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    La Bamba

    2.4 (61 reviews)
    InexpensiveMexican, Salvadoran

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    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Doug H.

    I read some of the earlier reviews and most are spot on. This is more of a dive than a restaurant. The music is way too loud for a place to eat and enjoy your meal. The food is mediocre at best and I feel it's over priced. Hand made tortillas are decent. I was surprised that if you want "casamiento" instead of rice and beans they charge you extra. I mean casamiento is rice and beans mixed together!!!!! WTF???!!!! I was here for breakfast and before 11 the drunks had arrived and gave a good indication of this restaurant's customer base. Definitely not family friendly, at least not on a Saturday morning. I know at night they play music and have dancing. I think the reason they stay in business isn't the food, but more because of the booze sales and dive bar status in the neighborhood. My rating is really 2 1/2 stars. As such I won't be eating here again. Oooh and the kicker, they charge you extra for using plastic. In this age and day if a business charges their customers a fee for using a card to pay then they don't want my business.

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    11 years ago

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    15 years ago

    Love their popusas!!! great place to eat lunch, sometimes they have a live dj playing and you can dance.

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    14 years ago

    Best Papusas in the southbay better then the farmers markets.

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    10 years ago

    Bomb pupusas! Called ahead & got them hot & ready by far the best pupusas I've bought for a $1.

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    10 years ago

    Food is desent, slow service. Waitress is nice. Not much of a family restaurant more of a dive bar type of atmosphere.

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    Wow!!! AMAZING!!! Delicious food made with lots of love and kindness. Thank you for the service…read morefrom our server and staff. Loved the hospitality and the ambiance is peaceful loved the art pieces especially the Toucan Bird Painting beautiful work. Definitely will be back soon. Thank you.

    I was pretty disappointed with my experience here. I called ahead to order six pupusas and was…read moreasked whether I would be paying cash or card. I said cash and was told my total would be around $29. When I arrived, I was told the total was $29.70. While waiting, I looked at the menu and noticed the pupusas were listed at $4.50 each. Six at $4.50 should be $27 before any applicable tax, so I was confused about the total. I also wasn't automatically given a receipt and had to specifically ask for one. Cashiers demeanor was very condescending. The receipt made things even more confusing. It shows an amount of $30.81 with a $1.11 "cash discount," making the total $29.70, but there is no itemized breakdown showing what I was actually charged for each pupusa or explaining the additional amount. I don't mind paying higher prices if they're clearly disclosed, but the pricing should be transparent and customers should receive an itemized receipt. At nearly $5 per pupusa, I also expected the food to be much better. Unfortunately, I didn't think the quality justified the price, so I probably won't be returning.

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    La Bamba - mexican - Updated September 2026

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