I was looking for a place for Colombian food for dinner, and this restaurant got my attention! They have the typical bandeja paisa, and the process to order to go was super quick , so much faster by calling on the phone . Picking up the food was an interesting process there's a person by the front door checking bags and patting people down , I guess for security purposes... but it was a bit off , since I kept mentioning I was just there to pick up food . It seems like it's a lounge style restaurant, that's why the security process in place . Food was good , delicious; but the initial process for pick up just made it so awkward. read more

El Rinconcito - Salvadoran Near Me - North Lauderdale, Florida

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Since my last review the service has gotten better and the food is still good and this place is my go to for Baledas con todo. Today this was DoorDashed, we had: * Baledas con today- Amazing * Chicken milanesa meal - Amazing * Flour Tortillas - the best ever! We will definitely continue to come here. read more

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waitress very polite, food was excellent, hot fresh and fast . Clean restaurant!!! Nice atmosphere read more

El Rinconcito - Special breakfast - Salvadoran Near Me - North Lauderdale, Florida

Didn't see any reviews for their seafood soup which is a SHAME !! Cause this soup was so good it had my toes curling. As a Honduran, I added coconut cream which reminded me of Machuca. There's clams, shrimp, crabs, oysters, and calamari in here !! Best seafood soup in Soflo !!! Will recommend and come again read more

El Rinconcito - Seafood Soup - Salvadoran Near Me - North Lauderdale, Florida

A very pleasant dining experience today at my first visit to El Rinconcito which serves Salvadorian and Hondurian cuisine. Service was great and the entire staff was friendly and professional. Our server named Lia was very courteous and helpful with choosing meals from their menu. The dining area is large, clean and comfortable. Food was delicious and had a amazing homemade taste. I'll definitely be back for some more great authentic cuisine when I return to the area! read more

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We had our first experience here and it was Incredible! The flavors were outstanding! Friendly staff and such a quaint atmosphere! read more

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I love love this place I am a regular here I eat in order out have it delivered to my house they are super sweet is Avery small place but the service is fantastic the breakfast is amazing and the pupusas are to die for I usually order the salvadorian breakfast and pupusas mixtas which have cheese pork rinds and beans . read more

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I have had the pupusas here twice, and they are AMAZING let me tell you. I am Salvadoran and these are the best pupusas I have found in all of Broward County. The tamal de elote is also pretty awesome, great taste and texture, not too dry like other places. One star off because the curtido that comes with the pupusas is way too salty and a little too spicy as well. Overall very happy and will definitely order more pupusas from here in the future!!! read more

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Was in the area and was super hungry wanted something home cooked not fast food and I decided to check out this EL Salvador restaurant. Me and my boyfriend had the fried fish with sweet plantains fried yuca, fried cheese and avocado salad. Everything was cooked to order, which is huge for me because the food came out fresh and hot! we also had the horracha drink which is my personal favorite, it's like this chai type of seed that they make with cinnamon I believer, omg it's so good and refreshing! Hidden gem, must try! read more

I was looking for something that tasted more like home out here in Fort Lauderdale. Came across this Salvadorian restaurant And decided to check it out. The venue is big. Very spacious with lots of tables and also booths if you wanted to have more of an experience. The service wasn't the best service I've had but it was just about right. . The only came to ask for our orders and to bring us the food once it was ready. Never came back to check back in on us . (I had finished my horchata which was very tasty btw!) The food felt very authentic. Just like I imagined it felt like I was back home in LA. The pupusas were a decent size. They were not greasy and stuffed with what over ingredient you wanted on the inside. The plantains with beans were also delicious . The plantains were soft on the inside and crunchy on the inside for just that right bite. The side order of beans that came with it were also good! I recommend this place if you're in the area . read more

El Rinconcito - Pupusas. Huevos con chorizo and coffee - Salvadoran Near Me - North Lauderdale, Florida

