El Palacio Del Sabor
280 N Capitol Ave, San Jose
(408) 912-3247
Customers' Favorites
Complimentary Chips and Salsa
Variety of Tacos
Tacos Alambre
Seafood Soup
Pupusas De
Guarache
Burrito
Seafood
Fajitas
Nachos
Breakfast
Platano Frito
Fried plantain with beans and sour cream.
Chilaquiles con Carne
Corn tortillas topped chicken or beef and green sauce. Served with eggs, rice, beans.
Chilaquiles con Huevo
Corn tortillas topped with green sauce. Served with rice, beans, and your style of eggs.
Huevos al Gusto
Eggs cooked to your choice. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Chilaquiles Plain
Corn tortillas topped with green sauce, sour cream, and cheese. Served with rice and beans on the side.
Desayuno Salvadoreno
Salvadorean breakfast that consists of 2 eggs, sour cream, beans, and fried plantains.
Breakfast Burrito
Flour tortilla stuffed with eggs, rice, cheese, and beans.
Omelette
Omelette with your choice of mix. Served with rice and beans. Add-ons of your choice.
Huevos con Loroco
Salvadorean vegetables mixed with eggs. Served with fried beans, rice, sour cream, and fresh cheese.
Appetizers
Aperitivo Salvadoreno
Salvadorian appetizer that includes a mixed (pork, beans, and cheese) pupusa, chicken tamale, fried yuca, boiled yuca, fried plantain, sour cream, banana empanada, and pastelito de carne.
Botana Palacios
Spicy shrimp served with slices of mango, orange, and cucumber.
Botana Tajin
Slices of mango, orange, and cucumbers topped with Tajin.
Main Dishes
Quesadillas Palacios
Fried quesadillas with your choice of potatoes with chorizo, chicken, or cheese. Served with lettuce, cheese, sour cream, and salsa.
Quesabirrias
3 corn quesadillas filled with beef birria meat. Served with cilantro, onions, and consome.
Burrito Regular
Flour tortilla filled with beans, rice, cheese, lettuce, cilantro, onions, sour cream, and your choice of meat.
Tacos Regular
Choice of meat, cilantro, onions and salsa on a corn tortilla.
Enchiladas Suizas
3 enchiladas in green salsa. Served with rice, refried beans, and salad.
Torta Cubana
Comes with milanesa steak, sausage, and ham. Served with mayonnaise, onion, jalapeno, avocado, and melted cheese.
Megaquesadilla
Made with a handmade corn tortilla added with lettuce, sour cream, cheese, and your choice of meat. This menu item offers tinga meat (shredded chicken and onions in a chipotle sauce).
Empanadas de Camaron y Queso
4 fried handmade empanadas with shrimp and cheese.
Alambres
Four tacos filled with a combination of bell pepper, onions, bacon, and your choice of meat.
Alambre Especial
Four tacos with a combination of bell pepper, onions, bacon, beef, and topped with al pastor meat.
Caldo de Pollo
Chicken soup with vegetables. Comes with rice and handmade tortillas.
Chile Relleno
Poblano pepper stuffed with cheese and coated with a fried egg batter and more cheese. Served with fried beans and rice.
Volcanes con Carne
3 toasted tortillas, oaxaca cheese, pico de gallo, and your choice of meat.
Cheesesteak Taquitos
4 handmade tortilla with melted cheese, carne asada, and guacamole.
Quesadilla de Flor Calabaza
3 handmade tortillas with cheese and squash flower.
Fajitas
A combination of bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and your choice of meat. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Super Quesadilla
Flour tortilla quesadilla prepared with cheese, cilantro, onions, and your choice of meat. Served with french fries on the side.
Empanadas de Camaron Preparadas
4 fried handmade empanadas with shrimp and cheese prepared with lettuce, sour cream, avocado and salsa. Comes with salsa sarandiada on the side.
Tacos Dorados de Camaron
3 crispy shrimp tacos made corn tortillas and topped with avocado.
Burrito Mojado
Burrito covered in red or green enchilada sauce, sour cream, and cheese. Comes with beans, sour cream, rice, lettuce, onions, cheese, cilantro and your choice of meat.
Tacos Dorados de Camaron Preparados
3 crispy shrimp tacos prepared with lettuce, onions, cilantro, sour cream, and avocado. Comes with salsa sarandiada on the side.
Torta Regular
Your choice of meat. Served with mayonnaise, onion, jalapeño, avocado, and melted cheese.
Caldo de Res
Beef soup with vegetables.
Parrillada
Your choice of meat served with bell pepper, onions, bacon, melted cheese on top with a side of handmade tortillas.
