It's always difficult to find Bolivian food in any area and me family and I make the drive to Bebas when we can. The dishes are tasty and remind us of eating at home. There's more than just salteñas! read more

If you are Bolivian, you lament the lack of good food for your demographic. Beba's is a far trek for me, but the food is so good. The saltenas are excellent. I could go closer and do a place in Van Nuys, but Beba's tastes like my memories of Bolivia and is better. The fricase is great, and the silpancho was great. I felt like aI was eating food that the cook would feed her own family. I enjoyed their salsa as well. It was just great. I hear there is a mercado in santa Ana that also has great saltenas, but it is too far, so Beba's is it for me. read more

ONLY BOLIVIAN PLACE IN LA! This place is literally the only Bolivian spot in Los Angeles. Yeah i had to say it again. Since my wife is Bolivian we go there kinda all the time. We've tried most of the menu.. my fave is the Pique Lo macho bit everything is pretty good and that's coming from my Bolivian wife. If you've never had Bolivian food or are looking for it go check it out!! read more

Bebas Restaurant - Pique lo macho and chorrellana with 2 moconchinchi drinks!! - Latin American Near Me - Anaheim, California

I've been eating at Beba's since my childhood and they were at a different location... I stopped eating meat and animal products a while ago, so every time my family and I would visit Beba's, I just had mocochinchi and an Inca cola. I miss Bolivian food sooo much, so I was pleasantly surprised to find out that they now offer Vegan salteñas!!!! I'm so greatful that they make these. I haven't had salteñas in 15 years. They are filled with deliciousness. The meat substitute was jack fruit, and it was cooked so well. I can't get over it... I'll definitely be back soon for more. read more

Very good food I must say but the service is horrible I drove over a hour to support my Bolivian culture and was very disappointed with the service not worth the drive I thought Bolivian people were really nice but not here I would say take out only but not dine in they don't check up and the hostess or owners face is not pleasant she looks mad at the world smh mal servicio read more

My wife and I came here the other day and we had lunch, the food was really good, I had Silpancho, man that was so good, I also had Saltanas, amazing, we both were very impressed with the quality, quantity and the flavor. We will return every chance we have to enjoy the Bolivian flavors. Highly recommend this restaurant and I always like to support mom and pop shops, so we'll be back. read more

It's easily hands down the best Bolivian food outside of Bolivia & my mom's kitchen. That being said, I see these 1 star reviews & I know that in the moment when you don't get waited on hand & foot or service is slow, you'll grab your phone & give it a bad review. I lived in Bolivia too, there's no food code like the USA & of course everything can't be authentic like the "small chips fries" garnishisg your meal. Every Bolivian does their food differently, my parent's prepare the rice for thimpú to their own liking, as I use 3 different peppers to make my own llajwa(locotos can be hard to come by). But we still come here & enjoy the space it allows us to sit at a table, 20 strong for 1-2 hours to eat & talk. Because that's what Bolivians do, lunch turns into tea time turns into dessert. This place is very accommodating, we can start off with just my folks & myself, then 3 of my cousins with their families will come & we'll all be fed & satisfied. Then we'll order 3 dozen salteñas to go. Try the falso conejo or the pique a lo macho(my favorite!). All in all, this restaurant is great, I wish I lived closer to it but I don't mind the drive from L.A. to here. I'm glad to support a Bolivian business and I'll continue to do so. Beba's is wonderful. read more

I had heard a lot of good things about this place, it's too bad I didn't get to taste the food. We waited at the counter for about 10 minutes. And no one came out to take care of us. I know we were heard, but no empanadas. Too bad read more

