In my reviews I look for authenticity & freshness, with taste. I was pleasantly surprised on how good the food is. And then the atmosphere felt like a family. Many customers knew one another with the business. The staff made sure to be comfortable and was pleasant. They allowed me to feel comfortable and friendly. Which is a big plus for me. I was searching for authentic central american cuisine & latin america culture experience, this place delivered beautifully. I cleaned the entire plate. I want to come back often again. And I plan on bringing frieds some time. read more

El Portal Maya - Pupusas - Latin American Near Me - Hollywood, Florida

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My first visit to El Portal and I was not disappointed! I order El Tipico con Carne for $14.99 which included, a flavorful piece of steak, cheese, two tortillas, eggs (either scrambled or fried, ripe plantains, crema (Honduran sour cream), AVOCADO, beans, AND pickled red onions and carrots. Absolutely cannot forget their green salsa! Big bang for a small price! Will definitely be ordering from here again read more

The food is ok, the baleadas are huge but very doughy. There are better places nearby. The service is ok, the food takes a long time even though it may not be crowded. There's plenty of parking but it floods heavily when it rains. The place is big and the vibes are good. read more

I ordered a Milanesa, Orchata, with avocado, fried cheese, and Yuca Food was excellent Service excellent Staff was courteous and nice Fully recommend read more

My wife and I have been wanting to try this place for a while, but this was our first time eating here. The servers are friendly and there's a nice atmosphere, but they're not going to win any awards for speed of service. I had the quesabirria, it tasted good, but It was a bit soggy. They do have beer, but it's a limited selection. We ate here for lunch, but they also serve breakfast. It was good enough that we'll give them another try. read more

El Portal Maya - Latin American Near Me - Hollywood, Florida

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Food is amazing. Wonderful neighborhood ambience. Staff is wonderful and very attentive. Food is fresh and absolutely delicious. Will defi itely cone back with family and friends. read more

Food was delicious and the Baleada was on point ! My first time for the breakfast and had a good experience. This was takeout. read more

El Portal Maya - Latin American Near Me - Hollywood, Florida

Didn't really enjoy the food. The only thing that war god was the baleada. Won't be coming back. Also the door was very dirty ! read more

El Portal Maya - a man sitting at a table with a plate of food - Latin American Near Me - Hollywood, Florida

We ordered four baleadas with meat to go, and we were told the wait time would be 20 minutes. However, we ended up waiting an hour, as it was clear the restaurant was understaffed. When we finally got home, we discovered that none of our baleadas had meat--just beans and cheese. After such a long wait, this was really disappointing. read more

Si yo pudiera darle 0 estrellas eso es lo que le doy.!!! una tostada con el pan dañado y ni una se dieron cuenta.!! no vayan a este lugar.!! read more

El Portal Maya - Tostada - Latin American Near Me - Hollywood, Florida

Good things come to those who wait, I say this because the food is great however if you go during lunch for work - you'll wait. I've been here about 5x times - food is always great and staff is always friendly however the kitchen tends to take long. Do yourself a favor, call ahead if you want this for lunch. Even before lunch rush it took 40minutes for us to get our food. read more

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I have been to this place a couple of times and never had they done something like this. I'm so disappointed. I order takeout baleadas con carne 2 baleada sencilla 1 Tacos mexicanos steak 2 ***All the steak was burned. The only decent thing was baleada sencilla. Even the corn tortilla from the tacos was hard. I called to speak to the manager to see what he would say he did not speak to me but wanted me to bring my order back to the restaurant so he could take a look. Never again will I order from this place. No very happy when asked to return to a place when I don't have the time to go back and most importantly my meal is not edible. wish I could give zero stars at this point. I have worked in restaurants before never did this to a customer. There is no sense of customer service what so ever. No hay servicio al cliente. La carne estaba quemada las tortillas duras. Y el manager no tiene tiempo para hablar con el cliente pero requiere que el cliente regrese la orden al restaurante para evaluar.. read more

El Portal Maya - Latin American Near Me - Hollywood, Florida

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Worst place to eat ! 1 hour and a half for a simple breakfast! It's ridiculous, no manager in duty, lack of customer service , they said: we are full and have order for delivery too ! Seriously???? It is a breakfast! Not coming here again. read more

La comida ah cambiado tanto que no vale la Pena ordenar de aquí ... ni si quiera limpian el pescado bien que cochinera read more

El Portal Maya - Por lo menos limpien el pescado para el ceviche señores no sean cochinos - Latin American Near Me - Hollywood, Florida

Authentic Honduran homemade food I grew up eating. The menu has many options and they have daily specials including taco Tuesday! The best part is the great prices! Blessed to have found it so close to home. read more

El Portal Maya - Tipico Catracho breakfast - Latin American Near Me - Hollywood, Florida

This place was so good, I was taking my mom to try something different and she loved it! She is not the easiest when it comes to going to restaurants. It made it all the better with such nice servers and the owner stopped at the table as well. They were all ver patient with my mothers questions. The food was delicious! The baleada and pupusas were out of this world! read more

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Food is amazing, still with reasonable prices Highly Recommended it. Baleadas are on point and there Carne asada.