Tacos Palacios
Choice of meat, cilantro, onions, beans and salsa.
Mega Huarache
Your choice of meat, beans, salsa, lettuce, cheese, and sour cream on a thick corn tortilla.
Quesadilla de Huitlacoche
3 handmade tortillas with cheese and Mexican huitlacoche.
Sope
Corn flour base topped with your choice of meat, fried beans, lettuce, sour cream, and cheese. This menu item offers Tinga meat (shredded chicken and onions in a chipotle sauce).
Tacos de Pescado
3 fish tacos served with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, cilantro, and salsa.
Huarache
Your choice of meat, beans, salsa, and cheese on a thick corn tortilla.
Sincronizada con Papas
Flour tortilla quesadilla sandwich filled with potatoes and your choice of meat.
Burrito de Camaron
Shrimp burrito with beans, sour cream, rice, lettuce, onion, cheese, and cilantro. Comes with salsa on the side.
Yuka Frita con Chicharron
Fried yuca with pork meat.
Pambazo
Pambazo bread dipped and fried in a red guajillo pepper sauce filled with carrots, lettuce, sour cream, cheese, and salsa.
Mulitas
3 quesadillas sandwiches with handmade tortillas, cheese, and pico de gallo.
Mega Tacos
3 large sized tacos served with potatoes, beans, and your choice of meat. Comes with salsa on the side.
Tostada de Tinga
1 fried tortilla with pinto beans, marinated chicken, cheese, and sour cream.
Tamal Salvadoreno
Salvadorian tamale wrapped in a banana leaf. Stuffed with pork or chicken meat.
Consome de Pollo
Shredded chicken soup. Comes with potatoes, carrots, cilantro, onions, tomatoes, and avocado.
Chicken Nuggets
Served with french fries.
Tacos Hawaiianos
3 tacos served with ham, onions, cilantro, salsa, and pineapple.
Super Cubana
Milanez, sausage, ham, chorizo and egg. Served with mayonnaise, onion, jalapeno, avocado, and melted cheese.
Huarache Sencillo
Pinto beans, salsa and cheese on a thick corn tortilla. Contains no meat.
Mondongo
Soup made from diced tripe meat, beef feet, and vegetables. Served with 3 corn tortillas.
Plain Dishes
Pupusas
Corn flour tortilla with your choice of filling. Served with curtido and mild tomato sauce.
Gordita
Mexican style pita with corn flour stuffed with your choice of meat. Comes with lettuce, onions, cilantro, sour cream, and cheese. This menu item offers Tinga meat (shredded chicken and onions in a chipotle sauce).
Machete
Thin, elongated corn-tortilla quesadilla filled with cilantro, onions, and your choice of meat. Served with salsa on the side.
Nachos
Comes with refried beans, cheese, sour cream, avocado, pico de gallo, jalapeno, and your choice of meat. Comes with salsa sarandiada.
Pupusas con Carne
Corn flour tortilla filled with your choice of beef or chicken filling. Served with curtido and mild tomato sauce.
Papa Fries
French fries topped with refried beans, melted cheese, sour cream, pico de gallo, jalapeno, avocado, and your choice of meat drizzled with salsa sarandiada on top.
Choriqueso
3 flour quesadillas with chorizo.
Sincronizada con Papas
Quesadilla sandwich filled with potatoes, cheese, and your choice of meat.
Pupusas de Arroz
Rice flour tortilla with your choice of filling. Served with curtido and mild tomato sauce.
Queso Fundido con Carne
3 quesadillas with cheese and your choice of meat.
Chiles Toreados
4 pan-fried jalapeno peppers with onions and soy sauce.
Ensalada de Pollo
Chicken salad.
Chicken
Plato de Flautas
2 fried crispy chicken tacos topped with sour cream and cheese. Served with rice, beans, and salad.
Pollo con Mole
Chicken with Mexican mole. Served with rice, beans, salad, and tortillas.
Enchiladas Campechanas
4 enchiladas, 2 green salsa and two red salsa, topped with sour cream and cheese. Served with a side of salad.
Pollo Guisado
Stewed chicken in tomato sauce topped with potatoes, onions, and bell peppers. Served with a side of rice, beans, salad, and tortillas.
Pollo Encebollado
Grilled chicken covered in grilled onions served with rice, beans, salad, and tortillas.
Enchiladas Poblanas
3 enchiladas with Mexican mole with your choice of filling, topped with sour cream and cheese. Served with rice, beans, and salad.
Pollo Dorado
Fried chicken served with rice, beans, french fries, and tortillas.
