La chele Salvadorean restaurant pupuseria
12134 Pacific Hwy SW, Lakewood
(253) 300-5362
Customers' Favorites
Yuca Con Chicharron
Carne Guisada
Pupusas Asada
Taco Asada
Molcajete
2 Pupusas
Beans
Pollo
Soups (Sopas)
Sopa de Res
Beef ribs, yucca, Salvadorian cabbage zucchini, and your choice of tortillas.
sopa de gallina India
farm chicken with potatoes, zucchini, cabbage, rice and hand made tortillas
Sopa de Pata (Mondongo)
Authentic Salvadorian beef tripe stew with yucca root, zucchini, and cabbage. Served with your choice of tortillas.
Sopa de Camarones
Warm prawn soup with a variety of vegetables served with mild or spicy. Your choice of tortillas.
Sopa de Pollo
Chicken stew with rice, potatoes, zucchini, cilantro, cabbage, and your choice of tortillas.
Breakfast (Desayunos)
Platanos Frito
1 fried banana served with beans and cream.
Platanos Frito Plus
1 banana served with 3 scrambled eggs, refried beans, sour cream, cheese, and tortillas.
Huevos a la Mexicana
3 scramble eggs cooked with onion, tomatoes, Chile jalapeno, sauteed with beans, fresh cheese, sour cream with your choice of tortillas.
Huevos Rancheros
3 over-easy eggs come with corn tortilla in a bottom from eggs with ranchera sauce in the top. Served refried beans, sour cream, cheese, and your choice of tortillas.
Casamiento
A mixture of refried beans and rice served with sour cream, cheese and 2 over - easy or scrambled eggs, and tortillas.
Chorizo con Huevo
2 scrambled eggs with Mexican chorizo, served with refried beans, sour creams, and tortillas.
Huevos Revueltos
3 scrambled eggs, cooked with tomatoes, onions, served with refried beans, sour creams, and tortillas.
Burrito de Chorizo
2 scrambled eggs with Mexican chorizo, rice, beans onions, cilantro, mild salsa, sour cream, and rolled into a big flour tortilla.
Huevos Estrellados
3 over-easy, served with refried beans, sour cream, cheese, and tortillas.
Salads (Ensaladas)
Chicken Grill Salad
Chicken Breaded Salad
Shrimp Salad
Steak Salad
Lettuce, tomatoes, shredded cheese, ranch dressing with your choice of chicken, shrimp or steak.
Quesadillas
Shrimp Quesadilla
It comes with sour cream, salad, and tomatoes.
Steak Quesadilla
It come with sour cream, salad, and tomatoes.
Chicken Quesadilla
It come with sour cream, salad, and tomatoes.
Tacos
4 Steak Tacos
It comes with cilantro, onions, and lime.
4 Chicken Tacos
It comes with cilantro, onions, and lime.
Burritos
Steak Burrito
Skirt steak in a tortilla with rice and beans, topped with sour cream, cilantro, onions, hot sauce, and rolled into a big flour tortilla.
Chicken Burrito
Chicken thigh in a tortilla with rice and beans, topped with sour cream, cilantro, onions, hot sauce, and rolled into a big flour tortilla.
Chorizo Burrito
Sausage in a tortilla with rice and beans, topped with sour cream, cilantro, onions, hot sauce, and rolled into a big flour tortilla.
Pupusas
Pupusas (4 pcs)
Revuelta (Pork, Cheese, and Beans)
Chicharron con Queso (Pork and Cheese)
Chicharron (Pork Only)
Queso (Cheese Only)
Espinaca (Spinach and Cheese)
Calabazita (Zucchini and Cheese Blend)
Frijol con queso (Bean and Cheese)
Loroco con Queso (Cheese with Loroco)
Chicken Dishes (Pollo)
Pollo Encebollado
Chicken marinated in Salvadorian herbs and spices. Topped with grilled onions and green peppers with rice, beans, salad, and your choice of tortillas.
Alambres chicken
Chicken on the grill with green peppers, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, and melted cheese. Served with rice, beans, salad, and your choice of tortillas.
Chicken Fajitas
Cooked on the grill with green pepper, mushrooms, and onions. Served with rice, beans, salad, and your choice of tortillas.
Pollo Guisado
Salvadorian chicken-style pot roast. Served with rice, beans, salad, and choice of tortillas.
Pollo Suizo
Sauteed chicken in mild Salvadorian tomato sauce, mushrooms, onions, and sour cream. Served with rice, beans, salad, and your choice of tortillas.
Pollo Ranchero
Fajita chicken breast sauteed with onion, cilantro tomato, jalapeno pepper and a mild tomato sauce with Mexican spices, rice, beans, salad, and your choice of tortillas.
Arroz con Pollo
Chicken breast mushrooms, onions cooked with special salsa, rice, sour cream, and salad. Served with your choice of tortillas.
Pollo a la Crema
Sauteed chicken in mild Salvadorian tomato sauce and sour cream. Served with rice, beans salad, and your choice of tortillas.
