La Pupusa Loka

Good place to go for some traditional Salvadoran food. They even had a pupusa burger that was very good and filling. Service is always solid. Inside there are about 5 or 6 large screen TVs that are playing sports and other entertainment. Have gone with a small group and also a larger group of about 15 and they accommodated us great. Have enjoyed it every time I've been.

I'll give this place a 5 star. You know when in Houston you have to try a Pupusa. And us coming from Odessa we were clueless were to try a good one. We got there and ordered 8 for the family. It did take about 30 mins for the order to be complete but man, the wait was really worth it. Definitely great tasting all around. Well portioned and the cheese flavor. Definitely not a cheap cheese. 10/10

--- My family and I recently dined at this establishment and were surprised to find a $9.60 service charge added to our bill. When I inquired about it, the waitress responded dismissively, asking if we had read the sign near the front door or bathroom—yet no one had explained this charge to us directly. Unfortunately, the service we received was also quite poor. The waitress was largely absent, spending a significant amount of time in the bathroom, and there was no apology or acknowledgment from either her or the manager. Given this experience, I would recommend thinking twice before choosing to dine in this place!!

Service makes the food and this place terrible. Waitress never came to offer refills and when we kept trying to get their attention she got angry and said they were busy, when there was only 1 other table there. TERRIBLE PEOPLE AND TERRIBLE PLACE.

Food was good, service was deceitful practices at this establishment. When the waitress dropped off the folded ticket and left in a hurry. To find a gratuity charge for a big party when it was only 2 of us. Either way watch out!

Came in for dinner with my friends and we had such a great night. Unfortunately they seemed a little under staffed and it got busy but they did everything to make the service outstanding. The food was great! The lights and bar made for a great atmosphere. We accidentally order some sweet empanadas and now I will always order them for dessert!

My husband and I visited for the first time and placed an order to go. When we first arrived the girl there didn’t even greet us, she was more concerned with the television. When we got home our order was incorrect and the pupusas were very salty. How disappointing. We don’t recommend this place.

Everything was really good! Pupusas were amazing! The entire family enjoyed them. The only thing I’ll say was the red sauce it was watery & needed some flavor. But over all really good. I will recommend to order in advance or you will have to wait. I appreciated the honesty on the time, 45min on 19 pupusas plus the appetizers. I tend to order to-go when wanting pupusas for the simple fact I know it would be a long wait time sitting down with a big family. The restaurant inside looks nice to sit down and enjoy dinner, the waitress Cristina V( shown on the receipt )was polite & nice. She had a really good attitude she was by her self & had some tables, I always love to give credit specially in this industry been by them selfs and still giving a good attitude! Would order again!

In the 5 years I have lived in Houston area, I hadn't had an opportunity to have authentic Salvadoran food, until today! If you're looking for traditional, delicious Salvadoran food! This is it right here!! Very grateful

Donde dise que tiene que comer adentro del restaurant para optener el specials False advertisement I went to get the special and they told me it was just for dine but no where in your flyer does it say dine . False advertisement!!!

Found this place out of the blue since my dentist was close by. Ordered some pupusa and they were good. Price is considering cheap about $3 each. Service was Ok.

First time coming to this place for quick bite! I made my order online and it's about 15-20 mins to be picked up! I had one Pupusa with bean and one Pupusa Loka! They were pretty good and it's filling! They gave me generous portion of cheese as well so it's great for cheese lovers! I felt like I had enough cheese for this week Come visit and new experience! Cheers

I tried this place for the first time last Friday. It definitely did not disappoint. My husband picked up pupusas for lunch and they were amazing!! They were full of flavor and you can tell that they were made fresh. I would love to visit the restaurant to see how their service and their vibe is. If it is anything like their pupusas, I will be updating this rating from 4 to 5 stars. Great job on the pupusas! The coleslaw and the salsa that came with them were delicious and complimented the pupusas very well!

I've been here a few times for lunch. It's close to my office, so it's a good option. Service is quick, the pupusas are excellent, the curtido is some of the best I've ever had. The menu has a lot of options, many more than other similar places I've been.

