Food is absolutely amazing. I love the bean, cheese and jalapeno pupusas. Also the caldo is top notch. Highly recommended coming from a white girl. Staff is very friendly. read more

El Palmar - Caldo estilo Salvadoreño Salvadorean style soup - Mexican Near Me - Fontana, California

I had been to several pupuserias around the area from San Bernardino, Palm Springs, Rialto and were ok. My mom and I were on a quest to find a place where the food tasted homemade and we found it here at El Palmar. You can see the talented cooks make the pupusas from scratch on the comal. We tried a little bit of everything after several trips from the chicken and pork tamales, Salvadorian chicken soup, fried chicken, to all of their pupusas. Their hot cocoa is truly decadent, their aguas frescas are addictive and their atole de elote... so creamy but not too sweet, just perfection! We also tried their pastries and one stood out to us called Quesadilla b/c they explained is made of different cheeses and they offer to warm it up for you and it goes very well with the hot chocolate on a cold winters day! Idk y have enough room here to keep going on how Ana Inc this place is! The quality of the food is off the charts and as well as the customer service! They treat you as if you were family! Highly recommend this place!!! read more

El Palmar - Salvadorian Chicken soup - Mexican Near Me - Fontana, California

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Worst customer service. they take forever to take your order and to bring out food. Cook ladies are playing around and asking customers to help other customers with orders. Horrible experience read more

I don't understand why they advertise Atol when I went 3 DAYS in a row for them to tell me they don't carry it and a long wait might as well just put all orders need to be called in for ridiculous this place is cancelled read more

Sigue siendo el peor servicio al cliente que he recibido, más de una hora, y el restaurante ni siquiera estaba lleno, desde su gerente hasta sus empleados TODOS son rudos read more

Great recommendation. Everything was fresh and tasted amazing. Thank you for a great dinner!

Los platillos no son 100/100 salvadoreños la sopa de res no le ponen yuca ni elote en lo personal no me gustó sin eso dos vegetales

We waited over an hour for our food and it still wasn't ready, We finally got up paid for the coffee and left. I can't review the food because we did t even eat! The cook was very rude and the coffee mediocre, go somewhere else. read more

Great little hole in the wall! I walked in at 6pm on a Monday and asked for an estimated time. The worker said it depended on what I order, I said I would be ordering 4 pupusas and she gave me an estimated time of 20-25min. I thought this was reasonable, because they were being made from scratch. I ordered the following pupusas: Chicharrón: I could not really taste the chicharrón, but it did have a little spicy kick to it. Fair pupusa, nice size and good maza(dough). Revuelta (chicharrón, beans, cheese): This one has a little more flavor due to the beans and cheese. Again, fair pupusa. Bean and cheese: This pupusa was my favorite! So simple, yet so flavorful. The beans tasted great, along with the cheese. What really brings THE FLAVOR are the toppings. You are give a side of curtido (cabbage salad) and a tomato based salsa. Both of these were excellent! In addition, I was asked if I wanted a side of hot sauce and I decided to get it. The hot sauce was very spicy, but good. I would recommend to go easy on it! I plan on returning for the bean and cheese pupusa and possibly trying a different filling! read more

El Palmar - Pupusa with curtido and salsa - Mexican Near Me - Fontana, California

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The only reason I'm giving 2 stars is because the service is very bad, they unhook the phone and even attempting to order online it doesn't work, cant order to go or grub hub... Cashier is always in a bad mood... and attitude. If the customer service was better it would be a 5 star rating hands down... read more

Tengan cuidado cuando Les cobran por q siempre se equivocan y siempre a favor de Ellos checken muy Bien su recibo y los precios en El menu q Sean lo mismo q le cobran read more

Muy buen servicio, la comida deliciosa, les recomiendo el caldo de pata y de pollo salvadoreño read more

everyone please just read the comments. The comments are very accurate, the worst customer service anywhere. The food is mediocre at best, and I read the comments, and everyone was trying to give this small hole in the wall an opportunity flourish, but it appears they're not interested in that. please save your money and go anywhere around that restaurant, guaranteed you will be disappointed. read more