Sadly this place is a joke when it comes to customer service. I come here for one thing and one thing only. Salteñas! Here is my advice for a memorable and pleasant experience. 1-Order salteñas over the phone 20 minutes before you get there. 2-If you decide to sit and eat your slateñas at the restaurant, make sure you ask for everything you think you will need like drinks, plates, extra salsa etc. Because they will probably won't come back and check on you. 3-You will have a better experience if you take your food home or eat inside your car. Food is good here. Service is not. Desafortunadamente el servicio al cliente en este lugar es un chiste. Vengo a este lugar solo por un platillo, salteñas. Mi recomendación es que ordenen su comida por teléfono 20 minutos antes de llegar al restaurante y la disfruten en su hogar.Se ahorrarán la mala experiencia con el servicio al cliente que ofrece este restaurante y disfrutarán su comida al 100% read more

I wish I could give this place zero stars. We drove over an hour just to get scammed. There is a reason why they don't put there prices anywhere. You will be horrified once your check arrives. Word of advice:Ask for your bill before you pay. Plus terrible service and the food isn't any better read more

What can I say it's food that I had when living in Bolivia as I lived there for 10 years. Is it perfectly the same no! Is it good the way it's done YES! I read complaints about service I get great service every time I've been there maybe because I treat them with respect. When you can't be in Bolivia to eat well this place does fill your desire and May I say Saltenas do the job right. So stop being picky they do it with what they have here and bring back enjoy your food and be happy. read more

- Locale Destination - It's on E. Lincoln Ave and N. State College Blvd in Anaheim. It's a pop & mom shop. They got a counter and seating. Decor is mmm.... kinda funky and latin America (for sure) - just check out my pics! Friendly service. - Gluttony Expedition - Lomo montado: I guess you shouldn't expect a quality meat at latin American establishments. Steak didn't have a good quality, but was seasoned so well. I don't know their main seasonings but do taste those flavors at latin American places. Eating with a tender fried egg... Oh, I like it ;) Trucha fish: It's a market price. The fish was deep fried so well. Not greasy at all. It lacked in seasonings, so I dipped it into the sauce of Lomo montado ;) Good dish. Saltenas: It looks like an empanada. The dough is very thick to hold the soup inside. It's very very hot, so watch out when you eat it. The soup will come out at you ;p The stuffing is kinda sweet. Interesting but just OK. I tried both beef and chicken. I guess chicken is slightly better for me. Inka kola: It tasted like "mellow yellow" or Japanese shaved ice syrup (melon). Not bad. Peanut water: I forgot the name. It tasted like "peanut butter" diluted with water... It's interesting. It might be good with desserts, but not so much with foods.i have the best friend a girl can ask for... - Conqueror's Deduction - 3.5 stars. Good homie foods with great flavors. It might be a bit expensive as homie foods.. Lots of items on menu are not available depending on the date. Foods are not bad. I'll come back. read more

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The bare walls and tables are sad-looking. The catatonic lady attending seems one day away from suicide. She definitely does NOT wanna be here. It is a Bolivian custom to have salt and pepper shakers, oil and vinegar, and upon entry they will bring you llajua (spicy salada) and bread. This restaurant barely has the shakers. I had to ask for bread 10 minutes into our visit and it took another 6 to get it. They don'teven have napkins on the tables!!!!!! I had to ask for a few when my daughter spilled some of her drink. Waited for 3 minutes to dry the table. I asked for Fricase, which usually blows any Pozole out of the water. But not here, they brought me two pieces of pork swimming in soup for $11 plus tax. Not returning. What a shame they bear the name "Bolivian". :-( read more

