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    La Esperanza Restaurant

    4.3 (327 reviews)
    ModerateBakeries, Salvadoran
    Closed 6:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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

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    Brittney H.

    If you love flavorful food this is the place to be. Excellent service! The staff were very friendly and helpful. The food is impeccable! The vibes are very relaxed and family oriented. They have fresh bakery options for after a hearty meal! The only thing to be mindful of is parking is rather hard to find especially if you come on a weekend. Your best bet is to park in the neighborhoods and walk over. I am a huge lover of any type of Latin foods and this place will not disappoint! You will come back to taste it again! I saw this place on a random instagram reel and thought why not? And I'm sure glad I chose to come! Give them a visit!

    Empty restaurant.... And they take forever to get you a easy quick order.

    This place is the last place I will ever come for a to go order! I only ordered 4 pupusas and waited for about 30 minutes. Naaaahhh I don't have time especially when this place had only one table of 5 guest... Don't come if you need good service...

    Blueberry muffin
    Brandi O.

    Everything here is always so yummy! Today I had the Chicken Pepian and it did not disappoint! So flavorful and the chicken and vegetables were cooked to perfection. Chicken was tender and moist and the vegetables were the perfect balance of soft and fresh. When I picked up my takeout I also grabbed a fresh baked blueberry muffin for breakfast (forgot to take pic before I started eating). Luckily I live down the street so I've had lots of their pupusas as well as the cream chicken!!!!! Everything is always made with love and delicious. Service is always great too. Love this neighborhood gem

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    Karina G.

    I've only eaten 2 x at the restaurant and ordered for pick up a few times, so this was my 3rd sit in. And I usually love the food they serve from the mini tortillas with black beans to the traditional pupusas and central American breakfast dishes. I was craving a non traditional pupusa, so I went with a shrimp and cheese, ordered a tamarindo drink to go along with it, very good freshly made, the best I've had in a long time! And although the pupusa was tasty, cheesy and a good size bcs it's $6.99, I realized that it was bay shrimp, so I was disappointed, what made it worse is that sadly, the shrimp wasn't deveined...didn't expect this quality. Bummed. Quality vs quantity, suggestion, maybe get 3 bigger shrimp and chop it up and lil pieces will be mixed with cheese or at least clean up the bay shrimp.

    Pupusa Revuelta (Mixed) 3 Pastelitos De Carne
    Tanyna S.

    Delicious Salvadoran food items! Customer service was wonderful, and the restaurant was spacious and comfortable. Their pupusas were decent sizes, and their horchata was homemade! Can't wait to visit again

    Nicole A.

    If you want authentic food come here! They are so nice! I had carne asada it was good.

    Hilachas, 3 Pastelitos De Carne

    Wow I wish I knew about this place sooner! The food is so delicious and the service is the best. Came here for breakfast and the portion sizing for the prices were 100% worth it. The food was so flavorful and everything was made FRESH. You can really taste the quality and care in the food. The tamales were the perfect texture, my mouth is watering looking back at these pictures. The ambiance was warm and made me feel transported to El Salvador. I seriously can't wait to come back. I've only visited once and now I love this place. As we were leaving they gave us a huge slice of complimentary chocolate leche flan, so delicious. There's parking in the back of the building. 5 stars in everything category and I don't say this lightly so definitely check it out!

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    I've ordered take out a few times and it's always been great! The pupusas are good and they're pretty big, too. I hope to come back soon.

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    5 months ago

    Extremely S L O W!!! Only done here if you have 2 hours to wait for your meal. Absolutely ridiculous ‼

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    5 months ago

    Got atole here and it was good but very expensive and it was cold?! why? Can't warm it up? Also the food is mid.

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    7 months ago

    Great little lunch spot. I had the shrimp burrito and it was quite tasty. They have a salsa bar.

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    3 months ago

    The food and service were both amazing. I would comeback to this place again when in the area.

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    4 months ago

    Received my order with no hot sauce or curtido that's what make the meal complete very dissatisfied

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    1 year ago

    Excelente servicio y calidad y limpieza, buena calidad de comida y precios justos, menú variado

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    10 months ago

    Great service recomendet for everyone that like Guatemalan food great service they treat you good clean restaurant

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    1st time here we tried a little bit of everything. Good service very attentive. Was good but the service made it better.

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