Talk about flavor and bang for buck. Was such a good vibe inside too with the World Cup matches playing on the TVs. The staff was kind and brought me a chair while I waited in the pick-up line. It took longer than expected, but it speaks to what's going on back there in the kitchen. My revuelta pupusa was perfect. The sleeper item was the chicken tamale -- tamales don't usually do it for me but this has changed my mind. read more

Los Molcajetes - Pupusa - Salvadoran Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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The food was excellent, with great flavor and presentation. However, the experience was marred by the service. Upon arrival, we waited approximately 15 minutes without a single waiter approaching our table. We had to call someone over ourselves, as no one came to ask what we wanted to order. Once we were finally attended to, the food exceeded our expectations; however, I believe they need to improve their customer service and initial service times. Better service would make the overall experience much more enjoyable. read more

If I could leave 0 stars, I would. We were left sitting in the waiting area for over an hour with zero communication. After finally asking what was going on, we were told they didn't have enough staff, yet somehow people who arrived after us were being seated. To make matters worse, when we tried calling, their phones were conveniently "not working" or "not taking orders." This place is completely disorganized and clearly doesn't value its customers' time. It's disappointing because situations like this reflect poor management and lack of accountability read more

Stopped by Los Molcajetes for lunch... it was cool, but not something I'd go back for. The restaurant was quiet when we walked in. I did like the inside and the decorations, but I wasn't greeted at the door, and that matters to me. Everyone was kind of moving at their own pace, which is fine, just not the type of service I personally look for. I don't remember the name of the dish I ordered, but my cousin and I both got the same thing and neither of us really cared for it. Food wasn't bad, just nothing that stood out. It's actually still sitting in the fridge a week later. Overall, nothing terrible, nothing memorable. Just one of those spots. I probably won't be back, but that's just my experience. If you've been here, what should I have tried? read more

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I been here two times. The first time I wanted to sit in a booth but they said they had the section closed down. So we sat regular small table and it was early in the day. Their horchata is bomb! The carne asada plate was not good. It did not have flavor and it was a small piece of meat not worth for the price. The beef soup was I liked how the meat was soft and tender. I got a pupusa revuelta it was good. However the second time I came I got smaller pupusas revueltas I didn't like it. It had way more beans and cheese you could barely taste the pork. I also tried their pan con pollo it was meh I don't think I wouldn't get it again. The last plate was chicken soup with grilled chicken that was good. I just feel that it's a little overpriced compared to other places. The servers were nice and attentive. read more

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We visited Los Molcajetes on Mariposa on 8/23 around 6 PM. We had to drop my nephew off at Amtrak around 7:30, so because we were on a tight schedule, we ordered our food ahead of time to go. We've been to another Los Molcajetes location before and know pupusas can take a while, so our plan was simple: if we had enough time once we arrived, we would sit down and eat there. Unfortunately, from the moment we walked in, the woman at the front had a negative attitude about us wanting to eat there after placing the order to go. She told me she couldn't assign us a table and sent me to the to-go area. The woman working to-go was actually helpful and told us it was completely fine, they had packed part of our order but could bring the remainder to our table. She told me to go back to the front and ask for a table. When I went back, the host told me the only table she had was one in an awkward spot directly in the way of everyone, even though I could clearly see several empty booths. When I asked for a booth, she responded with an attitude and an annoyed expression, basically saying, "I guess." At that point, I told her that providing good service is part of her job. I genuinely don't understand being openly angry with customers for simply asking to be seated. If you are that unhappy dealing with customers, hospitality may not be the right job for you. Then our waitress came over asking what we wanted to drink without ever giving us a menu. I literally had to ask what our options were. What really crossed the line was when she later made an unnecessary and disrespectful comment about me needing to drink my nephew's beer, apparently because I had defended myself after the way she had treated me. There was absolutely no reason for a server to make a personal, sarcastic comment toward a customer. I also asked where the restroom was and she initially acted as though she hadn't heard me. When I had to ask again, she simply pointed in the direction without saying anything. It was dismissive and rude. The frustrating part is that the to-go employee was helpful and accommodating, so this review is not about everyone working there. It was specifically the attitude and treatment we received from the front/serving staff. Customers should not feel like an inconvenience for asking for a table, a menu, or directions to the restroom. The food may be good, but customer service matters just as much. Based on the way we were treated, I will never go back to this location. Management seriously needs to address how customers are being treated because one person's consistently rude and dismissive attitude can ruin the entire experience. read more

