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    El Guanaco 2

    3.6 (19 reviews)
    Closed 10:00 am - 9:30 pm

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    Baliada Especial con bistec
    Melissa A.

    Food was amazing. The empanada de plátano was insanely good. The place was empty and I just ordered online takeout and it took 10 minutes! Chicken was very tasty and steak was very tender

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    Al H.

    Opdyke Rd in Auburn Hills can be hit and miss on the food scene with more misses than hits. Despite being surrounded by offices and industry there are few interesting places to eat. Sure there's fast food but that gets boring quickly. El Guanaco 2 is tucked back in a nondescript strip center between what seems to be a deli and window store. So in I went. Most people would think Mexican when they enter but the vibe was a bit farther south, El Salvador! A bright spacious dining room with a bit of a store tucked in El Guanaco 2 welcomes you. I was seated immediately and looked at the menu. Well when in Rome or El Salvador do as the locals do. I asked for especially of the house. Chicken stew! Perfect for a brisk November day. And perfect it was. A chicken leg and thigh with carrots and potatoes in a delicious gravy. Yellow rice, refried beans and some lettuce and lime came on the side. Think duck confeit. Fall off the bone tender, it was perfect. The gravy was rich and flavorful with a hint of mustard? Fantastic. Horchata washed it down. All in a fantastic add to the nabe. El Guanaco 2 is a rare beast! Vaya!

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    Ahren S.

    El Salvador in your back yard with authentic traditional food and drinks. The flavors are amazing. Not your traditional Latin American street food. Love this place.

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    Food was ok... there was only one server on the restaurant. Needs to improve in all aspects.

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    Great service. Great value. Delicious food. I enjoy the ambience as well. We eat here whenever in the area.

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    4 years ago

    Food was amazing. Lots of food and good prices. We will be back. They have 2 different locations, one in Auburn Hills and one in Troy

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    Opdyke Rd in Auburn Hills can be hit and miss on the food scene with more misses than hits.

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    La Cuscatleca

    La Cuscatleca

    4.0
    (9 reviews)
    24.4 mi

    We went to La Cuscatleca over the weekend after trying Salvadoran food from a place in Ann Arbor…read morethe previous day. I didn't really like the food there so I was a bit confused whether it was that place in particular, or if I didn't like Salvadoran tamales and pupusas in general. I figured going to La Cuscatleca would help settle the question. La Cuscatleca is one of those marketplace/restaurant combos so common around SW Detroit and Dearborn. In the front is the register where you can pick up prepared drinks and tamales. The left half of the store is dedicated to selling Salvadoran sundries and food items. A bunch of ingredients and spices I have never seen before are stuffed into hand labeled bags and adorn the multiple shelves. The grocery area is quite crowded, with only maybe 2.5 feet in between each aisle. The restaurant order window and kitchen is in the rear, and the right half of the store is the eating area with a couple of tables. Ordering is pretty easy but requires you to know at least a little bit of Spanish - you place the order at the window, then find a seat and they'll bring the food out for you. After you finish, you'll get a handwritten bill, which you take up to the front register to pay. Again, just be aware that the people here speak little to no English. Pupusas ($3.50 each) - We tried three on the menu: revueltas, loroco, and chipilin. I think we screwed up the order with our one month Duolingo level Spanish because we weren't brought any salsa or curtido on the side. Still, these pupusas were super rich, completely stuffed to the brim with cheese and the other ingredients, with the cheese actually spilling out the sides and caramelizing a bit on the griddle. The salsa and curtido could have helped a bit to cut through some of the richness, but I think the pupusas in general are top quality. The revueltas is the most familiar with some nice refried beans spread on the interior. I wonder what the difference between the revueltas and the frijol queso is? (5/5) The loroco adds a very nice mild vegetal quality - the are very generous with the filling of cheese and whole loroco buds so you can taste and appreciate the flavor. This was my favorite of the three. (5/5) The chipilin is really, really pungent. It's kind of like spinach with the mouthfeel, but way more pungent in flavor. It's tender and not stringy or tough at all, but it's just a little too pungent for me. (4/5) Tamales ($3.33 each) - We got one puerco, one pollo, one pisque. These are wrapped in foil, then a layer of banana leaf, and finally the filling. As with a typical Salvadoran tamale, these are soft and tender masa, almost like a custard texture. The masa is an absolute flavor bomb - it's meaty, savory, full of umami. For the pisque, there's refried beans added only in the center. The beans are pretty dark looking for refried beans and has a bit of bitterness/acridity to it like it has burned bits mixed in. I'm not sure if it really was burned or it should taste like this. If it didn't have the burned taste, this would be more of a 4/5, but as it stands, it's a (1/5). The pollo has some tender potato and green pepper mixed in and the chicken maintains moisture well (4/5). The puerco has pressure cooked pork mixed in. They include the rib bones and cartilage, giving an unpleasing texture on the interior, but overall the meat portion is pretty tender and juicy (3/5). Atol de Elote ($4.50) - Woah, this is one seriously thick and rich drink. It's like drinking condensed milk mixed with corn and cinnamon. Or like a drinkable pudding or custard. Super sweet and super filling. It's served warm, so it seems great for a cold day (4/5). Bathrooms: One single room behind the eating area. La Cuscatleca is very popular with the local Salvadoran community for good reason. The pupusas in particular are hand made fresh and are absolutely delicious. While we were there, we saw several other parties all enjoying large bowls of soups and stews. We'll definitely have to come back to try those dishes and some of the other authentic specialties.

    I'm OUTDONE. I don't know what the ambiance is like but, I'm guessing the service is pure BASURA…read moreFROM A PLACE that calls this a tamale. It's grease and slop in a banana leaf. I almost puked looking at it alone. Idk if it's because we're Afro Latina or what but, it's disrespectful to serve this to ANYONE. I HAVEN'T ever in my life felt this bad about food. STEER Clear. I want to call the health department.

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    Taco Tienda Mexicana

    Taco Tienda Mexicana

    4.4
    (745 reviews)
    12.3 mi
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    Excellent hole in the wall taco joint that splits its retail space as half restaurant and half…read moregrocery. The restaurant itself has a relatively small foot print where the tables are close together and where there are no frills about this place and definately a tad on the rustic side. Facility aside, this place makes some excellent authentic Mexican street tacos where my El Pastor and Asada taco's were well made, PACKED with meat (no scrimping here) and oh so tasty. Service is quite quick where once seated you get your food within a few minutes making this an excellent spot if you are on the run and looking for a good meal on the quick. Prices are cheap in my opinion where my three taco's and a coke came to just $12. NICE! Two things to note here is that the chips and salsa are not gratis but come at an extra cost and follow up once you get food was non existent in my case. Chips and salsa was not a big deal to me but lack of follow up prevented this business from getting a fifth star. Overall and my minor gripes aside, if you are fan of really good Mexican street taco's than this is a must visit if you are in the area! I wish this business was closer to my home in West Bloomfield as I would be a regular here for sure!

    I've been dining here in and out for many years now and I see a lot of new Spanish people working…read morehere. It used to be they provide chips and salsa as appetizers but since inflation is up ... you have to order separately. I've tried other taco places and I keep wondering why we always come back here ... maybe because it is more convenient. Ordered chorizo soft tacos with cheese and chicken enchiladas ... no substitute... flavor is bland so just add the red or green hot sauce. Kind of rude to hear the workers speak in Spanish. I will have to go somewhere else. Food is bland and the service today is terrible.

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    El Guanaco 2 - salvadoran - Updated June 2026

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