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    The Real Empanada

    4.6 (107 reviews)

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    Ham n' Cheese Empanadas, Beef Empanadas, Chicken Empanadas
    Linh N.

    I was super excited to try this place out, but it didn't impress me. Ham and cheese - glorified hot pocket and was on the saltier end. The ratio of cheese to ham was uneven Beef and chicken - honestly just tasted like ground meat that lacked flavor and I felt like the sauces didn't pair that well I would still recommend to try for yourself

    Sophie M.

    Not sure if I can fully trust YELP REVIEWS as I'm a yelper myself. LACK OF FLAVOR AND LACK OF WELCOMINGNESS from the crew, maybe they are young and wants to surf instead of serving behind the counter. Ordered few different flavors just to explore, nothing was really makes me want to comeback, too bad. PS : I see very very good reviews about this place, that's why I decided to give it a try, but I guess it's very personal and subjective, while my palate can't lie and hence the one star. Sorry.

    Spinach and Cheese/Vegetarian Empanadas with Chimi Churri sauce. Yum.
    Laura K.

    My family tried The Real Empanada today at a school function and the food was delicious! We tried the chicken, beef and spinach and cheese empanadas served with chimichurri sauce. All were so good and the sauce was not too hot. We will be back and appreciate this restaurant supporting our school events!

    Chimichurri and Garlic Habanero
    Anastasia A.

    Came in today to check it out, my dad lives a few blocks away and hadn't tried this place. The gal working was nice. Unfortunately we got 2 beef and 1 chicken despite ordering 2 chicken 1 beef--no biggie. I wish I knew their chicken had olives (the menu lists olives for the beef but not chicken). I think they can do without olives for at least the chicken empanada. The sauces were lacking. The garlic habanero looks really unappetizing (doesn't taste great) and the chimichurri definitely needs more work as the herbs were really big and not chopped well. I basically used it as a flavored olive oil. The lemon tang was also incredibly watery. I think the food would be better overall if their sauces were better and if they could throw a Malbec beef on the menu since the chicken and beef options with olives feel redundant.

    From the bottom Ham & cheese Chicken and last but not least the pumpkin pie (complimentary because it was "well done")
    Larry B.

    Great, friendly and attentive service not to mention very tasty empanadas. Noah took great care to pair the sauces with the various empanadas. The "experimental" pumpkin pie with fresh whipped cream was a wonderful dessert for the ham & cheese and chicken. Would like to try some of the other choices. I hope our time in town allows it.

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    Genesis C.

    Definitely not even close to Argentinian or Chilean empanadas. There's a hair in one of them. Lack of customer service, 2 young guys that not even greet, with vibes that they don't want to work there. Feel bad for them. The beverage fridge with only 1 kind of ice tea . Not even coke, sodas or water. Not recommend.

    Nathan G.

    Empanadas were light with lots of filling, great flavors we had all the four sauces I like the habanero the best, my wife like zesty lemon. We had the vegetarian also we had the ricotta and spinach, ham and cheese, and the chicken empanadas. The top sellers are beef and chicken empanada. This family business just opened last November and they are originally from Argentina. And they have parking.

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    Shawn Y.

    We were walking down the Avenida Del Mar and we spotted the place and decided to get some lunch. The staff were very nice and it seemed like it was run by a family. We ordered 6 empanadas and used $3 off. We got beef it was perfectly seasoned meat with a special blend of peppers, garlic, onios, olives, and hard boiled eggs. And chicken also was lightly seasoned and marinated with citrus juice and blend of peppers, garlic, olives, and hard boiled eggs. My favorite was veggies empanadas made with lentils, carrots, potatoes and special blend of spices We tried our empanadas with Chimi Churi made with persely, garlic, oregano and chili peppers mixed with oilve oil. And my favorite Garlic Habanero. They have parking spots on the front of building.

    Vegetarian, Beef, Ham n' Cheese, Chicken, And Chorizo Empanadas
    César C.

    This place was great, I tried one of each of the empanadas (including a Chorizo one that was not officially on the menu) and they were all delicious! The beef empanada and the chorizo empanada were my favorites. The portions are decent, each empanada is about 4 inches long, with the exception of the ham and cheese which has more of a round shape. My usual complaint with places that sell empanadas is the seasoning, this was not an issue here, I found everything perfectly seasoned. As for the place itself, its more of a take out location, there are no tables to dine in. We had no issues finding parking, the business has some but theres also plenty of parking in the surrounding area. Will definitely be coming back again if I find myself in the area!

    Closed when yelp hours posted said it's open.
    Tare P.

    The hours posted are wrong. just came here thinking it's open til midnight. It's 10:45pm 12/17/22, and it's not open.

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    So delicious! Love the beef and the soy sauce dip. We have already been 4 times since they opened

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    Considering I was really hungry the food still tasted bland. There were barely any to choose from and tasted kind of stale. Won't be back.

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    Love the empanadas and one of the best ones I've had. The owner is cool and helped me out a lot. Highly recommended

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    4 years ago

    This place rocks!!! I loved all the empanadas that they have. Beef was my favorite. The owner was very nice & helpful.

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    4 years ago

    The ham and cheese empanada is to DIE FOR! All of them are, really. But wow. I love this place!

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    4 years ago

    BEST EMPANADAS AROUND! Amazing customer service and the staff is super friendly. I left super satisfied and would go again!

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    4 years ago

    Been here 3 times and tried the chorizo, beef and chicken- all super tasty! And the wait if it's busy isn't usually more than a few minutes

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    5 years ago

    they brought a box into goodys on my shift and we devoured them especially with the chimichurri sauce highly recommend

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    Hi! Any gluten free options yet? These look incredible!

    Are there gluten-free options? These look amazing.

    Hi Anita. We currently do not have a gluten free option, but we're definitely looking at a few options to make it happen.

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