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Bebas Restaurant is only one of two restaurants that serve authentic Bolivian cuisine in the Los Angeles / Orange County area. After extensive research, I elected to take my Bolivian girlfriend here, who had just moved to the US almost three years ago. Upon arrival, we were quickly seated by a waitress. My girlfriend being very homesick, was drawn in by the many Bolivian cultural artifacts that were present. The Bolivian music being played the television was a great touch too. My girlfriend asked our waitress many questions about the restaurant and the menu. We found out the owners are Bolivian but the whole staff, kitchen and service, were Mexican. Being the expert on her own country's food, my girlfriend did all the ordering: 1. We started out with the mocochinchi. 2. Appetizers, we ordered one saltena and the cheese empanada. 3. For our entrees, we shared the sopa de mani and the silpancho. verdict: While this was my first time trying Bolivian food, my girlfriend was disappointed by the food served here. She said it wasn't very authentic. So the below descriptions are of her own account: Mocochinchi drink is too sweet. Saltena was actually decent and full of flavor. Cheese empanada ( I actually ordered this): Waste of money. It's pretty much a very thin layer of cream cheese inside a stale empanada. Sopa de mani (peanut soup): Authentic sopa de mani comes with fried strips of potato (kind of like french fries). This one comes with zero fried strips and the soup lacks the important peanut taste, despite there being peanuts inside the soup. For myself, Bebas's sopa de mani tasted like a New England clam chowder. Silpancho: carbohydrate overload. Eggs, white rice, meat and potatoes were all present. She said it tasted ok but she has had better back home. Despite being infatuated with the interior decorations of Bebas, the food was a let-down for my girlfriend and I. Oh yeah, no complimentary water. Only water bottles, sodas and beer are available for purchase here. read more

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I'm just gonna say there's no place like Bebas I've had sultans at other places and you cannot beat them if you were looking for a good Bolivian food you're not gonna find anywhere around that I cook like them ! read more

Fantastic food. The silpancho was the best I've ever had. Big plate, but it was too good to not finish.Definitely coming back!

The best place for salteñas! My boyfriends family is Bolivian and last year we went to Bolivia to visit and I could not stop thinking about the salteñas. His parents brought us some salteñas from Bebas and this place is amazing! Closest you can get to Bolivia without actually going. Never disappoints!!! read more

Food ok , service is horrible...to me service is king, and most of the time not everything on the menu is there

salteñas used to be my fav at bebas for a few years, NOT anymore, today I got 1 ckn and 1 beef, I am not lying if I got 1 teaspoon of the beef filling inside the salteña I got too much, it was mostly cubes of potatoes, maybe 1/8 of a boil egg, and that's it. the chicken one a had a little more, they're not generous at all. a lot of restaurants are taking advantage of the "takeout" only and serve less ,don't provide even a napkin since most likely we won't come back to complain. I am not coming back, I found this terrific Argentian little gem call Patagonia Empanadas in Orange, Super yummy good service, clean and very flavorful I got 2 empanadas for 5 dlls. check it out. read more

I had never been to a Bolivian restaurant here in California and im a native Bolivian. I can honestly say its like home cooked truly recommend this place. read more

Man the Saltenas are on point I moved from SoCal but when I'm near I have to order some!!! Man it sucks you can't get Saltenas everywhere!!! Way better then a empanada! Go get Saltenas ASAP read more

I absolutely love this place! Best Bolivian food in LA! My husband is Bolivian and this is authentic as it gets highly recommend! La sopa de maní is bomb! read more

Wow, I don't know from when should o really even start.... I came this afternoon...... what a such great experience with this Bolivian restaurant, it's 100 percent homemade food, tasty, fresh, big portions..... the flavor is like if you are eating in la paz or Cochabamba.... i choose silpamcho and my wife pique a lo macho . Both perfectly cooked . Keep rocking guys... highly recommend FIVE STARS read more

Their Saltenas are the best. My family loves saltenas and we've been ordering from Bebas for YEARS. We order like 20 at once by calling ahead for pick up. Comes super hot and freshly baked. They sell them frozen too if you wanna bake at home later. Comes in choice of beef or chicken. Juicy, flavorful, and piping hot. I can eat these ALL day. read more

As you approach, the driveway is right before the restaurant building, a quick turn. Inside, Beba's is an order up front then go sit down place. We ordered one peanuts soup for me, fish for my wife, saltenas for daughter. Purple corn punch drink was great for her. All tasted wonderful-- cooked freshly, hot and lively. Speaking of which there was a salsa that looked like pico de Gallo ground to a finer texture. Surprisingly spicy, but stopped after vigorous assertion. I wish I could eat the salsa, so cold, spicy and fresh, daily. If you come to eat here I think you'll finish satisfied. read more

