We were craving papusas, and went to downtown Frederick, but it was so busy and chaotic, so we opted to trying some place new. I did a search and came across JV El Eden. Menu sounded perfect, so we stopped by to try. Plenty of parking in this shopping center, which is close to an Aldi. We walked in and were greeted and seated immediately. Our server approached the table with chips and salsa and took our drink orders. They do offer beer and a few drinks optioms, but we opted for Mexican coke and a Tamarindo. We were set on ordering pupusas, so thats what we went with. We didnt wait long, and immediately I was happy with how the pupusas looked. The revuelta and tomato salsa was the perfect addition and tasted great. They were pretty big, so after eating 1. I was already full. We took the rest home and enjoyed it the next day! Overall, good service, good food and would Def go again. read more

Jv El Eden Restaurant - Salvadoran Near Me - Frederick, Maryland

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So far we entered this place and the staff are very nice! I ordered three birria tacos at $5 each. I usually don't think the price is too bad when you're eating authentic food. My wife got the steak enchilada and my daughter got the wings. We were seated and got chips and salsa with our drink. The 3 birria tacos were so good !!! The steak enchiladas were packed with steak bites and were so creamy and delicious! The wings were crispy and moist inside with a nice tangy buffalo sauce. My family and I definitely enjoyed this location and I recommend giving it a try. read more

Found their updated menu on their website. I thought to share it. Amazing place and service by the way! read more

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Excellent. Fresh and delicious. Really nice recipes. The mural says the flavors are from Guatemala, Mexico, El Salvador and Honduras. Couldn't finish our food so taking the rest home with extra beans and rice ( which were both a notch above). My husband had tres tacos and a horchata (different from Mexican horchata). I had chicken enchiladas with rice and red beans. Muy rico. If you're in or near Frederick and hungry, check it out. Staff couldn't have been nicer. read more

I'd heard about this place from others, so was looking forward to our planned lunch pickup from them. We were driving through the area and wanted to grab some tacos for lunch. We called ahead to order and that requires some patience as the atmosphere in the background is lively and you need to make sure you're clear in your request. The PDF menu online and what is on the online order menu are different - both pricing and options - so we stuck with the filling choices from the PDF menu. I went for a chicken taco and a chorizo taco. They are on two corn tortillas (flour available by request for a slight upcharge) that are amply filled with meat that is clearly well prepared and seasoned. All tacos are served with a side of cilantro, onions, radish and cucumbers with two salsas (red and green). The chorizo was by far my favorite, but both were good. They were filling and just what we needed for lunch that day. read more

The service was a little interesting. The lady began taking my order and then stopped mid way through to take the order of a guy that walked in after me... not sure what that was about. I ordered the fajitas and a chicken taco. The food was delicious, it also had a really good flavor. I put way too much of the red and green sauces and it was extremely spicy but still good. This is definitely a hole in the wall spot and will probably be my new taco tuesday place. Sorry no pictures, by the time i remembered the food was halfway gone. read more

No me gusta el sabor del queso en las baleadas. Los tamales de elote son ricos. Estoy dando 3 estrellas porque el manager era amable cuando llame con el problema. La salsa esta muy rico! read more

I ordered food all under one order they took so long to give me my food and they gave it all in one bag and didn't give me anything else so I left and when I get home I was missing some orders and when I call they said the reason was because I didn't two orders WHEN I ORDERED EVERYTHING UNDER THE SAME ORDER and they didn't give me a refund on the food I was missing terrible place the food that I did get wasn't good either it was cold read more

Finally tried this place and it is so good. It's a dive but the food is so good. Definitely better than I expected. My family and I enjoyed it and have had repeat visits. read more

I came here for take out, we ordered a burrito, tongue tacos, carne asada taco, pork and cheese pupusa and carne asada. My husband said the burrito was pretty good but we both agreed the tacos are to die for. The tongue tacos was so soft and tender, I loved every bite and was a tad sad it was gone.. now I can't say the same for the pupusa and carne asada. The pupusa was a tad on the dried side for me and the carne asada was very very salty. I would highly recommend this place for tacos but everything else I would say try at your own risk. read more

This place should be top of the charts, really. We got one of each taco, and they were OUTSTANDING. Honestly, the tongue was a little dry and chewy, but the rest were great, especially the chorizo. We also got nachos, which came with real chunks of chicken, not unidentifiable meats or even ground/pulled, which made it seem fresher. Probably the most important part of this place is the SAUCES. Tacos came with a red and a green sauce, both of which should go on everything, always. Check them out, you won't be disappointed. read more

Primera vez que ordenó de este lugar y Me faltaron 3 pupusas y con lo cara que esta la gasolina no es para andar malgastándola haciendo paradas innecesarias. Aparte que la comida no es muy buena que digamos read more

Pupusas were delicious, will definitely order again. Great local joint and good service.

