Living Social led us back to Los Chorros after a "meh" experience a few years ago, and I'm so glad we took the chance. It was AWESOME! After a friendly welcome, we noshed on fresh, hot chips and salsa while ordering 2 pork and cheese pupusas for apps. As you know, a good pupusa can't be rushed, but these came out in a reasonable timeframe - super tasty, hot, and ready to be slathered in pickled cabbage and carrots! Based on other Yelp reviews, we decided to stick to the Salvadorean side of the menu, so I ordered the Especial Intipuca and he got the Pollo a la Crema. My grill platter had the most perfectly seasoned steak and chicken, as well as sausage, delicious beans, and rice. Oh, the steak! It was so good. My mouth waters even now. The bf's chicken in cilantro cream sauce was also excellent, and I don't even really like cilantro. Add free delivery to the mix, and Los Chorros just landed on our "awesome places in Wheaton!" list. read more

Amazing restaurant! The food was exquisite. Everything was so fresh. The vegetarian fajitas were excellent and not greasy like other places. The food was very lite and healthy. The beans were so tasty and the chips and salsa were as well. The salsa was thin but it was full of flavor. You can tell they only use the best ingredients in their food. The staff is very friendly and accomodating. The restaurant is staffed well. Overall a great experience. We have a new favorite mexican restaurant! read more

I've been going to Los Chorros since I was a kid. Now I bring my wife and kids here to. It's a very kid friendly place with a huge salt water fish tank that my kids love finding "nemo" in. The pupusas are by far the best I've ever tasted and will only eat them there. The jalapeno and cheese pupusas are my favorite and i havn't found them anywhere else. The margaritas are also top notch, though I usually go for the cadillac margaritas. I've probably tried every dish at this place and have never been disappointed. The service is friendly and they don't seem to mind if your kids run around the place. My favorite Latin restaurant by far. If you have a big family like mine you'll also love that they have seating for like 200 people, so there's always room. read more

I've been coming to this restaurant since I was a kid! Their pupusas, & crab and shrimp quesadilla are so good! Definitely worth trying this place out if you haven't been :) read more

I liked the pork pupusa here, but the salsa was watery, the tamale was mostly corn and potato (very little meat), the rice was oily, and my husband's steak wasn't all that good. The kids meals are all french fries and burgers/nuggets/hot dogs. Not a great Mexican or Salvadoran experience. The slaw was pretty good. The kids liked the fish tank with Nemo fish in it. read more

its ok. Got a spread of food, wasn't impressed. I've had mexican food and this is not it. The margarita's even sucked. will not go back again read more

Do not order take out from them during the quarantine. They seem like nice people but totally overwhelmed and unable to handle the current situation. We called in our order at 5pm and were told it would be ready in 20 minutes. Over an hour later and we are still waiting, with no end in sight and no communication at all about an updated timeline on when our food can be ready. It's chaos. Yelling from the back and out front a dozen people in masks standing around looking nervous, and rightfully so, because this is a global health crisis. The reason take out is OK despite the stay at home order is restaurants can give people their food quickly and get customers out fast. If they're all huddled together in the restaurant waiting for their number, it is inherently dangerous to public health. Stay away, it's not safe. read more

I always have loved this restaurant. I try to visit frequently. It used to get more business in the past and now they deliver which is a nice but delivery does take a pretty long time. Overall the food is great and the staff is always nice. Probably one of the best pupusas in the area, and in the middle of wheaton there are a lot of places to choose from. Prices are quite affordable, I would be willing to pay more for the quality food they deliver. More of a family location, not much of a place for a romantic evening. Repeat customer. read more