Authentic Bolivian food that tastes just like the homeland. A couple of saltenas and an Inca cola make you wish you were getting off a LAB flight. read more

I like Bebas the food in general is delicious but the Saltenas are the best! Thank you for bringing the wonderful tastes of our beloved Bolivia read more

Slow slow slow place. How sad Service is terrible. If you can wait about 2 hours for your food, this is the place to hit. It's time for the owner to sell the restaurant to someone that knows how to run a restaurant or hire a good manager. read more

Pros: spacious, tv. Cons: bad service, mostly bland food, dusty furniture. The food was just ok if not bland. I actually lived in Bolivia a long time ago for a bit, I still remember what delicious authentic Bolivian food taste like and unfortunately this restaurant did not reflect that in any way :( the silpancho was pretty bland, needs more salsa. My fiancé had the peanut soup (sopa de mani) which wasn't authentic because they didn't put the small chip fries on top and it was not fully cooked (not the meat, the peanuts weren't fully cooked) and of course he got a stomach ache. The Saltenas were the biggest disappointment of all, way too much cumin and not very juicy, so dry, not sure who cooked these, but they need new chiefs ASAP!! The only decent dish was aji de pollo (spicy chicken sauce) that came with tongue, but the tongue wasn't fresh, could've been a good dish. Moccochinchi drinks were too sweet, they were ok, just need ease up on the sugar content there, felt like I was drinking syrup. And that's just the food here, now the service oh shit ‍ I'm embarrassed for them. There's only one host/waitress and she seems nice at first, but lacks competency for customer service. We were given bread in one big plate but no small plates for each person, we weren't given complimentary water like pretty much every other restaurant, and after she brought out our entire order, she NEVER came back to attend us. Never checked on us again ever. In fact we tried flagging her down for a check at the end of our meal and she was chatting with her friend the whole time, so we had to go up and pay and ask for simple things like a bag, the check, to go boxes, napkins, plates. It's ridiculous how we had to go up to the front desk just to get basic things a waitress would bring to your table which she obviously didn't. This is one of the worst services I received in a restaurant and I've never felt more let down and disappointed in such a business. So upset how they butcher such a beautiful culture with crappy food and really crappy service. Oh and I forgot to mention, the curtains next to our table we're really DUSTY, eww, not something I want near my food, how hard is it to undust furniture?! This place needs to invest in an entire new staff and a swifer. If I mentioned this experience it's not just for customers to be aware, but for the manager to do something about it, please do! This is NOT a good representation of an excellent authentic Bolivian Restaurant at all!! Clean your act up! read more

The saltenas Rock!!! I only wish they would hand out more salsa. But not many places you can find Bolivian food. And this place is awesome

Finally made it for lunch! Saltenas - a tad sweet for my taste but still really good. Love how everything is super moist and juicy. Salsa has got a kick! Peanut Soup - Starchy but flavorful. The tender morsel of meat was the best!. Silpancho - Interesting with the strong cumin flavor. Good but a bit of a heavy dry dish. Chorrellana - YUM! My fav dish! Great sauce, super flavorful Mocochinchi- Too sweet read more

Over priced, the food is ok, and the customer service sucks!

So there I was... still reveling in my 3-pound weight loss of the month when my parents informed me we were going to celebrate my uncle's B-day at Beba's - NOOOOO!#~@! :( There are only a couple of places were bread can compare to Mac Grill's orgasmically-delicious rosemary bread for me = La Pizza Grotto's homemade buttery rolls and Beba's dense, soft, warm bread!! I buried my face in my hands as the waitress took our orders and bitterly passed on Beba's amazingly delicious saltenas (Bolivian pot pie-like meat-filled pastries, best in the OC), and ordered my usual : picante mixto, which is a combo of Sajta (chicken pieces layered with a yummy yellow sauce) and Lengua (beef tongue in red sauce). I requested the potato to be replaced with sweet potato, and the waiter very nicely did it for me. :) And then the bread basket came... My aunt, sensing my pain, took one and waved it in front of my face (great, supportive family I have, I know..) My parents soups came and, to distract myself, I had some bites... my dad's peanut soup (can't remember what it's called!) was very delicious, as was my mom's Fricase (it was kinda like Mexican posole, but a little different). Finally, my dish came and as always, it was HUGE! (Def enough for 2!) I let my mom eat the chuno and cheese (dehydrated potatoes that are also traditional in Peru) Throughout all this time, the bread was watching me (I know this), but I remained resolute.... and won! By the time I dared touch it, it was already cold and who wants cold bread? :-P Feh... I won this round, Beba's... but we will definately meet again. Erm... very delicious and definately recommended. ^_^ read more

