I'm new in town and decided to treat myself here for my birthday -- and wow, I'm so glad I did! For less than $11, I got 3 tacos that were super generous in portion and packed with flavor. The meat was tender, the guac and toppings were fresh, and everything tasted homemade. The staff was really nice and welcoming too, which made the experience even better. Definitely one of those hidden gems I'll be coming back to often! read more

Topacio Restaurant - Latin American Near Me - East Boston, Massachusetts

Before they used to have amazing food but now everywhere you go its expensive and especially their pupusas are pricey.

Time to brush up on your Spanish, because this is as authentic as it gets. Despite my limited Spanish, I was still able to communicate with staff with minimal difficulty. Still full from the Carne Asada, which was grilled and seasoned nicely. It seemed like most people came here for the Pupusas, which gives me a reason to come back. Small service fee if paying by credit card. read more

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I am a consistent visitor of this place and it is amazing. I would recommend this to anyone looking for some late night comfort food. Food comes out quick and is definitely worth the money. read more

This is my favorite place for Pupossa's, if I spelled it right. They are in East Boston, been going there for years. Cheap money

Came for the papusas! Did not disappoint. We got bean and cheese, mixed with pork and just cheese. We also got a plate of plantains to share. My friend got a lengua torta which she loved! Would recommend for some solid el Salvadoran food! read more

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Food is great. I love their tacos and atol de elote. The best in East Boston. They were located at Meridian but they moved to Chelsea street close by Santarpios. read more

Be prepared to speak Spanish, as this is as authentic as it gets! Fantastic pupusas and their horchata is great. Carne asadas was huge and filling and juicy, my mom got the shrimp taco bowl which also was delicious. Portions are insanely generous and the food tasted like something your mom would make. Will be back!! read more

Happened to be in East Boston and saw a sign for $1 pupusas which I couldn't pass up and you should not either!! Walked right in ordered two with cheese and two mixed(chicken/cheese mixed filling) and my goodness I have never been happier! Ready in 10 minutes, everyone was following COVID protocol and wearing masks and happily sent me on my way. My biggest regret is not ordering other tidbits to go to try. Support them!! Your stomach will thank you read more

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The food here is OK. It's another one of the ethnic cheap eats places with huge portions in the Eastie area. I've been on two occasions. First time I got a fried chicken plate. It had a lot of chicken which was good but could of been spicier. It was served with fries. Most of their entrees also come with salad and pupusas. I watched them make them right at the grill behind the bar. They were super authentic. You can get them with many toppings. The second time I had Pollo Topacio, which was a mix of chicken with onions, peppers, cheese, served with rice and salad. The dish however was extremely salty. I ended up having a few bites to get some food in me, then didn't even bother to take the rest home cause of the salt overload. I was disappointed. My boyfriend had a steak that was enormous. On top it oozed with melted cheese. He too said it was very salty. That again was served with salad and pupusas. I guess the cook that day had some heavy salt shaking. They serve excellent chips and salsa to every table. The chips were thick and addicting. I would recommend you get a side of home made guacamole with it. which was only $3. Both times we sat at the bar and the girl back there was very nice and tried to understand our English. I found the food hit or miss. It is priced extremely low, if I give it another shot, I'll probably ask for easy on the salt. read more

Topacio Restaurant - Latin American Near Me - East Boston, Massachusetts

Pupusas here are quite good, and combined with the cheap price and friendly service, make for a great quick breakfast. The curtido is tangy, and that can make all the difference in creating the right flavor. read more

With all the variety of ethnic restaurants in the Eastie Meridian Street area, I'm glad that we had a local friend recommend Topacio to us so we wouldn't have to pick which one to go to ourselves. Definitely do not miss out on the pupusas-- authentic, inexpensive, and delicious. The cabbage and salsa add a freshness to the warm thick tortillas filled with beans and cheese, so be sure to add the sides on top! I also ordered a refreshing horchata that was perfection! Will definitely make more trips out to Eastie for pupusas from Topacio! read more

Topacio Restaurant - delicious pupusa! - Latin American Near Me - East Boston, Massachusetts

