Pupuseria No.1

Dirt cheap prices, good service, fresh and delicious pupusas. What’s not to love? Don’t let the hole-​in-​the-​wall look scare you off. This place is awesome.

I’ve been to this place about a half-​dozen times and they are pretty consistent about their food, ambience, and service.
It’s a divey, casual type of place. The inside has plenty of booth and table seating. The interior is a bit run-​down, and it’s pretty much a hole-​in-​the-​wall.
So what do I love about this place? Their shrimp pupusas! Damn, they are good! I’ve also had their steak/​asada pupusas, which are my 2^nd favorite. I’ve not really tried much else. The pupusas come out with cabbage slaw and a couple of bottles of hot sauce; medium and hot. The prices are really cheap; two of us ate for $ 10.
What are some areas of improvement? Well, the timing. This is not a place I’d recommend you go to if you’re on a limited time crunch or you’ve got a 1-​hour lunch. I work down the street and went during my one-​hour lunch break and barely had enough time to eat. The servers are very nice and courteous, but it’s pretty slow getting things back from the kitchen. So, just be aware of it.
I’ve came here with a large group of people, about 15 or so, and they were able to accommodate us with no issues.
This is my go-​to place for pupusas, they are hot, fresh, and delicious. If you’re wanting to try something a little different, definitely a place to consider.

Love the pupusas. A variety of meats and types to get. A few more juice drinks to try to, in addition to horchata or tamarindo like at a Mexican Restaurant. I suppose it is because this place is El Salvadoran. Took a little while to get food during one lunch time though.

Lunch for Two
Usual hole in the wall kind of place. From the outside, it looks like real estate office. If you don’t know what pupusas are, you’d never walk in. Its a little run down inside but okay.
First let me talk about the food. It is made as fresh and is pretty good. My favorite was the fried yucca and tostadas. It is also very decently priced.
Here’s the Bad side: We walked in and sat down. Got our menus a few minutes later. Drinks came first and then we ordered. It took 45 minutes to get our food… FORTY FIVE MINUTES for 2 of us! FORTY FIVE minutes for $ 15 worth of food. We watched people who came in after us get food first. We asked our server if our food was coming and she said she would check and then explained that the people who got their food first had called in earlier for it. I understand that helps get their food faster, but it does not explain why we had to wait 45 minutes for 2 plates of food while the place was not even a full house. I am very disappointed in the service.
After reading other people’s reviews, I can see it is a common thing. There is no excuse for that long of a wait unless you killed the cow for my meal.

Foo is excellent. Taste is awesome. My only concern is the service is kind of slow. But always the waiting is wort it.

Food is good. Pupusas have a great taste. Now, since they make everything from scratch on each order, it does take more than the usual for the food to come to your table. If you are planning to eat in, take your time, or you can also call and pick up (but it is not that you call and can pick up in 15 mins).

So to be fair, I only went in for pick up. But let me describe the place.
It’s pretty big for a hole in the wall type of place. They do have tvs and plenary I parking. They are located next to the Aldi store. There are many tables and the servers are nice. They do take to go orders. They also use tablets to take your orders and they do take debit and credit cards.
The food is decent and reasonably priced. For an horchata, about ten pupusas, an order of fried cassava, it was about $ 25 bucks.