As I noted in my previous review of Olney's Sol Azteca, in a town full of Central American restaurants, you need to have something special in order to stand out. The fact that our family has been returning to Los Chorros in Wheaton for years speaks to their strengths overcoming their weaknesses. The ambiance of the place does not exactly reach out and grab you by the throat. After descending the rather narrow stairwell into the restaurant proper, you see a spacious two-level dining room which is conspicuous for its ordinariness. There are several televisions, usually tuned to one or another of the Spanish-speaking channels, and a variety of wall decorations which are interesting to look at, but which don't really hold together into a cohesive decor. While I wouldn't agree with a previous reviewer that the place is "a dive," (it's far too well-lit, for one thing, and considerably cleaner than any dive I've ever been in) neither would I classify it as "well-decorated." It is kind of like a supersized version of your own kitchen or dining room. Once you get to the table, you will see an extensive menu that includes both familiar items and some that are very traditional but less known to many American diners. The Enchiladas, whether Monterrey, Verdes, or the huge Trios Enchiladas platter, have been popular among my family, as have the fajitas. The Langosta Rellena featured a very nice sized lobster which even my lobster-loving Mother had some difficulty finishing. A variety of meat and seafood dishes have also been well-received. I have to add my agreement with the several reviewers who have marked Los Chorros down for their chips and salsa. They are unexceptional. The chips are usually room temperature, not warm, and the salsa is runny and without a lot of flavor or heat. I don't even bother with it any more. Fortunately, the rest of the food is far better than this weak intro would lead one to expect. Vegetarian options exist, but you have to hunt a bit - they are definitely not the main focus of this kitchen. Of course there are the vegetable fajitas, with thick slices of portabello mushroom complementing the normal grilled onions, tomatos, and peppers, and the bean burritos (which are just about exactly as good or as boring as you would expect them to be...). My favorites, however, are the Chilaquiles con Huevos - a good sized plate of scrambled eggs, torn corn tortillas, and vegetables covered in the ubiquitous cheese and salsa, and served with beans and rice, and the Combinaccion Guanica, a very similar dish except omitting the tortillas. In either event, ask for the excellent habanero-based green hot sauce. The Vegetarian Chimichanga is less successful, I'm afraid - broccoli, cauliflower, and zucchini do not really work for me as a Salvadoran/Mexican entree. Make it tomatos, onions, and poblanos, and you might have a winner, but as is, the thing just seems too inauthentic and more importantly, too flavor-less. Service at Los Chorros is usually excellent, although it can lag a bit when the place is busy. Fortunately, the place rarely seems to be that busy. Although there are always families and couples there, the place is almost never so packed that noise is a problem. And as other reviewers have already noted, a good portion of the clientele are Hispanic and Latino, which helps support Los Chorros' claims to authenticity. Overall, Los Chorros strikes one as a friendly, relaxed, neighborhood place. It does not put on airs, and its food is tasty and varied. There's a reason we keep going back despite all of the alternatives. read more

I have always LOVED this restaurant until tonight. My sister came all the way from NYC and me and my entire family were planning to have dinner here tonight. We called at 7pm to make sure they could sit us at 10pm. We showed up and they told us they had closed because there was no one there. They knew they had a large party expecting to come at 10pm and they still closed. I hope they can do something about what we have experienced and gain our trust back. read more

Based on the lovely reviews left by others I must have eaten at the wrong place. From the watery salsa to the tasteless grisly chicken chimichanga my food was disgusting! No offense though, maybe the cook was having a bad day! read more

You'll never find this place without a map, it's in a basement on a back street. The food was just ok. I had grilled chicken tacos, don't get those! It's just pieces of chicken on a tortilla served with guacamole. Salsa was good, but the whole thing was a little expensive for what it was. The pupusas were very good though, much better than the tacos. read more

I use to go here a lot back in the day to dine in and I just found out they freaking DELIVER! OMG, i'm in Salvadorean heaven. We found out they started delivering like 2 weeks ago and I think we have order about 6 times since then. Being Salvadorean and a pupusa lover...Los Chorros is about as good as it gets. I love it! I think the pupusas are probably better than Dona Azucena in LP. Definitely better than the joints in this area. Don't hesitate....check this place out! read more

Our favorite Salvadoran restaurant. My husband loves the pollo encebollado, my favorite is especial intupica. We were there in their 25th anniversary, they gave us free pens that we treasure. We hope they are around for another 25 years! read more

Got a Shrimp & Crabmeat Quesadilla for 10 bux. No Complaints. Jalapeno & Queso pupusa is pretty dog-gone good too as an App.

For starters when I asked for a high chair the waitress literally told me where they were at and didn't get me one. The food was okay. Nothing wowed me. Our bill was a little outrageous. 80 dollars for 2 entrees and 2 drinks. It was overpriced for the kind of quality presented. It was your typical Salvadorian restaurant. It wasn't fancy. Nothing about it was. Why we were priced 80 is wrong. Shortly after I have the symptoms of food poisoning so I'm guessing there was some cross contamination. My overall dinning experience wasn't good and I feel sick. read more

The food is always good when I come here. Friendly bilingual service, delicious drinks and yummy food. Love this little local gem of a restaurant. read more

This restaurant delivered the sauces and sides in ziplock bags and the salad was full of water. Not only that but the "crab and shrimp chimichanga" was not real crab at all. We will never order again! read more

Los Chorros Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

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I grew up in Wheaton, MD right on Blue Ridge Avenue. So I was basically raised eating Los chorros. Those were the golden days.. unfortunately they're not as good anymore.. Same old ugly decor from the 80s. In a basement. Not to mention the roach the problem they have. Last visit got me and my wife sick. So sad I can never go back to them good ole days. read more

Excellent coffee, lots of seating, close to public parking. I had the huevos rancheros, which was cheap ($9) and filling.

