in weekdays, $ 1 parking weekends.