They must still be in business because of their location. Stopped by for lunch in between Saturday errands. The staff was pleasant and everyone had a welcome greeting. I went during that slow time after lunch but before dinner. I ordered a glass of sangria, two croquettas and the roast pork meal. The sangria was a generous portion, but seriously lacked in flavor. Next came the roast pork. When I asked about the croquettas, she said they were coming right up. Why would the appetizer come after the meal? That should have been my warning. Especially since roast pork with rice and beans is always pre-cooked. The pork was not fresh. It must have been cooked a day or two before. It was dry and tasteless. Rice and beans were rice and beans. Not bad, nothing spectacular. Shortly after the croquettas arrived. They looked unappetizing. I could tell they had been deep fried in too hot oil and were taken out of the oil just before reaching the burn mark. When I picked up the first one, it was soaked in oil and had a hole in it. It had been over-fried. I broke it open and most of the stuffing had spilled through the hole. So basically I was served the exterior of a croquetta. I ate my roast pork meal because I was hungry and needed to get on with my day as quickly as possible. The reason I give two stars is because the staff was very nice. I showed the waitress the hole in my croquetta and the missing stuffing of the other croquetta. She apologized and had it taken off the bill. I have zero reasons to return to this restaurant. read more

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I love it but it charges us for the shit nigga $25.00 shit is too much right it supposed to be lunch fucking special for the ass in shit read more

El Rinconcito - Churrasco El Salvadoran - Salvadoran Near Me - North Lauderdale, Florida

Thank you, universe for making this place known to me! Good Central American food in North/West-ish Broward. YES! My first (but certainly won't be my last) visit was on a Friday night at around 9pm. The plaza is kind of dark and the parking lot was badly designed, so parking isn't the best. It also looks older. Inside, it looks like your typical mom-and-pop Latin restaurant. There are some booths along the walls, and tables in the middle. Although I didn't get the impression that it was dirty, it just has this sort of like beat-down look to it. In the daytime, I'm sure it's a much happier looking place, but at night it was kind of dim and dismal. One side of the restaurant has counter service and there were a group of gentlemen sitting there. They appeared to be locals, and often, when others came in, they would greet each other like friends. Oh, the restaurant also has some kind of digital jukebox thing (you pay and you get to select songs to play). The waitresses were the ones who kept paying and they played lots of typical Central American music (excuse my ignorance for not knowing what the genre of music is actually called). The waitresses who served us were friendly. They greeted us in English, but switched over to Spanish once we did. They were attentive throughout the course of our meal and helpful when I had a few questions about some of their dishes. The food was so delicious! I was so excited when I saw "baleadas" on the menu because it had been years since I had one (a previous coworker from Honduras used to make them and share them with me for breakfast). Since they were on the appetizer menu, I thought these were going to be different, but nope...these are HUGE (see picture) and really not easy to cut up and share without making a mess of the baleada. The one I got had everything in it--avocado, carne asada, cheese, eggs, crema...it was delicious. I loved the baleada so much I ate it on my own and was too full to eat more than two bites of my entree (ended up taking it home and eating it the next day). Pupusa and bistec de palomilla were both great. The cabbage slaw that comes with the pupusa was not to my liking. The palomilla was served with beans (I asked for whole beans, but you can also do refried), rice, and a salad (you can't see it in the photo because they placed the steak over it). The entrees also come with homemade tortillas. read more

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Decent pupusas and baleadas. Great to support local business! I'll be back since it's fairly close to my home.

Been coming here for 15 + years, best authentic Salvadoran food in Broward. Being Salvadoran I'm very picky where i dine. They have the best pupusas hands down for sure. I usually get the tamales , pupusas, orchata and the carne asada.. yummy ! read more

If you are looking for Salvadorian or Honduran food. This is the place. They offer a variety of dishes. I particularly go for the Tajadas con Queso ( home made green bananas chips with a coke salad and grind queso). I also love the baleadas and pupusas, delicious!!! The place it's clean, though needs a little update. It's a hole in the wall but food it's great! read more