Extremely upset with the baleada 2/5/21 it barely any beans, barely any mantequilla, BASICALLY JUST CHEESE they added so much cheese I couldn't even eat my baleada I order 3 and all were the same and cold I've been coming here for years and sadly this restaurant is getting worst with age It's very upsetting because it used to be very good read more

Me gusta como cocinan ciertas comidas normalmente siempre pido baleadas y son lo mejor, pero tuve un antojo de pollo con tajadas tome una mala decisión honestamente no estaba bien servido y las tajadas se miraban como hervidas y aparte estaban muy gruesos. read more

El Portal Maya - Muy gruesos - Latin American Near Me - Hollywood, Florida

My colleague told me about this spot yesterday and kindly gave me a sample of the Honduran Tacos. I was sold because it reminded me of a taquitos dish I loved eating as a kid in San Francisco's Mission district. Simple and delicious. Horchata was refreshing and had a rich, rice and nutty flavor. Highly recommend! read more

El Portal Maya - Remnants of Honduran Tacos - Latin American Near Me - Hollywood, Florida

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Searching for "Mexican" food in Hollywood that's not a chain. This place popped up but was too far at the time. Happened to be on Johnson and remembered my search. So glad I did! Delicious, fresh, accommodating. The staff was very friendly and attentive and all the patrons seemed very happy as well. I had a mixed taco plate and was licking my fingers. read more

El Portal Maya - Tacos de pollo, carne, and cerdo - Latin American Near Me - Hollywood, Florida

Food looked great, tasted okay and the service was friendly but sloooooow. Left disappointed. I've been interested in trying food from Honduras for the last couple weeks when someone recommended I try my first baleada. I never even heard of it nor a popusa. The photos here on Yelp led me to chose this place among the others in the Hollywood area. I had read the reviews about the slow service but thought I would give it a try. The place was busy, including a table with about 10 people. I took note of the time. A friendly man, who appeared to be the owner, finally came over when he realized nobody had been attending to us for about ten minutes. He took our drink orders. Minutes later a waitress finally came by and asked us what we wanted to drink. We ordered two baleadas, one cheese popusa and Honduran tacos. My 8 year old wanted the Mac and cheese with a side of rice. As mentioned in prior reviews, the service was painfully slow. The waitress never came by to check on us while we waited and waited. The food itself was good. I couldn't judge the baleadas or the popusa since I've never tried one before. But they were indeed tasty. The tacos were also delicious but the rolled up shells tasted a bit stale. My daughter's Mac and cheese was tiny and they brought French fries instead of rice. After we finished, we waited and waited again for the waitress. The owner walked by and I asked him for the bill and a box to go. He disappeared and never came back. I finally got up and walked up to the counter to ask a different waitress for the check. After paying and getting ready to leave, our waitress finally showed up to the table to ask us if we were ready for the check. Sigh. Again the food was decent and the place itself is a cool hole in the wall. The service, or lack of, ruined it for me. Won't be coming back. read more

Stumbled upon this gem while looking for a colada close to home. The empanadas are amazing. They are huge and filling. I love the pickled veggies and cabbage that's also served with it. The chicken empanadas were very delicious not dry at all. read more

I walked in and went straight to the bar where I was welcomed and ordered a beer. I placed me order for some Mexican tacos with chicken. The waitress asked twice about me order if I wanted chicken when I repeated myself yes I want Mexican tacos. I wait 25 mins for an order that was beef I stead of chicken. Again I said chicken tacos so I waited 10 more minutes for my order. Now I'm on my second beer and still my Order has come. Half way down my beer the order came out. It was hot but a mess with cilantro all over my tacos. Here's a picture of their way of Latin cuisine food. read more

El Portal Maya - Latin American Near Me - Hollywood, Florida

I have been here several times I like the food at this place, my only problem here is that the service is just too slow and it takes a while to get the food, I have to constantly go to the cashier to ask on the status of my food. read more

