El Espino Restaurant

Best salvadorian food in balwindpark

This is the second time I come here. First time, I came with my family and the taller lighter skinned lady was very rude. I come again today, and she was extremely rude and trying to prove me wrong about a salvadorean soup that we have. Thqt Sopa de gallina india is NOT sold in the US, which is a lie. Then she went on to say that only soup they have is what’s there and that’s it, when I was asking for other soup options. 0/10, never come here and I’m never recommending again.

I recommend the yucca con chicharon. They cut it in pieces so that make a crisper yucca. 5 pieces of chicharon. Curtido is better then the one for pupusas. It has a lemony taste. Pupusas are ok, they lack flavor.

If you're hungry order ahead. The food is made to order. The service is ok, they're not overly friendly and people tend to think they should be tripping over kissing your butt. Order, be polite and get your food. Y ya!

I’ve been coming here for a while but the last couple of times I came they got the order wrong and I didn’t say anything because I really don’t like to make an issue with that but I told her on the phone order because in person they keep getting the order wrong. I told her I wanted it all three things. Then she started suggesting other stuff and I’m like that’s not what I was asking for so my pupusa turned out wrong again and because it wasn’t what I ordered they still wanted to keep the money and just tell me to take it and I’m like yeah I’m not gonna probably come back to this one. They’re nice but she wanted me to pay extra and it’s like I just got through telling them there’s multiple times where I not only paid for Meet and they didn’t put it in there, but I tipped her. This time she was looking at me real close when I did the tip and I didn’t put it because I was going to go check my pupusa first And they were still wrong. I always tip but you know I don’t wanna be ripped off. I always want beans, cheese and meat and as long as I’ve came, they don’t remember so this time they left the beans out. The ladies nice but I think if you focus on getting the order right, it’s better on your tips. That’s the only reason I rated the way I did. I almost wanna call consumer affairs because the stealing with somebody asked for something else and you charge them and it doesn’t even state on the receipt what you’re charging them for then you end up tricking them and I was trying to figure out. Did they run out of beans why do they not like to put everything all at once if they’re cutting back Just tell me that. Lol

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 1

Terrible food and service

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

The only thing I love here are the fried plantains, but the owner is an excellent person, very humble and a very good cook. She is the one who cooks the best of all the others and the important thing is that she makes her employees treat you well.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 4

Came on a Saturday night. Was skeptical because of the reviews. To our luck, there wasn’t a lot of people. The server was friendly and fast. We ordered 2 pupusas with frijol, bean and cheese, 2 empanadas and a fry fish plate. The pupusas are big and have a lot of filling. The pupusas themselves are tasty, however, when combined with the curtido and salsa, they are at a whole different level of delicious. The curtido that night was veey flavorful, a true relief since it’s hard to find a good pickled curtido. The empanadas were good and the fish was tasty as well! I hope you have a great experience like the one we did that night.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

The worst pupusas we ever had! They’re raw inside and burn outside! Also the fried bananas were burned black instead of brown. The only thing that was really good was that ensalada drinks! They were delicious! We will never go back! We heard a lady behind us that said the same thing about the service!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Ensalada De Fruta Drink

Greetings to all, thank you for following me, the truth is that the popusas taste very delicious, I recommend them.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 3

Delicious Salvadoran food

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Opa de Pollo Con Pollo Asado Afuera Soup Chicken

Like every Salvadoran, I always look for dishes that make me remember my land and that corn atole and the tamales are amazing and we have known the owner for years, thank you for your attention

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Need’s little bit of improvement in the restaurant

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Pupusas Revueltas, Handmade Tortillas

I don't know who will make the pupusas, but horrible, more Mad than Cheese... the table sauce without flavor, first and last time I waste my money in that place, those pupusas are disgusting...

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

DELICIOUS SALVADORAN FOOD.FRIENDLY AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF.FAIR PRICES.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5