Los Olivos Restaurant

Love this place!!! Best pupusas in town!!! Between my partner and I, we have tried most of the typical Salvadorian food on the menu. It is all on point and so good. It is honestly as close to home-cooking as it gets. Yes, you have to wait a while but the food is totally worth it. This is not fast food! Everything is made to order when you order it. So if you're in a hurry, call ahead and order your food to eat there. Weekdays are the best days to go. Be prepared to wait if you go on the weekends. Highly recommend this place :-)

LOOOVE this place. Be prepared to wing some Spanish because the menu is in Spanish. The food is amazingly delicious. I had fish tacos and my friend had some type of beef dish. Lovely lovely lovely. We also had a side of plantains with cream and beans, which was so authentic. Next time I want to get the pupusas and can't wait to try them. Can't recommend enough.

I was ordering and delivering a Postmates order from here. Everyone Inside appeared to be enjoying themselves. The employees were all very nice and thorough repeating the order back after it was placed as well as before handing it off to me once prepared to make sure that everything was correct. They also made everything fresh to order making sure that they made the drink which was an horchata last so that it did not get watery while I waited for the order to be prepared. Great service and I can't wait to go back and eat there with my family. It smelled delicious and was clean.

Ashley Mates

The pupusas are hands down some of the best in Oakland. The staff is friendly.

Joshua

Great family spot and best prices in town. A little out dated inside but it has the old world charm and feel.

Lovecloud Studios

The best maduros!!!!! I love this place. The bistec is also really good! Excited to try more. But the maduros with creme and beans is to DIE FOR!!! An all time favorite!

cecilia carreras

I was ordering and delivering a Postmates order from here. Everyone Inside appeared to be enjoying themselves. The employees were all very nice and thorough repeating the order back after it was placed as well as before handing it off to me once prepared to make sure that everything was correct. They also made everything fresh to order making sure that they made the drink which was an horchata last so that it did not get watery while I waited for the order to be prepared. Great service and I can't wait to go back and eat there with my family. It smelled delicious and was clean.

Erjona Topalli

LOOOVE this place. Be prepared to wing some Spanish because the menu is in Spanish. The food is amazingly delicious. I had fish tacos and my friend had some type of beef dish. Lovely lovely lovely. We also had a side of plantains with cream and beans, which was so authentic. Next time I want to get the pupusas and can't wait to try them. Can't recommend enough.

Mark Schreiner

Nice place for dinner and a glass of wine. This is leisurely dining. Do not expect the appetizers to come out quickly. Sit back and enjoy yourself. Food is fine and large wine list. Love the mushroom soup.

Julia Perez

First time coming to this restaurant and I really liked the pupusas that I ordered! Staff was very polite and professional. The place looks very clean and well put-together with wonderful decor. I highly recommend this restaurant... I will definitely be coming back since there is a lot more other dishes on their menu that looked very very appealing.

oscar martinez

Great & authentic food. Top of the line service. However, food takes longer than 30 to 40 minutes to come out which is unpleasant. Im a frequent customer and I am hope this review helps address this issue.

Maria Pineda

Love this place!!! Best pupusas in town!!! Between my partner and I, we have tried most of the typical Salvadorian food on the menu. It is all on point and so good. It is honestly as close to home-cooking as it gets. Yes, you have to wait a while but the food is totally worth it. This is not fast food! Everything is made to order when you order it. So if you're in a hurry, call ahead and order your food to eat there. Weekdays are the best days to go. Be prepared to wait if you go on the weekends. Highly recommend this place :-)

Cassie

They have the best pupusas ever and the best horchata. This is such a good restaurant, everyone should come here at least like 3 times a week, it’s that good. 🙌🏼🙌🏼

Good selection and great flavor. The pupusas are made to order. The griddle is probably 40 inches so they cook the pupusas in small batches, which in turn, helps with the quality control. The "curtido" (  fermented cabbage relish ) [ sorta ] is just a tad bit underseasoned and it's chopped to finely but over all gets a passing grade. Staff, in typical fashion, is attentive and helpfull. The overall restaurant is small so expect a wait during busy hours, not only to be seated, waited on and served but also for the restroom as there is only one to share, for the entire staff and all the patrons. Parking is none existent being that is almost on the corner of Fruitvale and Foothill. After School hours create a traffic nightmare so be prepared to walk a block or two, trust me it's worth the exercise as you'll probably consume at least 1000 calories