A "Salvadorian" restaurant named after a Mexican cooking instrument that originated in Mexico. Also they serve more Mexican food and drinks than anything else. Kind of embarrassing. Might as well call your self a Mexican restaurant read more

My grandma and I used to come to there old location on Hoover all the time. This here is my first time coming back without her to their new location. This spot was one of my grandma's favorite locations. Their pupusas are amazing! I love the pan con pollo. It's so savory and the sauce that it's made in is amazing! All the veggies that are in the pan con pollo are so fresh and they actually serve the sauce they usually put in the pan on the side. I kinda like that. You get to savor it a little better with out a lot going on from The pan. I love their yuca frita and the staff is always so welcoming and nice. The restaurant is huge compared to there old Location and super bright. I love what they did. Amazing location and great parking garage! read more

First time here and unfortunately our waitress was rude, when she first approached us said READY, so I said good morning how are you? Looked at me and said good, ready to order. Had to request a refill, napkins and completely ignored us. Gladly there was a young waiter that was really helpful. Honestly not going back again. Although the pupusa and the food over all were delicious. read more

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Delicious pupusas. The pupusas had the right masa to filling ratio. The outside was nice, crispy, and well cooked. Servers were really nice, and left alone to enjoy your food. Ambiance was lively with great music and overhead fans going. read more

Los Molcajetes - Two original pupusas revueltas, tomato salsa, curtido. - Salvadoran Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Every time we dine here service is really good and ambiance, food even better. Let me tell you, today we had Pescado envuelto en huevo plate y Torreja, I'm not going to discuss price because it does not compare to quality and portion size, meaning it is more than enough, the taste brought us back to childhood taste memories, excellent. Thank you. read more

Los Molcajetes - Delicious !!! - Salvadoran Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Their Salvadoran breakfast burrito is making rounds on social media so I came in to try it. I also ordered a Agua de jamaica (hibiscus iced tea) to drink. The breakfast burrito is tasty, stuffed with fried yucca, scrambled eggs, and bacon. It could have more Salvadoran chorizo (you can also pick other types of meat) and curtido, but the flavors were there. It's also the size of a brick which is great for ~$9. Overall ok, and I appreciate the ingenuity...I would come back to try their pupusas and tamales. The star for me was the super spicy red salsa served with it; it adds that bright heat to cut through the heavy fried yucca. The jamaica was sweet and refreshing too. Service was great and attentive. They have two big dining rooms that I'm sure get busy on weekends with simple, colorful decor. Theres also a separate counter for to go orders only, next to the forthcoming bar area. Parking is a little cumbersome but they seem to share a garage with the apartment building above (?). read more

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Bought some pupusas today beyond disappointed, the place got bigger but quality and taste definitely is not there I brought my pupusas home the appearance oily and burnt and they tasted like tortillas dipped in lard with cheese and fat " so called chicharrón" i will Never go back , not only are they overpriced and the pupusas taste like straight old Lard . Its unfortunate quality and taste has been sacrificed for the sake of the dollar . Not to mention it gave me diarrhea all night , I'm totally disappointed and Disgusted by the taste and quality , I don't know how people can eat there . read more

El manager Javier una persona súper grosera, y prepotente. Pedimos una pupusa de queso y no era de queso tenía adiciones a su "receta". Pedimos el reclamo y nos contestó de manera muy grosera que esa era su receta y no la va a cambiar. Le pedimos hablar y no quiso ni siquiera escuchar. Pésimo servicio. read more

Los Molcajetes - Pupusa de "queso" - Salvadoran Near Me - Los Angeles, California

El dia de ayer fui por primera vez a este lugar, por recomendacion de un amigo. Error, pesimo servicio del personal, creo que los puestos de la calle te dan mejor servicio. Pesimo en todo. read more

It's a great location, the restaurant is in the corner of 3rd st. & Mariposa Ave. you have an option of street metered parking but the restaurant has a small valet parking and entrance is on Mariposa Ave. The food is amazing and great portions, the staff is amazing very friendly and would give you amazing suggestions. My daughter had a pork corn papusa as well as the cheese and garlic corn papusa which were DELICIOUSO! 10/10 would recommend! I had a sopa de para with rice & 2 tortillas you could be full in an instant very delicious. And the place has a bar unfortunately due to the time (lunch) I didn't got a chance try any of their alcoholic beverages. We would come back with the whole family. read more

