Restaurant Pupuseria Ilobasco

I would like to address two things in this review. The first is the quality of the pupusas (bean and cheese, to be specific). To state it simply, they were phenomenal, simultaneously nicely crisped and fluffy dough with salty cheese that went perfectly with the accompanying salsa. It came with slaw, too, as is common with pupusas. But I didn't eat the slaw. I never eat the slaw.Thus ends my review of the food. The second thing I would like to address is the restaurant itself, which was uncanny and incongruous. It looked normal at a glance, but as we began to absorb the details, it just got stranger and stranger. There were banners of rival soccer teams next to each other on the wall framing a painting of a bar scene with Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, and possibly two characters from Seinfeld, aged and dusty bottles of wine of the kind you might pick up at Target on the shelves (next to miniature toy machine guns and hand grenades), and guys playing arcade games in the back. It was like extraterrestrials wanted to set up a base of operations made to look like a divey Latin restaurant, but their scientists didn't fully understand the nuances of human civilization so they got the details wrong. Anyway, it was weird. But extraterrestrial or not, they made some damn fine pupusas.

Chicharon and cheese pupusas. The thing is the pupusas here tasted like something you could get from the frozen food section. It was nothing special nor was it tasty. The dough was thick and overshadowed the meat and the cheese one.The horchata was too sweet for me to continue drinking. The best thing here was the sweet and salty cabbage that the pupusas came with. The sauce was awful too.

I grew up with Salvadoran family who made pupusas and I have tried many different pupuserías in LA and the Bay, and this place might just be the best. The pupusas are thick; you probably only need to order one. And they have a rice pupusa which I've never seen before that has this great texture like a mix of mochi and tahdig. But the best part is the sauce. The cilantro and green onion make it fresh and hearty and it really adds spice to the pupusas and curtido. Best of all it is dirt cheap.

I'm no pupusa expert but I love this place. I've eaten it probably over 5 times now, each time it was takeout. One of these days I'm going to eat inside. If you guys have never tried pupusas I highly recommend it. I like mine with lots of slaw!!

Good size, great flavor. It makes you remember El Salvador, Los Planes de Renderos Las empanadas size wise and flavor!

The food was horrible , Service was horrible, never been in a disgusting place like this. I don't recommend this place.

Mala comida,pupusas my grasosas ,muy mal servicio, no se lo recomiendo, existence munches memories lugares.

I ordered 2 pupusa's and a tamale.The pupusa's were good but they were really oily. My favorite was the pork and cheese as the chicken and cheese lacked in flavor. The tamale was wrapped in banana leaves and it js wasn't it. I personally didn't like it because it tasted like straight banana and the tamale wasn't formed at all.. It was very messy

Las pupusas ne gustaron pero cuando va a pagar tienen que tener cuidado con lo que cobranEl pasado Domingo yo compré 4 pupusas a $4.75 c/u me cobraron $20.00 Ahora voy a comprar otra vez y ordenó 10 y ne cobran $52.99Porque si por 4 son 20

I love these pupusas!!! The cabbage slaw "Curtido" is divine, and the salsa just the same. I look forward to this treat every time it's brought to our work!!You can tell The owner Miguel, puts his heart into these dishes.Best pupusa in town!!