Beef
Plato de Milaneza
Breaded pork steak served with rice, beans, salad, and french fries.
Carne Asada
Steak topped with jalapeno, scallions, and zucchini. Comes with rice, beans, and salad.
Carne a la Tampiquena
2 Mexican mole enchiladas topped with sour cream and cheese with a side of steak. Served with rice, beans, and salad.
Bistec Ranchero
Steak cooked with onions, tomatoes, and jalapeños. Served with rice, beans, and salad.
Bistec Salvadoreno
Steak cooked in mild tomato sauce topped bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, and salad.
Plato de Lengua
Beef tongue in mild tomato salsa served with rice, beans, salad and tortillas.
Bistec Encebollado
Steak topped grilled onions. Served with rice, beans, and salad.
Seafood
Coctel de Camaron
Cocktail with tomato salsa, cilantro, onions, tomatoes, avocado and your choice of seafood.
Mojarra Frita
Deep fried tilapia served with rice, salad, and french fries.
Tostada de Ceviche
Ceviche of your choice on a corn tostada.
Camarones Gratinados
Shrimp wrapped with bacon and topped with melted mozzarella cheese. Served with rice, salad, french fries, and tortillas.
Camarones Rancheros
Shrimp sauteed in spicy tomato sauce with onions, jalapeños, and tomatoes. Served with salad, rice and french fries.
Sopa de Mariscos
Seafood soup with large clams, fish, octopus, and imitation crab. Served with tortillas on the side.
Camarones Empanisados
Breaded shrimp served with rice, french fries, and salad.
Camarones Envueltos
Shrimp wrapped in bacon, jalapeno, and cheese. Served with rice, salad, and french fries.
Camarones Sarandeados
Shrimp with salsa sarandiada. Served with rice, salada, french fries, and tortillas.
Filete a la Plancha
Grilled fish filet served with rice, salad, french fries, and tortillas.
Vuelve a la Vida
Seafood combination of shrimp, octopus, fish, oyster, cilantro, onions, avocado, and mild cocktail tomato sauce. Comes with saladita crackers.
Sides
4 oz. Chips con Salsa
Chips with mild-spicy salsa.
Arroz
Rice.
Salsa Verde
Spicy green salsa made with avocado.
Frijoles Fritos
Refried beans.
4 oz. Crema
Sour cream.
Salsa Roja
Spicy red salsa.
Salsa Sarandiada
House special salsa made with chipotle and mayonnaise.
Pico de Gallo
Tomatoes, cilantro, jalapeno and onions.
Salsa de Chips
Side of salsa used for chips (no chips included).
Desserts
Platanos con Lechera
Fried plantain served with sweet condensed milk.
Empanadas de Platano
Mashed plantain empanadas with a sweet milk mixture inside.
Flan
Vanilla flavored flan with caramel.
Platanos con Lechera y Chocolate
Fried plantain served with chocolate and sweet condensed milk.
Drinks
Agua Fresca
Made with milk and sweet condensed milk.
Medio Litro Coke Botella
Coke bottle.
Bote Coke
Coke can.
Sangria Preparada
16 oz. Non-alcoholic Sangria with lemon, salt, Tajin, and ice.
Jarrito
Bottle. Choice of flavor.
Jugo de Naranja
Fresh orange juice.
Agua Mineral Preparada
16 oz. Mineral water with lemon, salt, tajin, and ice.
Bote Diet Coke
Diet Coke can.
Sprite
Sprite can.
Manzanita
Kola Champagne
Sangria
Agua de Fresa
Made with milk and sweet condensed milk.
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Recent Reviews
I have been coming here since I was a kid, and this restaurant has NEVER disappointed me. I have always ordered the pupusas, my favorite here in this restaurant. They are just right,every time (crispy pupusas), and if you like the cheese pull; This is the restaurant to come to for the cheesiest. The staff is always friendly and attentive. Prices do vary from what you order. Also, if you order the birria pizza, prepare for a big box of pizza and cups of broth*(consumé), it is...
December 2024
Let me just say the pupusas are absolutely delicious 🔥🔥🔥🔥 the service is super friendly and welcoming. I felt so much more comfortable. My daughter had the quesabirrias and they are perfect. Not oily and the broth has a lot of flavor 10/10
December 2024
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I recommended this place to several people and it has been nothing but positive feedback. So I'd assume other food selection is great.
As the lover of cheese, eat pupusas here! Just note that it is best eaten asap, so eat at the restaurant, do not carry out. It would be like eating lower grade A to grade B carry out (depending how...