We come here all the time, it's a great family restaurant to bring the kiddos. We always get the pupusas and the juices. Servers are always friendly and there is plenty of parking. read more

El comalito is a family friendly restaurant. There is plenty of seating inside and they also have a big patio.They have plenty of parking, Their service has improved in the last year all the servers have been kind and friendly. I love their empanadas, the pupusas are good but My boyfriend he and his family loves them. They also have more than 10 different flavors of pupusas. I wish they had a more traditional curtido and salsa, but it's alright. El comalito definitely have the most amazing horchata in the dmv. We are regulars of this place, every other weekend we will go there or order take out because they are very consistent on the food. read more

I ordered pupusas from El Comalito because like most Salvadorans, I need to know where the best pupusas are at all times. Yes, we all claim our moms make the best ones but these were a close second. They didn't skimp on filling and included lots of curtido and salsa de tomate. They are also inexpensive and my order was accurate and delicious. Take it from someone who eats pupusas at least one a week, El Comalito nails it every time. read more

If you like fresh and hot pupusas this is the place to go. The atmosphere is very family friendly, the night that I visited every table seem to consist of children having fun. The menu is very detailed so anyone could place a order without needing to speak Spanish. I was in a party of six so we had a wait to be seated, but we were able to entertain ourselves with the wall art and the map of El Salvador. Sunday afternoon is busy so pack your patience. The menu has a lot of options but you must have the pupusas if your in a Pupuseria. The flavors of the fresh ingredients let you know that everything is made on site daily from scratch. The drink that everyone seems to like was the fruit cocktail, my favorite is marañon and here it was delicious. This is a busy place but I found it worth the wait. I hope they don't change a thing, no franchise is needed. read more

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Good food, great service, good prices. We try to go early Sundays as it gets really busy after 12pm. My favorite drink is the fruit salad juice. It's a great place to take your family. No alcoholic drinks read more

Hoy pedi sopa de mondongo solo dieron hueso y ltoda la verdura estaba dura Las pupusas les falta mucho Yuca con chicharrón durisima Gaste $75 un desperdicio mala comida read more

If it wasn't for the waste that is produced by serving everything on styrofoam or plastic. Then I might have given them more stars. Came here on a Sunday afternoon. They were super packed and waited like 5-10mins to be seated. Staff was friendly but busy. I did not like the Corn tamales. Good Pupusa options and they were good even though they are served in styrofoam bowls and plates and plastic forks. What a waste. Orchata was good. read more

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The pupusas were delicious--with lots of options. Service was pretty fast, and everyone was pleasant. And the vibe to the place was nice. It's not fancy, but it didn't need to be. We'll definitely be going back. read more

the best pupusas but they don't give much sauce or curtido. some of the stuffs are very nice while others are rude. always very busy sometimes you have to wait in a line to get a tablet. read more

Went here for an early lunch on a Saturday. It was pretty crowded. The horchata was super good (kinda too sweet but still really good). The pupusas were also quite good but the tomato sauce on the side was like a really weak tomato juice instead of a thick sauce. The waiter (Guillermo) was super nice and helpful. read more

The staff is super friendly and nice, but I didn't care for the food. The pupusas are oily and the curtido has no flavor. The chicken tamale was bland as well. The yuca con chicharrones was just awful. The yuca was not freshly fried and neither were the chicharrones. Everything tasted old and it was tough to eat. Loved the service, hated the food. read more

What a lively restaurant with a huge menu of authentic El Salvadorian food! Between the music, the families, and the fresh delicious food, I so enjoyed my trip. The pupusas were delicious. read more

Friday Night and the employees are not taking orders at 8:35pm. I understand everybody want to go home but working on Restaurant business is this way. So disappointed about this place. Hope I never come back again. read more

las pupusas bien secas úľ queso no derretido i frias me las servieron La orden De. chicharon no estaba bien por que iba mucho tosino sin dorarlo La atencion pecima read more

Finally, a Papuseria in my neighborhood! This place is huge! It's housed in, what used to be, a stand-alone Fast Food Restaurant with a drive thru. It is a newer restaurant, in old restaurant space. Every time I go, it's packed with Salvadorian families. They have a wait staff and everything. Including the covered-wrap-around-patio, this place must easily seat over 100. I usually get carryout. It's located right next to Shagga Ethiopian so, when I go here, I feel like I'm cheating on Shagga. But it's worth it! The papusas here are better than Irene's, and perhaps better than most. Not all of them, (I didn't care for their Revueltas) but the Ayote papusa is my favorite! The Ayote is a squash and cheese papusa that most places don't carry. It's Delicious! The Chicharron papusa is also good. They have several types of papusas that most places don't, such as Zanahoria con queso and Chipilín con queso. I also especially liked the Cabbage here, more that most places. It has a nice spicy kick to it. Papusas are good cheap food, that are also easily re-heatable, which is why I always order 8 of them at a time. They are usually only $1.50 each and 2-3 should be filling. They also have Plantanos con crema and Tamales, along with soups, and milk shakes. All in all, the papusas here are 25% smaller than most places, but have more filling... They're also a little greasier too. But hey, Fat Is Flavor, and these papusas are mighty darn tasty. They are best when eaten while the cheese is still hot enough to burn you. read more