You might be wondering what even is Salvadorian food. I am from El Salvador so let me be clear: it is not "Spanish" food. Spanish is a language, silly. Are hamburgers "English" food? Furthermore, Salvadorian food cannot be described as being similar to Mexican, Cuban, Colombian.. or any other country you have in mind. The flavor profile of Salvadorian food is unlike any you've had before. It's quite simplistic with not much spice or heat, but it does not lack flavor. Instead, it relies on ingredients with prominent flavors such as pork, cheese, beans, and corn. Chicken and beef are also featured but pork is the gold standard as authentic pupusas de chicharrón are a sought-after item here in the US. Anyhoo.. what do I recommend you get at this quaint little restaurant? Pupusas. Put simply, they are stuffed tortillas with a side of mild tomato sauce and pickled cabbage. One pupusas might do you in but I'm sure you can eat two. Try some de queso, chicharrón (shredded pork), or revueltas (beans, cheese, and pork). Dig in with your hands, pile on the cabbage and sauce with each bite, and slurp it up. Also, try their soup of the day. You'll be pleasantly surprised. And then throw in a tamal de gallina (chicken tamal). Oh, and it's one tamal.. two tamales. It's tamal. Please stop saying tamaleeee when talking about one tamal. read more

El Rinconcito - Tamal de gallina. Estaba bien buena. - Salvadoran Near Me - North Lauderdale, Florida

I love this place! Found it as a place for Cafe con leche and after 5 times of just trying coffee we finally tried the food! It was so good! I got one of the breakfast dishes that includes corn tortilla's, skirt steak, white cheese, scrambled eggs and black beans! It's my favorite dish there! They provide chips and salsa with every meal, the salsa is nice and spicy and fresh!! The staff is very friendly, some of the servers do not speak English, but even if they cannot communicate they always greet every patron with a smile and a "Welcome" The restaurant is very homey and diner feeling! It is very clean and the food always tastes great! The food is fresh and delish! I like this place and they have great customer service! read more

This is a small, easily overlooked restaurant in a nondescript shopping enclave on the corner of Kimberly Blvd. and SW 81st Ave. While it may not look like much from the outside, once you go in, you're transported to El Salvador, known as "the country with a smile." Service was welcoming, gracious, and helpful to my husband and I, who are not native Spanish speakers. Appetizers were Pupusas, his with Chicharron, mine with Queso ($2.75). They were served with a tangy slaw that was unlike anything I'd ever tasted - absolutely delicious. My dinner was the Camarones a la Plancha ($12.50), perfectly grilled shrimp with pinto beans and rice and an original tomato salad accompaniment. My husband had the Bistec Churrasco (skirt steak) ($18) that was perfectly grilled and also came with a Chimichurri style sauce, rice and beans, and the tomato salad accompaniment. Both our meals also came with a thick tortilla, made of corn, exquisitely handmade and delicious. The prices were quite reasonable for the quality and quantity of food served and the service was friendly and efficient. If I had one suggestion, it might be to add some drink (ice tea, diet soda) that does not contain sugar. Other than that, our dining experience was one I highly recommend! read more

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Great food and prices are very reasonable! Ordered a Loroco Pupusa "which is a tortilla stuffed with fried red beans" as an appetizer and the wife got a chicken tamale. I ordered the Salpiqueno which is a Flap meat with read beans in top and covered with jalapeños and melted cheese! The steak was awesome very tasty and the combination of all flavors together make it even better! The wife got the Baleada which is pretty good you can't go wrong with that one! The service is slow, we got the appetizer at the same time as we got our lunch! The restaurant was kind of empty and the food takes a long time to come out, have been here on the past and thats a recurring problem! Food is awesome definitely fresh but always takes to long for it to be ready! They should look into that as I said Restaurant was kind slow, imagine how it would be having full house! They have a variety of Salvadorian drinks, like horchata, and sodas with different flavor, I had the grape one and was pretty good! read more

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The best food and service! This is my happy place for lunch, where I can taste a little piece of home. Has all kinds of Latin American dishes, not only the tasty Salvadorean ones. I highly recommend it! read more

El Rinconcito - Salvadoran Near Me - North Lauderdale, Florida

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Good food and good prices. I would come here again. Visiting the area from Washington. The seats are comfortable and the wait staff is friendly. read more

