Panaderia La Chapina

This is a little slice of Guatemala. We go there for champuradas, pan chapín, tamales, pan francés y otras cosas chapines. You can eat a meal there, too, at one of three tables. They speak English, but few customers do. I'm not Chapina myself and I'm transported to Guatemala every time I go there. Worth a visit. Costs less than a plane ticket for authentic Guatemalan cuisine and environment. Very busy on weekends.

La comida está buena pero la tienda es un desorden. Las señoras parecen moscas nomás moviéndose de un lado al otro. No atienden bien a la gente por esa razón.

It was just ok. Not sure how authentic to Guatemala the bread was, but it was ok. People there looked over worked and under paid. Still very pleasant. Place needs a numbering system or something. It was a bit chaotic on how they service people.

I have had their steamed banana leaf wrapped pork tamale twice. The masa and the meat inside the tamale is well apportioned, delicious, and moist at every bite. The best local tamales that I ever had. Other eateries have too much masa and less meat and vice versa, small sized with no flavor. I wish they can make a sweet corn tamale or platanos con mole tamale or Nuegados (orange scented) based tamale.

We had family come down to Disneyland and we wanted some Guatemalan tamales . We got a bunch of pork tamales and a couple of chicken tamales. They were moist and good sized .The beans were good and also a good portion. We got lucky and they did accept card. The passion fruit agua Fresca was delicious as well

Live their plátanos fritos and beans plate ! CASH ONLY ! I like how it's close to home , although it can get pretty busy , service is great !

I totally forgot to leave my review on this place as I have been there so many times! First I gotta forewarn it's a mom and pop shop type of vibe so be ready to pay in cash only because they don't take card..also they don't have someone who speaks English every day so be prepared to speak Spanish or use your phone translator if you can. I ordered the pious as from here because a friend of mine told me they were great and growing up in Santa Ana mom and pop shops are the best and boy was he right! The cash only and trying to make my order in Spanglish was worth it because they made my pupusas fresh to order and they were piping hot so be careful because I made the mistake of biting right into one and ouuuuuch in a good way tho! Lol pupusa was perfect just the right amount of chicarron and queso and the revuelto that my daughter ordered she said it was on point! It had jus enough grease so it wasnt too dry it was perfect! The other sad part is they only serve pupusas the weekends only so if your have a hankering for pupusas you got to wait in til Saturday and Sunday 8am to 7pm just a heads up hope this help but go and try for yourself don't just take my word for it!

Hidden spot in Santa Ana, great chuchitos( Guatemalan potatoes tamal) , rellenitos are the best I ever ate, and their chow mein is like no other, has great flavor lots of veggies and chicken. Authentic Guatemalan, service is very fast.

CASH ONLY Place was packed and the workers where slow, I went on a Tuesday night. They also didn't have a lot of variety in their bred options

Las mujeres ahi son una groceras. Una de ellas es una mujer con un carácter horrible. Ella me dejo parada esperando mi turno y se fue hacia atras bulrandose con las otras por que son mujerrs sin educación. No saben tratar al cliente. Dejamos de ir y comprar ahi por su trato desagradable. Estoy segura que al dueño no le parecera bien perder dinero todos los dias por culpa de ellas.Solo piden cash y no quieren agarrar tarjeta por que roban al dueño.