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I like El Comalito, but I wouldn't say it's one of the best places or Pupuseria in DC. El Comalito is casual, family friendly, and the service is good. The pupusas are good. I've been here multiple time and the last time I went I ordered a sopa de res. What I didn't like about the soup is that the meat seemed to be overcooked and it looked black on the outside. Their juices are very good. I like and I'll keep coming back when I'm in the area, but I feel like there are some areas of improvement. read more

Pupuseria El Comalito - Salvadoran Near Me - Riverdale Park, Maryland

I've been eating pupusas and horchata all my life. We ordered the chicken pupusas, pupusas with loroco, pupusas with chipilin and cheese, chicken sandwich, horchata, and marañon. Everything was delicious. The staff there are friendly too. Prices are reasonable when compared to other Salvadoran restaurants in the area. The interior is spacious. Parking may be an issue on the weekends though. read more

Pupuseria El Comalito - Horchata, cabbage, tomato sauce, marañon - Salvadoran Near Me - Riverdale Park, Maryland

La comida es lo mas terrible, las pupusas revueltas en realidad no son revuelta, la carne ni se diga, y la horchata ? Ay no.

Ok, I'm now officially hooked on Salvadorean food! Stopped in for dinner after work with a coworker, and enjoyed a delicious meal of pupusas and plaintains with beans and crema. This place is nothing too exciting decor wise, but the servers are very friendly, and the food is cheap and yummy! What's not to like? Service was a bit slow, but not too horrible. I'll definitely be coming back here to enjoy more delicioso pupusas...can't beat just the plain queso. read more

I walked here at 2:30 in the afternoon from an Ethiopian restaurant next door and ordered a single cheese and flower papusa to go. The order came with plastic bags of cabbage and tomato juice, with the papusa in a plastic clam shell that released the fragrance of sweet corn flour to my nostrils. Inside was an unctuous molten cheese that was perfectly seasoned for the unseasoned exterior, which had the fun affect of changing the taste of a bite with each chew as flavors mingled. The few bites I was able to manage convinced me this was a destination worth revisiting. read more

Being an aficionado to Central American cuisine , I enjoy great tasting pupusas. "El Comalito" demonstrated a 3 star performance based on food , environment, price range, parking, and costumer service. In regards to food , there are no complains. The ingredients were fresh-cut , cooked, and served adequately. Secondly, the environment is relaxing with sufficient space both indoors and outdoors. There was some trash laying on the floor at the outdoors patio, but nothing too serious. Speaking in matters of product fee, a package of 6 pupusas ( flavor-varied) , one fruit punch ( beverage with authentic fruit slices on the top) and one medium sized horchata,; $17.00 should be more than sufficient. The restaurant maintains a generous condition in this aspect. It also provides a great variety in parking space, meaning that parking was not a hassle. Nonetheless, considering my girlfriend and I went to eat at nighttime , lighting was not sufficient. The parking lot needs more light poles to assure a safe environment for both staff and the clientele. Lastly, costumer service was efficient, but not detail-oriented. The waitress took our order quickly , but did not check on us during the eating process and took a ridiculous amount of time on bringing back the change from the paid bill. No harsh tone was ever applied on her voice , but had the the fence of walking out on the costumer half way through a sentence. In all honesty, this is the weakest area at the moment . This restaurant has a lot of potential , but needs to recognize the essential sense of costumer satisfaction . With this said , I recommend my adventurous food lovers to give "El Comalito" a go ! read more

Pupuseria El Comalito - Loroco Pupusas with one rice-based drink and a fruit salad cup for party of two ! Food was delicious - Salvadoran Near Me - Riverdale Park, Maryland

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Great food. Got the steak dish and it was so good. Always amazes me how well Hispanic cuisine is prepared and presented. Excellent 5-star service, the hosts were very nice. read more

