There were two tables full when I walked in, and some "clown" told me that I actually needed a reservation. I mean to be insulting by calling the man a clown. When he told me I needed a reservation, I pointed to all the empty tables and he actually said "yeah, but you need a reservation." He needs customers. The place has around 150 people capacity and there were less than eight here. It was basically empty, but the music was cranked up really loud. We stayed for less than five minutes, And went somewhere else. I will not return here. read more

The food is horrible! I ordered a dish and they gave me the wrong one. They take a very long time to give you the food. Didn't bother to give me my change. Customer service was not great. read more

If I could give it ZERO STARS I definitely would...me and my family have been traveling all day and stopped here for some good food...guess we should have googled the reviews before hand...The waitress was VERY rude, rolled her eyes and felt that she needed to argue with us over paying for food WE DID NOT EAT because it was just terrible! I can see why the place was empty ...RED FLAG! read more

El Carbonero - Literally Asada and fries (which look like a frozen bag of fries).....served us this with "1000 Island sauce" - Salvadoran Near Me - Palmdale, California

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This has been my second time coming to this restaurant and from all the Salvadoran restaurants I. The Antelope Valley, this one is at the top. The service was friendly and the food was delicious! It's a diamond in a rough. But don't take my word for it, come try it yourself. - Your fellow Foodie read more

El Carbonero - Desayunó combo - Salvadoran Near Me - Palmdale, California

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Great place to have a few drinks and enjoy music and the vibes. Our favorite is the Botana Especial and pupusas revueltas which can't never go wrong! Friendly staff and the service is great! read more

El Carbonero - Botana Especial, pupusas revueltas and horchata - Salvadoran Near Me - Palmdale, California

I guess this place is good with the music for dancing and all. But I'm giving a 2 stars cause if you come here after 11pm you not eating Sh!+ no food. Only alcohol . Eat elsewhere before going to that place if you go after 11pm read more

Food prices were good, pupusas were great, the casamiento was a bit too soggy, but customer service was very good! I love the nuegados and most places won't sell them separately, but they do, so I ordered 2 orders of it. So yummy! read more

Amazing place. The owner came to our table and greeted us and he was so nice. The food was amazing. Restaurant was clean and the service was great!! read more

Domingo por la mañana eran cinco mesas solo una mesera y ella se porto super amable muy atenta todo el tiempo, la comida muy rica recomiendo el caldo 7 mares (no le tome foto) y las pupusas de mushrooms con queso OMG!! deliciosas, si regresaria a comer aqui es mi primera vez y me encanto, bueno la verdad el cafe no esta rico es lo unico y por lo que les doy 4 estrellas ,espero la proxima que regrese ya lo hayan cambiado. read more

El Carbonero - sopa de pata muy rica - Salvadoran Near Me - Palmdale, California

I for sure have tasted better food, the food had very lil taste and they lagged a lot. They only had two servers and very rude as well idk if I would come back read more

La comida de muy baja calidad y las pupusas tienen mucha yuca con condimentos,me a echo daño en mi estómago de tanto condimento para darle color por que no llevan chicharrón Restaurante no vale la pena comer ahí por los precios de la comida muy caros y poca calidad read more

This photo explains: The owner ONLY prioritizes family and friends. Horrible morale, etiquette, and business practice. People are coming in and paying $$$, why have a restaurant then if you don't respect regular customers and only respect your family and friends? This is the feeling I received when I went there, and now it's confirmed it's a fact. Pathetic. read more