Cute little restaurant hidden inside Eastie. A lot of Central/South American cuisines here and they're super filling!! Ordered the Carne Asada plate and my buddy ordered the Mexican chicken. My plate hit the spot and my friend's Mexican Chicken wasn't bad. Tortillas they had were interesting and definitely would want to come back and try other items. Server and other employees were pretty nice to chat and get to know you along with things going on in the neighborhood. read more

Topacio Restaurant - Mexican Chicken - Latin American Near Me - East Boston, Massachusetts

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The look from the outside of this restaurant may make you a skeptic for going inside and eating at this place but you should! They have great great salvadorian food and the flavors are wonderful. The pricse are great as well and if you live in East Boston they will deliver (even if its right across the street, how I know I wont tell!) My typical dish that I get is the fried fish with rice and a salad and its great. There have been times where the fish wasnt to fresh as I ordered late but it was still really good with full of flavor. They are quick on delivery and the food is always exceptional. There pupusa's are not greasy at all which is good and the slaw that is given with it is not soaked in vinegar which is a plus in my book as well. Another good dish to get is pinchos de carne which is pretty much meat on a stick! The flavors of the peppers, onions and tomatos and the meat that is grilled on a stick is wonderful with the rice its a great meal. This is place to definitely go and try out, the atmosphere is wonderful with the music and the tv going its just a wonderful place and the people that work there are also really great! read more

Friendly atmosphere, good food, but difficulty speaking when only spanish is spoken, you can still point at what you want so i reccomend it.

Just stopped in her for a snack and was oh-so-pleasantly surprised! My friends and I had heard about the pupusas they make here and decided to drop in and give it a whirl. We sat down got some menus and ordered 5 pupusas as 1.25 dollars each. We tried one of each and an extra cheese one. The pupusas took a bit longer than I had expected them to, but it our stomachs were appeased with some chips and homemade salsa (quite the kick, I might add). The pupusas then came out, steaming hot with some tomato-y sauce thing and some pickled purple looking cabbage. I must admit, the cabbage thing looked very... interesting, but I gave it a shot and it turned out to compliment the pupusas very well! The cheese pupusa was my favorite. Mmm.. delicious! We got our check and it turned out to be 5 bucks! Aparently, pupusas are 1 dollar on Saturdays and Thursdays. I didn't see it advertised anywhere so t he staff could have easily charged us full price for them but did not! A dollar for homemade pupusa? Delicious. read more

Want comfort food? Topacio serves up some no-frills, hot, seasoned, home style deliciousness. Stopped in before doing an airport run: great choice/recommendation from a friend. Had the pollo a la parrilla, which was a perfectly seasoned piece of chicken with three grilled shrimp on top, beans, and rice. I had a pupusa with cheese too: heaven. I did not need the pupusa, or the complementary chips and salsa, and I am more than full, but it was so good. It was a slow time of day but everyone was very pleasant. Street parking was surprisingly easy to find at 5:00. Bonus: they have takeout, so I might have grabbed some pupusas to go. They are only $1 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays! I'll be back next time I'm in Eastie for sure. read more

Topacio Restaurant - Pollo a la parrilla, pupusa de queso. - Latin American Near Me - East Boston, Massachusetts

A friend and I tried this restaurant for lunch for no other reason than it looked good and homey. We liked it, but didn't sample enough dishes to justify a higher rating. I had three papusas -- two laroca (a flower bud), one bean and cheese. They were made fresh. In fact, we sat at the counter and watched two women making large batches of papusas, which was entertaining. I thought the cheese in the laroca papusas overpowered the laroca, which was barely noticeable. My friend had some sort of meat tacos, which she liked. The restaurant did a steady business of take-out papusas, likely ordered by phone, which suggests that this restaurant is popular with locals. The grill was filled with cooking papusas the entire time we were there. We were served chips and salsa after we ordered. Both were very good. read more

