Las Perlas offers a lively atmosphere with a colorful, welcoming vibe that makes it a fun spot for casual dining or drinks with friends. The menu features a variety of Mexican-inspired dishes and cocktails, with an emphasis on bold flavors and traditional ingredients. I ordered the beef tacos, which came as three generously filled tacos. They were very tasty, well-seasoned, and satisfying, with flavorful meat that paired perfectly with the toppings. The portion size was filling and great for the price. If you dine in, they also provide free tortilla chips, which is a nice bonus while waiting for your food. Service can vary depending on how busy it is, but staff are generally friendly and accommodating. Overall, Las Perlas is a solid choice if you're looking for a fun environment, good portions, and tasty Mexican food. The beef tacos are definitely worth ordering. read more

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This place is so bad for traditional Salvadorian food, they take so long with getting our orders out, I waited more than 20 minutes for my food. They even brought everyone else's food before ours even though we got here first. The food when it was out was not worth the wait, I can tell it was preheated and the steak wasn't cooked fully even though we asked for it to be well done. Last time coming here. I asked for no onion and no cheese and they still put it. read more

Las Perlas - Carne asada con casamiento y guacamole (they didn't have avocados tho) - Spanish Near Me - Queens, New York

Very friendly staff. Very welcoming. Lovely people. The food was very meh. Some high points. Mostly low, unfortunately. Pupusas Revueltas: B- Too much refried beans. The pupusa was bland. Pupusa Chicharron: A- A wonderful pupusa. Tasty, nice griddle marks. Slightly salty, but delicious filling. Pupusa Curtido: C+ Sadly tasteless. Tamale Pollo: A- Excellent masa. Moist and very tasty. Obviously handmade. The chicken filling could be slightly more tasty, but there was a lot of it: this isn't one of those tamales that's 90% masa. I really enjoyed this tamale. Yuca Frita Con Chicharron: B- The yuca was scrumptious, but the chicharron was not chicharron -- it was pork chunks. Chicharron implies there's crispy skin and/or fat attached to the meat... "crackling". There was no fat. There was no skin. It was good, except for the facts that a) this wasn't chicharron, and b) the pork chunks were overcooked and dry. Picada Grande: C- Inedible. Horribly overcooked and dried out. The meat was tough and dry. A shame, because this is the most expensive item on the menu. We had ordered two of these, and they were both overcooked. Horchata: C Too sweet. Didn't like the flavor. Banana Batida: A- Delicious. read more

They were super-nice and the menu is intriguing so I feel a little bad giving just three stars. I got the bandeja paisa. On the meat side this included steak, something variant of chicharron and chorizo. While the steak had a hint of very interesting sauce (was that mustard?) it was too hard to cut. It was perhaps "medium" but for this piece well-done would have been worked better. The other meats and a well-executed fried egg collaborated nicely with the rice. The menu includes pupusas, ceviche and many other things. read more

Don't know why this is categorized as New American. Pupusas were great. Also the steak was well seasoned and not overdone. Manager was friendly and service was great. I like that it's a mom and pop shop. You feel like they care as compared to restaurants run by hourly waged workers. I would def come back for more. Oh the tamale was yum too!! I def would go here over driving all the way to Corona /Jackson heights area for this yummy kinda food. We went during holidays and they took care in decorating the place. They spoke Spanish to some customers (def says something about the food too!). Not everyone speaks English but the manager made sure all was satisfactory which is SO refreshing in this age of publicly-owned chains and such. Parking is tricky as 46 ave is along the 27 bus line but not impossible! Kissena park is a stones throw away as is the Broadway LIRR line. read more

Las Perlas - Steak at top and Pupusas! - Spanish Near Me - Queens, New York

We walked in at 10:02 pm and they took us in happily. Incredible food, service and most of all good ambience. I would come back to this place again and again. read more

Las Perlas - Spanish Near Me - Queens, New York

Delicious salvadoran food! We ordered pupusas mixtas which very tasty and filling. Also, the arroz mixto (comes with chorizo, rice, sweet plaintain, skirt steak,fried pork belly, beans, egg) this plate was hugeeee can be eaten by 3 people and was so delish!! Fast service and prices are affordable. read more

Las Perlas - Pupusas mixtas, tamal de pollo, arroz mixto - Spanish Near Me - Queens, New York

Amazing food and great prices! I've been here several times and was never disappointed. I have to say that it really is some of the best food I have ever eaten. All meats/proteins cooked to perfection; moist and succulent. Absolutely delicious! Must try. read more

This was the worst food I've ever eaten I ordered a soup and it was watering I ordered fried pork fried plantains even rice everything was so dry I would never eat in this place again Don't even come here Buy yourself a slice of pizza instead read more

I love this place!! Best pupusas around! Their steak enchiladas are bomb too!! I might just go there now.