El Carbonero - Salvadoran Near Me - Palmdale, California

Went to this restaurant on September 18, 2021 for Dinner. The restaurant is located in a plaza off the main strip in Palmdale a short distance drive off the 14fwy. As we walked in, the place looked clean and nicely decorated to mimic "the traditional pupuserias" from El Salvador. Although the restaurant was busy, we were quickly offered a table close to the bar. Our waiter (an older gentlemen) was quick to offer us drinks and provided us with menus. We decided on the corn pupusas revueltas con chicharrón, empanadas de leche and atol de elote. While we waited for our food we noticed that the waiter was being a little tooooo friendly. Each time he would approach our table his jokes were out of our comfort zone specially because we are not regulars and don't know him. He behaved this way with other patrons at other tables too. Apparently that night he was not just waiting on tables but bar tending too. We watched him mix alcoholic drinks at the bar for other customers and some for himself too! He was drinking glass full of beer for himself each time he walked behind the bar. This explains his inappropriate behavior at our table and others too. He must believe in " una para ti and dos para mi" When the food arrived we were very disappointed!! The pupusas lacked flavor, the empanadas were burned and tasteless, the atol de elote tasted like it had been frozen and then reheated and served :( Then to our surprise out of nowhere they started playing very loud music which was the cherry on top. Unable to hold a conversation due to the noise level we got up, paid for our nasty food and walk out. We will not return to this place! read more

Good place didn't even know it was a Salvadorian restaurant. Food was good, I'll try it again when I'm in the mood for sopa de res.

Food was more than Good Flavor on each item was excellent I order 3 Items . I got the Salvadorian Breakfast, The canoa plátano & tortas de papa. The Female Owner was cooking for Us and the service was Great.!.... read more

El Carbonero - Salvadorian Breakfast. - Salvadoran Near Me - Palmdale, California

Excelente servicio muy buena comida el lugar muy agradable. Encantada con la atención read more

First of all, I gotta say I was very excited to find a Salvadoran restaurant. When I called the person so answer the phone seen very knowledgeable and friendly. I placed my order. To my surprise the food was nasty nasty nasty nasty. I'm not sure if I was their first customer of the day or what because my food seemed old and if they tired to refried it once again. 8m very disappointed beacuse again customer service was great. Place seemed clean. But their cook for that day at least HAS GOT TO BE FIRED PRONTO..... read more

El Carbonero - Its suppose to be pastelitos de carne And the bread is a so called cemita which by the way it had must to been seating there for months. - Salvadoran Near Me - Palmdale, California

This place is one of those that I'm not sure if I should give a good or bad rating so I'm going with half of that. (2.5) The food gets a 5/10- We were a party of 10 and everyone ordered different things, most of us said the food wasn't as good. There were however some good things like the Papa Rellena and Sea food soup, however the pupusas where not good at all. They were more masa (dough) than cheese and needed salt. It's Salvadorian restaurant, if any food is going to be good, pupusas should be it. Service gets a 6/10- The waitress was nice the entire night and served us pretty well. However, we had to ask for napkins, forks/knifes/spoon, water, extra curtido, etc ourselves and it shouldn't be that way. Atmosphere gets a 9/10- This is were the tricky rating comes from... if you're coming for the atmosphere and to drink and dance, then most deff come here. They had karaoke and a DJ on sunday night and there are lights and a dancing space, however if you're eating with people you won't be able to hear them. Overall, if you're coming to have a casual night of fun come here. If you're coming for the food, go somewhere else... read more

El Carbonero - Papa Rellena with curtido. (Fried mashed potatoes filled with beans) - Salvadoran Near Me - Palmdale, California

Best spot to hit up on Friday and Saturday's. They got live entrainment. You are guaranteed to have a fun night. Plus the food is super delicious. read more

Tries out this little gem and it didn't disappoint. Ordered 8 pupusas total (2 frijol y chicharron, 2 queso y chicharron, 2 queso, 1 revuelta, y 1 frijol con queso) along with an order of empanadas de leche. We enjoyed ALL of it! The cabbage from el curtido was finely chopped with personally I loved and it had the right amount of heat. The tomato sauce helped out with the heat and I love drowning the pupusas in the sauce. Price was not too bad given inflation, so can't really complain about that. I'm still going to pay. I did notice a stage for live band action. I am planning to dine in next time. Some dancing will definitely help burn off some of the calories. read more

