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    Playa Dorada

    3.5 (57 reviews)
    Open 9:00 am - 8:30 pm

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    Casual
    Good for groups
    Outdoor seating
    Good for kids

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    Pupusas revueltas
    Jassiri V.

    I only go for the pupusas nothing else! I give 3 stars because the pupusas are always good HOWEVER! The place has went down from its traditional vibe in the last 7ish years. The place is empty no decorations unless it's a holiday. The music is too damn loud. It's not a club! Literally have to raise your voice to converse with one another. The service is always friendly but not as fast since they do take in Call in orders & that takes away the server from serving their dine in customers. The glass soda are overpriced! Bring your own drinks in. Be carefully when you order to go. They will not honor your pupusas deal if you don't make it known that you want the special pupusas not the regular priced one. They are smaller but still good. If you pay with card you will pay a card fee. They have restrooms inside. Park on the street.

    Decepción de lugar!!! Hemos sido clientes por un tiempo pero lo que no tolero es robo y mentira. Hablo por telefono, ordeno 14 pupusas revueltas, 2 de queso y un tamal de pollo para llevar el señor me dice el total y cuelga. Llego al establesimiento pago y recojo mi orden en ese momento veo un papel con promoción : PUPUSAS REVUELTAS Y DE FRIJOL CON QUESO $1.50 c/u LUNES Y MARTES 10 PUPUSAS O MÁS Miércoles , Jueves y Viernes cualquier cantidad. Quando le pregunto porque la cantidad de 40 y algo si estan a 1.50 las revuetas? El señor reponde "esque ordenaste regulares, las especiales son chiquitas ". Si pero TU trabajas ahí, TU saves las especiales! Que tal si tienen mejor servicio al cliente y me pregutas en la llamada, ¿Quieres la especial o regular ??? No se si es negligencia de el empleado o estratejia de la dueña pero de cualquier manera esta MAL!! Summary : If you phone order and don't specify that you want the special of $1.50 for certain pupusas for the days stated on their promotional flyer they will NOT mention the special and charge you regular price. Maybe you will see it on the flyer maybe you won't . Not sure if this is the employee's fault or owners bad buissness practice, regardless THIS IS WRONG! Let ME decide if I want small cheaper pupusas or big regular priced ones !

    Publicidad de "Especial de Pupusas" engañosas. El "especial de Pupusas" no son 1.50 c/u

    El servicio de attencion de cliente es horrible. La orden incorrecta. Nos cobró 2 pupusas mas que no ordenamos. Puras fallas con la muchacha que nos iso la orden y también lidiando con la manager fue una completa falla y pérdida de tiempo. ni la menor comprensión departe de la manger por falta de comunicación. Hablamos para hacer una orden en grupo. Mi compañera de trabajo hablo primero para asegurar que las Pupusas costaban $1.50. Después de verificar el precio hablamos para hacer la orden. Cundo preguntamos porque fue tan caro...Primero que disque porque nomás las pupusas revueltas y frijol con queso eran las que tenían en Especial... I después salieron con que nosotros tuvimos que averles avisado antes que no queríamos pupusas regulares que queríamos las pupusas especiales ‍ So tengan cuidado. No es ningún especial de pupusas en días selectos.... La promoción es un anuncio engañoso. Para terminar de chingar. nos cobró también por pupusas extras que no ordenamos. (2 extra. Ni la orden se iso bien) Por unos $15.00 perdieron el negocio de nuestro grupo ‍ Que idiotes mas estupida.. Tengan mucho cuidado no nomás al ordenar pero también la calidad de la carne.. pues obvio ya ven que no es buena. Tal vez por esa razón no tienen mucha cliente en las mesas. Mi tía siempre decía... si hay mucha jente o hay una linia es porque es un buen negocio y porque la comida está rica. Y pues.. para terminar. Tiene mucha razón. No thank you. Primera y última vez.

    menu prices not correct, they all have changed and they won't tell you but charge you without you knowing.
    Audrey C.