You cant win 'em all! Once again I found myself in the mood for some pupusas. This location was 1.5 miles away and had a decent rating so off I went to try it. It's definitely a smaller place and man was it hot in there. We ordered 10 pupusas revueltas, 4 cups of water and a michelada. The pupusas, understandably, took quite some time to come out. The water cups were small and barely had any ice. I asked for an extra cup of ice and was given a quarter full cup. The michelada was horrible, super watery and had almost no tajin in it. The pupusas were nice and hot but that's where the compliments end. I'm sorry but all 10 pupusas were lacking flavor. Even with the curtido and salsa it had no flavor. I had to put salt on every bite just to get a little bit of flavor. We were all very disappointed with the food. The dining room was small and super humid. There was no circulation of air, but they had 2 ac units on each end of the restaurant, sitting there off. The service wasn't bad by any means, it's just the food wasn't good and it was stupid hot inside. Maybe, maybe, one day down the road I may muster up enough courage to try this place again. read more

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Terrible service. Was greeted with rude attitude, I had to say hi. When I ordered she said it's going to take 25 minutes are you sure you want to order? with a face like it was too much... lol must not want business. Food was ok, I've had much better pupusas elsewhere but thought I'd try this place read more

I arrived with two other people and we waited 45 minutes to get cold and otherwise subpar food. After waiting 45 minutes for our food, we asked the waiter how much longer it would be, and if the wait was even longer then we would just pay for our drinks and go. She said it was done and then went to the kitchen to get it and came back moments later with it. The food did not look at all like what was advertised and it was not the best quality whatsoever. Two out of Three of the items I ordered were not enjoyed. And on top of all of this, upon my party paying and leaving, three other parties came in and the first party quickly received ALL of their food and drinks within the first 10 minutes of sitting down. I completely understand having to wait for food made to order, but the food we received was old and in nicer terms, not edible, very obviously old ingredients and a microwave being used. the chicken was browned and crusted on the edges amongst other complaints. my party paid and left but we definitely won't be back. we left hungry. read more

Me and my family always enjoy their food. Service is always friendly. One of my favorite breakfasts.

The Food is Good! But the service needs improvement!!! They should pay more attention to their orders and customers!

Este local es lo peor experiencia .. no hay atención al cliente la Verdad yo no se como sale adelante este negocio si los trabajadores no saludan pareciera que le hacen el favor a uno de venderles .. nada de atención nada de educación en absoluto jamás vuelvo a pisar ese local recuerden que los negocio no salen adelante sin el cliente y el les da el cheque .... read more

Rude service, slow & stale tasting pupusas. Don't come here, you'll be scoffed at and you'll wait an hour for old oil drenched pupusas. They also don't follow proper covid guidelines Mal servicio y pupusas viejas. Las empleadas son rudas y no se ponen mascarilla. read more

The best pupusa's in the IE good food good service very fairly people I enjoy myself every time I go read more

Terrible service! And extremely rude staff. My order took over a hour long I will never go back .

The food is delicious the best place in Fontana is just slow. They take quite a long time with the food but they only 2 people working most of the time. FOOD IS DELICIOUS THO worth the wait... the ambiente is good I like the music they play... read more

We came here for breakfast. Ate the Salvadorean breakfast. DELICIOUS! I can definitely eat this type of breakfast more often. No meat...but none needed. read more

I had a Jamaica and chicarrón y queso pupusa. Both were fresh and delicious. I finally found a new pupusas spot que rico!

I was craving some good salvadorian pupusas and tamales so I decided to give this place a try but at the end was disappointed. First of all the wait was super long. I waited for about 20 minutes and the restaurant wasn't even packed, there was only about three tables being used and one person waiting before me. I couldn't believe I saw the lady put a tamale in the microwave and that's the one she gave me. I got a bean and cheese pupusa and it was lacking flavor. I've had better pupusas in the past. The tamale was alright but could of been better. The restaurant was not clean and looked dirty. I will not come back no matter how hungry I am. Right after I finished my food, I got a stomach ache. I would not recommend this Salvadorean restaurant to anyone who wants tasty authentic food. read more

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Alrighty we finally found a descent place for papusas! Good stuffing amount, Good sauce, crisp vegetables. Lots parking, clean location Cash and credit card accepted, Tv with cable. Jukebox, clean restrooms read more

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If I could give this place a zero I would. I came here twice and never received any service. I was the only person in the restaurant and the ladies looked and continued with their conversation. The first time I thought maybe I left out too fast was a little impatient. But when it happened the second time I knew it was due to my ethnicity. If you are BLACK YOU WILL NOT BE SERVED. Stay away from this place. I'm convinced it has to be my skin color. Not a coincidence "no one took my order twice." read more