Pollo a la Plancha
Boneless chicken breast and cooked on the grill. Served with rice, beans, salad, and your choice of tortillas.
Beef Dishes (Carne de Res)
Bistec Encebollado
Thin steak marinated in Salvadorian herbs and spices. Topped with grilled onions and green peppers with rice, beans salad, and choice of tortillas.
Carne Guisada
Thick pcs of steak slow-cooked with spices in a Salvadorian style served beans with rice, salad, and tortillas.
Carne Asada
Grilled skirt steak served with rice, beans, sour cream, salad, and your choice of tortillas.
Steak Ranchero
Alambres steak
Beef on the grill with green peppers and onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, and melted cheese. Served with rice, beans, salad, and your choice of tortillas.
Steak Fajitas
Seafood
Cocktail de Camarones
1 shrimp order, avocados, tomatoes, cilantro, onions, cocktail sauce, and served in a cup. It comes with salad crackers.
Mojarra Frita
Whole tilapia fish fried to perfection. Served with beans, rice, salad, and your choice of tortillas.
Camarones al Mojo
Sauteed prawns with mushrooms, onions, and garlic sauce. Served with rice, beans salad, and your choice of tortillas.
Camarones a la Crema
Sauteed prawns with mushrooms and onions in a mild sauce and cream. Served with rice, beans, salad, and your choice of tortillas.
Camarones a la Diabla
The spicy hot sauce cooked with prawns, onion, and mushrooms. Served with rice, beans, salad, and your choice of tortillas.
Camarones Mexicanos
Sauteed prawns with mushrooms and onions in a mild sauce. Served with rice, beans, salad, and your choice of tortillas.
Yuca
Fried Yuca and Chicharon
Steamed Yuca and Chicharron
House Specialties
3 Compadres
8 oz. Carne asada, 8 oz. Pollo asado, sauteed with prawns with mushrooms rice and beans, salad pico de gallo, and choice of tortillas.
La chele Plate
1 order of prawns and 8 oz. Of beefsteak cut as fajita style. Cooked with mushrooms and onions. Served with rice, beans, 'pico de gallo', salad, and warm tortillas.
tamal de pollo (chicken tamal)
3 Amigos Plate
8 oz. Carne asada, 8 oz. Pollo asado, and 1 prawn order. Mojo de ajo style, or a la diablo style. Served with rice, beans, salad, and warm tortillas.
Molcojete
The full taste of steak, shrimps, cheese, chorizo, avocado slices, onions, and soft cactus served over a molcajete stone. Served with rice, beans, and salad, with your choice of tortillas.
2 Compadres
8 oz. Carne asada, 8 oz. Pollo Asado on the grill, rice and beans, pico de gallo, salad, and your choice of tortillas.
Fiesta Combination Plate
1 prawns order, 8 oz. Of beef steak, and 8 oz. Of chicken breast cut as fajita style. Cooked with green pepper and onions. Served with rice, beans, 'pico de gallo', salad, and warm tortillas.
Combination
Pupusas (3 pcs)
All served with rice and beans.
Pupusas (2 pcs)
All served with rice and beans.
Pupusas (2 pcs) and Tamal de Elote (1 pc)
All served with rice and beans.
Tamal (1 pc) and Pupusa (1 pc)
All served with rice and beans.
Tacos (2 pcs)
All served with rice and beans.
Kids Plates
Kids Quesadillas
Contain no veggies.
Chicken Tenders and Fries
Side Orders
Beans
Curtido (6 oz.)
Pico de Gallo
Rice
Platano Frito
Avocado Slices
Salsa (6 oz.)
Tamal de Elote
Taco
Fresh Cheese
Hand Made Tortillas (4 pcs) (Salvadorean style)
flour tortilla
Corn Tortilla (Mexican Style)
Mexican Style
Desserts
Flan
Sopapillas
Beverages (Aguas Frescas)
Horchata
Tamarindo
Ensalada
Mexican Drinks
Coca Cola
Cola Champange
Sidral
Jarritos
Fanta
Sprite
Hot Drinks
Chocolate
Coffee
Hot Tea
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Recent Reviews
The pupusas are very tasty and i think worth the try, the rice and beans were a very small portion. We ordered the pupusas combo, and expected more for 16.95 usd. Also ordered the chicharron and fried yuca plate. It was overcooked and dry. And the tamale. The meat inside the tamale was dry as well. I am disappointed. I.wont come back.
April 2026
We keep coming back. The food is amazing! My favorite place around for pupusa revuelta and their cortido is the best. I always ask for extra. It's very clean and the service is friendly.
October 2025
We had chicharones w/yuca fries & papusas. The food was excellent! It came out fresh and hot. The chicharones were tender on the inside and crunchy on the outside, just way it should be. We've had alot of papusas over the years, and these are the best & most stuffed I ever had. (Chicharones con queso) We will be back.
August 2025
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