Randomly stumbled upon El Portal Maya and let me tell you, it's like being back in your home country. The atmosphere is so Honduran like lol it bought back a lot of memories from when I was younger. Anyways, el ceibeño from here is to die for. It's literally my favorite plate and the only plate I ever get when I come here read more

It's hard to find authentic Mexican food where I live, and this place is a little gem! I miss real carne asada so I regularly order carne asada tacos from here and they did not disappoint! I live in Pembroke Pines so it's very convenient for me finally, not to have to drive all over south Florida just to find authentic Mexican food that is also not overpriced. I'll happily keep ordering from here. read more

El Portal Maya - Tacos de Carne Asada - Latin American Near Me - Hollywood, Florida

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I came to this place based on Yelp reviews, I unfortunately, did not have a good experience. Place is filthy, the windows are beyond dirty. The service is super super slow. We ordered baleadas they were good, pupusas not good, enchiladas bad too, soup ok after I wanted almost 1 hour for it. Not coming back to this place. Mediocre food and beyond slow service. read more

El Portal Maya - Latin American Near Me - Hollywood, Florida

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Los precios de la carta son diferentes a la hora de pagar, la persona que te atiende no te avisa, y te dice que en la carta hay un diminuto sticker que dice que los precios han variado, pero no han variado sino que cuestan el doble, deberían avisarle al cliente o indicar el precio real , ya que ese sticker no se ve para nada. read more

This is by far the worst Honduran restaurant I've ever been to, it's a shame that I'm saying this because I am Honduran myself. They take forever to bring your food out and if you order for pick up they tell you to be there 30 minutes after you made the order and you end up waiting almost an hour and a half for your food to finally come out. Oh another thing that I cannot leave out is that if you order food and you wait an hour and a half for your food that you're picking up and then decide to leave because the service sucks and the food still hasn't come out then they end up blocking you so that you cannot order food again when everything is their fault read more

This spot was very disappointing, we love little hole in the wall spots, but this one missed the mark. The service wasn't good, both of our servers were not attentive given the fact there were only 2 tables the entire time. Separately our order was brought out wrong ... twice. It would have been fine if she was apologetic but she was more upset that she had to correct it ( which still didn't happen.) We were also charged for all the incorrect food she brought out. We didn't argue because we were ready to get out of there. The seafood soup we ordered took about 45 mins and still had dirt in it from the ingredients not being cleaned well. Overall the place was not authentic and lacked in almost every department. Hopefully they amp up their service and try harder. If you're looking for authentic savory Honduran food skip this place. read more

Every time I go there, is getting from bad to worse. Last time I promised not to get back there , but today I wanted some crunchy tacos and ended in that restaurant. What a repeated mistake. The order took 20 minutes to be served ( restaurant with only 3 tables being served ), the drink was more ice than Horchata( not good at all) and I needed to get to the counter for getting a fork, knife and napkin ( No service at all ). what a bad choice I did today. No chance I will be back to that place. read more

Good is just so so, service was nice and prompt and food came out quickly. I would come here in a pinch

It wish I could give a review about the food, but it never came! We were waiting for an hour and the food never arrived. Service was very slow and disappointing so we left . We will never come again. read more

The food was absolutely delicious. I want to go back soon. I got the fried shrimp and my sister got beef tacos and it was delicious. Well seasoned, great service. Will be back soon read more

I have had their breakfast but most of all on Thursday for me is the best it's taco Thursday Honduran and Mexican tacos the same price tostada or fantastic also always go in order and as I wait I have a couple beers. They are real nice and and they are so helpful they help me sharpen up on my Spanish. I go here on average at least three times a week read more

I will give it 3 stars just for the service: too too too slow but food was good my favorite is the enchiladas hondureñas and tacos hondureños the ambiance of the place needs a lot of work as the seating area, waiters are friendly though read more

Excellent food. Just like when I was in San Pedro Sula. Inexpensive and the service was great. Horchata was very good and Papusas too.

I am half Honduran so I am always on the hunt for good Honduran food. It is very limited in south Florida. My mom discovered this place and she brought me here last Sunday. The portions are absolutely huge. I ordered the tacos which were "appetizers" but honestly are filling enough to be a meal and the pupusa.You definitely get your moneys worth here! Everything was delicious and the staff was very friendly. I would not mind coming back again. read more

El Portal Maya - Latin American Near Me - Hollywood, Florida

Sorry but not the beat place for Honduran Food :( The Carne asada - be careful the sides you order - they count tortillas and cheese as sides. LOL! Typically this dish includes rice, beans, maduros, tortillas and cheese along with the carne. But not here!!! Rest of food Ok but not great, lacking. Flavor. read more