I've been here twice and both times the customer service is horrible!!!! They literally look at you walk in and don't Acknowledge you. I walk up to the counter to order and they look at you standing there and don't acknowledge you. I waited 10 min for them to say something, they never did so I said excuse me do I just sit down or order here and she said for here or to go and I said for here and she said ok sit down .. and so I did and another 5 minutes went by and no one came to the table I begin to stare at the ladies in the kitchen and say excuse me can I order and they say ok one moment and then still nothing until finally one of the other ladies come to the rescue . read more

Decided to give this place a try and it was a mistake. First of all took an hour to get our food. Did ask why taking so long..was told only because the food is made fresh. Finally got our food which was two fish tacos with beans and rice, and a Shrimp cocktail. That's it!! Waited an hour for this? The beans were running and the tacos were warm. The Shrimp cocktail had plenty of tomatoes, cucumbers, cilantro the shrimp was small pieces. The service is slow. Ok I can understand food being fresh, But to wait an hour? So this will be the first and last time here. Then too top it off they charge $1.00 to use ur debit or credit card. read more

Food is good but the service is bad. Tried to call and order by phone and they keeped on hanging up, then when they finally answered they took my order and just hung up! read more

this restaurant is the worst restaurant that I have been to, the new owner doesn't even say hello, is evident that they do not know how to deal with customers. I knew the previous owner and it was completely different. Also, the new owner charges you without telling you if you request something else. Look like she suffered when she was a child or something. I will never go back to this place and I know there are more people who feel the same way. read more

So me and my brother Ricardo decided to try this place out , upon arrival we were greeted by server and sat down .The pupusas are amazing I tried chicharron and queso . The beans and fried bananas were cooked perfectly. The food was great and you don't have to break the bank. Prices are very reasonable . Would definitely reccomend. read more

Decidimos regresar a comer y darles otra oportunidad por segunda y definitivamente LA ULTIMA ! La razon por venir es por Las ricas popusas lamentablemente no estubo ahoy una señora mayor de edad que por equis razon y motivo Las popusas Que echa ella son deliciosas . , asi Que Las de ahoy no tenian ese sabor . Ni el curtido. Todo estaba desagradable. El muchacho y Las dos mujeres no tienen ni la menor idea en como atender al cliente . Les vale madres el cliente . Gracias a los clientes tenemos trabajo y aqui no se como le hacen pero tenganlo por seguro de que aqui perdieron con nosotros como consumidores . Estoy segura Que les vale un cacahuate a los empleados y mucho mas a los dueños , Lla por lo visto Que tiene mala fama por YELP y aun asi es obvio que no logran correjir y dar direccion a sus empleados despotas con los consumidores . Deberian de enseñarles lo mas basico y Que tomen en cuenta cuando entra el consumidor por la puerta y saluden BURROS SIN EDUCACION ! read more

I have been eating here for approximately 11 years, and their pupusas is the best. However, these ladies need to put on hair nets while cooking. read more

Bad Customer service sat down waited for our food 2 people came in sat down after us got there food before we did then the lady that took the order had the nerve and say they called over the phone but i only heard them order there read more

Primero, Horrible servicio!! La mesera se pone a alegar contigo sobre tu orden y aparte de eso trae una cara y actitud mala.siempre nos a gustado la birria de chivo y las pupusas pero en verdad deberían de entrenar a sus trabajadores sobre costumer service. Segundo nose quien sea el manager de este restaurante pero se tardan muchooooooooo tiempo en la comida muchooo y les pides extra tortillas y pasa que no te las llevan nunca o te ponen pretexto de que van a tardar mucho en hacerlas que restaurant hace eso!!!! Si quieres más café ni una mosca te ofrece más tu te tienes que para a servirtelo!! Que triste porque tienen muy buena comida pero PESIMO SERVICIO. read more

Omg i love the smell since im just open the door like el salvador in olocuilta the taste is perfect from the pupusas are really good finally i found good pupusas in Fontana since look in a lot of place exelent service. Ypu have to try read more

El Palmar - Pupusa de arroz con frijol y keso - Mexican Near Me - Fontana, California

We just moved to the area and we've been trying a lot of pupusas around here so far these are the freshest and best tasting pupusas, the salsa is really good too!! They have a variety of Salvadoran beers, an authentic place very hidden. read more

Place is amazing. Popusas are my favorite. Taste of Salvadorian food. The sauces and cabbage goes great with the popusas. Add some spice to it or not. 1 dollar botellas of coke or fanta. Makes you feel like I'm back in TJ. Sipping on a great tasty beverage. read more

El Palmar - Sauces - Mexican Near Me - Fontana, California