La Esperanza Restaurant & Bakery

Amazing food wonderful atmosphere. Our server was Glendy’s who made sure we had a great dinner experience during Valentine’s Day. 10/10 will recommend their pupusas and bakery items are delicious

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Worst experience. Madd
Made me wait for the order it was between them on the table until they finished there conversation.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

One night, after being disappointed with what we had originally had planned for dinner, we happened across this place after my son suggested it, noting that they sold pupusas there. After noting a take-out special that included a dozen pupusas and four horchatas for $55, we walked in and ordered that to take home. After a short wait, we walked out with a dozen hot & fresh pupusas and our drinks before heading home just a few blocks away.

We divided up the meal and drinks and happily (and heartily) began digging into the meal. The pupusas were absolutely delicious. And extremely filling. And while my wife wasn't a fan off their horchata, the rest of the family really enjoyed them. The pupusas, with all their accompaniments, were the real stars of the meal. The mixed filling was perfectly flavored.

We decided that night that on our next family night out, we'd stop by here again for our meal. Hopefully I'll even remember to snap a few pics since we were so hungry and satisfied by what we had brought home, I didn't get a chance to this time.

Edit: We returned once again for the same take-out order and were once again left fully satisfied with the delicious food. But this time I remembered to snap a few pictures of the meal before we started eating it up heartily.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This was a great find in Long Beach! I can stop googling how to make Paches. Found them...and they were delicious. Great service and friendly atmosphere.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food is delicious. The service was great. They have a little bakery too. The portions are generous!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sat down, ordered & Waited 40 minutes for our drinks.. only to get them AFTER receiving half our order. Only to receive the other half completely wrong & beans were frozen cold fresh out the fridge.. all while being tendered by a waitress that prefers to be on her personal phone talking to friends on speaker. So gooodluck telling her the orders wrong.. she’ll be too busy on personal stuff.. worst experience ever.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

The most fantastic, fresh, and wholesome meals and baked goods come from this restaurant. From the moment you sit down you’re welcomed and cared for like family with a plate of mini tortillas and beans to dip. We ordered the pupusa special (2 pupusas with rice, beans, and curtido.) with fresh Jamaica. Hard to overstate the care that went into these enormous savory pupusas. I got the veggie pupusa and the bean and cheese pupusas I added loroco to each one. Our server read back our order and she was careful to honor small requests. There are so many reasons why the thoughtful touches of these dishes were delicious. The veggie pupusa had vegetables that had been pre-charred so there was a mix of freshness and smokiness to the flavors. The generous portion of curtido was served in a glass with tongs and it had a lovely but not-too-spicy kick of jalapeños. If you like spicy, you can ask for their hot sauce which is scratch made, in house. When you receive the bill they have homemade candies on tiny spoons like a lollipop. I can’t say enough about the generosity of this restaurant, they are truly serving love with every bite. I can’t wait to return!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

My new favorite Restaurant…..

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

1/2 of hen soup to expensive and it only includes a little portion of meat other than that food is good especially the popusas.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 2

The food and the service is excellent

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I’m a regular at this location it’s my go to spot when I don’t feel like cooking plus it’s around the corner from my house. I called around 8:15ish 3 times and they didn’t answer. We then walked to the restaurant and as soon as we walk in the register girl says “we’re only taking pupusa orders” I said that’s fine… my go to is always the pupusa special my family loves it. She’s ringing up a person ahead of us once it’s our turn the cook behind her tells her no more orders. I asked her what time do they close. She responded 9pm it was 8:25. I mentioned I called previously before coming and no one answered… she said she was taking orders over the phone and that’s why they didn’t answer but couldn’t take my order anymore. If your sign says open till 9pm they should still serve their customers. I was disappointed won’t be going back..

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 5

Service: 1

Don’t order large orchatta or large drinks, you gonna pay more extra to have 20oz drinks but they’re gonna give you smalls … I have ordered 4times it’s happened 3 times , so they’re have the habit to do that…

Service: 1

Really good place for Guatemalan and Salvadorian typical food ,a bit expensive but really good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Well the girl attending was more worried about closing the restaurant that's stupid and I stop just to buy some sweet bread

Great place. Great food. Friendly staff.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5