We grew up eating these pupusas since i was 13 now 35 it was always a go to for me and my family. Don Juan was always welcoming and became friends with my dad. They now have moved location to a bigger nicer location. We stopped by on Friday everything was delicious and the place is nice inside. The reason it is not a 5 star is because we ordered chicharon with yucca and it was good however the veggies were not cleaned washed properly. The veggies had baby snails all over them. Once we told the serve he said okay let me take it back they washed them but gave us the same ones back then the serve states " i have a friend who eat raw mangos and never has been sick" its not about that we are at a restaurant expect things to be good, since we are paying customers. An apology would have suffice. read more

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I have been a long time patron when they used to be on Hoover. Since their relocation I've tried a few times and have been disappointed. Today's food was inedible;the chicharron was awful fat chunks. I basically paid $22 for Yucca and a watercress salad. read more

Los Molcajetes - Salvadoran Near Me - Los Angeles, California

If you are ever looking for authentic Salvadoran food, check out this spot! I recently visited this location and it was a great, casual sit down with unique meals. we got the plantains and a few papusas. Friendly service and homemade meals. Highly recommend! read more

Los Molcajetes - papusas - Salvadoran Near Me - Los Angeles, California

extremely disappointed in how horrible the service here has become. My family and I have been coming to this restaurant for decades for their great food and great service. However, there has been an obvious decline in the quality of service since moving location. Servers are not attentive, they are cold, and seem to lack drive. We keep returning in good faith, always giving the benefit of the doubt, but it's now three visits back to back that keep proving the lack of good and quality service. Bring back the señoras! read more

I came here all the way from the valley for the mixed yuca plate and the pupusas! THE BEST!!! Soledad, our waiter was outstanding, she was warm and welcoming. Thank you! read more

I'm going to start off by saying, Everyone in Koreatown knows their O.G. spot on 7th & Hoover. Well they have moved to a big & better place. Honestly I'm surprised it took this long, especially with how busy and how the wait time was on the old spot. I'll be honest I would always go just for the Pupusas. So when I dined in here obviously I just ordered pupusas. I got 3 pupusas de Queso (maiz) and my GF got 2 pupusas 1 revuelta and 1 de Queso de arroz. This is still hands down still one of the best pupusas spot around. Cheesy, and Big. I could've of easily gotten 2, since how big they are. My only thing I would say is, be prepared to pay close to 7 dollars for these pupusas. A little on the pricey side, but I think you won't be disappointed with the size! Keep in mind they have a reward system, which it will accumulate with time if you keep coming back. For example my bill was 45 dollars and I had 8 dollars in rewards so I used it and it discounted me those 8 dollars. Can't complain about less money. Dine in was perfect, nice experience, and environment. I would highly recommend this spot, just beware on going here anytime during the weekend, wait time might be long. It does get busy! So maybe give them a try during the weekday. read more

Los Molcajetes - Salvadoran Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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The food here is good, but unfortunately the service is seriously lacking. I visited today and asked the waitress if she could warm up my coffee, as it's often served cold. She refused, saying they don't do that anymore--even though they've done it for me in the past. When we asked to speak with a manager, the waitress responded with heavy breathing and started clenching and unclenching her fists, which felt very unprofessional. The manager eventually came over and confirmed they no longer heat up coffee, but gave no explanation as to why. We requested a different server due to the waitress's behavior, but instead of honoring that, the manager took over our table--and unfortunately, had the same dismissive and rude attitude as the waitress (a skinny woman with blond hair). Customer service clearly isn't a priority here, and the owner should seriously address this issue. After our conversation, the manager went to the bar and told the staff what had happened. They laughed and stared at our table, which was incredibly disrespectful. read more

Salvadorian cuisine here was delicious. Valet parking but free if dining at the restaurant. Inside was clean and not busy during lunch hour. Nice atmosphere and friendly service. Pupusas were huge and complimented with the slaw and salsa. Tacos came with plenty of meat and was able to easily divide to make it into 4 street tacos. Great flavor, filling and not overly spicy. read more

Los Molcajetes - Dining area - Salvadoran Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Worst customer service ever. My family and I went to this place for the good food but for me as a first timer, the service sucked ass. We were going to eat there but the look on the valet guy was so sketchy that we decided to do take out instead. We waited for almost an hour for our food and they didn't even bother to tell us that it was ready 30 mins ago. They just left it on the counter and the order wasn't even complete- they forgot our drinks... like seriously. We heard the staff laughing loudly all this time and couldn't even do their jobs properly.... read more

Víctor es el mejor mesero nos atendió muy bien. La rica nos encantó, que buen sitio para allorzar read more

Los Molcajetes - Ensalada con pollo y mini pupusa de frijol - Salvadoran Near Me - Los Angeles, California