The staff are friendly and the food has good flavor. However the wait time is ridiculous. We waited 55 minutes to get our food. We also placed an order of yuca con chicharron to go. Well an hour and half later, they didn't have the yucca con chicaron to go ready. When asked the wait time for the to go order, I was told, " i don't know." We have a lot of people. Only 4 tables during the time, I guess they don't know how to handle more than 2 tables at a time. Don't waste your time food is not worth it. The worse part they tried to charge me for the to go order!!! The food is good, but not worth the time. read more

La mesera esta olvidado y nos atendio de muy mala gana pedi una fajita y solo eran vegetales ! DESEPCIONADA read more

El Carbonero - Fajitas mixta 4 pedacitos de pollo 5 pedasitos de carne y 4 camarones ! ‍ - Salvadoran Near Me - Palmdale, California

It's a shame this restaurant has such a low star ratting and places like Applebee's has more stars and business... It's designed inside is very nice! It has a very cute bar and stage and club on one side and more traditional restaurant seating on another. The food is delicious especially the ATOL DE LOTE! Keep this place alive and thriving! Go and eat! Go and dance! A coworker of mine told me of this place when I was craving an atol de lote. So yummy! read more

i have been there twice with my family and food is not the best and service is too slow.. they will forget what you ordered and if you order again they will charge you twice so be careful when getting your bill, always check before paying hemos ido 2 veces con mi familia y la comida no es muy buena y el servicio ni se diga (malo), olvidan las cosas que uno les ordena y al recordarles se enojan y lo cobran doble.. revisen bien su cuenta antes de pagar read more

If you are considering dinning at this place, think again. The food is not good, their service perhaps worst. From the initial walk in, their hostess appeared in a mad mood, once seated, the waitress took long to take our order and then longer to give our food. The ambiance is also not something I would recommend. Their live entertainment was delayed. Quite frankly I was very disappointed in their service and food, very rude. When asked to speak to the manager, he came across as arrogant and not welcoming at all. I would consider other places before coming here. read more

Ordered take out last night and was really disappointed with the pupusas they're so much smaller which is fine I understand but the quality wasn't there any more the condiments of the pupusas were only on one side, if you cut on the other side it was literally empty, taste is not the same. Definitely not my go to pupusa place any more. read more

Second time coming to this place at first hesitant because it was dark looking from the outside. Ordered the pupusas, empanadas and rellenos de papa they were very good, But salty so do not add salt to your food prior to tasting. The beans and salsa with the chips are just a bit salty as well ,but I love salt so it wasn't an issue. The place has been completely empty both times coming and yet service does seem to be slow. I give it four stars because food was good just the service isn't the best. read more

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The food is soo tasty and the customer service is excellent. I will definitely recommend it

First time trying this place, so I thought, it was around the way, so why not? Upon arrival, I was greeted and, given a menu. I had an order of Caldo de Res, which is Beef Soup, and a Horchata. The horchata tasted a bit off. I guess El Salvadoran Horchata is just different? Not sure....but I tasted a little clove, and what my palette picked up, as an herbal note. It doesn't go well in Horchata, to my taste. So I'll pass on that, and now, the Beef Soup! It was good, but not salted enough. It had barely any ingredients. They skimped on everything from the meat, and vegetables even! Can you imagine? I know right? I was expecting a bowl of warm goodness to heat my core, since it was cold outside, but I ended up receiving quite the opposite. If you don't really care for the quality in ingredients, then you might like this place, but I didn't! Another thing I noticed, was that every dish on the menu is literally priced at $15.00! Even appetizers! Meh! Overall, I wasn't impressed by this place. At least they had fresh jalapeños upon request! read more

El Carbonero - Menu - Salvadoran Near Me - Palmdale, California

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The best place in palmdale. We love the quality of food . The service is exceptional . Para mejor comida salvadoreña y otras partes del mundo, no hay como el carbonero restaurante en Palmdale. Viernes y sábados tienen cenas bailables con música en vivo. El chAcha cal los acompaña todos los fines de semana. I will go back. read more

