El Buen Gusto

Since it was early in the day, there was only one other customer in the restaurant. The wait time was ridiculous! After begin walked to my seat, I sat by myself at the bar area for 10 – 15 minutes before anyone came over to start the order. The carne asda was… weird. I’ve never had Salvadorian food, but every carne asada I have ordered has been thin cut marinated beef — not a chunk of uncut, bland, rubbery meat. The pre-​meal food, salsa and queso with chips were out-​of-​this-​world amazing, which is the only reason I can rate this place two stars.

Let’s start with the good — the food was good, it wasn’t anything spectacular but it was decent (full disclosure — I’ve never had Salvadoran food before so I had nothing to compare with). We had an appetizer and 2 meals. Mine was good, I think it was a little skimpy on the meat especially for a $ 14 plate but I got full with the help of chips and rice. My girlfriend liked hers but again, nothing spectacular. We had some of their flavored water with with fruit and it was really good.
Now the bad — the atmosphere is 2 of 10 at best. It doesn’t get any more plain than this. Reminded me of a cafeteria.
And the worst part — the service. Words cannot express how bad it was. Horrible combination of attitude and ineptitude. Only one waitress and she didn’t speak English so she brought a lady from the kitchen to translate. She brought us one water (I guess to share) after several times asking she brought us a second one about halfway through the meal. Our appetizer came out about 15 min after our meals were at the table. Our meals came out about 3 – 4 min apart (it was just 2 of us) so I just had to sit there and stare at my meal and empty water cup while we waited for my gf’s meal. The waitress actually scoffed at me when I asked for a second basket of chips.
Also, they don’t clean tables at this place, place is so big so they keep sitting tables and leave the dirty ones dirty.
All in all, the food was average and the experience was horrible!

First off let me say this is the type of place you go to when you want something different but delicious. Salvadoran food is not the same as Mexican food. That’s not to say it’s not good it’s just not your typical fajitas, burritos and enchiladas place. I went personally for the pupusas, which are like corn tortillas filled with anything you may choose be it beans and Queso, meat or chicken. (Not the same as a Gordita. Pupusas are not open they’re completely closed and they seem to have Manteca that is lard in the masa and Gorditas don’t. And when you cook them on a comal they have a crisp and soft bite.)They have a lot more to choose from I just can’t recall now.
If you don’t know which one to try start with a simple bean and Queso it’s simply tasty. They bring a type of salad/​relish to accompany it and a couple salsas that have more of a taste than a spice which is still good. I had a dish their tonight which I can’t remember exactly what it’s called because I’m sorry my phone died so I couldn’t take pictures for you or anything. It was fried chicken and rice with a side of lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber and a bowl of vegetables in chicken broth soup with a touch of mint and fresh made corn tortillas. I would know I make corn tortillas and this is about the only place that makes them fresh like that. I would have given this place 5 stars if it wasn’t for a couple of important things.
1. There was one waitress there for 7 tables. I don’t know but I’ve been here before and the last time they only had one waitress also. Now we probably waited for her to bring my husband his water for 20 minutes then waited another 7 for her to bring mine. She forgot my kids waters at which point I didn’t care to ask anymore I just shared with them because the hubby was pretty annoyed.
2. She brought out the food at different times. My husband got 2 pupusas and waited until he was almost through with the second until she brought out the relish that comes with it. My little ones shared one pupusa. Then I received my plate which we ended up sharing because I was eating off of his in the beginning. He had ordered another plate which was the bananas fritos or fried
plaintains and finally got that after 20 minutes of eating.
If you want to eat there which again it’s delicious, give them a chance by showing up before you’re actually hungry because maybe fresh made food takes longer to cook. I’ll give you that. But bring a bottled water just in case they still have one server on staff taking care of the whole restaurant and it takes 20 minutes just to get drinks. I wasn’t starving so I kind of blew this all off but my husband was not at all pleased with the service. The food was great as it was last time. Once this week I even tried calling yet they never answered. That happened while we were there eating the phone just kept ringing but the poor girl was by herself she couldn’t clone herself fast enough to help herself. It just seems this place needs to hire more people! That’s why El buen gusto I can’t give you 5 stars.

I’ve never had pupusa before, but I’ll definitely be having it again! We had the mix pupusa (pork skin, bean & cheese) and it was fantastic. They had the best salsa out of any restaurant in the local area. The tamales are huge! I had the sopa de res, which had large chunks of stewed beef on the bone, yucca, veggies and mint. It was so comforting and delicious. $ 30 for two of us filled the table and we have a full meal worth of take aways. I wanted to try something different since I have never had Salvadorian food before, but I’m so glad that we went here for dinner, and it might be my new go-​to Latin joint!

Ok food considering it’s Oklahoma. Their address changed and it’s now at 2100 SW 74^th St. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Oh and they do take card!

Found this place while looking for an Army/​Navy surplus store. Didn’t find that but this was even better. A culinary journey to Central America with some of the most unique ingredients you will see outside of an Andrew Zimmern episode.
Inexpensive and delicious pupusas that are far different from Honduran or other Latin American cultures. This is the place to go for pupusas in OKC and possibly the entire Sooner State.
Remember, cash only! Solamente dinero

My favorite pupusa joint in town — hands down.
Clean atmosphere; beautiful Salvadoran food.
Try the aguas frescas — they’re homemade on site!

Modest looking. Good food! Average portions good price. Friendly the chicken soup is flavorful. The bistek is tender

Excellent Pupusa’s! I wish I could speak spanish or they could speak a little english. I just wrote down what I wanted!