Love the pollo, revueltas and queso con loroco pupusas. Wait staff is friendly. Don't expect fine dining; this is a neighborhood kind of place. Looking forward to trying their breakfast menu. read more

So, I was 'introduced' to this place 11 years ago on a first date with my now husband. It was an ugly hole in the wall kinda place that only accepted cash at the time, I remember he had to go to the food 4 less across the street to get cash. Needless to say, the food was amazing! It continues to bring us back every year on our anniversary to celebrate! The quality and standards of the food have never changed in all the years that have passed, they did give the place a facelift and made it super cozy and nice. That's just a bonus though. Love love love this place! read more

I love love love their pupusas, and they are only $3 each. I always get the revuelta ones and they never disappoint me. They put a lot of the relleno (filling) in them. Their beans and plátanos fritos are delicious as well. The atmosphere is alright. Very dim and not very alive. Regardless, I really recommend this place. read more

Being married to a Salvi requires knowing where a good pupuseria is when the suegra is not in town. La Caravana is local to where I live and the best pupusas we can get around here. They keep raising their prices, but they are worth it. I can't speak for the other menu items, and they can be stingy with their curtido when placing a to go order, but the food quality is fantastic. read more

Food is alright I've had better pupusas service is super slow and it wasn't even busy. They need to hire more people my server was super nice but like I said service was way to slow!!!!! read more

This review is based purely on service. I arrived at the restaurant at 7:25p to order food to go. I did not get greeted until 7:35p when I was finally able to put in my order. I only ordered the Mini Pupusas Platter which I was told would take 20 mins. I am still waiting here almost an hour later with no food! Waiting this long for food when you aren't even dining in is ridiculous. I have never experienced such slow service. I should've been home eating my dinner by now. First and last visit here. read more

This is always my BF and I's go to place when we feel like platanos and pupusas! I love the bean and cheese pupusas and the order of fried bananas!! We love the waitresses and service. It does take a while for the food to come out but it's worth it because it's always freshly made. The ensalada drink is also so good. read more

We needed refueling after a hike up to Mt. Lowe. We spotted this restaurant & have loved it ever since. We've come even before the current remodel. The Plato Loco aka Plato Tipico is a sampling of their wonderful food. It includes a pupusa, chicharron, platanos maduros, rice & beans combined & more. I've never been able to finish it. Oh boy leftovers. In the summer the fruit drink is refreshing & in the cold their hot chocolate is the best. The service is slow I say because it's freshly made. Their soup is delicious. Now we use it as a meeting place for those from Diamond Bar, Arcadia, & Torrance. We order up & use the preparation time to catch up on all our news. Yeah, they don't take credit cards so come with cash. read more

Having tried dozens of places that might make a pupusa as great as my mothers, this place finally delivered!! Happened to be in the area and as my mother refuses to make pupusas during the summer, we decided to try it. We were in a bit of a rush but the food came out in a good timely manner; there wasn't many people to begin with though. My order was simple 2 pupusas revueltas, they were a good size, a problem I have at many other places, and were simply delicious. My mother grabbed the Plato Loco, (I believe that's what it was called) it included a pupusa, yuca frita, casamiento, tamal de elote, and a platano with cream and cheese. She said it tasted just like the first plate she gets when she goes back home. She absolutely loved the atmosphere, its a cute little place. I have 2 regrets, instead of grabbing a coke I should've ordered an Ensalada drink and most importantly I forgot to leave a tip since my mother paid with her card. I will definitely be back and I recommend any other Salvadorian to go also. read more

Literally waited 40 minutes for our food and their was literally only 3 people working in the restaurant. I had come here before and I came today thinking I was going to enjoy my pupusas and the service was just completely horrible the food was dry and burnt and the casamiento was full of oil and burnt. It seemed like they were trying to please their over the phone customers and paying less attention to their customers. I will never come back to this place! Horrible service! read more

The shrimp salad is amazing! Try all of the pupusas! Homemade and so delicious!

the best popusas ever!!! my coworker and I were craving popusas and picked up an order of 10 popusas platter and they were the bomb!!!

