Reviews for La Esperanza Restaurant & Bakery in Torrance, CA

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 anddelicious too! Will definitely be back soon! Read more

My bestfriend and I visited this spot since we were craving pupusas. The lady of the house assisted us and was extremely helpful... and friendly. She recommended CHURRASCO GUATEMALTECO. Though expensive, it tasted amazing. The meats include pork, beef,chicken, and chorizo along with guacamole and salsa. This was a great meat sampler. Salvadorian Horchata was interesting inflavor because it is different from Mexican Horchata. This one has a nutty flavor (almond). My bestfriend liked it. I got theAtol de Elote. It tasted like a warm ???? hug. It was predominantly condensed milk flavor but it has some spices in it alongwith corn. I bet this would be great cold, too. Lastly, the Chicharron pupusa was my favorite from all the other pupusas we got(cheese and the other is shrimp). It was toasted until crispy on the outside and still warm and soft on the inside. I recommendthis place 100% and will come back to try other food they got to offer. Read more

First time ordering here. I asked for cheese and zucchini and this is what I got. What is this? It?s not even beans. It?s gooey... and black. Threw both pupusas away. So disappointed. Read more

The popusas, caldo de res and michelada are really good here. The rice is very good and so is the service.

This place was Cousy and comfy. I ordered combo fajita and pupusas ( with a MUST TRY) comment on the menu. I also ordered to... drinks as I will share a photo. My scores: Horichita ( brown drink) : too sweet to drink 2/5 Tamarindo: ( orang drink) : smoothtaste 4/5 Fajita: taste good and smelled good 5/5 Pupusas : I didn?t like it! Too oily which felt unhealthy! Maybe others likedit but I didn?t In general nice place and friendly people, maybe I have to try other foods and snacks next time Read more

Good pupusas, all combinations are great, chorizo, spinach, or with beans and rice as side. The coffee ? and natural jamaica... water is delicious! Enough parking space and great customer service. Definitely good place to have a family meal. Recommended????????! Read more

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! Therestaurant 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 havebeen 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. Read more

Get the beef empanadas. They were amazing. Everything else was amazing, too. Don?t order the fountain coke, though. It was flat... and there was a film on top of it. Order the bottled coke instead. Read more