I should have known that this place was going to ve a dissapointing experience. 7pm on a Thursday night and the place was empty. So i dont like to pass judgement unless i have the facts. Upon arrival i looked at the menu and right away, i could tell it was limited. Since this is supposed to be a salvadorian restaurant, i figure i will taste the tamales and pupusas and if that goes well, i can check the rest of the menu. We order 10 pupusas, 7 chicharron and 3 cheese and loroco. 1 order of tamales de elote con crema and queso, and 1 tamal de pollo. Although the pupusas came out first, they seemed rather big and thick. From experience, thick masa pupusas means that the pupusas will be mostly dough and no filler. On the first bite i can tell that because i bit the edge off first, there was only chicharron near the center of the pupusas. I try to pick up the pupusa with my hand as it is customary to not use a fork and knife to eat them. However, that was not possible. Seems lile the masa had absorbed too much water and it was soft and falling apart once i put the curtido and tomato sauce on it. The curtido itself really had no taste, the tomato sauce was ok, although the chicharron inside the pupusa had a pretty tasty filling. Usually, i eat the entire pupusa, this time i left all the edges out, the worst pupusa was the cheese pupusa. Literally was masa and cheese with no taste. Plain and simple a very awful cheese pupusa, on the menu the cheese pupusa was advertised as "pupusas de queso con loroco". Any old fashion pupusa that has loroco, has a very distinct taste, well this pupusa just had no taste. Next, i had the tamal de pollo. Once again, masa dough, slightly dry and all it had was a big piece of boil potato, not even salt, and some chicken. Honestly, so bad that i only had half. Last but not least the tamales se elote con crema. The crema is usually white, the crema on my plate was yellow with a slight orange color. This is indicative that the crema had been altered with some cornstarch or some other additive and the cream should be savory. The tamal de elote platter had 2 tamales. Sadly we only ate one, the other one was hard, dry and no taste or corn flavor. Tonight was a tremendously dissapointing experience. Oddly enough, just 2 months ago, i came back from my native San Salvador and i was abke to bring 3 dozen pupusas from a local vendor that my parents buy from all the time. Now, i think i better learn how to make them at home because i have yet to find a good salvadorian restaurant in queens. read more

WOW!!!!! These Pupusas are amazing! My fave being Loroco and cheese. The chef has a Special touch with the skillet he uses to make the pupusas. Try them all, thats my tip! read more

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Had order chicken pupusa, calamri and bandeja martinez (seafood with rice). i really like bandeja martinez, the sauce was so delicious that i could just mix it with rice and eat the rice without seafood. i also like the tilapia in that dish, it's a really nice combination of seafoods with big prawns, clams, squid and fish. the pupusa and calamari were okay. the chicken and cheese pupusa was too cheesy to me and the calamari is rather bland, but addictive if you keep snacking on it. overall, i always come back for bandeja martinez and try something new along the way. read more

Food is fine. The problem is the service is so slow and the waitresses act snotty. It's like they're miserable. Save your time and go to Mi pequeño El Salvador in Jackson Heights. The food is Amazing! read more

I ordered the cheese papusa that I found to be bland without the sauce. The chicken tamale was also bland for me. I wasn't impressed. I also ordered it to take out. It took me 15 minutes to get to my friend's house. By the time we opened it, it was soggy. Maybe it would have tasted better there. read more

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Really cute, clean place with nice staff and excellent pulpusas. I can't comment on their other food. But i go here for pulpusas only anyway. The pulpusas get 5 stars. This place was recommended to me. The person who recommended it suggested i call in advance to place my order because they take long to bring out food. I forgot to call in beforehand to place my order. I don't feel like they took a long time to serve our food. I thought the wait was average. Whatever the case, the pulpusas were excellent. read more

I had been going to another Salvadoran place that was good but no longer thee.Tried this place,it was so awful.How can you mess up basic pupusas,plantin and tripe soup?The soup was watery,no taste.Never again. read more

Extremely poor service; Olof you order online don't expect your order to be ready when you get there; they do not start making your order until you get there; so if you order online expect additional time for them to cook it. read more

Decided to give this place a try in the heart of East Flushing not far from Kissena Park. Tried pupusas for the first time. I thought they were pretty good; tasty and satisfying. Food is inexpensive so overall a good deal. Place is small but keeps an active pace. I recommend it. read more

Las Perlas - Chicharron con queso - Spanish Near Me - Queens, New York

This place is okay, was in their high af so everything tasted good. The lady in the Register try to get me for a soda which a paid for allready. Anyways okay food. Popusas are bomb here. read more

This restaurant is a scam. I purchased a Restaurant.com giftcard the day I went with my friend to try out this place. Once there, the owner says he cannot use the giftcard because he has been "trying" to remove the restaurant from giving coupons on Restaurant.com. How is that my problem? I told him he still has to honor it because he is still listed on the website and my giftcard has value. Refused to use my giftcard but said he would take $6 off my bill because that's what I had paid for the restaurant.com. We stayed because the food prices were cheap and figured we might as well try it out. The food was okay. My friend and I were not amazed by it, but it was decent. Then the check came and there were not prices next to the food we ordered. There was just a grand total of $30 for the bill. Which is very cheap! But it was supposed to be about $20 with the $6 off. So they jacked up the prices and said they "took off the $6" but really just increased our food prices and made up for the "$6 off." Scammers. Do not support. Very disappointed. read more

Las Perlas - Spanish Near Me - Queens, New York

My fav place! The best pupusas and sopa De Res ever. Delicious Fresco de horchata. And I love the service too!