This place is a Frederick gem. I've only had the tacos so far, but they're some of the best I've ever had. The ambience is amazing: the music is a bunch of dope mariachi/ folk stuff I don't know the words to, but for me, it sets the stage for a perfect dining experience. The service has also been on point: thoughtful, polite and attentive. 5 stars. read more

I love this place. I mostly just get a whole bunch of a-la-carte tacos, but everything is delicious. And it's cheap enough that I can get a whole PILE of tacos for under ten dollars. I love it. read more

Came here not expecting much but we had an amazing meal. I ordered 2 tacos, one lengua and one asada plus a pupusa de loroco. My boyfriend ordered fried fish with rice, beans, salad and tortilla. I am so picky about my tacos and pupusas but this place hit the spot. The meat in the tacos were so full of flavor and the pupusa had just the right amount of cheese to dough ratio. The fish was cooked perfectly (crispy on the outside and moist inside) and had fried onions stuffed inside. Yum! Rice and beans were just as tasty. As a Salvadoran, I definitely recommend this place. Food was fantastic and service was just as great. read more

Jv El Eden Restaurant - a plate of fish tacos and a plate of vegetables - Salvadoran Near Me - Frederick, Maryland

Try to order online but my order was never accepted. I don't understand what's the point of having the option to order online if they won't accept them. read more

This place is a hidden gem! On several occasions, we have been to Aldi's and wondered what that AMAZING smell was. Yesterday, we found out! ...And it didn't disappoint. Great guacamole! All the appetizers and entrees we had were flavorful and cooked to perfection. We will definitely be returning! read more

Didn't think we'd find a place to top Cafe Bueno but I'm sorry, this place totally does. The papusas are the things dreams are made of. Hot, fresh, cooked perfectly, and oh so tasty. The TACOS man. So delicious. I had shrimp and they were seasoned perfectly. Hubs had, of course, his usual steak and cheese, and he was so pleased. The queso dip is creamy and dreamy. The guac is the bomb.com. The plantains are so so good. Everything we have tried (on several trips back) has been incredible. The staff is nice and helpful with helping you pick what you want to eat. This is most likely our new south of the border go-to. read more

We were happy to find this restaurant open during such an incredibly terrible time of COVID-19. We had cheese pupusas, beef fajitas, beef burrito, and chicken burrito - all were excellent. Their homemade salsa and hot sauce was awesome. I highly recommend if you're looking for a good carry-out option. Two thumbs-up. read more

Can't wait to go back! We decided to check it out while waiting for a friend nearby. We saw the great reviews & were excited to try it. We were blown away. Hands down, best Pupusas & Tacos we've had. Sauces & Salsa were so good. Fantastic little hole in the wall, amazing food. Will 100% be back. read more

Order is wrong 50% of the time and the hostess' attitude sucks! No thanks. Plenty of other options with actual customer service skills who don't mess up orders constantly. read more

They have the best tacos I've ever had. The tortilla is soft and fluffy, the filling is well-seasoned and there are flavors that feel fresh with herbs and greens. Not much to look at, the music is too loud, but the food is fantastic. read more

I'm Salvadoran. The restaurant was so great than I expected! Chips and salsa was provided! The waiter/host was very friendly. Oh my... tacos were so good and authentic!! $2 each!! I ordered shrimp, pork and lengua (tongue beef) tacos!! I ordered mixed pupusas! I loved pupusas! So delicious! It reminded me of my grandma's homemade pupusas! I left the restaurant with my smile! I would definitely come back to this restaurant! read more

Jv El Eden Restaurant - Tamarindo drink, chips with salsa, pupusas, and 3 tacos: shrimp, pork, tongue beef ($2 each). So delicious! Authentic! - Salvadoran Near Me - Frederick, Maryland

Hands down the most authentic and insanely delicious tacos I've ever had. Can't eat here enough!!!

Their pupusas are the best. Very good flavor.!!!They have a variety of flavors for the filling. Pork, cheese, beans. Have returned multiple times. read more

I came in with my family yesterday and was pleased with their food. I had the chicken soup very well seasoned and prepared. My husband had the mariscada and he's very picky said it was really good. Hard to find authentic homemade Salvadoran food. Have gone to a few different places and I can say El Eden is way better. read more

Order the seafood botana and they gave me with chorizo, I ended up in the hospital yesterday and today! The worst food I ever had, the food was bad and old. Don't order there! read more

Amazing restaurant with great food!! The pupusas are always good never too greasy and I can't compliment the food enough. The service is amazing and there was only one waitress lol will continue to come here as long as they are here my number one place to eat read more

The best tacos in Frederick !! I go to J&V at lest 1-3 times a week, love the food and the service was pretty good !

