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    El Izote

    4.1 (91 reviews)
    InexpensiveSalvadoran
    Open 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    EL IZOTE ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Dogs allowed
    Good for kids

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    Pupusas!!
    Leo O.

    Amazing place. Nice food and service!! Tasty food, everything is fresh. Best pupusas in the town!!

    Chicharron & pollo pupusa
    Jonathan F.

    Was looking for a spot to eat around work and this El Salvadorian restaurant may be my favorite restaurant in sac. It's a hole in the wall and gets super busy so I would call ahead of time for sure as they're all made fresh to order. My favs were the beef stew and pollo!! Beans, rice and 2x pupusa combo was only $12.99 what a steal. Wasn't too oily and the perfect amount of meat to cheese ratio. I'm going back here weekly!

    Chicken popusa
    Saoirse S.

    I am so glad that I found this place! I have a soft spot for popusas, and El Izote makes fabulous popusas. The folks working at the restaurant are friendly and provided really excellent service -- they even gave me a couple extra salvadoran sauces when I requested them. :) The restaurant itself is comfortable, casual, and cozy. A great spot for families to sit down and eat a meal together. No unnecessary flares, just really good food.

    Menu 4.1.23 each pupusa $4.60
    Mick S.

    First time here to try their pupusas. Menu is on a board behind the counter. Would be better if the pricing was also listed as we were deciding. We were able to place an order quickly but did wait a while for our food. There was only two ladies working together. Our pupusas tasted fresh and were huge in size. Just wish it was more crispy. Will try again if in the area again.

    Papaya napkin holder, looks nice.
    Nando V.

    Had been craving some popusas and I remembered hearing bout this place so i wanted to give it a chance. I brought the wife out here and both hoped for the best. When we got here, parking was easy to find and there was no line to order but there was people waiting to get their order. I ordered the three popusas, the wife ordered two asada tacos, (i stay away from asada, those are boring to me) but hey whatever floats ur boat. I ordered the bean and cheese popusa, the cheese and zucchini and the cheese and herb (I forgot the name of the herb) I asked them what it was and they said its an herb that compliments the cheese very well. The popusas were pretty good, the pickled cabbage slaw they serve was ok, i've had better, the asada tacos to me were boring but they weren't mine. My popusas were really good, hot, cheesy and crispy. The reason i gave 4 stars was because it was hotter than Satans nut sac in this spot, good lord!!! The customer service was also great the nice ladies gave my wife a free bottle water. I would come back bit i would take it to go next time. Stop by and give this place a try.

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    Michelle F.

    Quaint inside. Menu was difficult to locate (it's behind the cashier on a chalk board). Tried the chicken soup and the bean and cheese pupusa. Both items were decent could've been more flavorful. The cabbage mix for the pupusa was slightly pickled (I prefer it more picked). The sauce they give for the pupusa was also lacking in flavor. The soup was good as is- when adding the onion, cilantro,rice and squeeze of lime it amplified the soup quite a bit.

    Don't judge this place by its signage.
    David B.

    They're pretty good and I would definitely eat here on the regular if it were anywhere near where I live. It's not, so that makes this a tasty treat when traveling out yonder. If you're wondering why it took so long for them to prepare your food, check out the bains of food in the back- there are none. So they prepare each item fresh- a novel concept. The mild salsa was described as pretty flavorless- a tomato sauce-esque condiment. The hot salsa, however, was excellent. They come in smaller plastic containers for a reason and do not hestitate to ask for two. Ordered a couple tacos (blasphemy with Chando's across the street? Nah.) and those were okay. Nothing too outstanding yet still delicious. Tough to argue not crossing the street for the Chando's kind instead. Pupusas win here! Delicious and cheesy, order a few and don't forget the hot sauce! No outside seating, so leave the pups at home. I can't remark on the service so mine wasn't that bad.

    Famosa beer, papousa and fried plantain!
    ellen m.

    Awesome papousas and fried plantains! Everything is so amazingly fresh and handmade. We'll be back.

    Nice thick pupusas cooking

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    3 months ago

    Everything is amazing at this place the food and the service ! Th owner treats you like family it's a positive vibe always.

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    9 months ago

    The popusas are delicious. Their hot salsa goes perfect with it. I recommend getting the cheese and chicharon.

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    1 year ago

    Best pupsas in Sacramento. Great customer service too! The fried plantains were perfect and not overly fried. Place was nice and clean.

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    2 years ago

    Delicious pupusas. My new place to go for pupusas. Excellent!! Staff very friendly and professional

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    3 years ago

    So glad I found this place. The food was fresh and hot. Great flavor and big portions.

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    2 years ago

    I love coming here when craving pupusas! I used to go to la flor but this is definitely a competitor lol.

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    4 years ago

    The best place to get pupusas let me tell you I love coming here. At least once or twice a month. Best best best

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    8 years ago

    Super friendly, homestyle service! Food was also super good! I totally recommend this spot!

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    The best pupusas in Northgate Blvd and I've tried them all. Prices are higher here than the nearby…read morecompetitors but Pupusa Central makes it up with better quality and flavor. The restaurant also features a small snack store area complete with flickering fluorescent refrigerator lights. Service exceeded both nearby pupusa restaurants.

    My husband and I had stopped here on a Friday morning about 30 mins after they opened. We walked in…read moreand were greeted by people who were sitting at the tables (which I assume are family). The guy at the register (I didn't get his name) had greeted us as well when we came in. We had ordered 6 papusas total, 3 revueltas, 2 chicken cheese, and 1 pork cheese. My husband also ordered the carde asada fries. To drink we were going to get horchata but the guy at the register was so nice to give us samples of the drinks and was super educational about them. He was explaining the difference between their horchata and the Mexican horchata. The horchata was delicious! I had so much flavor and it had a more herbal flavor to it due to extra ingredients that they add in. He also gave us a sample of what he called a salad, which I googled and was actually called Fresco De Ensalada which is a mixed fruit drink. Let me tell you this was the best thing I've ever tasted! It wasn't overly sweet and so so refreshing we had to get a big cup of it. Our food came and the papusas were amazing! My fav was def the pork and cheese papusa, the cheese itself gave it so much flavor already! I do wish they gave more cabbage slaw for the amount of papusas we got. The hot sauce is pretty mild but the tomato sauce paired so well with the slaw and papusa. The ambiance was great, it felt like I was in a salvadorian home and I was invited for breakfast. They even greeted us on our way out. Really nice place, will def be back!

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