Another local classic. They still run their special on Wednesdays. The restaurant inside seems to have been renovated too, so it's pretty nice inside. They're also advertising the Pilsener, so even cooler! Service was lovely. Their pupusas are still as I remember them. Full of flavor, and filled just right. Revueltas. Frijoles con queso, loroco, chicharrón. They're still amazing. Their salsa was a bit lacking this last round, a bit too watery for my taste. Curtido was solid. Overall, I'd still keep coming back! read more

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We were in the way to the beach and realized I needed to charge my Tesla. Baldwin Park was on the way so decided to stop by and charge here. We were hungry so decided to try out El Espino while the car was charging while walking in, I expected there to be a posted menu. There was not haha. There is plenty of seating, which is nice if you don't want to sit in your car waiting for your Tesla to charge. The nice lady gave us a menu and we ended up being basic haha. Ordered Pupusas de Queso, Pupusas de Queso y Frijol and Platanos Fritos Solos. Everything we ordered was freshly made. It was very good! So good that I didn't even have the chance to take a picture of it haha. When in the area, or when you're here charging your Tesla, go in and support this local restaurant! read more

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The pupusas here are so good and it's a really good portion! There's some fried cheese on it too so it's crispy outside and soft like a tamale on the inside. read more

El Espino Restaurant - Salvadoran Near Me - Baldwin Park, California

Food is fresh and made to order. Had the caldo de pollo and it was delicious! A few months ago I tried the pupusas and they were really good! read more

El Espino Restaurant - Chicken soup - Salvadoran Near Me - Baldwin Park, California

Pésimo servicio de la mesara 40 mins para unas pupusas para llevar. Cuando puse la orden me dijeron 25 mins vine 40 mins después y no están y solo las pusieron en aluminio. No me las querían poner en charola cuando salieron. Horrible servicio read more

Trust this SALVI when I say they have the BEST PUPUSAS Ask for the revueltas CON frijol. Don't wait until you're starving. Good food takes time. Side note: Carne Encebollada CHEFS KISS. Well lit , nothing "fancy" per se but they keep it clean Seriously though... two thumbs up read more

It's actually really good. Pupusas with frijol and queso are $4.50 and they are kinda big and it's not all masa like some places that you just eating masa and barely any cheese and beans. I recommend. I did a phone order. They only take cash. I'd go back for more. read more

Still an incredibly solid restaurant. Mid city/ west of downtown Los Angeles is known to have many Central American immigrants and lots of delicious food. So it's so great to find an authentic Salvadoran restaurant. The food is always savory and consistent. They have their group of regulars that has kept them in business, but if you're ever looking for a true "hidden gem" you have to come to El Espino. They have pupusas and traditional plates. They have aguas frescas and a few beer options. Prices are reasonable so don't expect an Instagram worthy-restaurant, but a restaurant well loved and taken care of. 10/10. I will continue being a customer as long as they are open. read more

Stopped to charge my car and decided to try some pupusas while I waited. I was pleasantly surprised. The two ladies were so nice. I even got to watch one of the ladies making the pupusas. Not as good as my grandmas pupusas, but definitely will stop by again. read more

The owners have clean the place up! It looks so much better! The Pupusas are good not great or the best but for the price they are decent!they even a a " Special on Pupusas" Las pupusas estan buenas, no las mejores pero por el precio estan bien! El lugar esta remodeled y se ve limpio! read more

Was driving by and decided to come in since I was hungry. It is a very large restaurant. The cashier didn't speak much English but we were still able to communicate. They don't have a menu posted but you can ask for one. I asked for the house special and with pork and cheese. The AC is pretty weak in the establishment so I took my food to go. On a Saturday at 1245, there was only one table occupied. There's plenty of parking since there's a big lot. The pupusas were very hot and fresh! The curtido is perfectly sour for me but too sour for my boyfriend. The jicama is $6 for a large and a little light in flavor for me but still refreshing. read more

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Soy cliente por mas de 20 años la ultima orden sopa de pollo . Me dijeron que en 45 minutos estaría lista. Pase a recogerla al llegar a casa la sorpresa pura agua con verduras recien la prepararon. sin sabor sin gracia. Lo mismo me paso en La Jamaya ahora prefiero ir a los Angeles los Molcalhetes (Mariposa St ) 0 El buen gusto en Glendale Califoirnia . read more

