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    El Amate

    4.8 (13 reviews)
    Open • 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Chicken Pupusa
    Mark W.

    Date: 15 May 2026, On this evening we set out to try a restaurant that we saw on a social web site. The name, "El Amate Restaurant." We arrived around dinner time and unsure what to try. The waitress (Yonela) helped us with providing some recommendations. We started out with some warm chips and salsa to hold us over while we looked over the menu. The chips were really crisp and the salsa was very flavorful (not spicy hot). The items we ordered included Steak a La Salvadorena, Beef Enchiladas, and Chicken Pupusa. While waiting we enjoyed the warm tasty chips and salsa...yum-yum. Our meal arrived and both entrees were extremely delicious with great flavors. I must say, the meat was seasoned just right in both meals. Many Mexican restaurants we have visited the meat is often very bland with no flavor. We were really amazed just how tasty these two dishes were. We will certainly return to enjoy more grub for our tummies for sure. The restaurant was very welcoming, clean, and staff were very friendly during our experience. Thanks to all at "El Amante Restaurant" for an enjoyable evening.

    Chicken fajitas plate
    Ivette A.

    Best food ever , loved it, got to that restaurant by mistake, and was so surprise of how good the food was. Only thing was that the fajitas didn't come with an actual tortilla. But still delicious!!

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    BJ W.

    The Food is delicious and the prices are fair for the portions. The place is very clean an d has nice lighting. The service was very good as well.

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    8 months ago

    The pupusass were good but the sauce wasn't so spicy service was good and place was clean

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    7 months ago

    I love the food and the service is great, nice place to enjoy with the family I recommended

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    “And I also want to say that El Amante does have traditional Mexican food, but they did take American taste into account, too.”

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    Restaurante Salvadoreño La Familia

    Restaurante Salvadoreño La Familia

    3.8(24 reviews)
    54.4 mi

    Restaurante Salvadoreno la Familia is a small no-frills type restaurant that despite the business…read morename, they seem to be having a personality crisis as to whether they want to offer Salvadoran food or classic American diner food. Next to pupusas, soup and other Salvadoran foods, they have sandwiches, breakfasts and other menu items that would be more at home on a diner menu than a Salvadoran restaurant menu. Since I am pretty much obsessed with pupusas, I went with three pupusas. They were fairly priced at three dollars a piece. The ordering process is relatively straightforward. You go to the counter and place your order. When it is ready, they bring it to your table. My pupusas were brought to me with the expected slaw and sauce. I find that the best pupusas that I have had here in this country were in Nashville, Tennessee and I found some great pupusas at a flea market on Orange Blossom Trail here in Orlando, Florida, but comparing it to other pupusas that I have tried here in Orlando (other than the ones at the OBT Flea Market), they were good. Not great, not the type that would haunt my dreams, but good. If you are looking for a local place, this place is not a bad place. Not great, but overall decent. Overall, I will give it four stars.

    Me encanta la comida aquí y los precios son excelentes, por lo que es decepcionante dejar esta…read morecalificación. He venido varias veces, pero esta visita dejó una mala impresión. Al revisar mi recibo, noté que me cobraron $1.98 por una botella de agua que no pedí. Cuando pregunté al respecto, el cajero, José, primero dijo que era por el hielo. Cuando mi esposa pidió una aclaración, cambió su respuesta y dijo que era por el agua del grifo filtrada--$1.00 por el agua y $0.98 por impuestos. La comida es excelente, pero asegúrate de revisar tu cuenta antes de pagar. Lamentablemente, parece que cobrar de más a los clientes es algo aceptable aquí. I really enjoy the food here, and the prices are great, so it's disappointing to leave this rating. I've been here a few times, but this visit left a bad impression. When I checked my receipt, I noticed I was charged $1.98 for a bottled water I didn't order. When I asked about it, the cashier, Jose, first said it was for ice. When my wife asked for clarification, he changed his answer, saying it was for filtered tap water--$1.00 for the water and $0.98 for tax. The food is excellent, but be sure to check your bill before paying. Unfortunately, it seems like overcharging customers is acceptable here.

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    El Paraiso Latino - how much they charge for the worse food i have ever had . Terrible!!!!!

    El Paraiso Latino

    1.8(4 reviews)
    27.3 mi

    Worse experience ever.. After going there with my wife , their Customer service sucks , they don't…read moreeven give you utensils and napkins unless you ask them. The foord is horrible, i ordered A super Antojito which is 26.00 bucks and the food quality is the worse, warm , and greasy, it tasted like it was triple fried purchased some tamales and they were soft and without any flavor.Plus we purchased 8 pupusas to eat and go ,they didn't have any flavor. Plus we ordered 3 pupusas to go with bean and cheese and they gave us 3 with only cheese, after asking the server, if they were the right order ,i made... I contacted the owner saids that it was a human mistake, like he paid my bill , and eat for free, I live 1 hour away from there, and i made a trip there because the previous owners they had an outstanding restaurant, that's the reason i went back . Not knowing that this new owner doesn't give a crap about customer service or what he give his clientele. All he cares about what money they spend and don't care about it . I will never go back to this location and the owner Miguel is the worse ,giving an excuse for his employees stupidity and not caring that i live an hour away and will not be able to get back and deal with the issue . Don't waste your money on a place that their food is mediocre and expensive.Never again.. Ernest...