I'm on the edge of giving this place 5 stars, but it is pending on my next trip there! This was by far the BEST meal my boyfriend and I had this weekend, which says a lot because we went to a few great places such as my fave super fusion and even tried Silver tone's, but nothing beats such a casual restaurant serving large portions of authentic Salvardorian food. Our meal came out to be $25 for a large entree, a tortas sandwich, a diet pepsi, 2 bottles of water, and 2 pupusas and IT WAS ALL DELICIOUS. I got the polla a la topacio which is a thin breast of chicken with peppers, onions?, veggies on top covered with cheese served with delicious yellow rice with avocado and a jalapeno on the side. I cut up the jalapeno because I love that torturous burning on my taste buds and mixed it in with my rice. Everything was well seasoned, the cheese they use is delicious, and the avocado just melded all the flavors together. It was so yummy. The bf got the carne tortas which is their sandwich with a marinated beef, beans, avocado, tomato, lettuce, mayo and came witha side of fries. When I was eating it, I thought it was better than a burger, at least tastier. The pupusa de queso and the pupusa revueltas were great. I'm wanting one now, It's the perfect little snack for $1.50 each, but I guess I can't really compare the pupusas to anything else because it was my first time having them. I had about more than half my dish leftover (some reason my stomach was not cooperating with the desires of my taste buds to consume like a horse) so I brought it back home at around midnight, approximately 10 hours after our meal and my sister and brother DEVOURED every last bit of it. My sister kept asking to go back the very next afternoon for food! read more

This place has good food, I recommend it. The only thing is if you pay with a credit card/ debit card they will charge you 4% service charge on your check total. When I asked about the service charge the lady did bring out a sign hidden behind a fridge, why this sign is not posted on the front door I have no idea. However I would come back for the food. read more

Best Salvadoran food in Boston. Even though the Tamles are flavorful I bought a batch the other day that had a bunch of small chicken bones in them which were disturbing to eat read more

I would like to give this place 2.5 stars. I've had better, but it was still pretty decent. I would give them another chance if I'm around, but it's not a place I'm going to be craving. Contrary to some of the other people here, I didn't actually like the pupusas as much as other places I've been to. They were more mushy and the flavor was not quite right, though I can't really say in what manner. We ordered sides of refried beans and cream to go with the pupusas (which we often do). The beans were on the salty side. So was the cabbage that comes with the pupusas. The cream, by itself, was okay, but when eaten at the same time as the beans or the cabbage the salt brought out a flavor of the cream that I really didn't like. I also felt like the red sauce for the pupusas was watery. Final thing--some of the tortilla chips were "chewy". Enough with all of the negativity though. Some positives: -The guacamole was fresh and tasty. It is a good deal at $3 seeing as how you get some chips and salsa to start. -The chips were the thick "recently fried" kind. They were not very greasy, which was nice. It can lead to the problem above, but I'd rather have these chips and have a few of them not be fully crunchified than to have stale restaurant chips. -The horchata was quite good and not too heavy on any one flavor. -Loroco! Any place with pupusas that doesn't have loroco is not a real pupusa place. read more

This is one of the best diners in all of east boston. They are famous for having delicious meals such as tres carnes plates. They have deliciously made their presence these past year with their famous sale of 1$ pupusas 3 days a week! You could do take out or dine in with family and friends or by your self. I highly recommend this restaurant for anyone trying to find a delicious meal at reasonable prices. Don't ever forget to tip the very nice waitress & ladies. They tend to get busy so enjoy while you can. No need for reservations but call ahead I'd your bringing a party of 10 friends and family or co workers. I have been eating at this place for the last several years and I highly recommend it. The food is so delicious sometimes it feels like I'm in a fancy foreign Spanish country trying out their delicious meals. read more

It is a great place to get Pupusas! Currently, they are holding deals where they are $1 everyday. I have also tried their chicken nachos and they were so flavorful and delicious. A must try! read more

I had shrimp taco, tongue taco, and bean & cheese pupusas. Super delicious! Friendly staff too!

The best pupusas in East Boston. Very cheap too. This place is amazing. They're fast and friendly

This place bomb man. Food is fresh & the nachos changed my life. I only eat their nachos & ive gained so much weight, BUT ITS JUST SO GOOD. I DONT CARE I LIVE FOR THEIR NACHOS. read more

Great food in a quaint neighborhood, felt like home, family oriented, casual, no pretense here

Got so much food for what we'd usually spend on McDonald's. Good price, people were kind, a lot of food and yummy! read more

Topacio Restaurant - Latin American Near Me - East Boston, Massachusetts

best loroco pupusas in Boston, fresh, and only $1 on Tues/Thurs! need I say more?!

