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    Doña Cecy’s Pupuseria

    2.4 (97 reviews)
    InexpensiveLatin American, Salad
    Closed 10:00 am - 9:30 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Dogs allowed

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    They charge me extra for coffee usually coffee refills are free
    Eric P.

    Server Vanessa was great with smiles and great personality- I try to order beef stew with extra meat they wanted me to pay additional full order of beef stew so - I decided and replaced for 5 pupusas - 3 frijoles con queso 1 shrimp and 1 pepperoni- wasn't enough shrimps in the pupusa same thing with the pepperoni was not enough very disappointed, it's a shame

    5/22/22 Let's eat
    John F.

    5/22/22 Dona Cecy's Pupuseria is a restaurant that caught my wife's attention after visiting the flea market. This store is heavily populated by the Hispanic community. How many dialects of the Spanish language were there I cannot say, but what I can tell you is this, the place was booming with customers. My guess is a lot of families who had finished church and stopped by for a bite to eat. I seemed to be the only gringo in the mix of the Latino population. This did not bother me one bite, dispite some of the looks I got from some people. Then again, maybe they were looking at my wife who was with me and wondering what the hell? Whether this truly the case it matters not. We were here for some food. Dona Cecy's Pupuseria is what we came for and The Pupusas with Cheese was calling my name. My wife ordered The Pupusas with Cheese and Loroco. If you don't know what a Loroco is, it is an edible flower popular in El Salvador, Guatemala and other places. We also ordered drinks orginally large, but learned the store did not have large lids for the drinks. (I hope this isn't a normal thing) We then changed the order to medium drinks and my wife ordered a medium Horchata ("Horchata, or orxata, is a name given to various kinds of plant-based beverages. In Spain it is made with soaked, ground, and sweetened tiger nuts. In Latin America, and other parts of the Americas, the base is jicaro, melon or sesame seeds, or white rice, along with other spices. Wikipedia) and I ordered a mango drink. Both drink came with ice and this is good, because the drinks are very sweet...or so it seems. (Something to keep in mind) We watched as hot delicious food was being made by the nearly a whole female staff. I only saw one guy and he was the youngest out of the bunch of women working there. The male took our orders and my wife jumped in and placed our orders in rapid Spanish. Next time I will have to be quicker with my Spanish. Especially in an all Spanish environment. This store looks to have been around for a long time. The name of this store I now realize are in a several places I have visited, but did not place the name and face. *One of the things that could be a very dangerous and is a accident waiting to happening is how slippery the flooring is on one's way to the bathrooms. There is a wet floor sign in the men's bath when I was there. The floor was slippery there too. The urinal near the toilet looked to be ready to fall down. There is a puddle of piss on the floor to, so I wasn't about to stand in that. (Urinal mat(s) please) once again. If your penis is to small, MOVE CLOSER TO THE URINAL. (Si su pene es demasiado pequeño, ACÉRQUESE AL URINARIO) The women's bathroom look to be as slippery as the men's bathroom from what I saw when the door opened. I would say a bathroom upgrade is in order.* Since we only ordered takeout, I can't say how the dine in experience was. This will be for another time. The food was delicious. Oh!, I forgot to mention my wife ordered some pineapple cookies which were soft batch. I believe she found them delicious, because I can't find them anywhere.

    Terrible customer service and food was bad, pupusas were very dry. The lady left to go use the bathroom and talk to other coworkers leaving us unattended.

    Walk in at 9:15 pm to dine in an i was told place is close.
    Marco H.

    9:15 was told you cant eat here cause servers dont want to serve is amazing how a restaurant that depends on people tells people they cant eat here, not coming back to this place service is horrible because there is no service

    Cheese and beans with cheese pupusas
    Carmaine J.

    I can only speak for the food since we've never dined inside, which alot of people mention is the only thing good about this place. Definitely one of the best pupussas I've had. And very cheap! They're pupussas are made fresh, so it takes a while. We've ordered from them many times over the years and their food has yet to disappoint. But just order ahead for to-go.

    Horchata and ensalada de frutas
    Amanda H.

    I'm giving this place 3 stars because the food is good, this is also the only place I know that has shrimp pupusas. My boyfriend ordered some and he liked them. The drink "ensalada de fruta" could use alittle more flavors and maybe less fruit from a can, the apples were the only thing I liked about the drink because it didn't have to much flavor. My friends ordered the horchata and said it was really good, one of them even ordered another one to go. Other than the food, the waitress came up to us as soon as we walked in. The place is a free seater so you walk in and seat wherever there is an open table, unless you have a big group you wait for the waitress to make accommodations to you and group needs. The only thing was after we ordered and ate the waitress was avoiding our table and took alittle time to make her way over to us when we needed refills, boxes and the checks. I feel it was alittle rude of her to do that. At one point she stood behind a wall trying to see what we wanted. Also I think this place management has been changed a couple of time, they have one name on the door but on the cups it has a different name on it (dona cecys?) maybe they are just lazy to replace cups.

    Donald P.

    Compared to the one in Arlington, this place is much better and seemed a lot cleaner. Just ordered a few pasteles to take home and they were alright. They didn't have empanadas or saltenas at the time and I didn't have time to wait for them to make some. Not sure how long it's been around but I think it's been there for a while. I'm surprised this is an FTR.

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    Very good service quick and good food the waiter was very good and the food came quick

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    The pupusas are so authentic. Their horchatas is one of the few i like. Coming here feels like home!

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    says online they open at 8:30 am got there and they're still not open at 12 pm update your times

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    Love this place my favorite place for Pupusas! Menu is simple and their prices are good!

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    My son got sick after eat pupusas, mi hijo se enfermo del estomago despues de comer pupusas

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