The pupusas are so big, they fill you up quick! My family always orders from here! We usually order out because we're such a big family we like to be loud. I've ate in this restaurant before but every time I ate in the restaurant there is only one waitress because the restaurant is a decent size but not a lot of seating. read more

These are the best pupusas around! We've been to many places to try other ones but none like these. The owner is such a nice man. The service is great! All the waitresses are very friendly. Highly recommend this place! read more

Excellent, excellent, excellent Salvadorian food! The papusas are great, the tacos are excellent, the last time I was here, I had the Mundungo soup. It was delicious! I'm glad I discovered this little gem! Great food and service! read more

Papusas are absolutely delicious! Great customer service as well.

Went here tonight for dinner. The owner Juan was so welcoming, he checked on us throughout our meal to make sure we were happy. The papusas were so good, we had them previously at Smorgasburg, but these were so much better. There was filling in every bite! Our entrees were delicious , I had a steak with sautéed onions with rice and plaintains and my husband had a combination platter with steak, sausage, chiccaron, rice, beans and plantains. Overall, authentic, delicious food, with a nice owner and friendly staff. We will be back! read more

Finally!!! A family friendly Salvadoran restaurant in flushing with authentic food. It was so nice to sit in a pupuseria without the drunken men and loud jukebox. A place I can actually enjoy my dinner in. What a dinner it was!! The Pupusas are the best I have had in New York. They tasted like they do in El Salvador. Perfectly made with all flavors of home. The Curtido complemented them perfectly. I tried both the rice and corn versions and both were explosions of flavors upon my tastebuds. You must have the tostadas. The blend of grilled meats, refried beans, lettuce, avocados, cheese and cream are enough to send you into a food coma. The typical platter was huge with an expertly seasoned steak. The soup was a little disappointing as it did not have the huge chunks of vegetables that are customary in a Salvadoran soup. That was my only complaint. The owner himself walked around greeting his patrons and asking how they were. I loved that. All in all, this restaurant is a diamond in the rough. I can't wait to go back! Oh and FYI...... You will be stuffed by the time you leave .. As in thanksgiving stuffed. read more

Lost for a good cause. So I came in here after I was like crying for a place to rest my legs after getting lost in flushing, I had a hard time reading some of the Spanish things on the menu so when my waitress finally came over, I meant to ask her what a "horchata" was but I already saw her writing it on the pad so I just left it thinking it'll be like Horlick. I then ordered my meal. As I was waiting, I was given chips with salsa... mmmmm, the taste of free... Both my drink and course came at the same time. I looked at my drink and thought, "..not like Horlick I guess" but I drank it anyway cause i was about to pass out. Oh me geeeeee. Whatever it was, SO MUCH BETTER THAN HORLICK and my preferred coffee. My attention then went over to my dish. What I thought were sausages in the picture were fried bananas. I've never had bananas that crunched so gooooooood. A few minutes, I got another freebie, toasted pan. Drool. I'm so full but I have to taste it at least. Go get lost here in their menu. You'd love it. read more

The pupusas and horchata are so delicious, remind me of when I lived out there with my grandma... Although I will say the red sauce was a bit too thin for my liking. My boyfriend also really enjoyed his chuleta platter. We are in, the restaurant is very clean and the waitresses were very polite about my not so great Spanish. Definitely recommend. read more

ordered from here since we were in the mood for some pupusas :) the fact that they do delivery was great. i have heard about the size of their pupusas being fairly big compared to another place we used to order from. the coleslaw they give was pretty good, not too much vinegar and went well with the meal. the cheese pupusa didn't have much flavor but was good enough to eat considering how cheap their menu is. friendly deliveryman. will be ordering back when the crave hits. read more

I am definitely a fan of this place. Don't be fooled by looks. The outside and inside doesn't look like the greatest but that's where the not the greatest pretty much ends. This place has some of the most amazing Yucca fries I have ever tasted. Something airy like your first time as a child with a donut. And they are pretty cheap in terms of price. If you are a french fry lover I highly recommend trying Yucca Fries but only from this place. I order them without the chicharron accompaniment. It comes served with like this no mayo coleslaw that has a vague sour craut and it also comes with some sort of watered down marinara sauce that isn't bad. But try them with ketchup. You will love it. I can vouch highly for this place on the Yucca fries alone. I also sometimes get grilled chicken tacos. I tell them to use chicken breast though. This place is El Salvadorian but they sure do know how to fill that spot for a craving of Mexican food. Oh and their chicken Parm is OUTFREAKINGSTANDING. The customer service is amazing too. Great food great people. read more