This place seems to have gone downhill in the past couple of years. When I first started to come here the service was good, and the place seemed to have a decent amount of customers, never packed but certainly not empty. But then I noticed that most weekdays they would only have the small part of the dinning room opened with maybe 2 or 3 other groups there, and eventually they started to mess up orders, and this last time I went the service was pretty bad, especially considering how slow of a night it was. Really could use a food, service, and decor makeover these days, margaritas are still really good at least. read more

Some of the best food Wheaton has to offer and at a fantastic price. I recommend their pupusas, by far the best I've had in the area. Friendly staff and comfortable environment. read more

Definitely not my cup of tea. The service, even though there were only 3 tables, was very slow. The pupusas were very greasy and bland. The wife had chilaquiles which were good, I had asada tacos and they were disappointing to say the least, the meat was overcooked and chewy, the beans were bland and the rice with canned vegetables was absolutely atrocious. I was able to eat one taco and had to throw the rest away since they were so bad. The orchata is instant made (not home made) and tasted like the box it came with. Also parking is not provided, you have to park on the public parking down the road and pay to park. Our server, even though slow, was really nice and took the time to explain the dishes. Frankly, if you like Dominican, Puerto Rican, Cuban or authentic Mexican food, avoid this place, you will be extremely disappointed. The sad part is that this restaurant came highly recommended from a dear friend, maybe she ordered something different, who knows read more

I really wanted to like this restaurant because it's a short walk from where I live. But it's not a good sign when the chips are cold and hard and the watery salsa is just terrible! I ordered the cheese enchiladas because, you can't mess them up, right? Bland, lukewarm, and covered with a heaping mound of sour cream. If you need to disguise the taste of your enchiladas under something that doesn't belong on them, you've got serious troubles. The margarita I had was pretty tasty so I gave them two stars. Otherwise, this is a solid one star kinda place. read more

This was my second time to LC. Years ago, I went with my mother, and the recall he experience being ok. I recently returned to LC to use a coupon for 50% off dinner and drinks. I was really surprised that the place was full of Latin families, and couples (normally a good sign in a Latin restaurant)-- because the food at LC is just not representative of good or great Latin food! I am sure many of the ladies dining in the restaurant could do mush better in their own kitchens at home! Specifics: * The tomatoes in the salad were green, hard, and flavorless -- this may have been passable in winter -- but during tomato season! * Salad dressing was lousy "italian" dressing from a bottle, like what you would get in hospital or school lunch! *Chips were stale. * The pickled cabbage slaw normally served with Pupusa, was also out of a jar -- boring and flavorless -- such a disapointment -- since the Pupusa was very tasty! * My patner's chicken dish was very boring and flavorless. * Mostly it was just the lack of wow -- everything was very average. * The one really redeeming thing, was the excellent golden margaritas we enjoyed -- perfect! * Service was poor to average -- but I expect this from most ethnic restaurants in Wheaton, no surprises here. As someone who has a formal culinary background, I know the delights of fine Latin cookery -- what I got a LC is beneath their capability! Thank goodness we only had to pay 50% for our meal! I will have to find another place in Wheaton for great Latin food -- fortunately, there are many to choose from -- pass, on Los Chorros! read more

To be fair, I would give it a 3 1/2. This was my 2nd time here (just the other day). I only remember getting maybe 2 pupusas my first time here (always pork & cheese). I think I thought they were ok (a positive "ok"). The other day, I went with a group. I believe I got the Steak al Caballo (steak with a fried egg on top, pico de gallo, white rice, beans, plantains). I thoroughly enjoyed my meal, as did the rest of us. Before I describe my food, I tasted the shrimp from someone's fajitas.....yuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmm! Ok. Back to my food. I asked our young waiter to please fry my egg well because I did not want it runny. He listened and it came out the way I wanted. Plus. I asked to substitute my beans for avacados. He listened and I got quite a few slices of avacado. Aaaand my avacado was freshly green. Plus. Additionally, some others substituted the beans for salad and there salad came with a bit of avacado... maybe a slice or two. I asked for my steak medium. I know how steak comes out at a lot of the latin restaurants so if you don't want it hard, tough or overdone, get it medium (don't worry... it will be done more than medium). My plantains were soft (just the way I like them). Plus. I hate hard plantains... they are useless and bleh. Bottom line, my food was really good. I tore up what I could. Took the rest home. Got home and tore up the rest. I must also add the ensalada (the name is always weird to me becasue I know ensalada to be salad), which is that fruit drink/juice with the diced fruit in it. Oh my gosh. Mmmmmmmm mmmmmm good! Very yummy and refreshing. We got two pitchers. Why only three stars? Well the prices of their meals are like restaurant prices (I knwo they are a restaurant but they don't look like it; can't quite explain it). I would expect the price of what I got to be more like $10. It was $15. Because of that, I would never go there for a real meal. There are much better latin style restaurants that I go to. The pupusas were like $2. That sounds cheap, but I don't pay $2 for pupusas; I pay less. And I already have my favorite places for pupusas. I went here for a work lunch; therefore, I would only come here again for the same reason. But truthfully, if someone said, I pick Los Churros, I may or may not say ok. I forgot to add that the chips and salsa leave much to be desired. The salsa was nothing but straight up liquid (like tomato soup consistency) with like 4 tomato pieces in it. That's all. Thanks. read more