Ordenamos 4 pupusas y dos aguas medianas a las 12:05 y a las 12:30 vino otra mesera a confirmar nuestra si era para llevar o para comer ahí. Son las 12:50 y todavía no recibimos nuestra comida. Nos quedamos sin comer en nuestra hora de lunch. Que decepción y que coraje! La señora estaba más preocupadas por entrenar a la mesera nueva que atender a los clientes. Cuando llegaba la gente tenían la espalda hacia la puerta para enseñarle cómo poner las órdenes en el sistema en vez de atender a los clientes. 12:55 pm- nos tuvimos que ir sin comida! Y aparte de eso nos trató de cobrar por aguas grandes cuando pedimos medianas! No regresaré ni recomendaré este lugar

I was in the area and was craving pupusas, so glad I made a stop here. I was a bit worried when I walked in and only saw one waitress, the service was fast and she was very nice and efficient. The food was delicious! New favorite pupusa place. The restaurant was small but cozy.

This was really yummy. The pupusa loka was GIANT. It could definitely feed two people who were normally hungry. Would order again. The horchata is so yummy and the plantains with beans and sour cream are pretty amazing. Go. Eat. Take home leftovers.

I'm loca for pupusas. My accountant is next door. It's become a tradition that when I'm done with my taxes, I go next door to have a pupusa. The place looks clean. I started with a fruit salad drink. It's too sweet. But I did like all the chopped fruit they add. I ordered a cheese and loroco pupusa. The cheese could have been more melted. The pupusa is accompanied by curtido (cabbage) and a tomato sauce. The waitress offered me picante sauce but I don't like spicy. My friend ordered two pupusas and the cheese did look stretchy and melted. His were fajita and chicken. He loved them. He was surprised to pay about $3.50 for a Topo Chico. Apparently, the menu is new. So they probably increased the prices. The music playing was cool Latin American rock. The waitresses don't speak much English. The place was not busy but folks were picking up orders. They have big screen TVs and a bar too. They have Salvadoran goodies for sale by the bar. I recommend the quesadillas, salpores and semita. And by the way, a Salvadoran quesadilla is not the same as a Mexican one. The cheese (queso) is the only thing in common.

The food it's good and the service it's just a little bit too pricey but everything it's fine love it

Yelp texted me a notification "Restaurant needs you more than ever". It points to La Pupusa Loka. My first impression was like, "eh, how do you know I love pupusa?" I didn't think anything of it. Then, I drove by after my grocery shopping at Kroger and saw this location. Wait, I remember wrote a review at this location. It was a Verona Flying Pizza Italian restaurant years ago. I finally came here by during lunchtime to check out the interior and its menu. I love the El Salvadoran decors and spacious dining room. There's a bar and intimate area with 2 giant screen televisions. I noticed a sign says LA PUPUSA LOKA BAR. Wikipedia says pupusa made famous in Houston, outside of El Salvador. I feel lucky that I get to enjoy my favorite latin american food in my favorite city. I tried 3 items that I'm familiar with: horchata, pupusa gueso con loroco and sopa de mondongo. For those of you don't me, I'm Hispanic. Waitresses were nice and friendly. They spoke good English. She emphasized horchata is El Salvadoran style. It was little too sweet for my taste. Loroco is a special flower from central america. I love the flavor as an important element in pupusa. I like its texture with gooey cheese inside of a corn patty. Cortidos as I called it sauerkraut of pupusa. It was little salty for me but tastes fresh and plenty. Mondongo is like menudo, but better. This soup is less gelatinous and less fat. It has yucca root, potatoes, carrot, corn, tendons, tripes and bone. The broth was well balanced. The dish came with rice and tortilla. I was so stuffed. I would have to try those on a different day. Overall, restaurant was clean and bright. There were families with kids dining here. I would recommend everyone to stop by to try food here.

Lamentablemente, nuestra experiencia en Pupusa Loka no fue placentera. Solo había una persona atendiendo, lo que resultó en un tiempo de espera largo. Las bebidas llegaron después de haber terminado de comer. Además, la orden no llegó completa, las pupusas revueltas no incluían chicharrón, como deberían.

Fresh food. Got cheese con loroco pupusas and they were fresh and stuffed with melty cheesy goodness. Their curtido marinated cabbage is good. The fried yucca with pork chicharrones were piping hot. I did need more lime than the one slice and the waitress didnt come back until we were ready to leave, hence losing a star. Overall- recommend!

I called in an order. I had to call twice to even get someone to pick up the phone. I figured it's lunch time they're probably super busy. They tell me it's 20 mins until my 3 pupusas are ready. I go pick up my food, the place is empty. There was only one couple eating in there. First time trying this place despite coworkers saying they had horrible service and the food took too long. The pupusas were huge which I thought was great but they were almost raw. You couldn't quite cut it because it would slip and slide everywhere. They tasted more like I ate raw tasteless dough. The place did seem pretty clean and neat but I won't be coming back. I've had better pupusas at a gas station nearby.