Juan Quinteros

Good selection and great flavor. The pupusas are made to order. The griddle is probably 40 inches so they cook the pupusas in small batches, which in turn, helps with the quality control. The "curtido" (  fermented cabbage relish ) [ sorta ] is just a tad bit underseasoned and it's chopped to finely but over all gets a passing grade. Staff, in typical fashion, is attentive and helpfull. The overall restaurant is small so expect a wait during busy hours, not only to be seated, waited on and served but also for the restroom as there is only one to share, for the entire staff and all the patrons. Parking is none existent being that is almost on the corner of Fruitvale and Foothill. After School hours create a traffic nightmare so be prepared to walk a block or two, trust me it's worth the exercise as you'll probably consume at least 1000 calories

The food is good, but the attention is horrible. They take too long to serve the food. We order over the phone and we arrive 30 min later, and made us to wait another hour after we arrived. Also, they do not check who arrive first. The food is expensive. Really bad experience.

Johana Morales

The food is good, but the attention is horrible. They take too long to serve the food. We order over the phone and we arrive 30 min later, and made us to wait another hour after we arrived. Also, they do not check who arrive first. The food is expensive. Really bad experience.

Kay Mcclain

They are good just takes a while so be prepared even if you call ahead. Also parking is really bad around here.you might want to park at O'Reilly's and Walgreens shared parking lot

I used to love their sopa de gallina because of all the vegetables and it wasn’t that greasy. Unfortunately, whoever the cook was today went overboard on oil. I wasn’t able to eat this. Really disappointed.

Elsa Sibrian Vasquez

I used to love their sopa de gallina because of all the vegetables and it wasn’t that greasy. Unfortunately, whoever the cook was today went overboard on oil. I wasn’t able to eat this. Really disappointed.

I went for some pupusas, places looks decent and clean but no parking, pupusas I order need a little work because the pupusas made of arroz mix became hard right away, also I left waiting for a second round of coffee refill never happened but beside that nice customer service.

Mauricio Reyes

I went for some pupusas, places looks decent and clean but no parking, pupusas I order need a little work because the pupusas made of arroz mix became hard right away, also I left waiting for a second round of coffee refill never happened but beside that nice customer service.

Their food use to be good, however this time I order was so disappointed 😞 just plain salty I order a shrimp soup and it was like salty water no flavor to the soup. For the price I paid at least make your meal flavorful.

Service person is soo rude I tried to call and make a large order of 60pcs and the person hung up on me when I asked to speak to the person in charge to make arrangements. Would not recommend.

I placed an order online on the menustar system as directed on this restaurant’s website. It said the order would be ready in 15-30 mins. When I showed up to pick up the order, the cashier was very rude and said we do not order from this location. I showed him my phone with the confirmation code and receipt, he said the order would be ready in 30 mins. It took nearly one hour and a half to get our food. I will never come here again, I’ve ordered from the online system many times before and it has never been an issue. These people were blaming me for ordering through the online system, like y’all should take that off the website if it’s an issue for you.. completely unacceptable. They lost a loyal customer!

The food has just gotten nasty and disgusting. I used to love and enjoy the food here but now it's just nasty. I ordered desayuno salvadoreño and the eggs came watery. Half the plate was filled with water wish i had taken photos but I unfortunately had to throw it away. They need to improve their food or bring back k the delicious food from back in the day.

Julia Saravia

I placed an order online on the menustar system as directed on this restaurant’s website. It said the order would be ready in 15-30 mins. When I showed up to pick up the order, the cashier was very rude and said we do not order from this location. I showed him my phone with the confirmation code and receipt, he said the order would be ready in 30 mins. It took nearly one hour and a half to get our food. I will never come here again, I’ve ordered from the online system many times before and it has never been an issue. These people were blaming me for ordering through the online system, like y’all should take that off the website if it’s an issue for you.. completely unacceptable. They lost a loyal customer!

Vicky Duenas

Service person is soo rude I tried to call and make a large order of 60pcs and the person hung up on me when I asked to speak to the person in charge to make arrangements. Would not recommend.

Bryan Miguel

The food has just gotten nasty and disgusting. I used to love and enjoy the food here but now it's just nasty. I ordered desayuno salvadoreño and the eggs came watery. Half the plate was filled with water wish i had taken photos but I unfortunately had to throw it away. They need to improve their food or bring back k the delicious food from back in the day.

Maria Vasquez

Their food use to be good, however this time I order was so disappointed 😞 just plain salty I order a shrimp soup and it was like salty water no flavor to the soup. For the price I paid at least make your meal flavorful.