Stopped here for lunch it was fairly busy, I ordered one pupusa revuelta and it was tasty. The cortido sucked so bad it was freezing cold and no seasoning in it, it was basically cabbage and a little bit of pepper stored in the fridge with a tiny bit of vinegar. The sauce wasn't good either it was so watery and the sauce shouldn't be watery it should be a lot more thicker. The horchata was very good as well just how I like it. I also got carne asada with rice and salad, the carne was very excellent I honestly loved the carne I would recommend that , rice was okay , salad was okay. To cut my carne I received plastic utensils, I broke my fork from the pressure of cutting the carne. Overall I would come back again for the carne and nuegados as well, I love those. read more

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I been calling to place an order for over 30 minutes , there is no way someone is putting an order for that length of time and when i get there the place is empty. The hang up the phone so people wont call to put orders. Once you get ther you see someone chatting on the phone with his girlfriend or something. The pupusas are the best you can get in the PG area the rest of the menu not so Much. I like to put my order in advance and because they keep their phone hang up i will give it only 3 stars. read more

Absolutely horrible the worst chicken ever I swear they must have given me spoiled chicken it was hard as rubber unfortunately I didn't taste it until I left the establishment I wish I had try to eat it there because I definitely would have gotten my money back but the chicken made me nauseous and it was very hard to chew I gave up and threw it away was a total waste of time and money I waited about 10 to 15 minutes read more

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I come here every now and then and I think I have to say that the pupusas here are the best pupusas I have tasted so far. I have also had the pollo asado, which is grilled chicken with tortillas, salad and rice. They have a good variety of Salvadoran food and drinks. The servers are friendly and the environment is clean. They even have a large outdoor patio where you can eat. Thumbs up! read more

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It'll put you in a "little coma" . . . of deliciousness! El Comalito is a pupuseria (Spanish for "place where they sell pupusas"). A pupusa (Spanish for "thing you can buy at a pupuseria") is . . . I don't know, go get one for yourself. They're really good. I think the secret ingredient is lard. Also recommended is the chicharrones, which is pork that has had the absolute loving damn hell fried out of it, along with yucca that accompanied the pork on its nightmare hell-journey. Their mutual torment results in a tasty dish that will have you rolling around your bed in agony. I'm no pupusa expert - I've never even been to El Salvador (Spanish for "The Salvador"), but I've tried the offerings of a few of these places, and El Comalito (Spanish for "little coma") is my favorite. read more

There are several locations but this one overall is my favorite. No long lines to wait in to be seated, walk right in and get served. Food is always delicious and soccer is always on the televisions to enjoy while you eat. read more

Pupuseria El Comalito - people at the counter - Salvadoran Near Me - Riverdale Park, Maryland

This is my second Hispanic restaurant I've dined at to have dinner. The service was great. Our bilingual server was on top of her game with questions concerning the menu and all of that. I ordered three pupusas. One with pork & cheese and the other two with cheese only. There was a tomato sauce and cabbage that accompanied it. It was delicious! To finish it all off I had a large Horchata drink, my favorite! read more

Pupuseria El Comalito - Salvadoran Near Me - Riverdale Park, Maryland

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Loved the food! Service was OK, can't complain. Prices were really low!!! Pupusas were $1.79. Very affordable. read more

Pupuseria El Comalito - Salvadoran Near Me - Riverdale Park, Maryland

Affordable, healthy Salvadoran food in a relaxed atmosphere. My hen dish (gallina horneada) came with rice, garnishes of watercress, cucumber, radish and tomato, a bowl of curtido (salvadoran coleslaw), a bowl of red sauce, and two YUMMY gorditas (thick corn tortillas) on the side. My agua fresca - melon con pin~a (pineapple) - was delicious!! No sugar added, just the juice of fresh fruit. My husband said his pupusas were really good - he had the revuelta, the queso con loroco, and the ayote (squash). He also said the horchata was alright, not great. We visited on a Saturday night, so it was PACKED. The service was really slow, and my order came out 5-10 minutes ahead of my husband's order. It was a warm evening, so it was really nice to sit on the patio. I only wished they had a license to sell margaritas! This is a solid option for satisfying comfort food in the Hyattsville/Riverdale Park area (just up the street from Busboys and Poets). No frills, just good food. read more

hise una orden por teléfono para recoger, me dijeron de 15 a 20 min ! cuando llego a recogerlo tube que espera mas de una hora !! jamás volveré ahí , no es la prime ni la 2da!! la tercera ves !! y dos chicos que están de cajeros súper pésimos , basura de servicio read more

Great food! I love their pastelitos de pollo and pupusas. I've never had chicken pupusas and the ones they make are so good. They serve typical Salvadoran food which I can appreciate since allot of Salvadoran eateries blend in Mexican food. Service can be slow though. Don't expect to eat ur food within 20 mins of ordering! So if you're starving, not the place to go. But the pupusas are one of the best I've, so maybe worth the wait, just not when you're so hungry that you'd kill someone for a pupusa. read more