Sadly this place isn't it if you're craving pupusas or an ensalada drink. I can't comment on the rest of the food since I only got these two items. The place is clean and the waitress was nice and attentive. The food was disappointing. The pupusas revueltas were a good size and had stuffing in them but they didnt have any flavor. Had to add salt to them. Same goes with their salsa de tomate, it was literally just blended tomatoes no flavor to it. The worst let down was their ensalada. the only fruit it had was apples and "carrots"?!? I've never had an ensalada served with carrots in it and sadly that's all you could taste. Really bummed about this place because it's close to home but we wont be coming back :( read more

El Espino Restaurant - Apples and carrots. - Salvadoran Near Me - Baldwin Park, California

Horrible customer service no type of greetings they just look at you and no "we will you be with shortly or anything". After the rude worker helped me she didn't even give me my receipt or even asked if I wanted my receipt. So I grab it as I'm walking out she said "you could have asked I would have gave it to you" and she said some name I'm not sure what she said cuz she said it in Spanish. I had no energy to turn around and argue with her or ask her what she said or had called me. But I will never return here. We spent a good amount of money for them to still be rude and not appreciate our business. read more

Food is OK, if you can manage to order. The few times I've been here the service is lacking, the ladies ignore you and eventually when you do order they're not very friendly. Customer service is not their priority it seems. ‍ The food also takes a bit longer...once in a while, if I'm in the area and very hungry for Pupusas I might stop by, but it's not my preferred place for Pupusas. Also the restaurant is not always very clean and a bit rundown. Call first, it's not always open. read more

Delicious fresh made pupusas ordered to go. It took about 30 minutes for a small order but totally worth it. It was so good.

The food is very good if you are willing to wait 2-3hours for it. Forget about calling ahead expecting them to have the food ready by the time you get there because they won't have it ready. To add: some of the staff is very dismissive and rude even if you have been a consistent monthly/weekly customer for over 10 years. The same product has gone up in price over the years as well, which is to be expected due to inflation but for the increased relative price you'd expect better service at least. Very upset with them the last few times we have ordered from here. La comida es muy buena si pueden esperar 2-3horas por ella. Olvidense de reciber la comida rapida con llamar adelante del tiempo porque no va a estar lista cuando llegan. Para agregar, no importa si son clientes de mas de un decada porque aun no les importan. Con el tiempo el precio ha subido tambien pero el servicio no a mejorado.... Estamos muy discontentos con ellos con las ultimas ordenes que hemos hecho. read more

Very delicious food , always hot and ready even for takeout . Found this gem , while looking a pupusiera close to home

Bomb Popusas not going to lie They have allot more than Popusas but that's I I go for is the Popusas because they are the best around. read more

We called placed an order for 6 bean and cheese pupusas and we ended up getting the wrong order. We don't eat pork, but that's what we got . When we asked the waitress that we got the wrong order. She said we ordered the pork??? We would never order that, since we don't eat meat. We told her we will never return, and she said ok no problem. So I will never go back and if you want pupusas go elsewhere. Terrible service, horrible lady !! read more

Best pupusas ever!!!! I come here once or twice a month. Sometimes I order to take home and some times I eat here and it's always a pleasure

For a place that has "specials" on Wednesday, I believe we just got ripped off. I sent my boyfriend to go down and pay for these and when we got home I realized the amount we got charged. I asked if he mentioned the deal but due to the language barrier I'm guessing they assumed they could just screw us over. I get it it's only a few dollars worth, but if this is how they run their business we want nothing to do with it. read more

El Espino Restaurant - a hand holding a receipt - Salvadoran Near Me - Baldwin Park, California

To start off, the opening time is 10:00am. I got here @9:45am to wait and be ready meanwhile they open, but it was 10:03am and nothing. 10:20am, nothing.. my boyfriend asked the next door lady when they were going to open and she said they should be opened by now, but he can leave his order and come later. We opted out. We decided to go down the street and check out a restaurant for pupusas, sadly they didn't serve them. We were on our way to another store when we passed by and they had opened, not even 5 minutes from the time we left and they opened! We walked in and my boyfriend had mentioned we hadn't even left and they opened! Mind you it's 10:59am already. She said "Los hombres siempre son bien necios!" Disrespectful. We placed our order and she said 35-50 minutes.. an hour later and nothing! Terrible service. read more