El Rinconcito - Salvadoran Near Me - North Lauderdale, Florida

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Love eating here! Though some of the staff need an attitude readjustment and learn to come back to the tables and see if everything is good! See if they need napkins, a refill ANYTHING. Shouldn't have to walk to the counter and think I'm ready to pay no I just want napkins!! But the food is amazing n that all that matters I could just take it to go.. Also chips n salsa- the chips used to be fresh warm now there cold n hard salsa is too watery and whom ever makes it needs to learn how needs spice less lime.. all in all good food good meat good god just eat read more

The best Salvadorean restaurant! Everything taste delicious, reasonable price and friendly staff.. read more

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So delicious - really good food. They don't have any organic foods for the organic freaks but the quality is good. Taste homemade! The service is great and the people are nice. read more

Honestly, it's not the best. The only thing I would recommend is the pupusas. My boyfriend & I tried la parillasada & baleadas obviously is not salvadoran specialty but in general food had no flavor & was not good at all. read more

Best papusas ! I recommend the mixed and the cheese ones. They come with all the fix-ins. I get take out at least once a month and they never disappoint. read more

Ordered the fajitas and you get to choose 2 sides.. Didn't know sour cream and salsa count as a side! Our server didn't speak English well when we asked about it before ordering. Bathroom outside (sketchy) and the food was just mediocre.. Dry chicken and flavourless. Not a fan of the corn tortillas.. Too thick for my liking. The coconut water is more juice with refined sugar from a can. read more

El Rinconcito - Fajitas with guacamole and rice - Salvadoran Near Me - North Lauderdale, Florida

Pupusas are amazing, bed we have had in south Florida. Service is by far the worst I've experienced. Our food arrived 45 minutes after we ordered. The waitress we had was slow and we ended up having to wave down different waitresses to get a refill on our drinks. Terrible. read more

Love this place! Food is always on point! Authentic Honduran and Salvadoran meals, excellent taste and quality! We've been here several times and always go back. We're Honduran, so we know this type of food well. Baleadas, pupusas, enchiladas, and taquitos are our fav from here. read more

Terrible service. Expensive and did not taste good. We had to get the waitress attention multiple times and she forgot to bring our salads. I would have understood if the restaurant was full but there were only 2 busy tables (including us). Never going back. read more

I love this place since my brother in law took me here... all the food and drinks are fresh.. The only time I had a problem was one time I did take out and the tortilla was stale we eat it but we always double check if everything is good before leaving but since the not a problem. And service is good average time to wait for the food.... Oh and one last thing try to see if a Spanish will go with you 9 time out of 10 some of the waiters don't speak English if not point they know how to read :) enjoy read more

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Great food and great service. I've been coming here for a year and I have never ordered something I wasn't happy with. They have live music on the weekends and the singers are amazing!! Definitely a hidden gem!! read more

Their pupusas are given to you soaked in oil and their cortido topping is literally rotting cabbage...

Awful service, waitress have attitude, service is bad, I found hair im food, went back cause tortillas are fresh made on the spot but, hair still showing up, no always but it did. Overall, I wouldn't recommend it read more

I love the service here. I feel like I am in the old country and your family is waiting for you for lunch. Everything is homemade, fresh, authentic, and delicious. It is home away from home very familiar and great. The food is great no short cuts everything slowed cooked and delicious. I feel at home here. Give this place a try. read more

El Rinconcito - Churrazco, arroz amarillo, sopa de frijoles.Yumm. - Salvadoran Near Me - North Lauderdale, Florida

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Best pupusas I have found in Florida! Recently relocated from California and you know they have good puxas there! These are closest in taste in South Florida read more

Honestly this is my go to place .. Steak sandwich is always amazing . French fries for some odd reason are the best fries in town (in my opinion) I have also gotten to experience the delivery and dine In experience , both have been phenomenal service .. I highly recommend this spot and also to try the flan lol it's to die for . read more

What can I say this place is AMAZING ! Best PUPUSAS in this county! They also have delivery ! Double yes

I been coming here for years. The waitress are all the same you barely see anyone new. The food is always great. My fav is the chicken tacos and breakfast. read more