Recommended dishes: Burritos, Carne Asada, Torta, Carne Asada with Rice and Beans, Tacos De Carne Asada, Beef Taco
Despond
First time here. Discovered it driving by. I had Plato Guanaco. The tamal, platános, yuca, rice and beans were great. I didn’t eat the pupusas de chicharrón. I tried my wife’s and they were good, they do need more meat in it as a reviewer here noted. My wife makes pupusas and curtido and she can make it bette but these are decent. The plate is huge. My daughter had chicken soup and she liked it. It comes with home made Salvadoran tortillas. Overall, good place. Glad we found it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Nithya Vethanayagam
I feel like the pupusas were well worth the price! Absolutely delicious and filling! The pickled veg was not the most flavorful but pleasantly crunchy. Idk who is choose Jack in the Box over these, not me for sure lol
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hemanth Shekar
We have been regulars at this restaurant for sometime now. As vegetarians, we love their salad bowl, pupusas (bean, cheese and jalapeño). Service is top notch and personalized!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rorie S. Ching
Amazing food, the service is fast and the employees are always so sweet and helpful 🥰🌯🤤🎀
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Angela Aguilar
Just went to the new one in Sedro and we love pupusas so glad to have one in town now. However, the food is so good hubs is literally on his way back to pick up a 2nd order! 😋
Aylin Chavezz
I had placed an order through DoorDash and upon arrival I realized that they forgot one of my waters. When I called back I was met with attitude and a response by one of the workers saying “we can’t do anything about it, if you want your water that bad you can come and pick it up yourself.” What the actual hell..
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Anne Queen
Alex was helpful!! Thx Jesse didn’t know English but she was trying lol
Marjorie G
The place is small but the food is great I absolutely love the tortillas
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pupusas De Chicharron, Plato Frito Fried Plantain 13 with Beans and Sour Cream, Desayuno Huevos Crema Frijoles Platanos Fritos
Rosanne Jimenez
If you're familiar with how good pupusas can be and what they should taste like, definitely don't go "out of your way" to go here. If you're already in the area and you're hungry and you want to support a small business, maybe still go here!? I would still go here over...like...Jack In The Box, which is next door. But personally, now, next time I'm in the area, I would just go in the next door Fred Meyer and buy some snacks...
The filling is sparse which is not cool at $4 per item (as in, per pupusas). Also, the ones we ordered with meat did not seem to contain almost any meat at all. Very disappointing. Which tells me they're trying to save money. I'd rather just pay more and get the meat that I ordered in my meal!? Facepalm. I ordered the meat ones for my kids and my husband and they would like to have the meat which is why we ordered it that way.
Also the cabbage slaw which is always treated as a side dish-condiment is supposed to complement the flavors of the pupusa and the flavor of this condiment was very lacking when we went last week...It was meh at best. My kids said they liked it but I think that's because they're used to eating Mexican style cucumbers with a little bit of lemon and salt on them and they don't like the traditional... It's supposed to be traditionally made in with more flavor in this El Salvadorian dish. There were no red pepper flakes and no pieces of Mexican oregano, not even any hint of those flavors, which is how I am used to eating the condiment when it served with pupusas.
I feel like they are making the flavor much more toned down for clientele that doesn't know how it should taste, like for an American pallet and I find that very disappointing. If people don't want to eat dishes of a certain culture the way that it's supposed to be made, then they shouldn't go there. The restaurant owners changing things for the Americans is obviously a common occurrence for decades here, but it drives down the overall experience and variety in food choices when we go out.
The only thing they really had going for them was their salsas!! If you're eating in the restaurant, on the table they have a red one which is hotter a green one which is medium and a yellow bottle which is mild. They were nice.
They have a good selection of drinks that you would expect at a Mexican or Latino (order at the counter type) restaurant. I did get excited about trying the flan since it was my birthday which was also extremely disappointing... Everywhere I've ever had it was better than here... Literally everywhere. It was the worst thing we had. Weird texture.
In short, I would say this meal has no personality. Although it's time consuming to make at home, I make it 10 times better. It does take a little practice to get this meal down but it can be so, so good and it just wasn't even close. If it's done right it should be a comfort food and it should basically be irresistible -where you don't want to stop eating them. That's not what this was... It was take it or leave it. I'll take it for sure if it's free but I ain't going to go out of my way to go here again.
We used to live near this place and it used to be a little bit better, although it still was not the great.
If you want the best, I think you're going to have to go to Burien, lol!! Not joking.
I guess I should make one parting admission. This is my favorite meal in the whole wide world so I might have a little bit higher standards than people that are just feeling hungry, lol. But my husband also agreed that there's no reason to go back. And my kids weren't rushing to eat all these up when we brought them home. (We ate at the restaurant then brought home food to them.)
I give it 5 stars, very friendly service and the people who work here are extremely very honest, my wallet fell inside the premises with my money I thought everything was lost I returned this morning and they kindly told me that here it was I am eternally grateful thank you very much for being so kind and I will continue to be a very loyal customer
Cl mottoS
The food and attention is excellent. it is a familiar place or a high in lunchtime.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jack Richards
Kid-friendliness: My grandkids now are big fans of pupusas!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Marcus Zeitz
Amazing! We were looking for a bite to eat after picking up my mother-in-law from the airport and this place was fantastic. We got take out pupusas and plantains. The salsa verde and roja was also delicious and spicy. Will definitely be going back.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dany B
Love coming here for breakfast. My favorite dish is the huevos rancheros. My daughter enjoys the popusas. The staff is always friendly.
