Maria Luisa Empanadas

Just do yourself a favor and go! The staff are incredibly friendly, and the empanadas are out of this world!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Best empanadas I've had in Seattle. We got the lomo, beef, spinach, and chorizo. My favorite was the lomo and an honorary mention to the spinach. Ambiance was chill and the music was a perfect mix. My only thing was that some of them were pretty oily but since that's a personal preference, it doesn't feel fair to mark it as 4 stars because it was overall super delicious. They weren't serving coffee bc they were short staffed through no fault of their own so again, not fair to dock it a star, but the machine they have is impressive so I'm sure it must be good as well. I took home a guava empanada too! This place is bookmarked in my maps :)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

WOWOWOW just wow! This place has the best empanadas I’ve ever had. We tried three different ones and they were all 10/10

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Wonderful empanadas. Definitely one of the bests and reasonable during happy hours Tuesday - Thursday and Sunday from 2-4pm.
Chicken, ham and cheese, lomo, beef are all good and well filled. The mushroom one is more cheesy than mushrooms.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Empanadas are exceptional according to my exigent Argentinian girlfriend. We tried loma and chorizo.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Got takeout (chicken and vegetarian empanada) and it took over 25 minutes to get our food. They were not busy, but the person working was on the phone and neglected to give us our order when it was done, do it was barely warm! Got a less than enthusiastic apology. Food was bland with nothing special about it. The salsa was the most flavorful thing we had. The music was so loud, we couldn’t carry on a conversation. I wouldn’t return nor recommend this place at all.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

We ordered delivery from their website. It was okay but the mushroom ones arrived almost raw and one was popped completely open with all the filling spilled out. Bummer. The other ones we got (chicken, lomo, corn, ham & cheese) were well baked but a little salty IMO. Chicken was dry. Chimichurri was delicious. Delivery was convenient and on time.

Food: 3

This is one of our favorite places in Seattle! Their empanadas are soooo good and we always finish the chimichurri sauce. Their new location is a super fun vibe with walls that open to the patio. They also last great if you take them home or buy frozen ones to heat up at home! And their happy hour deal of $2 off per empanada is fantastic! Would recommend the ground beef, humita, and spinach!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Edit: reducing 2 stars. They consistently barely fill their chimichurri with the empanadas - it’s a tiny packet and it’s usually at max half full.
They also give less than one per empanada, feels like a bad customer experience if I have to ration the worlds smallest container.
Chicken empanadas are seasoned well!

Food: 4

The empanadas are amazing, customer service is great!

Food: 5

Service: 5

If you love empanadas, this place is about as good as it gets!!! Such a treat to stumble upon this new location in Ballard! Argentinean empanadas will always transport me back to my time spent in Southern Patagonia! ENJOY!!! 🤤

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This place has such a nice vibe! The empanadas are tasty, though I wish the crust was a bit crispier. The churros, however, are some of the best we’ve had in Seattle.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Been here 3 times and every experience has been awesome. Some of my favorite empanadas ever

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

4.5 stars, the food here is super good, just a little expensive

Addicting empanadas! Lots of space for dine in, and friendly staff as well.