The pupusas are the hot ticket here, and they would indeed make a Salvadoran chef proud. Fresh corn, seasoned meat, beans, loroco or cheese, grilled toasty and dry. Also enjoyed the taco mixtos - a mix of chicken, beef and pork with fresh veggies and avo wrapped in fresh tortillas, and the carne asada meal - a giant portion of well seasoned, tasty meat if a bit chewy, with beans and rice. The downside here is the salt level - they overdid the salt on the salsa, the beans, meat. Service is friendly but slow. The interior would fit right into a ministry of tourism brochure from El Salvador - green walls, open kitchen, primary color paintings and the requisite TV blaring soaps. If the food was a bit easier on the salt and grease, and they used the grill more to their advantage it would be 5 stars all the way. read more

This place advertises that they deliver...yet the delivery person is never available. The excuse is always that this person's car broken down or that he/she was involved in a car accident. Seriously? Next time I place an order over the phone, I wish they'd just tell me they don't deliver. That way, I can spend the next 15 minutes of my time looking into ordering from a different restaurant. read more

Discovered this place one Sunday morning when I was waylayed picking someone up at Logan and had an hour to burn. Simply the best breakfast I've had in such a long time. Had the Plato Casero, which is fresh eggs, avacado, a jalapeno pepper (whole), sharp cheese, refried beans and a corn torilla. INCREDIBLE! Coffee great. And the price was right - 9 bucks for the whole, huge breakfast. And YUMMY. (Also cute was the people watching, which on Sunday morning included a ton of family/kids in their Sunday clothes.) Been back three or four times since. I so want to get beyond that one dish but it's so good I can't yet! Highly recommend. A+++ read more

Worst pupusas ever . So dry and not worth the price , even if it's a dollar , they're not worth it . If you want good pupusas , GO somewhere else in East Boston. read more

Topacio has quickly become an Eastie favorite. As many people say, the pupusas are wonderful; however, their picada is the real star of the show! It's a huge dish loaded with chorizo, beef, chicken, green peppers in a sauce that covers french fries. It is SO flavorful! Ask for it to be a little spicy and you won't regret it. Even better, it only costs $13! I usually split it with my boyfriend and we sometimes have leftovers. One of the waitresses who served us recently was so sweet. It's not usually busy in there but it would be if more people knew about this picada! read more

good inexpensive authentic fresh. what else do you need? always a good spot when ur craving some huge portions and ur not looking to drop a ton of cash. the food can vary sometimes im guessing the chef changes, but usually delicious. did i mention cheap? i mean food coma for around $10-$15 per person including soda/juice/ and some bottled water anddddd left overs to take home??? come onnnnnnnnnnnnnn. read more

Devoured this in 3 mins (it was timed). Very authentic food, come get some FRESH PUPUSAS!!!! You won't regret it. I love Carlos and Sandra, shoutout to them, good folks. WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! read more

Topacio Restaurant - Latin American Near Me - East Boston, Massachusetts

Best tacos in all of New England. Dare I say on the east coast. I come here every time I visit boston for the most authentic chicken soft tacos I've ever had. The service is lacking like all of Eastie but the food is on point! read more

So I bought pupusas very sadly to say awful taste very dry taste is like u eating "chancla". "Flipflop" No wonder $1 food read more

Some of the guys that work for me always would run off to this place for lunch, so one day I just invited myself along. Being into Latin american food it was a no brainer. The tacos are probably the best I have had anywhere. Carnitas, fresh avacodo wedge, cream cheese, fresh cilantro, fresh onion, tomato, on a doubled up fresh toasted corn tortilla. Damn I am hungry. I'll literally eat 3-4 of them until I am about to burst, they are that good. Their pupusas are excellent, as well as the pupusa acessories. They usually bring us out some salsa and chips while we wait for our takeout order. I haven't had anything else here, but its a good bet in the area. My only concern that drops it down to a 4 is the lack of effort in the English dept. I can order in Spanish, and am usually with native speakers when i go but a little effort in taking my order in English would be good for other customers. I can see people being less than comfortable in that situation. read more