Good food fresh ingredients
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Burritos, Carne Asada, Torta, Carne Asada with Rice and Beans, Tacos De Carne Asada, Beef Taco
First time here. Discovered it driving by. I had Plato Guanaco. The tamal, platános, yuca, rice and beans were great. I didn’t eat the pupusas de chicharrón. I tried my wife’s and they were good, they do need more meat in it as a reviewer here noted. My wife makes pupusas and curtido and she can make it bette but these are decent. The plate is huge. My daughter had chicken soup and she liked it. It comes with home made Salvadoran tortillas. Overall, good place. Glad we found it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
I feel like the pupusas were well worth the price! Absolutely delicious and filling! The pickled veg was not the most flavorful but pleasantly crunchy. Idk who is choose Jack in the Box over these, not me for sure lol
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
We have been regulars at this restaurant for sometime now. As vegetarians, we love their salad bowl, pupusas (bean, cheese and jalapeño). Service is top notch and personalized!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing food, the service is fast and the employees are always so sweet and helpful 🥰🌯🤤🎀
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Just went to the new one in Sedro and we love pupusas so glad to have one in town now. However, the food is so good hubs is literally on his way back to pick up a 2nd order! 😋
I had placed an order through DoorDash and upon arrival I realized that they forgot one of my waters. When I called back I was met with attitude and a response by one of the workers saying “we can’t do anything about it, if you want your water that bad you can come and pick it up yourself.” What the actual hell..
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Alex was helpful!! Thx
Jesse didn’t know English but she was trying lol
The place is small but the food is great I absolutely love the tortillas
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pupusas De Chicharron, Plato Frito Fried Plantain 13 with Beans and Sour Cream, Desayuno Huevos Crema Frijoles Platanos Fritos
If you're familiar with how good pupusas can be and what they should taste like, definitely don't go "out of your way" to go here. If you're already in the area and you're hungry and you want to support a small business, maybe still go here!? I would still go here over...like...Jack In The Box, which is next door. But personally, now, next time I'm in the area, I would just go in the next door Fred Meyer and buy some snacks...
The filling is sparse which is not cool at $4 per item (as in, per pupusas). Also, the ones we ordered with meat did not seem to contain almost any meat at all. Very disappointing. Which tells me they're trying to save money. I'd rather just pay more and get the meat that I ordered in my meal!? Facepalm.
I ordered the meat ones for my kids and my husband and they would like to have the meat which is why we ordered it that way.
Also the cabbage slaw which is always treated as a side dish-condiment is supposed to complement the flavors of the pupusa and the flavor of this condiment was very lacking when we went last week...It was meh at best. My kids said they liked it but I think that's because they're used to eating Mexican style cucumbers with a little bit of lemon and salt on them and they don't like the traditional... It's supposed to be traditionally made in with more flavor in this El Salvadorian dish. There were no red pepper flakes and no pieces of Mexican oregano, not even any hint of those flavors, which is how I am used to eating the condiment when it served with pupusas.
I feel like they are making the flavor much more toned down for clientele that doesn't know how it should taste, like for an American pallet and I find that very disappointing. If people don't want to eat dishes of a certain culture the way that it's supposed to be made, then they shouldn't go there. The restaurant owners changing things for the Americans is obviously a common occurrence for decades here, but it drives down the overall experience and variety in food choices when we go out.
The only thing they really had going for them was their salsas!! If you're eating in the restaurant, on the table they have a red one which is hotter a green one which is medium and a yellow bottle which is mild. They were nice.
They have a good selection of drinks that you would expect at a Mexican or Latino (order at the counter type) restaurant.
I did get excited about trying the flan since it was my birthday which was also extremely disappointing... Everywhere I've ever had it was better than here... Literally everywhere. It was the worst thing we had. Weird texture.
In short, I would say this meal has no personality. Although it's time consuming to make at home, I make it 10 times better.
It does take a little practice to get this meal down but it can be so, so good and it just wasn't even close. If it's done right it should be a comfort food and it should basically be irresistible -where you don't want to stop eating them. That's not what this was... It was take it or leave it. I'll take it for sure if it's free but I ain't going to go out of my way to go here again.
We used to live near this place and it used to be a little bit better, although it still was not the great.
If you want the best, I think you're going to have to go to Burien, lol!! Not joking.
I guess I should make one parting admission. This is my favorite meal in the whole wide world so I might have a little bit higher standards than people that are just feeling hungry, lol. But my husband also agreed that there's no reason to go back. And my kids weren't rushing to eat all these up when we brought them home. (We ate at the restaurant then brought home food to them.)
No other dishes ordered.
Sa
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I give it 5 stars, very friendly service and the people who work here are extremely very honest, my wallet fell inside the premises with my money I thought everything was lost I returned this morning and they kindly told me that here it was I am eternally grateful thank you very much for being so kind and I will continue to be a very loyal customer
The food and attention is excellent. it is a familiar place or a high in lunchtime.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kid-friendliness: My grandkids now are big fans of pupusas!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing! We were looking for a bite to eat after picking up my mother-in-law from the airport and this place was fantastic. We got take out pupusas and plantains. The salsa verde and roja was also delicious and spicy. Will definitely be going back.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Love coming here for breakfast. My favorite dish is the huevos rancheros. My daughter enjoys the popusas. The staff is always friendly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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