This place was recommended by a friend, who lives in the area, and we've never had Salvadoran food, to our knowledge, so we were excited to eat here. They also had a large selection of Mexican food. The service was friendly enough and the decor was cheerful. We ordered about 5 different pupusas between the 3 of us, and the corn was the favorite of the table. The guacamole dip with deep fried chips were pretty tasty. My salad in a tortilla shell was lack-luster. The food is pretty heavy and if that is what you are looking for, this place is for you. Maybe I'm not used to a heavy stomach, and that could be just me? I would give 3.5 stars if I could. read more

Delicious papusas and margaritas. Great prices. Extremely kid friendly, great service. A hidden gem. One of my favorite local restaurants! read more

We decided to try out Los Churros tonight. It's a Friday nite but we're early diners so there was no problem getting a table as there were only a few tables taken when we arrived. We shared a ceviche appetizer which was a very generous portion for 2 and loved it. It was tangy & fresh, definitely would order again. I ordered pollito burrito which was huge & stuffed with lots of chicken, tomatoes, avocados & cheese. It was fresh & flavorful & I brought half of it home it was so huge. My husband ordered especial intipuca, a variety platter that included skewered chicken, beef & veggies along with sausage, rice & beans. It was really good & also 1/2 of it came home with us. We will definitely be back. The only thing I didn't care for was the runny salsa, but I surely don't base my dining experience on chips & salsa! We will make this a spot we visit again. read more

I have only dine-in once about 3 years ago. The food was actually great and the waiter was very nice. He recognized my then boyfriend. I live walking distance from here and we order carry-out frequently. The carne asada is not impressive. Lacks some favor. The pupusas are good. And the fish is actually the bomb.com. The waiters and employees are very welcoming. They now sell (I don't know how to sell that word ) hot drink made of elote. The ONLY little thing is that it's on a small cup for $3. It's good tho. On the weekends up the street in the Hispanic grocery store they sell the bigger side for $2. Been trying to dine-in to see if this place can win me over. read more

My husband and I go here occasionally when we want some American-Ized Mexican food and it does the trick this is definitely a no-frills place but does have some good options. I have even had a salad here and been pleasantly surprised at its freshness. We tend to stick to pretty standard fare- quesadillas, burritos, fajitas- all have been just fine. I do see lots of people with a big plate of seafood- not sure if we will venture to tying that there but it does seem popular! read more

We have been eating here for over 10 years. Best pupusas bar none. Husband likes fajitas, I like all the vegetarian options. Staff very friendly. A+!! read more

Great guacomole dip! We had Fajita mar and tierra. Pretty good. Service was great and atomsphere is casual. Will come again.

Dinner was fantastic! The especial Dona reina was fantastic. The steak was a perfect medium rare and the eggs were nicely over easy. The beans and rice were a great compliment to the dish. My wife had the beans and cheese pupusa and loved it. The slaw was a very nice topping. Will definitely go back! read more

Salvadoran Papusas are great value plus extensive menu of Salvadoran and Mexican dishes. Tried Fajita Beef Ribs at lunch and they were moist and full of flavor. Have eaten here many times and have always been extremely satisfied. read more

Service was good, food was awesome, great place to eat.

yummy place to go for a dinner with the family. It wasn't busy and we were able to make a little noise and have a few beers. Our son just loved the Spanish rice and the fajitas were tasty. read more

Really friendly service, huge menu and good food that won't break the bank. The yelp 15% discount was a great bonus since our senior neighbor was treating us. Thanks! read more

Best latin food ever the tortillas was habd made the flavor pure latino... Definitily y'll got to try this place, specially the intipuca special and the margaritas especial los chorros that was my favorite read more

Los nuegados de este lugar son muy ricos!! Great food and the staff are extremely friendly