Yule Owens

This place is absolutely AMAZING! Living in LA is great but true salvaordian or even good Mexican food is hard to find. This place gets better with every bite. The waitresses are wonderful while offering items that are popular and that they also enjoy themselves. The papusas are what you truly come here for! But the tacos are the icing on the cake for me. The carne taco was well flavored and great portions of meat. My buddy had the pastor and the seasoning truly showed through. The ambience is beautifully Salvadoran and feels very inviting. If you're ever in Torrance and have a hankering for either Mexican or salvadorian food this place is a MUST!

+4

Mayra Elizabeth Villátoro

I don’t know if I’m being totally fair in this review as I am deprived of Guatemalan food, living in Central PA. But, I thoroughly enjoyed the ambiance and the food here at La Esperanza. I googled this place and saw it got decent reviews and decided to go there on. Whim. I’m staying in Rodono beach and it was a short 15 min drive from there and totally worth it. Service was great and food was so so so good. Reminded me of Sunday breakfasts with my family growing up. There is Spanish music (marimba and other Guatemala and Salvadorian) playing in the background to add to the already authenticity of this place. The atol de elote and atol de plátano were just simply delicious, my only complaint is that the salsa picante wasn’t spicy enough for me. Otherwise it was pretty on point. Enjoy! Y buen provecho!!!

+1

Peter Babida

Tried La Esperanza Guatemalan and Salvadoran cuisine. Tried the Pepian beef stew, garnachas (mini tostadas topped with ground beef) and empanadas filled with meat and spices. Really good flavors, hearty portions, and friendly service. The tortilla appetizers came out hot and delicious with the black bean dip..

+1

Sep Sd

This place was Cousy and comfy. I ordered combo fajita and pupusas ( with a MUST TRY) comment on the menu. I also ordered to drinks as I will share a photo. My scores: Horichita ( brown drink) : too sweet to drink 2/5 Tamarindo: ( orang drink) : smooth taste 4/5 Fajita: taste good and smelled good 5/5 Pupusas : I didn’t like it! Too oily which felt unhealthy! Maybe others liked it but I didn’t In general nice place and friendly people, maybe I have to try other foods and snacks next time

+2

Omar Barboza

Good pupusas, all combinations are great, chorizo, spinach, or with beans and rice as side. The coffee ☕ and natural jamaica water is delicious! Enough parking space and great customer service. Definitely good place to have a family meal. Recommended 👍👌!

+12

Pru

This restaurant here not only does it have Guatemalan and Salvadoran food it also has a some Mexican dishes. Prices are pretty reasonable, you can either dine inside or to-go. The Guatemalan Tamal was superb 👌, the horchata is made from scratch and it is also very delicious, it is a south American recipe so you will get e corn taste. The popusa revuelta did hit the spot. pretty good size. Keep in mind this is my "personal opinion" and you have to consume the food to evaluate it for yourselves. The service is a bit slow but that may be due to everything being prepared as ordered so it can all be fresh. The only negative thing is that their menus are a simple sheets of paper with back and white images. PLEASE FOLLOW ME ON IG @NOW_WE_GRUB & @PRU_MERINO6 Help me build a community in which it brings us together through food experiences. Thanks all 🧡

Angelica Cacheo

I was craving authentic Guatemalan food and thought to try this place again. This time of course due to Covid19 we ate outside, but the server was very nice and attentive. He gave us some recommendations too which were very tasty. I had the atol de elote, which I recommend. The tamal was good, but it needed that flavor that I was expecting to get from a Guatemalan tamal. I enjoyed the black beans with handmade corn tortilla. The chicken pepian was delicious.

Virginia Torres

I was really disappointed that the rosca did not have the baby Jesus inside. My child was so upset that he started crying, and we almost ate the entire rosca searching for it. If the baby isn’t included, there should at least be a clear warning, or the baby should be placed on the side of the box/tin so families can add it themselves. That said, the rosca itself was still delicious, which is why I’m giving it 3 stars instead of fewer. The taste was great, but the missing baby really took away from the tradition and the experience.

Darlene D

I was craving tamales, and my husband mentioned La Esperanza because it’s right down the street from us. We placed a pick-up order over the phone, and they said it’ll be ready in 15min. So we drove down to pick it up, and it was ready. Yay! The restaurant itself is small, and it looked like you could dine in. They have alcohol as well if you want a drink. We went home, and we dug right in. We ordered tamal de elote, tamal Mexicano, tamal Guatemalteco, platanos, and a slice of tres leches cake. The tamal de elote were just okay. They were steaming and were very hot, which is how we like it! The other tamales however, were cold. We had to put them in the microwave! That’s the worse! We only traveled literally two minutes, they should not have been cold. The platanos were hot and yummy. The tres leches cake was delicious! Very moist and spongy. Overall, the food was eh. I would probably only go back for the cake.

+6

We were all excited about the bakery, we ordered a tres leches cake for our grandson's 3rd birthday, we asked the cashier if the cake was fresh, she said it was. When we got home and cut it, not only is it sour and tasteless, it's clearly an old cake & the "fresh fruit" is sour and clearly not safe to eat as well. This was a $50.00 cake, the celebration was ruined. We feel cheated and taken advantage of. What a waste of money!! I'm calling the store!

melillo joe

Walked in two days ago party of four around 6pm. Full house, under-staffed & freezing cold. Sat down to a filthy, greasy table. Asked the waitress to wipe the greasy table. As she was wiping she told me that these tables were MADE to be greasy. At this point I thought “what am I doing here?” We got menus, waited five minutes. No service, not even water. So we walked out. Best decision I made all day. Food is usually good here, but we never got the chance. Quite a disappointing experience.