We have been coming here for years - one of the best restaurants in Pasadena! Sometimes the service is a little slow, but the food is all delicious and absolutely worth the wait. Pupusas, loco plate, EVERYTHING is so good. read more

the pupusas was REALLY good. we got the mini platter one. the sirlion (or any of the steak dishes it seems like) was tough, too well cooked. the 7 seafood soup was very big and five of us shared it (but the fish in the soup was a little too "fishy" tasting--didn't taste very fresh). the fruit drink was very yummy. four entres, one soup, one mini-pupusas platter, five drinks $93 dollars + $14tip (this was four six adults and one 2year old). However, we all parked outside and I guess missed the sign that said "turn you wheels towards the curb" so we each got a ticket for $36.50 each. If you count that, it was an expensive meal! read more

We've come here a handful of times when we've been in the area. Pupusas, Ensalada and Horchata Salvadoreña are terrific!! Mom and Dad liked it here a lot, too. The staff and ambiance are also wonderful. read more

Food is super yummy! Been coming here for years. Only place around Pasadena that I know of that is a nice looking sit down restaurant.

This is our spot for pupusas and chicken tamales! Order from here every year for our huge family Christmas party and visit this location often throughout the year. The pupusas have a lot of filling and not too much masa. Perfect balance of the two. Have yet to find a better spot for our Salvadoran fix. read more

This is one of my favorite restaurants! The food always has that rare flavor of homemade and fresh from the oven. I love the homemade tortillas, the cheese pupusas,...everything I've tried, really! The price is right, and the atmosphere is charming and feels like you're traveling. I love it! read more

The pupusa platter was very good, but my husband's steak was one star, he didn't finish it and he ate left overs at home.

My fiancee and I went here last night looking for pupusas. And what pupusas we found. I certainly don't claim to be a pupusa expert, but am certainly a pupusa enthusiast. These were definitely some of the best I have had outside of El Salvador. Just a tiny bit crispy, but tender and cheesy. The cabbage ensalada was very good, and more spicy than I am used to. The strawberry shake and beans and rice were also quite good. The ambiance is pretty nice with booths and hanging lamps with metal shades decorated with designs. We got a great dinner and have enough for lunch as well (and boy am I looking forward to lunch today) for about $20. I am very excited to go back. read more

We went looking for pupusas one night when we missed the SoPas farmers market, and found this place through Yelp. It's great. The pupusas are fantastic, even if they stubbornly (like so many authentic Salvadoran restaurants) refuse to wallow in the food gutter and serve guacamole! We ordered the side of avocado (which proved pricey at $3 for one-quarter of an avocado) and mashed it up...good enough! read more

We arrived about 2:00 on a Sunday. The place was busy. It took too long for us to be greeted. We awkwardly stood wondering whether we should seat ourselves or wait. A waitress pointed to a table and walked away. We weren't sure what she pointed to. This was our first impression. We quickly realized there were two tired waitresses taking care of the whole place. A stern gal answered our questions curtly and took our order. Thank goodness we ordered some chicken soup which came in about 15 minutes, because our food didn't arrive for another 40 minutes!! The soup was good. Our food was good except for the sirloin on the "Plate#1" It was so dry it was almost like beef jerky and hard to cut. The pupusas and beans/rice mixture was great. So the food was mostly good, but the service was slow and smileless. read more

Food is delish, very authentic. During a rainy day I call ahead to order their fresh chicken soup with fideo (noodle)...if you order ahead of time and dine it..your visit will be pleasant and you will have time to enjoy your fresh popusa. read more

I would never ever pay $2.75 +tax=$3.00 for a pupusa!!! No way. Usually pupusas that taste good don't even cost that much!!! To the owner I would say.."you're crazy" you're selling me a chunck of masa with little than less ounces of cheese for 3 dollars...and I have to wait 100 hours for you to serve it to me????? NOT WORTH IT!!! Time is worth gold, but not a pupusa!!! I would rather eat steak and shrimp!!!! read more

hello i was here on saturday in the AM, i had cravings for some good tamales saw this resturant in the internet and decided to pay it a visit when i got there the place seems very nice and clean inside nice tables pictures on the wall not too many people at the time when the waitres aproached us she wasn't too polite she was like whatever i asked her if she had some tamales she said yes and told her to bring me 2 and some toast bread like " french bread " very typical in salvadorean restaurants all the ones i know but her answer was we dont have any bread i asked any kind and she said again we dont have any kind i was surprised because first of all all salvadorean restaurants carry at least one type of bread, or what would happened to the so famous " pan con pollo " bread stuffed with chicken thats always on the menu so i was forced to order other breakfast plate which i wasn't really pleased with, the other thing is their servings are very small. and the employees which are women there spend more time cheatchating with each other than serving, the place is nice but the service is pretty bad. i also know that good reviews are done by the restaurant owner's relatives to give the 5 stars when they only deserve 2 in general. read more