Definitely a hidden gem! Tacos were filling,delicious, and authentic tasting! Will keep coming back when I have a hankering for tacos- which happens often. read more

The Chicken Quesadilla is delicious and the Fries are the best but it is a bit to expensive to refill a soda it costs $2.50 so I think you should go there if you have money to spare. read more

Tasty tacos at a great price. Just wish they served them on fresh tortillas instead of store bought. The pupusas are good also. read more

This place has excellent authentic tacos at a great price! I stopped in on a rainy day before going to the nearby Aldi's. They brought me chips and salsa right away. The chips were thin and crispy and the salsa was not the best I've had but still tasty. I ordered water to drink and they made sure my glass stayed full. I tried the fish taco and the carnitas taco and both were fantastic. If you're expecting cheese, lettuce and tomato on a crunchy taco, you're going to be disappointed. These are authentic tacos on a soft corn tortillas with onions and cilantro and radish and cucumber on the side. They brought 2 sauces to the table to go with the tacos... one green and one spicy. I really liked the green sauce. I also had a loroco pupusa. It was tasty but I would have preferred chicken and cheese, which they were out of. The pupusa came with a tasty slaw and a red sauce that is like many that I've had served with pupusas in other places but I'm not a big fan of that sauce anywhere. I would have liked to try their plantains but, thankfully, was told that they weren't ripe enough and they would prefer that I did not order them. I appreciated that they let me know this rather than be disappointed by the lack of flavor. My bill came to under $7 dollars for a very filling lunch. I will be returning! read more

so I checked this place out with my friend Tim after hitting the shooting range- between the two of us we put away 15 tacos I had 8 because GAINZ; But I digress - if you're gonna get tacos I recommend getting them in their corn tortilla; soo banging!!! The service was fast and friendly- I almost felt bad because I put in order after order haha but yeah can't say enough good things about this place! read more

Loved the food..we are vegetarian and ordered vegetarian fajita ..they were accommodating and made the fajitas to our liking which is super crispy and sizzling hot..loved their salsa chips! read more

I was excited to see this new restaurant open in this particular shopping center that lacks any eating establishments. We ordered six cheese papoosas. The order came with a slaw type salad, a container of red sauce and Mexican style chips and salsa. I was surprised to see the latter given that El Eden is a Salvadorian restaurant. We ordered our food to go. To say the papoosas were bad is putting it mildly. They were the worst I have ever had. I have no idea how or why this restaurant would serve such awful food given the large hispanic population in the area. The papoosas were overloaded with cheese that extended an inch beyond the edge of the dough. Oddly, the outer dough was extremely thin. I could lift the dough with my fingers, separating easily from the cheese filling. The outer dough was the thickness of a taco shell, which is not typical. I have never seen anything like it and I've been eating papoosas for years from various places in and around Montgomery County to a few in Frederick, including another place that sits right on the opposite side of the shopping center where El Eden is located. The worst part was the taste of the cheese! It tasted like vinegar, a very odd flavor for white, campesino or queso blanco cheese. We came to the conclusion that it was either a very low quality cheese or it was just spoiled. We didn't eat past the first bite or two. Along with the papoosas came a container of red sauce in a styrofoam container. The sauce appeared to be watered down. When I removed the lid from the container, I noticed a piece of soggy iceberg lettuce floating inside which didn't seem intentional. The lettuce had seen better days, and the look of it when I pulled it out of the sauce, prevented us from tasting it. The slaw was spicy, with an odd orange/yellow color and very dry. Other than the spice from the dried red chile we could see, it was entirely tasteless. We each tried one bite and came to the same conclusion. It was not at all good. As it turns out, the only thing we ended up eating were the chips and mild salsa. While this isn't a Mexican restaurant, the salsa seemed fresh and homemade, and the chips were thin and crispy, and fried by hand, not from a bag. This was the only thing we ended up eating from the entire order. I strong recommend you keep walking if you pass this place. I would give it a zero rating if I could, but Yelp doesn't have that option. I'm sorry that the owners don't care much for the quality of their food, given how simple a papoosa is to make, and given the great support they would receive from the local community. If they wish to succeed, they will need to pay better attention to what they are serving up to customers. Bad food like this will surely only get them so far for only so long. read more

I know this is a Salvadoran restraunt but they have the Best authentic street tacos in Frederick. The salsas are also good and great price for the tacos. I Will definitely be back to try the rest of the menu. I also had the Pupusas and they were very good. read more

A quick bite out with the family tonight and we thought to try some place new. So glad we decided on JV El Eden! Our waitress was exceptionally warm and friendly. She helped us navigate the extensive menu, thank you Reina! We ordered tacos, pupusas, chichirone, & burrito. The food was fresh, delicious, and simply but beautifully presented. The portions were large and the price more than fair! We will DEFINITELY return and have already recommended to others. read more

Tasted the steak, chorizo and fish tacos, they were good and close to street tacos, fresh salsas were yummy! We ordered togo and they packed us up with chips and salsa too! Also tried the chicken enchiladas and their sauce was different than I'm used to, it was creamy but good! read more