Will you like to know what this review says? I do suggest you to translate this sim the google app, Estoy escribiendo este Review durante estoy sentado esperando mi comida en este restaurante. Bueno e viajado 3 horas y media para poder llegar a este restaurante. Entramos y lo primero que nos dijeron fue siéntense donde quieran. Después de sentarme con mi familia de 4 personas llego una Server a la cual le pregunté que bebidas caliente tenía y me contesta solo café. Le pregunto de nuevo tiene atole de elote y ella Me dice si. Le vuelvo a preguntar tienes atol chuco y me dice si bueno parece que ella no estaba segura o no conocía que eran las cosas que estábamos pidiendo. Minutos después me vino a decir que no tenia atol chuco y lo cambiamos por chilate 5 minutos después vino a decirme que si tenía atol chuco para uno que si aun lo quería y le dije que No. otra cosa que note es que en la mesa de atrás de mi la otra server llego a tomar la orden de las personas y ella ofreció las bebidas que tenía y un cliente le dijo tiene fresco de ensalada y a lo que ella le contesto no lo tengo por eso no se lo mencioné. Wow eso fue muy Rudo pero no fue nada para lo que le dijo por teléfono a un cliente que buscaba ordenar unas Pupusas para llevar. Ella le dijo que el dueño del restaurante no quería que tomaran órdenes de Pupusas para llevar por los clientes las dejaban y el les cobraba las Pupusas a ella de sus propinas lo cual se me iso una vergüenza ya que todo restaurante toma órdenes para llevar asta McDonald y si pasan por ella bueno y si no pasa nade pero aquí en la Pupusas loka el dueño las cobra a nosotras. En realidad este restaurante tiene excelente comida pero un mal servicio aparte si los dueños tratan así a sus trabajadores creo que también ellos están muy mal y no tienen la forma de brindar un servicio y hospitalidad correcto a sus clientes repito la comida es excelente, Puedo corregir esta reseña cuando los dueños del local me contesten y digan por qué razón sus meseras se comportan de la manera que ustedes les han dicho y por qué razón ustedes lo hacen creo que así nunca tendrán una clientela correcta ya Prezi regresar a este restaurant

Food was amazing , a bit of a longer wait time but everything was fresh and delicious :3 and the servers were very attentive. It got remodeled, looks very modern and clean.

The food was good. The service was not. If you go for the food, be sure to have A LOT of time available! We went for lunch, needing to get back to work, and did not have time to wait. We ended up taking our food to go, as it was time to get back to work as the waitress was finally bringing our food! Other issues: 1. My husband is diabetic so he always orders unsweetened ice tea. He was brought sweetened tea. When we finally (it took 20 minutes) had the waitress' attention again, I asked her about the sugar in the tea. I explained in Spanish that he is diabetic and needs sugar-free. She said there is only a little sugar in the tea. (Oh, that's okay, then. You're only a little poisoning my husband!) 2. My husband ordered 2 enchiladas and 1 pupusa. I ordered 2 pupusas. When the food finally arrived, he got 2 enchiladas on his plate and I received 3 pupusas on my plate. This really ticked him off! Why put his food on my plate? Then, when we had to take it to go and they moved it to to-go containers, his food was in my container. He dropped me off at my office and then went to his office, and I had his pupusa. Conclusion: The food tasted very good when we finally were able to eat it. My husband recognized the sugar in the tea right away and didn't drink it, so he did not go into a diabetic coma. I was able to save his pupusa for when we both got home from work.

Literally was so empty (only one more person) and they took like 30 minutes to get our food... the ladies were all talking. There are better Salvadoran restaurants with better service. Food was okay.

Ordered delivery to my job for breakfast for chicken and cheese pupusas and they were so delicious and it was definitely happy food because I felt great after eating them the cortidos was very tasty too I ate the rest as a little salad once the pupusas were gone. Definitely telling my friends about this place and I'll definitely have to come back and try some new meals.

Delicious food , specially the chicken tamales , they are fresh and delicious same with the pupusas . Awesome service too! I recommend this restaurant. Ambiance is awesome too, it's very clean .

I had two pupusas with Loroco and Cheese. Very well prepared. Great flavor and good delivery time. Very clean location. And prices are very accesible . Thank you !