    Driving along Highway 1 in Vero Beach, Florida, I saw the sign as I flew by. The sign simply said…read more"pupusas," but that one word was enough for me to make a u-turn and head back. If you are unfamiliar with pupusas, they are a Salvadoran culinary delight. Think of them as a glorious meat pancake and you will only get to about halfway to the glory of what a pupusa can be. Pulling into a shopping plaza that has definitely seen better days. Parking was a bit limited, but not too much of an ordeal. El Paraiso Latino is certainly a very humble place, the kind of establishment that you would not look at twice, but missing this place would indeed be your loss. It is usually at these hole-in-the-wall type places that you will find some great food and here was no exception. I ordered two pupusas and a steak taco. The steak taco was a bit small, however it was tasty. The pupusas were decently sized and were also tasty. Prices were a little higher than what I normally pay, but not by much. This lunch was a bit over twelve dollars and I walked out feeling stuffed and contented.

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    Pupuseria Las Delicias Restaurant - Pastelitos de carne

    Pupuseria Las Delicias Restaurant

    4.2(6 reviews)
    52.4 mi

    I wanted to try something new and different. Also I'm on an international sandwich fling! So I had…read moreto try a Pupusa! This is a small family operated shop everyone was friendly and our server kindly answered our questions. There are a few tables to dine in, with plates and flatware; not paper and plastic. I had cheese pupusas, cabbage salad and plantains. For those who don't know I would describe pupusa as a hot sandwich it looks similar to a pita bread but is made of corn flour. It's filled with choices of meat, beans, and cheese. I will be back with non vegetarian family to try more options. The cheese pupusa was hot and Delicias as promised! cabbage salad was basically a creamy coleslaw. Some pickled cabbage also came with the pupusa. Both were very good. Plantains were sliced thin and fried, sweet and ripe, they were served with a rich cream sauce. Pickled onions were also offered we they were very good but I don't eat onions. My SO had a breakfast of eggs, corn tortilla, large slice of white cheese, refried beans and plantains. He ate all the beans and made an egg sandwich with the rest. This might not be the traditional way to eat a Salvadoran breakfast but he enjoyed it. He also had a house salad which he said was very fresh. I will be telling others to try this spot!

    Loved everything about this place. Small, clean, friendly family owned restaurant, everything was…read moremade fresh and delicious. I got 3 different pupusas, the pastelitos, and a Jamaica agua fresca, and everything was as good as I remember. My friend's mom used to make me pupusas, salsa and curtido, and these were just as good. I'm telling all my friends to give them a try and enjoy. Sadly, they're closed on Sunday and Monday.

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    Mi Tierra Pupusería  & Bakery - Pupusas

    Mi Tierra Pupusería & Bakery

    4.2(82 reviews)
    48.9 mi
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    Pupusas galore. The only way to describe it. Typical Salvadoran dishes. Great service. The servers…read morehave been there for white some time. Constant praises online reviews and in our own visits. This is somewhere we, as a family, enjoy on a regular. The inside is delicate yet decorative. Amazing baked goods and tasty plates. Truly a gem. Come get some pupusas and you will leave full and wishing for more.

    I haven't had Salvadorian in a minute and was craving a good pupusa so I pulled up to Mi Tierra…read morePupuseria & Bakery. As soon as you enter they have a good amount of seating. Plus you can see their selection baked goods. I looked at the menu prior and had a sense of what I wanted. I started with the Pastelito de Pina. First time ever hearing about this. It's solid. The crust was sugar coated and unique. The pineapple filling was smooth with a sweet texture. I mainly came to get the pupusas and try Salvadorian tamales. I got a bean & cheese pupusa and chicken tamale. When I open up my pupusa, instant cheese pull. And it was pretty good. They provide some kind of slaw on the side. I put the slaw and some hot sauce on top...creating the PERFECT bite. I tried some of my sisters shrimp pupusa. Personally I wouldn't order that but it was tasty and flavorful. I've never had a proper tamale so the chicken tamale was my first. The texture is really smooth and light. With seasoned shredded chicken all through out. For my first tamale, it was good. I also tried the fried tamale and it was a whole different story. The exterior was crispy and dark in color. Inside it was sweet with a corn taste. I was like wow. They paired it with a white sauce that was really good. Making me think of sour cream and cream cheese in one. We brought back a tres leches and flan home. The Tres leches was really good. It wasn't soggy and held up well. The flan cake was good but the sugar juices on the bottom tasted burnt. Which was distasteful. Service was okay. I felt like it could've been better. They weren't disrespectful or anything. If our server was new or having a bad day my apologies.

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    Quesadilla. Banana soda.

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