The place is beautiful, it has amazing decoration and it looks nice but ONLY for pictures. Service is okay, nothing outstanding - they never approached our table to ask if everything was okay or if we needed anything else after taking our order Again, this place looks beautiful in picture but food? food is disappointing. I got the Carne Asada and it was completely bland, under seasoned, just tasteless. The only thing worth it in the plate was the frijoles. If you are looking for a good place aesthetically pleasing, this is perfect but be prepared for overpriced and bland food. I say this as a native-born Salvadorian who was raised eating Salvadorian food read more

This place was an alternative to the Temple Street location for us. So much closer and I love how it's newer and more spacious. There's parking space with valet. Customer service was great, every one was super friendly. The restaurant it self was clean. The food was great and prices are good for it. I love that they have mini Pupusas so you can try different kind of other food without being excessive. We also ordered the Carne asada plate but forgot to take a picture. Lol I just hope that this place stays consistent with the customer service and quality of food. read more

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My to go order of only platanos fritos with beans and crema and two mini pupusas took more then 30 min got tired of waiting and just left my dinner was ruined looking for a new place for pupusas read more

Mi primera y última vez Las pupusas están más o menos. La agua de tamarindo , pura miel.los chicharrones sin sabor y olían a aceite de pescado. El servicio lento Le sirvieron a mi familia y faltaron órdenes, paso el tiempo y nada, hasta le preguntamos al mesero, trajo el resto, read more

Don't waste your money here. I always order from Jaragua but I decided to try something new. I made a huge mistake! I ordered take out and I couldn't even finish my food. I ordered 2 chicharron (pork) pupusas and 1 revuelta (mixed) pupusa. The pork was so unbelievably salty it was impossible to eat. I can't say anything bad about the service because I ordered to go. All I know is that the food is not edible because it's so salty. It was disgusting. I'll continue to stick to Jaragua. They have the best Salvi food in L.A. read more

One of the best pupusas spots in LA. The pupusas aren't too dry nor too greasy. They pack a good amount of filling into the pupusa so that you're not only eating masa. They offer different pupusas options for you select from. They have a parking lot but it's run by a valet team so be prepared to tip them if you can't find street parking. The servers are quick to take your order. It'll take a few minutes before your order arrives but it'll be worth the wait. The location is nice and bigger than their previous location in Hoover. Now they can accommodate large parties. read more

Damn que pasó ! This place used to be THE Spot for me and my familia Idk what happened their pupusass werent the same I always ask for extra queso y chicharrón I love their horchata though. I'm going to give it another try for our family gathering read more

If you're in the mood for great Salvadorian food, this is the place to go! Our group ordered pupusas, fish soup, and the shrimp platter. Everything was delicious and fresh. Had to take part of my soup to go and it was even better the second day! Great vibe inside the restaurant on a Saturday afternoon. Will definitely return! read more

Disappointing how money hungry this franchise has gotten. Back in the days Los Molcajetes was known for having some of the best pupusas in LA and now they're mediocre... Each pupusa is $6.65 now and not only that, the salsa is so thin it's like water and they give such little curtido. They're going the cheap route and i feel that sooner than later people will stop coming here for that exact reason. Expensive food and barely any sides. Disappointing, i wish they weren't so greedy and actually made food how they used to with the same quantity and quality. read more

The pupusas are so good and big, you definitely get what you pay for! The pan con pollo had a lot of flavor I wouldn't say it was my favorite but it was definitely good! The waiters are also friendly and helpful. The restaurant is very big and spacious. read more

Los Molcajetes - Revuelta pupusa - Salvadoran Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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This place was a great place to eat with my family. I had ordered a Pupusas de revuelta and it tasted amazing. As well to drink the ensalada was an amazing mix of flavors. The service was quick and very accurate. As well as our server Soledad being very caring constantly checking with us. The environment was very calming with lots of people. Will definitely return. read more

Soledad gave us great service. Food was delicious. Enjoy the time with friends. try the rice popusa. Really good read more

So glad I didn't trust the Yelp rating and instead was steered here by the recommendations elsewhere. Welcoming, colorful interior. Free garage parking with valet during prime hours. Prices are very reasonable. Only regret is not having enough people in our party to order every single item on the menu. Abundant portions fit for a king and his court. Pupusas are indeed huge as the menu states. Best curtadito I've ever tasted as well. Servers were very attentive and friendly. read more

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Soledad una señora muy amable tomó nuestra orden con mucha alegría y amabilidad sin duda la número uno la mejor