Last weekend I came with my family on a Sunday to have dinner and let me tell you this place is amazingly great. I was a bit skeptical at first to come check it out due to the bad reviews but honestly there are wrong. I did tell my fam to give it a try with low expectations in mind but let me tell you this place surprised me with delicious food and awesome atmosphere. Waiter was extremely attentive and friendly. Btw it was a Sunday so we had the opportunity to enjoy karaoke and music. I was told on Saturday they have dj and live music which I'm most definitely looking forward to come back again. I truly and highly recommend this spot you won't regret it. Vine a el carbonero la semana pasada en día domingo y antes de venir estaba algo dudoso ya que tiene varios malos reviews pero me animé a darle una probadita. Déjeme decirles que la verdad estoy impresionado con este lugar todo esos review negativos honestamente deberían ser borrados porque al contrario la comida y el servicio del mesero estuvieron espectacular no se diga de el entretenimiento kareoke y música wow. Yo sinceramente recomiendo este lugar créanme no se arrepentirán. Y no se les olvide probar "El carbonero special" es una Delicia. read more

The worst service ever! I rate it a zero! It was a hot day when we came into Carbonero's & my friend & I were very thirsty & hungry. Nobody acknowledged us & waitress just passed us and didn't offer us anything to drink nor bring us a menu. I had to literally stand up from my chair after 40 minutes and go to the cashier and ask him to please have someone come to our table to service us. He shouted into the enclosed kitchen for someone and told me that someone would be there. He was sitting & didn't stand up, nor looked at me and worse didn't apologize after I told him that we'd been waiting long. After about 10 minutes the waitress appeared and I asked her to please bring us water because my mouth was dry & I was very thirsty, then ordered a salad and drink. She took at least 15 minutes to just bring my water! I was getting upset, but trying to be patient. I don't like to eat when I'm upset, but I guess my hunger & thirst we're greater. I will not come to this restaurant ever again! I frequent the neighboring restaurant by the name of Pedro's Restaurant in Palmdale, CA because I get better service and the food tastes much better! read more

El Carbonero - Salvadoran Near Me - Palmdale, California

Been coming here for years. The employees and management are great. Greet you with a smile and are quick with orders. The night entertainment is so much fun. Perfect spot for dinner and dancing. Highly recommend the establishment. read more

We ordered pupusas and ensalada drinks in which were tasty. The waitress was friendly. The atmosphere was dull, very dark with no music playing at all or the tv's on, it was awkwardly quiet. If you drop a pin you would probably hear it drop. Or you could hear your own respirations lol :) I'm not exaggerating. I usually like restaurant that are more aware of their customer service experience and this place is definitely not. People do come in look and leave or wait without anyone attending the front of the restaurant. Waiting there until someone shows up sometimes took minutes, some people just turn around and left. The atmosphere overall was very depressing. read more

My family and I walked into this place with hesitation because of the reviews, but honestly Im glad we did because those reviews are so wrong! This place had an outstanding service, amazing delicious food/drinks and not to mention the vibe, the people there are so friendly and happy. We went on a Sunday and they had karaoke so our lunch/dinner ended up being till 10pm due to the great time we were having. This is place is a must if you're in the AV. Definitely recommended to everyone! read more

Just walked in right now and nobody was there to serve us. Called back into the kitchen and still nothing. How are they still open.

This is the first time I try there food . My boyfriend had already been here and he liked it but after today we're never eating there again . From the first moment I stepped in it smelled bad in there but I said why not give it a try so I did . The waitress was okay she wasn't the nicest but she was okay . So we ordered tamales and papusas . The tamales were soggy , and the papusas were good but my boyfriend said they were hard at the end so at the end the food wasn't good at all . Literally 15 minutes after we had diarrhea. read more

El Carbonero - Tamales de polllo - Salvadoran Near Me - Palmdale, California

Love their Pupusas! Staff is so friendly and set accurate time expectations.. I literally come here every other week :)

10% Gratitude $1.50 to pay with card The owners just watch, but do not help out. Food a little overpriced But The food is good and fresh! The waiter was very friendly, but could benefit with some extra support read more

The food is good but the old lady at the register over charge for extra items. Every time you go she change price. I paid for extra items didn't receive it on two separate occasions. She need to have good customer service skills. read more