I have been coming here for years. I really love the food but over the past few years, the business and customer service aspect has declined. Yeah, I know COVID damaged a lot of businesses but the price increases do not justify the service or the quality of the food. I find we pay more for the same amount of food or in some cases, less food. Customizing a plate does not decrease the price. For example, if we order plátanos without beans and crema, we are charged the same as if ordering the whole dish. Another example: ordering a side of huevos entomatadas without all of the trimmings costs the same as ordering the entire dish. Things like that should have a modified price. Unfortunately, I am going to have to take my business to a place where the price is reasonable for the quantity of the food. read more

First time coming here and the waitress was rude, came back another time and ordered some pupusas over the phone she said in 20 minutes. When I arrived there was another customer leaving. I asked to pick up my order and pay for it and she said she handed my order to that customer. Wouldn't recommend this place if it was the latest place in the world to eat. read more

Food is great! Super tasty my kids love the pupusas. My fave is the carne asada plate! Service is good only thing it takes a long time to received your order. So if your starving lol maybe no the place to go unless ur willing to wait a good while. read more

the pupusas are really good and at a great value for their Wednesday and Thursday special! My only complaint is that they take really long so go when you're not too hungry or call ahead! read more

Great food served here. Call ahead so you can get them sooner than later. Our son has allergies to dairy and they have always been super attentive towards preparing his food. So glad to have this place so close by. read more

I went on Saturday afternoon and bought some pupusas, and notice that the cook in the kitchen was not wearing a mask, when I told the cashier she told me "she is not sick, if she was she would be working" I told her that I could file a report and she laughed about it...it was Soo disappointing from this place I will not be coming back read more

I was reading the reviews doesn't make justice. Best pupusas ever, being coming here for 20 years. I've been trying some other places and won't change Espino. read more

Pupusas we're yummy my husband said the curtido was a little vinegary but I thought it was just fine.

The pupusas there are yuumy, BUT none of the workers wear masks. Why require your customers to wear them, if you don't even follow the guidelines.. won't be there again in a while :/ Las pupusas estan ricas, pero ningunas de las trabajadoras estan usando sus mascaras.. para que requerir usarlas a los clientes, si ustedes no las usan y son los que hacen nuestra comida. read more

great food too bad the service is terrible. These ladies taking orders are super rude and have no manners .

Very bad service we ordered on the phone and they said our food would be ready in 45min even though that's a long time we said okay when we got there they said it would be another 30 minutes and the lady had a nasty attitude plus there was another customer with a similar situation and the staff didn't seam to care never going there again read more

Was looking up Salvadorean restaurants and this came up. From the outside it didn't look all that special. The inside wasn't too special either. The restaurant had some basic tables nothing too fancy. Had a nice TV. which was on a Spanish channel also had a jukebox. The waitress was really nice. We ordered Horchata, pupusas, tamales, and the fried banana plate. The horchata was authentic Salvadorean style which i really liked. The pupusas were great too. Only complaint food wise was the tamales. My Mom said the chicken in the tamale tasted old. The meal total was about $20 dollars for 2. I don't think I will be coming here again tho, unless I'm in the area. There's a better place close to my house. Also it didn't seem too lively. No music playing in the background plus it was somewhat cold in the building. read more

Amazing food have been coming here my whole life!! The service is alright but if they aren't a little mean I don't want it hahaha

Been here a few time for pupusas given the size you only need a couple and will be filled.

I would give 0 stars if that was an option! I placed an order well ahead of time and when I went to pick it up the lady that attended me was extremely rude and said they did not have my order. This location has a sign saying they accept visa but when I tried paying she said it was cash only! I waited for quite a bit for an order I had placed hours before only to find a hair in my food!! Disgusting! Never going back again! read more

Been coming here for years. Always order ahead on the phone. Best pupusas in town. Wednesday and Thursday they have a special on the pupusas so I recommend ordering at least an hour or 2 ahead of time. read more

if you look for salvadoran pupusas this is not the place, salsa is tasteless very watery, pupusas are made with pinto beans we not even know those beans in el salvador, curtido usually is made with vinager and cabbage you actually can't taste the any vinager so if you want to taste mexican clacloyos this is the place, for salvador food just get the bottle soda and beers but pupusas really bad here btw beans taste like can beans read more

El Espino Restaurant - Salvadoran Near Me - Baldwin Park, California