I absolutely love this place! How have I not been eating Pupusa's my whole life. This place has it all! Games... music..great food.. dj some nights... lots of space... great micheladas.. and come on PUPUSAS!! If you need to stay with in your diet it can still happen here! Hands down my fav!

Se toman su buen tiempo para hacer la comida casi 1 hora por dos pupusas. Por eso mejor nos fuimos la verdad muy exagerado La verdad no recomiendo este lugar o si tienes tiempo para estar esperando pero muy mal me fui con hambre de aquí. Pero bueno son experiencias

I've had better, but others say otherwise overall a good spot. And fast; only thing I'll say is the masa be a little slimy, witch means it wasn't cooked all the way, but over all nice spot. Services was cool you have to know how to speak Spanish though if you wish to communicate.

Esperamos mas de una hora para que saliera la comida y no estaba tan buena! 5/10... Hay mejores restaurantes!!!!

Just ordered from Uber eats 7 PUPUSAS and didn't get any Salsa or Curtido. Who eats pupusa like this. For as many as I ordered I should have gotten enough of both. It's just giving lazy and cheap. Everywhere I order pupusas they give salsa and curtido. Won't be ordering again.

The pupusas are good. The frozen pina and platains w/ crema were my favorite. This place makes for a good snack spot especially if you are not looking for anything heavy. Decent prices for decent food.

These are so incredible I'm not a Pupusa fan but dang I found the best in Houston literally close to my neighborhood. I ordered the chicharrón Pupusa. The chicharrón was súper minced and flavorful and not greasy at all! The masa was light and fluffy! My girlfriend ordered the cheese and frijol and it's was super good. Our other girlfriend got the shrimp one and was amazing! We also ordered plátanos con crema and frijoles they were fried perfectly and the crema was really good the black beans were very tasty and again not greasy! Completely recommend this new place! I'm just upset I didn't take pictures of our food we devoured them!

Pupusa was good and big portion and enchiladas were good as well with horchata. I will be back to try some more food. They stay open late till 1:30am

I was excited to order from this place since I saw good reviews and it was my first time but however I order 4 pupusas de arroz/rice 2 of them were beans and the 2 others were pork and cheese and it was horrible .So the first thing that bother me was that the pupusas of pork and cheese there was no cheese at all and it was just pork . Second the beans ones were super dry . I literally had to throw away the food because it did not taste like pupusas I previously had or good. I was very dissatisfied since I paid almost $20 for the meal .

they catfished us with the pictures the "Papas Lokas" was literally just mayonnaise and ketchup with cheese horrible

Fire pupusas! My friends mom use to make them for us o. His birthday and I tried a bunch of places but non compared to his moms till now. I'll be back for sure! Glad I stumbled on the place

My goodness this place has some really tasty food make no doubts about it the shrimp are big and delicious. The pupusa's are made fresh and there are many other El Salvadoran staples you can order on the menu. As they say in soccer this place is a GOOAALL!

Not bad but not good. Ordered on Ubereats and my order was totally wrong and I was overcharged. I guess Ubereats is opting not to refund the total cost anymore. I ordered 6 pupusas which I upgraded to include meat either chicken and beef. I received, only two with meat the rest were cheese and one was bean only. I originally ordered all cheese and I upgraded and then charged for meat which I did not get. I ripped them all in half to make sure. Disappointing only for lack of meat. The pupusas were decent not good. But they did satisfy the craving.

Ever since we moved to the city I found this Salvadorian spot I was very empress that the pupusas were good . This is a definitely a place where you want to come and eat and kind of Salvadorian food . It won't disappoint.

Food was great everything was exactly what I ordered and the delivery was before the expected time thank you so much

I went here with my family on a whim and it was the best decision. The food was traditional Salvadorian but the flavors were so much better than expected! I would give it more stars if possible. The owner is a Houstonian so it's always nice to support local businesses. We definitely plan on coming back !

the best michelada (taste wise) i have had in the past 5 years happened at this place. and i have drank over a 1,000 in the past 5 years in more than 50 establishments in houston.

We been here three times, keep in my mind we gave them chances because everyone deserves a second chance. But I just hit my limit! The first time they took 30-40 mins to serve us and they didn't got our order right, but we were si hungry and we didn't mention it. Second my husband went in and they said they were close but the open sign was still on. And finally just Saturday 12/5/20 we went in because the open light was one and we sat down the server saw us and left to go get an order from the kitchen after she helped other customers she came to us and said we are close, and I'm like the sign says open and she said sorry and turn it off. That's just ridiculous. I'm not a person that would bash a business but common