La Esperanza Restaurant & Bakery

Salvadoran restaurant · Harbor Gateway

La Esperanza Restaurant & Bakery

Salvadoran restaurant · Harbor Gateway

22832 S Western Ave, Torrance, CA 90501

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Unassuming eatery specializing in Salvadoran & Guatemalan dishes, with some Mexican options.

22832 S Western Ave, Torrance, CA 90501 Get directions

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"This is where to head in Torrance for pupusas. This bakery has been around since 1994, and continues to serve a bunch of excellent Guatemalan and Salvadoran dishes in its original space on Western Avenue We especially love their revueltas pupusas filled with tender chicharron, but you can’t go wrong here. Their extensive menu includes everything from chunky beef stew and sweet corn tamales to carne adobada and pepian. " - nikko duren, garrett snyder

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"This just might be the best spot in Torrance for pupusas. In fact, the bakery has been around since 1994, and continues to serve a bunch of excellent Guatemalan and Salvadoran dishes in its original space on Western Avenue, and at a second location in Long Beach. We especially love their revueltas pupusas filled with tender chicharron, but you really can’t go wrong here. Their extensive menu includes everything from chunky beef stew and sweet corn tamales to carne adobada and pepian." - Nikko Duren

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Joann LaBarbera

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What a find! I first heard about their take-out tamales and bakery, which are both fabulous, but there is so much more to La Esperanza. On my first visit a few weeks ago I had the pupusa plate: One Revuelta (beans, chicharron and cheese) and one Chorizo and cheese and they were both delicious. Plate comes with rice and beans and includes Curtido (spicy slaw) and red hot sauce. A lot of food for a very reasonable price. I also had the Elote tamale with crema. One of the best corn tamales I've ever had. Last night I tired the Loroco and cheese pupusa and I have to say it was the best one so far. Also tried a Chuchito (Guatemalan tamale): full of pork and the warm tomato salsa was yummy. Service is impeccable and I even got a free appetizer both times (tortilla with the smoothest and most delicious black beans). I will coming here much more often, can't wait to try some other specialties on the menu.

Risa

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How have I missed this place all this time? Super delicious and wonderful service! I got to come here with my co workers and already seeing when I can go in with my family! The Pupusas were the BEST that I’ve ever had! The juice was so refreshing and delicious too! Will definitely be back soon!

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This place is a must go to. The food was fresh hot and excellent. The server was very attentive and helpful with offering his recommendations for the best plates. The popusas where fire. Very clean inside. The only thing that sucked was the outside parking. Lots of parking but the way its set up is not good. But I found a new spot for my Salvadoranian food. This place is a 10 out of 10. Thank you for the amazing food and great service. Ill be back!!!!

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I like the serenity of the place! The place is really quiet and you can enjoy your food that way. Very clean and fast service!

Samantha Molina

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If you are craving some delicious pupusas, this is not the place to go. I don’t feel bad for leaving a 1 star review because these people do not feel bad for ripping off customers. I ordered Revueltas but they put more beans than anything and no signs of cheese. I had to add my own cheese (picture on the right) 🧀! Also, they have no flavor ! Restaurants should be proud of their food and what they offer customers, especially with everything costing more these days, it’s not fair to be getting ripped off. I provided a picture so you can see for yourself that they do not stuff these pupusas. They are thin as paper. We only ate here because we were in the area and wanted pupusas but never again.

John & Nhora Melendez

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Excellent food.. the prices are good with the Salvadorian and Guatemalan food, because is very traditional.. special the Guatemalan Breakfast and Sopa de Gallina from Salvador!!!

Darlene D

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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.

Angelica Cacheo

Google

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.

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I like the serenity of the place! The place is really quiet and you can enjoy your food that way. Very clean and fast service!

Samantha Molina

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John & Nhora Melendez

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Excellent food.. the prices are good with the Salvadorian and Guatemalan food, because is very traditional.. special the Guatemalan Breakfast and Sopa de Gallina from Salvador!!!

Darlene D

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Angelica Cacheo

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