We stopped in here for a bite after an informative but exhausting walk around the Fullerton Arboretum. I was starving: it was 2PM and I hadn't eaten since the night before, because apparently I am an idiot who doesn't bring sustenance when she takes long garden walks. I ordered salteñas for an appetizer and a small bowl of sopa de mani (the daily special: peanut soup), accurately surmising that my stomach may THINK it can eat a horse right NOW, but as soon as it sees bread, it shrivels up and fizzles like a drop of water on a frying pan. The salteñas did fill me up, with their thick, sweet pastry crust and a juicy bursting filling (reminiscent of hamburgery XLB) of beef, raisins, eggs, and olives, but they weren't really my thing, being way too sweet for a main course. I'd probably eat them for dessert. The peanut soup was oddly and comfortingly delicious, with very tender bits of beef and a pervasive peanut flavor that somehow never become overwhelming. It looked like cream of mushroom soup but thankfully did not taste like it. We also got a peanut juice and a dehydrated peach drink. The peanut juice had all the overwhelming that the soup lacked - it was like literally drinking a bunch of peanuts someone put in an immersion blender's path. The peach juice, which I got only because they were out of chicha morada, tasted flat and strange compared with the vivacity of chicha morada, despite having pretty much the same spices. On the plus side, the peach looked like the preserved heart of a baby animal. read more

Went there on Sunday and they had a live performer. Very talented musician by the name of Raul Alturas who played cuecas, Tinku, sambas, and other Bolivian classics. The saltenas are the best things there so had to get some for the road. Had the sopa de Chairo. Could have used some more meat but the broth and veggies were great. I also shared the Sajta de Pollo which is definitely very similar to dishes I had in La Paz. read more

This place is a mistery,been patronizing since they used to be on Lincoln and the 5 fwy,at their newer location,nobody ever answers the phone,once there nobody knows what to do or what to say when a customer comes in,the saltenas sometimes they are good sometimes not so good,the only authentic thing about this place is the banner hanging on the wall,be cautious and patient. read more

Probably the only Bolivian restaurant around. Very good food. I am Mexican, so I was surprised on how different Bolivian food can be. If you like empanadas, you will love their Saltenas! best ive ever had. Over all i highly recommend for a new eating experience. Make sure you ask for the Bolivian menu, or you'll get the 'American menu'. This place used to be in Santa Ana, but changed locations for all you in the know about Bolivian food. read more

I hardly write any reviews, but I had to do it for this place which offers a GREAT authentic Bolivian experience. 1. Food excellent !!!!! And the right portions to enjoy them. Also a good variety to choose from. 2. Most of you may not agree with 5 stars due the slow and unresponsive service, but as I said above "authentic Bolivian experience" Next time in in SoCal I will definitely come back to this place. read more

i had to look for the server twice i mean i had to go in the kitchen CRAZY! THEY SERVED ME ICED TEA IN A 6 OZ cup are you serious.... old looking restautant they need a remodel bad read more

Let me tell you that this restaurant has the best Bolivian food in Anaheim. Actually, it's probably the only Bolivian restaurant in Southern California. The flavor of their culture and authenticity of the food has my palet screaming. Got my Silpancho and 2 saltenas. My wife is Bolivian and the food brings back sweet memories of her culture. Bolivian food is so delicious! You have to try it to see for yourself! read more

Bebas Restaurant - Latin American Near Me - Anaheim, California