    BE AWARE OF THIS PLACE. I came this morning to order 3 pupusas + pastelitos and got 4 drinks and my total was $46?!! I made the math according to their menu prices and it was all wrong. I went up to the front counter to ask why it came out so much and the lady at the front was honestly not the most helpful. She said the prices were different. The pastelitos on the menu was $10 and so i asked her how much those were and she said $13??? That's $3 difference and to me that's a lot to not be told to. Their whole menu should be updated with the current prices because that's straight scam. Their pupusas aren't $3.50 but $4 each PLUS TAX INDIVIDUALLY. She said each was $4.40. I told her if she could change what we got for a different plate, for the same price of what I said I ordered about, I switched it to (2) carne asada plates and two drinks. I asked that instead of rice if I could get casamiento on one of the plates and she said yeah I can do that. I said okay great thank you so much and went back to my table. We waited for our food, the food came before the drinks and on top of that, there was no casamiento on one of the plates. I was confused and when she came back to give us our drinks, I told her about it. She made a face as if she knew and was like "yeah they forgot" and so i asked if i can still get it and she said no and gave some reason I can't even remember anymore because it made no sense. Unfortunately This would be nicer review if the food was good but everything was cold. Literally the meat felt like it had been sitting out. Barely any flavor. Even the tortillas were cold, not even warm. Horrible service, I don't ever give places bad reviews but this genuinely has been the worst service I've ever had. The lady was so unhelpful, the prices are a scam and the ambience is terrible. I'm so disappointed. TEN CUIDADO CON ESTE LUGAR. ¡¿Yo Vine esta mañana a ordenar 3 pupusas + una orden pastelitos y 4 bebidas (2 fueron soda de lata) y mi total fue de $46?! Que ridiculo. Hice los cálculos de acuerdo con los precios de el menú y todo estaba mal. Fui al mostrador para preguntar por qué salió tanto y, sinceramente, la señora de la parte delantera no fue la más útil. Dijo que los precios eran diferentes. Los pastelitos en el menú eran de 10 dólares, así que le pregunté cuánto me cobró y ella dijo 13 dólares. Esa es una diferencia de 3 dólares y para mí es mucho que no se lo digan al cliente. Todo el menú debería actualizarse con los precios actuales porque eso es una estafa directa. Las pupusas no cuestan $3.50, sino $4 cada una MÁS IMPUESTOS INDIVIDUALES. Ella dijo que cada una costaba $4.40 con el tax. Le pregunté que si podría cambiar la orden original por un plato diferente, por el mismo precio. lo cambié a (2) platos de carne asada y dos bebidas. Pregunté que en lugar de arroz si podía cambiarlo por casamiento en uno de los platos y ella dijo que sí estaba bien. Le di gracias y volví a mi mesa. Esperamos nuestra comida, la comida llegó antes que las bebidas y, además de eso, no había casamiento en uno de los platos. Estaba confundida y cuando volvió a darnos nuestras bebidas, se lo conté. Ella hizo una cara como si lo supiera y estaba como "sí, se olvidaron", así que le pregunté si todavía puedo conseguirlo y ella dijo que no y me dio alguna razón por la que ya ni siquiera puedo recordar porque no tenía sentido. Desafortunadamente, esta sería una mejor revisión si la comida fuera buena, pero todo estaba frío. Literalmente, la carne se sentía como si hubiera estado sentada afuera. Casi ningún sabor. Incluso las tortillas estaban frías, ni siquiera calientes. Servicio horrible, nunca doy malas críticas a los lugares, pero este ha sido realmente el peor servicio que he tenido. La señora no ayudó, los precios son una estafa y el ambiente es terrible. Estoy muy decepcionada.

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    Valar M.

    Absolutely delicious and authentic! Ordered the revueltas regular size for $3.00 ! More than enough !

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    My go to Salvi food spot, food delicious and the price is right. I recommend the hen soup and the pupusas.

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    The food is good the service is good as well. The ambience is wonderful as well. Stop and get a good meal

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    Me gusta las Pupusa's...... esa es mi favorita comida pídelas con extra queso y saben mejor

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    Rude to customers and not professional at all.The food was not even cooked, when I advised them they were simply rude.wouldn't recommend...

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    I tried pupusas here and it's delicious you can't go wrong definitely coming back if you're craving Salvadoran food you should come here

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    They have bad service the lady is rude and mad dogs you. Also the food was raw would not recommend!!‍

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    8 years ago

    Slow service, the food took too long and it was not worth the wait. Tamales tasted washed off and the breakfast food was bland.

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    8 years ago

    I work nearby and order from this place ahead of time often for pickup. They are always friendly, ready, and food is great!

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    I've been coming here since high school and I'm 24 now. The food was always really good, service…read moretypically welcoming and friendly but always expensive. We came a couple of months ago and had their loaded yucca fries with carne asada as well as some pupusas. The meat on our fries felt really low quality-- the best way I could describe it was it tasting like frozen hamburger meat-- and gave us indigestion for the rest of the night, which was really disappointing to experience. Today we unfortunately experienced some really rude service. My bf ordered a plain water and we were given a fresco ensalada (no big deal, he likes it) We don't eat pork and ordered fried yucca on its own, just yucca frita. We were given a plate of yucca con chicharron :( I told the service we just ordered yucca frita and we were told that we did not specify that for her. I explained that we don't eat pork so we sent it back and were met with a displeasing look. I said we didn't want to yucca anymore since we had a lot of food already and she said "the kitchen already made it." So I said it was fine but just the yucca this time and she came back with the same exact plate just without the chicharron-- no visible plate change. Needless to say for the price, decline in food quality, and rude service, it's not worth coming back. At least not for a while.

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    4.5(352 reviews)
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    I went on a 4 mile walk on the Whittier Greenway Trail, and decided to treat myself to some pupusas…read moreon my way back. I had a pupusa revuelta and a pupusa de frijol y queso. Both hit the spot. The pupusas were fresh (I could hear them being made) and they had aguas frescas, my favorite de melón. I think I'll Make this a habit :)

    Sivar treats used to be a great place to eat, and the customer service was friendly. However, the…read morelast three times we've ordered the quality of the food and service has taken a turn for the worst. I let it go the first time when they got my order wrong and the tamales de pisque were super salty. Anyone can have an off day. The second time they got my order wrong again, but it was late and I didn't have the energy to make a fuss. However, tonight, they gave me the wrong pupusas and the platanos were burned. When I called back and politely let them know, the young lady on the phone seemed to be annoyed that I brought it up and dismissively told me to bring the food back. No basic courtesy, like we apologize for the inconvenience. When I got to the restaurant she rolled her eyes and took the food back in cold silence. The manager came out and again, no apology. I don't expect much, just basic recognition and common courtesy. I will not be eating here again and I caution you, that they do not value and respect customers enough to provide basic courtesy. **********+ Thank you, we appreciate your response and willingness to make things right. The only thing my wife and I ask is that you genuinely have a discussion with your employees and remind them that 99 percent of your customers are your neighbors, and we all want you to succeed. Here in Whittier, we have so many great dining options, so when we choose you, it means something. We will try again in a few months and we look forward to posting an update. Wishing you the very best. Sergio & Cristina

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